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AMATEUR ATHLETICS
CIA'Ds IN and abovt new-iork.
quat nooma a mxtekn years.
jHHliTlWHB ron thk sba?*on's BFUBIB CAMM
tun BMWn AM> OBOVXM.
A rei cut wirti-r on athletics ':iiil thal How*
York waa in a fab irgj t" breona Um aMiletii
capital tf tin wortd. This view, which is nd
m> Utopian as it may at drat appear, ia *up<
jiortoil cliii-lly h\ tlie argnUMBl that lin- geo
graphical poaitkm of Manhattan leland mata
i-voi'i claaa of nut-door aporta anally aecaasiblc,
Provided >\itli a noble tn^y, ona of the Annal
rivara in the world, I anccesalon of Inland ahal
low> admirably adapted tor theil-rowing, and
plenty of open groand within a short distance,
t'.ii> cits supplied an ample field lot the activitj
ot tin- amateur athlete. And the athlete so bu
has nol i- ? d alow to avail himseli ?>! theae n?l
vant,i-.'??-. ^ i-;u in year greater intereal li
tal.cr. i.i health-giving recreations and rivalrict
nmi greater attention paidtothem. Uandi*
cupped at thc start hv thc climate, with it-ex
iri mea ol boal ami cold, and the early darkneM
whlcb roba him of a part <?t tbe evening exercise
granted t.. bia more-favored English eonain, tho
yoting N- i Vorker, nevcrthcleaa, holde hia own
ii. the amateur contents ofthe wortd. Though
lin- i Mr iti v is denied the glorj of a so-called
'?Iii-.:, .la-," the bnaineaa honra of thia city
:;ii yri shorl enongh to allow the enthuaiaal an
Abundance ??! time for practising. He has nnlj
to take .rn elevated train or one of tho numer?
ous ferr? boats tm < Itht r ride of th<- island or at
the Battery, and in leaa than an hour be Andi
bhneell in tho luxurioua ease of hia " Hannels,"
wielding the bator taking n gentle trot round
tin i-inih i trail..
Sixteen years ago amateur athletic clubs were
unknown In this eountrj and Canada. To-day
tlu-n- arc moro than half a dozen strong athletic
rlnba in New-York and ita sttbnrbs. 'lui',:; hi
reportera have gathered togi ther many beta of
general Interest concerning thcar clnbn and
woven them into the sketches which appear
below.
77//. MW-YOI: li CUD.
ITS REMARKABLE GROWTH AND AMBI?
TIOUS PLANS.
1 riirdly i ti iliH'e iii tlii- dav ,.f nilli.'
elations aad elana cf aU aorta and descriptions, thal
ei-ii-nii-i n years ago there wm doI aa anuitenr athletic
elah to he found ea this continent. There wi Cal
?loiii.i ? be, aa thej were oalled.il ia true. Basal]
baud* of worthy Bootchmeil were nc< iiatomed to devote
themselves lo putting the stone, dancing the festive
eiriud iim,!-.-, eraring thc neighborhood with tin--kiri
efthi bas i''iM ?;""' psaetlsing various ..'her gamea and
cordi-, les in eonoert, which acre dignified with the
nsane of Celedonlea ;;???''?'?-? Bul these hore about the
emin- n teiablaaee t.> thc athletic duh ofto-daj with it
tana i"'! of Bseaahers and gorgeous ohtb-lmnee atid
groand^ 'i- tho primeval ai in lo one la thc nineteenth
', In ii..- i'n11 of 1868haifa dosen individuals
mi t utgt Ctr:. mi'! alter dental lng the tad state of again
jen.,h.'1 i" battas lt ae mr as tn them lav. Theybad
not miieli im-ju-., bul thai had pleat j of enthusiasm,
mid i'n Ni-i'iciui'hcr i*. 1868, they formed themselvei
int" IbC NcwV.uk Athletic < lull, uni i-t.Ute.1 nut tu
tinht thc huge ebra! of public indifference. Thi<flj;ht
van lena aad laborious, bul In Ihe end auoooasihl.
Arnon 'j I bi founders of thi- ?truggling little compan.i
xxtir \s lt innis, ll V. Ruermeycr, w. K. VanWyrli,
Charl' - ll lii'..--vclt, Richard Meara aad K. s Kinney,
Nene ii three naatee now appear on the muster-roll,
Curtis .m.I Buemeyei receded a lbw venra neo, though
Ihi i..?'!?'?! was for lona tbo president of the club.
Charles ll Roosevelt tHea recently while uhr..rid, and
tuc other- bare for om- reason oraaother left tbe
lt mus v i*h mme dlftculty thal the pioneer* frand
?mituhlc quarters, bnt after mach searching a loft aai
discovered al tne t?i> of a building attnated where
Muov's atora saw ?tanda. Here they ? ri i ted a horizon
t il li.ii. parallel Inn .uni a fi a other arbaan necessi?
ties of a gjaanaahms aa the wari wu then unaemteod.
In their loft il,cy wi.'heil aad tolled aowingtbe teed
l?r ?>tlu-i- lo reap. Little by little thc duh grew larger
and flnnlli bega" '" 1"' talked abont fte loft in
Fourteenth-*! was deserted and mon convenient
nuartcr* found nt Maire's Gymnasium tn Sr. Murk'
j.iud-, where greater conveuii nen- and better apparatus
were to be bad. This change * .- made ia l8T0. Tho
].,\t vern tin- Ural roon toward the e..ul of lasting
tracee** wai ne.'lc. The clnh dei ided t.. add rowing to
Ihi r gymnastic exercises. A rigomuapuab waa made
and enough money < "Hooted to build a little boal house
anthe Harlem near tho Third Ai une Bridge. Oue
boal wai bought, and during thnt rammer th
boat wes it allowed to remain idle long, 'lin-next
year, 1*71. a doable more was made. Grounds were
lettrte-1 neal the boabhouac at Oue-hundrcd-and
thirtieth st. uml'riiinl-a\ c., iimi Ihe down town meeting
J.hie. of tbe duh w.ns shifted to \\.','. (i wnliH-uun ul
' v. .i.t j i lghth-et. and Kutti tn; More boats were pnr*
rhaeed. aad rowingbecame one of the chief features
ii'tin cl'i1' S.. m itt< i- went on for four yeats till the
club had bc wnelustj and rejoiced In Its strength A
change had reeas aver the spiril of tho public as re
nardi athletics, aad (-'.nu* were springing u|> <>ii all
tides. -Still the New-Yorkers held their own, and ia
1 -< 7."? leased aew granada at Mott Haren near Ono
handied-and-flftieth ?t. <>n thr river, and from tbat day
the N.-w-Voik Athletic Clnb lins held thc leading
j?.siiion In th" country, though Its sldp han been
?teared through perilous wah n
Thc new ermin.ls ut Mott Haven ate perhaps as well
arranged end ccininnilii.-i-- ai any in thc world; tln
uut -mill boat-honaa of 1k71 !ms bmreased la half a
d,i*<ii large and fully fltted ones, while the solitary
1 ,. bas boen multiplied more than a hundredfold. In
fbi grounda is i cinder track which the eluh proud]i
i m -A* h^sno (viuul. It waa oa this track tbat Mtchi
ti.ailc his wonderful quarter of a mile In 4<i 2-8
eeesnds, while the hundred yards has here lieen re
neatcdli rna iu tea seconds by R. L. La Montagno,
W. C. Wilmer, Meets ninl others. Hen ll was that ll.
H Itrook-, Jr., of Yule, beat Mm r- 1,,-t year and caused
r, commotion in the manaor tbi Manhattan Athletic
t tah by i ? doing Until the fornuttion ofthe Anrntcui
Atblotfo Association H waa at Mot! Haven that the an
aunt obampiotiship garnet wereh ld. lt is to tl '
York Clnb almoot entfawly thal thc formation ef thr
/,-- dation with its pu -cut constitution li due. It sr.,,
t -ti.:, i Hurt- of Minc-o(tin- Kow-York membera that
t obs belonging to the Association were restricted
to athletic clans pure aad simple, and the rowing clubs,
(.moe olabs au.l bicycle duh- led tu form distin
?inn..us of their own?an operation i suiting favorably
to all.
Tin- course ofthe duh has nol been all smooth sailing
area tn latta yean. About three years ago thi
long fie c .mc,in,' those wbo bad the club's welfare
most nt heut. Tin-me.ci-hi;, roll h.ni shrunk tn au
alarming fashion; there were debts to lu paid, and a
I ri -? re of dellaro tn the treasury with whieh to pay
liicm. Something must clearly be done, and to A. Tf.
Cartis, thi credit ls given ..t" seeing what that some?
thing *? x- ??? A doing it. The ann ml < !?-, Hon of offirei n
w.ia et hand and lo the surprise nf maui both In ami
ant ot th. dui.. I.ut to the gratification of all, W. R.
Traver* was elected president; and consent d to serve,
from t?...t iln.i the fortnaeeof thc club were -
Tho marnbi rs came pouring In, tin tresant i ..-. i Aoweil,
all thc debbi were paid, and .-. more than handsome
rurj.lii- wn- left Te-dnj lhere aro l.ftOO m. nil, . ?
forming thc tull complement, and more than 400 men
ero prdi.'itl.i w.iitiiiK their lum for admi* iou to thc
r'.r.ru, i .-ri. l. .it Mott ll 1-, ii But the ambitions as
Siruti. ii- "I tl e New \ ork (Hub rannol hi nunton) e-. ?,
ith M. ti ll..-en. Kiimll children accompanied hs
arhlte-aiironed aad snowr capped norse* mi tbi
ap8lxti ive. ta trundle the mfantlh hoop tn the Para
l..ok willi awe al a anti t - ki U ton fai i i \ chimney Ih
twiMti Hit\ tilth and Kii'n-ivih sta. The moron i
tun- mind Itnows thal this means that an arteaiaa well
ie h. it. ji sm.!. If one-c.-k- Atrlhei in formation as tin
the maasive aad aolld building which! fast spt
from th-ur. "imi, ead of which thc well scatfnldli .
a<IJuiict. lie ?ill be told by lbs HiWrniau bod
that li I- th.- "\i? Vuiinl, athlitlckoTO" who ure r<
tj.i.i dblc foi thc atruotaro,
Mn- elah b aban! t<. ap nd i quarter ofaudllion
dollnn iimi ird ii exchange therefor a handsome,
epuci ..is uml liixurionsgymnasium aad club-house ,\
fover tlc indiitei t's drawing! show thal thc
uildltig wili I.- f.-ui atorb-i high acted of
Colnbuugh brick with U trimmings, the <-n
tt,u..i porch betag af rod graniti Thc exterior style
i- ? ti treatment ol Italian Renaissance and trill bc
(iit'l simple in character There will la ali
wwling .-ilieis in the I ? well as a shooting
l'hiIcin The principal feature of tb first story wul
V.i a urn* ewaaualag-bath, Uti hy 20 feet, whick will
he aui'jilie'l wiih ii c.'ii-t.iiit atrcam ofwatei from thi
trtaema well Thereat ot thia door will lie .?
\ i, Taree Raaalaa beth, odicM a id commltto
'Ih.- K.-ciinil st.ny trill ct.trihi th- reception-room.
lulliuiil ii.i.'iis unii reatanraat, besid - parbiri ami
r.udmn i.nuns. The ii'-xt H",.i will coastal ,,T th,.
4treN6iug-tKotn? nnd large reception und sparring rooma
lint it u. on th<-fourth dor thal the rc il work orthe club
will Lo dena. TWaae win hr the magnificent kv inna
alum, ta outr ta ? f'"'t high, v-iih u six-fool oalcouy
tnaalag d.-^r aroutid it aboat midwaj betweea tbe
floor ,and oeilini;, whieh will be Used exclusively mu
gacinit tra' k. Tue gTiuiiiisiu'ii grow r wilt be lilt.-il un
vith all thc improied ma dara appiinnces, the eaat o]
tliia itt.ru alone HUioiinting tu Buuy thousands of dol
ar?. huruiouiitiug the whole uii: lia the kitchen. The
tootnt will all he Biiishi'd In ash, clierrv ead other hard
Ot rania, while the huge swiauatag hath will bo Unod
i'.iiiughout with pure ahitr g!a/i J Ullag, Qaorgo W,
linton U ike aroniteet
il will i*.; tt?uu by thu plan of the nen club koa I ti .t
tho life of the modem athlete le hf ge BBW Spurt.m
1n its (.evelin. Iii" vmm(T athlete cnn K>* ?)'
town hv tho elevated land from hi- olilce in
the cv cum g. luke his spin ur his exercise in the gym
iiiisiiun, put on the gloM-s with one of his fellow turin
hem, luke hi* dip or Ida Turkish bath, and fitul aithal
a welbekpplied reetaaraal whew be cnn recruit ea
kanated nature All ihi.-. however, is In thefcturc.
At present th.- duh ba* ii piixutc KJmnaataaam tin
Cneeent Clnb Hourn*, ut N". ll< Weal rwenty
third-st., where pleats "t wael la ketng dena, ami
whoie eight wwmg machiaea aro In constant usa, lt
is soiiictiini'H hinted hy C""d humored hut RggN -n.''
membera ?-l ethe* elabe that tbe New-York Clnb ia
piiiii-ipulh eompoeed of"oW fogiee aad others wno
i-.-t .rn the leuroia af a paat, gtortona it maj be, bnt
aomewhal diataat lt (a dangerous, kowever, to
breathe this to an active New-York Athletic i lui. mern
her Ha will ask pm if Hugh ll Baxb r, the champion
pole-leaner, le superannuated; if N W. Ford, tbo chem
pion hii;h aad loaa Jumper, bsa no awn* lan ?
win: if C.J Oueeknerner, tbe rhammon abel ina
hummer putter, bu no langra tbe stn Bath ->f hi-t rear ;
,i W. ll 'lindum, of Harvard, i- aa "old f"^.\ i he
will Kin.i,il Mill tlmt tin- majoril.v ofthe BCW li"ml" -I -
are youag men whe hine not \.t had ? chance to -how
what thoy eaa do In sin.il, ko will pul ranons othei
perttnciil qucstloni whieh go to prove thal though the
Nen fork < Ink hus many arealtht and middli
membera. lt nevertheless haa a large majoritj .1" inti-, c.
roung fellows who will in th.- foturo, .1- did then
forerunners, help to keep the clnb, where it has ever
1.1 en. in the mn of tke amateur athletic clubs of the
world.
At the laat election \Y. B. Traver* aasclecl dpreai
dent, and A. H. Curtis riee-prosblcnt; Willam wood,
secretary aad treasurer! and W. Craig Wilmer, cap
tain; the committee eonaista ofA.V,di Goiconrta,
Herman Oclricha, I-:, s. Innot, A. dc Bernelee, 1 \.
lirukc Kulgera Van Brunt, ll. B. Phlnny, Otto fcarony,
K. .1. Kilpatrick. A li. Wheeler and B B, Wilson.
THE WILLIAMSBURG CU B.
THE PRIDE Ol' BROOKLYN?ITS SUCCESS
I'll. CAREER.
In January, 1870, some young nun belonging to a
Sunday-school m Brooklyn, V. I)., kcld a meeting in
thc basemen! of theil church after having discussed
Ile-mutter for roany week-, and formed themselves
latona aaaoclation iitr.h ' Ibe name ofthe Williams?
burg Athletic Club. Though thc club was onlj incor?
porated in November of ilmt year, and thi original
nu iiilii-i.-. bare one by one diopp.il from tbe ranki and
disappeared, the WilUamsbnrga are to-day in thi fore
most ranks of the athletic club* of thi country. Fr. un
the start, however, tkey wero an active and energetu
body, and during thc Aral year <-t their existence hind
a good ground iii Bedford-are., Brooklyn, ami
aonie exeellenl games in tho fall of that year. Tbe ar
r m.;. 1.1 en ts .mi. primitivi enough, the dressing-rooms
being separated by a screen from thc real of tho targe
t-ni a'hioh served as a temporary club-house, bul the I
? r.'rt -pim -.. - lhere aad thc game* were a success. ',
'lin li-t of membership waa ranldl.i enlarged, and the
next .vear Ihe duh felt justified in leasing -. large
grounds ai Wythe-ave. and Pcnn-st. in exeellenl j
track of eight lap* lo thi milo wa* eoustrm ted, of orig- |
mi,il design, on which some fn I time linxhcen nindi
Later they built a large Evmnaslnni 30 bj 03 feet,
which was well supplied with complete gvtunastii hu
nituro. In the well-known " Jack " Mi Hawter* tin- d. rh
-.-eu ii ,1 mi <\ cell 1 nt tniiuer, and the club ri 1 .. .1- show ,
the resull il hi- skill and the meinbei ' persevi rana.
U lllimusburg 1 luh han
I,i-t lim
thi
Foi 1
? lhr.,-.'i four gamea everj season, and so auocc**
tal have these been rm;', no much public interest haa
he n taken in them ih.it thc duh has lieen '....ked up to
as thc leading club of Long Island, aud has latterly
c rosed thc oldi 1 1 lui.1 Manh ittan Island to look t.>
their laurels. Thc contest at thi last championship
games between the WilliamaburEs and Ihi Mauhatl ms
a as k. an, ai A the former olaim tnal liad ii not lu en fm
Myers they would have been sporting 1!.. champion?
ship colara in place of the Manhattan Club. A-ii I*
tbeli nine won Ihe baseball champiouahip in the Ama?
teur Aaaociation gamea and proud I j bon off thc elabo?
rate c..lois. But it waa onlt a tew weeka ago that the
dui. took ii ateu which will probably place it before
lone iu tbe forefront ot the athletic army, tin March 1
it obtained on favorable tenn- n Icu veora' lease of a
block ut ground in tke centre of Brooklyn. Though
retaining tl.-id mil title of the Williamsburg Club, it
haa foi u long time lieen looked upon ai an 01 sanitation
belonging to Brooklyn proper, and foi that reason thi
inn. 1, -.-ii.iln., of ihe old grounds waa a terioua im
i.eihinciit to the ' lub'a dcvelo).mt. This ia noa done
uv..I, with, for thence grenada al De Ralb-ave. and
(.: aban at ai ? roached from almoat any point ofthe
ciiv iu lem tban naif .'in koar. tl round hu- been
'm..ken ali. inti, uini bj M.ii 1 it is boped thnt the
pine wil he icuih for work to begin, nnd on Ale. il"
the apring goum- will he held mnl form the practical
" house wu:;.iini;.' Th* clnh hope- t" Iimvc as good a
track as can bi found In America, arith Bte laps to the i
mile. i'h.-ic will be room for baseball, cricket, la
eros-,. taara ti nnli and football, while a fine club-house I
"?ii hv 40 feel in stae und ihiee stories high, with a
cupola aiul no mortgage, will keep the members bus)
during the winter months. Kat only will tbe gymna?
sium be fitted ap 11- perfectly a- possible, bul the
upper story, which aili he clear from end to end. ts ill
ntl..ni au e.\i client ball for private boxing exhibitions,
the four posts in the centre which support thc cupola
forming the angles of the stage. Besidi Ihi gyn.- j
alum there will be six bowllng-alleya Tin membership .
iii tm. duh is now n\.i len. nmi application! aro 1
coming h. al such ? rate thal befori Ibe new grounds
n , , 1 am .1 tiiey expect to connt up tall} 1,1*00.
The didi hus nlicudi turned out many good men nnd
several ehampioua, among them hem,- li,,m. Mun oj-,
tin- walker, who goeato England ii June with M\.-r*;
.1. T. river, thc bunill racer; Thomas Delaney, the
runner; A. Robertson, tin- lou- dist,mc ? run?
ner; ninl Walter smith, th.- half-mile 1 iiniici. The
oliil. ia strong in walkers, for besides those mentioned
the.! have 11 Rogi re, V. c. Triiiiketi nnd W. Perry, nil
well known us~iur.lv pedestrians, There aro also ll.
R. Ninth, H. li. To-.c and W. K. Hogenian, sprinter*
Aumng the amateur sparrow areJohnt onolly. tlieheavj
lirij.i champion ; un.l Joseph Heiser, thelight-weight.
Thc club bi affiliated to the National Araateui Athletic
\.Iiilion, and ha- int- its president Hilbert II.
Badeau. The other offlcen are Frank ll Price, vlei
president; W, 0. Hcgeman, secretary j .i.e.. Liddle,
ii. usurer ; ? J. 1'. Smith, captain; ami V. Brown and S.
s eezv, flint inn! second lieutenants.
THE MAS ll AIT A V CL VE.
SUCCESSFUL IN GAMES AT ROME AND
ABROAD,
Four iiit-ii -at chatting togethei nt une ol'tl.e tahlee in
Delmonico*! cafe one apring du-, iu 1877. Thej were
George w. ( arr, K lt Cnlbert, W. v RIdabock und
0. W. I'l.,.mas, ami hud ju-i flubbed a dinner which
wea the Iniahiug t.h ghan to a five-mile walking
raco in which thc f..ui had engaged, The
ofthe ci,a: w.n the formation ol' un athletic dui.
ii:. :??: hm ;al yean carried "ll tha championship
catari "t tina National Amateur Atblctio Association.
Tbe four promoters decided thal there waa plenty of
1 non-, hu 11 new di.I. iii Kcw-k'ork which abould baie
it* ground* within tin- cit. limit-, mid the title which
struck them ai being applicable wai tin Manhattan
Atlil'-tii i'h,!.. In Kovember of that year thc cl uh was
ly organized undoi that name, uml grounds wero
j leased ul Ki*t\--i\ih--t. nnd Kigbth-ave. The grounds
were not exton iM-. and for some tun.- th. list of mem?
bership ahowed the same peculiarity. Mut what th.
club tacked ii. number* lt made upin pluck and hard
Soon t!u- Muubattuns began t-. be fell .1- ,,
ir, the athletic World At thi eh., li. ni,, ii- hip
mooting! h< ld iu Mott Havel Ihe ? -1 ' gau 1..
tie conspicuous aud champion Up un '.,1- udurued thi I
breaati of t1 -t. .1 tl., colors.
A couple of yeara after the formation ol
began to be wbiapeied about that a young man named
livers, a membei ? ?! the club, waa except mallj pn
Orient lu short-distance miming. After two or'three
remarkable public performances I.. I. Mvcn sprang '
into a position whion he hu- cveralnci held, as one of
Billilli! , ll.rte',I ll'l,,. te- 1,1 tl.. -. ,,|M ||{ ?
-. hand in baud with thi fame of the If an! i
Athletic Club, aud it is ta a measure to the pi
.-Ith'- dui.'. .-Hi, ci- that the interest shown to?
day bv thi public ii amateur aporta i- due. Beset on
all aides ut it- beginning with prophecies from those
whose judgment im,- considered :,- Anal that in sit
month- their place would knot them no mme. ti,
in,'ml.,?! - have trained on theil little grounds at
??i\th-t :,?? ;?"...' ii team of athletes aa one clnb bi tko
count!? h o ever turned out
n* inonthi after thi organization, in April, 187H
the ch b waa Incorporated, and within the tu \t os
months wm a championship Theyeai after Myers
won three champi'inshiii* al Bott Haven, nnd ita
v. ul t! . duh lui- '.nh failed t., . :irr\ .?? the i hr.tupi..ir
ahip colon aaec 'I nut exception, h I- ? ,-.|, waa
through titi iii... ? and consequent iuabUltrofi
Hu- promtaoul members to attend tin meeting. Tin
Manhattan* wero the Aral American athletic duh
whuh. tnt aatiafled with the position it held in
America, sent it- champions t.< secure their laurels tai
afield li Ikej -.-rn Hyem to Kngland,
securing the neceaaarj fonds foi the- purpose bi k''in,;
nu i x!.ii.iii. d in Madison Ronara Garden, al which thc
I ' profeeeional. Rowelb appeared. This eihihition
-.- ai largely attended and a large sum above ex|
: Myers gained an Kngltsh ? hampton ihip ? hil
ni.t,.nd, niol h-, ihln-j M did nii'd. |0 f..:w.itd '
tan ?'- ofthe oluh Re alao won many other valuable
p Ices rit eames given it London, Binuingham aud
Whim - niril.-i Ihe j. .ni manacemenl oi h!- own and th.
I.h ti Athletic ('lil. th.- ..hi?t andi most n
organ taut ion of it- kind latbeworia InlbN'iai
? rare made with tm Mosaelj Harriers Ath
1,-ii Club, of Birmingham, England, indei which w
<; dlerge, ckampion mile-runner ..i England, visited
thi-1 itj and ' .ati'"' lcd in a m rles ofraees againsl Mj i > -,
whining at the tin., uuarti - md mlle aaa being .-I
d fi i'. d at thr oi I ilf mile u irbicli
Myers] 1 i :' 11 ami
1 ' ',lrils.
the membership of the club had so far in ad i i
tin demand tot nen.' i it. ii -ii ?? quarters wot.-, yt
felt laat rem tint ri sos decided lo h-aa n
aommodwmi groundi This important ra. wai
efcetedhytbe lease of thc |ronadsal Eighth -
hi i.i m. Etahth ..i ?! .Ninth tree. Nearly W*vV,0U0 wus
Uid i ui i'i Itting up targe ^nuid st indi and aoaatrnct
ing an ci.e.-'.l.i.t track,. gaartcr mill In elronmfer
ei'. , ?ttk a 2'Ji' it might indi
ont nader th* careful supervision wt a committee tay,
pointed for ihat purpose. A lar^e iiutiiher of lawn
lennis couria are being laid ont aaa a apace h.-r- bee*1
rcKcrvcd ami i* uaod tor baseball. At lenst lt] lawn
tennis court* ahieldcd from view fiom tin-rest of thf
grottnda wfl] be laid out for eiclnslvc nae Ih ladlee,
und the club hopes 1" mak< the pince n favorite resorl
fer tin- fair tex when they wieh toenJoj a fea kenn
ont i.f door* nt their BAU poplin pastime. Silituhh
und commodious droeetag-rooma for tbe ladlee will ii.
provided, sud every etfort lindo for their eonvctiiiuri
uml pleasure, lani year toa tke < lek la repeattaa itt
Muir. -*fnl experiment of lum. Arrangements aavi
been made with ih?- Smith Lon.hm tfarrlero. a well
known English duh. ami n aelectcd team mutating ol
">l.. . - 1- n-ii i ii 'ka. Waldron, and .Murruv. ll"- lust ,.n.
belonging to a sister club, will go to England neut
month mid endeavor to uphold the reputation ol' \" ii
can athletes,
Tho Manhattan la thc onl v American duh thnt evei
gave athletic roeetingi tatala.intro or in Du rope in
connection with n foreign duh, and this bat alone at m
?small compliment to Hs intelligent, industrioaa und
efl.? managi mont.
lt iini-t not tx supposed, however, that Myero ia tin
i.nh well-known athlete in the club. The list is a long
one. and aniline those wini hu.-1 ith. r gained champion
-hit.-, or un well known OB the trudi, un- ll. Ired
cricks, the half-mile runner, Waldron, tbe ?printer,
Laiubrecht, the heavy weight putter: h.-ides berick
m.h. Vi.iirhei -, \\ hite. smith. ( baufrau. Hart, Richard
-on. Schuyler, Pomeroy, Moorhouse and Vonni: li kai
been frequently midGmLJhlsla the only duh which
cold give a complete nrhh-tio meeting with only ita
own mon I If Iho-c abo hrnc done good Work in nd
rancing thc i Inh and tke rauae of pure nlhletea gener
elly. Mr. Tbomai and Mr, Kidabock have died and Mr.
Cuthlieri has retired from aetlva partidpaftan tn the
club management
Ueorge IV. Carr, one of the four dtnera at Del
moir lc.'-, still rem ital preeidenl ofthe i tub, and to 1 i
worm Intereat and hard work much of tke club's sue
.???-. ia due. Charles E. Trotter lathe rlei nroaldent;
I I. Myers, accrctarv; W. Storm, treo irer;
?I i on ell, captain, ike lieutenants aro u. 1-'. Kncubcl
- IV l: Heei -: nnd G. A. Avery, Jai m Magee and
? . w Minor are thc trustee*
THE AMERICAN CLUB.
TIM.I;|,[Ni. [TS MEMBEHSHIP IN LE8S TIIAS
SEVEN YEARS.
ll-ci -ince tin Young Men's Christian Association oe
cupied thc m.' building ul I entj third t. am
Fourth rr, e. om ol th.- advantages affonled to mem
bera hat been thc large and well-cquipiied gymnasium
Throughout the summer season, however, tbe mi mben
ol thc class -ec linlc "ion.- another, aad have m
iliuiiee to continue their exeretaea aaakody. Berni
ago thli fact caused certain members to deviot
-onie means wherebj the bond of union might be kept
np the whole year. A meeting waa held in the Collegi
ot I'h. .i-; I'is'rrnd Rurgeoni iii thc fall of 1877, and ta
< uher of that j'ear the tmerii in Athletic Club wm
st.uti.i -.- ali n membership ofnearh sixty. That sixty
? '- i' day nea rii trebled itself, ror some yean the
iim. aas m.m,om in ii- obaracter, Thequarten foi
ih. fl were on the St Oe irge'a Cricket
Uiiiiind. ut llohi.ken. whiok Ike club shared with tbe
Stevena Institute, bul the mi mben won found thal Ibis
dual tenancy would not work smoothly. The next
vcur aav thi dub sharing the grounds of the Manhat?
tan* at Ki t'i \ si Mh ->t and Eightli-ave, The grounds ll
now occiiplec ruc the Polo Uri.I- at One-hundred
aiid-tenth-st. and sixth ave. renting them from the
Metropolitan Exhibition Company, which baa dom
much to forward tke club's interests andtooupplj ii
A comfortable club-house U alreadj en cb .1 un
the iii'..uni- and thi- -i i-i.li ii hue.- uud well furnished
gymnasium will lu- pi tup. The track ls a good one.
having three laps to tbe mile, while there ia plenty ol
apace lui tawu tennis, baseball and other sports. The
gymnasium winch ha hitherto supplied the nu
with ? winter practising resort i- John Wood's, ut
Fifth ave. aad Iwentj eighth at.
i'h.- mouthlj business niectinga aro held al tbe
Rnickerbockei ( ottage in Kixth-ave., and the preaidenl
ol' thc Americana i* Cyril Robinson. Eugene Van
Iiiinhiiciit ia their rice-president, V.c. Lowry treas
niel, uml S. A. Bafford secretary, while A. A. Janian is
the captain of the club, The club belongs to the Ama?
teur Athletic Association, und baa from it-? birth riven
?pring um! fall Eames every year and baa turned out
si", end nt ll ie le- V. in. se lian <M ,i|. familiar Ul ' liulnpii.il
ship lists, such i's Vx . It. Nix,iii nnd <? l>. Hinrd. the
three-mile -...lik.-i-. and S.A. Salford, thc champion
120-vard hurdler, while among the memben kai e been
un mitered W. ll. t nm-. .1 Mcclelland, the well known
athlete, aud Rober! Stole, the ball mile runner,
NV.IVA.A I?? I IS l> Cl DB.
MORE ATTENTION TO AQUATIC THAN TO
FIELD SPORTS,
<'nc of tho prettiest duh grounds, aaregardaits
natural situation, to be found near New-York is thut
of the Staten Uland Athletic Club, at Weet New
Brighton, while the in-tie boat bouae at Sew Brighton
tnrosqne Uttle building, li baa taken the duh
of bard and patient effort, however, to ob
lain these two taiportuul acquisitions, for it determined
from the stnrt never to venture a step farther than iii
mean* would altai x' leting held in the H
Club boal honac In tba fall of 1-77 if aaa dei Ided by ?
little band of thirteen t.. form nn athletic club, aad a
mi i ''ni; waa held in the Village Hall on November 10.
nt which ii permanent ??: 'anization v.,-:* made amt
elected. Among thc original thirteen racnihen
..M 1 Johnson. 1 . L. Kodewald, ll. V.. Telfair,
J. Vi. l-:.l ? ards, w K Bontti and I' w ?
1 h.- tirst games were to have been held at New-Dorp
i,u thanksgiving Hay. IM77, Imt ii was nol until thc
l'u il of 1^7*^ thal the "weather allowed the athlete
-i inhle. the genies having lieen postponed twice, The
cam.-- when plaved win- successful, and th,-duh ut
once took a prominent position aad from thal daj baa
. Increased in numben and wealth.
In iiie full of 1*7!' the Neptune and Heaperrowing
olubs wer,- absorbed iato tin- organization, nnd the
character of the club was necessarilj changed aorae
what uml more attention has itaee hen paid t>. rowing
t!i.ii, to ti. :.l -p..ii-. The hoal bouse al New Brighton
wu- baili with money borrowed from meroben thom
s,-lie-, ;.;.d tin- grounds further improved and carefullj
laid out li.ilu. iln- duh hu- propertj worth manj
thin ?and dollars! and ls practicallj oul of debi lt haa
mado a good showing in thc National athletic Aaaocla?
tion, ami a -till stronger one in the Kill- Regatta ki
-,.elation. Iuiii- is on thc grounds at Weal New
Brighton M ?"'"' sixth ..I'a mile track, and the hunt
ho: i-e hm i,". - nearlj thins boat*, some of which have
hceii -cen In many regattas. Although thc principal
i ttcntion ha- been given to aquatic ijmitIs, the duh na
-ome tn-t runners, Including A. I. Carroll, th,- high
lumper, who hat the unbeaten amateur record In this
>?'?:..:.t:\ of ft feet 0 Inches; C. E. Durand, also ? high
lumper) K. W. Janssen, the hurdle jumper, aud C.B.
I', j,, iji , a well-known hail' mile miner.
At the last election John W. Edwards, one nf the
. - of Ibe ' lui., w a- elected president, and II. I?.
Bailej d>e-pn-idi nt. 'I'h.-nth..- officen are William
C. Davis, recording secretary; V. W. Janssen, treas?
ure] : Anson L, Carroll, corrcsjionding aeeretarvt
Irani-; fl. Janssen, captain: andC A. Whlti and II. tl.
Van \'cditon. lieiitenuuta. Thc membi ra ..i th.- Board
ol Munngemeul are oliver i. Johnson, Wilbur ?.
I?. ? v ny. ? I. Roden dd, J. E. Falter, ll. Vi. Telfaii
and V L. Yarle.
NOTES ni' OTHER CLl BS.
\\ 1 81 RIDE CLUB.
Tho West Side Club waa oi ganlaed bi August, 1881,
ind waa known as the New-York Walking Club until
i.t -pritis. when the present title area assumed. I'ntil
Ihis year tbe president was William ll Meek, the
liker, aud thr- Ital of prominent mi
latnraUr include- more a -ll < ra tban runnere. Among
the tatter, however, i- ll, tonebridge, mile
El V il.icil,,I,,ihi hu- ii record ,-r- .. three
o. ?? Ii. ?? Thei iub hulda ita meetluga und pr ii
ib the Hcottl h \"":;. .ii dr..-md- ir Fiftv-ioitrtb-at.
ictween Eighth nnd Ninth r.\ .?
,', tr. cl I bi re aro over aeventj memben, and
.t tl, laai election li W Clark was < i cted pn lidcnt :
ii'. Watt, lie. ptl -illcrit : V.. V Mnihuilld uud W.
? iii -: W. Itodgei-. captain ; and c, \\ .
??oy
PASTIME AND OKAMf.RI V I I l BS.
Amone the -in iller clubs a I ? if the Na?
umai Am.,ti ur Athletic Association ute th.- Paatime
uni i Iramerey Clubs. I bi former i-1 hicfly eomposi .1
if young mea under Ibe age of twenty. The club baa
i li-""I ground at Sixtj -nth-i. nmi thc Kasl River,
md hu-had ta its ranks mini men who have subse
incntly becmne well known In amateur athletic ranki
un mg them maj he mentioned A. Waldron, the 1<mi
..r.i? runner, and H. Fredericks, thc mil.- runner, Lc
ides P. I. Latnbreoht, Ibe heavy-weight putter, and
I Stone, the hurdle r icrr.
Clmmeroj Club has no grounds andiagiven to
aking long spins across the ? - ntry. One of ?t? mew
,- Petei Holden, Ihe mile runner.
A BEL ATI FE OF WARREN BASTI
? ' . tv Itthtlt ! .
Kir Oi I ni rall Lewis uacd to hare a theory
ht th. r.rei vu- nn aut hen Heall j established case
?t" n-iv one living foi a hundred n-m - Ile used tomain
? whci ti. eases "i alleged centenarian! wera
irefullj inquired into lt ??? ill found either thal
_? i, itlj exaggerated, oi thal there waa no
ii-oof wkatevor ..l the date ol hind lt aroma, how
- . -. Ihat an Undoubted cent' lint ia ii i- BOW liv itijj and
miking on th- e nth m the per ma "t Miss Hastings, .,t'
Malvern, who celebrated ln-i bnndred-and-third hn-th
lu-lust wed. II Isl Hastings ls a relative of Warroo
lla?tingi She must bave been seven yean old ob thal
a daj when hei famom kinsman was brought to
tbi aroa! ball of William Rnfua. Eran In the
Pit-, when Hat ,.ii .- ?? rote his glowing em iy it -eenie.1
il range lo think thal tba House ol Lords hui In it?
ali!: n man who played ?> j."t la tl"- Imp' ichinent, and
i.'i'i.l, in listening t>. the loft} nnd animated etaqui ai a
,i i hal li -, Inn I ll -. I" ni.h-1" " (brm some canina!c
.1 the poa ' not a rn er- of liicn am,, n h v. hom be ? ?. nut
tn fi -,,-,. ?t." I."iii liiiy baa lima pu?ed away;
I., him-elf h..- h.-i ii dead for well Biak a -anani i
>l'u century, ned yet il ls curl"ns t" reflect Mutt Mn
kare atill living muong aa a kiaawomaa of thc gn nt
[h. consul, aka wu, aaren nats oldwkea the kn
I'ci.i -iiim-iit bogan, win. waa a girl al bnrteen aban il
i eu, .1 .n n n"iit il.
TOPICS IX LEADING CITIES.
BA v FRANCISCO.
A LONI- DIVORCE CASE-LEGISLATIVE
THEATRICAL.
[r.r mi annan t> thc tninuan.1
Bab FitAsi i-e,i, a inil,-,.?The fonrth vn ? <-U of tba
Shanm divorce cane dragged along with little lm?
portnnl teetiniony, but with aeveral noteworthy
Incidents. Ar Ihe chief of tbcae ia Ihe anddendia
appanianee of Mba Brackett, confidential corapun
um of Banh Althea, wno wm expected tojtarniah
mlnable eridenee on rebuttal, ra.? goes thal aba
waaepiritod away bj Bharon'a forces, bnt it iadiffl-'
cult to ii-aeli the iniili in hui li u mixture "i aenndal
and fnlaehood m tlii-i oaae torniebes. <in<- may
judge of tbe metboda employed in thia cnaa when n
private detective, who m-ts ns sim rou's Iradygnaad,
recently Invited a reporter, after tbe trial one dity,
to dinner at a French restaurant, und one of tbe
plaintifl'a lawyora has been twice tined foi groat
t "iiii-ni|'t o* ?-i iii rt.
The work "f the State Loglalature ia watched
with keen Internet here. Thi Banj loll tor
freight* and Earea 'mr hes n paaaed by thc A tn mbly
and referred to the HenateJudicUrj Committee, A
number ol other meaanrea to impoac an income tai
on railroada bare been Introdnced. lt waa though I
thal the lobby Mould .he mil in Itiic.? t" di-I'.-at llie
billa, bnl it lia-* noi appeared. I'la- Inference is thal
Ute railroad managera eitlierdonol fear tbai tho
Renate will pass the billa or they regard thepro
poaed meaanrea aa nnconatitutional. Tha latter
? i- probably tbe true Dna. Thc Barry bill, for
inatance, haa aevernl pto*, laiona in conflict a rth the
Constitution, and t" anow wlmt a mnddlothinga
are in-..inc (.t thenblesi lawycradc laretbat the
Legialattire 1ms no righi to Ba farra and
freights while the Railroad Commission is in exist?
ence, lt lock" mk i re un il more aa thongh the extra ea?
ston will prove a boomerang foi thc Democrats. Thia
imingthe conviction among tin- Democrats,
who are eora over the Governor's blnnder. They lay
tin- blame tor calling the {Legislature together on
Deimos, the lawyer who lusted afters fut icc, ami
mi Greatbouae, the editor of the Dc.?alic organ
in this city, ft la claimed, and Justly, that these
men ongbl to have prepared tho billa and settled
what tiny could do before getting Ihe Governor to
is-1 io a eat!, As :i fuel not li i ii ir a ?- done, nnd already
a fortnight haa gone with little ac ompllshcd. The
Democrat)) leaden are nol aura of theil ow n mi d in
the -Senate. When tha railroad lulls come np this
Haaco trill hnrt tbe party, bnl if cannot damage
Sf.."iiiiun. aa fri- incompetent boa already ruled
liltii out "1' politics. Iii! i.s ? conspicuous inst,mee of
a vr mil ai mt officer a ho is a dead Calli re at tin bi od
of ;i State Government. J
One graceful act the Legislature did this wed-.
waa to return t banka to I?. 0. Mills for Ins generous
gift ni ii piece of statuary- "Columbus before
Vmeii Isabella "?for the corridors of the Capitol.
Newspaper comment on thia ki ft is ilia; other Cali?
fornia miilionnairea could nut do better than follow
Mr. Mill-- example and leave tonie tangible proof
of their pride in thc state.
Among the notable daatbaof the week lethal of
John Perrott, a pioneer banker, w .i<> c.uno hero
from Mexico in l-d."i. He amaaaed a large fortune
bj i itrictly conservative bnaineaa, and invested
i-? ti- li money In city real eetate, confident <>t ^great
advance In valnea wbioh a fen yean would bring.
Hr waa one ofthe tow moneyed men here who were
not carried "tl theil feet by wild excitement in JJ?
nama stn. lt.,
Th- feet mail... t rice hoe a. icbodhen yet, but
it is nut tbe faull ol the Ci ntral Pacific, Tl a man?
agera "i Iho I'tr hm Pacific un- tohlanie, asthev were
?eked whcthci the i bangi ol time wonld l"- perma?
nent and tbua fm tba] hove failed tu reply, Hence
I tbe delay on thia end of the line, Trains are once
more running on the Southern Pacific, bul thc innis
.... Eroquentlj d. lg) i.'.
Despite the bel tbat tim opera company took
$200,000 nwaj from tbe city, a tarps aadtance
?ir: ..r '? Excel dor," the spectacu?
lar venture of the Kiralfys, and the piece bids lair
tn lu\e a lmiK run.
Sarah Jeweti waa lil foi tevcml days last week,
and ber manager rather cavalierly casi Louise
Pomeroy tor her rdle in the ni . piece of "Claire
and the Forge Master." Ho will I"-., bj bia action,
however, a- thc part waa one la which Miaa Jowett
would have made a hit, Tbo critioa have all
cr.. ?-< <i li.I .; ? bnl lier st arri ni
lia . lieen o failure.
CH1CAQO.
NATIONAL AND LOCAL POLITICS?RELIG?
IOUS-AMUSEMENTS.
ir.r ti i li'iiiAi'ii i,. mi. nani i
Ciiicaoo, April 6.?There now remains no donbl
thai ai the forthcoming Republican State Conven?
tion Richard J. Ogleeby will be nominated for Gov?
ernor by aeelamaHon and that ho will 'in y the
State next fall reiy mnch in the manner of a cy
clnii'.. "Uncle Dick," nt lie is familiarly known,
has tho element <?t' popular euthnainam In his favor
to a greater extent than any other candidate who
could nave bean named. The Detnocrntie outlook
i? not ho certain. The condillac} nf Carter Harrison
Imi already received a damper in the announcement
that Morriaion ia coming here ehortiyto speak be
fo the Iroquois Club.and that he a ii! take i sw in
i<- enge not only for Harriaon'a Iroquoia tariff
?peech, I'ut ulwi tor Ina advocacy of Tilden during
his \ isit tn Waahington ns a member "f the Chicago
party wbo aecured the National Convention. The
Mayor han already begun to badge, .-md in
-dets that li" baa no fight with Colonel Morrison,
and anya be does not believe that Morrieon ever
wrote nletter etnting that he, the Mayor, mum be
defeated tor(Inventor. Me cl.um 11 hat If t be Dem
ocrats put np Tilden torPreeidenl and McDonald,
..f Indiana, or Moi riaon tor Vice-Prealdent, ho ss ill
agree to carry Illinois for Goi ernor against Oglesby,
anagroemenl which, it i? needieeeto say, he can?
not carry ont.
Tha local Committee an Arrangementa for th* Re?
publican Convention mot thia afternoon to toke fi
. nalaction on the ptana prepared i>\ tbe architecta
foi the Musical FeattvaL The plana give a tenting
j capacity of abonl 8,000. Chairman Barnum, < I the
p. nmi raiic National Committee, is still lu the city,
uml a lille the I'. i ii oe i at- have bet ii slow in lu ki n ic
I action ii is understood tiiai the chairman iaaatiaAed
I with the plan* aa they bnve been prepared.
The city election Ina! Tueaday substantially
I leaves tho Connel] aa it was, twenty Demo
! ernta tn fifteen Republicans, witta one
| vacancy to ba filled by special election.
All tbe old ringeten whoee tarma were ont bnve
laen iel urned, and ll" ii niiiulici has been lu. leased ,
by tba addition of Whelan from tha Pira! Ward, a '
disreputable saloonkeeper. The result ^e caused
in Urge part bj the apathy "f Bepublioana. Tim
Demoerata alao carried tbe town electiona on the
north and weat aidea. Tha city ia now sn nh deeper
mt" tbe alongb of corruption th.ni ever before.
Ni,timm in ih-" hist.uv of the city has bean ao dis?
graceful as I ie election ol Whelan as tbe represent?
ative "1 the wea 11 li ii -I wu id in Chicago.
The Irish element is in notate <>f tortoni excite?
ment over an essay deiive ed by Dr. Cnrrnn. a mern
bei ot an Irish National society, in the hall "f the
I nion < 'atholl' l.n" arr Aaaociation a fen days ago,
in whnh Si Patrick was characterized as a
nepotist, a land-grabber nnd a niau willing to sa. ri
ti.e In-h Nationality to the interests of the Chun h.
Ibe management of tbe Library Aseociation have
forbidden the nae of tlmtr hall for the future to Dr.
I Curran and bia fellow Nntionaliste, wbo, being
memben of the organization wbteh owna the hiilC
do not propose i<> anbmll quietly. ibo Catholic
membera are np in nrma al thia ruthless piece of
ii iiiincluMiu ano ate determined to vindicate then
? favorite saint, al all hnzgrdi
Mr. George Armour ia abonl to e ed an elegant
- free Episcopal Church at hieownexpenae nu Mate
nour Twentieth st. rbe Kev. Canon Knowles, who
1 baa been officiating at tho Cathedral, will be the
i,., tm nt tin- mw church.
During the ngeaont week the A|>"llu <luh hus
given nn excellent perforaonnea <>f Judaa Mecca
beni' ami the iluunaiian Gypay Hand, aaaiated by
Mii-in, the floltnist, lias drown targa andianoea.
Next week the fltotaon Comedy Company will pre?
sent " Ciinfiisiiiii " at the tlrand, Booaon and Crane
?rill be at Hooley'a, " The htrangtara of Parla w ni
baverij'a, "Jalma" at MaVieker'a, reaehiag ita
liftr-scventh and last performance on Saturday;
aiul Mr. lieccher will lecture on his overland trip.
NEW-OliLEANS.
MIXED (TIT POLITICS- HOMICIDIS-TH1
EXPOSITION.
I UV TRt.EORACH TO THF TliinriB.l
NgW-OftLBAin, April 5.?Parwh polities
are receiving a large share of publio attention.
There in mueh egpealltea to tbe repuiar Deaaoeratle
ticket fur city OfloOO asaonir tho members of tho
paiiy. and a str.ui? llck.-t, so far Ba the names aa H
arr concerned, bas lieen pul apagoiael lt hy the faction
kaowa aa the Pariah Democracy. An atoaroatof w.-ak
aeaaea thia new ticket, which wflleertataly maka aneeam
impo?s|i,|e If it lu uot reineveil. 1* the Uet that tbs up
poaenteofthe regular De amer aey an. divided, aad al?
though thc factions have been caiiTi-sing and conferring
foi ten iln,-,n, they have tailed ta acree. Ibe 1'arish I'o
?Meaney i?, however, united witii tha I Maana* party, and
lt If inure th.111 ptabahla that thc .ndcpciulerit*. the
lither seettoa Ogpoeod te tbe regular ticket, alli
approve the aomtaattoM malle hy tba ' Itlaena
aud Parlefe lleuiocraey, aieegl for sonio of
he min..! oflfeee. As tbo Republicans will not put out
a city ticket there will thus be virtually hal two la the
geld on eleettea day two myka banca Tho oppoettioo is
le.i ty Oona ral ur. J. Boban, the preoenl Hayor, abe ins
i- eu noailaated tat the mam eftoo. Hum itdec have bi ? u
worfctai .'Mnl to seoule ih. approval af Ihe Beg iMicane,
nmi on Friday night the Perish Pomuoiaoy suet oed ed in
getting it. The Repnbtlcaa Pariah Oooamlttea onam
in mslj paw 'I rr leaotuttoa ih - '. .rilli; li) fa\ * nf thal fee
tlen and promising te support lt, Thlaaetiea Mistaken
after tba eaattng vote of the ebairaaaa had decided agaiaal
tho KepubUeane WNnlnatlng a ticket There la ?'iii it,
otbor battle tobe fought before tbe ReaubHean vote ta
captured. Iheeolored rote la i.rolled bj tbe< ?
If en's Protective fr otoo, and both aides uro i adeevoring
to a cure its tarot, rue faction whleh nota ll nUlseeure
thc Bepnblleaa ballots. Considerable Burney ta brina
raied iii botk factions, and m'- liveliest campaign on
p. ..ni la expected.
Twa mea aero stol an.l killel in the pu:
this citj thia week, making three homicide* In tendays
They wero ordinary affairs, and aro notewerthj enlj be
cause tbej swell the already targe number of hoi
this year, On Monday, Thomas tfcCTystal Ulled Hoary
*'. -muli. On Tuesday McCrystal aaa brought from
prison to the Criminal Court au a tritnaoi for the defanci
in tb.-1mic nf the State againal Edward Knight, on ti al
for thc murder of A. H. Hill two omni ia ago. Oe the ev
idenee oi' IfnCrystol knight xx m acquitted, and McCrystsl
ms token bock t" loll, fhe verdict a i- aol a iprectated
by the public, in fact, it excited muck ledlgnatloa, and
on Wc Ineadaj night none one potted on the door ot the
criminal Court, In which the trial took place,a eal! for
tin cltueas to assemble ta Lafayette! quore, op, ?> I
Conn building,and goto tae Parish prison aad hang Ce
murderers confined thero. The placard w-m discovered
by reporters, wbo Informed tha p dice and lt was remove l.
Thc condition of the public mind wm mok
that tuc newspapers deemed it dangerous
to aay anything abonl the placard, and
no mention wa? in.vle of lt In thc public prints.
i bera have been bul i wo, conviction* in murder canoe In
this city ni .-ix montos sn i In both Instances t ,e accused
meu were fri idlers negroes, lu the -.uno time Wylies
inui Byan, the ao nan ila era, nnd Knight *ud others who
had financial or political backing hart tM i u ai quitted.
Work on fhe (exposition building ls gola;; forward
rapldlj nnd satlsfuntonlj*. although t>rogrn.??i tm been ,{??
I n <, ci bj tin- dUHcultj iii getting lumber 'o fbi
fu-i ss it nan be used. It ls being hauled by roams snd
oulj a amati number of them aro procurable, However,
thc aiala '...iii Hu.- telooinina up so i -.. as ida or it- in
men*'" sl/e cnn ic nv Im funned. The wm k hut lui inri tu..
head* ol' the inc.-hun ies lu the building tine and on Monda;
there alli be ri geueral itrik" in ? ipix ri ..f a di maud foi
an Increase of waif.--, upon a'l buildingeontracton by th?*
carpenter*. On Friday twenty oarpenters employed by
the Kxpoaltloa managers and membori .f tue Colon
?stopped work. O.M. Toraerson, supervising architect,
says that nothing whieb inn ne dnnenan Interfere wita
the siieeeisful completion of the budding m ad rance of
the time it alli ie- needed.
The Louisiana State Immigration Socleti, organlrod for
tin- purpose "* CStillllishlng a depot In till- city -millar to
< a- ti. i lardcn In New-York,ts perfecting its arrangements
to receive and care for Immigrants, in toe UMfiuuin*
?uitable builiilnirs will be engaged f..r the purpose of tin
u.'tatton, bul the ultimate obie* i of the organization ls
tobulld a properstni. ui:c. lae association numbers
anions its supporters and contributors the mo-t prominent
snd wealthiest men of tuc i ity. Meson T, B WI
' ".. banker! of New York, h.ive -ent their Check ior ??*?">'?
totheaoclctj with the best wlshea for Ito euc
BOSTON.
RIOTH AND MILITIA?TIIE OLD SOUTH
CHUECH?POLITICAL ANT) PEBSONAL.
n iM IS OCCASIOSA1 <iii:iii:-rr.'\i.:.N r u: nu: ruiniM .;
l;u-i"N. April V?In tho il;.--:;--i.ni of t hi
mutter of handling n.u - stace theo 'currences al Cincin?
nati lt hus come .mt thal the militia offl eta ot rh, -
ind especially of Boston have made thc moat elaborate
und minute -indy of thc i?? = -iii<m lu Hil- div, toking Into
their calculations nil Hu- elements of tomography, -lina
lion of points of strength and points of danger, location
nf thc pin -i'm--, sad Urotegtc lines "f defence end of ap?
proach to commnndlng positions. A rtol would t"
held under command If it should break out end
lerclop it--lt in any ^.iv tbat ean beal prceentcon?
ceived of. Bul a- ii lithe unexpected that always hap?
pens, uud as ii" mllltury skill cnn couti nd with tho
newly Invented explosives thal tbe plotter-, against
. sow make usc of, there aro still clements of on
eeituiliM .
A little breeze has been oreated by thc opluloa ca
pressed bj Colonel Fdmaade, oommandlng that crack
eorps "f the militia, thc Cadet-, to the rited tbat tbe
Behool ililli fi.r whn h Blithe boys la tbe public schools
overtblrb n are organized and trained In marching and
thc luann ., doea mora barm thou good. Colonel Ed
nmuda holds thal the drill ls uot practical, but bt Jual
tiresome enough to sicken theboyaof aoldieringao thal
they c.innot afterward be Induced ta enlist lu the militia.
\ Htorn i ol protest bas orison ogatnsl this heretical and
surprising view, lint Oeneral Wairo, tba -upi rtor officer
?lillie militia In this part of the Btate, heartily agrees
with Colonel Edmonds, and an agitation has been i?. gun
which nirry poasibly terminate In the abandonment ..f tho
popular schoolboy soldiering. One thing ls admitted,
thal ii i- rerj hurd for some reason to on atc Alu tab rest
in the militia ihat la aecn la Vi w fork.
t not h.-r topto that has made a tar deeper -ia in Boston
thin week ls Ihe new departure taken by the Old Routh
pulpit iii receiving young Mr. c.ni.ni u- it- minister.
aui r a tong and deeply morea session of tbo council of
ii , hu i".s Congregational minlaton be enter- thal roner
iiilc pulpit declaring that ho rejects utterly the founda?
tion -tone of Calvinism, the rteorious atonement Christ
?ann- Into the world not as a socriltce hui aa au enlighl
?ncr .uni emancipator of man's mind In religious faith.
iii.- young divine professes himself -mi a student ami
taswers hi- questioners that ho does nol know enough
"...ut lire wm 1.1 to cine to -tate plc. i.-cl\ what goes "Il
lherei but be ls <;,n\ Inced l>y his rooaon thai punishment
ann.it be everlasting unless -in is everlasting, ii.
Inally received tho votes of-46 to 18 against bim, and the
Kei lu. Webb refused to admlulstei thc ooth to bim. lt
- frcelj .-tilted that ball the enun. ll rejected ililli hit
,'.1 hriM- h. .ii put Into the pullut all the some, tbe np
lolden of th.- "new departure " ta Andover theology
m. in.; r.-.i. lu-I the determination t.. toke their stand
i.-i.- imd now. The Bov, Dr. Georgi ll. Ellis, tho eml
iim Unitarian historian, pointed oul In his speech ol the
nstnllutli.il supper, v.hluh had lid n n.nell dd,md hv the
nugb struggle In thi coum .'. lhal this Old Houfb Church,
Ikoeverj "tlni of ahleh he had evei heard, began In a
piarrel. He also recalled tbe times abeu tho "gentle
nen" onlyrulod In the biisincsa of the churches. This
md a pu ti ii Ullin pointedness tniiii tin-circti.ust,mee that
in-nen minister woe a tva } ears ago a poor mechanic, a
m. mil.'-- young Set, h Immigrant ul work tu u N.uth
in-I..ii -ufe i.ii? ;..i>-.
Th.- reform Mayor continue t.. ibo* blt ir iii ;? i
ii in- appointments anti reit ls tri uitlon ni oiMi . - nu
nurse with regard t.> the l-'irc t'ommisidon I- nos looked
Or X.lltl llllefc lt, ll- On lt Will 'lop. Ill the che. kin,
endencj lhal bas been developed to turn it iu for the
? in nt or i'i ni,.,i.i'i. ci,-, politicians, the promotions In
nine.it bavins, ii i- claimed.been too lorgelt
!? teiiiiliieil of late bj them.
Ibe Socleti foi thc Suppression of Vice brings evidence
..-i-i.-.v thal thc police authorities are too complaisant
ilth crin.iu.ii-. Tne A--, elated Charities ara protecting
_.r,.,-i the n-pcatcil st-iiu-iielug of drunkards and aim
... a i. i.u 'in.it. 'ix f.u them. An organised move
neut h.-,, i. tl by wiall i has been started to pro
i.h i, tt, r dwellings for tbe poor for fair rants, and ii n
, Muiinni- now -cite.11., pi
icing uiged ii|.tm attention <.t the legislature
i M".i|.--kii,s hrllllanl season was signalized bj oncxtraor
llnarj suit for un Inlunellon iikuIiimI ' Nadli-iila," the
. ;,ai play written for her by Mr. Barrymore, of
iei itinipany. Mrs. Itarryuiora claims to betueowuer,
he niece having bren riven her bj Mr. Barrymore to
iii-!> icriniu claim- against him. Whal these ?
au iii-, u- Mr. Borrj mora hos a fortune ot his "xxn a hltih
ic luke- r,-""d eulo ni, i- haul I., mulct,-luud.
Mr. Uenschel, Ihe retiring conductor of the Booton
r-> mphonj < Irchestra, 1- to bave a farewell dinner i..-f.>r.
d'- departure -a smt of peooc-offerlng frum tin- pn>
'euston, apparently, for hts too cosy bul overwhelming
mccesM here bus made much heart burning.
// ts is di:t.i> a "i i :.h li::
flM /'' li'/i l.umt, ll .
LH tliu-e wini ure fond ol' tho lierimin language
meditate on the following nerd, composed of tnirtj
tr\ ru letter- ! " Sta it ?chidden/h lllingSflOSSOhuf ll
baiter." It mean-:--" Accountant ofthe bun-iiu where
itu Btate debts are paid." Now, in Qeraaanj etiquette
ilcuiuinU that over] one Nhould be sainted bj his title,
mid State fiilictloiiiiile- nt,- xciv particular in exacting
thetr dace ta these aaatters 1 pity tin. subordinates
who are obliged daily ta wetaeaae theta superior willi
Uii- lngliil'iil couglouiciatiuuof iuUurmouiou? lyllabtasl
MR. ARNOLD IN CHICAGO.
HIS onsEKVATIONSOF SOCIKTY.
A S0I.1I> HASH OK PHILISTINISM.?A VARNISH Of
Cf I.T I at.
l.osnos. April!), UN,
Mr. Arnold lanius the publication in lah
pull Mull /earned <>f a series of papen embody
int; BOBM "f Ins impressions of American life. 'J ho
Iirst paper deala xx'tli Chicago, atul xxiii mi
il'inlitedly provide tin- inhabitant- "f tlial city ? itli
uni' li fi'i.il f?'i i' ll.-? lum.
[ raeneaiber reading in Ike Saiavauw Tn i.i
ten yeara ago a statement t" the effect thal m Chi?
cago night i?e c-en "the concentrated eesenee nt
Americanism." 'lins remark happened io coincide
with tiro opinion which I inui already formed tr. tu
other oonsiderattona, and the obeei ratione which f
have made dnring raj recenl visit to America have
only gone to ennhnn ita justice, I or thia reason I
have cbooen t hicago a- the sn Mei t nf the tir-' <>f a
aeriea "t artielea in winch it i- my intention to
record tin- impreaeiona reeelved while in tbe l mi il
states. Many "t tbeee impressions ara ot a Heating,
and all of tli'-in "t a fragmentary ch irnctcr, ami \<i
I have th'uiL'lit that tto-y might throw a icxx i
light upon tie Intricate pu.idem presented I
civilisation "t the largos! <.i I nalish colon I
that from them tore might perhaps follow one or
two of tho* lending principles of which erith
c\ ? I ill BOai 'll.
??IC xvo xxiuihl really knon onr heart, let us im
pru i tully x ioxx our ." t no.,." I tru-t thal I -hull no-.
ton t ii tux tin- forbearance "i Mr. I?'"? Irrh :'
i.\ once more quoting from that moat i tim.il
\\ nil-is liishiiji Wilson. Thal which mool nu
dressed nu- tl ti i in sr nix stn-.- "i i 'hii igo, aa xx I
ihe "tin I \-.|.-| :. ..'I cities lil I ,? '? M .'.-I a<>rt wi I
visited, was a certain aaanmption >.i culture, a
upon dosi- o beer vat lon I fonnd to he vcr j
tn tally varnished ovcra reryaolid baals of Pl
liuistn. flus affectation of concern for tim tl
..i tm- -pm., which nix xi iy easily lu- a.I
nothing more than an affectation
served in it- Bathetic aspe t. Of ethical cultnre
there ia lunn cn pretence. Prom sheer stn ? I
habit the members ot thc clergy dispense from tli"
pullut t' i ii weekly modi' nm "I diluted mot iii
ami inn" sheer taree ot fa-hum the mon n
disses ul tin- population give app.trent In cl t'?
\x nut is-uni tn th. in. Bnl lt wonjo beanie
thnt tin- condition of the trade in tunic,! m.
in puk ni ni grain has tbe largest shan ii tl. r
thoughts even during th.- hour "f ostensible de
x,i.-..ii. i'he inevitable curse of tlie monej - t tm;
.spun I- xx nt lurg'. us it were, in tin- action
population "I il.iii ri nolien .mil-. Il Is.'iuc.isx
mutter i" know tm beurt of such a coraiuuuit) bi
lin-, xv!. -.1 il- act.no- an- BO open t" '1' I i< B ?
i. Aa in ill ust i at ion "t the slight extent to ?
i .n.'ii .ii'i" ti of reputation ure generalh known in
V merka, I ni iy me iiii.ii an ,-tiiii-iiii,' incident " i
li.ipp.-ueil in < h.e.iu'". I was conversing with
telligeul teni hmm' "1 commercial pursuits,
i ni-.- ..t iv liol was soul 1 took occasion to re
iiiiirh tiiut Mr. Herbert Hpcncer hod latelj lieen in
r uei i. Mj friend see .??.'. a lu e un ;?;:- i
rn -t, end then said:"Oh, yee, he como back fmm
Kumpe last .slimmer.'' I learned upon furthei iu
nuirj tiiii reference waa mutta to a Mr. Iii'- I
>|ie icer,who .-.- i hicugu tradesman, engaged, I i o
lieve, in tim inui busineaa, and who liad rei
tn ide i summer trip to Europa, 1 irn-i l tm ho
pardoned ii I relate also ia conned on a '? n thia
tlethiugab mt myself which Hound quite as anni-dug
a-til.e iu-t mentioned. [ wascouvetsiug
a lady wini xxa- kind enoUgb t^g(ell un thal -he
lindi,.ul ny works and greatly admired them. 1
expressed nix gratification ut learning that tbo ideas
ol sweetness and light of which I bave humbly en?
dear "i'd I., h.-. omi- un exponent hud been so kind y
received ru thia distant glace, and ventured to
xx iuiii ol my works shu honored xxiih lui- prefer?
ence. A Iii.lu i" mt surprise she mentioned" rom
ll,...-, ii ai liu'j: I ?.v '' and ?? lire Light of Asia.'1
Hut io inki. tin1 mai t>r nun, seriously, I guv- my*
-ell" tbe p.nus to ask a large number of the oapar*
."iii cult .-> uicii people xxitn whom I canto in con?
tact, whether they had road * Obermann." As tho
n-sii li of these iuquii lea 1 must -tai" the melancholy
[oct tho! to all bul one of those questioned, tho
nome waa wholly unfamiliar, and tbwoni under?
stood me os referring toa gentleman of thai nama
>\ no ia the proprietor of a chemist's shop in ( inonu.".
1 do imt ku.>x\ ni anv other little liing connected
xxith my stay in America which trix.- ne auch a
sense ol the crudeuess ol American culture. W
another alchemy xxus th it ..i the author ol "Ober
ii; uni," tu.ui the arl practised by tbe Chicago eta-m?
ist in Iiin daily diepensat ions I
Durtug my stay in Chicago. I attended ? very
ph-.i-.mii little reception liiu-n bj the Literary 1 Inn
"i that etty. 1 cul it the Literary Club because
that in tin nain'- bx which it la known, ami liol ut
any way to imply thal in s>> large a city a- < i.
i ben is but one society <>1 that character. 1 should
judge, Indeed, that there must be many similar
nm hi of peroone who are aullictantlj released from
the dem.mus "I tilt- pushing business lift) ul th,
tn be thus <li ii x> ii together by the bond of culture,
endue faros mj recollection aervesme, the greater
limul.ci ol tin peroone "i literary pursuits whom I
had im- pleasure <?; meeting were aol included
among thc membera of tho particular association ..:'
which 1 am apeaking. This evening afforded me it
curious illustration of thal combination in tho per?
son of tin- individual, of bnaineaa ability and cul?
tured tii-t'-s which I bo often had occasion to nota
while in tlie States. A pleasant little pancr on tba
subject "t Philistinism was read, and as tbi -.iln.-ci,
is one in which 1 have taken eoiue interest, I na u
relly gave it close attention, for xx Indi I full nilly
r< pani. Wishing to learn tim profession tat the l'. u
1 lemon xxho hod ao intelligeutl) boudied tbe sub?
ject, I mode iuquiry ol altland, wno Informed tm>
that the essay iel xva- the ownerofa large grocery
busineaa. I learned alao upon inr.kin.' further io
i,ainx, that besides memben of the clergy and "i
the legal profeaaion, whom I should uoturollj ex
ju it to lind in sui ii a society as this. tln-r>- -vas %
very Largoetanieut eonaiatiug "t auocceafultrades
meu, auch ns mercers, iron-mongera und packers,
which tatter term is applied toduoleroiu tho claaa
of food products derived from the hug.
1 waa especially interested when nt Chicago, asl
xxn> thronghoiit my flay in America, in observing
tue various religions bodies, omi in trying to gel
smiie inaight into their apiritnal life. Ii ^s quite un
ii.-,. --my to suv that in a country where there ;s n.i
established church, there ean !"? nu such demarca?
tion between the Dis.seiit.-is and the membera "i tba
Church of Bngland u- exiata in our oxxn country.
Thc mode of worship ol tho Dissenters has about
that iian-ness which i- noticeable in England, boa
tins max bc aeen tn an nunnet equal degree in ti, ?
bodies ol nou-diseeutore. [attended ona Sunday
morning tuc chapel in which aervicea nc- ., .
ducted by one "t the iimsi popular ot the dissenting
miuistera "i" Chicago. The chapel waarealij i
iug else than tbe lorge hall in which moat of hm
more ii n pr u runt o mci rta ?'.: ml,Iee tup's are given, aud
in which I bini my so ll lectured bul a few nighta Lie*
fore. I'he audience iu al tendance upon this -en jcs
Boomed to ne mode up of u well-to-do eud intel!:?
gout class of pc'plo. uu.l I afterward learned thal
regtilor aii-iil.m.?.- hero etonds in i bi ag
of cultured tastee. Bo when afterward I trie i
inn mj recollections togethoi in some eort of order.
1 came t.? tbe oonclueion that from all 1 had lu an :
abould bo jtisiiiied iu assuming tbe toueof these
m lxii-cs tulle fairly typical of the ideal of culture
prevailing in Chicago. Here, 1 mimi cootera, 1 wos
aisa|u>oiutod. 1 heard eu much of the-taugunge >?;;
culture in tho higher claaaeaol < lucan., society, that)
I xxus almost p.. oared ta admit that I bad tn <n u i?
justly prejudiced in the stutemeuto which I bave
mode from time to titna concerning America, but ii
i In- discourse to which 1 liotaued on the morning ".
which I speak stamin in any w .tx aa au exureoaion of
thu i lin Ugo idell "1 IMlltUro, that ideal ls, | tVgl I
t.isax. ii low one. 1 shall venture toaoj thal ; ??
i liiiily lacking in definition of aiui. aud yet, alas, I
kuow luixv little right 1 have to indulge ineuch n
criticism, for have I nol been accneed ot being -adi /
to seek, myself, n u a philosophy with coherent, rn
lei .1. p. nd. n;. subord -uii.- imd derivative pr
il. s." Ttnro was eometbiiig quite pathetic to tue in
the thor ghi that thia discourse, xx uii it- dn
waste of iiiictuoii.Ncommonpj ice, its diluted rbetoi o
nnd ii - jiidgmente, manx ni them so ludicrously tw.?
ciii.eixi l. sh.m.d I-., to such an audience aa I
about.the embodimenl ot i ultured thought,
from time t" time 1 contd noi help tim.:
Philistinism in it- frank English expression ?,i- a
lesa unpleasant sight thou xx as minni.-d bj
tbinly-niaguieed Philistinism which was Inr lui
peeing on ii sci and making pretence "i cull uro.
(Inca.;" society,! should -ax. although no
cati bo mine painfully aware than myself ol li
inadequate wein m.x oppoititnitiee for ob ervotion,
ba-just reached thut stage of a- devalopmeui .
which the un "in ph i cr io? of the commercial ul
Ino is beginning to moke itself keenly felt, and is
.."iinxxli.it uncertainly groping in anarch ol in."
larger uud liner thiuga whose existence il diml.
prenenda. Hui it ba-mu ut roached the stage of
clear discern uwul and is cisilx sa ti-u. .1 with ii.
pcai.uice of culture, oven it tin- substance be s
lng. It- great commercial success has nix en t,
moreover, a certain impatience of temper whiuli
makes it incapable "t going t?? xxork Lithe i
x-. .ix to acquire that ol which ii is ;-,ist begtuui
feel ti,,' nee l. A - wtatv thal haa lived
-,. t>. -p. ak. tor so long, . aiinot at once and
naturally come to live in the spirit. The cl
of heart which la the couditlon of theworl
.-t --in h a ch inge of Ufa must be a gi
rhe prevailing attitude of Chicago o wty toward
thinn- ot culture bas ali.uit it en air of patrol
It s,,-us ju-ax : " l hes.- tbinga are desirable, oud
\x. xxiii make tin ni the fashion/' All that net
done is to build costly chapels, to purchii
pensive pictures, t,. none the com erl end tb- ?
olaoee or fashionable reeoft. flow differentia i
bom the humble attitude of Hi.- ona who rt oognuee
tin- real significance of cultnre an i who kuoxx ?
i" be .'i-iiiutie it init-t yiixxx up silently with th.
" I'he Kingdom ol (.oil cometh not with oba
tiiui." Nor, 1 fear, will tbaaweeUteeaaud tta
ni cultured lite conn- to Chicago at the beck "t ti. ?
rub man.
If et it would ba ungracious of me tm',is, fbesC
rand.un obaarratious without sajwg that the g "
i-i.il a.spects of mu id y in Chicago, atti appeared t?
mo, am very far from bein.,' aspects of nindi of tho
individual fife with which I e.un.- m cont.1.1 \\, a
I to base my criticism upon Chicago Ufa aa it xv.is
nreeantad t" me in tho persons of the di-liulititil
frienda xx lunn I mad ti xx lule there, or in their emu Hi?
ing homes, my picture w ould bo a very di den nt oue.