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tire Out* '.he vteath'r U ?iny d' >m tanner
ai-l pmiiy rU/udy or r'.mr.
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ket y?*Hterday underwent trifling fluctuation-.
The principal activity tM in Uric and Pa<itir
.Mail. Gold closed at 11"<4 Money ?rn e?*y
an 1 foreign exrhanp firm.
Amothjcb Huipflno T)i?*?tr.u i* reported
from th* Hctlly H?-?. due. lik- ihc Shilbr '
calamity, to the prevalence 01 lotci/y weutber
Mud?lad management som-wber*.
Thr. Papal Ambwnudob* ye?terd*y j?ud a
visit to tbe institute ns on Biwckwell'*, Kan
tLiU'i and "Ward's 1 I . in da, ind ?rpresM?d
tb?'Dt-K'iv?H v -ry well pleustd with what th'-y
ba l mo.
Til* Tu.to? *nu Woonni i I.t. ifrs whioti
?Ir Beecher's lawyer, f. il< ! to put in e vi
rion'** will lie found in another column Theijr
Br?? likely prove disappointing, as they ar"
neither >o 'l.'v.r nor uanghty j ex
j> oted.
Piuw*. \y m-'t ? n t on- toi m '???rs
of Awwoibly will be held in Krunoe until tbe
??lection* Sor the new Chamber iid completed.
The lisbment oi tbe Senate will
ntrenjftl?"n the bands of tb< r-. mmble Pr? neh
libera!* >?nd s.<ur<- f> i Kfnu tie- rr.?*' e. t of
lilierty ?itL order
Tar Vibointt* Cisr may ??>? !*? aatd t
be completely dea l and V-ur:. I, a- the final
instalment of the mdt uinity has t*-eri | aid bv
St*mu to lliuiet*r C -iiii L. Pity the wl.ole
a:f*ir cukl not b?* for^ '!< n and all r< ord of
fie ro< annesa and cowardice displayed bv
our gOTrrnmeut be wiped out. But it would
tulte whole legions of augvt* and quite a la r ye
eipeiulitan of tear- to *?4i >ut thi* Mot
ttpio tli ? national h<u r
IcrrKifoji Davis fan* f?nf in hia ?l,ijm to
raukeil.it l..ft ax a r- ? -on-trurt^d r>sie L A
deipatoh trfio H.??i i that :n an ad
<lr?M to tbe Tftan ?et< ran of the M' li.uu
wir Mr. l>avi? exb<T*< d tljeni t?? tx *?? l?nal
to the Star* *ud Str p- * >*?? they ?er- bmr. m
d? tetiiiiri? the ^m? wh<? th?y foti.'ht
under it ?u M? *.?-o. Mr. 1> itj>? hituwlf won
?! ^tia^piwhed cr <bt ae ?n *ffi r id the
r:iii *ir. an 1 c vrryb dj * m ? i ht s biti: w-II
should i*s Kl? i LL J bis reniioi*< ?-c<*? - of ubat
l/nilimiit catupiiign have rr.iwakeued the a< oti?
io<-nU of loyalty wi.ifh be thet. f-it, VV'nen
tven ?l.'fferaoa D?tIi pw? himself out lor a
t; ?*i Utiiou mati it i* time to bury ail th- tin
i I'MtitiHH excited by tin tird ??r.
T if. CfsTo* Hot n 1 rr- Tbe ntury
t >id ir. another colnmu bv I>i<ttnet Attor
n-j Blwi is crtainly >? ry Ktardiug. Jt
Will protsitily ?lantige the r- putaiion Ot
wm.e New Y'.rk merehanta f?,r hon
eaty sr d that strict a?: ?e of honor which
i>tt$!it V. b?- the aj<r hai.t'a ^r'-ai"?t pride.
Tik re it a<ui?? raueolation, r, in
knowing that sooner <>r l?t?*r the nu.-i akilftil
combinidionn of rofpi' < ar?> ?li-< over' I, as it
in obedicnce to a im u? ural law. . t, p#.
the goTvrnuient uiay l>e able to puu.^h the
^ nilty in an exemplary mant.er uu i so Jit
crodit tbia ?y?b'iu at public rubbery, in wuicn
?o many *o-ctiiled r*? pee table p< tsetw do not
JtflbiUU U? e:itta_".
i;u|>U Tranilt la /lP>?ny-Mh?ll Cor
ruptloa Rut* tin Hour 1
While we have believed that the public
opinion ia favor of rapid transit would com
! pel the passage of a compote measure for th?
achievement of that result we have still never
ceased to regard with anxiety the attitude of
some of our legislator*. The vote on the
JUpul Transit bill, a* we priut it this
morning, shown that our impressions were
not without foundation. Unhappily, experi- i
ence in the j?ani vrifh onr Albany statesmen
convinces tin that too frequently individual,
political and oorrupt interests are more pow- '
eriul ihan those of the people. When a eor- ,
poratiou ban a large amount o> money to ex- t
p?nd either for the detea' or the sucocss of
any measure its influence 1* apt to be more
potent than the Indefinite expression of the
public will. Our aiui hah been to keep the
legislators under the constant observation of
the public; to pur-ue these rapid transit dis
cussion* from step to step, so that they might
always be in the light. To watch the lobby
step by step moving on in its corrupt, debas- j
ing course, and to prevent, if in our power,
the success of any of those occult schemes by
which too frequently the will of the people
is surrendered to the cupidity of jobbers airi
politicians.
Although rapid transit is the e\pr ss de
mand of the people of N> '.v York it is well
known that there are powerful interest# in
this city opposed to it in every form. We
have, first, the street railway combination, a
rich and grasping monopoly, which can very
readily afford to pay a good deal of money to
remain undisturbed in the possession of its
franchises. We have always felt that the !
budding of a steam railway would not mate
rially affect the interests of th1? street rail- J
w;iy6; that the local truffle would still be
larye, and thai the Third aud Eighth and 1
Nixth avenue roads, which are now crowded
beyond their honest capacity for doing busi
ness, and which at certain periods of the day
more r*?emble Western cattle trains than pas- j
sunder ? irs f ir the eonveysnce ot hiunan be- !
lugs. would have a full and profitable local
buttin* a*. This would lw> one great advantage
of rapid transit the relief w hich a through
steam line would afford. Uut rapid tr.uisil
is wanted oh if fly for ?he bvUi'til ?
people who reside or wish fo reside < n
Manhattan Island. Those who live in the
flourishing cities in its vicinity are already
well enough aceomuio laicd with liacilities of .
travel between their homes and the metrop
olis. People residing at Yonker*, at White
Plains, af Flushing or in the numerous '
umallcr towns along the Hudson, iu the
county of Weetchester and ou Long i
Island, have easy ami quick access to
the city by the Hudson Pivcr Bailroad, the j
Harlem Itailroad aud the Long Island rail
roads. 1 lie difficulty begins when they reach
the city. A citizen of Yonkers, doing busi
ness in New York. reaches the (Jrand Central
depot iu loss time than it takes to pass from
the d pot to his downtown store or office, j
llapid uausit is needed lor facilitating inter
conrse between ptiom withiu the <*ity limits.
Our of town people need it only within tfie
tor outside the city tliey enjoy it already.
liut tli y are a miuiU auction <>l th<
vast mull tude that movi. morniug and
through unr long city hv<>ihi?->.
Their inter ?t in the qiMtion, *<? far us th' y
It ve my, is of pr.'civ ly the Mint u itur> us
that ot lL> dweller* iMl llic id m<l, and con
sist* in k xtviog fit thf time they (k;lj waste
its by our *lovr means of conv \tore,
fri in < i?- part of the city to an
other. 1. j'til train-u is thirelorc almost
Mil Iv a ?jutstion "I luicrnii convenience
within tli* limil?i ??t the city. If
we bud rapid tnnsit road* Are-sixths ??f all
tht ii fur would be collected from jM-opIe
vk *??? live id the city A btfgo pro|*irtion of
th- people *ho live south of the Central I'urk
would go home ?ve.ry day Ui lunch, moving
lout tnn?*s v ?iay tIi?? hk-uui road instead
oi i n< ? a -lav, lis thej do no*, ov? r a
hors. iuiir>nd. Th* s??ini* of tiin- to
ptopi** rifidno? above the Central J'ark
viu lid about two boors daily?valuable t<?
bu*in> ss m**B and n?dtul to labor"!*, who
uiijjbt th-i au hour Uter each morning and yet
reach then ?<>rk a* early us they do at prea
?nt and a I'lbl gain t?o hour* fur r?-st or rec
ri'AQon. llapid transit i* m cded chit fl\ lor
the acconnh slat ion of pup I* who live iu the
city and who wuaid furnish the gr?uter
pari of the Wunii' by * hu b the su a in
r<M'lx would be rendered profitable. The
"?a) traffic'" tr.ivH fur sliort distances,
to -hureh, making *ii?.ru.-jii tails,
whopping, attending th?- theatre* ami other
neinwatv journeyman, which, alter all. t?*k?
up ? vrv lsr.re part of the citizens' time, in
city travel, won Id unavoidably tall upon the
borne rtsiiways. In London. where there is ?
perfce' sy -tern of rapid transit, the street oiu
nibuses ?uJ < abs, which take the piacf of
onr railsuy*. >i?riv?? enormous revenue* from
this way traffic. The existence of * mvn.ft
underground railroad. enabling tli? arti nn or
tu? cbrk to go Ir m the teeming r> ar
.r the citv to the ft-ill field* of
Norwood or Ummpstead in ? t?>w m inn tea. >1.
not uanentially interfer ? with th? lagitimsta
. aincof tbe internal uieatisof conuaomcaiton,
and so it will b<% with N?w York. If tboee
? M ti'ril jur sir*' t r.alwa)? #oul<l look st
this nutter from a couiiu ? ser?e jxtint of
vi? w ao<l af-ept i?h iii^vibkble tha' tae tmffie
h is u ri I'oyond th ir contt <1 end that it is
u, c"" vry to lin<l Hooie n''* fbean.4 for th* peo
ple's trit p rtaUon, th- v won! J abandon thf ir
U*> iisb j.psiilion to thi* ui'a-ure and r r
iially -?'MHisisti in its
Kut thrsi gcstkitfieo do uot n i*n to do ao.
'jh"j wdi not eon- nt to any ol raf)i<t
tran it until they sr^ fore-d by the irrr"Wttl>|-'
von * of public opinion. Their forties during
tbf f>r^*S' nt M-sion ot the L'-pslaturt show
that the> have noder tbeir control s lobby
more tlrnn usually ikilied. and evidentl) *.up.
plied with more than ordinary sums of rnotiey.
All the old lobbyists whose names are familiar
to tboM* who know anything of AH-any ure
trwsrnnng wronnd the l^giidstivf hall*, i he
tartica by which every honest bill of rapid
trtmot Iia tbua far Ih a j r?strafe?i ?n I
tbr??tene?l ^.ith defeat indicate shrewdness
and Imuran'*- lobby hiis indirectly ?le
t'*sUd ? vei7 measure that bs?k" I toward rapid
trariKit. Tuey have, wb lo apparently -uj?
porUng it, introduced cunning aueudmenta
the eft -t of which would t*i t'. tak? away
any pn* tu al vslne trwro the
Iirc. VN ? have always h it that tin re
t e*-1 bat ot?e w iv to se-nrc Iruin
thin L -gislahtre vy sound plan of rspi 1
(i msit l<? jj'ikh what in called the I'onmion
(.'mm: 1 I>ill This not, according to the re
em I, Ins Im' -u paused; but it in loaded with
I'd liIiucii'h which render it nugatory.
I'll < most fatal of these amendments
in that forbidding the running of a
street ra.Jroud " on or along the surface
of any str-i t, road, or avenue in any city ot'
tIna State upon which a streot railroad has
been constructed or hi retotore authorize d to
be constructed; or to place the piers or sup
ports ot any elevated rip: 1 transit railway on
any part* ol the tracks of said street rail
m d." There is another amendment t >r
bulding a steam railway on UroaUay or
I'lUli avenue or 1'ourih avenue. Now, on their
tuee these atin ndmei.ts are harmless enough ;
y? I when w? come to analyze them we find
that they reallv take out of the Common
i nim.it lull all us vitality. How can we
build a rapid transit railway in New York
thut wij ho of any accommodation to the pe ?
pie without taking it either <m*r or uuilur one
ot the avenues which aro no*- crossed by
st rt-at railways. It we torhid Broadway, Filth
avenue and Fourth uvume, and then exclude
all other Avenues un ter a general provision
there is no way of building a steam railway
exei pt in t!ie air or ou piers out in the river. |
i'ractically, therefore, thi lobby has succeeded ,
in pa*si?iij a rapid trinsit measure which has
no lit" in it at all. The vote which led to this
' alamity will he found on the motion to pas* '
the bill an sent down irora the Senate. We
give else*here the uaines of the gentlemen
who voted against this motion, and feel jtistt
hyi in arraigning tUttlii us inen who have j
shown themsolves willing to sacrifice the (
interest of the people of New York and of the
.State in cue inter, -.t ot a vicious aud seltish
combination.
The question is now very clearly drawn.
Is the railroad lobby m Albuuy stronger j
than the people of New York city V la !
tins combination of seltish interests more |
power!ill than the (lovernor, the Mayor and
the democratic part) V We believe that if an
earnest effort weiv iti.vdt on the part of the
democracy, at hast ot those who are re
sponsible to the projde lor tho conduct ol'
affairs in this State, th ; rapid transit could |
still be secured. As t is corruption lias ear- j
ned tl ? dav.
Growth in Ma?iml Culture.
T it- mil n il estival at < 'incinnati is a most
grafwytng event because of the evidence it
jill'?.rii.s of the growth ?>( musical culture anions
tti. people. In tlie past tlie works of the great
composers have been made acceptable only
bccaus u tew great singers invented tliem with
something of the genius of the masters, while
it was almost impossible to find a chorus and
orrhefltro capable of doing justice to clasuical
niu ;>?. These wants ltave been grievously lelt
at the Ae.id -my more than once, and tlieru
has ]>? n scarcely mi occasion wbere oratorio
tiiu- < ha* found u ':!t?run e<jual to the de
mands of such works as the "Elijah."
iii> t prime 4i'une anil even great oratorio
sine. r< i..v> . been K< urd in abundance; but
tint musical coiupb.tcm s which can come
only vitit a full iuid harmonious ntelMttm and
chorus has u-ver been attained. i?v n the
'Mncuinati (? st < al is n- > a complete success;
but it is weak onh where it vms com part*
ti\ lv easy to n.,.ki it strong, ami strong
wh re w? u! .'less has always b< 11 considt red
uuavuxl ode. It was to b ? xpe? t<1 that Mr.
l h?>iiias otcbcsiru would b pial to the occa
sion, and it * s; but '! j ? rt. < t ? n ol the
' horns in almost pli< noun nnl. in a great
Ulcus ur* tLi graUlyin 1 iet i di.. to the mu
sical eut1 usiasin cr ited and fostered by Mr.
I iioinas' . rt.'rf-.. Kveti us la'" a^ ten y ars
ago el:.ssn- 1 inu ic wxv little appro .at .i. aud
genu . Iiiii-1 ful eduili' '# WUH out ot the
ijiu -?ion. 1 ho growth ha- 1>. en as rapid as it
w.is r? mar kill I'. and it tiir pr< v-rt r ite of
progress is continued a few year* longer we
shall rfsilly become a musical people. Indeed,
the succes* of the chorus hi Cincinnati ienun
to indicate thmt we have it least .mo musical
city already, and il thi? ? sample is copied as
generally a* it de?, rve* t ? Is the nitiglc
.wallow of op^ra which has been in
rogue so long ?iil f:in? plae. to the higher
? nd bet ? r class of m )? '-.t j rfopmane s. as
was the cost in tin- V.? tern t- .v iv..l ot son^.
Wean not of lho*e who I. li ? v? ,u amateur
open or oratorio am ico-v than we b I .-u- in
amateur drama, but niusie belongs to tba
people and it can onl tultii it. own glor.oUs
mission when it become* m ait in which ad
shall be as proficient as in language or in cti
<jU"tte
Tkr Brrrhrr Trial.
1 lit? pub-lie will I eel a great sens* of relief
that the testimony in th - ? Mr rdinarv *n t
is all in at iast and tb.it nothing r mains
which can t < cupy inucb s| m ,n tii? n< ?.<?
pHp-m but tue ?rgnni< n*s at < >nn?el Tb?-v?
will li ces-ardy lc ]<>ug. hut tu' community
ar< not lik ly to th nk th m tir.-s me. Moat
? t-<?ple havf li ? o ? . f-uz? ? d an t p- i ;dev d ? y
tii? conflicting testimony, .n? thing flagrant
prrjurv *jthet ?n one sidi or tie ot hi r, thrvt
th> y wil weh oDD' a ic as istance id nolving 'he
riddle. Th? arguments wdl !?? r< ad with m< re
interest than iia- attcufhd the testimony o;
the leading w itn? s fl.e general >0 " of
the UMXplaim I e*iu- lei li i I, eti to bulH
the euriosit\ it e*0ited and I u. th? public
bimj iu He feame conditi no! dmb- which
? x at 1 before the t ai ? inn to 1. Taken as
. wtiote the 'esMiii ?y i? ? mi./e ami a
muddle, and if it w r? to 1 att \l on
liv tie jur> without th. acmnwnts of
onn-el and the charge '?< th? ludge it w nild
Iiewi during, its mass i? so enormous, it
is -o c v* rloi-'i 1 and < i.' u ub i'' I with con
fu-iog an 1 jmrentlv im "vant detail*, and
tin imp* riant parts w? brcno *.th !!at con
!radictio!:? ?hi.t in ,nr; conld thread their war
throrgh the labyrinth without help from
counsel and the ( ? r The nearly universal
public d matid, last sntnmn, tnnt this scan
,,Mj should >?< cleared < ! dotiU and th< truth
use r'. iu< i by a ji.dicitU ii.vebtigittionand the
a- pi,cation of the legal rules of evidence w?s
found* 1 on tn ov< restimation of the * iii<-? ncy
? it tin- in", i ? of bfinging out the eruet trntii.
tp to tins stage c ?be pr- eeedings the L.ib'.e
imad is a-, nt.settled a~> it *? ? ? '? "r 11:? c.if
wh# brought iuto court,
I nt summing *f? will begin on Wednesday,
with i sp eeh for th. df fendant by Mr. l'or
t^r, wim will i'f' follow *1 by Mr. !?? a* !i for
the [>; lintiff. Mr. Evarta closing for tb<- d?!
fendant. Mr. Kvarta stated to the t -urt }???
terd iv thai he and Judge Porter togetht-r
wu'iltl cotianme but four, or lit the nio<i fivp
I vys, and it is supposed that Mr. Beach will
? >( nupy utill Itwt* time; so it is probable
?ase will be given t<> the jury at 'ha end >t
m eek after next. Keven day., for the counsel
>i? both f.i.lnH and one day or l?ss for Jmlge
N Wilson's charge will bring the instruction* to
the jury Jo i close <>n Friday, May '28
M.ir* nt?'kl?nliar| LfUrrt.
The ini treHtof the M tklenburg controversy
seems likely to be as inexhaustible an the ques
tion respecting the authorship of "Junius
We print to-day two new letters, one by ex
tlov .nor (rfaham. the othur by Mr A. R.
Si).)tV,>rd, th?; Librarian <>t <'ongreM Thereare
n<> r< mark ? whiuh a octant to us to make on
Governor UralnuH communication that
would Lot carry im nearer to the pi*h of th>)
dispute than w? oare to go, while surrender
ing so much of our ppao- to writers whom we
have invited. The altitude of neutrality wluek
we a-uumo during (he controversy restrains uh
from going into the arm, but does not pre
clude us from making incidental observation*
on minor points of ilie argument en either
side when the advocates tall into errors of
haste, or do not .seem quite acourute in their
interpre tation of what has been mid on th<'
subject by o'kere. Mr. Spofford'a letter is a
clear, skill id, mettiodical argument against
the claims of the document of May 20, and
we have tio inclination to contest it* logical
force. Bat he has not quite escaped the
temp ration which besets all writers who take
a side in a controverted question, of weaken
iug Lis case by over-statement. As we intend,
for the present, to abstain from discussing the
main question on its merit:, we will illustrate
our nicaning by referring to
supplementary observations after the conclu
sion of his series of points.
He claims that our principal historians of
the Revolutionary period, naming Mr. Bin
crott and Mr. Lossing among the number,
give the weight of their authority to the side
which he advocates. The laet that Mr. Spot
ford thinks so indicates that he reads these
authors through a bias. II they had. In fact,
expressed the opinions which Mr. Spoffor.l
thinks hi' finds in them. Mich opinions should
have great weigh*; for no two in-u living have
devoted so much time and research to ike
details of oyr Revolutionary history. Hut Mr.
Lossing, when he last wrote on the subject,
looked with favor on the disputed Mecklen
burg declaration; and AS we have recent evi
dence that Mr. Bancroft has not changed any
part ot the views he expressed in the seventh
volume of his history we think he cannot
fairly l>e oonnted with the side which denies
that there was a meeting and declaration at
Charlotte on May 20. Mr. Bancroft was one
of the first whose opinion on this point the
TIkuai.o asked, and he replied by referring
our representative to his seventh volume for a
statement of his present views. Both Mr.
Bancroft and Mr. Lossing. as we read them,
lean to the side maintained by Governor
Graham, though cautious not to commit tin m
?elvt'? to ii unequivocally.
Iii Mr. ljossmga ''.National Hisiory of th"
I'uiied States," a later work tiiiin his "Field
!'i>ok ni iIih He volution," he quotes (pp. Hi),
150) the ilis| uted Mn< kleubiirg Declaration
entire, and treats it as genuine. ' These
reaoliitious," Mr. Losing says, ? -embodying
u declaration ol independence, and the first
adopted by any assemblage of people in
\tueriea, ai too import ?nt, considered in
their ol' ioiate <-fl :t, to be pusw 1 by by giv
ing merely the suhstanoe. After inserting
the resolutions in full Mr. LoHnlag goe?on
to say tb.W, "L> >ubts huviug l?< en ex
jiiest >d eom erriin ; tue truth of the alleged
Mecklenburg Convention aud its pr k eedings,
il.u atI'Lor - f tins work wrote to Governor
(indium, nuking inquiry touching lu^ pot>?en
aion and tin-nntheiiiieity ot lh< copy of thestj
proceedings alie ;ed to be in his custody. He
politely auswerod in thi allirmative." Mr.
Lossin^ eonstrncta his "narrative on ttie theory
of their anth< nticity, giving Muy i'J mm the
date of the assembling of the m? ting at
Charlotte, und sitting the <>.?? urren. ??? sub
stuntinlly as they are reeited by the cham
pions ot the 2'ith ot May IX-clur.ition. Mr.
fjpofford is therefor* incorrect in cia *mg
j,, >ssiii<? on Ins side.
Ilia error ia regard to Mr. Htncroff U not
so palpahi", i >r Mr. Jiaucroit is studiously
non-committal He assign, the proceeding*
to --May. IVTo," und e.ireiully avoid*, (giving a
-pi i Tii date to their earlier st i ;? s. His uar
ra ive i. .o ooimtructed as to imply that the>
wtre protracted throngh ? ? m^id-rabie part
of tie month, aud lie at l ist gives May 31 at
the date of their oiajrieti' n. According to
Mr. Hum-roU tin- meeting at Charlotte
assembled "some Hue- m May," aud he
states that flu news of the bloodsh< d at Lex
ington arrived during ju consultations, which
talkie.-. v*:th the account gi*l-ll by the eliarn
j.ions ot tlie iOth ol May Heclaration. Mr.
IJancrott ? eeius to convey tie irupr. -.on ilint
r.jihraim Hi v.urd .rsrnc.l Ins n solution sub?
se<pu-ut to tii ttiteliug by which the
ol theui Wiis adopted. aud teat they *? n Ht
last formally sicned by him and Anally
adopted by the people ou May .11 '-l! fore
the month ol M ?y had e -on. to un t iul my s
Bancroft, "thi resolution* won mailed by
i.phruim Bi^vard, a- clerk of the eominitti >?.
and *er adopt*d by the people wi'h !? ? ?
n.ined enlhu??>asiu. Mr. liancidt's wnole
r.urrttis> implies tint the proceedings ran
thro i'fli ? '-.,n Kh ralde p i ot tin- month nt
Mav, and tin* wh.it took pL?< uit the dl t <?.i
a m r?i formal auth n Mention ot whi.l had
been .1 >n< at ?om- previous meeting That
j ri" toils m t't'g was as likely to l> h id on
Max . ! on any other day. At all events
?h< ri i. nothing in Mr. llanercdt'a p .ges in
con sis tan t witu a matting ;(nl d 'Junition at
that du?*.
Thi 1>i ami J.im whi' h w s print to
ilny is eon.ni- 'id d to th' an - ntjon of
citizens. Every on ndwir of the Legislature
who tot? d for th;- disgr.icelnl Uiaoo u
vre for d*t>-,?ttng rapid transit, under
color i.l ?llfiportmg it, has e.vpos- d
liih motive to suspicion, and it is toll hop< d
that none of tnein msy I>?? re-e.lected lo li e
ttii-t he haf abused. W ?? ?r> sorry lo !>?? r -n
str on'-d to piiice t i- r sp*? .aMe name ol Mr
i ,i 11'k W. heward in this list, but he h s
chOK n hi* f ornpany and we canuot help il.
Among so fiian.v tli.it are eoirupt tiiere
are doubth s? some alio a?e ouly mistaken,
and w - i? truin from applying to Mr. S ward
till' ml'' wlnrtl if n *')iW i- will not Jild ;e
his motives bv hose of his as ,oi l ites, hut lie
is no true i pr> ? ntntivc ut h" lutiuests ol
N?; vv York
1? Poiitxaou m Part of ? P?bll?t
Offlrrr'a Dwtjr I
P in generally expected of a public >fli -er
th.it he will be pleasant and ftt;r.>1 in liw
intercourse with ihe people whom) servant he
is and with those who are associated with
, him in an official capacity. \ prop' r degr e
of courtesy among person* whose duties
oblige them to act together in the conduct of
, the public business is au < ss uttal <>t good
! government. If the Mayor of a city thou! I
. be naturally quarrelsome, arrogant ami >ff -n- ?
Hive be could searce'y look ior cheerful eo
operation on the part ol the heads oi subor
dinate departments* So if a subordinate offi
cer in a city government is captions toward
Ins superiors and iusoleut with his equals in
oftioe he is a disturbing element, interfering
I with the harmony and efficiency ol an admin
istration. It's, therefore, as important to the
public Piter- its that au official who oceupi >
in important public position ah >uld Ik- pos- j
srtgsod of courteous manner* abd gentlemanly
iustiuots as that he shoul 1 be a man of pt r
i son d integrity und capacity.
One of the Units found with < 'omjiti-lli r !
tire.-n m that his manner* are overbearing
and insolent t< wurd all who do riot happen to
gain his personal friendship, or who are on- '
willing to yiold to his oa; rice and dictation.
[ Honest creditors Of the city who huve busi
ness wilh the Fioaactf Department find them
selves treated as rogues or interlopers by Mr.
Gnen and his cross-grained employ's. Citi
/.ens huviog business with the Comptroller's
office are constantly kept kicking their heels
at the cltti ka' desks for hours, or compelled to '
pay visit alf'r visit Jo the departineut before j
they ar able to gain the ear"or the attention I
of its auiocratic head. The meeting* of the I
Sinking Fund Commission- rs, of the Board of '
Apportionment, and of othrr bodies of which
Mr. Green is a member, are disgraced by his i
wranglings with his associates and Insassuults I
U)>on other officers of the city government. '
in Ins ollicial acts, even down to the payment ;
of the city's employes, the Comptroller ;
manifests his spite toward all who liap
peu to hare incurred his ill will. He i
chooses to look upon the Mayor as his
.meray, an I he avails himst It of every J
opportunity to fasten petty annoyances on |
that officer. The latest aud most contemptible
piece of impertinence indulged in by Mr. ;
Green was hit, refusal to send to the Mayor's |
office for the warrants for the pay mmit ol the j
employes of the Public Works Department, !
after they hud been countersign'd by th?? i
Mayor. lie insolently demanded that Mayor 1
Wiekham should return the warrants to the j
Finance Department through one of the em
ployes of the Executive Chamber, and de
clared that the clerks and others in the D< -
partment ot Public Works should not get their
pay until the Mayor had sent, back the war*
rants in accordance with his demand. The
Mayor very properly informed Mr. Green that
tiia Finance Department employed messengers
for the expreus purpose of tarrying warrants
backward aud forward, while the Executive
I
Department did not, and. moreover, that tho
warrants, completed by the Mayor's signature, j
were valuable securities that should be espe- |
ciallv guarded by the Finance Depart met.t.
II *nee he require I the Coin ptrl lei oi his r>
resentative to receive tham from liim in the
Executive Cbuinb r. Of coarse Mr. Gree i.
being clearly in the wrong, was in tie ? I
forced to obey the orders of the Major. i> i
tho unnecessary impertiuenc ? ot his at-ii >ii is
not the less reprehensible because he a\entn
plly receded from his position, nnd tins
p altry exhibition oi spit* tmly lurnishe* ad
ditional evidence (f In, uutilue*s tot the po
sition he at pr< s. n? HIU.
Th*> llrat ) Hurdcn ol ( i|y l>< l>l and
Ta \a I Ion.
The statement of city debt and taxation
accompanying the Governor's M*-stage on
municipal government Ik likely to atira. i
much attention. It is certainly a itutbtij
exhibit. In a population ot a little over tw.i
millions, embraced in twenty-four cui.-? of
the State, anunal tuxes are imputed oi over
tiftv million dollar^ or an average tax of
nearly twenty-two dollar* per head, while a
debt exit's of on?* hundred and s<venty-^:x
million dollars. >>r nearly s vi nty-six dollar*
j or Lend. The total assessed valuation of
real and p? r-onal e?taie in the*>e cities reaeh**
one thousand live hundred and seventy mill
ions. and the rate p>r e> nt ot taxation rang- ?
Irom two dolHr-s and tw?*ntv-four e?*nt* to
itvtu dollars and ihty-oue cents.
TUi se li?urr., ?io not speak w. 11 fur the
economy ol our muoi'Mpil government*, yet
they understate the burden rotting on the tax
pay r* of New York. The increase ?f popula
tion in live viai> cannot he es'.tmnied at
twenty psr cent. The increase in ten year-.
Irom Jh'M) to ]H7?i. wa* les> than sixteen j?r
ceut. Estimating the increase *m'- 1M70 at
ten per etnt w have now a population in
round nuuiben ol out million. In culeutatuig
how much |?er head it coats the people ot N>w
York to maintain tli>-ir city and Stuff '.'overn
nient* we should 1.1k? ? tb?- wii'V amount ol
our minimi budget, without deducting th*
city retennes.
The com*. ? Ntfiteiia nt of out financial con
dition for the year 1874 i> a? follows: -
population of the rit) *?>>? l.Ouo.'ife)
Urow hon>le<i ?iei>t Iteecinoer ai. 1*74.
e*rli??iVf o: rnvejiiie otuls $l-.'?.V*'sit.?7
Net I>e< eiiit?er HI. is*4 114, H?7,S*<?
tnnna. hn j?t for th? year 1*74 .w." o. ?>?
AMiiO&l of gro-aoatH i>er ii'aiinn |.?n>
llUlloll ' 1 >.)
A iioiint oi is#? t nr ?? fi beiiii.. HA
Aiionnt oi annual expeuw p> r Mail. . <a
The /wr r<if?1a in (Governor Tildeti's atab
nieut i- m.ide to app-xr on deb: $101 H~ an I
on taxation #'2n ~>m. Ii j? trident thai a citU
cu I at ion intended to show what our annual ex.
pen es it _? v. rnnu nt are for each individual
of tin population- man, woman and child -
slioul.1 be ba 'd on our gm?s annual
budget. OllierwiM it in an Utdair and decep
tive exhibit.
There are no;n> other points in the ' "iv
? mar's tabl s that. d< servo attention. The
population ol th? twenty-three cities eiu
bracd therein, ex- hiding N'i w York, is lnrg' r
together than the populniion ot the meiropo
!?S. Vt their (Uiibinul d?bl ia very little
more than one-halt of the act debt ol N -w
Y *'?. '1 ne combined taxatioi* of these
twenty-three > ities n.r ls71 wax only ft little
over eight, en million dollars, against thirty
hx niiilious for N- v \*oik. The following
statement of our public debt for five yar?
will show Low steadily unli.r a ??reform"
financial policy the load lias piled itself up
higher and higher. Wo exclude from thy
amount of debt as far *i possible lb* rvmcue
| Donomnsuoa to anticipate tlie incoming taxei
j of (he year:?
on ]??R(>mt>?ir 11, 1870 $7,?,6'J3,21l?
oil llecenther it, H7I 102,23.!,8 t
t?cl>i on l>ec?iui>-t 31, 1872 IIS,816,22#
J??nt on UeciMHtwsr 31, 1*7:: 190.732,024
ih'i't oil I>?ioa)i?er 31, 1*74 l3u,o>tl,2&f
Im rcu*.' in luurjetri, from Decemlier
I. I ?>?!?, to December 31, 1874 59,873,011
(lovemor Tild?n in a mau of figures. In
wtmt light. <lo s ho think thu exhibit pbwea
our present financial management
Thi' Hikthdav ok the Poi'K mu cele
brated at It'iniH yesterday with mora than
ordinary interest uml mark* of congratula
tion. Thi* venerable Pontiff has completed
his eighty-third year, and although the claims
of the hierarchy, of which ho is the head,
were never opposed with more vigor thitn
at the present lime, their chief repre
sentative is regard ml throughout the world
wilti deep n spent, hb all tho members of
his own communion with loving n'TSPtim
Deputations, letters and telegnuns came to
the VuticHii in a con*taut stream during
the day, and tuey must have boon
as grate l ui to the sensibilities of
the man an they wore satisfactory to the
ruler of the Church. They expressed .is
much personal art ctiyn as religions devoted
mss, anil nm-'t have been extremely gratify
ing to the aged Pontiff, who may, perhaps,
never see another return of his birthday.
Th> In i KUNAXioMAi. Itiruc Match. Out
Dublin lettt r gives iuterestiug details about
the position and form of tho ground selected
as the place ot trial between the Irish and
American rifle not^ in tho forthcoming inter
national match. It has evidently been chosen
with u vi??v to give the Irish team as much
advantage as possible, by compelling th.?
Americans to shoot under novel con
ditions. This is, ol couive, per
fectly fair, but. it warns our riflemen
that they must work hard to retain the laurels
won in last year's contest, for they will have to
deal with adversaries who may be depended
upon to leave no honorable effort to ?ecur?
victory untried. The place selected for (hs
match is significant. It is part of the famous
battle field ol Clontarl", where tho Danish
power received its great and crushing over
threw. The spot has more than once proved
fatal to foreigners in struggles with tho
natives, aud doubtless this tradition may
have had some influence iu deeding its selec
tion.
Thk 1'aoraurv of thk Nournrun Paoifiu
Kailroah will be sold at public auction in
tront of the Custom Honse in this city on tlw
first Monday in August, in pursuance of %
decree just issued by the United States Cir
?*mt Court of the Southern district ol New
York. Whoever buys it will purchase an ole
phant. Its lauds will ultimately be of great
value, I ut He y are held on condition of build
ing the road, an I a body of capitalists must
sanguine who would undertake to carry that
road through to the Pacific with ?nch a monu
ment of ruined expectations before them
.lay Cooke.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Alreadr tic bathing se.iaon i- liveiv at inarm*.
Pari* is penn ed tiv l,MK),oou i'rntifbiueu ati t
u?m? foreigner*.
tiencrul A. !S. Hiven, of Kimlra, )h ?< Mourn lag it
I (if Hoffman House
Wiiiii a rally 111 if cry ?t would have t?e?"i a tew
years ago, "Tde Metropol<* in saved."
Mam >fii?ior llutier H. mihu;, oi Pennsylvania,
Is tfnyiuer at ?lie Urand i,crural Hotel.
I'ODgre-aaiaii Munun! J. Randal. 01 Philadel
phia. Is reatdiuif at rue lloflman Hniiw
Judge l?wigm foster, of lluston. rs ?-nr>n< Hie
laie irrivai* at th> Kii'd Avei,u<- Hor?l.
((??v. CiDtn Q. M. 2nue>. o. London, Ont., n?
laken ap tin resilience at the p oilman (louse.
Hear \dmtrul Wiiitam Reynold*, Idled Statu
Navf, arrived iast evening at the Gli-ey House.
Congressmen William H. Hirnuin. oi Oooueeit
i at, anil t?eoric<- M. B -eii*. of Moni iceno, S V , are
at (be null Avenue Motel.
I? a romauee i.v < ter man rum ' Till* is thw
problem of the il iy. it depends a ilit'C ua wbai
romance it is?and trim. rum.
Kin tit liaoiirul dmr* slaiiftierel alreadr this
*eas.,n in the little rit* of<;?iu-va. lite} Kim them
out nemre i*?'-o(ie danjTOU".
A iiiun hanged mraseii ii. Cu |< in toe preseue
of bis puraU/eii sin-, wiio ?<? m>tu:e ;o move or
cry for a*aistiutee aud wso ws- oti,i?"l 10 siwrts
m? liorrnyioti aigm of Ms death truffles.
Mr K. H. Ilwne lh- author ?( ??Orion.'" <r? lis*
iu ibe prti< .? ti'W edition of ui? historical trag*dv
of 'i ostuo de'MeUici.'' eu?irelr rci-otisirnc led.
I lie publication will also rompriee "other poem*. ?
Uomi'elrit. Kiuperor of Brn/il, kai MmiauM
the ioiit year* wua hard labor seijteuee against
ha'tier i iliitllo <le tnirade. ex-u'ifiiiuistraior o'
itie iii?Uopti<- of i main . teij. im.i nan year ot
exne trooi the dioc#?*w.
Vice president H?nr? Wi'too arrived in SH.
Lome from LilMe Km:* .1 ?t-rt*i. lie waa railed
up'iO by a uaioiier o: proni.n?-o! cl'asns and h* ?
an imo'ina reception at tne residence ui ei-sen*
ior Jobn it. iteuurrMHi last night.
Great excitement it. a rten famiir at the dtaap
oearaut e oi a *ool snufl.>o\. ri? n r -et with 1.11
Hants: aud uqual sa'l-U't.on wden a yoniiK
^euiieriun of *t\ ac*B< wietlred tb-it ne h*4 an
i/s'i 11 asacudiii au i ouil?U .1 with ms (Htoanar*
iu the irarlen.
Tlw- t'lueational antooritie^ in PHgtaui hate
dei:i(itd ad.er?eiy ta j>rojni uion to "iMtnul
women to the practice of .??rtain hranehea of tMr
medical pro-es-ion." bur avor the notion thai the
ordinary miiiwive* actuallv In pr?.i tn-e *nall r?
rene t?etier Instroctton? ?vbl> n. In lac. ' Once'le*
tl.e point decided adverse v,
>autie.t ItwMeiu.?.'suppoM the /rod oi>l nir
("Hiion111 < nureii, fall 01 paaseni?r?, shouo* fltol
uerseif in ? :-?ie of wind u(f a lee sbore, ?? mi
breakers, with ensrin.-s stopped, masts carriei
a war, bun in.1 of w.iW ana pofup* r.iiolkeil. siiii
would yon do to >*>?.? the Inez- ?f tinxe oa uoard 1
Answer (prom ptly) ?Boe<tn?r.
i:ii*r? is a Bti?u in I'an* with a irr?st projem.
H< pro)'??aes to tna* city wi n ? n- lump. 11?
waia blu tamp sod wan s t> au?pend It at .?
proper h?-m i' r,v rae 111s of ? haliooD. His arnu
iri' ui 1- itia' alt i'ar: .?n ti? lighted on that idan
a well as an ope. a I,, use. Tb'- autborlfles nave 4
pre udii ( ayal'ist Ins plan. t>e? ause Be tiuards iu <*
lunatie a y lino.
M. Couberi, tti Fren.:^ mtni ?loner to lie
t'eqtf'inlat Ix.iiOit'on ai P.illa :e;piila, ea ied ip.iu
?hr fresident. 10 \v?>iiioniou. vew^rdav uioniion.
mtli a letter of ititrtf?ti<jt!OB imin Minister Wa<h
i>urne. M. < ou>?*rt is e.harji'd to Icok into the *dn
cMiioiial sysi'-rn of our tuuntry espacaiiv and tie
is now iBVeativatioc tbe stu.ieei with ? vie v tt
tnasieg -ucii Improvement- .11 l?e frebi h sys em
as m*? tie alvtsabi?.
rne kmperor of itracii ha? atiandoneif all id??
of vovaginc abroad, during 'be preteu; yeat
?i ied?t, owiug tc the ertuineu preirnauof
of tlie I rin e?s Imperial. < mnt-sa d'Kw.
whose first ? aild was stil t ora, last year
iu con-ef|iiencc, it ts sail, oi ttic voysit*
rrom Kurope back 10 Kio laneiro, whicb th-*
i .an.ors o' 1 lie oppusitiun and 1 ar? ilia, birth
a d. ad would he uereaiter tt .eeed as a bar t#
sui-re ?n.n to the tbroue ?? the empire foiced tlie
g .verunieat tf> re(|ulr^ from ihi f'rmoeta, deapiie
t e advice ?f ttie Carislar. doc ton. Tnia time th*
vtiiin* Prim eas w not tie allowed t<> eom? even
to 1.10 Janeiro, but will renutjj at I'etropotta, t?
??>olJ lie '?er, * ? mxrjs* Invc and ?f tb*
w.itei .rnv^u