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gfiBMONS WORTH KEEPING. xv. pl A. STIMSON IN TUE TABERNACLE. rtr.OAT)\v*T C0XORJBOATI0N PLrUfsT.D WITH ITS CH IC! A-* nn tiyi.op.s sr. .i gg. :;. im Riaadway Tubemecl* ar.d WUllam M Taylor been synonymous iur nior? than a scon nf yeera, 2 fur mony mm'- le come the name "f ih. sturdy \ -tier nf ri'ir'i'ii''"'*^ win be Intimately arno, laird ' .1 t1-* aabla coogregatlon. Hut hen ot elsewhere -ui,* dd order changeth," ami -Hr Taylor's sae sir- is becoming as lumiliur ea "Dr, Cns by's sue ior". "'? Bats ,;'*,,*> ,Jie tann is u misnomer. ^mm lu Croaby nor Dr. Taylor hos a suceesoor ?tease uno stand in Hie pulpits i.i which they baw _,v,n un loternattonal rrpntotton an Hu- lasi in -.,. lier Dr. llea'try A. Stimson, nf >?. Icicle, the tor-elect 0f the Tsbernecle congrepitton, occupied *.. ralph vcftcriiMV morning and evening, and win ftftrt\ ''.ere agata ne\r Bundey, in. wll] oise cun ?.. om midweek Berrica mi Wednesday' evening. ctr -rc* aiidleme peetordoy morning '.?.at Uslened ."ru- a'aic discourse fe'.t t.hat do mistake had been yoe la mWeg Or, ttlr-orsm. Mg gggTIKOnO*! OC Tilt COU******** CHURCH. A pertrslt of th- preacher, a *it-?tcri of kia life .-md ?jt-re'-ilng fsct> aleut the chorea wen. punished in jim Tribune yeaterday Dr. Rtlmeon's tesl In thu itfornins wes, "Seek timi ye may abound tn nie nffylag of tlie Church." 1 Chr. til, 12, Rovtscd -atntoa. Thc foUoarfng is u.e linc ..f thought pr*. STt''-1 : yat diitlnctim of lorinth an.ong th.- earlv churches v.a* ... paasssBlon cf an unaoool variety ami fulueaa ot (piTm.!: Btv*- The Heh- Spirit coom upon them in n.?0>K-li>( powm sud they frond thssosclves possessed ,( -tet?."?" s.'-d ? pi-oph'*-v;i.j-"' and "ravetatloas" .md ??:? tnt**-!"r*f" *??*** "hmltaffa**! an abundaace of gifts ftfch n*"l* metr paslUoa nnl?iuc in comparison wita oihei Omtsmaad which wai oweadsd with most Importaat re. ag^ n msmselves. lo tru? nspmi the Certathloa i I atna**-, th- np-- cf o-ui-fi-.e* ;ind rd the ,-utir.- CbrisUoa (husk ladsy. All ii" i* now full, aad noae own so thoo ft,4.o-is iife All tal* hrlng* s sense of power and qalckeoed instinct w cMi it. Whalevei sim li nay be, the Chunk al 0 -I lnoisv OStlhei USSld rirr dui.. Jt L- r: I, in tha possession a* (Ut.*. H I''1"'-' ItseR 'a u** i"1' ime .-f a Biovemeai Bfchk n Rs sppsrtaait*/. which it contrail nnd which t?.Vi.? ar.d Insures lt* goal triumph. J??-],ite thc uni. wai dnaood foi BrgaaifsOsa, and the large piora glvi i t, n-*"iu^.'"." lbw ki se all hand.* ail awakened sense -t r*;ton?: respBUSIMRty. N'ever in ih" world's hist ry d.d ar hdWdoal maa meat fnr so mach. Mea arve f?ii'r?'J? e'OJ.lrd ls stood Oil the*lr awn feet, d ? tln-ir own asuiaUiig. kass u.e-.r own gowan, sk ase their earn pleas. Hf* ti.J <n jenvrai order tUeu- min liv. -. fm, jual oodlttoa sf a full Hfc* i* that VS r.n\- | jurpcv- to Bash* ni-*Ii ot our fc-lrt*. To bc with..ut a ui.'jk.-?. may b-.- ss Carlyle nay*, to ta- ?like a slip ?|tti?Mt a ndOor, a waif, a nothing, a woman " pel <-" - - T .- :-. have a purpo*? that i*. worthy of the bul* and t" h',;d tc> -??? Bf* aro pressed arith dally mies; *. ire n' ??-'-ir- y absorbed in ?u-n petty things, the thralls cf ",:fe -.. ever whelm us; we have *o many Urabi. - ..-:, ag, ?karp, eshausiiagi that we have neither coonga fm .am f, what lies beyond. Ar.d w-sat ure yoai poa OflfMM sad ???' si Just the**-*, net t- .ii-i.'i, noi lo bi o-.-erw-eir.-a ly com:.-, mi to Ism t-ich.t cf our prUl. >f?>. net to forget cir endowment of gt,*:-, our cu:; to (rn.:*, in short, to do fast what th" te.U enjoins, "sn k, as*, te ir.ay abeend." ***ff*_bs*lR*d*s~aW IS >**__ CHRISTIAN LIFE. Tal* br.Lg* OS to a third eoadlttee of a full ii-. That b ur.?*;iui-ir.<>?s. "Beek, that ye amy aboaad" snigkt ht tSMftatad, boMlog in tba thought upon one's adi God hst L'.afi" -1 n.'ich po.siMe to os. 81 mu b et poTh. '-! sltalomeot, si Joy, of strength, of sbanSant Ule. B.t instant.v tba Apostle adds, "note th* adlfylng of tb* Cheith.1' Hero ls de gnat truth which the Conntonu ChrtS**_BS hud not pra-|? d. to ch: ii th wind ls swa*i:..:.s to-day, tliat na man liv-- ta blinself; ?. to i-tstc it m-re clearly, that na nan can Bttain fulne** tv? io tu own ute who does aol *).*r,- his life wit, b.> iicighiK.:.-. The c kristian I ksseif up only in l.iiiliinK ap Ibe yian. h. We K,.-? cf *p.r:t*.a. <;.'.?-. When 1- th" n.aii. hona\. strong, however spiritual, who i- not dependent upon vut ott.'-,-*, are Seiag fur bimi We niaice ta I m; *.. a:? sontag with **t!ie gen. rai swiriir and seti ri? sai ttme." We ar-- **oa mtegial pa^t -f a - Ui otff..I oalty.'1 XhlS :- "ir In-jiirat.on. This tal UOm eoaiage to !.c:!.\e thnt are may abound, if ara tn w'.at we 'an, .iib-rs are iie-p.d. Whoa athara are* ??ip?*i *.. are h?>ip.*d in then sad with them. 'Jhi rdlfylng || the Church is e,<>_'i> plan for tarrying fnrciaid Bur upbu'.llir.g. Tii? fourth ami _&? eaaOll ' *. - Maras f : ' : which ev? an "M*e*U!ng is brmdth brradl i si ?? t--- ii heart. As Ufa odvaaeee we a:; tend m gran Dsrra**. Haem &:' *o at the beginning" Their sur> amadlagi s*id their tdetoRw -tart them "T u , They Ii\* slwogs ;:. s Rn rds ol theil own choice or astciitj. aiid depreetao a d ij ?- wbatovei Um outside. B-;t. :* N asl lim that we. ar* all undT tadoaaees which tend t. briog ii.tc. Um .-ls** rhssri ion? age (?..-?-r!!-^-! by that simd mlsdtid sbserrai of men, .p.hii Lo k--" ii ?peai" ol Um people abe -?< averos with bal I I BUS /--ad t.ut on- sort af I.-'.k*. come in ihe bearing cf rat seri si n.t:-r,?. psttlnq -it ta mesaaelves . I^._*r .n Rm ii.'-i .< f.ul cti rid, IIVS ii,cH*d Og Ut ' os-n emsneled tsrrltsry, and are la want of that which ice maj cai large, sound, looadohi il -?:.-? ' THE RLCORDER CRITICISED. MADISON' C. PETERS PREACHES ABOUT THE OAP.DNER OA-SE. Tbe Rev. Madison C. P*:ari-. In t>:e* pi elude lo bis mame last evening la the Rtoomlngdole Ke tonred Church, tad. among other ttinc*. rbis to I y oa -Rc-Virder fcmyth'fc Travesty on J'i?tl.?": i"ao*e wbn tave wafhed tte reeeat trial si Liste-tiie *iar*_er bom b?ve b?-n p?!:.?d to ot-serve- that th** CSO? Stet of tho court lacxed In parm'.lty *o esasplcuaasly that ?be presiding ,'udge lost tlie r??ii?^t sf almost the entire tomr.niiitjr. The jury syMom 1^ In.movahl.v imbe-lded in Bal su-uoture w.d ehMOCtm of *>ur civilization, but lt BB ttfotmty tails ta yield katif.'Hcory result* a* un sgsaey In U.e ac!ir,:n1*uatli n of tooti - that I had BSmOtteeM b'-pd for Bssmthini bettor. Bm if tue conduct si Ho* torter Sir.ytb ss eahlMMd m the* flsrdn'r tris! shouJJ ho tciine Osoal wiu, our Judges, U,?-ii we ?i.uid have r?nw>n lo i*.v.i. Qad Oiw tl* J irv ayuMm t-iand* io* a protection t*Jt"*e*n tr,.- peij,ie,?_rt tho*- who might sflsnd the bowers ?*?? bo Tbe presumption ..f tic* law 1* that BVOfy .in'i U _rio.-'-nt unui provan aulity. Tue fond hope of all inea li issi car ,'ucige* ui" iii.;,?rtia. and vet Irraa lbs *h*f begijii.ji.g of the c,spiner . ai-e m lt* Sad RoCOfdet Ropth detre.-ided trsas hir digiifte l BA - si a yest tadeo, sad rr.* public beheld s rate spectacle In Americas eoorto? tte leading teonsel for th- *praeeeut!oe on thc beach. I !?? .*.. Uiat O-ardtiur wa* guilty, hut thu conduct of *? i 'crt stowed that >,*rlii-r had ta be eeavlcted "??better iunocent t,r g*iiiij*. lt 1* a aetartoas fa't IhSt cns/ rom monocled with the Psltas D^ortment ha\e been for T**rs rtiaUavqlry doing IhS H?ir." thliid fur win. li C?nln?r w<8 cnnsictisl. dur Lrllllant huperiiitendm>t h.tme* aid-d t9 i!^":order Mnytl., his Mli-nd ajid bsa ls ty.. !?- gbOWO us BOW gUl ?iv a n a" wlio wu* li"t llcsruel to Wa. kn.ail could be tiappod, BO"sated ami ".n vicua, orgj gaea he nm try R on hi* nun meal I ?*"?Um ?nt:h.. I..- ai over*" lawjei sad every Intelligent sm "RraitaSod eltlsea si Siew-York wk b I -say tnat ?triter uutrai,"* open fastles than Recorder Rmyth's ?Rm in mts rom bas rsraly beau perpetrated la th: ?usntey, Recorder Rmyth'a eooduct i-a* happily ealled Ra Sttcu* n nf the .-iitli-c (oiiiitiv ls th- (Ihil-it Unit *?'??* fran, til., arb.tiiiiy. avorbeaMug aili paitiil ? Po nm iltthsd with authority. BS Ungani .,r ia-, v-r caa withstand j Judge beal upon *???.,.; io t - .,; ,,f a caae. Juries naWroUy lok. ll* cue rrom ihe juaue,., and if I had been oe the '"her Jury I would haw* condsmiicd t" li- face ti" ****?er's, instruc-Uona, sod advise 1 him il.at a* a J"iV* "I w?* th< jui^e ..f Ute btw aad tho'foeta. ll rssy ? iSf-rrM rrom U.e stine**.,'., rr of Um '""rt that If Ute "*r*l n*l couMct?-d irfirrlii'-i the H'-.-il-i WBOld tia. ? "-treed th-.u. wu., eeatsssps. WOEEtOX M1SSIOXARY DAY. Ihe first day of Merah Jiu- bern sri anuri I; Ft* *-rti Btsstaamry i??y kg the students ond fnculty ol '"'on Theotagtaal Imnlnarr ""? ''? t-hmphrll will Pre-tld* at the inUstuim-y e.v.-nl-i- Wbtok viii lalee i^e imee of the regular recllatlona, rind nddrasaes *? te amie by ii. M. Rrown, ol Ihe senior class *? F. Iiyd.", of the midd hr (ins-; 1! i. ill J_i of tin* Ji.ul'.r lin-**; Eelwuid K-Uiife'. Of ?'?le, und t . c.. Me.h, ..f Prtnoaton. HIRIam Dulsea, _*?.?*? th. Pies!.yterian RoaH of rorrlffl -?B*?don?. ?bl the Kev. J. M. Couklifig Will speak In Ihe Hiter "ooh. ...nd tn ihe evelilng Ibe Kev. J)'. A. I. i.oidun, 01 lioHon, wi,i gpeak on ' Ihe Holy RplHI In MIsoIobs." TAlUiRS TO SELL HAD BILLS AT AUCTIOX. Men who Rote not paid for chilling secured from members of the ,M--rcliuiit fhtlQCO1 -eaiely of Kt~ Vork reH liave tii-elr debt* dlsciciscd at the uurtioti BBB Of Judsmeiiu agslr.st them held by Hu* *,o.l.-ty t<>-iuorr5W at J2::to o'clock. The -,-,> will lAke. piace at tlie iJciil liMate Rrcbange. MUrty-st.. with Msriin p. Holafe, anetlcmeer. Hog of preoalaenee ht jxentJuii mid buslnem Ute *n> included lu the "Monk ___?" Even the Stock and l-Yoduec exchange**, ihe <**-l'*'ii House. Wnll. Beever, und brood sts. ure ??non-; tbe H*t of addresses. Tba lilghert sum In ludg ??Bl U gfioo, Most of them sre for more thar. *100. "* sggrpgate ls about RI 1,000. These Judgments ***??? hm obtained by lodlvldwa merchant tailors and "^^ -???? ?t once oout notice*. t),Mt i. . day. it, ? , ,, 11,I;?':mni T not ?*??* *??Wn five i">.^ul:^::^:;lY^M-^^. Mon, ??WootSJ*?S^l"^i*,"M!' '""?? '? s -edina -i, u * MnueUy saved bv this pra ?S.';^ &"??'??>"'? Wini. S -?>-_ PILOTS CHARGED with ilUTISV. WE CAPTyiv WASTI._, Tl~.if, ro Wk AM) THK Mnv |,,.t-,vK:i TfJ Rlver i.e!,. ' WM "'"?? "'r ""? A- *N""h tho Hut .rv ;?" "':':M1,il tlKht rtr"W B ???? to >v P ?,r".W":; "1"1 :4':r:u""1 ,!i' Mtrntlonol to cv, ' wh">"m ,"? ? ???? "'o K g. Atwood, of Slr!*?* _*?' T*? A,,"',"',, f""l,rt ,hat ??* ??? of _h? Caril had ,?,?Riled, and thgl h.-r raptaln wanted ???'??? from ihe poii,., a bool fr. th. ,,,,:,,? Bax om -..d! placed ron, rahrilkm. .-:,?.??, ?,.,,, J rrat. At the predncl station on Pta, A. captain ;.nmon of ,1,0 piiotitnat. t.le.chorgeofmntlnyo; OReefe rafnsed to a cern mu, ? eharge. _nd ,,,.,, ^?^bylocktaglhemeunpto.nswratotbemcdi Bed charge ol disorderly e-,,?d?,t. presumably on thc blgh sees." The ('..ill wu* lowed to Pier .Vo Non ii River, by Hie tuc and Red np lhere Tl - four men .meted ;ir? N?n< ON/Mi fcm-rt n "Mike McDonald ond Thomos Reilly, ri,, v will i... arraigned this morning, and proper punlshmenl for the new crime of -disorderly conduct on ii,.- briny deep" will be meted out to them. The st.,ry of the trouble 1- at follows: The Jesse furn lcf. New-York on February n ,,,?: cr?is,*i antll the 33d, when tbe pal Puk to Sandy Hook and an? chored oa ihe lightship fm- s-UHon duty. fntU yes? terday all w?s Weii. Station doty i- a change from the rigors of ihe sea. dora nol Issi long, nnd When over the rrew hove shore doty, which often does not lu-; long, either, on account of the Intolerance ol thc police force with .lu.k Ton who look upon the wine when lt i- red. Yesterday tallon dnty time was op, and un har ems hoisted for Ibe homeward trip. Jual n ibe Carn hud turned J.er prow loword New-York, ihe pllotboul y.-i.r.i .-e snow, ont ward bon nd, dashed ly. ber white .-nils glistening in ihe brighl sunlit t, and ti:-' white foam nuder ber I ?ws risl .- to i ? r decks. This settled lt wm, the captain ol the Caril. Poe clay, hod he been at sea, nol one Incoming \c* f?i had he met. uni nol one dollar bad bc made. A few shaip orders came from Iii- Ups. Down wenl I e holm, ihe salli rattled in the j,vi, aesi wind. and nu- rurU stood oil tn the northeast in the wahi' of the Snow, Then limn Ibo nilen rebelled, Marching all the) demanded Hutt tin- bool l?* turned back. - We won'l tn la tea again." t Ley - ried, "ton ran gu io sea or io tail, then." -v,d Cap tiiiii miiis iii. and thc ciew decided on loll, no Ihe Caril *were Pilot* Phillip Unrns, Augustus Jul William (iran*, mid ...*or^.- eVnmpsoii, Uuatkccpcr Jos (iii Hussey und Mate l.u.iwu* Winter, ??-? FELIX ADLER ASD THE WORLDS FAIR. in: wants it opened on sundays ron, thj: WORKINGMAN. Felix Adler placed Mmeeil pnbncry on record vcr lerday morning In favor of opening the World's Fair on Sundnya, An audi.-nee. thai tiii-d every chair In Chlckntng Hull benni hi* argument, He organ hi* nddress with u ttory obonl testimony In favor ol clo inp th.- Kulr thnt wus preaented to Conxraea. ?? A pu-t-.r "! a Weetern church," he ts ld, " on opening the service our- sunday morning asked nil member* '?! ii- congregnttan who were In fav.s* ii observing th. mi.luitb and preserving lia Integrity t., rise, (if conr.-c* nil promptly re ponded. 'All Ihoae,' the posl ir cuiitinued, *wiio ur.* in favor of destroying Ihe Sab bath and deaetretlng lt trill now ri-c' No ons stirred. Thc next morning tho pa-tr.r wrote to Ihe t ongre-htiiian of Ihe dlstrld thnt hi- rongregstion, by ;. unanimous vote, i;.id derided in favor of closing Ihe Fair "ii Sui days." 11 - dt-i?.-ti 'ii of ti,-*, question, Prof nor Adler con? tinued, was ol iprelal Importance, nereus* the acil i taken would -'ive u-. ii precedent In Hie future i j ulatlon "f the observances nf the day. I-i deciding lt, there! re, n was nect rory to esk wbal kind ??! .i eabbath pei.pie wonted. The sum of his own opinion eras His : thnt Ihe dag should be easentlaUy ? doy of real for labor; ihal s li -ru! d 'votlon lo irRgtous worship constltnted ll I ? il observance snd ihai un equally liberal dev dion t" recreation came next In raine. Regarding Ihe u ld - Fair, iii assaronee had oreo given thal no machinery would be In operation and manual labor would be restricted down ia thc i?..: : ??! actual nece* ??? ..-i ay. AU employes, besides, who were obliged to work on that day would have on othei st i >mp>*n*a lion. He, therefore, strongly favored the open! ; ol tho I'ulr on ri.ni day. ii.'- thousand! ol workingmen niul their families, wt***ose univ opportnnltle*s tr vi lt lng tb.* Expo Utan would l.n thai day, should not be debarred bj any iR-advtsed policy. The "Sunday , >??'.*..: of the Folr was designed chiefly for theit bene tit. ii; ir requirements were, moreover, ol pnramount importance. The Fair would be an Risirurllon n> tin in sm li ii- they would I'i'-ivi: i.i no other wny. The exhibit! Industrial, nrtlstlc nnd educational - v*. 'lld, lu countless Instnncm, arouse sn appreciation of new nc-ds In life. They would lend lo raise ih>> otandarda ol Rle to ii nigher pinn-. This, as always kapprnad when tli- moverncnl wu- wtdrspread, would be followed by higher wogrs. 'Jiu- lair Kia.-iii !,.* op. i ul f'.r them people, and publl. -bpli-lted cltlseni tbroughoul Ihe counlrj t-bould contribute to faeiRtote tue- attendance ol :?- m tbem a* p.- Ible, H.- hid not lear Hm effect of such a policy em the future of me Amen, nu *>uudaj n would not tend to degrade lt .*o kinch as would lh< po- IMe ni.c Hoi, caused hy widespread du atlsfnetloii should Ihe Pulr be ?i'**eiJ. The tpitit cf H*- American bundaj would be consesrved. Thal splril mcaul a pomllnn Hon 'tr worship, recraattan and freedom from li* ? r. ?pi,ere- wu.- no phase of the sunday opening nf Hu* Pair tbat Indicated un}' violation lo lbs - pi m. ipi- . THE UXIOX SEMIXARY FEI.UiWSHIP The announcement ol tho awarding of the fellowship in Ihe snider rJess ol Cnlou Theological -seminary for lW.ii luis (noi bern mode. J. Winthrop Holm received the award, with Duvl'l J. Herrick pcond. Mi Plstner wu* graduated from Yale l-nlvei Hy bi ?j--',, wa engaged In leaching from J--?'. until I DO ami lr. ut present Ihe pameral asslstanl ol Hie Brood tray Tabornocle. Ita hos nol announced whether be will accept the fellow ship or Dot. In cobb he duee sot it wu1, go t" Mr. Herrick. Mr. Hsrritk wm grad tiB-.d from ?VHRams Collegs In len*,, and open! ihe peen between bis college end iii. ihraloglcal wmn la tbe land of M.s blrlb, India, a* ft teacher. He la Ol ?rwenl tba manager ol tbe oemlmu*j bookstore. Tbe reclpieol of the feRowoblp gets *?0 a year tor two vii,Vs. .Ii.-1.it: Which Hu,.- bc I" rr*,ulred M pio-e,ut.. M,.,l?i -indi-.- either rn Ibis country or buroue, undra the .ii"s-.-,4o'i e.: ti,- seminary [acuity, making -un Biirmsl reports to Ihe seminary ol ino work occom put ted. _ . m - COCRT CALRSDAES FOR TODAY sm. ..c.- Coan i.i-'-: Term Reecm eoottoaai. , ^,',,...?,i- CouV-Chs..i- ii* '?'?" Rracb. J.-Motioa ^aUnrene,Uiaura 'U-'^rm-Peri I-Bcfsre lagmbem. ?' ^i;::'.T;,:.>^;.^:'1,r^.',!^;.f--.1'f',.. ?*?*.?* ,.!?,,'! ''r. ;;:'s,-.'i,.,. '.-20. Divorce*: Nm. ui:, 2.-. m. ?""."ii ul) l eau Part III- ^,'"; .^r^.; r1 -.r^' STZJ 2 'Vluaia'\'ourwl'"ait''l-li'-??' m i'-rt-l-on. J.-('a*o* fio.n ?"?ciAVlt Ceeth-Perl U-Befam Uwrseoe, J.-Csses frsm P'cirlVlt O.urt-1-i..t IV-IPioie hadrows, J. Cos * lr-rn l'"*?,U,!v,,-', C.1-TriBl T. rm-li*f-r- Plurerald B vvi 1 .,, i ,'i'i-K wuiuaher, Marta oarvey and n-'i-i ofJ-S.rttA*tMlMa ^i/roeder'suaJunah Kdel wSsrams^hei.T'AbSUil ii .- Min. ^i'!,:^'^^:;,,:1;1^,,..-^,.h. norah ? fAiiwn.,11 Vi-i* Slat la i'Tin - li'f"i' I'ryu J ?_0 ;l. t (?'!! ni'ii i (?"**"? I ,r Hf I'tar*) ff Ni 1 Coma ra p5S ty??, fm-wn x-Befe - bsl/c.^ . v/.? nus mifc aol. oi,h 221, I''..' '".ll I'M? *e-'. ?vi 11 ontijoioWM i"-'" io*v). iw "'?' '"" I***. 1005. Ioho. IcW i's!" 1006. IMt. I?M*._H Common Mea* Trial Terrs Part ll Helor- cierertck, ' $?*\?*l\^4rl*\ renu-p... Ul-Botom Brak 'XUr'f^Ji:, '.vr,. -Ad ...irae-l raul Hsrek 11 bSrlor c u.t-M*c.ii.i Iwim-Befera Pleedmeo. J ?""-luwV, r Oeart-Trisl Tsna-Port l-Refem McAdam. -I. -^]l!:t\-^:^r,^-v^ il end III-AdJoaraeg f0V,t,'.':..lorrnCo..rt-Ke,,.,t,- Te,m-ll-f..re BcdgWlCk, i~ ?^St, court-v,.ee..i Tcrm-Iiefcre M-eOowu. Iff*!** lite murt-Trial Term-l'srt* I, U. Isl ?"J tv?aa. J?","duJtf"f ,l';?.';;,r.m:-es*.o,..-Part 1-nefo- Cowinp, .1 a-..! Asdatant DtaWlwhAt****** htetdsas-Was. l to M lM_ram of itaaaral gtnims rori il-u-fcr? dm^R.. a-i.V A'V.ra.it I)IMrl.r.Attoi..eis Town*..id ind ll.i.dl-c andlAmlsmat WirieVAtwraej Mrl.ityr.--N-. 1 la ll. THE PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED ti &??aej*a^w? ?*???* rives In Chicago next midday, ?? ARCHITECTURE AT THE FAIR. i:i A SURVEY OP THE EXPOSITION BUILDINGS AT CHICAGO. TOE ART KALLERY ash THE HOMES OP Till". CTAT1 0MMI&S1OX& t DIVERSIFIED GROUP 0P8TRUCTTL'nE5-DEl?ir,X? IX \ Q CI RED BTTL1 - IXD IX THE VERXA" CLAR. irOCM * Mer i, si sar. SOBS! I t tut i i.i hi vf.' Chicago, Feb, j i.-I' would be a mistake to apply tl ?? same mle of criticism to the eeeem blane ol building.* al Hi* northern c-:.'l ol thc i'ni at i.i- bern applied lo the buildings a* thc south. An ?? .:? . ii.-: ? i t ?? lotter I inipossible without consideration '-i ti.mr rt-i erence to each other, "! I r;r effccl in oin* . r ??? The former, even more than t . ??? ilcli ocenp. the intermediate spa e In thc gr. icds, n |Uire tn h? weighed as -tn-tl, independent performances No one building lying north ol thc pond which separates the Art Building (rom the lilli is pose and grace, tin* beauty and Ihe dignity of pure linea and perfectly balanced masses, lie Iii* obtained oil these -,-: Hiti--*, and it would not be v cisv r. conceive not problem as having Uren irented with fi:i-*r reticence, with -jri*:.t.-r breadth and elevation of style. The pinn of too Art i Hu ilil lng ii a* simple us tin* r-t*.!.* ot it* exterior. It* length rona mai and *.v--sf, nnd un tin* imo, luK enough lo admit cf two r-eiic* of galleries, one ii' ive ti.i-- other, on each "ade, th.' malo hall px tends from end tu end. lier.j broken m tbe centre, however, by an -etagonal Itali about -"?'..?i.tv feet in diameter, of which th" f" ,r great piers support a dome 153 feet high. From rlii? iii hal] a shorter c ri.-* nf j.i!>-r:n- 'cv! to the m.un entrances north nnd south In th.* ti ; hall, which i? ? I*-, the boll <>f liormr. :: tnt- ground Hoot galleries r**f.*u.*i to, tl..' sculpture will be placed, and in the upper story tl -m will la. shown object* of both plastic uni |i toriol ..rt [lack of the sculpture j.i.Ni. the* Hour, on tin north and south side*!, .. number ni picture gal lories ni ?? r-t..ry ii. beirrht anc! thirty f.**t wide, -..nv their exterior walls out -1vtv feet, -" th it t!.n latter, which, of io:.!-", form tin* main faeaile* "f the ' ..-.itu. ur- almost ni line with !;.?? i.t ea ol t;..* grand parthia with theil c -s '>'^et ) A ? r h *. -.. ? ? J '^T*w I'^f^*-*-"?? ??vt' **? - . pi tv ~_s_? > rwtW** . z-***^ '?'.'- *AV'- M:-'- i?3.^ iMiaSl J, iifiSpJi L _3!U ;M""i-** lr* ? - *^fH ^KES?jtt ,'??: $E? VII.{3fc2__!__2?'H i ra fl *88h %v 1 ?l JUS ffl-^s^? "JUL^__^p 5^ - ^^s_J ^JBJY-- ' ?rf* 2 ?. i -t_ ____.?-, __ _^_ i HE ' iLORADO B'"l li'l N'>. Hu liding bas u*.'n conceived with the r. ??._?'?-' allowance for any ol t leature* in its nej , I'-:- In vi.i? i- t!,,- strength i'lii tlie v.. of tin* upper 'Un i-ifri of the - ol build? ing*, in Ja. kson I'ai k I'l* 'h ot Hu* ili\i-ioti i- it- variety, its i'.'-i-m ition ii i ?* ii scale of local taste in arclute**-tural stylo, it- rep resent at ion ol Vmerirnii urtliitivtur" in its ?? tional rnth.-r lli.'in In ile I.road ' . in' _ -. u**d Its superal un lani p ' ? - I*- ??? riiku* ?s i tl..- ara knee* ,,t nnj collection ol artistic pro dui thine; ?* 1 I i v l I . i. ?, run l * ? plastic, lorminir, t" sp. huddle. lt i- I-. ?- ir. lo ve ic|t nu ? ni these bul] linen sepnrat. , becausr to vb** with n-t'-i'i in ?? tn another mar by L* to r -sii-jM-r it;an i i." i.recian .tri Ibu ling, th* siglKHl by Mr . ll Ala.I, t ?? nio-t important liuildins in t. ? northern -.i rears its beautiful southern facade ip il - immense corner pl ra, hage (I'ife-i rolamns nnd i.- h i- lim.-nt*, w!.;? li in < "i,i instion \**.*i tlie ? I ?? ? t . :. - ol I, ? ll |.'nt81 SpU'll ilor i ? lin" '?- -it'll 'I -??-? picl ire gnllei iee sre diracintinue.l I I ? ?: 'r<- they teach the eastern .ral -.Vi-ta. ?: , \'i .:* ? I fla- llniin hall, ri 11?I tho significance ol I li is fact is, tiist, that it ??:. .1 bles tl..- hitler t ? a- -,: t ? ;: - - ;.* mei?? pioiecl ? ? i ,.i .I. - .r i'i\ > features which ?a.,.li come i-t-- competition with tho-e '-f the Itliem pori :? m l url, -.--nilli, that ? ?? front* admirably balanced an l yet tn.if varied in IfTi-ri limn they would lin*- ?? I?."--r 1 la..1 tl..- ..1 .a i. . 1..- 11 cn trude l t., tin* ulm .-t ? ? . ?? i -...-? I la- hull'- or U-T 1 .;??* lu tho ti- .1 ? ?..- ? * of 1 . .rn mt' r Lound ' ? ? 1 ' I, to say nothing uf - -i t' ?? tv, . pi in. ip il ??inn ?' ? - with whii '. tl,- 1.ml l lo I Ibo les ^.uii ater^^^g^^^ pw* ? -^i_ssraf2Ga_______rT!' "^^St~z_f-^,S^ Ml I ill _J MflMmmf' 5~ Kl, Tl l *y**~ ? ?Jr*T-*L~^r~ ' V~ >l4"^l**U^;s*i'rr. J. ,Jt ?I HE NEW-TORR RflLDI! li.nh- of wntcr tn which r 'fercnee hoe linen ma le -Hint Known n* the "North Fond"?and if* northern from has :i eonsidorabl.url before it, 1..".nh-* annexes projecting n >tn n* eastern ami *.\. "stern ends 1--J..-I "lively. It i* ., kn i t.iiitliii.', too, in-a-',i in. :i!?u Ly .'."" !.*?!. with i low doun*, iin.i it j* ,.,, irnpo**ing in effect thal nothing neal if ran interfere >\itii the imprc**icin it tn.ik'-.--. Tims il mutters nothing to tin* Art Building tbol it i- faced by tin* Fenn*ylvania Building, a .i.-un ntl ipti-il limn lti.|--|.. ni. n .? Hull, li if it matter*, very rn ieh tn tlie stately Benair*.un I* viiln erected for New-York Ihal it should l?> ho! .il i . by tl.t*. very Pennsylvania Building on oin' sui.', on tim libel hy tin* Iii'- sil nil* ol !.,.? ..li lian COCK linn '? IV who-.I MaOKtc|lUSe*ttH Ii.i- -I.ll 1.. I,.* reprosented, a -i timi just behind it tliere -' - ,! I ;." ?? i.tl placed ii in--!, t . ..! mini In::.- Inf lin- :o taiiuiiio Intioii ol Ih'lawurcei -ii mission'-****. And "I ? loiinB* lb.? .- lattei buiidiugs nn* rendered gmteaqucn i-\ tl,.- presence ol the New-York: Buddinu Ibe uuuuenl they and if nt' viewed m one group Hui lu observe 'I.'?? iimiit ni Incongruity in Ibe northern division, ns .1 whole, Ibo divinion ronipri'lifiidin}! a <? lal ? exposition I in tl"1 Arl Ruildinj . md thiriv--i\a-'i.'i.'1-'-. "I different dimensions, bm usually small, assigned la tim Slates iini Terri tories, besides a number ol buildings erected bj the foreign nations, is lo reflect ihal ll waa n rvituhle from iai-.et. in- oi space and rrom Ihe enormous difficulties lying in Ihe way of s bal int,ino:,- adjustment ol so in,my 1. ,;l lin.- lt,i-i* I nt. h on :? desire lu speak ol local pride and elia ruc t eristics To refit-et in this waj ls t" be thrown inn . upon the criticism ol each building for n- own rake?willoh i.*, In a general sense, Ihe criticism io he rollowci everywhere?a* Ihe criti cisin wTTlcIl i* nioiie-, iine| in n |x-< . 1 nir OODae, od miaoible when reviewing tl. designs. The \irtun of Ihe Fnlr architecture t.. which if h..s been nenesaary lo rel ira again and again ia ino li-i l. appro'rriate expression of Meas it ls tn im -viii! in high praise ni the Administration Building thai Ito charactei cannot Ire miaunder st in HI; of the Horticultural Building and other structures, ihat their purpose i- sugreotod by th ir exteriors, and lt io tin- which i? inst to be sui of th-e Art Building. In preferring fdr lu-* bulbi int; tin* style of Greece got materially aflected by the modifications ol tho Benaiaaanee, Mr Atwood recognised a style not only beautiful ir, itoelf, not utily fitted by if?. simplicity and symns, trv t" typify the Bernie geniua preeiding o-er the nob leetion ".' treas .ms Ire otoo eommioeloned lo pro? vide with a shelter, b it ino one stylo which tra h Hoii loos imposed, anti beneflceutly Imphoed, upon Rwmraernble srchlteetoral enterpri cs ot ibe anim nature dunns iiuinuieiabl" poora. It i.* the- oeb)ooi ideal of archit'rctun* which he him osayed to embody in the Art Building, and ho lia* _**t wit on extraordinary degree pf aucceso. Sobriety, te i-aatlj in warmth rrom Hie composition of the pirti i ? gallery ? ill* '- I'1-"" *"*r--1'''- rweseed with toll column* loaring the- roof, and thus -,iloi.li:.. ., spic ? is i- :? ii On th.* north ail li ,i ,,i:,| ,.--,. . .- derived from the annexes, <?. h ,..,; i,. , | -wt, i ii ne. '???! bj corridors with ti., main hiiil.Titn and. Ibo i.-h kepi very simple ami tn - -.'.oi ii::,ti"! to ihe latter, so treab-d with caryiH'di** afb* the style ol the Krectheum aa to i rini m, esp. i Uti ? ? harming b-nture into Mr Atwo. d' ? lu me i Ital scheme i- as imper* mal .,. ,| ,.*,.., . ,,, any w|,i< li goes lo make tho mun . . - ? t, yet li.-' tn" heil buildings tltere ti,., ,. ,.. |* .1 v. A ..I originality. If ls to be , | -,, ? tuted with .M-iili'' ire Tliftre ., un invidious distinction, nothing timi ,... | ,,"'. t ti nurdy upon ti,.* n**f ol tlie Mute hiiil lin -, iii Un- remark tiwi Hie miniature I,, | .,,1 Sew Vork bj Measrs MeKtm, \l,. ,| .\ IVIilte i- ti,.ly one among Hreni ,. north) "i aoeociati m with Mr Atwood's Art Ibiilding, whit h il happens t.. face lt i- >?. simply i.,-? ,i i* :' palace, la-cause it ia alone J u( a|| th.. Imil linga ol ila rinso, Ihal which Hie Vlt ihiildin; u* on n lar**ei scale, an architectural ?;,,,,,,.-,.-,r. Ibe imil lina "I Hie Italian Kenaia .. ?,,.( --a., alli* ii H I" l['"' ,:'"1- ?"? "'?'' l"-f"rir' vi||a Vi.' fed on t; ?? Pim ian Hill I i 'I"1 fifteenth ,',.,,',,,,-v and in H-cenl years oeeupied by Hie .,,,,. -, ,,t France who have won the Prix ire Koine To ultempl as close an adaptation ?i this as Hint v j ,,.1, i,;,'. been ma le al ' bi. ago is i tlellcate ,.'M???,.-nt. rite Yilla Medicis i- one of Ihe , -niling* en. in Hi - Rome arliooe beauties ire In |ab|y enhanced by lofty sites nn I princely :1I,i,.,..*. inti .hm. .illy fine il ls rendered liner in effect i.y it- surroundings?ourroundlngg rarely I ?-, n |n Italy-and tu transplant lt gi if wen ..,,,;,| ?,,.,,, io Involve a grout diminution ni ;t.* charm. All Ita poetio ehnrm Brceasorily ,i..;iPiH*-ii- in the* New-York building, but Ito purely architectural beauty remnlna And there ia nothing more odmlrable aboul th.? New-York i uildlng than th.* perfectly bolanced toole with -a-hicli H.,it beauty hue been preaerved, Sinoe tliere wea no intention ol diaghlalng tho lource ,,! their inspiration Ihe architects might have fol? lowed , v.-u ?. closely the ornate garden front ,,f the- villa attribnled t" Michnel Angelo, bad they i..-sir. .1 lo make a merely brilliant effect? ibo Italian lacade is nu exquMtdy deooratlve -or_ i f art. But they hove chosen to red icc the composition of thc Italian building to even sm,pier, and, li may be said, for Michael Angelo ans n"t sn Impeccable architect, to more coherent rerm-, to eliminate from the troll spaces the sculpture in relief whose* effect they could not hope to eompeos, nnd by u lesa ibrcorntivo but Infinitely more nn.-ti ur-tmrnl disposition of tho conventional twnoinenl winch thflf hnd galooter!, to coinple-te tba Offed h- '>f unity wine ?* tinily baaed on tho cenential linos of ticir design. Tho uuiidin;{ cannot lull vp _:ive over/ New-Yorker who visits the Fair a profound feol ing "f satiofn. Hon. The pride thnt wu hurt a* Hie lo*- of ti..* Fair may well be revived by tho contemplation of a building which i** certain to .iiaw honor upon the c immonwealth for whleh it wne limit. With ? frontage ol Igo teet, a depHi ol 103 f.'.-f, a cornice denoting an elevation ol 51 toot, mid on the balustra.I roof ? raised belvedere?oh?o with b rail ?(mm Ute respective ??nils of which twa imo!] towera ihsf, the building i- commenaurate in scale, aa well a* In style, to the dignity ol it* purnt-ae. Kv.pt (or the l)ro:nl and easy High' ol steps which rucends to the portico, for the pu'tar which Hank it and for tlie two jogi lo Ure emil, the main boade, a** will bo se-'-ii frotsj tin illustration, lm* do projection tn spook nf, the ti.'e ol tho plan describing an almost level line, l"he Illustration con, "f course, give i.o idea oi rt,r- beauty o( the details; it eon do m. more than hut nt Hie ordered richness of the panels in tho inc/., rrhich is broken by tin* attic windows with .-ii apt a sonne of light and anode: at the* graceful .I.-oration of the second-si iry windows; at tho deli-racy with which ti,.- niches in both hist and second stories hove been trentedj nt the mingling of lavishnees with reotrnlnl whii h diotlnguisiies tho ornnrncntation ol tiie facade above ti.mite of the portico, and at the tts tlnemenl of Hie raouldiut-s everywhere. Dui it sn (Iii ? * to explain the I igheot merita ol tli" build? ing, ns i.iii proportions and the effectiveness c.f it* composition. When thc -tart ol whleh it ht cons tr ui led hu been rendered perfectly dean and fresh for tho opening of th" Fair, flu* will present ii relf-po***-****"*.!, serious and aristocratic appearance, such ;in yviil redound, it may be repented, to the lasting credit ol New Vork. Inside it in at present impossible t<t judge of tbe lull nrtistf value 11 the design, Iml ti." entrance hall at least, large and handsomely adorned with col imus, ia -*umprehensibU* already as a chamber worthy of the exterioi of Hie 'mild? il,u. <>i the banqueting hal!, which i.s to be the strong point in th- plan, the designers are making one 11 ti." fines* ronni- in the entire cxiiooltion lt i- to I,.ive a coiiim painted hy Mr. F. 1> Millet. The problem of tl," New-York building oms solved, and solved most triumphantly! by an application thereto ol foreign motive*. Such an application has I ism frequently Waitneosed elsewhere In the exposition, notably in the maha ci.'irt, and haa received the warmest praise. Among the State buildings it does not warrant approval more than once or twice, but it i* ninon', there abc that there arc lound a number ol >??*. cellently well formulated utterances in grchitec tural idioms indigenous to oar soil, ihe' danger involved m the uso of tho Colonial vernacular ?f /> A A** i^xm^&% BU 1 P "A"^ '"'?? e ? j|8i-. Bl . EXTKAXCE Ti . AI.Il nliNi y pi'!.mn... i- obvious A- ii,--' Americans know it ir in? vites n domestic rather than an official treatment in buildings nf small scale, and thc* t*orn*equences of using it at < htcago have not always proven .1*1 ?.'. 1*111 wi ic and t,e'iiti*yi,..iniii, whoou building* have been mentioned above, Connecticut, West Virginia, < ?hii> and even Martsacliuseetts hnve erected buildings in tho Colonial style, in which the i-\p!---i'.ti .,1 State significance winch should lielong to tlie headquarters -i State ofHcers is orr. liv missed, and thc ordinary character ol the private dwelling-house substituted in ita place Vet this def.-et, like the ilcf.*,*t in the eneral effect tor which thc crowding together u| tlie h ;', lm - iii tlie rn rthern i><rt of the ?jm,mi* i- reaponeible, i- aside tr'in the strictly architectural merits or demerits of flu* different .lo-i-ii* Tiie Delaware and West Virginia Build? ings, t" h.* *.*-ii to the fullest ad**hntage, should he seen In villages of their own st it.*-, hut ,i* n la, they, with other buUdinga in their style ami other-e i..itn"|.-* sty lee, :i- in the c i ? - ot Michigan and Wisconsin, are hut if not wholly pleasing ex? amples ol refined, unpretentious suburban archi? ll ture Miuesachusetts deserves stronger com? mendation, lier building, which reprodnceo the leading features of ti." lumous residence of John Hancock, which for many years stood near the Capitol in Boston, hus itcoii given .\"ry eborac t'-n- rir nt the Colonial marudon built on g gen erous -viii". It* detail* are particularly gool sud it- limited grounds, to be loki our in ibo ol l-fasbloned manner, yviil lie planted with Bow era us in tia old N"\v-I.ii..l.iiid gardens, lt is one ol the very homelike State building**, and tu,h.\ i pilgrim from Boston will doubtless h?el grab-ful tu tho architects, Mt-aare. Frabody .v Stearne, for having designed it as they have. Altl.nu :h the ii'loi i' archite. lure of < 'alifurida no.** back i" spam foi it, traditions, it- purest type* ur.- on this continent; ti."', are irrevocably Identi ln*i| with ti,.* r.o iiic Suite, and the t'alifornla iciiltliiu, which i- built in Ute ancient style, falls Into lil o willi tl..- i ol,rn,il 7,ailinn:* no a work free from ihe alien e. hm*- current in our architecture nowadays. At the exhibition of th" Architectural Len uue in New-York ?.onie weeks nun this buddinu, for which Mr. a 1' Brown made the de-dun, was tin* most eon spic iou*, .Ht' i rh.* New-York building, nu.-mc tho structures ohown tis proposed for the State com? missions In actual liff it e*n-ily hulda ifs pla.e. lh" extensive front, ol which th.ntral feature is illns'irated, i front 435 feet long, i romposed on .-nher side "I tin- main portal, und until it i* en.hil hy lowers at the corners, with tin- low, N*|iiut arches, resting on enormous piero, which ii re- farailinr in Hie mission building* 'if California and New-Mexico. Tin? southern facade, 114 I.-it i-i width, .-.ipi'- the sm I >ie> j.. Mknder.it, two s,|ii:iii> tow.-r-, i-.o-h built In three gradually ilimiiii-hiiu staoes and domed, with Hieir ourfai^-s unbroken hy anything save i few r-m.ill wm.lows, llunking ;i wall win. li mis .i omall arched door? way in it/- centre ind r-i**- engaued column*, three mi each side the door, supporting a pejUntent The towers on tho north are in the same general style hut illffel in oct,ul-. All the root* ar.- to I.vered with rel tiles, The building is massive ind pf tiir.-.-|i;t-. th.* rolor value of its white walls und rmi roofs i- great, and lt ia thoroughli repre? sentative ot California, recnlllng thnt State and certain -ii'-- "i Its history netter tuan any i.h"i design could have done. lhere* ls .m.' other Western httiMing which i* decided!*, American, though Its salient uni mo*t ambitious feature derives Hom spain The towera of tbe Colorado building ore obviously ol Spanish ex? traction, imt the deligl tfnilj piquant and artistic effect of tho design, taken a* a whole, springs from th.i? ability lo muk" :i foreign .stylo his owti which is tire property of many an Amer! 'an architect, and has it- virtuea a* weil ns vt fault*. Mr ll T. I. Wendell designed th_ building, concerning which it mnv be added, t?\ the arny, timi if reseinblco the California buUding in color, having r"i ti!.*M on the nuns af the maui building, and towers to i intrast with the white, or "off-white,"' of tin* -tnt* To discuss at length the Stat.* buildings which have not thu* fur l-eeu touched upon would be to describe the Rhode I-yiinl litiililiiiLr. a* a very I.I Colonial (10*11111, mal the Maryland and iVnnsyivnula buildings as tint quite -ii good in the- some style, i.nt yet paso .,:,ie, nini thou to expand a Judgment on the r.-t-t, which, aa a matter of Ihet, is i.c,?t confluent to a fem **eneral remarks. There are a good ronny nooi designs among thc State buildings. lin Indiana building, done in French Gothic, ir* poor: the Iowa i uilding, alan Fresjeh, i* nl*n very poor; and there are hybrid structureo representing Kansas, Arkansas, Montana and Missouri whleh ore wits" The cause "f tia- wo**t-_Xeesneoa of these deslgna I** unintelligent straining after effoot. ii..- reeUea* skylines of some of theos, such ne the Indiana building, add to tho picturesque irena winch thc* abundance of differing rn if iv.-* cansr** to pn ihiiiiinn'e- in this section Otberwlflo they are e,f no rtgueflt to the section. Yel here, a* in other p.irti* of the grounds, the good is strumer 'han the had Then* is more of ir, it catches the ope lirr-t nnd retain* if, god the linnl impression of tho architecture nt the Fair is ai (?ratifying as the first. Very role! ut Nlstfara Tails, Ice effects wonderful. ^ew-York Ceutral Hie Uno. a*. I A NEW RAPID-FIRE GUN. A FORMIDABLE RIVAL Tn THOSE NOW IS rsi:. THF. INVI'XTION" ot CHARLES w. S-rOSSEL-** PRELIMINARY TRIAL AT TH P. NAVAL WOE FOUNDRY-TOE ..I'N".-. Pi*i'MAr.ITIF.S. Washington, Feb. S4 (hpeotall*? iii" Nivy* Depart* ment lins suthortseO a now rapld-tlrc pun to be; sub leeted to o peeflmtnary examination nt tho Homl nun Foundry in Hil* etty, preparatmy lo Its subeofomtt p ticol tiiiis iimi tests nt tin- proving ground* st Indian Hood. Tin* new cnn I* nie invention of <'naries W. f*pon*oL ol Hartford. Who ferr year* lina been connect*?*] with tho raaanfoctare of thc iiouiikisa pua at iii" Pratt tt Whitney ororhs in tnat city. ir wu* not known until a lew di*.- uko that tia* iuw competitor In tiio Held nf Am.-rican ordnance Invco lion iiiid boon d< veloped, but Inqatrjr ol Hie Navy Depart mern elicits the Information mm one or tne -i> ti-ci fiitis wu- completed and tested in November , last, snd 'int a regular company, cn:i.po*ed ol pi om neal business nen of Rartforg, lin* baan formed to i promote the Inten .'s of Hie cnn in Hil* eauntry ung ' Europe, where potents have been obtained. Tho ; forthcoming loots at the Naval dim Foundry and Indian Heed will determine Whether a number ot these dins shun be purchased for the Navy. At i present Ihe Stevy I- supplied with two other rapid I lire -jims of American invention?the Hotchttlss ana th" Prtggs-Scbroeder. In general sppearanco tho gpansH sun resembles the Hotehkiss gan* bul .niter- from it radleolly In the number and chararter of awehanleal parts, a cut of tin- Bponsol san. showing a ono pound type, ia li. re Riven. 6P0XSEL RAPID-FIRE DUR. The notable difference between thc gponooa *mE other mpM-flro guns l- ta mc braooh block, which carries all the moving portfr-tbe firing pm. shell ex Iraclors, and locking and operating apparel?**. There nm no BCTOWS in tin* br-dil bloch, willie In Hie llotcb l.i-s there are Ix iind In the Prlggs-hchroodcr twelve. The Sponsel gan has the sdvantage of aa operating lever In the centre of the mar of the bret oh block, in tiie direct lino of in oil. Whleh moves nt right angles to i'. Tin* arrongemont removes tin* neeesstty lor :i special locking device to prevent Hie blink Vicing thrown mit by recoil before tm* powder ls all burned. The Spoosel um. has two ex ira.?tors, one on e,-eh side of the shoo. Shelli ow eirtmcted by a dir-ct pilli, wiib ii avoids "Jamming;" a sonree of no little trouble and (Way in handling guns of this character. The bree, li bl.* k does nol extend beyond Hie end Of ibe gun. in rerenl experiments nt linrtford rim breech block eras dismounted, tnlien apart, reassem il-ii. replaced in ii,-- gan and made ready for firing ta seventeen aeeimds?o wondorfung .-hort time. Directness of action, ease of handling, econoasy in construction snd durability, srisiug from the fact tljiu lt .-tillie* nt right :mjic- to the surface of the cartridge, rather thaa arith sn ot.Hine blow, renders iii.- Bring pm one of greol simplicity end value In the Sponsel pun there ar.* but twenty iwrta. Th- Hotciiliis* gun thirty-two, ami thc Dr'.2c? ticbrocder fifty-two. This fact mske* thc construo itoo dmple nnd doroble fur sen leo purpeeea, aug materially lessens the rosl nnd difficulty of marni fm-ir-*. The arrangement nt the breech block?the ni.-.-n.-e of which In other gnus hns long been recog nlted as :i serious defect -prevents the hand al the tn m reeding the cartridges i-.-ing caught in the block i* 11-1 Injured. Lieutenant Eames, inapeetor of naval ordnance at r..* Pratt a- Whitney warka, recently tented the Fponuel gun, and lo a report to Ihe Navy l>ei>.irtment stated thut. In lils opinion, it won',,I become a verv formidable rival of ti:.* beal rapid-tire guns now In n*e in His country snd abroad. Referring to tho r?-ii*- of tbe 1.-*:- of the pm. Lieutenant E.ini*a said : '? Wltii the exception ol a .*Ilg!it -doggish mo ve? in.-ut. arben defective cartridges were poipooslj used, the performance of tbe goa was without n defect of sny Mud. \- regards IsclUty of loading, the pin im- oil tin* advantages of athen lu whleh light Mocha ar*" used. I ?? design of Ihe gun permits great lari tnde In workmanship and a fcirje rleorance for dirt. The ejective I- stronger f*".-iri that in any pin of ita calibre known to nie. All tbe parts of Hie mechan 1-m are contained ta th- breech bloch, whleh can he removed from Ihe gun In two seconds The firing plo I- ta one piece sad un be removed nnd replaced by merely tailing om thr sear. The action of the extractors ls directly parallel to the sxis of the (-.re. nini t'olr el.-tn.-nts ure rm dl-po-.i ns to make in--urn. v essy of otttalnment. Each extractor is avatto bte for cit!i..r sid,, of the gun. Thora are no strews iii the breech meehanlsm, mid with the excep tioti of ..ii.- which does little work, ..Ii .springs atv spiral. Ho tool ls re.julri*l far dismounting or as? sembling tin* bro* h mechanism. ?Th-- price charged by Prult ??j whit nev for a -single model gnn?PSOO?aros a low one, in slew of the (act thal in such work nisnv ope ra Hom require a lin v. when lu actual manufacture <>t a noothar of guns the sum.* operation wnuki require only a few minutes. Tbe small rots of the flponsel gun. eouglal witii lt* g*-nerai simplicity nnd efhrtency, appears lo bring it Into tbe front rank of rhona of its class.? TRA SSA TL. t V 77 <' TR A PEL I. FRS. y\i:*r.Y PAgSEROERg OLAD TO LAND AFTER STORMY VOYAGES. The steamship Ifoordlonn, ol Hie He.i sur Lino, ar rlvi*l h.:1- resterday from Antwerp oft-T a stormy voyage of sixteen days, The Sfoordlond left Antwerp nt 0:90 o'clock :i. m. on February ll. The weather aaa rainy and squally, nnd ranUgMd so during tbe night, .'ii the next day n moderate gale blew und tho -m im-rt-ii-ed lu height. The weather wa* cold, aad t'.i.> passengers kept below, out of the wuy of the flying spray nnd ruin. <>u February 14 a strong gnie from th.- north weal began (to whlsUe through the rigging nnd make Hie officers on 'h.* bridge extremely uncom? fortable Fur tii- Bern three days Hil* lind of weather iii-t.-d. nnd the passengers began to thin** that lt wm about time for a "let up." when the gale in.-reused In \l knee, :iinl mi P.-iini.irv lg ans blowing wttk ro doabled loree, sceompanled wit ii snow and hall, sag ruling i sea whiii. on the -lip's lng bj tl.*s.*rll>ed as x moan tat noas." The storm eonilnnsd wi*h unabated, vlnl. ii'" nJI til" n.*\t diiy. niid tuen .slowly nnd sul? lenly -ubid-'d nulli only u DaOdproto iiile ?wn.* blow lag, Mir tli- guli* coniInned, with more or lo*n violence, until Fire Island eras awn, and the N'oord land dropped her anchor off Bandy Him!; nt fl g. m. y- -terilnv norning. ThefO were 1".*2 lln-d c alin pas sengers landed from the steamet yesterday. Tin- fut.uni Line -leam lip Etruria, wi 1cr> c imo Into p-rt yesterday fiom liverpool, also had a stormy trip, but can..- through without sii-talnliig any dam? age. On February td mk* Tnnmr Premiss, a second ciibiii passenger, .li<*<l from apopteay, and was bnrt-*4 at nea while ii -. v -rt- gols wa- t-lo'.vilit;. Among th" poosoogers wore tbs Karl of Ava, .-'dost son of Lord Hugeitn: A. F. Ayer, whiter Hohranj. w. .r. i* Hou tinier. Thomas Lo BontRHer, mi?s Le Boottltar, John Bridgflsan, william Bridgman, Dr. s. f CaaMgs and wife. Dr. P. B. OOtBer nnd wife. Duncan Oryder, H.,ward Pit ming. .linne- (>r:i"t. ft yv. Ciregorv. R. jr.; Patrick Hughes, the Kev. Percival J.nus and wile, Joiiii steemrt mid wife, J. ll. Wheelock and J. II. Wul-h The Aiigii-tn Victoria, of th.* Hitmburg-Amertrsn Line, dropped her i.r.chor off QunnnttM yesterday morning after a rough trip vf ten dnys, snd her pa?s?nger* hurried ashore when the vessel wss made fast M bar flor, happy Hutt their voyage was ended. Among them were Chnr'.e- Boyd, Dr. J. H. Wood? worth, lomos Dunn. E I", Howe, T. M. Howe, Vic? tor von Klralv. Dr. Walter Lot.ucn. Wtlllsm Stone, A. M. Tobias nnd A. C. "rider. Tiie steiimsi,lp Werra, of the* North (ierman Lloyd, after n trip of twelve dara, landed h.-r passengers yesterday nfteinoon. In ber cabin lhere were, among others, Miss .*uste M. Adams, (j. C. Anderson ano. wife. -Mrs. f'} nw W. Meld, Duncan Kennedy. Dr. Thomas MlricKl, L**inard lt euler, Jacob Rotluclilia, merson D. .Smith. Ueorire bennfer, Edward Voa Visen, B. ii. Whitmore, R. P. _ouag and -Qcvrga Sahl*