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BRITISH TOPICS.
NOTES FROM THE ENGLISH CAPITAL.
sum. mix's dkatb?t-tmmMSSSDSB or rsorbt?ri
rUBUCAH CONBBRKNCB AT BIRMtMBHAM?U
vssticatiok uno thb atlawtic disaster.
|raoa the aaoruj? comusrowoBirr or thi trib?hs
Lokpom, May 15.-Mr. Mill's death has calle
Sorts expreaalona ot regret from varlona bodlea and ai
eusChnas soch a? tbe Republican Conference at BI
MiaKbaat and Uie Land and Labor League, with U
opiato?? of which be waa auppoeed to have some syn
pathy. It 1? to be noted that all ?uch expression? wbtc
Save ret been hoard of proceed from unpopular minor
taw. from ext it me radicals, from person? of noconsid
oration in fashionable circles. Rut a Meeting has heei
summoned by Br. W T. Thornton and Mr. Arthur Ai
?old to consider in what manner tbe national respect t
km aasuKiry may roost fittingly be testified. T
UM. meeting, which will be held nextTueeday at Willis'
Himubs, Lord Derby among otbors ha? been invited
ii is characteristic ol him and of the extreme cautioi
with which ?och iuen fence tbein?elve? ?gainst au?
pwu>n, ttiat lie puta a proviso on his ?ooeptancc. Hi
will km on condition that his preseaoe be not undcrstoo.
a* implying an approval of Mr. Mill'? political doctnuea
TV this Messrs. Thornton and Arnold agree, and they ap
pear to have felt thetnaelves constrained to publish i
statement that the proposed demonstration will l?o or
gamaed on this basis. " Political" X? a large word and
?oven? a gnat ?leal But I/?rd Derby Is ?Uli open to th?
Imputation of approving Mr. Mill'? social doctrines 01
even his reunions opinions, since be expressly excludei
tbe political only. I do not ?eo why the Archbishop ol
Canterbury or Cardinal milieu might not be solicited U
attend, aud an agreement ??me to that their presence die
aot aanrticn Mr Mill'? view* on tbe Atonement or In
fallit.ii *y I'o. sitilv the attendance mittat be aeoured or
Urm u nn?. of IBa author of tbe following tribute, wbictl
I e< py fnim IBi CAureA Herald :
Mr. J Htuart M.il. who ha? .tust ?one to hi? account
would h_??e Soca a remarkable writer of Knglisli il In?
tuna** nit aaoaetoaaaea? and abounding self-contt
arito.* had not tuiMle brma notorious llterarr prig. Hii
* pbilooopby," so-called, was thoroughly ami-Christian
l?asaattaaaaaB danugiv mlaeBlsirsw and outrageously
wild A? _? iiietnoer of I'.kriiaiu?-.(it be waa a aiirual fall?
are, and In? kaaatsaoa U>. aud contempt for the groat
s. i kiT.atiM' ?.,.rt>. whs well known. Ill? death is no
lust to any i><><It for br was a rank bat amiable iottdrl,
? nd a most dan?:? ions paraon. Tbe arxinrr tfio-e " ilk*tit*
at thoiiLTi.1 " who agree w.tti him go to the same place,
tl.c I? it. r will It tie for both Church aud Huit*: We can
well ???are tin whole crew of Uiem. and ?nail hear ol
Unir ?1? ? part lire, whether one by one or in a body, with
t.lin satista. uon.
lu siteaVinj.' in my last letter of Mr. Mill's relation to
American ?jnenion?, I ?.initt.-d one point which illus
trate* e?|ua.iy t+is fidelity u- hi? ideas, aud bis perfect
trvtrloaanow m supporting tbein. He was, so far as I
know, the only Kugit-hinan of distiactiou in puoltc life
who was in favor of submitting tbe. Indirect Claims to
arbitration. Tlie letv? which he wroU> me at the time
aflluned not merely his willingness but bis daalre to see
U11? done, on ibe ground that the whole principle of ?r
ti-i.tion wm ai stake. With his permission this letter
waapubltnhed in The Tmnt'NK. I am not aware that it
appeared lb any English journal. From tbo aceouut of
Mr MIliV last illBBSB telegraphed by his physician, Dr.
Carney, to Iht ?tatlx, S tie?, it appears that the attack of
erysipelas was due to local BBBSSBtSBi that ho im.-lii
have eacaped it it he bad remained in London. I hear
Aim, A report that It was occasioned by a fall and a rut
an the bead. This la t?riiev?-d by some of Mr. Mill'?
fr.en.l_., but I cannot any whether It la authentic.
Measured by number* or b. the standing and influence
If its member*, tbe Kcpublican Conference at Birming?
ham cannot be called v? ry important. Anmog titos?.
prem-ut, tli?. uaiaes of two only are known to tbe public,
Mr hraduugh aud Mr. Austin Holyoakt- (who la not to
fee confounded with Mr. (?-?-rire Jacob Uoiyoake). Mr.
kradlaugh B a sincere, ?ucruvUo. aud able man, but
Uteri to every probability that he will have to end
its days under a uioti.tr.By, nuieae be decides to eml
p?Us. His ?|h-(hIi shows that he himself does not regard
4i. K? i.iiniicat. (?arty in England a? a strong party at
?resert. The e.fiort to make it ace m euch in America has
lot, 1 presume, nut with great sucooaa. It? strength
a wippoaod m B S-MBS ti.e working cumacs. but-in my
?pinion Ua- working ..meeet, are far more lntcrestod in
MxJai ii'ii?uoi.h lliaii lb Ui?- dispute between E_? t.iat..i
v?u 1 ?hi, aud Moaarcly. They would yu tor Kepub.ioan
aiii I dar. M_7,B it ??mid to them the aUortest road
k. higher wages, rre-tet iiideis'iidenee of their employ -
an. and a more cjual ?ti.>tiriiuiiou of wealth. At pres
int they do ii?> 1 take that vie?. M any of them bave,
iN-rliap*. a languid pr? 1er? :..? f..r Republicanism, but
,h?-y lake no great pains to express it, or to support the
t?en who express M for IBSSS. Tin-Trade? Union? aro
?either Rcpuuiit ,?o nor Monarchical ; their aims, in fact,
lave no dim-, HaassUSS with politic?, and they make
?taeni of not it-dog their powerful organization on one
O?t ur the otin .-? for oue part) or tin- other, that it.
fueywilin.it Is- found actin__ In concert wiih Repnbil
___n leader? til! sometiiing has occurred to con'ince
' Bern that their immi-diate objects can he best advanced
to that way. Mi. litad.aiigh ?ml the men associated
ana him art*, to a great extent, iu the position of le.x!
i-k without a following. They arc, nevertheless, from
iintrrvativt point of view, dangerous men. They
ta.e. obtained |?o_tf_e??i<io of an idea. The Time? thinks
k ?orUi whrlc to devoU' to them a column of somewhat
ton..? ur..* ritii. at Thmf itrt' r?i?orted In several now?
?aper? I win- for the sake of insuring theiu
BHsi that degree of atteation. that they bethought
IheaiMr.ve? ol g-ttitig a letter writtcu to them by Mr.
bright Ttiev asked him for some word of efi.oiir.ige
aeut, but tin 1 iiiiirt tonnt tuten ?Irangely ignoruut of Mr.
brigiii?. m?K>d il they tctil any real expectation of such
??expression fn.m him. I will only add that h.s 1. tt? r
H'n.? with what I have ofteu written respecUug Mr.
Bright, and that bis teadeacy to moderate Cooservaln.ni,
wway? strong, grow? stronger every day. Of course
I don't mear. Conservatism in the party sense.
The only uu.ii.Ut to Parliament whose name ha? been
klantifked ai anytime with tbe Republican cauv -, Kr
I'harle? DHke. waa a'aseni. But tbe Uoufereuoe showed
Uaelf not unuiiiidfu. of his past servir??, for whn h Ih? y
toted i.im their thanks. A public meeting, held in tbe
Town H..U to liirnUughaa. In the evening, is described
w? haviug be?n fairly alU-udcd. Mr. Brighi's Influence,
to tonn u* be chotiaes lo exert it, will keep Birmingham
hi a eute of at leaat passive ioyalty.
The Board ?f Trade ;ui|Ulry into the Ins? of the Atlan
Be, aow hoitiiiiK a'. Liverpool, relate? ?tnetly to Uie guau
Uty of ooalh and ?torea taken on board the ship at Liver
Itnk IU ob|*e. U. I had iiumit ?aid. to prove that the
Unp left tx?rt lull/ NfpUl ?! |m [b. voyage, but out of re
ipect 10 U_e Il?^d ot Tr.d?? I will ?ay, to ??certain
whoiber it so lefL This m Xbt_ owners' caae, supple
?K-nted by proof that Uie ?hip wm of a aafe model and
rtrougly l mit. That being eatabUshed, it will be easy to
argue that (apt. Williams had no excuse for attempting
lo make Halifax, and th? r?-puuu<>n of ihe line will, ?o
lar a?pos??.!ile. ne reestablished Bo tar aa testimony
roca. Mewrs Iniuay. Ituri* A Co. are moating with air
tbe auccca- they could desire. Capt. Mackenzie, the
Chief Rtn.gration OfBcer of the Board of Trade, ha? tuen
uammed at great lengtn. t?oth aa to tbe gen? ral system
d aupervis.on over emigrant carrying vessels, and m to
ha ?tores a.tu.?llv put on tKiard tbe Atlantic The a. le
latlon of an insufficient* of provisiona waa never, I
think, sei loos'y urged a? a cam? for taking the ship off
ktr tourtte. and tht- energy with which tuis part of the
, ?wilts' easels gone loto aeem? superflu?u? As to coal,
ttipt Mackouxie thluks tMO ton? were ample for the
voyage, and it was ecrtifled ah? had that quantity on
board. He admiU, however, that the Lancashire coal
wiUi win? h she was part.y supplied 1? vastly Inferior to
Veiah coal for ?teaming ptirpoaes, and be account*, for
lb? ?hip's running abort partly by this inferiority and
paitlyby ?? r?yjkl??s? stoking." Reckless atoking te de
s? 1 the? a? kuiug cualaget too low. and then heaping ou
a vrmah supply eo that they biaaad and weet ap the
itBmney. How mach tbe amount wodld be depreciated
m this way It was Impossible for him to ?ay. He ?wore
slao that the ship had more hunts than were legally re
?aired, bat aot enough to take alt fier passenger off.
TUey would hare held, be thought, ?00 people, a due pro?
portion of them being ehildrae. Mr. Kvalt, the ?towage
??leer, testified that there was nothing ob.ectionable in
the build of tbe ?hip Mr L_,? itio, Surveyor te tbe
Board of Trade, cuntid? red the Atlantic one of the best
, bajil iu?d ?Uuugeal aiilp? he had ?ecu. Mr. Biaaei, an
1 atBaraurvevor. waa even ___?jrt eaapbati?. Ho bad no
aaraple? whatever aa to her length or hreadtb, but looked
upon kti ma out) of the most ?ubatanltal ?hips aver omit
Ou othaff pouiU b? wa? equally d? ar ; i0 fact. Mr, Biaaet
*? wugt lawyai? wouul call a moat oneful wltt.o- 11
?hotBrtitatioSfttsoBxi? atwait the peeper ?juatitity for u
Maieh vuyagtr. Mr. Taylor, pnn<;.fial surveyor to tbe
Buardof iiart,- ?, MasMSSSi BBS Atlantic a
y?rj flue ?hip, and had no objection *!ia'. ,1 t,. *.- r
-mm_ih. Mi ?Uistiit'u, ?upariBMBdisg ?u?_av?>i ol tha
Whit? Bur Line, .???_-*??**- f-_ro_*ly M to the genar
-ily good condition of tb? ?bip. Md M ?tb* ?mount o?
00*1, which be put at MO to ?70 torn ; and ho ?worts that
the ?hip could not bum more than ?0 tous a day ol Welsh
eoal, an?* that of the mixed coal the mort they bad OTer
succeeded In eooaumlng ? 61 or ta tuna But Mr.
Foxier, the chief engineer, wbo ought to know, stated
the daily eoi-un option at 70 tona He now estimate? the
quantity on board when the ?bip bore np for Halifax at
166 or 160 ton?, though admitting that on the Slit March
be banded to the captain a ?talement that there were
but 127. With this the evidence wa* ?lofted, the owner*
off?ring to produire the builder? and engineer? of the
?hip to teatlfy M to her construction, but the Court de?
clined to hear them on the ground that there w?? no
neceeaity to go further loto the queetlon of the ?hlp'a
construction. It Is not difficult to anticipate the verdict
The Inquiry ton? been conducted to ?uit the owner?, and
the rerdiot will, It may be preautned, correspond with
their wl?he?. We have bad, in our time, some experience
of what Liverpool oficial? will ?wear to in the interest,
or what tbey think the interest, of that port. Public
opinion there i? ?hip owners' opinion, intensely jealous
of rival port? and rival line?, and intensely sealous in
behalf of their own. o. w. ?
OENEEAL foreign news.
THE NFW (.OYT.KNMEM INT FRANCE.
rUO?AH!_K KlU.l.-THADK POLICY?THE PKOPOKITION8
IN KKOAKD TO THE OFFICE OF l'K._?lli> M .
Paris. Wednesday, May J8.1ST3.
The members of the New Ministry are Free
Tmders, und it is probable that Thk-rs's policy of lTotec
tion will be abandoned.
The Conservative? intend to propose a law making the
President irresponsible to the Assembly for his acts.
It is rumored that a motion will be made in the As
semt.ly to proclaim the Republic and confirm MacMabon
nr President for the term of five years.
THE REPUBLIC OF SPAIN.
ITR-TIT OF C'ARLIHT??1-HOniBITlON OF TITU.R OP
NOblUTY?MOVEMENT?, OF CAUL_U_T8.
IMai.iuh, Wednesday, May 28, 1?73.
The Government army in the North, com?
manded by tien. Nt.uvilM, ha? received re?nforeemeut?.
attd inarched for Calaf. a town __ mile? north-west of
Barcelona, in pursuit of the (MM force under Trlstany.
The Carliste aro -lock-ding Maureita, In the Provine? of
Barcelona. Work is suspended in tbe rasnufactorles in
the towns, the Insurge?t? having tut the canal which
furnished them with water power.
The trace la promulgate* a tmOtO? which prohittit?? the
granting hereafter or u?e iu tAmtiki .??.ruinent* of (HJei
of nobility.
The K-publicans hrive sent dl-patches to E?p.'i_ tero,
urging luna to accept the Presiden? f.
The Hpanish (lovernmont has Hiitlionr*(l the .-i-eariim
of another society for the abolition ?f tuvery in i'orto
Rico.
The Carllst chief, Dorrc carry, is marching on I_t.gr <>;.a
with a lurge force. Ttw national troops are coa.-cn
trutlng to attack aim befon- be reach?-* the city.
MEXICAN POLITICS.
f-r.SoR YCCE'lAS F.l.E(*TF.n TO IHK O.'Flt'F OP? HIKP
Jl-KTICK? ____t____0M ON TU? tNlF.llrfKI-A-.lt
KAII.KOAI. I1II.I.
Mexico, May 26.?'Die Mexican Congre?? or
gauiEt-d as aa Electoral College, hua declared Bokm?
Ygl. -las elected to the tJhief-Jtwueeshlp, which Is equiv?
alent to the Vice-Presidency.
Congress has also declared Itself in permanent session
to discuss tbe Inter-ooramc Railroad bill.
I> ?turbauccs took place In Yucatan at the Pfate elec?
tion there. Many person? were killed. Mose victories
over tbe remnant? or Ixsada's rebel forte m fallara
have been gained. Yellow fever is raging in Yuca-tan.
FOREIGN Mm
Thirty bouse? have K-t-n dc-trove?. by a
conflagration in Stamboul.
In the lib? 1 C__M <>f O'l.t-'f?* 1ft AtT_hMt__flT>
Cuiten, the pLilntitf was awarded ,>n< tariliing damages.
A terrible boiler explosion occurred in k
crowded workshop at Brussels yesterday. Fourteen
persons were killed outright and many were injured,
some of whom will die.
Austin Byron Bidwell, the alleged bank
foi ?.-er, was brought up at Guildhall. London, yesterday.
Formal testimony wu taken establishing his identity,
and he was remanded to Jail.
The Cuban insurgent)* attacked the town of
a u.ii-at:a on _? un day. The garrntoii. aided by a gunboat
In tbe harbor, made a vigorous defense, and the as .all?
ant?, were obliged to withdraw.
A bill has been filed in the English
Chancery agauo-t the Auglo-Aiuerican Cable Company,
to t.r. vent the amalgamation of Its stock with that of
tin- Ni >?f .uualauj aud th? Krem h Atlunti. Tel.gi.tph
Campai ????????????????,
RAJLROAl) ?NTl.RtSIS.
IltWUlO A a*BeOB*aOOtWt.
The nieetitii;? of _____ Hoard of Directors of
the New-York, Utica anil <>g.leu*'.iiirgb Railroad, at No
71 Broadway, have been very much agitated by an op
nation which resulted lu deposing one Presidout, Henry
Cummins, and installing another, Frances Billings. It
apirear*, from tbe statement of cae of its officers that
this Company was ?bartered wi; ?i a capital of f 13,000,000,
for the purpose of building connecting lines t.e
tt.e<u a series of roads in actual operation,
which would make the whole line extend
from this citv to <Jgdeh?burg.h, and draw frtigM
to this city, which now pa.*?, h over the Boston and
Albany Railroad to Boston, lue scheme was altogether
too large for its promoters, aud It finally dwindled down
in to the construction of a small road, thirty miles long,
extending from Trenton Falls to Little Falls, in Central
New-York. He varal of the township? which were bo be
benefited by this road voted aid la tbe shape of bond*,
but tbe road baa not been begun aa yet. Some time ago a
dispute arose Among twelve qualified director? over a
thirteenth (u->t qualified), and the mutter being put to a
vote the latter was expelled. The breach widened, and
one day during the ab*encte o' the President, Henry
Cummin?, six ?f the directors, under the leadership of
Hecretary J. Warren l_awt?n, called on the ? i|? lie.) ill
raetor, t>nmve*l Cummins, and elected Franc?-? Billings,
on th.- ground that the former waa negotiating for the
?ale of the franchises of the New York, Utica and Og
?ieri*l>u!_rh Railroad to tho New-York, West Kriore und
< luengo Railroad Company. The adber.-iit? of ?'uuiuniis,
-ho is lu Ail-any, are very- indlgnaut over the mutter,
slate that the whole proceoduig was illegal, aud threaten
counter proceedings.
GOCLl? -AND NO_.TII-WE.?*___l_N.
Jay Gould is now said to be on the point of
leaving this city for the West in order to participate In
the election of dire.-tors of the Chicago and North?
western Railroad Company, whi?h w)ri be held Junes
in Chicago. Biff since the remarkable "corner" In
ortb-Westerti l_i?tjWinter the stock has been carefully
handled by the operators on the Stock Ki.-hange, It
beluga well-km. wn fact that tho bulk of itia held by
Jay Gould, Horace F. Clark, Augustus H. hell and other?.
Ttie present director? are: Jobn M. Burke. A. G. Dm
inan. t_eorge H. n?olt, M. !.. Hvke?, Jr., Charlea H. Mur
?iii. liars er Kennedy, A. B. liavtis, David How?, ft V.
Bn-tet, and Kratiei? II Tows of New-York ; Win. L. (toot!
?ud M.iUju Courtngbt of Erie ; John F. Tracy, Henry
H. Porur. und Win. II. F.-rry of Chicago; B.F.Allen
of l*e_s Moine?. Iowa, and J. L. Ten Have Frtn of
Air.aWriUin, Holland. The general officers are : John
V. Tracy, Fresldeul ; M. L. Hykes, Jr., Vice Preaid.-nt ;
and Alaort L. Prit. haid. HecreUry and Treasurer. Itia
probsbi?. that there will be a very general ohange in th?,
direction, Mstin. Uouid aud CUrk wishing to be repre?
sented by their own adherent?. It I? expe-rted that at
lhi? uinetitgthe question of .ombiuiug the earnings of
the North-Wtsatrru and the Milwaukee and Ht. Paul Rail?
road? win come up for consideration.
AN ILLINOIS KAU-ROAI? I'll ITllMaTTWi
SpRiN?.riELB, 111., May 28.?YeaU-rday th?
Railr,?ad and Warehoua? Commlaaloner?. tbe Governor
and Attorney-Ueiier?!, wlth 0OUI1(ie]. met In thla olty for
couaulutloa. A geceral Interchange of views wa? had.
and the announcement waa made that the Commls
noner? were in receipt of letter? from repr?sentatives
of the Chioago, Alton and Ht. Louis. Chicago and Korth
Western, and other l.-_diu_ railroad companies of the
Hat?, asking for a naeetuig with tue Commiaatoaars, at
a lime ?ad pia.-e to W determined on, U, the cad that a
mutual .nderatandlng might I* itrnve I at, and expre?s
ing thur iiiu;n?on of cmplyini with tbe proviaion? of
the new railroad law ?f the ftuie.
MR. MMBMMBBflt Rktcbst to o?)N(?iki>
Ilor-Ki.s, M.iy ?_3.-l-alph Waldo Euieraon, on
:n to tu? home, in Concord, ynaterday. Biet with
a?5ordial veloome from hi? fell.,??.townsmen, roaoy of
whom turned out m a body, and, forming a proeesBion
with the school children, tvaooite.t Inn, ,? ,u? n,.v hntiae
which baa beau ertcWid Uaitug lato abaauv?. AU. Etna?
?on waa mucb surprised and gratified, and expraaoad la
hie own rbaraeterlatle way bU thauka lo hi? fellow-?Hi
aena for the.ir klndneae and sympathy a? the return of
an old man and hia daughter._
TBE NATION'S CENTBNNtAU
CONTBOI. OB THB ?AIBMOTOW PARB ?BOtmOB
WANTKI) THIS SimMKR.
The Executive Commit!** of the United
Btatea Centennial Committee met at tbn Fifth Arenne
Hotel, on Tuesday evening, a? reported in Thk Tkibckb,
and again yesterday morning, the Hon. D. J. Morrcll
presiding. Tbe report of their proceeding?, aa famished
to tbe press, ia a? follows :
The first question discussed wa? a proposition, having
tbe appioval of the Committee on Mine?, which sug?
gested that a fnll and exhaustive collection of tnlnerala
aud metals, particularly gold and silver beaiieg rooka
should be made for tbe exhibiUon. It wa? thought that
auch an exhibition would favorably affect the gold and
silver industry. Tbe Committee on Minea waa
authorised to accept the preposition, and alan
requeated to call attention to tbe ?object of
the formation of territorial organisai lona to as?
sist la the work. Tbe Committee appointed
to define the duties of tbe Dlrector-Oenera) msde a re?
port, giving him wich supervision, direction and oon
trol of the operation? of the Centennial Oomraisslon, aa
will tend to promote the efficiency of every agency
employed. The Hon. A. T. < Joshoin, tbe litre? tar-One ral
elect, ia about to visit the Vienna Expoaition, and on his
return will give bi? entire Ume to tbe work. He ie the
I'rcsidi'tit of tbe Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, whioh
has gTown to be a permanent institution and 1? popular
throughout the Weit. A letter from N. C. Meeker, Alter
nate Commissioner from Colorado, relative to tbe work
St the Committee on Agriculture, was read He sug?
gested the necessity of securing an appropriate repre?
sentative of tbe great agricultural interests of tbo na?
tion. On the raotlou of Mr. Wo.wi. it wsa ordered that
the stated meeUngs of the Committee should be
hehl on tho second Wednesday of each month, begin?
ning with August. 1873. The uext meetlag ia to be held
In Philadelphia on the fonrth Wedncsilay of .Inly.
Yesterday morning the fBtsMSB M the advisability of
employing a si)ectal agent to visit the Oriental natlotis,
particularly Japan, China, Mus?at, and l'i rsia. .in?! lo
secure frtun) them a represent at i in of their product? at
the Centennial Exhibition was discussed, t?ut postponed
Without definite action.
Th?- following preamble and resolutions were adopte?! :
Whertot, the time has arrived, la the aplatan uf flu*
Committee, when It Is pro|ier that the formal delivety
of the control of the ground- in Ui?' 1'ainii.iuiit I'ark, on
?h,<ii tho International Exhibition bolldtaga shall
stand, sliou'id be nisde by the pni|ier alllhoritie- of ih?>
(*itv of Philadelphia with a view to Uie immediate ?re.
trou of de I.?ni.ling? ; and
b'lirretu. m IBl opinion of this Com mit t/^1, the Fourth
of July, 1S7H. is an appropriai?- day (or ?uc.li rereiiiuuit??
u? -nit ttie t..? m l i o n; (her? for?'
??rtidttit. Tu?t tin- piamdsnl of IBB. t_kaam__wkaa. and
the Chalrtaaa oi IBs (TBsiMltlaa be ?lire** a* to glvs im
mediate notification to the autborlties of the City of
Philadelphia, and such other offlcials of the said citv in
whom the power to convey the control of the said
f rounds is vested, that the United HtaU's Centennial
?Immission will b? prepared to receive the formal
transfer of said grounds on the ith day of July next, at
? o'clock, If it is their pleasure lo thcudeliver the same.
Resolved, That the Hoard of Finance be requested to
prepare to break tho ground for the buildings on that
day, it iMing the intention of the Commission to transfer
immediately, to their power and control, auch parta of
the ?aid grounds a? are proper for them to uae, aa soon
as the control is conveyed to the Commission.
Rteoleed, That a null-com m it toe ot three uitii hers of
the ? o in in it t.??- b,? appointed to act for the '('..uiuilssioii
in all arrangement? deemed neeeasar.v, and to confer
?ith committees from tho Hoard of Finance, the ten
teliliial Coliimitlec of the Coillirtl? of I'lilladilpliia, the
I'ark Coniiiiiw.iou.r?, and ?uch titber bodieit a? tuny ap
point i ?.minute? s to arrange th?. ceremouieit and Invite
tue presen? ?? of Uie i'riMident of the il'int?-?! Htalcs, ana
other ttm i.?l?
LAHOR UOVRMESTS.
THE WurrON KKiUT-IIOt'R l____BI P.
BOflUM, ?May 2?.?Ttie Boston Ei^ht-Hotir
I?eague, at its meeting in tho Meonlan to-day, dis. ussnl
the following principles and resolution! :
The laiior movement deals with the poverty of labor
era as a clans. The great question In, bow can wages lie
ao increased aa to add to i lit i; purchasing power 1 High
wages will be the inevitable result of better optiortuni
tiea and institutions for the matines. I_alior-sav'iiig ma?
chinery is largely the product of high wag?vs. Expen?
sive niachinery will not pay its ?-ust of construction
and management where low wages nreyail.
Rapid and cheap production is tbe result of labor
saving machinery. The result of a day's labor In
America buys more than the result ?if the same amount
of labor In any other country. High wages resulting
from le?? hours reduces tbe c?.r?l of production. The flr-t
step toward oofipe ration is to render rheup lalKir dearer.
Ill?conditions which will make cofaerattOB universal
will lift the standard of general inteiligt.nc*- and com?
forts so far above their present level thai train!, oppres?
sion, liilcmp? ranee, pasUUoeS and war will be impos
Sil.ie. The most Important fait In mh lal seien?'?' Is that
eight hours means higher wages or lens (?overly.
The resolution? anticipated that the voting power of
the masses aul lie openly or covertly BSSSllSQ in the
next ( oiiftltiitlobal (Vmveritlou witli propoattloni lo
qualify siiflrage, in? rease laies, reduce the uuinner of
util. ? ii etantai by the people, and that an ai 1st... ra< ? of
wealthy Hi> until lean s and I?emocr?ts will start in (hew
higb-h?ni]c<l usurpations. The'onlv ho|i<- for purer elec?
tions, IneorrapttbM legislation, les- violence, ?nun-, and
misrule, is a redaction of hours ol labor, wherever public,
opinion and legislation can proiverly interfere.
The resolutions were earnestly discussed by Georg?
M?lB *il, Ira ?tewart, J. H. Jones, and Messrs. Hinch? liff.
Hinckley, and I'ettigrcw. and after a few minor amend?
ments they were adopted. 1,.lw.tr.I Atkinson, a cotton
mill agent, who was present un a listtnier, was called to
the platform and opposed the statutory regulations of
labor exept ?o far a* they rouir. .:ie 1 the work of chil?
dren and those under Htate guardianship.
A ttWtt M?IKK.
The journeymen carpenters' agitation wan
marked by no further effort at organization and no it?
crease of proportions, yesterday. The n.iii-*K icy men,
a ho were Juggled into leaving work, either by en.-our
agement . r intimidation td the society members, are
finding out their mistake, as they get no material aid
and very little comfort from the organization, whil?_?tH.tli
the shop? Uiey have left?their places having been filled
?and the eight hour eatabllshments where they i.-rk
work are closed against them. The foremost aim of the
whole demonstration has been to scare the employers
from any combined effort to break down the eight-hour
system-an effort which the workmen are constantly
dreading?by driving Uie uou-eoclety men to tbe stand
ants of the societies, and thus ruttlug off the source of
supply to which the bosses would look lu caso they
should bring on a strike by extending the hours. Tbe
Conference ekimmlU?-?, which ha? been working for a
compromise between employers and employed by aban
d.in.tig the eight-hour aystem. la still unwil?
ling to disclose what proposition? have beten
made and what tena? rejected, though their
effort? are daahed tby the attitude taken by tbn
aoclety Journeymen last week, holding out for eight
hours or uotlnug. Some of tbe employers state that
they would agree on a basis of nine hours, and hind
themselves a? an association t? abide by it for the next
five year?. Tho Journey men ?ay that tbe eight-hour
agitation la nut unwelome to the employers, a? by
representing in strong language the unsettled state of
the trade and the possibility of a general strike, tbey
can eitort higher rates from contractors.
The working carpenters have fre<)uently stated their
determination lo force the planing mill? throughout
the city to adopt eight hours, but nearly all of ihcm are
?till clinging to ten hour?, aud there ha? been no
?ink? or demand fur a reduction of hour?. I* putic?
striving to excite a strike have visited mem, bul lhu>
far Withoat suenes?.
KKPOHT ON THE UKUMOND SWITCH t*tt___Tf
Provioknck, It. I., Muy '?S.?Tlie report of
the Kailroad ? ouimlsalooer, presented lo tho (Jenerai
Aaneiatily to-day, s./s, relative to the Richmond switch
disaster, that the bridge proved to have been prop?cir>
built, and ta have been reeeuUy examined ; that the Ac?
cident waa not earned bv any defect of material or mis?
management of tbe railroad e.imp.inv, bat waa caused
by a break In a dam over which they bad aa ?watrol.
said dam b?-:ng, In the Judgment of . ..uipalent author
ity, thoroughly hutji. Tbo Ctuiiiiis-iiotvr recommends a
law nijinring eacn passenger ?ar to be Maridad WtlS
fire-1 iiiiguishe.rs. axes, and pall?, with increased pro?
tection lor stoves.
THE NATIONAL A?,UK (I TI'BAI. j__f\TfTlmm
iNiiiAJiAitii.i.s ?May '?a.? The Natimial Afrri
cultural Congress met here this morning. Over lt-'i del?<
gaiea reported, representing M Matea, and aocasaKms
are made by arriving traitai. In the afternoon brief
addiwaat* uf welcome wore made by Uov. Hiudrlcks,
Mayor Mirebe.il. and th? Hon. Jamea Buiiivan, President
of the Htate Board of Agriculture, which were responded
to by (leu. Jackson of T?tinesaee The Vloe-1'ruaidml
?ave a brief history of the prganliallou and It? aims.
H'anding e..minut?es mere appointed, and a atimber of
resolution! presentad and referred. Husmea? will begin
to morrow. Many uf tbe report? to It, read are of such
laasttSBSI thai aiilmatadaudliiteiialiug diecuaalou? ob
isle:? Ulay be tk^moXml
ALBANY.
F?.AI. HIjOW TO LOCAL OPTION.
nil AflfiZMBLY RKFUHBS TO RaOONnDCR IT? TOTS
OF TT'KflllAY - -OPINION? OF TXMPKfUJICK kXt.S ?
THKIU PLAN* Pon THK NEXT EXJBCTl-.N.
iraoH a KtotTLAB ?XiBR-w-OP-na-tr up th? i-ampua..
Albany, May 28.?An attempt waa mad? to re?
vive the queation of local option in th? Ajaembly
tin . morning, <.n a notion hy Mr. H anted to ret-on
aider tbe vote by which the amended Local Option
bill waa loaf yenterday. In ?apport of hi? motion he
?aid that the temperance people of thin Htate had
not received at the hand* of the Asaemblv the legis?
lation which they had a right to expect and
to demand. The Republican party, a? represented
in the legislature, bad not auntained the
platform on which M went before the people. Mr.
Raits of Fri? hop?9d the motion to reconsider would
not pr. vail Tho temperance people, he thought,
had had a fair ahow in this legislator???a better
show than their opponent?. They bad bad their
lobby men on the floor of the Asae.mbly day after
?lay, and had panned their bill, which wan vetoed by
the Governor. He denied that the Republican
platform required anv auch fanatical legialation a?
waa ?ought for by t he extreme temp?rant? men. No
party onght to make promine? of ?ue.h Wiginlat.on,
and then it would not tie under the neoeenity of be?
traying them.
Mr. Tefft of Washington mid that the Republican
party waa in favor of morality and right, but he de?
nied that it was the duty of the Republican? of thin
H o une to impone on the people ?voy auch f rand an
this new I .ocal Option bill. Tin- enactment of thin
law wonld defeat the object it proponed to have in
view, Mr. Worth of Hrooklyn alno denied that the
lull wan in the intereat of temperan??. Thin w;lfl
the only country in the world, he ?aid. that ever at?
tempted to leginlate upon personal habita, and such
legislation had uniformly proved nnnucc??anful.
Tho previous question wan then called for and
ordered. On the < ill of the Yean and Nays, both
Ma rallied nil the voten they could munter, and tbe
result nliowoil ? vote? for re? onnidcration and 49
agaiunt It. The moliou wan declared lost for want
of a constitutional vote, and the ?juostion of local
?'[ttin.i wan finally nit at rivnt for tine year, ao far a?
the legislature in ?-.ucerned.
Members who are well informed an to the plann nf
the?t?iiper:?n?-e people for tho future eay that the
question of loivil option or other l?gislation against
internjH-ran.-e will a_**ume a more prominent part in
politic? at tlie next Fall ele? turn than it han evi-r
?Ion?. l?efore. Tli? y will rnn a State ticket of their
own, wliii'li will In? rn.nle up of candidate?? selected,
without r? ference to general politic?, from tho nom
in.-en of both of the great parties, h?? far as they
shall be aid?; to And auch nominee?. entertaining
their \ iew* on tin-t< iii|te.raii?'?- qnestion. ?Smith M.
Weed of Clinton lian already been designated by
general MB_"_-__ ?? their candidate for Attorney
(ieneral, ami ho in very likely to get the Democratic
ami Liberal Republican nominations ?Jao.
THK CUBBKHT of LK?I8I?ATI0N.
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?-INTEKKHTIN?. LM__-_-AT_OM,
[VMM THE RK.it 111 ?JORKKSfONOKirr OP TUB TRint'SE.)
Al.?a NY, May 2f?.?Tho amexulntiint made in
the Senate to the Wa. _m?(toii Market ?III eanie up for
coneurreure In the a ?jternHy and passed without op?
position. All the Nt .? Yor_ tnemliers are said to have
vota d for tbe bill on It* original passage through tbe
Aegpmbtf, and all wh.? wen? present to-day voted to con?
cur In the H.-nate. Tlia friends of the bill are pleased to
aay that all the opposltloa to It come? from tbe Man?
hattan Market Aaaoci ?tlon. The bill now got* to tbe
(,nTi riior. before whom both It? trimdn and opponent?
trill have an opportunity to discuss It? merits without
the Intervention of lobby Influences on either side. Tbe
bill toiucorporatc a surface ra.lrond running from the
foot of Wall st. through Water, I'eart, New Chamber?,
and other streets to the North lu ver, was concurro I in
a? amended In the Beriet?.
Mr. Veddci'H resolutioa for ao ad)onrnment t in* 4M
hi ?)i. m to-morrow wae? called from th?? table and
passed, but the Ken a to refused to entertain it ?t pr?tent.
The Conference Conn ?ill Um? on tho Bunply bill did not
meet fill this nftenitMii?. and doutit Vs expreined whether
they will he able t?. agree in time for a final adjourn
luiitt to-morrow. The Conference Committee on the
Oonatltotlonal .Amendments has m.t yet reported, but
will probably do mi this evening or to morrow morning.
The bill which was ordered to a third reading yester
day, incorporating a company to <-i_<istn_rt a ?hip canal
n,T i.? the upper end of M tnh.ttti.n Inland from the
North to the Ei*t K:\er, came up on Its nnal pansage,
when Mr. Crary moved to rtvoiumtt, wl'-h Instruction..
to strike out the en.._ting clause. Alter conslderai.le
discus-lion, in which Mr. Hustod, who introduced th?
bill. asserted that it was more importatit to the eotn
taatO? of New York than any bill that bail been before
the legislature this session, tho motion to recommit
w?e carried.
The morning session of the Hci-afe was passed as usual
in the third reading of Mi!?. Amoug tbo_e passed w.i?
the Ncw*pa|M r Claims MB by the following vote (I >? M
rrata m italic):
YfcAS- ..tour*. Adam?, Baker, Benedict, Cock, (?r?
hAin, Harrower, Jnh,ison, lAtrd, Madden, murphy,
i r ?ht, ii, Srtiresby. liemann, Wagner, Weisiuann, Win*
low, J. Wood, W?KxliU?18.
Nat??Measr?. A'.len, llowen. Chittfleld, Ii.? kinson.
Ki.-t' r, l.ew_s, l_owery, l'trry, Itoberiaoc, D. 1'. Wood?
lu.
Atout 1 o'clock In tbe afternoon, to tbe general a*ton
labuic.'il of the apeclaU-r?, the Hermit, actually paaned a
Uaa bill. Tbe bill bas tbe pr?tention? label of " An act
t? -m v.-nt ?-iiortiou by gas combantes," aud wa? de?
vised by Mr. Hmltb of the Assembly. It forbids any com?
pany from charging one uustoinar more i>er thousand
f. ,t thau it charges any other _ait?tu?'r. Mr. Murphy,
tbe great patruo ami protector of corporation?, had thu
bill lo.iziied io that nothing In It should prevent the
making of ipecial rate? with tho owners of building?
used for *' charitable, public, or recreative purposes." It
make? very' MMti difference whether the Assembly finds
time or not to concnr in this aiuendment, but if that
House should et.ucur, the consumer? of gaa will bave the
Iu.??tunable satisfaction of knowing that the Legislature
?vmp tthicea wit? them In their afflictions.
The bill to amend aud consolidate into one act the
sev<: _?l acts relating to building? in the City of New
York ha? pase. .1 tlie Senate. The other bills which
pi*-?- I are of minor importance.
Solon Smith'? y-s hill, which passed the Senate this
mori.lii?:, wa? ooucurred in by lb? A*?vvmbly this even?
ing. Mr. Koche moved to iiou-Conour in the Senate
amen In.ciita to the bli',, winch be *..ld had de?troyed all
It? vitality, aud rendered it useleae for tho
protection of ga- ?eOOOAmtt?, but hi? mo?
tion waa lost. Fpler's Traveling Hldewalk
Hapid Transit bill, wblati ha? already passed the Senate,
wa? conenmd in I.y tbe Assembly wilhont opposition.
Tbe K.nate bill allowing aliens to hold and convey real
property on the same terms aa native?, eame up for <?*>i.
currenee, when Mr. Bums moved to reeotumlt with ln
atructlona to strike out the enacting clause. Tbe motion
waa can led, and thu? the lull wae killed for the u_>ui th
time within aa many y. ars
The Conference Committee on Constitutional Ameiid
tneuU reported Uvinglit. The report leave? the Hcuaiu
ri?l district? aa they are now, and fixes the salary of the
(?overnor at tlS.OOO, of the I.ienteiiarit-t.ovemor ut M,100.
members of the Legislature, 11,800. The KecreUry of
fltate la to be elected by the people instead of appointed
a? recommend*?! by the Commission.
Section? IS, 17, and IS of Article III. are ?trirker*.ut, the
rtlru-i ut wblcb Is to retain In tlie hand? of the Legisla?
tura a great deal of the apecial legialation about which
there ha? been ?p much complaint. Tbe Liantenant
?iiiveruur 1? made a Commit-douer af the I_aud Offlee.
Tbe Conf?rence Committee ?a the (htpply oill have
not yet agreed, but probably will be ready to report by
to_uoiTow. Very little fei__i_r_? of importaneejwaa done
by tbe He.nate at 1U aaenlng nttaalon. The civil Damage
Temperance law waa pa?nd by a vola af 11 to 6,
arter striking out half the bill. Tba Ae
?embly bill I.. Inoorporate the Brtiwklrn Ll?vate,I
Htlcal 8?f?lr Hallroad wa? ordered loa third reading
?I'wv he* Iw.k hora? raiuvad -Um ftW|l-t_?a U__
morning, Including one for a road throngh Wall at, to
conneei tbe Wallet., Oortiaedt-?*., Llbcrty-at. and Chants
bars a?, ferne?.
|?;rs**Ai. rnrae ?trrkvcn ;
Jaat previous to tbe ad.onrnment of tbe (Senate Lieut
Gov. Robinson spoke a? follow? :
SnaATOBa: A telegram received last night, requiring
my preeenoe elaewbere, compela me to lake leave of you
In advance of your final adjournment. Coming without
experience In legislation to preside ?wer tbe delibera
tions of this body, I entered upon my dutlea with dis?
trust- but from the day I aasnmed tbe chair until this
boar l have met with naught bat courtesy and kindness
?t your banda My intercourse, official and social, wlUi
each and all of you has been pleasant and agreeable, but
suen as to cause me to regret the arrival of the Ume
when w? must part.
On taking this chair, I promised to discharge the duties
of my office faithfully and impartially. I Save endeav?
ored to do so. If I have in any way failed In this it has
been unintentionally It I? a matter for congratulai ton
that dunng this session nothing ha? oemirred to perma
nenUy disturb the harmony of tbe Henate, and that we
shall all go to our home? with feelings of reaped and
kindness toward each other..
Tbe session, In cons?quence of the vast amount of bo?l
nca?, ha? been greatly prolonged, and it? labor? bave
been arduoua. I doubt if any legislative body ever
worked more faithfully or more earneatly for tbe public
good. Mistake? may have been made, bot we have
heard no charge of corruption. I hare no doubt you
will receive, a? I believe you doaerve, tbe fall approval
of your constllueats. In bidding you farewell I desire
to say, you will each carry with you my sincere ami
earnest wishes for your continued health, success, and
happiness.
Tbe Senate to-day, in Executive session, confirmed the
following appointment? :
Trustee? of the New,-York 8t?t* Inebriate A?ylum?
For one year-Allen Monroe of Byracuse, Daniel Dodge
of Clinton County, Abel Bonnet of Bingnamton. For
two yean*- Hen). F. Bruce of Madison County, l_.ll.. lo?
ga! I s of Watertowu, (ico. Burr of Hlnghamtou. For
three yeara Willard Parker to New-York. Chae. Van
Henthuyseii of A.bany. Ausburu Binlaall of Bfug
hamtoa.
Commissioner of Public Charities?Edward W. Foster
of Potsdam.
Manager of Hute Lunatic Aaylam- Arthur M. Beards
ley of Ulica.
Cominlssionera of Erection of State Reformatory at
Elmira?Alexander H. Diven and Eaton N. Fnsbe?- of
Chemung County; Hiram Fritcbard aud I__an?lug I).
Hodgman of hteiit_.rn County.
CtiiiiuiiasUiiiersof thoBiato Board of Charities?no ward
Fotter of New-York, BcnJ. B. Hhermau of New York, ami
Jamea Degraw of Brooklyn.
tiUtte i.'oinniissHnier of Lunacy?John Ordronaux of
y nee na. _
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A i I1AN7, May '?S.?Ttie Brra.klyn Bridge bill, a?
amended in the Corurnitte*. of Comm?re? and Navi?
gation of the Asuemltly, came tip for a third reading
to-night, win n Mr. Jacobs stated to the House that
after it-H passage and return to tho Senate a Confer
? tic? ('?irniiiitt?*?* would lx' appointed which would
SB [m rft t;t the bill is to make it entirely satiH?actory
to the people ot New-York aud Brooklyn
and cverybtaly else. Mr. PlSBBM eaid be
would rather have tbe bill right before
it pawed tho Asaemlily than to truat to its being
made right iti the Senat?. Aait now itood it wa_s, m
his opinion, all wrong. Mr. Higgms of Brooklyn
opposed the pnwuufO of the bill, aud thought that
the subject should be allowed to lie ??ver to the na?t
xessiou of the legislature, and in the mean time the
taoaht, of Brooklyn would have a chance to expre.ua
their view? aa to what they desired in the premise?..
Mr. Van ?'.tt advocated the bill, aa did also Mr.
Worth, and it pa_*M?.d by a vote uf Ti to 'Ai.
INDIGNATION OF TIIK IUlOOKI.YN TAX-FAYKRit?TnK
MAYOR'S OnVB-BDBB t_? KFFOKTK OV THE RINO.
No local event for many y?'ant has created
so mnrb genuino excitement in Brooklyn, especially
among th?. heavily bnrdeued tax-payee,a?ThrThiikvkV
revelation of the underhand design of ?he East River
Bridge Ring to obtain by legislation at Albany the re?
turn of the ?mall amount of Money which they claim to
have investid in the enterprise, with 7 per cent Interest.
The newsdealer? state that they flud it Impossible to
keep up with the Increasing demand for the .1 ?i ly I? sues
of Toa 1BBBBBB It is known that many of ihe Rlnx s
adherents about the City Hall and the United States
buildings are ?b*cot from their usual haunt? and it
is stated that they have bastenea to Albany to lobby
against tbe defeat of the anxnidcd bill. Of course, the
sympathy of those paid advocate? i? all In favor of the
Bridge Ring, and they profeas to believe that tbe bill of
Assemblyman Jacob? will be passed and the private
st?K*kholders allowed to withdraw from the work. But
among the p? oplc -thoee who have been railed upon to
pay for the work? the united conviction appears to be
that the Ring willingly remained tn the Bildge Company
so long as thev could avoid invcjitljcatinK committee?
snd public scrutiny into their financial conduct; but
that now, when they can no longer control the contracts
for material, or draw furtbor millions from New-York
and Brooklyn until they have themselves jiaid the
arrears on their stock, they are determined to abandon
the enterprise. The action of the Ring Is also bitterly
denounced by tbn real estate firms who, with hardly an
exception, are of the opinion that the advance of
the city ha? boen materially retarded by their
mismanagement, haul a prominonU'r.-al estate agent, "I
trust antl bi'llofe that TllK Tuint sa will achieve a de?
cisive victory lu behalf of the tax-payers over thls|Kiugs
ley King. You arc more than a match for them, aud. I
am confident, will eventually win. If these stock?
holders are to retire at all, let It be like any other man
who put? hi? money into an experiment ami loses it. If
thoy must draw out, why let them go, but don't ?.til
upon this city to pay them what they have invested."
The lnaclivlty and apparent Indifference of Mayor
Powell lu thla crisis is severely commented on. chu -fly
among honest Jieioocrats who allied in electing him. A
tax payer who wa? disrussiug the ?abject on a Pulten
ave. car, yesterday, expressed the sentiments of toa'
hearers and the public at large, when he aaid tllat, ''Old
Martin Kalbfleisch would have been thuudering after
these ht.M-kl-uMefs If he wen now ?><?? upviug the UtBto ut
Mayor."
(ireat confidence la felt that the Jacobs' bill. If
finally puaia-d by the l?gislature, will be vetoed by
the (Joveriior. Earnest efforts are making in Albany
by the most prominent citizens identified with the inter
oat* of reform, and thev report hopeful indications of
?access. A gentleman said to a Tiiiiiink reporter, ye*
tenlay. that the Riuk had never before felt IBSSMSil ???
In so great dtsger aa now, aud their local orgaua ex?
hibited their fears In the eagerness with which they
strove H cov? r up the most palpable frauds and to deny
evident facts. The Brooklyn Kin?, he continued, would
be more dllHcalt lo break up than the New-York Ring.
but the people were determined it should be doue.
There was no city in the world with a
more honest voting population, or one which
could bo so earnest when they knew Just
what ought to be done. They had been hliuded in the
past by the adroitness with which men of thorough re?
spectability bad been associated with nog managers in
all commission* and department?. A rase in point wa?
tbe list of ten to whom Mr. Kingsley aasiguM his 100
snares of Bridge ?lock. Then, while the New York King
had been bold and fearless, the Brooklyn King ia ?imply
running, though no )eM unacrupuloua. They steal no
voucher?, bring iu no outeiders to assist them in their
schemes ot plunder, and have no Connolly to turn Bute's
evideuce against them. It is oui/ recently that their
scheme? bave been fully realised by the people, iii_?iir
the liKOt which Tub Turn i ni; has thrown upon theui,
and the people are thoroughly roused.
A CARO I'iiiiM MR. WOODWARD.
Io th? t-.ditor ef Th? Tribune.
Km; My .mention in called Uum morning to
an article on toe " Bridge Frauds," in wkicb it la stated
that certain ?bare? of stock have been transferred to me
on Uie books of the East Klver Bridge Company. Your
article l? the first Information I have bad In the matter.
I bave never bought any of Uie stock, and have aot b?d
an intimation from any quarter that stock waa to be, or
had been transferred to me. either for my own use or tn
trust* fur others. I know nothing wnalev.-r mt ihn
matt?t. My businena to Albany yettertlay wa? only on
matters roimerted with the coming review of the Meitond
Imvi_oi.ii by tbe .Governor. I did not while there Mel
any uieiaber of tbe Legialalure, or any one conju?. ted
with tbe llrldge Company. JNO. Ii. WoOOWAU?.
A tie 1 urk, May W, 1873
A nr.w ott luu. at rochfjt-er.
Kochkmtkk, May 28.?The oaruer-aume of
tbe new City Hall waa laid here this afternoon M. W.
CbrlatopberU. Pox.OrandMaaUrof IbeStale. offlc>at?<d.
BBBBBSi by all the grand ofBoer?. Tli? opening remark?
were m__de by Mayor Wilder. The Rev. Aaa Bate delrv
???id au oration, aud tbe dedlbatory prayer wa? oflbrad
b* tiraiid ciiaplain Mutier The prtawvwitm, win. i. fio- |
through it??. street?, was headed by tho 36Ui Bsigadt In
I ovoiuiaiMi ol AcUus hi ig Uou. B fluke*.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
THE RELEASE OF SATANTA AND BIO TREE
AOAIN DEMANDED.
THE T?RE_tn?l_Vr AND ?ECRKTART MU.ANO 0M__ ?**-?.
DAVI? TO PARDON TI? MCnDERKR*?T1IE DAKO?*
I.IKK1.Y IT) XNHtJK Ig III? OOVX&NMKNT gAlUS
TO AK4TKK THEIR ItKIJCABK.
Wahhington, May 28. ? Secretary Ih?axto
having aubtnitted to the Pr?sident th? inerrottiai of Urn
confederated tribe? of the Indian nation praying for the
release of the Chief? Batanta and Big Tree, now ee?
fined In the Teiaa penitentiary for murder, togethea
with the protent erf Uov. Davis of Texaa ag_un?t
their release, the President decided that good fait?
re<-uire-i that the chiefs be given their liberty. Accord
ingly, the Secretary today forwsrded a letter to <_ov.
Darla, again requesting him t? pardon Bataata and Big
Tree. Secretary Delano explains, in addition to the i*e
eently-pobllsbed statement on the subject, that tbe find.
reqoeat. dated March M, was revoked on the uth at
April, in conaequence of the excited condition of the
publie ?entlment at that tlm?, growing out of tin- Modoe
diffle-uitie?, and bccaoae of s??me object ion to th? ,,ar_oo
of Hatanta and Big Tree made by On. Bben..au. and
then goes on to ?ay :
P-lnce the occurrence? to whKh I have alluded. Mis?
?object has received the full and frequent ? ?nsi.iera'ioii
of the Pn-idcnt and myself. Numerou? lef.ei* iip<*n
tbl_?ubject have been addressed to the Department bv
persons familiar wltn the facts and clrc_-Mtant.es, Ml
urging the pardon of the prisoners. Among th? writer-?
are Enoch Hoag, fupcrlntendent of Indian Affair?; J. M
Haworth, Agent of the Kiowa and ?amanehe Indian?
Benjamin Tat ham of New-York City, and Cnarlee F.
Cofliii of Richmond. Ind., Clerk of the As?ociat<-d Exeeo
tive Committee on Indian Attain? of the Poclety
, of Friends ; all gentlemen of great totelli
gence and sound Judgment, wba concur in urging
the Justice and propriety of releasing the prisoner? fur
reasons that cannot be Ignored, thr- . Lief of which la the
danger of hostilities sh< uld the t.nv*niment fall to pro?
cure their ?i.11 don in MMrtStM v.l.a the nuder .lauding
arrived alii, t ween the (iovirnin.-nt and the liio-a and
c.tiria?che Indians at the Council In this city last An
tumii be the effect that Hatanta and Big Tree ?huu-d be
pardoned upou condition of tin- ? onimu__d good l>*navior
of the tritx- to which they belonged.
Bccretary Delano Inclose? to Uov. Davl? copies of the?*
letters, together with a memorandum from the confed?
erated and civilised tribes of tin* Indian Territory ou the
same subject, and says in com lu.iou :
I am authorised by the Prc?id?.nt t? say that, in view
of all the facts and circu:n?ta'v.es connected with this
mbjecf.lt Is the opinion of the President and of thi*
Department that it 1? advisable, with the concurrence
of your Judgment, to relea?? the prisoner? referred to,
and I cannot omit to add that la my opinion a failure to
effect their release under existing ci re urns taure? will
endanger our preaent peaceable relation? wit? lb
Kiowa-?an?l Cauianche?. and wiii b? likely to result in
hostilities with these and other trii>es residing in the
Indian Temt..rv. I have, therefore, reaoe? t?nlly t..
renew my requett for the pardon of eataiila and h.ar
Tree, and to ?-xpress my sincere hope that >..ur Judg
meut will approve the same.
THI-: AWARDS FOR INDIAN' STTI'LII H
H? AI'.K l'?.\l IHMKI. R M.CKI-TM'.Y PIK MU tiW
?AN __? HO KKA.*...N POM ?JVElllll'USA. illK???M
M[""-lO.N-ilt'S MCUKK_*_
\Vasiiin<.i(in, May '?a.?The S??n?*t.u> of the
Interior to-day formally approved the avrard.* fot Indian
?upplie? and transportation made In Now-York City re?
cently by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, again ?l
which Jam? s B. Harlan and other i?er?oaa had bl.d pro?
test?. Secretary Delano, lu hi? letter to Ule Comuna
?louer of Indian Affairs, commuoicati?g his approva;,
.?ut.te-t the act? of Congress which g.ve the Hoard of
ludtaa Commissioners large power and control aver
purebaae? and egpeuditures of the Iud*an Bureau, and
Bays;
The Boanl of Indian Commissioner? hate a-sumed
this duty. They delegated a committee of
their Board to supervise your award? ou the is caatou
referred to. This Committee v. a* pn-ientaud performed
the dutlea assigned to ir, and, a? I ara m formed, you
made no award without tbclr concurrence. In addition
to this yon had the advice of the Hun. B. K. Cowan,
Assistant Secretary of th" Interior, who was detailed to
this duty by this Department, and who concurred with
the Commit toe of the Board of Indian Commie-ionere
in ?11 instances. tioMW M I circumstances I cannot,
-ithout very satlsfactorv ev. MM? of error ?ir iniuatloe,
ft eljustlfl.-il in overruling the dc-uiou of the Connut?.
sinner of Indian Affairs. After a careful review of the
case, s? ore?, nte.l by the protestant?, by your report,
and by the opinion of the Assistant Attoruey-tj.-neral. 1
And nothing tu the tase which in my oplnio-i would Jus?
tify me in overruling your decision in tOMtWkWt to
theee awards, and I therefore altirm it.
THE Mono., war.
cAVAt.rtv TO DR-Q-C-On Tin: MODOCfc
San Francisco. May 28.?Troop F of tli?- let
Cavalry, under command of CoL Perry, will start from
Kairchild's Ut-day for the Pit! U.ver couir.ry to MnM
(apt. Jack and bit band If jH>?r*i>.l.\ and alio ascertain
tin- Mam? or the Pitl River fnila?? Tw?__tl Warm
Bpring Indiana go with Col. Perry. On? Modoe wantwr,
wiili a ?<|iiitw aud four children, came in and surrt-i.
dered ttky IT.
?sllAI M 1 1KII t |Q HI? DOM! WITH TIIK < AI'H'IO.I.
MOIMK >.
Washington, May 28.?The question a? t?r
WbOl -'mil he done with th<- captured Modoe? Is OIK
winch has yet much Mterest here. V I- a subject or
which the Government is more tineas? than the or
dlnary ?IM??, k_?MM it i* ?M which must be decMed,
at h .ist In the first Instance, by the Pmddeiii
and In? CM met. As the ?question now ?(?ads
the military will retain posecsiuon of th?
Modor? until they are demanded by aom?
superior power, meaning th.it they will not hesitate it
retaining tlr.-m in r.gid contliieuieiit until adet,ii%ie au
aboiitv iaahowa lee their release or transfer. Tin-pomi
ITVivv to ?it di ve.oj.ed .? that the Indian? will Ik- d>
mar.led b> the I inverti.>r of Oregon as criinn ijs ttOO
Jastioe, and that the ?r?>',>s, not ku<>?iRg th*
cfltv-t of such a demand, will su i nut to?
(|ticr.tlon t.. Washington, ,nd be governed by
tin- decision made her.-. Whether the ?,..v. ruurt ul
will permit this course remains tu he ntOP, Many be
lleve that the Indians will not be punished for then
recent bloody act?, but iliMt th07w.ll t><-turrred over
t.? the Interior and War I)?-i artments for the purptM? ol
U-iug settled on suitable land? or reservation?.
BEl'ORT ON KHALI*.. COMMIITEI? UY INDIA.N
A..I?Nl*fJ.
The r?'[.?)rt of the H.tu?**? ('?inuuittn?' 01
Indian Affairs, upon the mblect of fraud? upon the Uov
erument aud Indians by Indian claim agent?, which wil
be made to the XI.MM Congress, seem? to he an ex
bau?tlve and lnta-reattng document. The Committee ha*
made a searching invettigation, and. ?? an tndleatiea 01
whattbeyhttVtdiscovereil.lt will be ?nfflciciii u> gi\t
an extract with reference to the fraud of I-ttrol. ?
Cooper, and Oochran-, -hlcn occuplea a proiuiuem
place in the report. After giving the agreement? mad?
by Iatrobe with the Choctaw aud Chickasaw dele^atet
of 1_6_, the Committee express the following vtowa:
These agreements, though ostenall.lv with John II. I
Latrobe. are really frauduieutlv ami toUiisivety mp?t
lu the interest of Lntrou . J. ...I,?- H Coopei.au.l J.
T. Cochrane, who were to reeelwe one b.ilf. and the dele
gatea of the Choctaw? and Clnckaaaw?. re?|N*etivelr,
who were iu collusion with Lau-oOe, ?'ooi^r, and Cuch
uve. to bave the other half of ?U mouey* and fee? prt?
vid-tl for under the ?.tnl apr??.ment to be paid to I_tt
1 trois?. Theae partie? h?\e rec, ived their ?hare? m far
as coile.'tioii? are mad" betet Oe ?M Ibe represeaka
tive rancal of the lot, a.? he K?a ?I that tmn ?v|i|?i?,*a
to bave more character than Oaopar or OoebrsM; and
further, 1st. ana.? ?'?k-braue had another ?xorbHaut eoa
traot with the 1 ho-iawa fur mj prr cent of lUeir net prtt
ceetl?. th? claim then amounllng, without InUreat, to
tl.(Mi) son S0. The fee on this amount would bava beet?
t?m,C-r? -IB, and If any lnt.-re?t should I?? allowed on an?
part of tue alaim. the 3o per cent -o.ild attach to that,
also; andaiau txcauae Cooper had, while I.' vitcd Hu;. ?
Agent to the ?b.K-iaws and Oil. ka-aw?, in lsii, become
imth a traitor and defaulter; hence the uae *>i Latrobe ?
name only a? alUtruey. l?atru_e was willing to proeti
tute bis aroleaalon ami c Unti ? with his client?' ageuu
U> defrau?! hi? cuenta, the Ch.K-taws ?nd <hicka*aw?
and dlvtd? the ?poils with Coup?, Cochrane, and S
delegate? gt 1*66. Allot ?bom -ere hi? accompli, e? ex
cejit _tet*?Si Joues. I_atr, be waa the proper imt-,,- for
?uth thin_i-. aud being well ?u .t?iued by hi? co??iut_ora
baa aucoeeded lu defraudiug the t_i?X'U-.w? ?I U-ti,?.',
and the Chlckaaawaof Ijue.sw ?:, ?bi.ii u la uied?tV
of th. Ctiicd Htates Oovrrnuient to cmnsel bin? and
hi? MSMpM to refund to in,..,. mtUoaa leapu. uvaiy
A DARINC, BANK KOBBKRY.
St. Ixh'is, M;ty 2?.-A danng bank robb.?ry
waa perp? tratrd ye.terday. at ?t. Ueuavteve, Mo. Two
men entered the ban? and foreed th? tt-OtOJ to vtum
th? ?ale. and. after robbin? ?^ to accowpt?__r them to
the ..uukir? of the town. wh. ra u>e, Wew taugm? by
aeveral of their companion? witb hura**?, wlticuk t?iey
UMiunted aad r.Kle away. A aon of lAe Piaaltdeut of the
bank w._? ?tamlin? near th? building when the m*u
overiwwere.I _M ciuhler and ran. but tkr roblan, ?r,.i
Ufaouklmaud wortDdtm huu ?lightly. Oui) lui? ?w
Uki-n from (ht. tufe, the iol.Uraevlde.nl) ?upbosin*
hey had got.,,I th. - Wm, A? ,_v ,Ul,.,(.H foiaW?!
Utey tlitd *, \1-1al *httts at the c.iahlei A DaHJ ?I
urmed men lmu_t,ai?iUl> ?UUcd 111 puiaun