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A Counter Conference to the Anti- \
Tilden Conference.
FRIENDS TO THE FRONT.
What New York Is Expected To Do by
the Governor's Supporters.
THE LIST REVIEWED.
Our (Governor and Thurman
the Ex poo tod Ticket.
The Kings county delegation, named at Utica lor the
Si. Louis Convention, were tben. are now and propose
to continue, strong "Tilden men" tJrst, last unit ull the
time. Tho extraordinary conference of political lead
era at Albany, reported exclusively In yesterday's
Hkkald. coupled wiHi the active a ull Tildcu exertion?
of t'bief Justice Saudlord K. Cburch in Kings county
it-ill, stimulated tbo principal democratic leaders on
the oiber side of tbe Kasi River to most active move
meat yesterday, resulting In a determination which
may best be understood by a perusal of the following
suggestive Interview held with tbe Hon. Thoinns itin
Rellu, chairman of the St. Louis delegation from King*
county, and well known throughout the State as a
thick and thin supporter, nod, In ;o?*d, an advancer of
Governor TUden's Presidential claims, Mr. Kinsellu,
after tbo exciting diicusmous ot the Kings county
leaders, was fouud In his ol!li-e, where the lollowjng
coBver?nt:on was had:?
"Mr. Klusella, will tbo Kings county delegation sup*
port Mr. Tiidcn at St. Louis earnestly and in good luitli
k* well as apparently?"
"Most assuredly It will. A majority of the delegates
favor his nomination; tbe Convention Instructed thera
to vote as a unit, and the same Convention presented
Mr. Tilden as tbo candidate ol the democracy of tbe
Empire State in a resolution prepared by bis friends,
ind against wlilch thero was cot a single voice raised
Hi opposition cither in tbe committee or in the Con
vention. Certainly every St. Louis delegate who was
it tho sntiio time a member of the I'tica Con
vention is in honor bound, as I look at It, to curry
out tbo expression of the will of his party, authori
tatively expressed. While tho same obligation rests
on all tbe delegates from this State, it rests upon tho '
class 1 have referred to in an especial sense. 1 advert
10 this because in a list of delegates said to be openly
?r secretly opposed to Tiidcn?tlrst published, 1 think,
,n tlio rtlc% HrraUl?I recognized tbo names of many
gentlemen who wore delegates at I'tica uuU who bate
been selected to go to St. Louik"
"To whom do you particularly refer?"
"Well, to several of tho gentlemen from tbe city of
New York who are to bo at SL Louis as delegates. I
reler also to
MR. LITTLKJOIIN,
who Is a power In a convention. Ho Is put down as
ipposed to the Governor's nomination. I have the best
reason for knowing there was no authority for this at 1
Ctica. and Mr. Llttlcjohn was a dclegato there. The j
llrraltl also includes iti the list Mr. Pierce, l
ono of the delegates Irotu this cminty, and for no better !
reasou than that he is "a warm friend of Governer '
Seymour." If this were a satisfactory reason there is |
hardly a democrat in tbo United States that might not !
be included in the list. I would not like to be excluded '
Jtoin it myself. There has never been a man in this |
country who has had tbo sumo hold on tho adectious j
of tho adherents of his party which Governor Soy- j
niour bus. I do not think Henry Clay even was as ]
much beloved by the old whig party, i had rather be j
Seymour than President."
"Do you think ihcro Is any probability of
UOVERSOK SKTMOl'll S MKNINATIOX
?t St. Louis y'
'?Not the slightest, In my opinion. Governor Poy.
mour in a man of honor. and there are reasons, some
or whicn huve been made public and some of which
need not be, which precludo him from being a candi
date or from accepting the nomination if it were
preyed upon him. Uad he not once been a candidate
not even his own influence could prevent his nomina
tion this year. The unwritten la^* of our politics Is, I I
believe, held to be that a Presidential candidate, beaten j
?nee, shall not run again for that office, and tho possi.
billty of compelling Governor Seymour to take tho re
iponsitdlity of twice leading his party lo a national dc.
leaits one 1 atn sure not thought of by him nor by any
man who is not rather au enemy of some oilier candi
date than u friend of his. In 186S the democrats of
this section believed that if we nominated Cliase wa
could elect him. and through hitu restore tho old party
to power. Mr. Seymour, ue-plte his own well known
wish, accepted that nomination nud was de
feated botore tho people, who aro not fond
of reversing a verdict once recorded. 1, liko
very mauy others, came home from the Convsn- I
tion that year feeling sure that the contest was decided j
as tar as any hope of democratic success was couccrnod. I
This is n sort of experience, 1 can tell you, no democrat j
turns to undergo twice. I have known the Governor to
decline to accept an oBlce which he could have had l>y |
merely saving he would accept it, and which, I believe,
he would prefer to the Presidency Itself?certainly to
the mere chance of it?( refer to the United States 1
Senatorship from this State. I have good ground* for
laying that Seymour even desired this positlou, but ho
believed the interest and tho honor of his party in his
State demanded the selection of the genttoman who
now this the position, and Seymour went lo Albany
and used his influence, publicly and privately, in favor
uf Francis Kernan."
"Do you believe Tilden will be nominated ? If yea,
why f"
"I think be will. And to begin with, let us see what
iro tho chanoes of tho prominent candiJates named?
not against him, for this does uot happen to be the sit
uation, but associated with him us parly leaders. In
my opinion the
second cboicb or tiik party
in this Slate would be Senator Thurman, of Ohio.
Thurman has failed to secure the support of the delega
tion from his own Stato, and If he hud obtained it after
such a contest as took placo in the Convention his op
ponents would have carried tho fight to St. I.ouis.
Again, the democrats cannot hope to carry Ohio, with
Thurman or .without him.
BV York IS TDK PIVOTAL STATH
Ibis year, und it is not poasiblo to carry New York on
% platform which would command tho united support <
of the Ohio democracy, and even if wc bad it *ucco*?
in that state would be doubtlul. for we iiavo never
j ei carried it for a aemocruiie Presidential candidate.
\\ ith a divided or a hostile delegation, and a State not '
counted, back of him, there is not an adoqqntu political I
motive for Mr. Thurman's nomination. Mis influence
in the West, which is great, woutd bo securcd by get
ting bio consent to accept the second place on the
ticket, and Thnrman Is partisan enough and patriot
enough, I think, to strengthen and balauce the ticket j
in tins way. With Tilden and Thurman tho couutry ,
would have security for the present and the future.
?0Ak*0R H>!tt>IIICKS. OP lXntA.IA.
it on the wrong sido of the financial issue. A groat
deal of the business and rude pecuniary strength of the
campaign comes from the merchants of New York.
With Governor Hendricks as onr candidate w? could j
hope for nothing from this interest, except its opposi
tion, nud v uh New York as the pivotal
State, thin would be fatal Next, there ii
Benutor llayard, of Delaware, who bears a revolutionary
name, and the very best character as a high toned
ataieaman?a man who, Ip corrupt and evil limes, was
never inspected of a questionable public act. Mr.
Bayard is among tho youngest of the candidates, but it
?o happen? thai be was on the most conspicuous stage
Of action daring the heated political period whteh is
closing. On all the questions growing out of the war
Mi recoaetrnotion?which must be accepted a*
nettled-* Senator Bayard baa adhered to the side
winch Ilia country dM not indorea. Hia nomination
JWmII reelve so? at theee questions, and might turn
What should Ik> an aggressive into a defensive cam
paigu. The majority of the people will demaud a guar
t..M iit? candidate aa wen aa m the platform, thai
Ihrrt ?h*ll be no mellM, where the Southern BUtn
are especially couc?rne4. Agate, locality ts against
M r. llayard. It U too soon to take a candidate from
| oao or the recent slave Stales. Besides. Mr. Bayard
represents but a smalt Stile, and it li pretty aare to
cast ita threo electoral votea for any democratic candi
date. Well, there la left
MR. TILDtl.
Ho has strength in what la considered bis weakest
point. He baa no large personal following of hot and
enthusiastic partiaana such as Douglas had, aa Seward
had or as Pendleton bad in New York eight years ago.
There will be no political "swashbucklers" at Si Louis
hallooing fur "Tilden or nobody," while promoting op
position by quarrelling with anybody nnd everybody
who may venture to say that there aro quite aa good
and a* strong men la the party as be
Is. Hut he will have la bis own, and In
nearly every other State delegation, men who will
calmly and clearly state hla case, as that of a candldato
who fully meeta the pressing Issues of the time?
reform nnd economy tu public affairs?'a policy' in
the government and a pulley In the interest of business
and Industry and labor?a policy looking toward
tlio business concerns of the country and to the
restoration of the old prosperous times for which repub
licans and democrat* altko aro hopefully and Impa
j lUntly waiting, he will be presented ns 'n candidate
: wtio can be elected.' and this argument will go a great
! wuy with politician*. Again, if tbo democrats are to
j succeed New York State must be carried, and this Is an
< Issue the New York democracy have in their own handy.
Democratic leaders, so called, in this State might pnssi
i bly beat Tilden at bome, but be can lie beaten by no
body el*e. I.ook at it. While the party orators are on
! the slump our tax bills in this State will be in the
; hands of the voters, and they will show that tho ex
penditure of our State government bus been reduced
from $14,000,000 lo $0,00(1,000 during Tilden's adminis
tration, or more than ono-half. In tho rural districts,
wbero a dollar Is said to look 'as big as a cart wheel,'
this w 111 tell immensely. If Tilden can accomplish at
Washington what he has done at Albany there will be
no question of 11 nance to trouble uk, and Tvery Indus
try will bound upward when the hand that depresses it
is lightened or removed. There is, I think, a general
| belief, shared In by both parties, that Tilden can be
elccted, and this is the winning of hall the battle be
j tore the ball Is opened. Of tho leading candidates, so
; called, I do not see anything with as good
j a i-hance as Tilden, and tho democrats do not
seem to look forward to nny 'Great Unknown,'
for it happens, singularly enough, that, with large
opportunities and nn all-sufTlclent majority in the
Honxe ol Representatives, there Is not a democrat
who has ad<led anything to the national reputation
bo had whon the session opened; and no democrat in
Congress bad a very extended reputation tben, with
tho possible exception of Korr, who is physically un
equal to the place he now holds "
"Kut don't you evade one contingency?
TUB FAILURE OP TUB SEW YOHK DELEGATION
to support Tilden oarnestly?''
"I do not count upon it, nor anticipate It, and
| if Kings county were to decide It his case could not
I be in better hands, for this delegation is unitedly and
earnestly for Tilden."
"Suppose the delegates from New York city should
say at St. Louis that Tilden could not carry New York
State?"
"1 have said I do not count on anything like this.
Remember that Tilden is Governor or this State, and
litis been In olQce but a single term. I presume nobody
supposes that ir he Is not nominated for President he
will be discarded as a candidate lor re-election here.
Vet to do either would bo suicidal. It would lose New
York to tbo democracy certain, and
WITHOUT Slw YORK THE DEMOCRATS CAXXOT Wilt
How could any Now York man say at St. Louis that
Tilden could not carry New York and thon come home
and renominate him for Governor? Anything else
than bis nomination to cither office Is not to be thought
ol, I assume. Well, ir there be any special opposition
against Tilden coming Irom the old canal interest it
seeing to me it will not show itsolf In Insisting that he
thai! remain nt Albany for tbo next threo years. To
sum up:?1 bellevo Samuel J. Tilden can be elected
l'rrsldont, and I believe all sections of the democratic
partv want to win. The issue is now In thrhands of
the democracy. If they should fling the chance away
there Is more than one procedent tor their folly; but
there must be an end to everything, and I assume
there will be an end lo this In the eleotlon of Tilden and
Tburtuan as 1'reslUont and Vice Presided"
PRESS COMMENTS ON CONKLING.
Buffalo ComiKfrrxal:?"That Mr. Conkling la steadily
coming to tbo front In the race for tbe Presidential
nomination at Cincinnati I* a (act which has Tor some
time been very encouraging to his friends and is now
so palpable that It cannot be denied by his enemies. In
tho West particularly, where at Orst it waa supposed
that his candidacy would not be well received, hia popu
larity Is increasing with remarkable rapidity. On
this page will'Tie found a lot of quotations from repub
lican Journals in that section giving evidence of tbe
solicitude with which our friends out there are calcu
lating tbe chances ol carrying the Kmpire .State, and
the genuine satisfaction with which tbey would hail
the nomination of the Man of Mew York as tbe candi
date who could surely save that turning point in the
grand contest."
Elmira (N. Y.) Gazrit*:?"Roscoe Conkling la fight
ing in the Presidential contest with brave determina
tion. He is daily overcoming every ob8tacle placed in
his way. By a master stroke of policy In the appoint- j
rr.cut of Don Camoron as Secretary of War ho has j
succeeded in gobbling up the Stale of Pennsylvania, i
By cunuing and deception he has a good portion of the
colored element of tbo republican party working for ,
him. This is especially so in tho North, where mass
meetings and conventions arc being held to endeavor
to bold together the colored men of the North, and so
influence the colored votes of tho South in his favor."
I Norfolk Virginian:?"Krom present indications we
arc inclined to think that the prospects of Senator :
Conkling for tlio republican nomination at Cincinnati j
, aro better than those of any of his competitors. He
j already has tbe New York delegation, und tbo two
| together, it is lair to presume, will exercise a control
. ling influence in tbe selection ol a candidate. Besides,
tho influence of tbe administration will be exercised on ,
the delegates froin all the States, and the power of |
party patronage can scarcely be over estimated iu a
I com st ol this nature. Many of tho delegates Irom tho :
various States are already pledged to Conkling, and of '
those unpledged to any one Conkling will probably |
secure the lion's share. His ehanccs for tho nominn- i
! tion are much better than elMier blame's or Morton's,
, and we should not be surprisod to sec him nominated j
I almost without a struggle."
Cincinnati OiueUc?"It la tbe opinion that the noml- j
nation of Conkling by the Cincinnati Convention la
: much more likely to occur than that of Blaine. It la
by no means certain that he will not lead on the second
ballot. Some lime ago we had Information Irom Wash
ington, from a well informed aource. that Conkling
would enrry the Pennsylvania delegation on the second
ballot, the condition being that Don. Cameron would
have a place in the Cabinet"
' Cincinnati /inquirer:?"If Orant wants to do a mag
nanimous thing let bim send Richard Smith to Vienna.
| Richard is a representative republican aud is the recog
nized head of tbe Bristow movement. By sending him
abroad Grant could allay tbe suspicion that be is work
ing wholly in the interest of Conkling, and could, at tbe
same time, hit Bristow a terrible blow. His cause
would be hopeless with the Deacon 4,000 miles away."
Cleveland Htralti:?"There is an impression among
the Allenites that the appointment or Cameron to the
War Department somehow is in the interest of Tilden.
They reason ft out thus:?Cameron's appointment in
creases Conkling's chances at Cincinnati. If Conkling
is nominated be will carry New York Stale unless a
New Yorker la nominated againat bltn at St, Lonia
, That New Yorker must be Tilden. The thing Is demon- j
strated."
Worcester (Mas*) GeuetU:?"The Immediate effect
is groat elevation of Conkling stock, and a depression
to correspond in tho chanoea of Blaine aad Morton.
Indeed, Mr. B>alne la now sorely beset by hia' enemies.
With a troublesome investigation going on, and con
ducted in a way to be partlcnlarly exasperating to n
man of bis vivacious temperament, and at the same
| time the wearing details of a campaign covering tbe
country to be handled, Mr. Blaine finds little time for
hia duties aa leader of the Honae, and the debates lack
tbe briskness which he Is apt to Infuae into them.
The malaria lever, with which be bas been for a leer
dam sutler,ng. shoes a low tone of health which Mr.
BUtne Kitouid recognise and guard agnnst. Mr. Morton
*cem? lor lite mom ni fitseourageo, but be keepe his
fponUgs <or ? xpreesluii m the privscyol h sown depart
now i lie foulti Im? I-ecu Mr. Morton's great reliance,
bul " " " ...
jPet
v.hit will income ol his delegations, il (trout's j
u> Cwukiiugf''
What Massachusetts Demands in
These Times of Scandal.
THE BRISTOW TYPE OF MAN.
Eliliu B. Wasbburne as General Grant's
Sneeessor?Governor Rice and General
Butler Preseut Tbeir Views.
Ships to Cuba and Troops to Mexico?An Inter
esting Financial Statement.
Boston, May 23, 1878.
"Wuat Massachusetts demands find the country needs
la a man of ibe Bri?low type?not necessarily Mr.
Bristow hiiusell, but bome one who Ulls tno ideal
measure which Is suggested by the popular thought of
tho Secretary ol the Treasury. Such a man seems lo be
Mr.a Waiibburne, ol Illinois, concerning whom, as
Grant'* probable successor, the late Henry Wilson and
1 agreed more than two years ago."
Ho says Governor Rice of Massachusetti, a long
headed, bucceaslul men bant, who ha* been a leader In
New England lor many years, and has acceptably tilled
all the higher offices in the gilt of his fellow citizens,
and who is regarded, here and elsewhere, as oue ol Mr.
Bristow'a warmest supporters and most intelligent
allies. In a conversation with a II skald oorrospoudent
this morning he said:?"It is a great mistake to calcu
late ou the whole of New England aa lor or against any
special candidate, because, as matter of fact, there is
as great diveisity of leeling here as elsewhere. There
Is no more reason why Massachusetts and Maine should
voto together than tbul Massachusetts and New York
should. It is a fact that t|jere are certain
religious and educational peculiarities In New
England that give a tone to the beliefs and
habits o! our people, throughout our entlro borders
For instance, the anti-slavery sentiment. But, as
the nation became more homogeneous, that specialty
became national, aud gradually the abolishment of
slavery was au accepted desideratum everywhere. But
politically the New England Htatcs do not work to
gether. New liampshlro is always uneartaln, so Is
Connecticut. Rhode Island cau never be counted on.
Neither can Maine, while Massachusetts la devotedly
attached to the principles of the republican party, and
Vermont is even more so
BRISTOW IS THK FAVOXITC
candidate in Massachusetts now. If ? popular vote
were to be had to-day, no candidates being named, the
vast majority of the popular vote would be ca*t for
Briatow.
CoKKKSPOX D?NT? Why ?
Governor Rick?Because ho represents our Ideal
man; and let mo show yon how naturally Massachusetts
Is led to this conclusion. Civil service noeds no reform
In our Stalo or local government. There have been
but three or four city treasurers bore since the or
ganization of Boston as city or town. There havo been
but three or four auditors, and there never was a City
Clerk whose name wua uot Samuel F. McLeary. Tho
same rule obtains In our Stuto government, which
Is pure, clean qnd free from entangling alliances.
We have no defalcations. So you see Massa
chusetts having good government lit home knows the
value of it, and naturally at a time like this would
throw her influence with tho man most likely to give
the same bent to tho general government and adminis
tration at Washington. Such a man we believe Mr.
Brlstow to be. Not that we know anything of htm as
a politician; nor has be commended himself to the
country by any marked financial ability. But in bis
detection, pursuit and punishment of the Western
scoundrels, tho whisker thieves, and bo on, he has
shown honesty of purpose, Independence and perse
verance In the right
AS for MR. GOXKU3U
I have always regarded him as the foremost debater in
Conferral, but our people don't know htm. He li re- I
garded as a lirant man and more or a political worker.
Ills Custom House affiliations are distasteful and would
lujuro him here. He la not at all our Ideal man and
ban do strength here Massachusetts simply docs not
know him, and 1 believe he would not bo acceptable to
our voters.
MR. BLAINS
has very warm frlenda here as elsewhere, but he Is
generally regarded as an adroit politician?-too adroit
People don't like to have a man about who is too smart.
It Is liko the cat, which held up by her Tour feet, when
dropped is certain to fall on her foot There In an air
of the little Joker about Blaine. "Now you see It and
now you don't."
CcKRisrosnitjrr?How about Blaine !n Pennsylvania?
Governor Rick?Well, Blaine was born there, you
know ; but he won't have Pennsylvania. Her compli
mentary vote will be cast for Hartranft, undoubtedly;
after thul It is difficult to say, but I should think Cam
eron would find it hard to compol those delegates to
vote for Conk ling; and Bristow or another, 1 should
say, had more chance there thnu Blaine. The people
dislike bargaining and trickery, and 1 should regard It
next to impossible for Grant and Cameron to earry
into eflect any arranuenjent for Conk ling, the natoral
rebound lrom whom would be in tho direeiton of Brie
tow. You tee
, GRANT HAS XO STRENGTH
there nlmself, and if an attempt ui.ido in the Interest
either of Grant or one so directly his representative
should be successful there would lie a revolt.
Correspondent?A third party?
Governor Rick?Yes, a third party. Mr. Charles
Francis Adams is a great man and a good irtan. It
would afford me pleasure to vote lor him?if I had the
chance. But he will never be a candidate He was
about right In his Interview with the Herald in raying
he could not even bo elected a town constable in Mas
sachusetts. And yet ho is a very estimable man.
Now, iu some respects
GOVERNOR TILDES'
meets, according to popular new. the requirements of
our Ideal num. He is not much known hero, of course,
but where ho Is known it is an an oppouont of fraud
and a destroyer of corrupt combinations. That woald
give him a certain digreo ot strength, hut he is by no
.manner, of means the choice ol Massachusetts. H have
tnought for a long time past and Vice President Wilson
agreed with uie, in a convcr-atiou I had with him some
two years ago, that
XLIIIV R. WASIIHI'RNE
Is the man most likely to succeed Grant. Just loek at
It. He was born iu New F.ugland and settled In the
Mississippi Valley, so that territorially considered ho
has a tolerably wide range. Ho comes of a successful
family, which is a great point. He has always been
successful himself. When ho wag in Congress he
fought eveiV'hlng acd everybody on appropriations,
and after a while became known as the "Watch Dog of
tho Treasury." He fought mo on our naval estimates,
till 1 told him the Almighty made one great mistake in
creating the world?Ho should havo made Washburne
first and bad tne benettt of his advice, in which event
tho ocean would have run up to Galena so that there
could have been a navy yard there. Why the people in
Wasnburne's district always thought the navy was a
kind ol seaport luxury for which tbey ought not to be
expected to pay anything. And Washburne
encouraged that feeling. Well, Washburne made
Grant. Of coarte, If Grant bad not been a soldier
Washburne couldn't have made him. but never mind
that; be made him, and everybody knew it and ad
mitted It. At the close of the war the country unmls
takably demanded Grant; but Washburne, more than
anybody else, engineered the campaign to success.
Grant acknowledged it. He acknowledged It so thor
oughly that he laid everything he had before Wash
burne and told him to take his choico. He chose to
go to Parti Then he thought he would like to be In
the Cabinet a while before he went to Paris, and Grant
eet aside Jim Wilson, fbr whom the place was Intended,
and gave it to Washburne. Washburne held it a few
months and then went abroad. He left Congresa with
a good record. He was
A* original reformer
befbre the rest of as were beard or, aod went off with
flying colors to his new sphere. There bo has been
equally fortunate. For eight years he has conducted
the aflatr* el that trying place without a murmur of ?
en Ileum from any ?ource whatever. Thero has been no
complication of a diplomatic character. During the
(?ermau w.ir bo remained in Fens, succoring tho poor,
protecting Uie weak and winning golden opinions Ironi
everybody. He interfered in behalf of tbe German
prisoners and gained lor tbem many comfort*. He
would have tbe rote of every German bere. During
t.ie (disii of tbe Commune ho was ibe only foreign min
ister in 1'urls. Tbe re?t ran away. He stayed at bia
po?t and kept hi* Hag flying. He displayed courage,
coolnosa, faith in hi* flag. He did hi* bent to protect
the Archbishop ol Pari*, and, although onaucc?Miul at
tbe time, tbe very Frenchmen themselves, after tbo
I?*sion wa* endod, thanked him for hi* endeavor.
Now when he come* home, he comes with all thine* in
his favor and nothing against bim He I* not mixed up
with Crridit IIobiller, back pay, contracts, treasury
? roubles, political squabbles or anything else. He will
be a very strong man. And I think, too. that be and
Grant understand each other. Grant has hi* peculiar!
lies, no doubt, but be certainly does not forget his
friends, and Washburne wa* tbe friend who took him
when be wa* nobody and made him what be I*.
(.rant know* it, and, II occasion offers, Grant ?ill hosi
tatn long before be says "no" to him and "yes" to
some one else. Howover, wbon thoy all meet at
THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION
they will be ciphered out in their availability. Conk
liug and Blaine will prob.ibly show ail their streugth
at first Brlstow, I think, will not. Haye* will Und
his greatest strength In the fact that he Is not known.
If by an unaccountable surprise, or even impulse, an
Immediate agreement on any of tbo prominent can
didates should bo had, ol course Air. Wasbburne's
name would not be menliunod; but ir, a* I incline to
believe, there is difficulty in securing unanimity on
any or these. 1 shall be greatly mlatikm ir \Va*hburne
doesn't come in at tbo close with tremendous
strength."
The Governor has Just returned from tbe Centennial
Exhibition, where ha ap|>eared boforo the magnates on
behalf ol 300 students or tbo School ol Technology, asking
for some special arrangement in their behal (. Those
young men are going down to the Exhibition and will i
spend three or lour weeks, camping out at night and '
studying the arts and seloneos a* developed In the Kx- '
hibition in the day. They are not son* or rich mon, !
and ir compelled to pay flfty conts every tirao thev go
In for the purpose* or study, it would become burden,
some. General Hawley took tho ground that ir special
arrangements wero inado Tor ono school tbey must bo
for all schools, and declined to Interrere. Governor
Klco argued tho case frcm tho educational standpoint,
and although as ynt no suggestion or a change lias been
offered he is hoporul that tbo Board *111 see the pro
priety ol making some arrangement by which scientific
schools can avail themselves of tbo offerings or tho Ex
hi In i ion without oppressive charges.
Your correspondent subsequently found
UK.NKRAL VCTI.KH
sandwiched between Judge Hoar on the Inside and
Theodore Tllton on the outside, but, despite that extra
ordinary pressure, in his accustomed philosophical and
critical mood, "lam not so curtain," ssld General
Butler, "of the success of tho republican party at the
coming election. The democrats will have a solid
Southern vote. There's no question about that The
shotgun In South Carolina and the decision* of the
Supreme Court have sottled that, and all they neod be
sides aro New York and one or two smaller States to
insure their victory. The republlcanscannot win with
out New York; the democrats can. I sincerely hope '
lor a republican victory, butam by no manner or mean*
so contldent of it A* to tho recent or means
CHANCES I* rUK CABINET, ?
I see no reason to assume any political bargaining Wa
Swuf. ul'w i D0w 'ntern*llonal treaty with Great
Britain. Mr, Plerrcpout, as a member or the Cabinet
I* familiar with the emuarrassments that have eomo up
and thoroughly understands tbo wishes or our govern?
tncnt. This inakeB his selection most appropriate and
1 can readily understand that Judge Tilt's tastes and
liaolis would lead him to prerer a seat as Attorney
General Mr. Don Cameron's nomination as Secretary
of War simply yields to Pennsylvania a Cabinet posi
tion claimed as her right a longtime. I see no war
rant ror an infcronco or political bargaining there
Corrkspondext?Do you bellev* Governor Tilden
could carry New York against tbe revolts^. .nd repub
licans combined !
Gcueral Butler?Well, I always think or the cat
' ? If hear or fights in the democratic party
Cat lights simply result In more cats. 1 have no faiLh
In these party dissensions. Neither hare I in tbe
third party movkmknt
Ulked or by Adams, Bryant and the rest , Those sen
ile men have no influence. 1 should never be afraid of
them. And while 1 should hesitate to array my ludir
meut against that of so astute a politlclau as Thurlow
Weed 1 unhesitatingly appeal from Mr. Weed's specu
lations to Mr. Weed's record. Wa* he ever loiind
working with a third party f Never. 1 never knew a
third party to do either good or harm. Where are the
votes to como from T The republicans can't support
two parties. Tho old line wblgs managed to hoist tho
Bell and Everett flag awbilo; but what of it ? and be
sides, thoy are all dead and burled loug ago. We hear
a great deal of talk as to the probuhio action of dele
gates, but if those gontlemen knew how little thev
amount to and how little tney have to do with their
own actions at the convention* there would he less
talk. Besides that Cincinnati is a very hot place in
June, and sensible men will avoid It 1 wish, however
thai I was as certain ol some other future events as I
am ol Tllden's nomination. Why Just look at it
WHO KLSK HAS AUT MONEY * '
And how can a campaign be conducted without funds?
Governor Tilden is a very rich m?n. Ho has sovoral
millions of dollars, with no one to care lor. WLv
shouldn't be spend them on himself? No Western
candidate can raise any money, and Tllden's support
ers will Just say at St Louis, "You nominate Tilden
and we 11 attend to the campaign expenses; If you
don't, we won't,1' and that will fix them. Grant has no
chance now. He might have had a year ago. All lie
had to do was to send our
SUIPS TO CUBA AND OCR TROOPS TO MRX1CO
have ?!r*wn off "l? idle, restless peoplo
In the Isnd, opened new markets, started all our mills
and made money easy again. But It's too late now
It won't do for blm to depend on office-holders. Office
holders are Hessian troops?very well until the hour of
peril, and then they are lor the winning side, because
they want to be office-holders still. 1 regard Tilden'?
nomination as good as mada. And now as to Cincin
nati. 1 never knew the strongest men to succeed
Douglas railed; 1'ierce had all the olflce-ooldors at mi
beck and failed. So did Clsy. So did Sewarl. Tbe
BLAINE AND riMKUSO
mon won't work together, because II' Blaine wins there
is no hope for the Conkling men, and nre vena, wbilo
on some third man thev might compromise and In the
geueral scramble gel tho desired boue. This talk about
a Groat Unknown Is bosh. But 1 dare?ajr tho Utile
Unknown will come to the trout In duo time, and per
carry the day.
| roKRKsTONUEMT?Washburne, for Instance*
General Butler? Well, 1 would hardly call Mr.
1 Washburne a Ltiilo Unknown, Tor ho has been, in my
Judgment a prominent candidate from the tlr*t. Ho
ccrtainly has not tho disadvantages of some ol the
others, whtcti Is a great point. The (act is tho peo.
plo are in troublo and wo arc not vet at the bottom
point. We aro nut spending any money. I consider,
alter careful thought, that an average retrenchment
lor man, woman, and child is $50 Weil, that re
trouclnnent by 40,000,000 ol people takes #2,000,000.000
out of the general pocket. I make axes and you make
prims. My mills stop and my hands can't buy your
cloths. Then your mill stops and your people don't
buy my axes. And so throughout the whole country.
Wp're all
MORTGAGED rp TO Ol'R EYES.
If the property in New York city from the Fifth Avenue
Hotel up to Central Park was sold to day it wouldn't
lie able to discharge its mortgages, It's tho same way
In Boston. It's the same way everywhere. Three
years ago a client ol mine built two stores;
one cost fHU.UOO, the otbor #100 tMX They
gavo him a rental ol $28,000i Some properly in
tho town was, by tbo death of two olu maids,
throvn suddenly on tho market. My client
purchased it and borrowed 100,000 on his stores lor
that purpose. Bents loll, so that he was ablo to get
only $12,000 on the two. Interest and taxes made a
big hole In bis receipts. Presently ho couldn't pay tho
interest, and he came to mo to kuow If there wax any
law by which be could compel the saving- bank that
made tne loan to take the whole of the estate on which
the loan was made and dUcharge him from debt. I
told him I kuew of none. Well, be struggled along for
six months longer,-and then said tho btuk people were
pressing him lor the Interest, and i>e loured he would
have to sell all he hud to got out ol tbo scrupe. It was
a bard case, and 1 told hun as a last resort to say to the
bank (or me that they must give him time, and' n not,
to soil the property, and 1 would go beion- the people
with the provable stitcmeut that ihcy had beeu loan
ing the peoplo'a >avingxon insuillc.ient sccurny I They
haven't sold him out yet.
CoMRMfoMOOT?Are the Kaaieru banka loaded wllli
these mortgages?
General Bt rutR?Orlalnlv thoy are. and they can't
get rid of them A smart actuary sala to me tho oilier
day, "If these people dou't pay their Interest
I'll foreclose on thorn." "Hold on," said I;
??these people borrowed money in good laith.
It's a matter ol life or death with them.
They'll pnv your interest just as long as they pos-i
bly can. They'll rake and scrape and turn and tw.ot
to do it. Muppo.se you foreclose. You traiisler the
aggregation ol their individual troubles to your shoul
ders. What they as interested ludividuals can't do
do you expocl to be able to do? They pay their own
expenses and can't meet tho Interest. Can you so
manage their aggregated property as to moet expenses,'
taxes and interest f' It seamed a new idea to him.
Why, the wbolo amount ol currency in circulation Is
$60,000,000. What's ibai? It wouldn't pay in anv one
day ihe total wa^ex ol tbe people of ihe land, and yet
we talk about ihf edi ct ol adding or taklug away a lew
millions ol money. What
WK NEED I? WORK,
and them comes in tbo Cuban and Mexican Idea. War
would bo popular bo(h with Mexico and Spain. Money
ta always easy in war time*. Kverylmdy is Hush then,
and when we are llush we spend mom y ireely. Mexico
would use at least $2,000.000,<W0 of our productions in
? year. That was Grant's mistake. It he had done
that be would to-day be master of the situation. He
tftdn't, and he im'L And here comes in the strength
of yoine unknown, who la not mpeualbie for ocmplio*
tioas or mista*.oa.
A Larger Attendance of the Working
Class Yesterday.
Arrival of Exhibits from Viotoria,
Australia.
A Business Meeting of tiie
J udges.
I'm la dklphi A, Mtjr 25, 187(1.
The commercial aspect of tho great world'* cara
vansary cannot tail to atr.ke the most careless visitor.
From itie moment lha gnte la pasted this commercial
side of the shield is always turned out and everything ,
smack* of speculation. Coinpurleoos with the Vienna
WeltauimteUung seem to be getting odious, but
to state the difference In a few words be
tween the two exhibitions viewed froa
tho outside of tho buildings, what Vienna
hud that was attractive in architecture and artistic
arrangement ot the grouuds nature has partly tnadg up
to us in tho cbsrnung landscape in the midst of w hich
is the groat settlement that has sprung up in a night
and is to be destroyed in a day. Tho situation Is most
dclightlul. l.et us see how we buvc taken advan
tage of It. Tho exacting utilitarianism of the most
Important buildings is not in sympathy with aesthetic
elements of architecture, and to the eye that has not
the Instructive American delight in straight lines, tb?
buildings may not be wholly without ?orlous faults.
The arch is uot only the most agreeable shape tor the
roof of an exhibition hall, like the Industrial Palace,
for It gives one tho impression of lightness and strength
combined, but it gives greater chance for display of
goods in trochlea and for comprehensive views of the
sections and, indeed, of the whole interior.
Tllti MAIN HALL
Is wide and low, proportions that aro neither pleasing
to tho eye nor calculated to facilitate docoratlon, either
by direct ornamentation or by the arrangement cf ex
hibits. Thero Is not a vista in tho main hall that 1s
agreeable to look upon, and what trophies there are
fail to give dignity to the exhibits they adorn. It is
cosmopolitan, this arrangement ol the goods from the
various countries. You may admire Swiss carv
ings and find you have been testifying to the
skill of the Flemings. Swedish stuffed soldiers
guard Japanese porcelains and no country except
those whiob are enclosed in a pen of their own con
struction ?an help elbowing their neighbors.
MACHINERY HALL
is an appropriate building. It looks like a great work-'
shop on the outside, and tb Is bhould be so. Now thero
are two avenues which cross cach other near tho ccntre
of the grounds, aa any one will see who takes
tho trouble to examino tho inap. Belmont
avenuo Uads away from the( main entrance
straight across the grounds aud up over a
low bill outside tho enclosure. At present this, the
lirst vista that meets tho eyo of the visitor, is anything
but enticing, and what It will be when tho ugly freight
cars are removed and the roadway mado passable for
anything that does not run on iron trac.ka may bo
judged Irom tho buildings that nro prominent features
ol tho view. As you look down tho roadway Cook's neat
pavilion on the left and the photograph gallery on
the right, with its neighbor, the ticket office,
that Hies a flag, but does not open its doors, occupy
the foreground. But these buildings nro nownere.
The French restaurant takes the rug off the bush. For
the position It occupies, this is certainly the highest
structure that over distlgured a landscape. It is low
and bald, with shapeless outbuildings presenting blank
aide* that put to sbaine the ends ol unllnished blocks
of city houses. Striped uwnings help hide iho
front, and a black fuunel is stuck down
somewhere back of the main pari, antcng
the sheds. The government building has not a
show: it is almost hidden by this monstrosity, which
ha* the best slto In the grounds?ou the border of tue
lake, at the corner ol the two nuin avenues. The sale
of concessions has been a great lilt over the flnuncial
?lough, and It la a pity that there couldn't lie enough
to tloat tho uflair all the way across, bnt ove*y one
would exeuae the commission, if It should make an ex
port facto regulation that all buildings, especially tboso
In the vicinity of tho lake, should be ornamental; every
one, that is. who is not Interested in the success of the
three provincial brothers. Somo caricaturist will make
a drawing of the Kxhibition, in whiob the ubiquitous
soda water veuder will have his kiosk, Inolosiug the
whole show, and all the monuments and buildings
turned into fountains lor the supply of this "favorite
beverage of tho thirsty millions," as it is called.
YKsTEKOAY AT TUK KAIK.
The attendance at tho Exhibition to-day showed a
moat encouraging increase over that of the" day beloro,
and among the thousands preseut were many bond Me
representatives of the working classoa. The fact that
these people were willing to lose one day's wages in ad
dition to the expsnses 01 a day at the centennial
grounds is an evidence of the hola which the mighty
enterprise has taken upon tho affections of
the masses, and shows, further, that those
who have attempted to injure the Exhioitiou by
characterizing it as *'a rich rono's entertainment"
have much underrated tho intelligence of the largest
class of American citizens. The worklngman who
comes to tho Kxhibition pays only the car larn for
hliuseil and lamily and tbe entrance fee. Alter that
he lias no absolute necessity lor lurthcr expenditure.
Tho ground* are tilled with settees upon which be may
rest when tired, or be may repair to the public com
fort departments, where seats aro lreo to ail. refresh- ,
leg Ice water may be had in abundance without coat,
aud convenient retiring rooms aro ready lor the recep- ,
tiou of Ina wile aud vhiluren. If he brings I
dinner with him, thousuuds ol shady nooks can readily :
be found where a temporary picnic m.iy bo improvised
to vary the other delights ol the day. When tired of I
gazing upon the wonders exhibited by tho inhabitants ;
ot ail portions ol the civilized globe, he will find com- !
fortablo seats In the malu building or Machinery Hall,
where be can enjoy tho triple pleasure of rest from .
latigue, instruction from the products of science, art '
and industry exhibited on every side and the delights of
listening to the sweet strains of Ullmoro's cornet
orchestra.
the jddom or awarh
During this morning the raorabcrs or ibe Interna
tional Jury of A.vara, tucludiug the American and
foreign called ><t tlie oillca of the Bureau of
Awards, tiled tneir credentials and loft tneir otty ad- !
dresses They wore cordially received by the bureau in
the reception room in the rear end of the judges' hall; 1
thecDiel'ol the burean communicating necessary intor
mution concerning the organization and duties ot tbe
groups of judges, and the entire hull belug placed at
the disposal of ilio member* of tbe jury lor their use
until tliuir deliberations nave boon completed.
At noon the whole body of Judge* assembled In tbo
matu audience room. Atn.>ng tbo number were many
distinguished scientists and prominent leadera in tlio
hpeciu.iii's ot loreign lands. No business ol Importance
w as t ran sac tod.
During the call of tbe roll by President Bawley each
mcinlier of the Jury, as his name was announced, rose
to hi* loet and responded; hi* brother judge* improv
ing the opportunity thus adorned to lake a hastv
glance preliminary to a uioro Intimate acquaintance
hcreailer.
Director General Goshorn explained that tbe delay In
tbe arrangement ol borne ol tbe loriigu exhibits was
due to tbo detun ion of goods ei? routr. He ?nnouncod
that oxcept under exlruordluiiry conditions no good*
would be received in the Kxlnbulou alter the l&tli of
June.
Mr. J. Lawrence Smith, of Kentucky, offered a reso
Inuou providing in order that ramie** and ,justlco
might be done to all exMbttor* from abroad a rompa- '
tent person or expert bo allowed lobe added to any !
group upon whico countries from which exhibits in \
that group have been received are without represent*- {
tlon upon it,
A member ol the British section of tbo jury re- j
marked, speaking lor hiiuselt alone, that ilio rules in '
force wero apparently stitllcient to meet all cases yet
suggested, and that u' favoritism on tlio part of an
American management wim ever shown It would bo
more apt to bo In lavor of than against the foreigner.
Therefore no lujury to the foreign exhibitor need bo
apprcheuded.
These remarks were received with very general
commendation by the loreign juoges, and at their con-'
elusion Mr. MmlUl witbi.rew Ins reso uiiou.
A convorsattonal debate loilowod upon the practi
cability ol boiuiug future meetings as a body and of
adoptlug a distinctive badge lor members; but no '
action was taken, tbe latter subject being under ad
visement by the Director General,
An adjournment ihcn took placo, whereupon
the judges subdivided tbenis-'lves Into their re- '
sweetive groups and renreil to the room* '
assigned them, where a )ireaulent and secre
tary lor each group were elected, clerical and j
other accommodations were liberally accorded.
IMMAOKD HSITISH CoOIX*.
In tbe Victorian Court (Main Building) a large quan- |
tlty of damaged gno<t*recently landed in New York
by ibo ship flkerrymoro, from Melbourne, Australia?
is uow titling unpacked, and tho assessment of the loss
has begun. It will no remembered that when tbe ves
sel arrived at New York some suspicion wo*
excited by ihe (act that there could bo assigned
no reasonable CMs? lor the leak, and that
Captain Mtoddort, who had chargo of the vessel,
esc?|K.'o, aud not arretted nnti! ho arrived at Plymouth,
England, wi>eru a detective (notified by mbio irom New
York) was awaiting him. Tbe goods have only now
arrived here, ns cunildernbie delay was occasioned by
the customs officers, and In unpacking them it bos
Im oii found lhal a large proportion ot iiih exhibits bavo
been more or less damaged i>y toe wator. A represent
ative ot the Hbmalo conversed with a gentleman from
Victoria who cam* on tbla vessel, and who stated that
In hi* opinion tbe ship was scuttled by tbo captain,
who would have mad* no IttUe by tho operation if tho
ship had boon sank. Ho farther stated, what tuu not
yet bean gives to taa pablic, that whoa tba lkinr*M
was plictd od the dry dock H the IJrooklyn N*?y
Yard, aa iiipr bate ?u dieeoverrd la Um Min. u4
thin waa found to bar* Mas atoppod ap toy a sporm
fMilK
It la alleged that tba ablp apiaag aleak off th* Waal
Indies, and tbat tko pump* kaut bar afloat three daya,
when, to tbe surprise of all on board, tbe leak atoppad
aa suddenly a* tt began, tbe presumptioa koine Aai tbo
attempt to slak tbe ship having boeu irastrated by tbo
pumps tho partlea enraged m it concluded to abandon
it. Tbo aoooa now m tbe main buildm.r consist of
samples of furniture, a number of gilt frurae mirrors
l?, he completely rained), several caaaa
ol muffed birda aad am mala (much damaged,
by tho water), a cabinet or sideboard (damaged but
easily revaraisbed and regtlded). numeroos paintings
in oil aud water color* (tbe former little damaged bat
tbo latter utterly ru.aed), and Urge exhibit* ol crock
ery ware, mlnerala, geological specimens. samplos ol
tbo wood* ol tbe country and other exhibits?the latur
being but aligbtly injured, a wardrobe ahowa
die water mark to tbe height of Ore feet,
aud this, tt ia Mated, waa pissed oa top
of a pile of largo boxes. Among the oil paint
ings which have preserved their Iraabaeaa In spite
of seventy two hours of aalt bath, la a landacapo repre
senting the Danitdemon Koreat, by Isaac Whitehead;
? Ail Autumn Sunset;" "A Rural Scene," by J. 8.
Bowman; "A Korest Scene in the Cape Ot way Ranges,"
and several other line arts exblbita, A caae of paints^
in whloh a thousand shades of various colore are re
produced, has also been complctoly ruiaed by tba so
Hon of tke water, aud a number of well executed colt
ored photograph* are greatly damaged. Tbe eatlra
i larjjo fortunately was Insured tor ?15,000, whloh l|
! 0M1 muted to cover nearly all tbe iosa.
th a static avuMfoa
I Governor Bedle, ot Now Jersey, will be tbe orator at
i the unveiling of the Wttberapooa statue in the Park, a*
| ilticaitou of his acceptance of tbe Invitation extended t*
bun hy tbe sub-committee of tbe General Aaaembly ol
the Presbyterian Choreh having been received yestor
day. Tbo unveiling, which waa to bave taken plana
one week irom to-morrow (Saturday. June 3),
has been postponed for several weeks. A specialty
i among mauy of tbe 8tato buiidinga ia too em
i ploytnent exclusively ol workmen from the
! stale repreeented by tho balldiag upon which they are
I engaged; material aud workmen alike having been
specially (-elected by tlie Si ate autborltiea lor tho pur
pose ot illustrating uot only tbe value of tlie products
hut the handiwork of tbe mechanic* ol esch. At tbe
California buildings, tbe minirg alang ot tbe Paella
slope and at the various other State headquarters tbe
peculiar Idioms of particular localltlea indicate totter
than words could do tbe oommnnity to bo reproaontM
by tbe building.
Tbe California building will open at about tbe noddle
of June, wnen all Stato exhibit* neglected la the main
Exhibition will ilnd a bar bo i ana reiuge under tho
wing of tne State. The Httito opening day Is to b*
commemorated by a banquet to the press, at which
Mark Twain, as a representative or Paoitlo Coast Jour
nalism, will officiate as master or oeretaonles.
Tennessee has lately pitched a tent on 8tato avenue,
where Iron and mineral ores from home aro being
dally received on exhibition. This lent ia tbe reaait ot
individual enterprise.
Maryland reports the anticipated completion of het
structure next week.
Occasional visitors from Iowa appear at tbe oaflte
Wbed headquarters ?r thui State, whore a registry for
arrivals will soon be supplied.
Tbe Ohio and Indiana regl8ters receive daily acces
sion* to tbelr lists of visitors, tbat of tbe latter tttato
containing at present over 200 names.
The Secretary of the Illinois representation retorts^
as the result ol some ob?ervation, that tbe coming
gubernatorial election in that State aad tba anticipated
excitement of the Presidential election in tbo Wast
would have the effect of hastening the appearanoa ol ?
visitors Irom that section, July, Auguat and tbo early
part of Soptembtir being likely to produce tba toif
quota of visitors from thj Western country.
A Bpociai agent irom Washington arrived today
charged with tbe supervision and laaue ot the now ceu
tenmal envelopes of the Host Oltlce Department. Then
envelopes ore the postal feature of the Exhibition?at
offered lor sale at tho city Post Ofllco and elsewhere,
belnp manufactured on tbo Centennial grounds. Thi
em Dossed stamp (postage) is la tbe form ol asliiold
with a concave side, enclosing a mount, d poatboy aad
train ot cars with telegraph pole and wires, tbe figures
being raised. The postboy, as shown by tbo dates,
represents "1778'' and tbe railway cars "187C."
CKXTBNNUL KOTS8.
The restaurant keepers on tho grounds report tba
uggrogate of t?eir receipts lor Wednesday aa being tar
in excess of those of any other day alnoe the opening
*The admissions for Wednesday aro officially reported
as follows
Complimentary 944U
Exhibitors and attendants. J,967
Cash 20, WC
TotsL $30,181
In tbe Chineae department to-day two Ualwaa were
arrested wbile attempting to pick the pocket ol a lady
who was making an examination of some articles, li
dolault of S&00 bail they were committed by Maglatraif
Clarke.
A trial of tbe pianos on exhibition in tbe bmUb ex
hibition building took placi on Wodnesday evening.
Tue following alteration and addition bave boon
made to tho list of special dlsplaya already an
nouueed:?Karl.v grass butter and clioeae, June 20 to
July 8, Inatead of June 13 to 17; grapes, October 10
to 14.
A party from London and the Continent arrived in
New York on Tugsday exeuing per steamer AOyssinis
en routr to tbe Exhibition, remaining lu Philadelphia
for oae week of sightseeing aud then starting en a tour
of tbo States. The psrty is ander charge ol tho toanat
linn of Cook, Son & Jenkins;?
About five o'clock this evening a painful accident
occurred on tbo grounds. Thonms Torpey, an emproyd
of Quigley & Vcard, while storing away empty boxea,
was struck on tho head by a crowbar whloh 1*11 from
a box as It was being moved, the blow indicting a lacer
ated wound ol the scalp and covering the1 temporal
artery. The man was speedily attended by Dra. Cur
tin aud Herbert, who succeeded in stanching the flaw
of blood froin the wound.
A DEFENCE or PHILADELPHIA?PBIVATE ZMTEA
PRISES AND CATALOQtTKS.
Philadelphia, Msy 22, 1871
To tbi Editor o? tub Hbkald:?
Permit me a lew words in reply to soma of jour rt>
cent strictures on the Ccnteanlal Exhibition and enter*
prises in connection therewith, which I am sura are
based on a misapprehension ol (acta.
first?To your criticism that the exhibits should be
limited strictly to the finest examples ot induatrial art
and that they should have been selected by a Jury la
advance of the Exhibition. While such aa arrange
ment would have been highly desirable U practloable
it would uot have been feasible, because few manufac
turer* would have been willing to incur the expense ol
elaborate preparation and run the itak of rejection.
Srrond? lu regard to the inaccurate catalogues U
wns Impossible to hnve the first edition perfect when ?
largo percentage ot the exhibits bad not been received
and a still greater proportion were still unarranged.
The future editions are promised to be aa tree ifom
errors and omlssMns as tbey can be made.
Third?As the opening exerciser were held oat ol
doors the press aocomtnofetions, like those ol the real
of the guuats, wero necessarily not ot the most oom
loriable character, though the pressure ot the crowd
rendered them leas so than they otherwise wooM have
been.
fourth?The "extortion" which has been complained
of was altogether limited to oue or two loreign restau
rants on the Centennial grounds, and haa ceased sine*
the proprietors were summoned betore the Committee
oi tno Hoard of Finance. None of the hotels have
charged over per day, aud the majority not mote
tlmn $3, while excellent board can be obtained la
thousands of private lamtltes at from $6 to $16 pse
week.
Before Philadelphia had provided extra hotels sad
other means of entertainment tor her exneotaat guests
she was sharply criticised because of a lack of these
accommodations; now. after she has devoted miliums
to these objects, it Is neither generous nor J eat to at
tribute to oxtortion, which baa never been pfaottaed,
the present lack ol liboral patronage, or to cbaracter
l/o a just expectancy of it a "Centennial Bleston.*'
Philadelphia doea not doubt that tbo people of tfes
country fully nppreeiate the magmfioent Exhibition
which she, chletly, has provided, and that they will
show their appreciation by tbetr preaenoe at
it when rooro complete than It yet la la
the meantime It becomes all bnt Its enemies
to make ?nch criticisms only aa are Justified by
the facta, and to exerclae not n little of forbearance
toward thoaa who, without hope of pecuniary reward,
havo devoted all their energies to Its Interests?at
least, till tbey preaent it complete to the public and
ready lor its Impartial Jadgment. W. & B.
BLAGKWELL'S ISLAND.
ATTEMPTED XBCAPB Of A PRIRONBB.
Shortly befbre two o'clock yesterday afternoon tbo
police authorities ot the Central Ottee received tbo fol
lowing telegram from tbo Fifty-ninth street ststioa
house .?"From Penitentiary; prisoners esoaptag.'
The operator eooM get no further partioulara. A tele
gram came, however, to Ssperintendeat Walling from
the Nineteenth preoinoW "We are asked to cover the
rlwr (root for several Mecka from Ninety-first street
down; havo done so. HethlOg further."
At this time mattera wero considered serious, tl
simply turned out, however, that Henry Payne, who
is ssrviag a sentence of one year for assault aad bat
tery, attempted to eaespe by Jumpicg Into the elver.
Tbo Keeper Immediately sent word to the ofltoa, so tW
the polico at the Filty-nintb atreet station bouao might
bo Informed. The operator through some blander aent
the wrong signal, which cooaiata ol a sartss of Bom
bers. What ae intended to telegraph wea the signal
lor "prisoner oeoaped," Instead ol which bo moat
bavo sent the signal lor "prisoners escaping." Tbo
convict was soon recaptured.
aa tbo time of i he occurrence Mayor Wlebbobtwaa
visilug the Peuiicnusry in company with Comarto
sinners Bailey and Bronnaa. tiu reaching tbs etty
tbey learned to their astonishment by the eveaiag
papers of the terrible riot that haa escaped their obser
vation. Commissioner Brennan uitends maklag aoch
alterations in the system ol alarm signala by telegraph
SB will III future prevent such mistakes.
COOPER UNION ULCEPTION.
The annual reception and commencement of tbo
ab >ve institutiou will take plaeo as iollows:?Tbo re
ception of Woman's Art Department on Monday, May
29, at eight P. M.; that or the Male Art Department oa
Tuesday, May 90, at eight P. M.; the aaauai commence*
meat, In the great hall, oa Wednesday, May SL Wbea
i the prlsso and naual address wlU bo Osfcveroi ^