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The Sunday Question j
.Again.
POPULAR FEELING AGAINST CLOSING
The Working Classes Shut Out
of the Grounds.
PniLAniariiiA, June 3, 187*1.
A cool frwh broeie to-day tempered the heat of the
?on, and in the alUrnoon thousands visited the Cen
tennial ground*. As Saturday Ik somewhat of a half hol
iday, many of the working people used the only oppor
lunlty they have daring the whole week ol geitm# a
glimpse of the wonders of which they have heard so
much. There ia something rruel in this deprivation.
To a large, intelligent and industrious class of I'hila
delphians the Exhibition is virtually us (ur away us if
It were in 1'arls or Vienna. Inaccessibility is oiten
equivalent to distance, and this Is a plain cuse ol
'?Thou nrt so near and yet so far. " What can he seen
In half a day of this Immense show? The very
best that a man who works all the rest of the
secular days of the week can do with his Saturday
afternoon?when be is lucky enough to gel one Is to
ride around in the sun and look at the buildings, as we
look at trees and telegraph poles Irum any railroad
train. To enter any one department would bo almost
absurd, a fid only a vupie idea of the extent and charac
ter of the Exhibition can he obtained in a few hours.
It would be far better lor these people to abandon the
Centennial altogether, and spend their little holiday at
George's Hill, where, if thoy know llrowning's poetry
they can quote his "Inn Album" verse, "Hull! calm
acclivity, salubrious spot," una if they know Bayard
Taylor's rhyme they can look down upon the kiosks
ond towers and llags of the Kxhtbltlon, and think ol
the "damned obliquity, opprobrious plot" of the Com
missioners.
A 8ATCRn.tr APTKHNOO.f OX TU? OilOUNOB.
The Injustice done to the people by ihe closing of the
Exhibition on Sundays was painfully apparent to-dnv
when one could see the weary stop and the anxious
races ol men aud women, with their children, and
lometlmea a woman currying her child In her arms,
hastening from building to building and trying to s. o
all that they coula lor llity cents in a single afternoon.
Their feelings must have resembled those of persons
who are to be hung at a o. rtaln tide and who count
the minutes us they pass, halt wishing to prolong
the agony and half wisnlng that tho thing was
over. Some (,t the departments .lose at an early
hour; lor instance, Horticu.tural Hull, the doors of
?""h aro shut at live o'clock Oue ol the
newspaper proferlv advises that ihe hill
shall be kept open later on Saturday
yet I think an hour or two more would bo ol little id.'
Vantage to the working classes. And by working
clfts-e* I do not mean merely laborers, the people who
dig and build ami toi. in noisy factories, but also tho
multitude ol clerk.-, salesmen, bookkeepers, idorekeep
er>, a.c., persons ot some culture und intelligence who
Could understand the value of the Exhibition. Phila
delphia is u city of building associations, common
?cIioojs and lecture bureaus, and ,t is not the rich alone i
who nave a de. cut education and intellectual npprecia- '
lion. But tbciio wur*iUK clns&cfi are busy <!uri
the week. A holiday to them is harder
to gel now than u usually m, for a dn\'s work Is worth
more to their employers. It Is naturally the desire of !
Iheir rtnplo) es to make the most ot the opportunity I
winch ilie greut number ol visitors to the city aflorus |
Those who miugino that ttie Centennial celebration has '
cieuted a holiday time lor l'hlladelpliia are mistaken !
t'n the contrary, tho 1'hiladelphians expect it will ro- '
Vit o business.
riiK TKt K remrot for tiik rvil.
I lie onl.v w.n-to remove this injustice to the great ma
|ority ol the cin/ens, and to that vust population which !
suriound.s 1'liiladclphla In at least ine States New !
V.rk, New Jersey, I*. r.nsylvania, Delaware and Mary
i?nd?is to open tbe Centennial Exhibition on Sundays.
Aluutthe lines of railroad ol which l'nilndelpbia Is I
the cflilre are hundri'ds of towns vvho*e people would
bo kind to visit the city on the day ol rest. Hut
these nro all forbidden by tbe rniot ot the nianage
meut. 1'hiladelphla itselt wants the Exhibition open
rn Sunday, but ihe Commissioner* who cutne from
oilier states don't. 1 bavo conversed Willi many
persons who belong to what I have described as work
Ingmoii uud have lound tho feeling against the Com
missioners very bitter. Munv or them declare that
they will not go to the Kxinbiiion at all until they c m
attend it on Sunday. The venerable I.ucretiu Molt ex
pressed tin- feeling recently at a public meeting when
she described the closing ot the buildings on tti.u day
*s an outnigo on the intelligence and Iniegrit v ol tho
American people. II the question could be lett to a
rote it wouid bo decided overwhelmingly against the
Commissioners,
TIIK t XITKn STATUS OKOUH1ICAL SITRVKV.
In tne liovernmoui liuild.ng, at iho eMremo Voatern
end. are located the exhibits ot the rutted Stales tie
ological Survey, In chargo of I'rotessor K. t ilsyden
li will l>e remembered by many readers ot the 11 kiialii
that several purtieM were sent out into the fur South
west during last summor lor tho purpose ol exploring
the country on tne I'acific Slope, which abounds in
pre-historic inurnl remains. Tho results ol these et
ploiations during the years 1*74 and IH76 are here
"town by means of photographs, models, drawing"
m .ps, cluris and publications. There are two modeii
by Mr XV. II. Jackson, photographer ol the survey
measonn; about three feet by two and a hall
leet. representing a portion 01 an ancient
ravo rain in the K10 de (belly, Arizona.
Tbe entfre villago, us discovered bv the
party, whs ft SO feet In length, unit consisted ol "event v
six rooms on the ground tloor, and in places rose to a
h?.ghi ol twenty leet or more, covering three s or lea.
Due ot the easts is a taitlitiil copy, in miniature. 01 the
?outhern end o| the town, showing about 100 leet or
,1|C original settlement. Tho buildings are
?uilt o: block, of stone, tho walls in some places being
two feet thick, all situated under a recess formed by
Ihe reeding rock. about fitly leet above the drv wash
of the K10 de Cheiiy. The second cast is tho same as
the llrst, restored to its probable original stale and
tiny men ano women are to be seen at their'dally
work, i!rinding corn, carrying water, Acc. This has
been reconstructed alter ihe manuer ol the houses
*?"* "'Cf l" Arizona and New Mexico by the
Moqoi and I'ueblo tribes.
ll.ere ar? two other very interesting models of
Isolated ruined structures, by Mr. W. H. Holmes The
?ue represents a cllrt house discovered 111 the C myon of
file Kin Mancos, 111 the extreme southwestern corner
?l Col rado, w hitih Is situated in a perpendicular oiufT
lome MKJ leet above the valley. The fourth .-,-ti- H
reproduction ol an ancient circular tower which was
found in the same district. Below tne*- ruin, m
cases. are collections 01 very ancient g a*cd ..???? ty
Slid Iinplements, obtained from tbe ruined b<i ..nn.-?
and graves. The walls of the Geological }?iir .?v
partinenl are decorated w ith some of tho Isrrs-i an<t
line-i pbolograpbs ever taken in ihe Ko?ky Moun
tains They were originally photographed on piales
twenty hy twenty lour incnes in dimensions Several of
MOI. AJI S r?LB?SATSU W ATKI1 COIORS
of the Yellowstone country ana fans' paintings of
mountain scenery ar? prominent objects of art. in
Memorial IUII may be *ee 11 the original oil palntingof
Ihe Mount ot tho Holy Cross, by Moran, copied iro.n a
phologiaph taken by ite Survey. A collection of
?eystrites from tbe Yellowstone National I'ark are to
b? displayed in a day or so. Maps showing the lopo
iraphical and gco o,mcs| li stores ol the explored-IVe-t
are exhibited oil upright scr en?, Ibelarge-tol which 1*
seventeen leet in lenglh. I he west end ol tbe buildn g
ha-> l?een . onsiructeu ior the insertion of transparencies
or photographs 011 glass, and these are ot much inter
est. as bving some ol the largest views of the kind to 1 e
found. They are principally pictures of the ancient
rums of Arizona, Utah mid Colorado, and views of the
geyser ba-ins ol the Yellowstone.
The publications of i|?e surrey, in the form of bul
let in? and anntul reports. Ac., are exhibited nesuii
lliliy bound, and two large models ol the Kl'k Moun
tains 01 Central Colorado, by j|r. |[0,nics preaenia
vivid idea of the geological formation of the M.ddle
I'ark. New objects sre constantly l>einc re.-e ved s
they are butshed by the workers at'the headquarters ','n
Washington.
Tit* aTtksimsir cow passu with ri:*Tii?rs rxmsmoxs
While the opinion is abnad that the attend ince st
the Exhibition does not average what >t was evpeeled
to, and while a consequent dlsapimlntment is ex
pressed, it may he well to compare the statistics of the
Centennml, now thnl It Ins bad som? tw-utv davs of
llle, with the otTlciallv re|>ortod re-nlis lor the s.tno
perio I at previous world's lairs.
The number ot duily admissions tor tho first twenty
days ol the Centennial Exhibition are as follows ac
fording to the record ol the automatic regtstenng turn,
stiles ?
Datt. tlins Frr?.
Wednesday, May 10. 7(.,'J17 _
Thursday. May 11 14,718
Friday, May U lu.Jbi _
Saturday, May 1-1 ll.ttfO
Jlnnday, Msy la 10,KM
Tuesday May in 11.*1J r>.m*
Wednesday, May IT lilU d.-V".!
Thur?duy, May is 11.(44 *>.7t.ft
Friday, May 1? ln,'?,?? ;,.vu
tiaturtiay. May-U lv|s"
S 4' H
$.m
*
Monday^ May A'
Tuesday, May l?i
Wednesday, May J4. ?i .>.wi '? rnvj an. i>-i
rimrsii iy, Uay AY lM.H'il 7.;i.'n aT.lfto
Friday, May M 1V.T40 *J4,1U'
Saturday, May J7 W.HUl 7,61V f7,710
Monday. May ?.??. I?..?J jt.w;
TuesiJay, Mar ao 41.111 8,74S tl.W
Wednesday. May 31 1W.24V 13,]so M.ill
Thursday, Juae 1 2" 'ssi ll,ii7A St.ATn
Totals 4Dt>,AHT l.'J.wll in, I'fo
This tablo doea not include ?he person* admitted on
exhtbilora' and complimentary tickets dnrtng ihe first
?v* day*, owing to lb* fact that tbe registering appa
rain* had not l?cen finished at that tlm? bo a? to record
the exact number u! iree admissions. thirofor*. to
Ihe 5:9,248 admission* showu uy tin- above table must
be n<i?t- <1 the estimated number of free admissions,
wkMk, H 4Ul)r l"<i udralBaions lor the re
m^iiki?)(( liltv i-ii da.i x was 8,110, would be Ave limea
that, or 40,AbU, wliicti, vliled to the 629.248, would
make 500,798. Dividing line by twenty, the average
daily attendance IB iliown to be 28,4814.
AT VlKM.tA.
I'tie attendance at Vienna, during the llrst twenty
five Jay?, ik reported aa lollows'?
Total Cnmphm'nlary
l/atc. Viriiort. atci Ezhiiiiturt.
Thursday, May 1 3o,i<oo
Friday, May I 3.550 2,54*
Saturday, Muy 3 k.'?lf> 4,220
Sunday, Muy 4 7.497 i,l<?4
Mi'iidav, May 5 11,377 <S.tfi7
Tn.-sday, Muy 6 1-.077 *,993
Wednesday, May 7 14..'a>4 0,7i?0
Thursday, May 8 14,401 7,500
Friday, May 9 8,85S 6,180
Selurday, May 10 lJ.SSU 7,545
Suudav, Muy 11 39.9;?i 0 078
Monday, May 12 12.M7 7,900
Tuesday, May 13 14.243 8,714
Wednesday, May 14 Not returned. ?
Thursday, Mav 15 Not returned. ?
Friday, May 10 17.1184 ?,;36
Satur.uy, May 17 l*.o.'!6 9,432
."Unduy, Muy 1* 50,521 10.621
Monday, May 111 16,823 7.791
Tuesday, Mav 20 13.75J 0,407
WikJlies ;ay, Muy 21 Not returned. ?
Thursday, May 22 2T.IIW 8,873
Knday,' May 23 Not returned. ?
.-Saturday, May 24% Not returned. ?
Suunuv, May 2i 48,575 10,120
Mommy May 261 20,595 10,502
lueaduy, May 2i 18,272 0,ut>2
W ednesday, May 28.. 17,-'.'7 9,870
Thursday, Mav 29 18.251 9,722
Friday, Muy 30 10,707 8.977
Saturday, Ma) .11 20,312 10,700
Twenty-five days 404,270 300,040
From this It appears the total number of viHitora
aggregated 404,270, or an average daily aitendauce of
18,571. Hut tlio attendance lor the first iweuty day*
giveu ?*as ;573,473, and ihe daily average 18,071. or 9,818
lesa than the dally uverugc at the Centennial Exhibi
tion. Thus It will be Keen that there,is every reuaon
lor encouragement, especially as ibe rush ol visum*
has only commenced and cach day shows u gratifying
increase.
I lie billowing statistics show that after tho first
mouth the visitors at* the Vienna Exposition increased
almost threefold, mid the sttno may be expected here
nt Philadelphia. The visitors at Vieuna for each month
were as follows:?
Month. J'aiil TicKrts. y<A J'nitL Total.'
May 244,3113 189,S8;i 404,270
J u ue 7?7,l;f3 418.784 1,215,917
July 771,087 413,808 1,185,495
August 824,200 35 1,045 1.178,845
September 1,099,085 320,555 1,425,040
October. ? ? I,4i3,ll02
November 1 and 2 ? ? 218,950
Total ? ? 7.254,687
The highest number of visitors In oue day was at the
close on the 2d of November, there boms 139,037 por
sous. There were 80,IK)0 on the 1st of November,
jofi.noo on the holiday, August 22, aud 85,000 on Whil
Moudsy, June 2.
I'fie attendance at the various exhibitions of London,
Paris and Vienna shows tho following comparison:?
Sutnbtr of /My* A'vrwj' Xo.
l'fir. I'!are. Viriiort. Open. J\:r Day.
1851?London. 6,039,196 14 1 42,831
1855?1'aria 5,192,330 ilHI 25,Ml
1802? London 6.211,103 171 36,323
1867?Farts. 10,000.000 210 47,619
1873?Vienna 7,254,687 186 39,003
CONDITION Or THE ABT DEFAKTMENT AT THE
CENTENNIAL?HOW THE UNITED STATES' OAL
LEKIES HAVE BEEN ABBANCiED.
Piulaoklpuia, June 3, 1876,
Although the Art Department was openod, and ap
parently in ordi r upon the ilrst day of Ihe Exhibition,
there has been scarcely a room in which somo altera
tions have not since been made. So many obstacles
have been placed In the putb of tho managers that it :s
surprising that there Is not more confusion than there
in. In the first plrfle the Selection and Hanging com
mittees could not work in harmony, and tho
pictures wero pouring in from all parts
of tho country with no place to
receive them. The Pennsylvania Academy of Kino
Arts benevolently opened its doors and allowed the
works to rumain upon Its walls until the art buildings
were in ill condition to receive them. The consequence
was that when their own exhibition was opened several
pictures iniendea for the Centennial Exhibition were
mixed witu them and hung there; but witii the c.ostng
or the academy to-day the pictures will he removed to
the places reserved lor them in the Centennial build,
tugs. Among thesu ure several Iroin the gallery of Dr.
Heullng, and Walter Slnrlam's '-(iood Morning" and
"Toning the Hell," which created such a Jurorc among
the MunicU artists. Thomas Ituchanan Head's paint
ing, "Slier dan's ltlde," Is also somewhere in the
city aud will be hung as soon as the par
ties having it lit their possession send It to the
galleries. Wiih the arrival of these pictures tho
rooms contain nig art works of the I'nited States will
bo about completed. There are devoted to tills display
one large room and passago way in Memorial Hall, and
eleven looms in the nuuex building. No. 0 contains
architectural drawings. No. 44 wut given up by
Kraueu to the United States, and No. 14 is devoted
almost entirely to foreign works loaned from private
galleries in the United Slates. The sculpture of our
owu artist* Is placed in oue corner of the grand hall in
the mam gallery, la the centre of each room of homo
artists, and is now being placed around the group rep
resenting America, Irotu the Albert memorial, which is
In tho centre of the open space at tho entrance of
Memorial It nil. In Ihe American water color room
tho place occupied by stutuary in tho centre of the
other rooms is giveu to the Hic engine. In the French
galleries Ihe waits are merely covered, bui more pic
tures are expected. New paintings are also expected
from (irfm.uiy. 1 lie workmen am Mill busy in the
Spanish aud Italian galleries, lu the rooms uevoted to
Kugbsh pictures everytuiug is lu complete order, they
having, before the pictures left England, procured
plans of tne space al.oied io them, aud marked Ihe
place which cach picture was to occupy, so that there
could bo uo possible confusion about hanging ihe
works idler they urrived, and they were able to send
the exact number of works and group them in Ihe
most advantageous manner. The works lu the
l ulled Stales rooms are arranged In tho most
unsystematic manner. The hauging com
mittee uud selection committee' each lay
tho blame of this on ihe other, one party saying that
the other is a regular ring, throwing out all work*
which are better I ban their own; and the other party
sayiug that their antagonists were another, and wauted
to crowd in works which had been rejected. The re
sult was llml ihe Committee of Selection, on the San
day preceding tno opening, called lu u number of i:.en
and arranged Ibe pictures in the principal room to suit
themselves, leaving the others in disorder. This Is
oue reason why the foreign and American
artists' pictures are hung together lu some
rooms, no distinction being made bete ecu
the works from American galleries aud
American studios. They had to bo on the walls at a
certain time and the catalogue* to bo ready. A* Ihe
managers at Philadelphia could not gain access to ihu
lists of pictures accepted by iho Committee ol Selection
they were obliged io make out a list from the applira
11-'ii* lor space irom the artists. As many who nau so
applied sent tneir work to other exhibitions, he., It i*
easily wen how the Incorrectness ol the oflimal cata
logue in this department is accounted for. The new
edition, which will b- Issued hi a few days, is'now
being revised by the bead of Ibe Art Itureau, Mr. sar
tain, and competent assistants.
SOCIETY OF THE SECOND CORPS.
A meeting of officers ana enlisted men of the Second
I Army corps will be held on Tuesday, June 6, at ten
o'clock A. M., In tho Assembly Building, southwest
corner of Chestnut and Tenth streets, Philadelphia.
General \V. S. Hancock will preside. At the annuiil
reunion ol the Suc.Mjr of the Army of the l'otomao
in-t year, at llarri-dmrg, the member* of the Second
corps then present held a meetitia and nsreed to lorm
a socioty smiilur to iIiohc of the TUIrd, Filth and other
corps. A commlttw was appointed and instructed to
drift a rptMHItotlan aud bylaw* lor its government and
ordered to report on the same day awl place of the
next annual reunion ol the Society of the Army of tho
I'otom.tc. K.very one w h<? served in the ttcovnd eorps
.md w ho has an honorab.e discharge Is eligible to l>e
MM a tneinlier. It I* e\peeted that the A i ond corps
organization wtll have completed its business in time
to march to tbe Academy ol Mtilth- an i ike pari in the
Jiroc. cdlngs of the Soctatjr ol the Army ol the rotomac,
of which hony General Banooek is nt-o the presiding
oiiicer lor this year.
RETURN OF TIIE GOLD DIVERS.
[From the San Francisco Call, May 28 1
The expedition which left this city In January last to
recover treasure Irom tl.e wrecked (learner Golden
Gate was a Iruitlc-!-one. 1 he men w ho composed it
are no# In the city. Their actual leader was Sydney
Cook, the diver, who in IMS recovered $775,000 Irom
the wrectc. owing to the circumlocution ol the Mexi
can offices the ex|>e ution tvna detained a week at Man
/am llo, while one of tbe party went overland to Colitna
to ohtaia the neceSMirv permission to wreck on the
ciasl. This detention was almost fatal to the
expedition, as the breakers at this time of the
year rnv r the wreck with the shilling sands.
When the expedition readied the wreck thai portion
of the hull In which the treasure was located was
covced with eighteen leet ol s nd. The diver, not
with.tand:ng the drawback, went to work and made in
all thirty dives, tin the .M ol April l ook struck the
hall BH burn wen into the saa<L Alter lour hours of
herculean tabor be di-.overed a stnall box of treasure,
such as he had foand on other occasions, hat it wan
. thoroughly wedged ,D katweea a nu<> o1 conglomerate,
cons stli<e ot molted iron machinery, charred timbers
ahd qaick<snd< He was lorce<t reluctantly to re.
haquish the prir? partly on account ot the sar.d lining
In upon him. The box in sim snd sbsp* rosemMM the
tw.uvo boxes which in years before bo had taken up.
That night a storm anise and drove (he schooner off,
aud, dissensions arising among the party, they sailed
back to this city. It is estimated that there is $+00,000
yet buried beneath the waves.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
A MKMOIUAL TO PBKHIDENT GRANT I* DE
ITEJtCE OK THE BUBMNGAME TKEATT?A
WKLJ, WBITTEN DOCUMENT.
The following memorial to the President ol tho United
State* iully explain* lUclf. It is the reply ol tho
Chinese, through the Presided* ol thy Six Companies,
to the moveuieut now being so energetically pushed to
stop the tide ol Chinese emigration aud head off tho
attempt! to repeul or rnodily toe Burllngatue treaty,
it ia particularly in reply to the address and resolu
tions ol the late auti-Cbinese mass meeting In this
city:?
To His Kxcellency U. S. R?a*t, President of the United
State* of America:?
mh?In tn? absence of any consular representative
we, toe undersigned, iu the uame and iu behalf ol the
Chuiese people .iow in America, would must respect
fully present lor your consideration the following Mate
menu regarding the subject ol Chinese emigration to
till* country:?
L Wo understand that It has always been the settled
policy ol your bnuorublt government lo welcome emi
gration to your shores from all countries without let
or hiiidrtuico. The Chinese are not the only jwoplo
who have crossed tho ocean to seek a residence la this
land.
11. The treaty of aunty and peace between the United
Stales and China maku* special mention ol the rights
and privileges ol Americans in China, apd also ol the
rights and privileges of Chinese in America.
Hi. American .-learners, subsidized by your honor
able government, have visitod the ports ol China and
luvited our people to come lo this country to find em
ployment and improve their condition. Our people
have been comiug lo this country for tbe lust twenty
five years, but up to the present time there aro only
150,000 Chinese in all these I lilted Slates, 60 000 of
whom are in California and 30,bou in the city of San
JTrancieco.
T1IK eniVKSR IS .OIKKICA.
IV. Our people in ihis country lor the most part
have been peaceable, law-abiuing aud luduslrious.
They pvrlormed the largest part ol the unskilled labor
In tbe construction ol the Central 1'acillc ltail
road and also of all other railroads on tins
coast. They have found uselut and rem sue r.
alive employment iu all tiie niauulaciurlng establish
ments of. this coast, in agricultural pursuits and
in lamily service. While benefiting themselves with
the honest reward of their daily loll, they have given
satisfaction to their employers and have left all the re
sults ol their ministry to enrich the State. They have
not displaced white laborers irom these positions hut
have siiiiply.mullipliod tho industrial enterprises ol
Ibe country.
V. The Chinese have neither attempted nor desired
to lulerlere with the established order ol things iu this
country, either of politics or rollgiou. They have
opened no whiskey sa.oous lor the purpose ol dealing
out poison and degrading their fellow-men. Tbev havo
promptly paid their duties, ihoir t.-xej, their renis and
their deois.
VI. It has often occurred about the time ol the State
mid goucral elections lhal political agitators have
stirred up Hie m.nds of the people in hostility to ihe
Chinese, but formerly the hostility has usually subsided
alter the elections were over.
THK IIIG M METING.
VII. At the present time an intense oxcitcinent and bit
ter hostility against the Chinese iu this land aud against
further Chinese emigration has been created in tho
minds ol the people, lid on by llis Honor the Muyor of
San Francisco nud his associates in ollice. and approved
by Hi* Kxcellency the Governor and other great men
01 the State. These great men gnthored some 20 000 of
the people of this city together ou the even.ug of April
it aud adopted an address and resolutions against
Chinese emigration. They have since apponted ihree
men (one ol whom wo understand lo be tbe uuthor of
the address and resolutions) to carry that address and
tnose resolutions to Vimr Kxcellency nod lo prosen
further object.on*, il possible, uguiuat ihe emigration of
the Chinese lo this country.
VIII. In that address numerous charges aro mado
against our people, some ol which aro hlgtily colored
and sensation*!, and others, having uo foundation
whatever in lacl, are only calculated to mislead lionost
minds and i reate an unjust prejudice against us Wo
wish most respectlully to call your attention and
through you the attention of Congress, to some ol the
statements of that rem tikaole paper, and ask a carelul
comparison of the biaicinonts there made with tho
lacl* ol the caso.
(II1NI..NK WOMKN*.
(o.) It Is charged uguuiat us that not one virtuous
Chinawoman has beeu brought to this country and
thai here we havo uo wives nor children. Tho laet is
that already a lew hundred Chinese lam dies have been
brought hi re. These are all chaste, punykoopcrs at
home. not known ou the public street. There aro also
among us a low hundred, perhaps a thousand, Chinese
children boru iu America, the reason why so lew of
our families are brought to this country is because It is
contrary lo the custom and against ibe inclination of
virtuous Chinese women lo go so far from home ana
because the irenuout outbursts el popular Indignation
against our people have not encouraged us to bring our
lamilies with us agalust iheir will. Quite a number oi
Chinese prostitutes have boeu brought to this country
by unprincipled Chinamen, but those at hrst were
brought irom China ai the instigation and lor tho
gratification ol while men. And even at the presei t
lime ll is commonly reported that apart ol the pro
ceeds o I this villainous iiullic goes to enrich a certain
c lass ol men belonging lo this honorable nation?a class
oi men, too. who are under solemn obligations lo sup
press Ihe whole vile business, and who certainly have
it in their power to suppress it it tluy so desired. A
lew years ago our Chinese merchants tried to send
these prostitutes back lo China, and succeeded In get
ting a large number on board the outgoing steamer, but
A ( KKTAIN L.tWYKH
of your honorable nation (said to he the author and
bearer of these resolutions airainst our poopb ) in Ihe
employ of unprincipled Chinamen, procured a writ ol
habeas corpus, and brought all these women on shore
again, and tho courts decided lhal they had h right lo
stay In this country it they so desired. Those women
are still hero, and tho only remedy lor this evil and
also lor ibe evil of Chinese gambling, lies, so lar as wo
can see, In an honest and Impartial administration of
municipal government in all its details, even Including
the I'ollce Department. II olllcers would ret use bribe*
tlien unprincipled Chinamen could no longer punliaso
immunity f/otii the punishment ol their crime
(6.1 It is charged against us that we have purchased
no real estate. The general tone ol public sentiment
has not beeu such as to cucourago us to luvesl iu real
estate, and yet our peopio have purchased and now
own over $8o0,00o worth ol real estate in San Francisco
aloue.
(<? ) It Is charged against us that we eat rice Osh and
vegetables ll is true dial our diet is slightly different
Irom the peopio of this honorable country , our tasies
In these matters aro not exactly alikn and cannot be
forced. But is that n ?in ou our part of sulllcient
gravity to be brought before the President and Con
gress of the United States ?
BOW THK CHINKS* HKNHKIT THK COCSTKY.
[d.) ll is charged that the Clrncso aro uo benefit to
this country. Are the railroads built by Chinese Inbor
no benefit lo.the country? Are the manufacturing e?.
tablUlnucnts, largely worked by Chinese, no benefit to
this couulry 1 l)o uol the results ol the daily toll of
100,000 men Increase the riches of this country ? Is it
no benellt to this country that the Chinese annually
pay over fit,000,000 duties ut ihe Custom House of S?n
r rancisoo ? Is not tho JJOO.OOO anuual poll tax paid
by the Chinese any beiieflt r And aro nol Hie hundreds
of thousands o| dollars ol taxes ou personal property and
the foreign miners' lax annually pa Id lo tho revenues
of this country uny boncfli ?
) It is charged against in that the six Chinese com
panies have- secretly established judicial tribunals
jails and prisons and secretly exercise Judicial au
thority over Ihe people. This charge has no loumiatiou
in (act. These six companies were originally organ
ixed lor tho purposos of mutual protection ami care of
our people coming lo and going from this country
The six companies do not claim, nor do Iliev exercise
any Jnuicial stiihorny whatever, but are tlie same as
any tradesmen or protective and benevolent societies
ll it were truo that tho SIX companies exercise iudic.lil
authority over the Chinese people, then why do all the
Chinese people still go to American tribunals lo adjust
their differences or to secure the punishment of their
criminals ? Neither do these companies Import either
men or women into this country.
NO CHINRSK si.ATKH.
(/.) II Is charged that all Chinese laboring men are
slaves. This is not true in a single Instance. China,
men labor lor broad. They pursuo all kinds of indus
tries for a livelihood. 1- it *<>, then, that every man
laboring lor his livelihood is a slave' ll these men aro
slavrs then all men laboring lor wages are slaves.
(g.) 11 u charged thai the Chinese commerce brines
no benefit to American bankers and Importers. Hut
the fact is thai an immense trade is carried on between
Cbins and the I mied Slates byAmen.au merchants
and all ihe carrying business ol both countries'
Whether by steamers, sailing vessel* or railroad-" is
done by Americans No China ships are engaged'in
Ihe carrying tralllc between ihe two countries, |< u a
sin lo be charged aga n?i us that the Chinese merchants
are able to conduct their mercantile business on tlielr
own capital? And is not the exchange of millions of
dollars annually by the Chinese wltu tho banns ol this
cMv ai y benefit to the banks?
(V) We respectlully ask a careful consideration of all
the foregoing statements. The t hin.^o are not the
nor do ,hnv br,n? th* 0,,l> "Us. lhal now
afflict this country. And slnco the Chinese people aro
now here under ' *
SOI.K** TSKATT SIGHTS,
we hope lo bo protected according to Ihe term* of
this treaty. Hut ii the Chinese arc considered detri
mental to the i?e i microti* of this country, and If our
presence here is otteusivo to the American people, let
there be a m'Hllftcattou of existing treaty relations be
tween China and the I ruled States, either prohibiting
or limit ng lunher Chinese emigration, and, if desir
able, requiring also the gradual retirement ol iho
Chinese people now here from this country. Such an
arrangement, though not without embarrassment* to
both parties, we believe would not bo altogether unac
ceptable I., ihe Chinese government, and doubtless II
would be very acceptable to a certain class of people In
this honorable country. 1 1
With sentiments ol profound resjiect.
I.KK WING HOW,
President Sam Vup Company.
1-KK CHKK KM am.
President Vung Wo Company,
I.AW TKK CHrSQ,
Presideut Kong t'bow Company.
^ CHAN I.Kt NiJ Ki'lv.
President Nmg Vung Comrtany.
I.KK CII KONG CHIP,
President Hop Wi> Company.
CHAN KOKU CIIKW,
President Van Wo Company.
I KK ToNO HAY,
I resident Chines* Yonnc Men's Christian Association.
THE SOCIAL EVIL.
rnoTE8T mow an enclihh coaiMrrnoE
AOAI.NST THR KECOMM ENDATION 0* THE
ORAM) /TUT.
To TUB Kuitob or TRK HlRALD:
Our attention bu been directed to ft presentment
mane ibis day by ibe Grand Jury to (he Court of Gen
eral Sessions, Jor the city uud county of New York, on
tbe legalization of prostitution, and embodying a reso.
lutloti urging on tbe Sloto ]<eg:sluture ;hc adoption of
a system of lawn having thai object in view. We nro
Englishmen spending a abort timo in this country as a
deputation from tbe "Urltlsb, Continental and General
Federation lor vbe Abolition of Government Regulation
ot Prostitution."
Strenuous efforts are being made In England and on
the continent of Europe, notably in Italy and Switzer
land, to yet rid ot ft system which is esseutiftlly im
moral in prlnciplo, and which has been lound in
practice to be frightfully corrupting in its effects on all
classes of the community, and an utter laiinre Irom a
medical point of view. Our errand here is to enlist the
sympathy and co-opcraiion of American upholders of
public morality in our international federation, and to
caution them against the introduction into this uew
world of ft system which Europo is refusing to endure
any longer.
The Grand Jury's proposal la for the Legislature to
take action In order to securo that the wutnen victims
of profligate men shall be conveniently domiciled)
kept honest by the police and healthy by the doctors.
Whether these arrangements are for ihe benefit of
t'neso prostitute men or women, the Jury does not
say; presumably for the former, bccnuso similar plana
In Europe aro always in the Interest of tbe male trans
gressors, and because wo cannot learu that the women
of this State engaged in any other traffic have been the
objects of similar spocial solicitude on the part of anr
grand Jury.
The proposal In the presentment Is backed up by a
series of assumptions, unsupported by any evidence,
and which to us, who have pretty thoroughly Investi
gated this question, aro absolutely astounding In tbelr
audacity.
Fir it?It Is assumed that by legalising nnd licensing
you enn control and circumscribe prostitution. Tbe
experionco oi' Kurope rofutes such an assumption. In
those districts In Kngland where the regulation system
has been tried clandestine prostitution Is on the In
crease, and bullies the vigilance of the police. In
Krnnce, alter eighteen years' triul, it i& confessed by
Dr. Jeannel, In his recent work ou prostitution, pugo
841, that tho majority of the women remain unregis
tered by Ihe police. M. Lecour, the man at the head of
He special police of Puris, says that clandestine pros
titution lncrca.>?ut> continually, "and the ditllcuitios en
countered by the polico are Insuperable. The evil
must bo overcome by moral, not by legislative means."
In Merlin and other cltlos in Germany, according to
evidence produced by I)r. Simon, Medical Advisor to
the l'rlvy Council of Great Krituln and Ireland, tho
clandestine vastly outnumber tho controlled and
licensed prostitutes.
Spaco only prevents us from multiplying Iheso
authorities, winch wo venture to think upset the Grand
Jury's lirst assumption.
Then it is further ussumed that the licensing or sanc
tioning of houses of ill-lamo would render vhem loss
evil iu tl??ir lulluencu on the police and youth of your
cities. On this point, allow us to quote parts ol a proc
lamation ol the municipal authorities of Zurich, Swit
zerland, who iu June, 1874, uholished tho tolerated
brothels In that town :?
Toleration clvea rise to a fatal concision of Ideas; men
become accustomed to regard ull that pat*.-* In houses thin
protected a? a permitted thing. and the ynuiijt tnui ln?u all
tl.o Idea* i'f good conduct which have been tuciileated to
them. A moral conTusion no lew ratal Ik product! am.ir.ir
the emp'ojes and iicotiU employed Iu the poller; the fa<'t
ot helug in constant relations with the tenants of bad houses
necessarily leada to a apecie* of intimacy. Moreover, it is
not possii le that they tthculd display much energy agalnat
uiillcfifed prostitution while tliey are occupied In t'avorini;
regulated piontitution. Ihe police la placed in a t,ii?e
position; it can onlv trnl.v maintain a repressive attitude
toward prostitution by allowing; itself frankly hostile to It
in all forms. To admit any sort of compromise with a trado
fundamentally evil, to tolerate t fte description or houses of
debaneberv mid make war upon others. is to enter upon the
palh of half nieaaiiroa, compromise and equivocal partiality
fruitless of ever? good result.
Would that every member of the Grand Jury and of
your State Legislature would acquaiut lumsclr with the
whole of that proclamation. The noxt assumption .s
the startling one that ' the spread ol disease would bo
thereby almost 11 not entirely stopped." Ull tts quote
from tho best authorities again, remembering always
that tho part of the doctor in this horrible business is
to perpetrate, at irequeut intervals an indecent surgl
uul outrage on the poor women in the hope "thereby,"
to use the Grand Jury's word, to save some male scoun
drels iroin tho diseases resulting from their vioo. Leon
l.efort, ph) sictau to tbe great hospital Do Midi snys:?
"The means employed acalnst syphilis In I'urts amount
to nothing." "The inspections do not sufUco. As it is
syphilis is increasing Iu Paris, * * * because the
examinations * ? ? do not answer their end." Mr.
Acion, un Kngllgli medical admirer of thiSRVStcm, iW
obliged to admit, "The best re^uiutions, notwithstand
ing all assertions to tho contrary, cannot guarantee
freedom from disease." Professor Andrews, of Chi
cago, says:?"1 havo been compelled to laugh at
the Irequeut Instances where young Americans have
with mlln'.te gullibility, cohabited with loose women In
Paris, because they supposed they were safe there, but
were utterly astounded afterward to find they had con
tracted disease."
The Sanitary Commissioner of the Punjab (Indie) savs
In h report on tliis subject there that, after spending
Rome livo lacs ot rupees upon it, the results afford us no
grounds for congratulation." * * ? "Alter nil, there
are nowhere any substantial signs or Improvement."
In Kngland a medical association has been formed for
the so to purpose of securing tho expulsion Irom our
statute l>ook ol this hateful legislation, and its mem
bers are constantly increasing iu number.
Two years ngo In Philadelphia moro than fifty physi
cians, including many or the rery highest standing
signed a sucessrul protest against the passing of such
u law by the Legislature ol Pennsylvania, In which they
say It would be "a concession to evil for which thero is
no excuse, a system to which Prance gave birlh In lis
worst days of misrule. We do protest against any
assertion o; the lalso and demoralizing claim that
this most destructive of vices and crimes Is it ne.
cessity." The Grand Jury makes licht of the moral
objection to the licemo systotn, but wo venturo to bo.
lieve it will not bo without tnflueiicn with the citizens
especially with the virtuous women of your State, and '
with your permission, we will address a fori her' letter
to yon on that branch of the subject.
We remain yours rcspcctlully,
JAMES P. GLEDSTONE,
HKNKY J. WILSON.
Astor llorsit, Nkw York, Juno 1, 1S70.
ARGUMENT IK FAVOK Of LICENSING.
Nkw York, Judo 3, 1876.
To tb* Editor or Tint Hkrald:?
Yoor issuo of Saturdny contains the Grand Jury's
report, which speaks very seuaibly oti the question of
prostitution, and (hushes by offering a resolution em
bodying a request to the Legislature of the State of
Now York, asking that body "to adopt as early as
praotlcablo sonic system of laws calculated to conllno
houses of prostitution In the large cities of this State
within certain spoctiled limits," anl, secondly, "to
subject them at all timos to the cari>lul ami vigilant
supervision of the Boards ol Health and Police." Hav
ing lived in St. Louis during the operation of the so
railed "social evil ordinance," as well as before and
since, and consequently being versed In this matter ol
such vital Importance to the moral as well as physical
welfare of a largo community, I a-k a little ol your
space to oiler what I may In relorence thereto, fully
knowing to what I expose myself by toachlug this In
delicato subject.
I will not now detail tho manner In which the ordi
nance was curried out. Sulllce It to say that It was
summed up lu "registration" and staled periodical
"Inspection," which proved a succoss in every direc
tion. First, it reduced tho number of bawds, by
frightening off the quasi "respectable girls;" second
ly, it very materially reduced the vilest and most
loathsome disease catant; and, thirdly, it was not only
sell-supporting, but furnished the means lor building
one of tbo finest hospitals in the county of St. Louis,
now known as the "Woman's Hospital." It recoivcd
the support ol all well-meaning public men, the in
dorsement ol all honest physicians, and the od opera
tion ol its poor unfortunate subjects, who found in It
a protection to a great eitont against inioction ; and, as
n r> suit of their slight disbursement", a clean, well- {
condnctod harbor tor the recovery of health, and op
portunity tor reformation, should they desire It. Hut not
withstanding i he great good accomplished, it was short
lived, having met us mam opposition inun the clergy
and the ladies of St. Iritis, or. at least, those of them
who were possessed of a matidllng sentimentality
winch caused th<'m to view the mailer in the light ol a
degradation to the ~ex, inasmuch as it exempted the
maio iwrticipants from the loathed registration and in
spection. To them ihe beneficent elects of these !
measures as conducted lu Kurupeau cities was no cri- I
icrion, and to the respected clergy it appeared as a vio i
laiion ?>( jt divino law which prohibits the "licensing of j
< sin." In substantiation of the latter assertion I can
! produce several printed lectures and sermons by emi
! neni elcrcynun of Si, Louis, while as to the previous
one the following letter will serve a? a sample of a mill
tiiurte with which tho press of St. ixmis was fairly in
undated at the tunc.
St. Lor is, Keh. 2fl, 1873.
To tits Eimtob or ruts Dsbocrat:
ln tlii> hour af peril to oar womanhood and loved city,
should we not lay aside our rcKsrve and seek t? save tlie nii
lurtunate trom greater degradation, and onrrharter from a
blot on it * lair estatcheeu. Will not 0>>d pnuish us a? a
people If this terrible *'n, the "NKlsl evil," bee. me* it law*
Nations hare been destroyed lor their wicfcetfne?? Has man
a right to license sin when God rnji.ins partly of Itfsf llew
rtare man to lav aside the las ol the Alwlghty!
Women ol tit. i.otiis, II msn p tnders to lite ap|ielite ot
sinlnl man, should we remain quiet and see this irreat crime
perpetrated and not rat>r our voice asalast It? No! l et ns
defend onr??lve? frem the Indignity if ri k-i-tratlnn and In
? pectlon. It soman Is so degraded, not a r ay
id hop- Is left her, her do*award course is s?re. She
will go from bad to worse till the poor unfortunate sinks to a
dishonored rrsve W here it the justice that etposed woman
to all the Indignity, and man. whoae victim she It, goes Ave ?
1 ban raad a uitoec. oublished ia Mew York, called the
J(oral grform. It wm a mimiooarT pape*. and Tlgltnra to
tliut untorluuatr rlaa* of wi'mrli nivti n?**r met Out i>uo
wonmn who 11 ve<t tli?t lite from rDMCO -victim*. I" many
?<*????, or iiiu'i Reduction. and tben Mli^ H ??
rinptoymont. Many nirS?lli?ro *n- who Uavr nut 'M physi
cal ?tr.ni.'th lo bo ??rtaul?, and support by the needle is
precarious
.Du out lot u> allow thi-m to bo more d-K*aded bjr Ibis
horrid Inw. Nlfti * petition tlis' will have I" heeded?
that will bo cmaidored an aoen int of it?n ;mi>?r*.
A LADY i?K .vr. LOCI*.
It will not mbwrra my purpose to day to su'>iect
thli letter to criticism, having, at present merely in
view to help those who uiny undertake a furtherance
of this truly benevolent project, "lore-arm n?" 1 >y
?'fore-warning" them. 1 am placed in n position
wliirli wiil enable mo to secure all ttic altalM and
detail ol tbe manner in which the law vtiim so wi ll m?
ecuied in St. Ko^ls, and unhesitatingly wnl pl;ic? uiy
resources at tho disposal ol any party who m >y choose
to take the matter in liand. Tbe documents in my
po~.-ession are free to Inspection, and an lo lie |?)*si
bility of enlisting the medical profusion In this mat
ter I have no donbt.
It ik but just to stato that one of th# prominent
practitioners in ibis city ban already told me of his In
tention to establish a movement In tliia direction and
were it not tbu appreciation of tbe (act that lie being
out of town at present it would bo a mere loas of time
to await his return. I send you the without consult
ing him. knowing his sentiments us I an.
I have written to St. Louis lor a copy of the ordi
nance and all other attainable literature and experience
on the subject, and in a few days I will ho able to pre
sent them to tho-e who may interest themselves
therein, whether my as*istance'shall be desired or not.
In v>ew of the luet that I am almost a Stranger in
this ureal cltv, 1 feel compelled to apologise tor tho
length of this letter, which, however, I lielleve justified
In t e importance to public weal it attempts to urgew
In tbe above I have omitted the statement mat Kuro
pean statistics. Ac., are attainable, and I will procure
them II nesired, but their applicability to American in
stitutions having been proven in St. Louis 1 attach
greater importance thereto. Very respectfully,
kerb. c. valentine, m. a,
No. l.r>2 West fifteenth street.
NEWPORT.
OPENING OF THB SEASON AT THIS mODE OT.AXD
WATERINO PLACE?PBOMINENT AllKIVALB?
THE PP.05PECTS FOB THB HUMMER?NAM KB OP
VISITORS WHO WILL PASS THE SEASON HEIiE.
Kawroxr, Juno 2,1876.
The present warm weather will doubtless bo ft bless
ing to this well known watering place and bo tho means
or Inducing tlio cottagers to put in an appearance at
once. Up to thin date a largo number of families have
arrived and taken possession of their housos, among
tUe Dumber being L. I? Lorillurd, Miss Emily O. and
Miss Saruh Glbbos, L. B. Braut, H. A. Wright, Hon. L.
P. Morton, Douglass Robinson. Frederic W. Stevens,
Mrs. Q. C Cram. C. Francis Bates, R M. Bant, John
Carey, Jr.; Henry G. Marquand, Daniel Parish, J.
F. Piersou, J. S. Bryoo, from Sew York;
Joseph J. Cooke, Professor William Gamniell,
from Providence; Miss Annie Porter, from
Now Orleans; Br. S. C. Power. New Havou; Mrs.
Gardnor Brewer, Mrs. Richard Baker, Jr.; Mrs. D. W.
Holm* 8, J. S. Bar.stow, General Casper Browuinsluold
and Sidney Brooks, Boston ; lion. George Bancroft,
Washington; Lieutenant Commander Clarke, United
Stales Navy; Lieutenant C. B. Buckingham, United
States Navy; C. J. Peterson, R. I? Williug and W. H.
Ashbnrst, Philadelphia; Professor J. P. Huntington,
Hartford, and others.
THE BKA30S
opens well and a fair number of cottages havo been
rented at this date, and there is a considerable number
unrenied, but which wilt undoubtedly bo occupied bo
lore long. Of luto the real estato men who havo
charge ot tho houses have bad nourly all their leisure
time takon up In "showing up" their house*
to tho best posslblo advantage to those who worn In
search of a Newport cottage.
Tho new villa* which have been in course of erection
for the present season aro completed. Tho ono which
is being built lor William C. Rives, or Boston, will not
bo ready for occupancy before next season. When
completed It will bo one ot the finest houses in the
place. The villa for Miss K. P. Wo mloy, ol Boston,
also will not bo ready for occupancy this soasou. Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Sherman, or New York, havo takon
possession of their new and costly villa on Victoria
avenue. Already Bcllevuu avonuo begins to show
signs of life, and several showy teams aro to bo found
tboro ovory day. Just now the city Is having It covcrcd
with flue gravel This should have boen done earlier
in the season, for with the absence ot rain it will take
a long timo for it to boc?ui? sufficiently packed to make
a pleasant road. In the meantime driving there will
not bo appreciated as much as It will be a few weeks
later.
Mr. William P. Douglass, of Now York, once the
ownor of the famous yacht Sappho, rented yosterday
the modest Doaoon cottago on Believue avenue, whlcu
recently has boen put in ordor and overhauled by tho
carpenters. Mr. Frank Work, a New York hanker,
also rented yesterday tho Willingstoue villa on Web
ster streut.
TIIK HOTKI.S.
The Ocean House opens on tho '20th. and expects to
bo lull all the season; but us yet the propriolor statos
be has let but two or threo rooms lor the season.
Tho Aquldneck, Perry aud Hartmann's havo been
opened lur soino timo and have been doing consider
able transient business. Tho two small hotels on tho
clllls will not be opened before the latter part ot tbo
present month. It is a singular lact that she cottages
connected with tho latter hotels have not beeu taken
*? rapidly as they wore last season, aud but lour of
them aro rented at this date.
* The grounds ot the Narragansett Gun Club are being
put In order for tliu season, and tho aunuul election
occnra in a few days. A lew fault-flndiug Individual*
endeavored to create a prejudice against pigeon shoot
ing and went to the Legislature, hoping to bring about
it* suppression ; but that body wisely tabled the bill,
and rnanv ot thorn Informed tho writer that no action
would l>e taken to Interfere with the sport or the club,
whirh they knew was composed or many ol the promi
nent people who spend their summers here. In lact,
ihey did not believe that the Legislature oould Inter
fere with tho private rights or cttizens.
The Count and Couutess Do l'otloue, of Paris, have
taken rooms at the Ocean House. The Counte.-s is a
daughter of Hon Augustus L Brown, late of tlio law
tlrm ol Oakey Hall * Co., of New York.
Colonel A.'G. Thorpe, Jr.. of New York, rented^ his
<illa on Wellington avenue a tew days ago to S. Whlt
noy Phoenix, ot New York.
T1IK HOAKDIKO ItOCSKS
are not receiving many applicauons for board, and the
subject is attracting considerable attention In view or
the small numb t who bavo signified their Inteutioii or
spending the summer here. Many ol them have not
received ft single application and their owners begin to
think, as tar as thoy are concerned, tho seuson will bo
very dull. .
HKSWF.STS FOR Tit It RF.ASO*.
The lollowing are the names or a tew or the promi
nent citizens who will spend the summer here:?Mr.
George Uaucrolt, A. S. Hatch (Fisk & Hatch), Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe, "Susan Coolldge," Colonel T. W.
Higginson, L. L. Urlllard. Mrs. W. T. B.odgett, John
Jacob Astor, Judge Blatchlord, James P. Kernochan,
J F. Kernochan, R. M. liunt (the architect). It. M.
Stalgv, W. S. Richards and John Lalurgo, three well
known artist"; Lewis M. Rutherford, John J. Town
send. John Winthrop CUanicr, John Curey. Jr.;
Professor Alexander Agasslr., Prote*sor w. B.
Rogers, I'rolessor Fatrinan Rogors, W. R. Trav
ors Daniel Torrance, C. II. Russell, Royal
Phelps, Mrs. George H. Pendleton, Daniel Parish,
11. G. Marquand, Thea F. Havcmeyer, Hugo O.
Fritsnh. Maurice del Fosse, the Belgian Minister;
Augustus L. Brown, Kdwar.I Cooper, Colonel G. T. M.
Davis. Judge H. T. Dickev, John Auchincloss,
August Belmont, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, Count
and Countess Banuelos, Lotia, tlio actress; Mrs. Hoary
Oelrichs, Mrs. Thomas S. Gtubea, Mrs. DeLincey Kune.
Allen Tborndyk* Rice, R. G. Item-on, W. C. and F. W.
R In no lander. Henrv and tJcorge R. Fearing, Clarence
Rath bone, M. H. Sandlorrt, (i.-orge F. Jones. Slalilon
Sands, F. A. Stout, F. W Stevens, F. H. Schermer
horn, George Tld.iny, Meredith Rowland, Mrs. Colonel
A Van Buren, General J. It. Van Alen. J. J. Van Alen,
Ross R and Thomas Winans, (J P. Wetinoro, Miss C.
I. Wolfo and Mrs. A. L. Whiting.
A MYSTERIOUS CASE.
At eight o'clock last evening Omeer Faton found n
mau bleeding on the sldewnlk at the corner ot Newark
and Jersey avenues, Jersey City. There was a deep
contusion In the back of his Dead, and the blood
streamed down bis neck. The officer conveyed him
to the First precinct station, but the mau was so
fctupeflod that be could give little account oT himself.
He said his name was Stephen Keliy. and that he re
sided at No. 2* Franklin avenuo, Brooklyn. He crossed
over to Jersey City st no.m yesterday to pay a visit to
his brother, and he entered a lager beer saloon on
Newark avenue, where he had lour or Dvo dritiKa.
That was ail he remembered of his travels. Dr. l'ctrio
was summoned, and gave it as tils opinion that the man
had been foully iloalt with. Sergeant Ltncks commit
ted the sufferer to the patients' room, and an investi
gation will be ordered in the case to-day.
STEAMSHIP GREAT WESTERN.
The steamship Great Western, which went ashore on
Fire Island beach about three months ago. is a marvel
of strength. In spite or tho severe ?'oi ms and heavy
winds that have visited the coast since she wu* wrecked,
she still remains comparatively but little Injured, ex
cept her stern, which was sunk about twelve feet In
the sand. The after part of the deck Is sprung and
n.rn np. while the forward part Is but little injured.
She Is liow owned by Mr Gregory, or Sag Harbor, who
bought her hull tor ?1..'00. He has employed twenty
men and two professional divers. The ilivors are paid
?'Jfi per day ror their services, and are under water hair
a day each alternately. Mr. Gregory bus also con
tractM to nnloud lh? vt**wrL A *choo?or load of cargo
has alresdv been saved, and *ixtoon tons of saiphur is
landed dailv. Everything I* conveyed arrows the beach
bv rail and' then loaded oa schooners lor New 1 ork.
WANTED TO DIE.
Yesterday evening William Miller, sged forty-threap
of Six. 144 Kadi Broadway, attempted suicide by Jump
ing Into the river ai ih? toot of West Eighteenth
?treet. Hi was reacuod and taken to the Sixteenth
product station.
BURIED IN A WELL.
2tovk, N. T.t Jane 4, UTflL
Martin Bellman, a young German laborer, was boned
in a well in this placu ul otio 1'. M. to-day. He went
down to make repairs on tbo pump, and when he
reached the ttoiloiu, thirty leet below, tbo earth eaved
lu an<l fasteued him up to Ills waist. He la alive yet,
and hiui conversed with purlieu above. A great eflorl
Is Ueinii m.ide lo extric.ito him, bat It will probably
take until morning to do bo.
MAKIilAGEJ ASI) DEATHS. ?
MARRIES.
Kkli.oog?r.now. ?On Thursday, Jane 1, at the red.
deuce of the brute's parents, by the Rev. Dr. Jo
seph Wild, of Brooklyn, N. Y.. assisted by tbe Kev. J.
H. Clark, ol Waverly, Pa., Walter 1*. Kkllooo, ol
New York, to Miss Hki.k.n K., daughter of Frederick
P. Urow, EatL, of tilenwood, Ha
Millkh?Hitkr.?Ou Saturdav, June 3, by Mayor
Wlckbam, Carl Mullkr, of Chicago, to Caroli*!
Hsykk, of Melrose. N. Y. No cards.
Tayu)h?Winona ?In .St. Louis, Thursday, Jane 1,
at the residence ol tho bride's brother-in-law, F. L.
Btdgely, Jr., by tbo Kev. Br. Montgomery Schuyler,
tixoiiUK Carri.nuton Taylor, ol Brooklyn, N. V., to
Jt'i.u. youngest daughter of tbo late Samuel B. Wig
gins, Kh<|., ol St. Louts.
Vax Cott?Corn well.?On Thursday, June 1, 1878,
it ibe residence of tho bride's parents, by the Rev. Dr.
K. 11. Chapin, Mr. Mortinkk Van Cott to Misa Ida A.,
daughter of Jacob W. Cornwell, all ol this city.
DIED.
Ahrarr?On June 8, 1878. at her residence, Ml
Clinton at., a lick Ahrarn, aged 28 years and 7 m on I ha.
, '"'re will be a solemn high mass at half-past nin?
0 clock, at SL Theresa's churoh corner Henry and
Bulgers sis. The lunoral will tuko piaco on Monday
.at two o clock, sharp. ?
Arrow.?At Westchester, on Saturday, Jane 1
William H. Aknoxv, in his 70th ye;ir.
I he relatives and friends are invited to attend bit
,a?0^1- "" Mouday, June 5, at (our o'clock, Irom St.
1 etcr h church, Wo&tchositT.
aged 37 yvar?r^D *'Uunlajr? Jnno 8' r"?*Aa Bevridqb,
of the family; also Scotia Lodge. No. 834. F
u,U',? Laledoui^n Ulnb and the Caledonian
itutual Benefit Association, ure respectfully Invited to
attend tho funeral. Irotu his lato residence, 3S9 West
ol.-t st., on 1 uesday, Juuo 6, at hull-past one o'clock
Kinross and Alloa (Scotland) papers please copy.
Carpiikll.? on Sunday, June 4, Maouiic O. Caxt
BELL, aged 21 yours.
Relatives and friends of tho family are respectfully
invited to attend tbu funeral, on Tuesday, June 8 at
t wo 1. M., Irom the residence of her mother 240 Weal
26th st. '
CAKrm?._On Saturday. June 3, Mart, wife of th<
late Jotin Carter, In the 82d year of her ago.
Relatives and friend* are invited to attond tha
funeral, from her late residence, 112 Kldridge street,
on Monday, Jnno 5, at half-past ten o'clock AM
Calilorma papers please copy.
Ckoatma.i?Suddenly, on Juno 4, 1878, at his ml.
denoe, No. 2U5 7th SL, Hknrv L'koatran.
Notice of luneral horoafter.
CHossoN _0n Saturday, June 3, Ann* Aoritb Ccrra*.
belo\ ed wilo of Patrick Crossnn, in her :>5iii year
Relatives and friends of tho family are Invited to
attend the /iinerai, rrom St Ann s Roman Cathollo
church, Brooklyn, at hall-past ono o'clock, on Monday
Juno 5, alter which the remains will be interred in tha
Cemetery ol tho Holy Cross. Kequiem mass at half,
past nine o clock.
Dkmhstkr.? Alter a brief but sovcro Illness. William
IlMWTlK, Sr., in'tho 81st yoar of his age, for mauv
years connected with tho ilrrn of tho lato William
K.viirt A Co., Belfast. Ireland.
Fnueral from his lata residenee, 325 Van Bnren sL
on Tuesday at two o'clock. His Iriends and tho fhenda
ol the lumily arc rospeclfully Invited to attond.
Belfast papers please copy. ?
siu"da>'- at ,,i8ht >'? M., Jonx, the b?.
n k . un<l GeorRliuina Dennuhy, uged
11 months and 10 day*. J'
Funeral Irom the residence of his parents, 44 North
Oxford XL, Brooklyn, on Tuesday, 6th iust.attwo
Dickson. ? At Philadelphia, June 3, suddenly of
?h'1" ;1iSC'",e A**-4 ' D,clt80!S ot *?* York city, la
tho -oth yoar of is agf*.
Dioulks.?In Brooklyn, on Sunday, tho 4th Inst
after a lingering Illness, Martha A. Diuulks '
iriends are respcctiuliy invited to attend the funeral
Irom the I resbytenan church (Dr. Haisey's), Fraukliu.
near Myrtle av., on Tuesday, tho (Kb mm., at tbre*
Enob.?At Harlem, May 27, of diphtheria, Essib F
Lnos, youngest child or John S. and Susie T Knos
aged 8 years. 4 mouths and 11 days. '
The relatives and friends of tho family are respect,
fully invited to attend the funeral, ou Monday Juno i
at two o clock P., M" irom the residence of her ancle!
James Wood, ?J13 Kasi Jl8th st
f itzgkhald.?On Sunday. June 4. Joiyanxa wif# of
John Huge raid, native of county Vlpperary.'Ireland.
Funeral on 1 uesday, Juno 8, at hall-past one P M
frcin her late residence, 4(10 West S2d sL Friends of
the lamlly are invllod to attend.
i (JinsoN.-At Tarrytown, X. Y.. on Snnday, Jane 4.
Moutr^fx Y.,"a?X' S?n ?f ^amOS ^ (!ib?*n. 0'
Notice ol funeral heroafter.
Now Orleans papers please copy.
Jano 01 lho residence of hit
brother, F. a Hall, Alkxamdrr Hall, for several yeari
a resident of i ortiand, Ala., aged 5U yoars.
lnt' rment at Wallinglord, Conn.
Catskill papers please copy.
HiRHi.KK.-on Saturday, Juno 3, Mrs. Hart H.
Hjriilkr, widow of the late Walter Htbbler
Relatives and friends ol tho fliinily are invited to at.
tond the funeral, on Tuusda , Juno 6 at three n>i,u.t
from tho residence of her uncle. Wili'iam Harney, Kwi
nc* No. 13< Morcersi., near Varick St., Jersey Citv
i.Vmmm iff"1 Ki.nnt, Jr., eldest son of Kdwin F.
and Matilda Kinny, aged 1 year and 11 months.
lho friends of the family an.i members of Empire
Lodge, No. 84, I. O. O. F., aro respectfully invited ta
attend the funoral, from the rosidonce nf his parents
No 80 St inton st, this (Monday, iflernoon, June ?
ai iwo o clock. * 9
Ki.iNK._On Sunday morning, at ono o'clock.
Charlm, son ol Amelia and the hue Henry Kline
Friends and acquaintances nro invited to attend th<
funeral on Monday morning, at nino o'clock trem Uu
residence of his pareuts, 221 Wost Foarteenth street
Larkin.?Ou Sunday, Jane 4, Ellkx the beloved
child ol Michael and Kli.n l^rkin, ag.d 5 years I
months and 18 days. ' 8 ye,r"' *
Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral, from the ro-idenco of
u,h 81 on T,,^j ????
JS"^7riT lblS CHy' J?n' 4' Mri A'
Mom**,-At Mount Vernon, N. Y.. on Satardav
Juno 3, lS.b, Calkr Mokoar, in tho 78th year of hi?
Relatives and friends, also members of Huguenot
Lodge, K and A M., of New Rochelle, and of Mawatha
Ix>tige, F. and A. M., of Mount Vernon, are invited to
attend his luneral, on Tuesday, June 8, at three P M
from the Methodist Episcopal church. Mount Vernon'
tt!Z7???'w York anJ New "avcn
McCtllcm.? On Sunday. June 4 at hlslaie r<.?i,i?n^.
jsjjsff iWSBi' '"""ttrss
SL ? ,? <-hnrch of the Immaculate Coneeption cor
szruitsr1 antl maujcr ?a wodnm(i?y ??r?
Prior.?Jane 4, John T., son of John and Maria
Prior, aged 'Jl months and 12 days.
rero'l" Tlit. ',l;iC0t lrom "'o residence of hla pa.
renis, 341 Kast l.ith ?L, Juuo 5, at ouo P. M.
Ka.viioi.ph?Kridav evening, 2d insL Sarah a #
dolpti'lr"' d"u?tl,erof R?beri J. and Susan Ann Ran
Rcfntlvoa and friends ere Invited to attend her
funeral, from the residence of her parents, N<v 816
(.rounwich hl, on Monday, June, 5, at half past ten
o clock. Interment at Plalnofleld, N. J. Train leavea
Liberty st. at one o'clock.
K"ixkt.-on Saturday, tbo 3d Inst, Eurarrth Rio
xrt, widow of John and mother of Rev. P. S. Rigucvl*
Kelatlves and friends of tho fsmlly are Invited to at
tend the funeral, from her lale roaidenco, 42 West 32d
at., on Tuesday, June 8, at leu o'clock A. M.: thence to
St Ann's church, East 12th st, near 4th av., where a
solemn maal of re<iaiem will be offered, at half nast
ten o'clock A M.. fof the repose of her soal.
Siikkiimn ? Ou Saturday, June 3, at the residence of
Ins son, Joseph, corner ot Summit av. and Congress st
Jersey City Heights, Edward SnssnuN, of Bobsgrore'
f?iri?h of Kilbride, county Cavan, Ireland, in the Blai
year of his age.
Friends ol tho family nre Invited to attend the funo
ral, from his late residence, at half-past nino A M. on
Tuehday, June 8; thence to the Church ol At. Paul ol
the Cross, Hancock av., between South and Bowera
sis., Jersey City Heights, where a solemn mam ot re
?litiem will be oflered np for the rejiose of hts soul*
thence to Calvary Cemetery for Interment Man. .1
ten A. M.
Si arkxar.?At Perth Amboy. N. J on entMrrf..
hlsUage3' JA"K'( *n the ill
Funeral services on Monday, 5lh InsL at half n.??
ten A. M.. at his late residence, Perth Ainbov V ?
and at half past four P. M. at the res ,i.nJ ?
4W1 Lifayette av., Brooklyn. ReSiv- -S
also lho ottlcers and directors of ti.e Kirenien'l Fun*i
Insurance company, are reepectfullv InvIteii to attenli
hrtsK. ?Ob the ad tnst. if u-i r.. Jr \? ?B(^
F. Spink, agod :i? years and rt niontlis. "njamin
The relatives and frleads of tbo family ar^ .
fully Invited to attend the luneral Irom her
deuce, 5,: West 24th sL, on Tuesd'.v M rl^
^kMn iWrh?0t lnrlhor ">*ltation. il?r remains w?U?be
taken to Oreenwoo.1 for Interincnt.
Voisin.? At Algiers, on the 17th of Februarv ls.i
wnsumption, Joa.rn Arrand Vowin, of this cTly,
and'rri^li' h*Vm|f bfcn brought home, his relatives
"ftSSs! yAfy
No. 23.1 We?t 4Aih .f?n*^1' 'ror" her late residence.
O'clock P. M. ' 01 ToMd,'t' t, at two