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tm Ikm a thousand times, and in bow engaged ia
hundreds of tliera.
Rxportsb?Id usiug tbe term "railroad men" how
comprehensive do you intend it to be uuderstoodf
Mr. Pcou?I moan that peculiar corabiaation, repre
sented by such meu aa Turn Scott or Jay Gould. It
has been frequently asserted, aud not dealod, that Jay
Gould is the proprietor ol the New York Trxhunr an
assertion of Uie truth of which there i? almost conclu
sive evidence in tbe fact that the Trilmnt, which has
been lor several years advocating ."purity of adminis
tration in public affairs,'1 abates none of its zeal in tbe
support of Blame's candidacy.
Kkpohtkb?From tho fact* yon have stated what In
ference do you draw of Blaine's prospects In tbe Con
vention ?
Mr. Poor?That he will not lose on Weduesday or
Thursday uny o( his extraordinary power, on the
contrary, that the elements of this power, like him
self, will become determined and defiant by tbe very
BXposures lately made. How tuaiiV of the appointees
saiacd a* delegates from uny of'tbe States may be
frightened by the weight of public ceuture is a ques
tion of considerable interest, but I do not believe it is
* question of serious doubt. Tbey have been chosen
tor the place and have received consideration for it,
tod will be holden strictly to their promises. Blaine's
votes will stick. The groat body ol bis supporters, in
troth, have no second choice, And can have noue, be
came there ia no other candidate wbo can accomplish
the purpoao tor whieb Mr. Blame was selected, that of
giving toe combined railroad and corporate interests of
the United States, and especially of tho Pacific and tbe
?ow State*, a foothold in tbe l'resideucy and tbe gov
ernment of the United States, by means of wbich tbey
?an regain the power which .tbey lost by the explosion
of tbe Crdalt Mobtlier scheme. 1 believe that Blaine
wlU receive on the first ballot every vote that has been
promised to him, and that his vote will be consider
ably increased on the second ballot; and aoless there
bo that of which I see but little hope, a
combination of tbe friends of all tbe ouiet
candidates?tbe sincere friends, 1 mean, not
those who east their voles by way of compliment or
compulsion?I am ia fearful expectation ot tbe nomi
nation of Blaine on tbe third ballot. Tnose men wbo
.talk of distributing his assets after the tlrst ballot had
'better take care that he does not dispose ol a large
portion of their eststes on tbe second and uie third
ballots. It must bo remembered, also, tnat tbe rail
reads have suflered considerably during tho last two
or three years by tbe persecution of tbe grangers in
the Western and Northwestern States, and by very se
vore legislation In some instances. So that tho rail
road companies are in a position that It behooves them
not merely to protect toemaelves against lurtber at
tacks ia that direction, but to recover the position of
great prosperity which they enjoyed until the year
1873. This combination ol railroud interests acts
speedily und unitedly, and with a spirit of dcllunce of
which Blaine himself sol an example in tbe House of
Representatives, That is tlio real story, to my inind,
and explains the wbole campaign
Khkortrk?But tho railroad combination of which
you speak Is composed of democrats as well as republi
cans T
Mr. Puon?That Is true, and they will he In both con
ventions Tbe democrats will help tbe republicans for
Blaine, and the republicans will assist the democrats in
6t. Louis in tho siler.Mon of their candidate. 1 do not
believe Cameron, either the old man or the son. will bo
tbletolake Irom Blaine tbevoiool Pennsylvania on the
ftrst or second ballot. It Is a question, however, ol the
Cameron Influence, aldod by tho administration on tbe
one side as against tne Pennsylvania Railroad Company
and all its officers, stockholders, agents and employes
on tho other.
Rkfubtxr?Where do you think Bristowstands in the
race?
Mr. Pcgd?I think he took tbo field too late. Taking
the Bristow Club here or In Massachusetts, tor Instauco,
I do not think tbey amount to anything in a political
Boniest. The old gentlemen make handsome speeches
ind retire to bed early; tbe mon engaged in business
think they have performed tbeir whole duty by sinn
ing the constitutiou and contributing a handsome sum
to the expenses ot the club; the younger men meet at
light at tbe Grand Hotel or College Hull. There is a
tood deal of oratory and apparently a large amount of
luslncss. But it is all of no account in a political con
lest. Jimmy Fitzgerald can pick up hall that number
?l irishmen and accomplish twice as much, unless it
ihould be on one of those rare and extraordinary occa
ilous when a sentiment of public danger bursts all
bounds. Tho difficulty with the Bristow men is that
tbey have no leader.
Ksportik?Wbo is Blaine's leader, or who is Mor
ton's?
Mr. Proa?Blaine is his own leader, and a capital
one for the part ho plays. Morton is his own leader, a
man ol great ability and unilincbing courage. There
Is no comparison possible be. ween him and Hend
ricks Mortou was a democrat when 1 tlrst knew blm.
In tboso days the democracy was governed by two
men, Jessie I). Bright and Joseph X. Wright, tbo for
mer a man of rare ability, the other a curious and in
scrutable personality, llr alit managed to get bint into
the gubernatorial office in lndiuna?and afterward sent
bim as Minister to Prussia, and thenceforth Bright had
the command until tbe breakdown of tbe party in In
diana In 1800. Brlgbt nover did do justice to Morton,
snd it Is not singular, therefore, that when Bright com
muted himself to the Kausas-Nebraska bill, in 1864,
Morton should embrare that opportunity to cut the
democratic parly and enter into a new political organi
sation.
ItsroBTBR?What about Hayes?
Mr. Puou?His chance would be good If Bristow
could hold out five or six ballots. For If Bristow
bas streugth enough to deleat tbe others without
being able to succeed himself, It would seem likely
thai H^yes should acquire all that strength in
the Convention. The difficulty, however, in draw
log an Inferenco from all these movements Is the lack
of tbe two-thirds rule; so that a man may get a nomi
nation from the republicans who. with an equal degroo
of strength or greater, could not secure it from tiio
democracy. You cannot calculate as you can with tho
two-thirds rnle. A candidate may get tbe majority,
and keep it lor a number ot ballots, but that lu itself
would disclose bis inability to secure a two-thirds vote
aad he is Immediately takeu off tbo track. Tbis was
the case with Van Buren at Baltimore in 1844. He bad
a largo majority of toe delegates, but It developed tbo
fact of his inability to obtain a two-thirds vole, so that
tbo name of James K. Polk was suggested, snd by tho
changing of votes swept tho whole Convention.
ilBixiRTKK?As to Conkling ?
Mr. Pt'OH?It is possible thatConkllng may got the
nominstion on the third ballot. He Is a tenacious fel
low. It may be there would bo a break right lor bim.
Much will depend upon tbo strength of the men wbo
address tbe Convention. As the editor of the Commer
cial said, "Tburmau was slaughtered lor the lack ol a
speaker."
Not wishing to Intrude further upon tho patience of
|lr. Pugh, tbo reporter at tbis point took his leave.
THE POOL SELLING.
Tbe betting fraternity iMt evening seemed to take a
great deal more Interest in the pools on tbe raeee than
on the Cincinnati nomination, and bnt few pools were
sold. French pools on tbe nomination wero sold at tbe
Turl Exchange as follows, the figures indicating the
nuinher ol tickets sold at 10 I'. M.:?
Hlalnc 74 Hayes 0
Conkling 34 Grant 3
Bristow 16 'Morton 1
Washburne 11 Jowoll 1
Field. 17.
1HE BOYS IN BLUE WANT GRANT.
To tm Editor or tub Hkrald:?
I, lor one, am certain, after calm meditation and a
?tear and conaclentione retrospective view of tbe real
record of U. & Grant, that the real cltiien who looks
to the good of the country, "tbe whole country and
nothing but the country," in this thacentenmal year of
Its existence, would piefcr rather to navo him continue
In power than for the ciiixcns ol tbe country to take the
ehauces on some one who has net been triea. 1 feel
ronflUent By sentiment will bo seconded by tbe "boys
In blue" and all good and true native and adopted
I tlzens. And I repeat (aa an old New Yorker), as It
has been stated in a communication to your columns,
"Let his name be placud on tbe banner >>l the republi
can party ol 187rt. " That "ihe man behind I he scenes"
may be known to the wbolo country and his nomina
tion be ranOe<i In the glorious uprising on the Fourth
day ol July?the me hundredth year ol our national
existence. Hoopla! JAMF.S A. UV1NUTON,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
No. 70 Broaowat, Nkw York, dune 13, 1876.
NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS.
Ralriqr, June 14,1870.
Tbe Slate Democratic Convention to-day nominated
for Governor, Z. B. Vance, of Mocklenbnrg; Lieutenant
Governor, F. J. Jarvis, of Pitt; Secretary of State,
Jot. A. Kngiebard, of McLaln; Treasurer, J. M.
Worth, of Randolph; Auditor, 3. L, Love, of bay wood;
Attorney General, T. S. Kenan, of Wilton, and for
Superintendent ol Public Instruction, ? Scarborough, ol
Johnson ton.
There was a large and cnthusiaatic attendance. Ron
F. K. Shober, presided Tbe Convention adjourned to
nine o'clock to-night, when tbey will appoint delegate*
loSt. Louis.
ARKANSAS DEMOCRATS.
Little Rock, June 14, 1878.
Tbe Democratic Stale Convention met to day, all Ihe
bounties but two being represented. Hon. James B.
Berry, of Benton county, was made President, and C.
C. Reed, R. E. Salle, IL 0. Williams and A. W. Files
Secretaries.
A motion that a two-thirds rule be adopted In the
nomination of candidates wss voted down by a large
majority. On the . flrst ballot for (Gov
ernor the lollowlog vole waa cast:?W. R. Miller,
67 ; General U. V. Royston. 7; M. L Bell, 17 1.3;
Tiiomnn Fletcher, of Lincoln rouoty, 4: Thomas
Fletcher, of Putn.'kl. 13; .S. I*. Hughes, 155 2-5; (1. X.
pelry, 1; A. M. Wilson, ll); George tiallaKlier and R. U
Km inn. 1 each. Necessary to a choice, 7H.
Alter the third ballot a motion was made lo make tbe
e?>inination of Miller nnaniiaous, which was carried
tu til prc.ii applause.
Tbe Convention then adjourned until to-morrow.
Mil.cr is a native of Independence county, and tbe
present Auditor of the State?a position winch ho has
held lor six terms.
The convention is one of tbe largest ever assembled
In the State.
NEW HAMFtiHIRE SENATORIAL CAN
VASS.
Concord, Jane 14,187*
The Senatorial situation remains an changed, there
Mag no new developments since tbe withdrawal of
Mm. A. A. Crag in from tbe outran.
"OLD SOUTH."
Boston's Latest Patriotic Centennial
Sensation.
SAVE THE LANDMARK!
Spirited Meeting Yesterday?Speeches of
Wendell Phillips and Others.
Bosro.f, Jane 14, 1876.
Boston's great sensation Just low consists of a patri
otic epidemic to preserve intact forever aod ever that
old historic South Cburch odiflcc, on tbe corner of
Milk and Washington streets. The march of commer
cial progress seemed to say that It sbomld come down,
sad a few days since the ancient revolutionary
structure was knocked off at auction Tor
a figure not much exceeding $1,000,
tbe stipulation being that tbe building should be taken
down at once. The buyer commeucod the work o(
demolition the day after the purebaae, whereupon tho
reverential antiques of the "Hub" were Inspired to a
final effort to secure the purchase aod preservation of
tho old landmark, and a public meeting to aid in the
carrying out of the projoct was held In the church to
day. An enterprising business man has promised to
lurnlsh tbe last $100,1100 ol tho $400,000
required to secure the building and Its site, and
through his efforts the sacred edifice has for the past
two or tbree days been profusely decorated with flags,
bunting and mottoos, all of which served to draw
thousands of curious visitors to the vicinity, and ln
spiro a spontaneous and universal feeling iu favor of
the proposition to nocuro tlie preservation and
perpetuation of the historic structure. Indeed, it may
be said that tho matter has for a day or so attracted
moro attention even than the Cincinnati Convention,
and therefore It was not strange that thero should bo
a generous turnout of eltlzena at the public meeting
which was held to-day. Probably never, during all Its
varied history, waa there congregated a greater audi
enco within her walls. Tbe human beings who literally
swarmed at her entrances wero numbered by thou
sands. Before the hour announced for the
opening of the meeting had arrivod
tho galleriea were closely packed with
ladles and gentlemen, and every Inch of standing room
on the main floor was occupied. At the Washington
street entrance the throng divided Into two streams,
sharing the entry way between thom, tbo one going in
and the other coming out. The air inside the building.
soon loaded with tho exhaled breath of so
many persons, bccame insufferably hot and
almost unbearable, and those who could do so
mado frequent Journeys to tbo street lor refreshment.
A numerous body of police kept good order at the hall
and doorways, and regulated the return of tbo good na
tured crowd, at times Inclined to be boisterous.
Precisely at twelve o'clock Alderman John
T. Clark, tbo President ol tbe meeting, as
cended the temporary platform erected undor tho
founding board, (ollowod by Wendell Phillips, Kev.
W. H. H. Murray, lion. Edward K. Tobey, Charles
W. Slack, Curtis Guild and George W. Simmons. The
moetlng was opened by Charles W. Black, who an
nounced tbe following as the organization of tho
meetiag:?President, Hon. Jobu T. Clark, Chairman
of tho U'tard of Aldermen; Secretarios, Williams A.
Hovoy, Franklin Williams and J. Q. A. Johnson. Mr.
Slack procoeded to address ihe meeting.
OCKKING KKMARKH Or CIIAKLBS W. SLACK.
JjADiKit a*d Gcktlkmkn?I have been requested by
the Committee of Arrangements to make formal an
nouncement of the organization of this meeting. Be
fore doing so, howewer, 1 have been requested also to
make a suggestion in regard to the occasion on which
we have assembled and what may be expected
as ?ue result of It. As you are well aware, this historic
building in which wo now stand, tho property of
tho Old South Society of Boston, has been
offered in Its material of atoue and bricic
and wood for sale. When we look back over
tbo history of our country, and particularly when at
this time, in this sanctuary, we remomber what our
fathers did in this sacred and honored edifice, thero la
no son of Boston, no child Massachusetts, no native of
New England that has not a throb ol hia heart, a hope
that the old edifice may be retained. (Applause.)
Wc have come to-day, friends, to see whether we can
toueh the great public throb of tbe community, so that
there shall be responsive to it golden oiler
ings by which we can buy this property and bold It
for tbe benefit of tho community lor all time
to come; that It shall be, like tbo monument* ol
continental Europe, handed down Jrom father
to son for generations. Why, 1 look
around in this hall and 1 recall, my friends,
that into this window, over this lortner pulpit,
Dr. Joseph Warren climbed on the anniversary ol the
Boston massacre, when tho doorways and the aisles
were tilled with armed soldiery, threatening hitn
with death If he spoke; leaping Into tbe pulpit he
made that matchless oration ou tho necessity of in
dependence, which comes down to us to day as lumi
nous as on tbe day he uttered It. In that gallery
opposite stood the msn who, when tbe decision
was reported in regard to the tax u|*?n tea, announced
that at tbo end of Urlffln s wharf was tbe ship with tbe
contraband tea on board, and then the whoop went up
and tho band ol men ran down yonder street to tbo
wharf, where they threw the tea into the dock. Shall
I tell you again that just 100 years ago, on this very
floor on which you stand, covcreil by two feel and a
half of earth and gravel, was the ring of the riding
school wheu tho British soldiery siood In the city of
Boston around these i:allorles; In ibis area the soldiery
of George III. tried the mottel of their horses and
turned this sanctuary of the l.ord into a place of ren
dezvous, where the bar was in yonder gallery.
The American Band played "The Star Spangled Ban
ner. '1
lion. John T. Clark assumed tho chair, and after a
short speech introduced Wendell Phillips.
BSMAKKH OP WKSDKM. PIIIl.t.lI'M.
Laoiks A5D Okxtlichkii Why are w? here ta-dayf
Why should this relic ol a bundled years old stir your
pulses to-day so keenly f We sometimes find a com
munity or an individual with their hearts set on somo
relic or great sccno, and as we look on lrom emotion it
seems to lis an exaggerated feeing, a fond concoit, an
unloundod attachment, too emphatic value set on some
anulant thing or spot that memory endears to them;
but we have a right to-day, and this year we have
a right beyond all question, and with no possibility ol
exaggerating its importance, to ask tho world itoell to
pauso when this nation completes the first hundred
years of its life, becauso these 40,000,000 of peopio
h.tvo at last achieved what no race, no nation, no ago
hitherto has t een successful In attempting. We havo
actually founded a Republic ou tbe unlimited suffrage
of tbo millions. Wo havo actually worked out the
ptoblem that man. as God created him, may ba trusted
with sell-government
Onco. a hundred years ago, our fathers announced
this sublime and, aa it seemed then, tbe audacious
declaration that Cod intended all men to be tree and
equal, all men without restriction, without qualifica
tion, without limit. A huiidn d years have rolled away
almost since tuat great announcement, and to-day,
with a territory that mokes ocean kiss ocean, With
40,000,000 ol people, with two wars behind her, with
tho sublime schievom- nt of having grappled the great
laiin that threatened Its central life and put every fet
tor under its foot, the great Republic launches' Into
the second century of Its existence. (Applause.)
The history of the world has no such chapter
[ In Us breadth, Its depth, Us slgniflcsnce or its bearing
out ol the dust ol history. Is there auy more grand
and majestic place on tbe face of the earth than tha
cradle ol such a change r Athens has her Necropolis,
but the Gtoek cau point to no surh immediate results.
London has her Taiaoe and Tower and her St. Ste.
phrn's Chspel, but the human race ewes her no such
memories. France has #pota marked by tho sublimest
devotion, but the pilgrimage and the Mecca
of the inan who believes and hope* lor the human race
is not to Paris, It is to tbe seaboard cities of the great
Republic. (Applause.) And when tha flag was as
tailed, wheu the merchant waked up from his gain
an I the tcbolar lrom his studies, and tho regimenis
inarched ono by ono through the streets, which were
tho pavements tbst thrilled under their footsteps?
What wero the walls that they saluted as the regi
mental flags floated by to Gettysburg and Antietam *
Thoso! (Applause.) Tbe hoys carried down to the
battle flelus the memory of Mate street and Faneuil
Hall anj the Old South church. (Applause.)
We had an emphatic prominence in those early days.
It was uot our fault. It was an acetdont, pernape, but
It was a great accident in our lavor, that tbe llruish
Parliament chose Boston as tbo first sad prominent
object of lur wratb. It was on tho men of
Boston that J.ord North visited bis revenger
It was our port that waa to bo atopped and Its com
merce annihilated. It waa .?am Anams and John
Hancock that enjoy tha everlasting rewsrd of being
tho only names excepted from tho royal procla
mation of rebuke. (Applause.) Afier referring to
Bunker Hill, the old North Cburch and tbe revolu
tionary monument, Mr. Phillips said that it was tbe
work of men and tbe mechanics of Boston thai mado
the Green Dragon so famous. (Applau.-e.) The con
secration that the Puritaus gave to these wslls, to
Christ and the Church In 17:19 is annulled. The ark or
God has sought a now and perhaps a bettor shelter, but
those walls received as sincere consecrstion when
Adams and Otis dedicated them to liberty. (Cheers
snd applause.) Wc don't come here to save the wslls
that have echoed to tho prayers ol Cotton and l'rilico
and Kckley and the other early ramta of tbo colony
We cnmc nero to aave tbe walls i bit echoed the sublimo
thought of yuinc.v when he said;?"No matter
where nor how nor for what cause, I mean to
die a tree man and not a slave!" (Applause.) These
sn lies will eciio as long as they stand * nh this sublime
snd sturdy religious enthusiasm ol Adams, with tha
unequalled language ol Otis, with Warren in his young
genius and onthuiissti). I will uot siyit is a noble
consecration, I will not ssy thst it is a l etter use; I
>.nlv ?>.V irn enme bore Ui ui'( what oar lathers come.
crated to the great memories of the greatest struggle
ttint t do race tint ever soon for the liberties of man.
(Applause.)
Mr. Phillip* then referred to the action of the city In
reference to the Jonathan Phillip* lund, nn<l said that
l( Mayor (Julncy could como back ho would rather have^
it expanded for tbo saving ol the Old south than In*
erecting a statue to hi? memory. He closed as fol
low s:?Shelter the mechanics under tho roof; con*
serrate U In ita original form to a grand
public use for the common run of
the people?the bono and muscle?it will
be the normal school of politic*. (Applause.) It
will be tho best civil reform agency that tho
republican party can adopt and put into execution to
day. (Applause.) The inductices that linger In these
old walls will forbid those men to be the tools of cor
ruption or of tyranny, and at last, in their hand*, I
shall go to my grave knowing that' neither need, greed,
nor tbo necessity o( wider strcel*, will ever desecrate
what Adams and Warren and Otis consecrated to the
liberties of man. (Applause.) j
Kev. M. 11. H. Murray then marie a touching appeal
for thu old relic*, and would make it a Westminster
Abbey. He would h*Bg it* whIIs with portrait* ol the
Adams. Hancock, Franklin, Wurreu and oilier local
patriots ol revolutionary fame, and he would
bare tho people gather within Its wall* and
relrosh and perpetuate their patriotism by gaslng upon
those faces. He pledged himself that if the ltost<>n
people would come to the rescue of tho Old South he
would go to Connortlcut, his native State, and do all
In his power to raiso money for the purpose ol pre
serving the dear old edifice.
Hon. K. 8. Tobey joined heart and ton! with the peo
pie In their wish to save the church and thought there
should be a strong organization to carry out the wishes
ol the people.
Curtis Guild then made a short address. In which he
quoted many historical sentiments appropriate to tho
occasion and presented tho followi: g:?"Voted, that
tho meeting respectlully request tho following citizens
to assume tho responsibility or maturing conditions
for tho preservation ot tho Old South In coso
the requisite sum Is subscribed lor Its purchase
within the specified period named by the late purchase
of the edifice:?Coorce V. Richardson, Joanh Qmncy,
R. R. Hishop, Richard Krotliingham, Mrs. S. T. Hooper,
John W. Chandler, John T. Clark, Samuel It. Novo*,
Kdward Kverett Hale, Marshall P. Wilder, F.d
ward S. Tobcy, A. H. Rico, Robert C. Waters too,
.Samuel Kllioi, Edward W. Kinsley, Mrs. James
T. Fields. M. P. Kennnrd. George W. Simmons,
William Cluflin, Rnfus Kills, Georgo G. Crocker, J aims
Hustings, Charles P. Clark, William II. H. Murray.
It wns announced thot Moses H Sargent would
act as treasurer of the funds raised and that Rev. W. 11.
H. Murray would preach a sermon lor the object, would
take up a collection, and expectcd to realizo Irmn
$3,000 to $S.OOOl it was also announced that
Henry Ik Kidder, Robert R. Hishop, Charles
A Clark, Professor C. M. Mead, of Andavor, and
another gentleman, who was rather modest, had sub
scrii>ed $1,000 each. P. H. Dewing, of Revere, sub
scribed $100, and other subscription* in small amounts,
aggregating something over $1,000, wero made. Ono
old lady said thnt she had been mlormed by President
Grunt thai sho own- d the entire domaiu or tho Unitod
States, and sho would subscribe tho wliolo amount
required.
The various speeches made were Interspered by mu
sic by the American Rand, of this city, and much en
thusiasm was manifested throughout the meeting. It
looks now as it the old edifice would be spared.
CENTENNIAL WHEELBARROWISTS.
At seven P. M. yesterday James Coffee and John ,
Cooley, the "centennial" wheclbarrowlsts, arrived nt
Harry Hill's Tlicatro on Houstou stroot after a ten days'
walk Irom Boston. They were received by iho sport
ine men with all tho honors. They left the Stato
House, Itoston, at half-past nine P. M.f
Juno 8, passed through Worcester on Tuesday at
half-past nine A. M.. left Springfield on Monday
morning at eight o'clock, Hartlora on Friday at half
past twelve A. M. and reached New Haven, Conn., on
Saturday night. They did not walk on Sunday, having
conscientious scruples Yclativo to work on that day,
Leaving New H?von at nine A. M.. on Monday, they
passed Port Chester, N. Y., on Tuesday night, crossed
Harlem -Bridge nt lour o'clock yesterday after*
noon and rcacnod Harry Hill's Theatre at tho
timo stated. They leave lur Philadelphia on
Friday evening. Their harrow Is surtnouiited by a
l>ox painted with the uatlonal colors and containing
food and dry suits. It is elaboratoly decorated and
attracted much attention. Tho men are in good spirits
and have been well treated. They pass over tho turn
pike roads aim expect to reach Philadelphia about ono
week ahead of time Tho sporting inon gave them an
ovation at Harry Hill's Theatre last evening, and the
urbane proprietor made ono ol his characteristic
tpeoches in wolcoming the travellers.
THE FRENCH WORKINGMEN.
A meeting of French woriclngmen and artisans was
held at Na 102 Prince street last night for the purpose
of preparing a roception of the French delegation of
artisans who are soon to arrive horo en route for Phila
delphia. M I'eron presided, and a dospatch Irom Paris
was received announcing that the delegation would
sail from Havre in tho steamer Canada lor this port on
Saturday next.
A DISHONEST CLERK.
Charles IL Leigh, who said bo bad no residence, the
clerk who embezxlcd about (7,000 from "his employers,
K. Hates & Co., Na 406 Broadway, was arraigned bo
fore Justice Dufly, at the Washington Place Police
Court, yesterday. Mr. Edwin Hates, the senior mem
ber of the Arm, made a formal complaint against him,
In which be chargod that on the 1st of April, 1875, he
embexrlert f*00, and from that time until December 1,
1H75, embezzled $(>,745. Tho prisoner admitted nis
guilt and said ho had spent tho money on abandoned
womon. He was hold for trial in deiaull of $9,000 bail.
A NICE DEPUTY SHERIFF.
Henry Brick man. keeper of a beer saloon and res
taurant at Na 123 Beekman street, was arraigned be
fore Jaht.ee Wandell, at the Tombs Police Court
yesterday, charged with assaulting Deputy Sheriff
Mark Lantgan, keeper of a bucket shop at No. 07 James
street, and a prominent Fourth ward politician. <As
"Mark'' did not appear as complainant Judce Wandell
discharged Mr. Hrackman, who stated through his
counsel, Mr. Coman, that about half-past eight o'clock
on Tuesday evening l.aniguti eutbred his place of busi
ness for i he purpose of serving an execution, ana in
timated that in consideration of a fee bo would not
lock Mr. Hrackman up nil night. Mr. Hrackman re
futed to pav any money, when l.anignn struck him In
Iho face, lie then deienicd himself, and finally put
l*anlgan out of the saloon. l.anignn then procured an
ofttoer and had him arrested. A civil action for dam
ages will be Instituted against Deputy Sheriff Mark
Lemgan.
SALA IN PRISON.
Declectlve Adams, of the Central office force srrlved
In this city list evening, having in bis custody Charles
Sala, a Spaniard, twenty-one years old, wlioabducted a
child namod Kato Vlenot, from Fast Rlglity-tourth
street, about two weeks ngo. The villain took the child
to New Jersey and had got as far as Bound Brook when
tho cries of ine frigh:euod girl attracted the attention
of a gentleman on the train who investigated the case
and had Sala arretted at 'I ronton. The child was sent
home. Sala was delivered to lbs detective on tho
requisition of Governor Tildcn.
ANOTHER CHILD STOL1 N.
Yesterday afternoon a tall, dark Italian passed Na
104 Oliver street On the steps of thst house wus a
child at>out thrco and a half years old, named Mary
Hoblnson. She lias black eyes and light, curly hair.
The Italian stole her. A general alsrm was seat by
telegraph iroin police headquarters to all prcclncts,
directing otUcers to arrest him.
NEWARK POLICE TRIALS.
Tbla evening the Investigation of John Mills, Chief
of Police ol Newark, will be resumed by the Common
Council Committee, and It is lntlm.ited that new
charges will be preferred, alleging moro dishonesty In
the management of the department. It Is generally
considered th.it the Clerk, Kichardsno, now under
bunds for trial, Is only being used as a scapegoat,
SUICIDE OF AN INVALID.
Another suicide Is added to the list in Newark, that
of Mrs. Frances Hell/, of Na 177 Pacific street Ixtng
a sufferer from consumption, sho finally, a few days
niro, opened a vein in her arm, refoived lo bleed to
death. Shu was discovered by her friends and placed
In charge of a polliemvn, but not before the loss of
blood was sufficient to cause death.
THE GREENWICH STREET RAILWAY.
New Yore, Jane 18,1870.
To mi Kbito* of tm Hrrai.d:?
Can one of tho people who Is In favor of rapid transit
be heard through your columns? Tho Greenwich
Klcvatcd road has become Indispensable to us who
lire up town and who still wish to stay on this island.
Time to us is money; nnd this road saves us, on
an average, thirty-live ininntes night and morning,
giving us an extra hour daily to look after our house
holds. Wo can't and won't do without it. But times
are hard, and wo think the Greenwich Klevated should
meet them by reducing the faro on trains wo use
most (ray those leaving Piity ninth street irom b:f> 1
to < :20 A. M. and those leaving tho Hanery Irom f?:0S
to 7:07 P. M.) to Uvo cents; at the same time selling, on
samo terras as stage proprietors, twelve tickets tor $1.
i t row*.
FiRE IN A MALT MILL.
At ten mlnatei before three o'clock yesterday after
noon a lire ocrurrod In Hoffman h Merkel's malt mill,
at Koe. 200, 2?8 snd 210 Kasl Fifty Qltb street, caused
by the Irietion of a grindstone. Damage ou stock,
$4,COO; on building, #2,ow. Fully Insured.
YOUNG OFFICERS.
OECTKAL SHXBMAV's ADVICE TO THE OLIDU
ATINd CI.ABS AT THE MlLITAliT ACADEMY AMD
CM*i* ?? TH* ANNUAL FESTIVITIKS.
Wkst I'oijrt, Judo 14, l*T?t
To-day's first event of importance wan tho award of
diplomas to tho graduating cadets, wherein each of
tho new officers received from tbe bands of tha
(?eueral of tho Array tho covet -a document, to pro
cure which lour years of hard academic work aro con
sidered well bostowcd.
General Doyens, tho chairman of tho Board of
\ isitors, delivered a congratulatory address to tha
graduates, in which ho praised their zeal and pereo
vorance, and complimented them ou tjje successfel
conclusion of their academical career, aftor which Uio
baud played a stirring air.
UC.NIKAL MlttfSVAlTs ADDRFSS.
Wi rustle of expectation and curiosity passed ovor tha
assemblage when General Sherman's well known faro
appeared in front ol the table on which lay tho di
plomas. He said:?Younc gentlemen, I aui invltod by
} our Superintendent, General Knger, to be present iu
person when you reeoivo tho diplomas you havo
tamed by four years of hard and patient duty, and 10
say a few words by way of advice and
welcomo Into tho family of anuy officers.
\ ou havo alroady had tho advice of men bet
tor qualified than I am; all that you want, and moro
than you aro likely at this moment to approciate. I
doubt not, also, that each and every one of yoa thinks
ho bug all tho inspiration required to attempt the
example of Washington or Napoleon, and that yoa
have madu election of tho corps or regiment on which
you propose to inauguruto your army career. This is
nil natural and proper, and would justify me in cutting
short the row remark* I proposo to address to you,
were 11 not lor the peculiar cireumstuuces In which
wo .-.re placed. You know that this is the
J entrumal yoar of our national history, that a
hunurrd fourth of Julyt. will be crowded luto this one
when orators und pools will slug the national i raises
Irom one end ol tho land to tho other, mid bv tiio
people gathered about you. Yourselves soe that inoro
than usual interest is utu>chotl to this occasion. You
are the ( ouiennlal class, and by the country at largo
will Do exported to carry Into tho next century ali that
is valuabiu of tlio lessons nud memories of the last. To
the patriot, and more especially to tho army, thuso aro
peculiarly valuable. During tho revolutionary period
there were times ol gloom and depression which
i 17" . ,uo" undoubted Intelligence, of military
skill "Ud great courage. .Sotno faltered, hesitated anil
y.ieldcd. Their riamos are already forgoltru, whi o those
wlio remained steadfast preserve a famo moro
pure and bright than in their own day
and generation. Tho sntne or similar occurred dunnc
the war ol 1812, in the Mexican war, aud still
more in the greai civil war which shook this Continent
from centre to circumference. You, who stood not in
the dangers and drunk not ol the bmor cup, now profit,
by thofo lessons and will be held doubly condemned
ll you allow any specious reasoning, anv "loose clamor
auy possiiilo cause to shako your alligiance to tho
cause ol your country aud or your Hag Stand bv your
country in sunshine and storm, revere tho memories
or tbe past and, abovo all, lovo that flag which now
waves over you, as tho symbol ol all past glories
aud the harbinger ol greater yet to coma The pro
claimed mission of our governmont among tho nations
ol the earth was peace, yet wo were born in war, bap
tized in war, and have had wars or aggression and de
fence. We havo warred with our neighbors, with our
solves and have had eternal war with the savage ul>o.
rlglnal inhabitants, yet at each step ol our progress
good nion havo donoum ed war as necessarily inhuman
barbarous, to be abhorred by Ood and man This
cannot be. Wars aro only the means to
an end, to bo judged by tbe mo
tlvos and the events, like other human actions/
In nature wo behold tho cloud, surcharged with eloctr c
ily, dischargo us surplm to ibe earib In u thunderbolt,
striking the Just and unjust alike, and so, human com
munition, filled with prejudice and passions, regain a
condition ol peace and reposo through tho Instrumen
tal ly of war, iuvolving alike tho innocont and guilty I
remember ouce to have heard an eminent divine de
scribe his experiences as a prophet. When sioara and
electricity had brought oil nations into closo
relations h<? thought tho time baa cotr.o when
the lion and tho lamb would lie down together and
that wars .on earth would coase forovor. Ho then
ventured the prophecy that if any Cnristian natiou
should dare to war auainst another the whole world
would arise and cry "shameI" Hut hardly nud tho
sound or his voico ceased when the boom of cannon
was heard on the plains or Lombardy, aud urmod
battalions wero treading down ttio ripening grain
and desolating the fair laud or Italy in tbe
name of liberty and unity. .Soon followed the
American civil war, with its florco and uunatural
passions, the almost unexampled destruction
of life and property, in tho name or liberty aud unity
Again comes tbo sound or cannon from the distant
field of Austria, soon followed by tho Kranco-I'ruhsian
war, when the Oerman leg ons swept across bountiful
* ranee, loaviug death and desolation in their rear be
sieging her capital and lovying an unexampled tribute.
riicso wars involved the most refined and culti
vated nations on earth, and 1 neod not add
that our prophet ceased his calling and concluded
to leave to linn who holds tho fato or nations
in Uis hand to bring forth tho millennium iu His own
good time. It Is also related ol our good pilgrim
fathers, who had landed at Plymouth in midwinter
that while busied with tho necessary labor of huildinc
huts, in gathering firewood and rood, they mot In council
to frame some sort of civil government for themselves
and successors and resolved to be "governed by the
laws ot (iod till they had time to make better." Moro
than two hundred years have passod and they have cot
found a better code, so that we may fairly inter that
war which Justifies and necessitates our profession is
of divine origin, that man cannot escape it, and that at
best he can only allay its horrors and rigors. Every
civilized nation ou earth recognizes this fact, and pro
vidos in advance an arn:v lor its defence and to vindi
cate its manhood and threatened honor. Ours Is uo
exception, though onr military establishment is
the smallest of all when compared wlih our popula
tion, wealth and extent of territory. For
this very reason it should be the best in
organization and sui.stance, because when tbo
necessity arises it must form the models and nucleus
of that larger force which the occasion may cull for It
is not our province, but that of Congress, to provide
for tbe common defence and general welfare; Ms not
our province, but theirs, to make war and peace and to
Judge ol the number and strength of tho lorces nec.es
"ary. Our duty is at all times to render a
cheerful obedience to their action and to
repose with confidence In the r wisdom and
generosity. And bore lot me say that after
a partial visit to many of tlio educational establish
ments ol Kurope and an examination ol their systems
I l>elieve this military academy compares well will!
the best, is more liberally endowed and sustained ?nd
surpasses all in one rcspret?viz., that here at West
I'oint, the officers of all branches of tho service drink
from tho same fountain of knowledge, im
bibe tbe same fidelity to honor and princioln
and lorm those personal attachments which
must strengthen our common bond of unity and na
tional respect. From this common sonrco go forth tbo
annual supply to replace those lost by natural causes
thus adding new lilo to an establishment subject to all
tho cause* of human decay. Therefore, my young
friends, let me again remind you that you aro but
a aii?ule link in the Kro.it chain: iliat var
la tbo normal condition for which you
trained by a geuornus government;
that though long ygars of peace may Intervene vet
whon war does arise vou must be prepared (or its
greet sacrifices and exalted dunes, else you will be ad
judged recreant to tbe trust reposed in you How can
wo lorsee and prepare for such an event*
imny or you would, doubtless, ask i
nnswtr do each day what is api.ointed
presniye your nutural characters and observe well
the actions of thoso having more experience than
yourselves; follow no fervilo model, for uo two men
are alike. New events call for new men, and thoso
who succeoded in tho last war would fall in the next.
There is a f'rovldsnon that shape* onr emls
bough heir them as \ro may.
The strongest intellect can peer but a short distance
into the future. Mr. Wobster well knew that
slavery was inconsistent with the spirit and
geuius of our government, yet he did not rorcsee how
it was to end, but war cut tho goruian knot, and now
all men are freo to enjoy life, liberty and haD
piness iu their own wuy. I hough war is the normal
condition ol an army, when tbo profession rises to its
full dignity or a nob e calling,, yet peace has ber duties
also, which should be performed with tho sumo /eat
and aenso ol responsibility as when tne
fate of a nation is at stake. Some of you
from choice will doubtless go Into tho Staff corns
where you will enjoy mnro case and present com tort
but where vou stand In greater danger of lo<ing thai
love of adventure and of hardy war inseparai.lo from
tne character of the Miccc??ful soldier. Others will
go Into the artillery, where peaco is likely
to relax your efforts to obtain professional
advancement, but whero you will have ahuri
dant time for study ami meditation.
The mass ol you, however, will pass into the cavairv
and infantry, destined to be busily occupied until iho
Indian problem Is finally settled, *nd until our vast
area of territory is settled by civil States aud comtnunl.
tics capable ol being governed by civil officer* t'tiul
this is achieved, and it may not be even in your dav
the probabilities are that you will be dispersed and
scattered along tho line of frontier, pushed farther
and farther as military posts become transformed into
cities and towna. Man is naturally a social bemu
nud yearns for his kindred and friends, but where II o
soldier Is there should his affections be. Ho must
practice sell dental, and learn to find companionship in
his horse, his dog and hM gnn; he must commtitie with
nature, draw inspirations from mountains, ami rlv-ra
and plains. Liko tlio self-banished duke in the lore?t
of Ardennes, he should realizo that a contented mind
carries Me owu heaven along. He called his comrades
about him and spoke tlioo words el wisdom and in
?piraiion
Now, my co-mat** and brother* In ??It*,
Timh imt "lil cnitom m*-ln thi* life ?nr? nweet
Til** that nf pnlui?<l pomp ? Are not th??* wood*
More Itm from peril than the envlnm court 1
Here wo nm the penalty nf Adam.
The Ma*v?'? difference or IN Icy fan*
Aii>l ehurlWIi chiding of the wintcc't wind,
V bich, when It bltei and blown niwn mr body,
K?en till I ahrink with cold. I ninile and ??y,
Thit In no flattery t thai* ar* counsellor*
That Feelingly pertnade m? what 1 am.
Kireet are the n*e* of adTeidty.
Winch, Ilka the toad, njclr nad ten mon*.
We?r? vc? a pneium J?w?l In Ills bea<l:
Anil till* unr ll'le, exempt from pnltlle liannt,
find* to*)ie*> In tree*. Wok* In the running brook*,
Hermon* In iuhi and good In everything.
Mill, M lime prqgTMMM Um smaller poiU ?IU b? J Is
continued and the troops be gathered Into larger
giouptt, so that I lock forwsrd to the tune in tbe ti?**r
future wbto our cavalry and infantry will be gathered
by rugimeuts lunteadgbf ruuipaire.i Hut, meantime,
our duty Is plain lo alfi.nl protection and en
couragement to that industrious mss* of our
fellow eitlMua ?lni press forward to carry civ11i
ration and the art* of the wmte man to tho
remotest parts or the centre ol this greai Continent.
In every islep of this pru>;re!>s jou will gain exi?erl
ence more u.n-lul limn any recorded in books. 1 to
day recall with more pleasure and satisfaction tbe ex
perience trained in California thirty years ago, when
we had but two mail* a year, whi n all journeys worn
made on horseback, fruui mission to mission, some
iifty miles apart, with not a single house
intervening, when iu a population of 16,000 there were
hardly 1,W?0 who spoke our language, than 1 ilo ol tho
pomp and pageants that followed n? in the fmppv
days that followed tbo close of the civil war; and whoa
you loin your regiments you will tlnd veterans who
remember Chicago and Hock Island us our outer
frontier, who have hunted buffalo uu<i elk
in Iowa, where now live in peac? and plontv
more than 1,000,000 of inhabitant*. There are tales
more interesting than those ol tho Indian fights. You
have doubtless heard much of the wrongs and oppres
sions ol the poor lndisu. His Inevitable late appeals
to our generous natures, and you will tlnd among vour
comrades a strong letting of sympathy lor htm; i
but high above all the difficulties that sur
round this question Is tho inherited prejudice
of the red muti gainst labor. He has never heard or
heeded the divlue command that all men must earn
their bread bv tho sweat of their brow*. He prefers to
trust lor his food to the scanty supply ol game that re
quires a vast scope of country to range over. Take, fur
instance, the State of Nebraska. Twenty ihousnud In
dian* would regard it as a small range for their sub
sistence, whereas tho wlnto man by the plough and
tho common arts of egriculturo will provide for
1,000,000 or 2.000.000 of people. Reason us wo may,
here Is a conliict of interest that can have hut one re
sult. The Indian must be absorbed Into the common
wbolo or hn must content himself ou a rea
sonable share ol the common domain This
will probably lorin your first task in tho
great problem of war, and all T can sav to you Is that
tho inevitable result should be reached with a due re
gard to humanity and mercy. I have thrown out a few I
ol these thoughts bemuse I know you will soon have
to grapple with them, and 1 believe they are not written
down iu any of your text books.
In the march ol human events there are great princi
ples that contri^ this world's progress, which, if under
stood, are as the compass to tbe sailor on the seas,
guiding l.iiu saiely through complicated shoals. Tho
world will movo on and you must act your
parts according to the truth as you seo' it;
and now that you are to pass out
ot the earn of your proicssors, you
must remember innt you assumo to be officers, leaders
of men, capable of guiding instead of following,
responsible not ulone for your Individual behavior, but
that you use the force and power subject lo your com
mand wisely, Judiciously anil lor the interest of the
nation that has educated you and clwlhed you with offi
cial responsibility. ..'m<
DRKBH r Alt A OK AND MORTAR 1'KACTICR.
After the dress parado this evening, which waB wit
nessed by Genoral Sherman and a largo number ol
old army officers, who liay> arrived to attend
the moeting ol Ihe alumui to-morrow, a grand
mortar practice by the eadets took place.
The night being very dark, the flight of
each shell could be distinctly traced from the mortar
to the target, which was nearly two miles distant and
Illuminated by a large Are. Tho mark was located at
tho foot of Crows' Nest Mountain and at
tho water's edge. The practice was very
good, somo of tho shells bursting over
tbe Ore with marvellous precision. Altogether thirty
six shells were thrown, the last six being fired togethor
and all alighting on the shoro around tho targot.
The whole effect was brightened by eolored lights
and other pyrotechnic devices, which altogether pro
duced a magnificent picture.
Alter the mortar practico the parade ground was Il
luminated by Itros on tho parapet of Fort Clinton, and
a grand display of flieworks is now taking place, which
attracts an itnmcnso throng of spectators front tho
towns In tho vicinity ot West Point, in addition to tho
regular hotel guests.
I understand that this year only the first and second
graduates will be attached lo the Engineer corps, the
usual custom being to detail tho first Ave. Tho festivi
ties end to-night. To-morrow tbo regular routlno
of Wost Point llfo will be resumed by tho cadets, ana
the now Arst class prepared for tho summer examina
tions of next yoar.
SHOCKING HEARTLESSNESS.
Bridget Barry, a poor working woman, living at No.
1,105 Third avenue, bought a sewing machine from an
agoutof tho Weed Sowing Machine Company at tho
price of $03, agreeing to pay for It by instalments.
She paid all the money except $10. Sho failed lo pay
this sum when It became duo, and tho Wood Sowing
Machine Company, under a clause In the contract,
brought suit against her, rcplevlnod tbo sewing ma
chine, and so deprived her of hor mean* of snpport.
Driven to desperation, and almost starving, sho went
yesterday morning to the warerooma of tun Weed
Company, at No. Union square, and being refused
elthor the sowing machine or the money she had paid
on it, she grow almost crazy, and, grasping up paving
stones from the street, smashed the plate glass win
dows of the store. They were valued at $ft00. T. M.
Coles, one of tho managers ol the concern, had her ar
rested. When sho was brought before Justice Dully,
at the Washington Place Court, slio told hor story, and
the Justice discharged her from custody, remarking
that he was sorry he had no power to lock up the sew
ing machino men who would literally rob a poor woman
of her very life blood. When the decision ol the Judge
was rendered Mr. Colos, ol tho sewing machine com
pany, and his counsel were exceodingly anxious lest
the rcportors should publish tho fkcta in too case.
WANTED A COMPANION IN DEATH.
Dledrtch Braunheben, of No. 8 Ooerck street, In
sixty-two years of ago anil the father of twelve children)
For tbe past six months ho has l>cen out of employ.
ment and consequently despondent Recently ho haa
acted strangely, and Inst week ho endeavored to induce
his wifo to go with him to Greenwood Cotnotery to
Visit his first wile's giave, whero ho proposed to kill
Ins present companion and then commit suicide.
His wife, becoming frightened, fled from Llio
house and returnod to her parent* Yesterday
he sent for her, but kIio refused to rclurn
home. On learning of her refusal ha shot
himself three times in tlio body. An ambulanco was
summoned and tbe wounded man was removed lo
Hellevue Hospital, where he expressed a desire to dio
quickly. It is believed that he is insane. At tan
o'clock last night the surgeons in Attendance predicted
that ho would die before midnight. In connection
with this case It may too staled that of the persons who
attempt suicide recorded at Bollevuc two-thirds ara
natives of Germany.
THE JERSEY ELECTION RIOTS.
The trltl of ex-Freoholdor Michael O'Grady for an
assault on Patrick Condon, chairman of the Demo
cratic Convention In tbe Soeond district of Jersey
City, was concluded yesterday. The Jury, after an
hour's deliberation, found him guilty. 'Ihreo others
hive been indicted for tho samo offence. The recusant
witness, Daniel Buckley, was brought from tho Jail by
order of the Court, but as he still relumed to name ilia
persons whom hn saw assaulting Condon howasie
comtnlttcd for contempt.
A V^LANOUS EMIGRANT SWINDLER.
Among the passengers who entered the Erie depot
at Jersey City yesterday was a poor Gorman woman.
She had purchased a ticket In New York for the West,
but when she presented It to the gatekeeper he pro
nounced It a forgery. Tho scoundrel from whom she
purchased it took all the money she had. When sho
learned how sho bad been I in pone. I on sho cried and
wrung her hand" in despair. An officer was sent with
her to Now York to discover If possible the heartless
villain.
PANIC IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Yesterday afternoon In Public School No. 2, Fifteenth
street, Brooklyn, a portion of tho celling fell directly
over the beads of several children. Tho little ones
rushed m noun for the door, and II mm* with the
utmost effort that the toucher restored order and pre
vented mmny from being crushed to death in the hurry
to escape from I Its room. When quiet bail toon re
stored It was found that six or eight of the children
wore injured about tho head.
A YOUNO GIRL MISSINO.
Tba polios at Brooklyn Headquarters were notified
yesterday of the disappearance of Laura B. Frati<-r.
aged sixteen years, who left her homo on Tuesday last
and has not sinco been seen. Fears nre entertained
for her safety, as she wns very well conducted and was
not ni the habit ol absenting lierseir from home
n fbt Tho girl, who ha* sandy hair, wore a green
plaid shawl, straw lmt. trimmed With i>inoribbon; black
redingcotc, trimmed with black vclroL
STABBING AFFRAY.
George H. Appmsn, of No. 134 Canal street, got Into
an alternation with Lewis Walter, of No. 19 Forsyth
street, wno hsd thrown tome water on his children,
and in the coarse ol the quarrel assaulted him, when
tbe latter drew a kntrn and subbed Appman la the la ft
side, inflicting a slight wonnd.
MAD DOGS SHOT.
The police shot mad do^n yesterday at No. 300 Sixth
?venue. No. TT? Tenth avenue, and Sixty-sixth street
and the Boulevard
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTB&
Emra?t has mad* "Frits" * bit In Melbourne
Mr. Bothern succeeds "Pique" at the Filth imw
Theatre no July 3L
Mme. Jule l)e Kyther will be one of the concert fa*>
tares in New York next seasoa
Mine. Titiuna and Mmc. Trebelll appear Best seasoa
in this city la Italian opera, under Maplesoa's manage
ment.
l,eonard Grover is In the Held once more in Chicago.
The Adeipbi la his " Field of the Cloth ol Gold" at
present. .
Tho Kiralfys have plucked victory nut of the very
teeth of deleat at their beautiful garden and theatre la
Philadelphia.
Verdi's " Alda" In Paris has bees anything but a
financial success. J-oon Escudier Is in despair about
the Requiem.
Never in tho annals of the London concert stags has
a mure emphatic triumph beea known thao that gained
this season by Rubinstein.
Mr. William Candidus, tenor, leaves for Europe to
day per steamxhip Pomeranla. He has ao engagement
fur two years in Germany.
**OugMPita," an Indian opera, the scene ol which is
laid in the Adlrondacks, music by a New York lad/,
will l>e rehearsed on the 21st Inst, at Chickering HaiL
Mr. Hilly Birry, of tho Globe Theatre, will receive a
b<uo(U this aitornoon and evening. The bill promises
to be Interesting, especially the trial danoe lor a silver
cup.
Miss Oertrudo Corbctt, who made sucn a pronounced
hucci'ss at tho Academy in a very difficult r6U in opera,
will probably niako her rentrte beforo the publio at an
early dale.
Levy's playing at O.ilmore's Garden this week is slae
ply marv ilou*. We have heard cornet players Is
Europe and America, from Ktcn'g down to the preseal
time, and certainly none can compare with Levy.
United to such a splendid band us that of Gilmore'S, it
is no wonder that Levy draws such crowds every
evonine.
"La Jolle Parlumouse," one of tho moat popular of
Olfonb.ich's later works, will bo brought out on Friday
evening at Booth's Theatre, with tho following cast:?
lloso Miction. Mllo. Aim<Se; Bnvolet, Mile. Duparc;
Olonndo, Mile. Gueyinard; La Julienne, Mllo. RI1;
Poirot, M. Dnrcy, La I ocurdltro, M. Duplan; Germain,
M. Rulr.
8. II. Mills lately played In Chicago, and be Is thus
eulogized by tho Inttr-Ocean" Ills works abound la
combinations, wuudorful, daring, brilliant and attrac
tive. They disguise their profundity under ao much
grace, their scipnce under so many charms, that it is
with difficulty that we freo our?olvcs sufficiently from
their enthralmcnt to juriuo coldly ol their theoretical
value. Even his most graceful pieces possess a vlgoi
that is surprising."
"Tho Mighty Dollar" provalls at Wallaok'a Ths
Secretary or the Tronsury thero, as far af tho people
nn? concerned, and tho profnnum milrjut is early and
often In that theatre, regardless of the thermometer, is
liilly Florence. A more admirable picture of political
life could be scarcely imngincd than that presented by
the Hon. liardwell Sloto and Mrs. Gilflory. This week
some changes In tho cast occur. Mr. Flovd has boon
replaced by Mr. Herbert, and John Matthews appear!
for tho llrst tlmo'ln the play.
Anna Dickinson playod In Worcester last week, and
the Evening Gazette was quito ns severe upon her M
any of- tho New York and Boston "scalpors." In tho
course of its notico occurs this paragraph:?"Miss
Dickinson Is tho last pcrsou from whom her friends
would have expected gush, but this scone Is full of it,
and Miss Dickinson even overactod it. 'I kiss tbe air
that blows to him' aro tho words beforo her lovel
(Percy) discloses himsoll, and MIfs Dickinson said these
and tho 'I love you? I lovo you' as sho threw her arms
around Percy, with so much of the style of an amateur
Paulino that tho curtain foil amid laughter from most
of tho audience."
AFBICAN METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Yestorday forenoon the tllty-sixth annual session of
tbe Now York Couferenco of tho African Methodist
Episcopal Church convened In tho Bridge Street
Methodist Kpiscopal Church, Brooklyn. Blahop A. W.
Wayman presided. Tho attendance was not very
Urge. After prayer, flinging and 8crlptural reading,
Rev. J. W. Cooper and Rev. J. B. Murray wore choaen
socrotanes. The Uishop then announced the standing
eommltteeg, an1 it was resolved that the sessions
should Ito held daily Ironi nine A. M tonne l".M. Fourteen
churches reported a membership or 1. 1*80 persons, with
778 Sunday school scholars. The church property is
valued nt $110,000 The aggregate contribution during
the year toward the support of tho fourteen pastors mu
reported as huving amounted to $6,900. The highest
amount paid any one minister wag The tun of
$l,r>ft0 wax contributed to tho circuit by thirteen
churches, and 91.200 to pay off dolus on church prop
erty. Kov. Mr. Mowbray, oi Kimlerhook, N. Y., re.
ceived the lowest salary paid, $177 so. It wait announced
tbat fclOO would be needed to pay the expenses of the
delegates to tho Conference, the various cnurrhra
usually making contributions toward that ohicct Re\M
Mr. Davis, of Roslyn, stated tbat ho had been unnbfl
to collect more th.m llliy-one cents, and he was excused
Iron) further contributions by a vote of 6 to 5. Ono
hundred and thirty dollurs m all was banded to the
treasurer. In toe evening Rev. J. E. Mowbray preached
tho annual sermon.
A STATEN ISLAND OUTRAGE.
Thomas McDonnell, twenty-four years of age, was ar?
rostcd yestorday by officers Drummond and Homer, of
tho Stolen Island police, charged with having com
milted a personal outrage upon a young woman named
Ann McGarry, who is employed as a domestic with a
family living on tho Vresli Kill road, at the foot of
Gilford's lane, on the night of tho 8th Inst. It appears
from the report of tho police tint McDonnell, who la
represented to bo tho cousin of Miss McGarry, called at
tho bouse where sho livrd between one snd two o'clock
at nigbt with a horso and box wagon and called her
telling her tbat her father was very stck and hsd smt
bim for her. Kelvins upon bis representations she
consented to go with him to see ber father. Ilaving
thus succeeded in getting her into tho wsgon, be drovs
between ono and two miles along the fresh Kill road,
toward Kossville, when be stopped tho wagon and sm>
ceeded by force in committing the olfonue with which
he is charged. Me then lett her in tho road and she
was forced to walk back to the hoaso from which she
bad been taken, where sho arrived about day
light, iu nn aitm|st exhausted condition, having been
much broised in ber efforts to resist tho brutal at*
sault. Sho was confined t'i tho house for sevoral days
in consequence of the abuse she received, but ss soon
as (the was able to no out she made a complaint ugainst
McDoniioll belore Justice Meehan, of Richmond, who
caused bis airesi, mid he is now in prison awaiting ex
animation. Miss McGarry, who appears to bea modes!
and deserving young woman, was, evidently, very
roughly bandied, having her clothing badly torn and
her arms and neck bruised considerably,
on tho same night upon which the above outrage
was committed the residence of Mr. .loha Tohtn, near
Huguenot station, at>out three miles dtstaut, wag
vmted by a man in a wfigon, who told a similar
story?that ho wanted to soe tho servant; that one of
her friends was very sick, and he bad been sent for
licr. Mr. i'obin, from an upper window, told the man
that If he did not leave the premises be would bo shoti
that he would not permit any ono to leave hts bouao at
that timo of night, ami the man left.
THE FATAL TUGBOAT COLLISION
Ono week ago yesterday, ss darkness was setting In,
tho passenger* on a Jersey City ferryboat were startled
by the sight of a rowboat, containing two men, owning
Into collision with a canal boat which was bolng towed
down tho North River, oft the llattery. Tho men wera
run down and disappeared. The mi, R T. Cab III,
stopped lor a lew minutes and then pro*
ceeded on its course. A Hsrai.o reporter,
accompanied by an oiiicer of the Twenty-seventh
precinct mads a search along tho wharves, but no trace
of the men wiis inund. Yestorday mornlag at font
o'clock tho body of one ol the men was found floating
near the Morns street dock in Jersey City. He wan
about twenty live years of age, wore dark pants, and
was in h a shirt sleeves. In one of bts pockets wan
found a card ol a Chrystie street saloon, on the back al
wiiicti was written "No. 10 Washington street, rear, iep
floor," also n card containing the address of K. H.
Williud. Coroner Gannon will bold au inqueal
A KIDNAITED CHILD RECOVERED).
On the2Vth of April last George Car 11, a brightfaced
and hand^omo boy of twelve years, disappeared from
his borne m Brooklyn in a most mysteruMia manner, and
;or a time all efforts made by his mother, who AU* the of
Oeo of nurse for the City Foaadlmg, to learn of hta
whereabonu proved unavailing. Mrs. Carl) eventually
began to suspect a man named Ruftis Dill, who was prior
to the disappearance of her son, engaged In the per
fumery ami jowsiry peddling business in New York,
keeping a liule store on Cnatb^ta street. She con
ferred with Captain Williams, of the f ourth precinot,
and learnod Irom tbat officer that Dill had not a very
anvisole reputation. Mrs. Csrll's fears were so much
excited then for tbe safety of her boy that she pre
enred a letter from the Snperintendentofthe Brooklyn
Police is the Chiefs of Polite of Beaten and Poti*det>
pbla. In the Uttobsity she was escorted by an oflleer
daily and visited im fairgrounds where ber eoareh wag
at Isst rewarded by tbe reoovery ol her am* who wna
employed in peddling jewelry. Dill waa arretted anM
taken before s magistrate Me toll |WI>W) be hcvigM
on it Mew York for Utah ,