Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1878, Page 1

7 Soe Tt cae = yy m~ THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Except sauday AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, sivenia Avense cormer 11th street, The Evening Star Newspaper Jompany Bs. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. ‘Tue Ever ed to sabscribers tn the city by rere. on their own accouat, at 10 | cents per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at te counter, 2 cents each, By matl—-postage pre= paid— 00 cents month: ‘ne year, #. iitag—aes y ERE S8TAR—published on op repaid. 1 copies for $15; ‘Dope All mail subsertptions must be paid in ade eg paper seat longer than so paid for, aw@ Hates of advertising made Kuown on appl’. cq. Che Ve", SI-N?®. 7,847. vening Stare, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1878. TWO CENTS. THE EVENING STAR. UNIVERSALIST CHUROH. — it ALEX. KENT Wil preach in Tallmatge at ll am., Services appropria: *s Sunday, at ot. mn Dein, ing ss Ail invited, It CHUECH jervices Vesper service invited, > ST.STEPHEN'S REFORMEL BS" ev Gro. B kesseLn, D. D., Serviees every Sanday at 11 a.m. 7:30 Kindergarten Hall. coroer of 8: Sunday Senco! at 16-.m. THE YOUNG ‘THOS. HARRISON. at D ch, Georgetov.n. revival Service at 11 m. Uld-fasbion Me ent revival in this Ch CHRISTIAN © N reh mor by Thrée-fifths of the People ‘Wasbington Do Not Attend Church:"? at 8 p.m., services for Children, ** Blind Bartimens.’* 1:* REFORMED EPISCOPAL. -ERN “ACE M, corner 9h and wat ILam. and & ev. Wai. P. HARRISON, D. or “Representatives, Pablte cordially v jain House invited. Ri + Who recently retu igh the Holy bas been appointed by the Baltimore Au- nual Conference to the Pastoral charge of Moun’ Pisgah A. M. E. Chureh, coruer 10un and & sts, He will cecupy his pulpit To-morrow (Sanday ),ai To’clock a. in. and 7g p.m. He invites all to come and hear him, pt <>_ DID JESUS, THE CHRIST, DIE TO > save Immortal Souls (7) from **Hell:* What Was the Objectof His Deatn? Subjec @iscourse in the Chi ia, Me ley's Hall, Peunsylvania avenue, between 21 ard 3a sts. at 11 stow. All who love the truth are invited. "As we have no hirelings to support, we tke nocollection. ire == HOLY CROSS CHURCH Prayer and Lecture, ‘Tha services re Choral, Leeture at Evening Prayers, ‘The ual the True, Interpreters of the Book of Comm: The seats are free to all, J. ctor. A |= Oper: Special ‘Terms, e€ opportunity for exercise at the Gymnasium, during the a limited number of tickets Wfll be tssued, at_the reduced raie of Three Dollars (insteal of $9) for thres months. Only one hundred of these tickets are of fered. hey ntitle the holders to the use of the exercising ha'l, het and cold baths, reading rooni, and all the privileges of the Gymnas! le 1 [=NEW BUILDING ASSOCIATION AT DS °*tite West END.—The Waverly But ing Association, organized on the evening 0 ‘20th inst., by the election of the following wifi A. 8. Taylor, president: Al ley, vice Gent; Louis}, Wine, t we secretary, aud mon Tuo. Cook, "Thomas Bro J Jno. Scanian. W. B. Br an adjourned meeting. corner of Pennsylvania ave. aud MONDAY EVENING. the 27th inst., a3 9" . dopting the Constitattoa to be reported on that evening. xr persons destrous connecting themselves with the associat ould attend, Sut ry for stock will be received at this me any of the officers above named. First meezing for payment of dues, June 10, Shares, $1 each per Et “= W. H. WEITZEL. Sxcretary, my == SECTION 6. ENDOWMENT RANK, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.—Spe- of P. Hall, C st., near 7th ‘29th tnst.; at 8 p m.sharp. . Who Were meinbers pre- are reminded that it will PPO 'y to join this Rank, In- formation and blanks cheerfully furnished. By or- @er of the Section. HALVOR NELSON, S-cre- ary and Treasurer, 1319 9th st. new. m24-2.° = STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. TS Notice ts hereby given that a meeting of Ue Stockholders of the WASHINGTON AND GEOKGETOWN KAILROAD COMPANY will be heia at the office of, the Company, No. 109 Penr- sylvania avenue. on THURSDAY: May 30. 15; at 1Zo’clock m, By order of the Board of Direet- ors. H. HURT, President. C. M, Koones, Secretary. my23 6t —>_THE ANNUAL MEETING of the => Stockholders of the EAST FAIRMONT GAS, COAL, AND COKE COMPANY. for the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may legally come before it, will be held MONDAY, June 3, 1878, at 2 o*clock p.m.. at No, 1411 F st. n.w. Stock not transferred five days prior to that date cannot be voted. Applica- tions for transfer to be made to the Sceretary, at the city Post office. JAM EL Secretary of the East Fairmont Gas, Coal, and Coke Company. my22-tiel THE GOERMAN-AMERICAN FIRE IN- URANCE COMPANY, OF THE DIS- THICT OF COLUMBIA, —The annual election of Trustees of this Company will be held at its office, Rio. 630 F st. n.W., this city, on the third THU &3- DAY (20th) of June. 1878" between the hours of Ho'clock a.m. ane 3 o°clock p. ‘The judges of said vlection are Auerbach, and A. Herman my18- 9 E. B, Pierson, C. > THE GERMAN-AMERICANSAVINGS KS BASEN GS Fist, comer or Tin nowy open daily frum 10 a.m. to3p. m. On Saturday evenings from 6 to8 p. m., to receive depositsonly, rst deposit any amount from five cents up- wands received. Safe Deposit Boxes for rent in Fire gad Burgla: proof Vault, at $10, a3 50.315. $25and ayear. The largest and most convenient boxes Rie city. yaa Ss. 1y BUFFALO LITHIA, LS Re «A iN SPRING WATERS, Just received AT \N’S PHARMACY, ty LE BURNS (OS PENRA AVENUE. HAYWARD & HUTCHINSON, fe ee extensive ci = 4 ‘ing @ line of Marbleized f ign and color and ri extent any establishment in the Tees Sees Sete cl ‘ol A ot} = Deautifal bles exactly produced, ts for BARSTOW WEOUGHT [RON FUR- SECE. Baltimore KITCHENER RANGES; also the Kussia i, ae le Pratacters for Prambing and and Co OTK. A Exge forse of competent mecuanica in’ thelr vss rious branches and long persoual experience, wi!) Go good work cheaper any other houze, im2-1y HATHORN ASD BUFFALO LITHIA WATERS, ‘Just received, fresh from the Springs. W. 5. THOMI'S' 703 15th st. apis UNRIVALLED BS CSN Quarry axp Paice, Champagne W ines of MOET & CHANDON, MOET & CHANDON, Established 1843. RENAULD, FRANCUIS & Cv., Sole Agents for U. 5. J °H% E- KENDALL & SON, No. 619 B Street Northwest, Near the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Depot, have for sale, at fair prices, ROOFING and OTHER TIN PLATES, HUBS, EMS, BPOKES. CARRIAGE TRIMMINGS, PAINTS AND VARNISHES, a6 well asa general assortment of HARDWARE, RUBBER HOSE, 25 feet, and N. te (OSE REELS, $5.20: complete, with Comp- pyll-la DOUBLE SHEET. Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT Receipts To-Day.—Internal revenue, $309,048.18; customs, $275,249.25. SUBSCRIPTIONS to the tour per cent. loan to; day to amounted $622,500. REPRESENTATIVE BROGDEN, of the House committee onthe expenditures of the Post Office department, went through the dead let- ter division to-day. PERSONAL.—Collector John L. Thomas, of Baltimore, was on the floor of the House to- day. Col. Vail, superintendent of the rail- way mail service, went to New York last night, and will not return until Tuesday. THE ANNuAL Report of receipts and ex- penditures of the Treasury department for the year 1878, is just being printed. Congress at | that time refused to authorize its publication in order to economize, but this Congress has directed that it be issued. THE NOMINATIONS sent to the Senate to-day were: George W. Fish, of Michigan, to be re- ceiver of public moneys at Reed City, Mich John A. Wright, of Md. of the Lemhi ageney THE BuTLER-CORBIN CONTEST.—The second attempt to hold a meeting of the Senate com- miitee on privileges and elections to-day for consideration of the Butler-Corbin South Car- ola contested-election case proved a failure. Members of the committee have been re- quested to meet at 10a. m. on Monday. THE REQUEST OF TITE NEZ PERCES PRISON- ERs at Fort Leavenworth to be allowed to re- turn to their old reservations in Washington territory will not be granted. The War de- partment does not. in the first place, think have been sufticiently punished for their war last summer: again, the Indians refused to go anywhere else than to their old home, where they have made a large number of im- provements. If they were to be allowed to do this they would be liable to arrest and trial by the territorial authorities for the murders the} committed. This they would not stand, ani the whole matter would more than likely wind up in another war. THE U. 8. S. ADAMs, commander Frederick Rodgers, left Panama on the %th for the moan Islands with the Samoan ambassador and Suite as passengers. agent for the Indians Idaho. Tue TALLAPoosa has arrived at Philadel- phia. CIVILIAN CLERKS employed by quartermas- ters and superintendents of national cemeter- ies, are not liable to trial by court-martial under the Rules and Articles of War, is the opinion of Attorney General Devens, just pro- mulgated in a War Department order. EDUCATION OF » PERCES.—While at the Hampton naval school examination, Secre- tary Sherman consulted with the authorities there about sending a number of the Nez Perces Indians there for instruction. The authorities said they would take them as stu- dents atacertain Sum a year. As the War department no money appropriated for such purposes, the state of affairs will be pre- sented to the Interior department, and if it is willing to incur the expense out of its proper appropriation, some fifty young Nez Perces Will be sent to Hampton. PROTECTING THE F'LAG.—Seeretary Thomp- son has, in consequence of the representations by the Bureau of Navigation of the losses, injuries and extra labor through the loaning of flags, directed that none will be loaned in the future without the written order of the department. He also direcis that the depart- ment will confine n giving orders for this purpose, to oceasions of national celebra be and to others of general interest to the public, SHAD BY THE MILLION.—The U.S. fish com- mission steamer, Lookout, in charge of Capt. H. C. Chester, is now lying at the foot of Eighth street with one million shad and one hundred and eighty thousand herring eggs hatching on board. “These will be put in the Potomac river opposite Georgetown on Mon- day. There were also put in the river at Free- stone Point and Glymont yesterday, one hun- dred and twenty thousand Jane shad, and great hopes are entertained that before the shing season closes that this number will be augmented by several million At this rate of stocking the river, with correct legislation, there is no reason why the abundance of fish should not become as ggeat as in former limes. This action on the part of the commis- sion is giving great satisfaction to the fisher- men along the river. No Wak wiTH Moses.—Information has been received at the Indian office from Agent Wilbur, at the Yakama agency, that the indian Chief Moses, who has been reported as having collected a thousand men and as being threatening, is perfoctly quiet and that there isno War with him CONSULAR CHANGES.—Mr. Sevillon A. Brown, whose nomination as consul at Birmingham was sent tothe Senate yesterday, has filled the position of chief clerk of the State Department since sues, 1873. He entered the department in 1864. r uld, now consul at Birming- ham, is nominated for transfer to Marseilles, and Mr. Spencer, now consul at Genea, is pro- moted to consul general at Melbourne. Not A CANDIDATE.—WASHINGTON, May 25, Editor of Star: Your paper of yesterday ues anarticle from the Baltimore Amer- . Stating that I would be a candidate for ngress in the Richmond (Va.) district. Will you not say in your paper of to-day that I have not the remotest idea of running for the next Congress. Yours truly, oJ AMBLER SMITH. THE RAcEs YESTERDAY. Belmont park, Philadelphia, yesterday, Moltie won in the 2:50 class, best ‘tiie Sadie Bell the 2: class, best time 2 and King Bee the three- guarter mile dash, time 1: --*"Winners at ouisvile; Ky., yesterday’ were: Artful, mile heats, in 1:494,°1:4514: Mahistick, Louisville cup, 246 miles, in 47 : Solicitor, two miles THE JERSEY Boxcia.—Emma Bethel, who was charged with causing the death of’ Mrs. Rickless Bishop, was acquitted by the jury at Camden, N. J., but was again arrested ‘for killing the husband by administering poison while acting as a sick nurse. ENDs OF Two MURDERERS.—Emile Honil lon, who was to have been executed at Colum- bus, Texas, yesterday, for the murder of Mal- che, committed suicide in his ceil by swallow- ing poison. Jesse Walker, colored, was exe cuted yesterday at Farmerville, La., for the murder of Violet Simmons. He’ protested his innocence on the gallows. STARVED A CHILD TO DeaTH.—John and Mary Griffin, a colored couple, found guilty of having frozen, maimed and starved to death a child who lived with them, have been sen- tenced at Salem, N. J., to five years imprison- ment each. A $60,000 CoaL Ort FirE.—Five dwellin; and ten business houses in Parkersburg, W. Va.. were burned yesterday morning by a fire originating in a negro lighting a coal fire with coal oil. Fire engines were brought from Ma- rietta to assist in putting out the fire. The loss is supposed to be about $50,000. A New Iratian Opera Company has been formed in New York for the next season. which will consist, as far as known, of the fol. lowing leading members: Madame - Mari Bore. Soprano, Signora Carmen eeanl. con- ralto, and Signor Guiseppe Frapoli, tenor. Mr. F. H. Cowen will be conductor. THE AMERICAN SOctaL SCIENCE CONVEN- TION, which has been in session in Cincinn2.i during the week adjourned sine die yester- day, after an interesting discussion, among other things, of the labor question’ in con- nection with improvements in machinery. New YORK Ciry OFFICERS INDICTED—The id jury of New York has ordered an iu- jictment st the board of health and the board of alderman—against the former for willful neglect in issuing permits for offensive manufactories, and against the latter for ne- gleet of duty in issuing permits for street ob- structions. 4#%-The Cincinnatti masical festival made $20,000 above the expenses, which were $1,000, AFFAIRS AT THE SMITHSONIAN. The Fish Commission, &c. ‘The operations of the Smithsonian Institute, under its new secretary, will continue to run in the same grooves into which they have been directed in accordance with a fixed policy from the foundation of the Institution and the ap- Pointment of Professor Henry as secretary. For this continuation of Professor Hen! work, Professor Baird's long connection with the Institution eminently fits him: and as during Professor Henry's illness the duties of the secretary had devolved upon him, the for- mal change of affairs caused no serious break in the operations of the Institution. The per- sonelle as wellas the policy of the Institution will continue the same. No one will be im- mediately appointed to the position of assistant secretary made vacant by the election of Pro- fessor Baird as secretary. The Jatter will also continue to act as the head of the Fish Com- mission. As the office requires great ability, much labor, and is without pay, it would be aimost impossible to find for him a suitable successor. It is perhaps unnecessary to say that there is no rush of applicants for the position. . . The work of the Fish Commission is pro- ‘essing satisfactorily. The steamer Lookout as been at various points on the Potomac gathering spawn at the different fisheries, and is expecied at Washington this evening with supply of young shad, perhaps half a million number, to be put in the river up by the Aqueduct bridge. Atthe station at Havre-de- Grace between 300,000 and 500,000 young shad re hatehed, on an average, every hight. The dness of the Weather has prevented the run the shad and the ripening of the spawn, and there is some fear lest the lishing season close before the commission obtains all the eggs it desires. A few warm days would set matters right. Fishing operations might be carried on by the commission after the time when regular fishermen are legally prohibited, but this would be too expensive, at times not more than fifteen or twenty ripe shad of the kind needed by the commission can be ob- tained in a night from allthe numerous fish- ermen around Hayre-de-Grace. The spawa thus obtained is hateh by the commission's new and improved apparatus in whieh steam is utilized. The hatching operations have so increased in extent that the old system would now be ulterly inadequate. About half of the young fish thus obtained are sent in cans to various parts of the United States to stock depleted streams. The remainder are put in the Susquehanna. Not one pound of the yast food supply with which the river is thus en- dowed would be otherwise obtained, as the ripe spawn, being unfit for cooking and eat- ing, would be thrown aside by the fishermen as offal. When fishermen recognize the fact that to the work of the commission they owe a large and gratuitous increase of their stock in trade, they will not be inclined to grumble when they find hybrid or curiously shaped fish in their nets, on the unestablished um pti that these are the result of ar al hatch- ing. The Potter Investigation, Representative Hiseoek, of the Florida In- vestigating Committee, arrived in Washington to-day, and is ready to meet the committee whenever it determines to go “on with the dance.” The committee will not meet until Monday, at which time it will be definitely settled whether or not sub-committees shall be sent to the South. AN INFORMAL MEETI + OF THE COMMITTEE was held yesterday afternoon. The question of conducting the investigation publicly was discussed, and it was determined that if a majority of the republican members requested secret > essions, that the inquiry should be con- ducted with closed doors. AS Gen. Butler is the only “aileged” republican who favors a still huat,it is more than probable that the doors will be open. It is the general impres- sion that matters affecting the Louisiana count will be first investigated. because 1t is deemed to be due _to Seerctary Sherman. that he have the earliest possible opportunity to meet the serious allegations against him’ set forth in the Potter resolution; besides M ister Noyes, Who is aimed at ‘in. connector with the ida count, cannot before be here for some time yet to make his defense. THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE COM- MITT ad a conference last night at the resi lence of n. Butler. It was decided t they would. insist that in case of the character of any of the publie men who went south to see a fai count should be assailed, every opportunity should be given those so assailed to defend themseives. MORTONS’ MISSION. It is current, upon good authority, that Mor- top, who figures prominently in the expose of the alleged Florida frauds, has gone to Florida to get MeLin to Jacksonville, at which place a sub-com: ee of the Potter committee is to meet him. It appears that McLin lives several hundred miles up the St. Jobns river, and twenty-five miles back in the country, where mail communication is not frequent, and it is doubted even if he knows that an investiga- tion has been ordered. MONTGOMERY BLAIR is almost Peed visitor at the Senate cham- bers, and fs particularly attentive to Senators qarterson, of South Carolina, and Conover, of Florida. The District in Congress. “SOCIAL AND MORAL SCIENCE” IN THE PUB- LIC SCHOOLS. The bill introduced by Senator Burnside last month “to introduce moral and social science into the public schools of the District of Co- lumbia,” was reported by him yesterday from the education and labor committee, of which he is chairman, amended to read as follows:— ‘That the school officers shall introduce as a part of the daily exercises of each school in their jurisdiction instruction in the elements of social and moral science; that it shall be the duty of the teachers to give a short oral lesson every day upon some one of the social or moral virtues which characterize the good citizen, and to require the pupils to furnish thoughts or other illustrations of the same; that it shall be the duty of the commissioner of education to direct the operations under this bill, and report upon the result in his next annual statement.’ WANTED—LOTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Mr. Morrill presented in the Senate to-day the petition of the Superintendent of Public Schools of Washington, asking the donation of a lot of land in the District for the site of a chool building. The petition represents that in the northwestern part of the city, west of 1th street and north of H_ street, the govern- ment does not own a school building for white children. The children in that section are compelled to attend school in buildings and rooms rented for the purpose. The United States is the owner of lots 18 and 19, in square 2:8,0n Massachusetts avenue, between 17th and 16th streets northwest. ‘These lots have a front of 107 feet, bya oop of 177 feet. They would make an ‘excellent site for a school building. Therefore the petitioner asks Con- gress to donate the lots to the District govern- ment for the purpose named. THE B. AND O. RAILROAD TRACK. The District of Co'umbia committee will press the bill compelling the Baitimore and Ohio railroad to enter the city by one route, and. remove its track from Ist street north- west. A GIFT TO VIRGINIA FROM MR. CORCORAN. Mr, W. W.Corcoran, whose generosity to onr state and its people are too well known to need commendation, has given additional evidence of his munificent liberality by pur- chasing the large painting of the battle of Yorktown, which was for sometime on exhi- bition at the store of Messrs. J. H. Tyler & Co., in this city, and by presenting it to the state for which he has aiready doneso much and which he holds in such high esteem.— (Richmond State. THAT CONQUERING BULL DEAD.—“Old Tige,” the famous buil that successively over came a lioness and her lord in the two fight in Texas last month, was drowned in the San Antonio river last sunday night. He went in to drink and got over his depth. The twocon quered beasts survive him. &#-Martinsburg has a very obliging part; in Mr. John T. Janney, who the people. will elect him mayor, will’ use his salary toward paying for lighting the city. 4#@-A Hartford paper states that eels ar the natural enem! en at shad. ‘They always follow the fish up rivers and devour the spawn. Were it not for these destroyers the shad would increase to an amazing extent. 4%-At Charlottesville, Va., last week, Mr. John 8. Wise, son of the late ex-Governor Henry A. Wise, bought at auction the Shad- well farm, the birthp! of Thomas Jefferson, for William and Mary College. The farm con: tains 800 acres, and brought $14 per acre. &e-The Reatnsyives in San Franeisco ap- inted a committee to wait upon James , to ask him to give them the moderate sum of $40,000 wherewith to establish white Jaundries, FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. SATURDAY, May 25. SENATE.—Mr. Morrill presented a memo- rial from the superintendent of public schools of Washington, asking a donation of a certain lot of ground for school purposes. Referred to District committee. Mr. Beck, from the committee on appropria- tions, reported House resolution to pay the c'oak-room men and to place their names on the Doorkeepers’ roll, and it was passed. Mr. Sargent offered a resolution, which was agreed to, directing the judtciary’ committee to inquire into the expediency of limiting the Jurisdiction of the U.S. courts so as to dimin- ish the pressure of business therein. THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT BILL. At 1:15 p.m. the Senate resumed the con- sideration of the bill to provide a form of gov- ernment for the District of Columbia, as the unfinished business of yesterday. The pecdiae endment, providing that Frgpasal Is for contracts shall be invited, when he amount is over $1,000, by dvertisement in @ newspaper in Washington, aud wheu the amount is over $,C00, in a'paper in each Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, was agreed to. . Mr. Morrill moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendment proposed by Burn- side, making the maximum price to be paid for pavements #2. was rejected. He said he had learned since yesterday that a good and substantial fement could be laid for Mr. Bayard said he had since the Senate last met driven over the pavement on F street, between 12th and 13th,and not being well ac- quainted with the subject. of pavements, had made inquiries of the business men tere and had been told He pavement was verfectl; ae he TG isfactory, He had stated yesterday that pavement was guaranteed for ten 8, was but for five: so far he was in error. The cost of this pavement was $1.75 per yard, and it was laid in October lasi. . After further debate the section was amend ed, making the total cost of pavements not to. exceed $2 per square yard, instead of $3 per square yard, Mr. Edmunds moyed an amendment in rela. tion to the bonds of contractors. His amend: ment provided that contractors shall give bond to the United sim a nenalsum not less than double the amount of the contiact. Mr. Edmunds said that contracts were made not many years since for laying over a million dollars’ Worth of pavements. Soon arter, those pavements had to be torn up, and the amount expended was lost. His a ndment is in- tended to prevent any frauds on the partof contractors. . Mr. Thurman said that if too large a bond is required from contractors, competition is limited _Mr. rs edinunds, at Mr. Thu "s sugges- »ditied his amendment so that contrac- e bonds equal to the amount of tracts. | Edmunds called attention of the Senate tothe fact that the bili is unjust in one parti ular. It proposes to tax the people of the Dis- trict. to continue the local improvements, whereas in many cases large special assess: ments have been already paid by individuals for works that are not yet furnished. Mr. Dorsey moyed an amendment after the the word “direct” in section 4, line 44, as fol- lows: The owners of private property Tying and abutting on such streets or avenues Shall pay one-third of the expenses thereof in pro. portion to their frontage thereon, excluding the proportion to be paid by street railroad companies. Mr. Bayard called attention to the fact that many houses in the city have frontage on two streets of the ity. Mr. Dorsey said that the committee thought it better for the U.S. government to pay ome- half of the expense of relaying old pavements and the District sey dire ‘The provision of the bill in relation to the laying of cobble or Belgian block pavements for paving the tracks of the street ear c panies, was amended, giving the Commission. ers authority to specify the Kind of cobble or Belgian block to be used in paving by the railway companies. The seciic 3 still fur- District Commi » ion of a del egate from the District to Cong was nexc considered. . - Mr. Edmunds moved to strike out the s i He believed there is no necessity for riet delegate in Congress. There is no necessity to put the Disirict_ and the govern- ment to the expense of $25,000 every two years to select a Congressional delegate. Mr Ingalls told the Senate that he thought it not best to recognize the House provision of the bill creating a council. At the same time the committee was of the opinion that the right of local self-government should be recognized in some manner, and the election of a dele- gate to Congress Was the least objectionable torm of suffrage. He believed that the people would be better satisfied and contented by choosing their own representative in Congress. Besides, the presence of such a delegate would relieve members of both the District committees of a great deal of trouble. Mr. Edmunds said that the experiment of a delegate in Congress from the District had been tried. It isan ornamental pesition. On this over-taxed community it is wrong to im- pose the slightest tax that is not absolutely necessary. The ayes and noes were taken on the motion to strike out the section. The motion was agreed to—ayes 40, noes 9, as follows: YE M ‘Allison,’ Armstrong, | Hailey, Beck, Bruce, Burnside, Christiancy, Cockrell, Coke, Covover, Davis (Il!.), Eaton, El- munds, ‘Eustie, Ferry,’ Grover, Hereford, ‘Hill, Jones (#is.), Kernan, Kirkwood, McCreery, Me~ Denaid, McMillan. Maxey, Merrimon, Morgan, Morrill, Paddock, Plumb,’ Randolph,’ Ransom; Saui:bury, Teller, Thurman, Voorhees, Wadleigh, Windom and Withers—40, N Ham:in, Hoar, Howe Messrs. Dorsey, Mitchell, Rollins, Sargent and Bpencer—9 orsey moved to strike out section 7, in relation to the qualification of voters. The motion was agreed to. Section 8, abolishing the boards of police and school trustees, was next taken up, and beyond a few verbal changes, it was passed without amendment. Section 9, abolishing the offices of sinking fund commissioners, was passed without amendment. ; Section 10, in relation to the powers of the board of health, was next considered. Mr. Edmunds moved to strike out the words “shal! be continued,” and to insert ‘thereby is abol- ished,” which was being discussed a8 our re- port closed. (The bill,as amended by the Senate, will undoubtedly be passed this afternoon.) HOUSE.—Speaker Randall having returned presided over lhe House to-dry. On motion of Mr. Hartridge, a resolution was adopted directing the committee on post offices to report the best methods of prevent. ing trang on the postal revenues. x. Goode, from committee on education and labor, reported back the bill to apply the proceeds of sales of public lands to the educa- tion of the people, and it was referred to the committee of the whole House. On motion of Mr. Foster, the House agreed to the conference asked for by the Senate on the bill to carry into effect the bill for the com- letion of the Washington monument, and essrs. Foster, Clymer and Goode were ap- pointed the conferees. Mr. Vance. from committee on coinage, re- poniten a bil authorizing the Secretary of the reasury to constitute superintendents of mints and of assay offices, assistant treasurers of the United “States to receive bullion. ssed. The House then went into committee of the whole on the army appropriation bill, Mr. Springer iu the chair, = A BALD-FACED Liz.—A telegram from Ashe- ville, N. C., reports that the story published in the Pioneer stating that Bald mountain had been rent asunder, is a fabrication—a lie out of a whole mountain. Russia BUYING AMERICAN GUNS.—The Russian government, through its agent, Capt. Grippenburg, has opened hegotiacions with the South Boston Iron Company for the manu- facture of heavy ordnance, and a special price-list, with full particulars as to the Capacity of the works as at present run, oc under the highest pressure, has been submit- ted, at the request of the Russian agent. Four THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR a HoRsE.— Jay Gould has purchased the trotting stallion Joker from W. W. Smith, of Mechanicsville, Saratoga county, N. Y., for $1,000. Joker is a trotter of considerabie reputation. AT A SPIRITUAL SEANCE IN Boston, on Sun- day night last, a curious gentleman pulled the curtain aside and captured Mrs. Boothby, the medium, with a false mustache on, with the aid of which she had been identified ‘by one of the believers present as that of a departed son. This discovery broke up the harmony of the conditions. 4#@-Organ grinders are excluded from Lynn, Mass., Dra pay gent ordinance, iA 3 ae gal Mr ‘Telegrams to The Star. THE EUROPEAN OUTLOOK. The Rival Powers at Bay. | GREAT WISCONSIN TORNADO. THE EUROPEAN MUDDLE. Rumored Split in oe British Cabi- net. Lonpon, May 25, 2 p. m.— Internationa! stocks have suddenly become very flat. on a stock exchange rumor of a split in the British cabinet. The rumor is not traceable to any reliable source. The cabinet meets to-day for furtber consideration of Count Schouvalofi’s proposals. propetal View of the Situation. The Times, in its leading editorial article this morning, referring to the interview of Count Schouvaloff, the Russian ambassador, with Lord Salisbury, foreign secretat subsequent cabinet council, expresses opinion that there is legitimate ground for the favorable impression which everywhere pre- vails respecting the results of Count Schouva- loff’s mission. Early Developments Pro The Journal de St. Petersburg, rring to the insistance of the London papers on the aceeptance by Russia of the British formula of submitting the entire treaty to the con- gress, say is @ sertous desire that the congress et, we hope it will meet. The formula y be found. If unfortu. it is nota question | prevented it. Ina | about the matter.” Friction in Turkey. | was reported in a dispatch from Constantino- ple yeste: had failed to agree upon a line between the Turkish and Rus isted of Russian and Turk sian forces, co. 1 x h corps eommanders, appointed at General Todieven’s suggestion to fix a new line of de- marcatiqn and make new regulations for the better preservation of peace in the present dangerous proximity of the two armies. The us: and Turkish soldiers, whea the lines are in contact, fraternize cordially, and no trouble is apprehended, despite the failure ef the commission to agree, but it was thought advisable to have the lines further apart and more precise regulation: The health of the Russian troops is improving. Ten Lives Lost at Mineral Point. Depvugve, lowa, May u )- lishes the following additional particulars concerning the tornado at Mineral Point, Wis. : “An eye-witness says the killed, so faras he could learn, were John Coleman, Mrs. Leon- ard, Dan Zimmers and daughter, of Highland ; two children of Mrs. Beardsley, Mr. and Mrs. Rohan, William Ooley, of Waldwick, and Mr. Craven, of the same place. Damage at Wankesha. MILWAUKEE, May 25.—Much damage was done by the tornado Thursday night at Wau- kesha. Many houses were destroyed and the damage is about $20,000, CanbDInaL MCCLOSKEY’s return to NewYork has been mentioned in the Stak. The New york papers say: Leo XIII had manifested at interest in his Chureh in America, and o the Cardinal, at their last meeting, he im- parted his wishes and the Gapal bey 9 In the early part of April the Cardinal left Rot on his return journey. He spent a few day: Florence, and proceeded thence to. Pai | Where he occupied modest apartments n the Boulevard St. German, much frequented by ecclesiastics from all parts of the world. He remained in Paris three weeks, and was the recipient of kind attentions from resident Americans and others. He also paiclpaved in several religious ceremonies. A short time before he sailed he conferred the tonsure upon Mr. Van Rensselaer, formerly an Episcopal | clergyman in New York, who ‘became a Cath olie Several years ago, and is now in Paris preparing. for the priesthood. The ceremony took place in a private oratory, and was wit nessed by a few friends of ‘the neophyte Among those present was Mr.Van Renssalaer's er, Who has also embraced Catholicism nd is about to take the veil, and Rev. Mr McCall, another ci-devant American Protest ant clergynian, who is also studying for the priesthood. THE GREAT STRIKE IN E don sate says: The ball strike districts on Alderman Pickop’s com promise proposal passed off quietly. There was no disorders anywhere. Of about 18,000 per ns entitled to vote 13,817 voted. The fol- lowing detatls ofthe voting on the compromise have been received: Burnley, 4,999 against D.—A Lon inthe cotton LAN and 392 for; Blackburn, 4,536 against and 292 for; Darmer, 1.100 sestust and 96 for ; Clithe- roe, %3 against and 4 for; Harwood, 787 against and 4 for; Rishton, 324 against and 22 for; Whalley, 15] against and 12 for, and Lang- hoe 75 against and 10 for. At Accrington, Oswaldtwistle and Padisham the operatives refused to take a ballot. There was no ballot at Preston because the weavers there are willing to accept the reduction. The result is hailed with satisfaction by the operatives, and makes little impression on the masters.’ The strike will be indefinitely prolonged. Seven- teen hundred colliers have struck at Chadder- ton, in Lancashire, against a proposed reduc- tion of 17 per cent. of their wages. The meet- ing of the cotton masters ot Manchester for- merly fixed for Friday has been proposed un- til Tuesday, the masters feeling that it is use- less to discuss Alderman Pickop’s proposal. ARREST OF AN EX-JUDGE ON CHARGE OF FORGERY.—The central Portion of the city vas startled last evening by the arrest of Mr. eorge W. Bishop, late judge of the orphans’ court, and cx president of the first branch of the city council, on a charge of forgery in con- nection with the care of the orphan. Frederick W. Ketchum, jr, It had_been known for wo weeks or more that Mr. Bishop was suspected of complicity in the forgery by which the minor Ketchum had been defrauded out of his estate, and his arrest was foreshadowed in the Gazette of the 11th instant. At that time, however, while there were strong suspicions that Mr. Bishop was implicated in the irregu- lar transactions by which young Ketechum’s estate was diverted, there was no sufficient evidence to warrant his apprehension on the charge.—( Baltimore Gazette, A FIERCE TORNADO OR CYCLONE, on Thurs- day evening, totally demolished a settlement in the suburbs of Chicago, and devastated the country for a radius of two miles. A farm house was b'own down, Miss Bruner was in- stantly killed, and two young children were carried through the airand hurled dead to the fiona twenty rods away. A laborer was lifted from the ground and_ his legs broken by falling. The destruction of property is ver: serious. At Madison, Wis., a heavy rain fell, accompanied with hail, and, strange to say, a shower of sticks, stones, boards and twigs, probably taken up from the scene of devasta- tion at Mineral Point. Fifteen or twenty barns were destroyed between Mount Vernon and Oregon. By the destruction of a farm house two brothers named Bergt was killed, anda woman severely injured. Three or four per- sons are reported killed near Paoli. Mrs. VOSBURGH FOUND AND TAKEN TO NEW JERSEY.—Nothing was said in open court yes- terday morning nor at any time during the day concerning the disappearance of Vosburgh. Several physicians were exam- ined, but their testimony was unimportant. Sheriff Lavetr y, accompanied by three other rsons from New Jersey, found Mrs. Vos- urgh at her aunt's house In New York last night, and took her back to New Jersey. It was stated on good authority last evening that since the story of Mr. Spadone was made pub- lic Mrs. Vosburgh had appended her name to belief in her husband's a paper declaring her guilt. In whose hands this paper now is could not be learned, but it is what might have been anticipated froma threat she made to her hus- band when she first learned that Mr. Spadone had been subpoenaed by the state. “If Mr. Spadone,” she is said to have declared, “makes known your seory of my abortions, Iam a ruined woman. And when I go down, George Vosburgh, you go down with me!"—{N. ¥. Times, *hth. THE $50,000,000 Loan.—Advices from New York state that the syndicate has practically sites se oneaaniaareed Tani A iD; ere an be maining $10,000,000 sent to Europe. te 4#@-The fire among the buildings of the sub- lime porte proves to have been the work of an incendiary. One and a-half millions of dollars ceposited there was lost. 4%-At Bellefonte, Pa., yeste Wa.son and Alfred Raut bere rau By mistake from a bottle of carbolic acid. One of them died soon afterwards and the other is not expected to recover. THE GREAT TORNADO IN WIs- | CONSI | Publie The Russo-Turkish commission, which, it | THE ART EXHIBIT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, An Interesting Affair—Address by Mr. McLeod—History of Art ita Wasbington and of the Corcoran Gallery—Address by Commissioner Bryan—Awarding the Prizes by Miss Vinnie Ream. Yesterday afternoon we briefly noticed the exhibition of drawing and penmanship of the public schools at the Franklin building, and the fact that there was a large number of visi. tors present. At three o'clock the examina- tion of the work performed by the special drawing classes was commenced in the male grammar school by Lieutenant Hoxie, Miss Vinnie Ream, Mrs. Fassett, Architect Cluss, and Mr. Schulze, and they made a very careful inspection. ADDRESS OF MR. MCLEOD. About 415 o'clock Dr. Reyburn, chairman of the committee on drawing, introduced Mr. William McLeod, curator of the Corcoran Gal- ery. of Art, who delivered the following ad dress: I must first take occasion to express my grat ifieation with the specimens of the linear and se. verer pe he of drawing which I have examined. So excellent they are, they do great credit to the skill of the pupils, and’ the admirable sys- tem under which their accomplished teactier has trained them. Familiar as | am with the un llery, I feel none the less interest in these samples of th ct branch of art, exempli- fied in the drawings before me, which, alter all, has more than any other to do with the of this practical world, aud I hope the will soon come when such skillful pupils have an opportuuity to enjoy greater facilities in the proposed Academy of Art, to which I will refer presently. By request of your Board of Trustees of the Schools ‘to furnish for publication abroad au address upon the origin, progress, present condition and prospects of the Corco- ran Gallery of Art, so identified with the cause of art-education, I have prepared this paper, with the hope that much of its statisti cal details and information may deepen the interest and pride of this community, of this country, in that great institution. Before entering upon my theme, I think it proper, in order to estimate fully the magni- tude of this great gallery of art, and its timely beneficent. effect upon our community, glance at the condition of art in Washington up to the time when it rose in our midst. Nearly up to that time, I doubt whether another city in the land was more deficient in the means ‘and aids of real art-culture than this metropolis, notwithstanding its national importance, the “logic, the wisdom and the wit” of its yearly Congress, with its attendant train of men of letters and'people of fashion. True, atan early period the Capitol had re- ceived great governmental works. oe inting and sculpture, but the paintings of mbull and Weir and the bas-reliefs and statues of Italian seulptors, while appealing to our pa- triotism, were not of a kind to kindle an en- larged feeling for art. They stood apart in historic grandeur—not kindling in our homes that taste and aptitude for arc which now- adays animate our community. The portrait-painter is the pioneer of art in every community. Hence, naturally enough, ihe great limners of the land, Stuart, Jawis, Harding, Healy and Elliott, in succession, came ahd painted superb portraits of the dig- nitari f the Cabinet, of the Bench and of after which hoy d disappeared, their he visita- ig Memory of the genius and work of the artists. A few resident portrait- pes of lesser fame, and drawing-masters ‘ollowing the old method of instruction, of copying from prints, were the only representa- iv here until 1841, when a new revela- in the domai scape wa made by the visit of Thos. Doughty. one of the i ndscapists of that day. Beautiful as ictures were, he had to DISPOSE OF THEM BY RAFFLE and take pupils forthe means of living. From the seed thus sown sprung up, for a while many amateurs were produced, but there was no association established, no general interest felt in art—it was looked’ upon asa pastime not as a profession—no schools of art. deserv- ingthe name. Idoubt whether at this time there was in any drawing schoo! one good east or model for pupils to draw from. THE NUCLEUS OF THE CORCORAN GALLERY, Such was the precarious condition of art until 1849, about which time Mr. Corcoran and Mr. J. C. McGuire formed private galleries of their n. that greatly roused and en- couraged art. I will notice particularly Mr. Corcoran’s, because his collection formed the nucleus of what is now the Corcoran Gallery of Art. He at once stamped his collection with a national character. The Greek Slave ‘as enthroned in it; Cole’s Departure and Return, Mercy’s Dream by untington, Doughty's Autumn on the Hudson, with others graced it, and now charm the eye im the Cor- coran Gallery. The liberal owner in time threw his collection open to the public on certain days. The effect wasimmediate. Pub- lic taste was stimulated. Painters of genre and of Indian scenery and customs, began to gather here. Association, the vital principle of all art progress was now first thought ol, and met with encouragement from the pub- ic. THE ARTISTS AND AMATEURS _ here in 1857, by concentrated action, held the first of three ‘successful yearly exhibitions of pictures, which would have done honor to any northern city. Many of the pictures were from New York and Philadelphia. Several of them are now in the Corcoran Gallery, and private collections. ~The approach of the evil war ex- tinguished this promising movement, and the sociation dissolved. Before that disastrous Ve od, however, Mr. Corcoran proceeded in to erect a building, which, in his own words, was “designed for the encouragement of fine arts,” and “for the perpetual establish- ment and encouragement of painting, seulp- ture, and the fine arts generally.” The build- ing was just covered in when the civil war suspended its progress, and jt was used by the government for military Purposes until its restoration to its owner in 1869, who at once appointed a board of nine trustees to execute his plans, turning over to them his private col- lection of pictures and statuary, the whole to bear its present honored title. It was incorpor- ated bv Congress in 1870, and ‘the reconstruc ton and finish of the building terminated in 1si],_ In November, 1873, the organization of the institution was completed by the election of officers for its persona! management and care, and on the 19th of January, 1874, all the galleries save the sculpture halls, were opened to a private exhibition, when Mr. Corcoran re- ceived the congratulations of his friends upon the auspicious inauguration of his munificent ‘ift after somany years of delay. In April, 874, the main sculpture hall was opened, an: in the following December the entire building was open to the public. In 1573, the trustees had taken vigorous steps to prepare for this public opening, by having ready important supplies of art works in paintings, sculpture, bronzes, and ceramic ware to supplement the private collection of Mr. Corcoran, so that small as the entire col- lection appeared, the public recognized in the additions a guarantee that their task would be satisfactorily executed in a way to please all tastes and meet all expectations. THE GROWTH OF THE INSTITUITON, now alittle over four years old, is unprece- dented. I have here a copy of Its first cata- logue issued at its opening—a thing of eight pages, and here is the present catalogue, a \k of sixty pages, of which 30,000 copies have been disposed o in three and a half years In 1874, the number of paintings was...... 93 In 1878, “* in “ - «145 In ls74, “ “ pieces of marbie StALUALY....-0-.0esesreereeseeeees ons esiea’ s In 1878, the number of pieces of marble statuary.......... ers |) wine that intervalof four years have beea received: Of imported casts in plaster, antique and mod ern.. se a: Of electrotype reproductions. Otbronzes. - Of ceramic ware. Itis unnecessaoy to dwell upoi per character of these works. They speak forthem lude to the broa selves, but I must special to foundation laid by the trustees for the stud aaa contemplation of antique sculpture, i ie CHOICE COLLECTION OF CASTS from Greek and , upequa led in this country, and not surpasse by any abroad, in to selection and ar- rangement. Now who of our untraveled com- munity had ever before seen in this sec- the country, and to some extent, any- where in America these faithful Teprotue. tions of the noblest types of ancient ipture? Phidias, the Ferthesce, the Eigis ‘marbles, Lysippus, Praxit and other names were words familiar to us, but ited ideas, He lets” enh aa Gneindividual, we were at once admitted £6 fhe presence of these great artists, 5 % E Qs Venus of Milo, the graceful contour of the Med- fewin Venus, the grandeur of the Theseus and Kessus, the harrowing agony of the Laocoon, the lithe, supple forms of the Discoboli and Apoxyomenes, the exctted action of the Gladt ator, the dignified repose of Sophocles. and the sylvan. uniutored grace of the Faun of the Capitol, with other shapes of which we hereto. fore dreamed, and dreamed only. atihaows bi J BRONZE MALL. where the gentus ot CRNA RiP ERRZS rkers in metal is dip! e of electrotype re) a a s domes Ue use, Wrought in a style of | classic design. imparting to our people for the first time a distinct aof the thos gh knowledge of drawing, engraving and modeling, the artl- ficers of that day possessed. ATIONALITY OF THE PICTUS i heen often intimated that inten tions of the founder as declared in his words “to encourage American genius, tnd to pro mote the cause of Americ have not been followed in the purchases by the tras tees: that foreign art has been unduly en couraged and promoted. The catalogue will tate f show this opinion to be wh . Of the #2 paintings in the main ware by utes purchased y are American, and of 40 pictures in that gallery “on the line? the position of honor, one half are American. Surely upon that point the management stands ited. It must be also borne in mind that many of the foreign pictures are of a class and execution that even if any American artist could equal them, he would bold them at more than double the price paid for them. The Charlotte Corday, Vestal Tuccia, Fie of St Jobn, and Lost Dogs are tliustracions of this. But aside from such considerations of ability and cost, it is, 1 think, putting a forced con struction upe intettionsand words of the founder, and taking a narrow view of the comprehensive wants of such a great gallery of art, particularly at its ontset, to make the purchase of works by American art- ists its chief object. Art isof no country, and while a great portion of encouragement should be given to our own artists, merii should be the standard ot select nd all nationalities showing that, should enjoy an equal ehance. Why do our students of painting, sculpture and music go to Europe? To profit by that regular, rigid training, to be pe din that eution to it is de- y such mpl curopean art as may not ty to the collection, but to serve as the benefit of our artists and ama- rs denied the advantages of foreign study, tit és “encouraging American genius,” it is promoting the cause of American art” when su arvels of foreign art as those already mentioned, and the Marching Regi ment and Bavarian’ Prisoners, by Detaille, are before Artists as examples of a drawing,strong char. acter. and finished work ly: just as we would place the compositions of Beethoven and Mozart before musiz-students, and not confine them chiefly to the works of American only give vat models fc lery building was erected mainly for exhibition purposes. “It was designed by the architect purely for that—consisting of grand eries, with none of the subc quirements for educational purpo: time the cha e hibition of 18, quent lecturer on industrial the attention of E utilizing art for turning a eessity oO dustrial purposes if she wished to maintain a competition with the a ns of Europe, had not reached these . Now it has. Not only education in fine ked for in every art institution now, but the industrial interests demand a share of the facilities J to the portrait and and sculptor. The trustees ver acilities for artists and ama- eursto copy the paintings three days in the week, aud subsequently the same privilege extended to the gallery ¢ ts, of course r such restr s aS were necessary to reserve the safet e works and decorum of an exhibition galle Of the beneficial effect of this privilege, “without money and without price,” the public has had ample evi- dence in the creditable copies of pictures and drawings from casts. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT. I must now notice a feature of the Corcoran Gallery almost_ peculiar to itsel{—the issue of Photographs of its most interesting paintings, statu ronzes, Ke, This important work Ww ted soon after the opening of the in- stitution, and has by its increasing issues add - ed to its Popularity and fame, and dissemi- nated a larger taste for art. With the liberal y marking all the operations of the Gallery, copies of these photographs are sent gratul lously to every art association, great or small, throughout the country, and’are sold only ai the gailery at such a price as will cover their cost and this gratuitous distribution. The popular demand for them is extraordinary. They are called for from every remote and sparsely settled portion of the country. Now y think what an impulse is given to art- ulture, when iis far-away students, who never even saw a plaster east of an a ue head, can study these superb views of the Venus of Milo, the Apollo, the Laocoon, or the sad loveliness of Charlotte Corday, of the photograph of which great picture nine hundred copies have been issued within the past two a halt years! The number of objects in the Gallery photographed ix about one hundred, and {s steadily increasing. ,, NUMBER OF VISITORS. The rapid growth of the Corcoran Gallery is ehow in its yearly pumber of visite ns saneD : In 18 In 18; In 186 a Be * . Compare these n ofa cil \ inhabitants with the attendance the art galleries of Boston and New York with thelr po) pulous towns tributary to them. visitors atthe Museum of Art in Boston in 158,446. This number according to its re- port, embraced those who attended on Sundays during three-fourths of Se your and which averaged 1,429 visitors per Sunday. Deduct the aggregate of these, and the attendance on week-days was a little over 100,000 to 77,764 of the Corcoran eatery. , Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of A: New York, with its rich Catatum and Gesolg polectoos, ait = famous Loan Exhibition n 1876, 9 jatthe Corcoran Gallery, year, 117,764 ee These figures prove that this community takes more interest in the Corcoran Gallery in proportion to its inhabitants, than is felt in those great cities, with their long establish. ed institutions of art. According to the deed and charter, the in. stitution was to be free to the public on two days of the week only, but at the opening, at yr Coreoran's suggestion, the privilege was exten hree days, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. ie! : THE VALUE OF THE GIFT. The following statement will show the value of the gift of the Coreoran Gallery of Art: Cost of the building and ground 250,000 Mr. Corcoran’s Pictures purchased since the opening... 109/330 Marbie statuary 2 Casts in plaster. Bronzes. Reproduc oty Majolica, ceramic ware, &¢ $504,421 .The endowment isabout a million of dollars, yielding an income of over 0,00). The present building not having tpn to contain the engravings, the general objects of of the government ve fs supply to Europe. ACADEMY. Academ; be the head-center of art in this coun’ nM ‘America-iouked to as ghia a museum, and an extensive library, the for- mation of those important collections is nec- essarily delayed until the gallery is extended. In view of these sums and their pu let us pause and think of their un) lieled lav- ishness. Providence occasionally raises indi- viduals for various special missions of useful- hess and benevolence to their fellow-men, who give their influence, their genius and their means for those pi as freely as Heaven blessed them with power, taste and for- tune. It was for Pericles to lift Athens to glory in art and literature, for the Medici to do the same for Florence, and it was the boast of Augustus Cesar that “he found Rome of brick, and left it of marb! and may we not justly claim, in view of his benevolence to the needy. his liberality to seats of learning, and his lavish encouragement of art, that we have in our midst a Corcoran who combines the merits of :those ancient and medizval patrons of art with the humane deeds of a modern MSurch isa sketch of th uch isa sketch of the origin, wth and present condition of the Coreora Galler 01 . For its future it is easy to foretell a. career of greater glory and usefulness, whe" the whole plans of its founder are consum mated. s building, these galle: forn: but half of what he proposes to do. ith ali their superb contents, they are but shov. rooms, as it were, of the comprehensive labo atory of art, education and cviti time will rise attached y= One year ago, it was first publicly announce from this platform by an honored p the gallery, the late Professor Henry, that Corcoran intended to erect this Academy Art. Though the great ject has been. layed, through no fault of the founder ox tre ees, it Wil surely be realized. ‘The plan: details are ready, have been ready for yea. and when a certain obstacle is removed: it which, it has bee E GALLERY, TH % Such a Gallery and eannot fail to toas all motive and instrue- (Continued on Bighth Page.) private picture gailery 100,000 * »