The New York Herald Newspaper, April 8, 1871, Page 4

-, The Boss Afier ' © ANOTHER BATCH OF VaTOES. | Fight Between Ass “THB STATE CAPITAL. Consternation Over the Rumor of the Loss of the Suppy BL he Election Laws Again. smblymen ir prand mg and The Red Books Destroyed | by ing in a way that was as pected. The fact is that they al! went up in s when the prina >» Went down Into heap of smouluer.ng z house of ars and $ nes. It will be umber of books which everybody in any way connected with tn Senate or the Assembly cousticred himself entitiod to was a fierce and a long one a few weeks b and that it nad, m the long r to be decided by a conference committee. who came very near break: tng each other's individe il noses about THE BONE UF © NTION before all the members had become satisfied theta | hundred copies apiece for each Senator and Aeseu- | blyman was just the thing that taxpay coud not grumble at. During the past few days many of the members, by dint of a great deal of noise | and bluster when the printing folks were aroun¢ succeeded in getting their quota of the previous ‘volumes, but the majorty in both houses, i am sorry fo say, are among the mourners to-day. The civil lists, which caused such a bubbup in the lower ® haze remembered that the figit over tie House yesterday, also went the ways of all ashes, along with the red books, and as the new country abers had thetr Qearts sct upon them the lameptauion ‘upon all sides is very great iuaced. However, many of the New York members are quite delgited over the sad fate of the books, for it generally costs every one of om $300 or 2400 over and above the cosi tho Siate gives him credit for to | get asudicient number of the books every year to make one out of every hundred of hts constituents | happy and contented til the next election. The | poorer members from the city, wile can’t afford to | make auch an outlay and at the same time keep | their i WASITTERWOMEN IN GOOD ITUMOR, 1 especially during a se: picked up ia the 10%) on when “bones’’ cannot be every siep, are very jubl- | lant over the disa Of course they sympa- | thize deeply with the firm who lose so much | by it; but then what an exceilent excuse they mow have to keep their red book seeking Constituents at a distance, and that too without Ing offence! Was there ever such luck known fore at Albany! tow Jacobs, who has of rite waged such a ferric warfare against tue resoln- tions for printing al! sorts of bcos and pampuiers and reports wnl.h pine out of ten pers t old paper busin ss threw into the ¥ s00n us they receive tr tion and its legisiat ve con: anybody tas as vet been abie to find out. aged, however. unintentionally probab no stall exeliement woen hie was gue ‘the sulyect, by stativg thet be was sorry to say r feels about the coutag $18 more than He man- to crenie QE SUPPLY BILL could not be called no before Tuesday next. The Member Wio heard this rather adefaite remark re- peated if to another and te Y whise or, and 0 m went that ina eored Itto his next door rom Mouth to moutu so fe Lutes: had hearly all tue men it tatu thelr heads that the mar pt of the Supply bill 1 the same fate as the puor dear Every who ha Lngo— * his tre YDS, Wik be founi aie Of Woe Nad by Bet suflo: that eve dy Know thata new su} d be made u there wn: thing a few of ihe orig: taliy lef out easy thing to wou) ever, it was fually ascertained (iat the bi had not been burned at ali bo manuscript had been seut toa printing house which W ring house Where the red book The mem- bers of “great expectusor breatae more freely. now The “Boss” is an ¢ jt the man who expects to get the be question 01 political strat e betore sunrise. You kncw his infiuenc p practices, aud of ium in @ is get up long oh was thrown = against 1, Was W of Harcenbergh’s bill = const cus: the other night, and the time of holding the from Novemoer to Octoper. The ior dountiess, had @ neater plan in lus own mind, and one winch the people certainly find oo fault with, oa the ground that it places the s ih # sort of an- | agonistic atiiude to the general govern: ment. ‘The eitect of the ~ bili will be that the Congressional ticket hereafter will be @ separate one, aud that if the government atteuy to interiere wiih Votes obser tau those deposiie: ¢ to show 103 hau good democrats will duty appreciate, Will pass J uerewith append it ia furlc— SkorIeN 1. At such annual or special election at which erepreseniniive ia Congress, Senators or meiivers, of Ax sembiy are hereafter to be elected, the Inspectors 1 the ¢ eral election districts im this State shall proviue aad ki in in a way that As te bill Separate Lex, In which «ll ballots, 10 be endorsed 1 ited; also & separnie box whiew al Senators, to be endort and also # for members shall be cep pecive boxes sha nvasved, in the order named abc following the estimate aud © the ed State, Sko. 2. Ail ncts and pacts of visions of this ac nereoy Pep ‘BRO. 8. Tuis act sali take efect immedi HASTY 1 A good iliustration of the wa; during @ rush of business without What they are votiog upon was af Horus Ing in the Assembly, A Lill, oue Clan which aves the Common Council of New York power t “Senate,” cta inconsistent with the pro ted. members vote actly id the city to th Hions Of doll onstruction of @ brilge Ivom New Xerk wey, over the North i . Was read a PUL Upon its fual pas iy every hame ou th single “nay” responded to his ol Up aud culled the members’ attention to the mugnitude of the bill. “here was considerable excitement When the thing was ¢ wered, abd he Toll Was a! once one over again. The members then, as iLeir names were caller, yelled out their “noes” in igorous style, #0 as to ma mistakes fn voung ” by ihe Tmutes before, NO wonder both houses during the closing THAT CATTLE BILL Mr. Irving gave the Kinder yi a hard slap to- day. Whe Will appropriates $1 0 to commission. ers, Who are given tie right to stop cattle at Bullalo and other points fer examination. Mr. Littigohit said the Yili Was to prevent the spread of the cattie disease throughout the state, drving could not see tt in that ) and remarked tat aS Jar as he could judge the way the bill was drawn up the only disease Me conmissioners would have anyching to do wit Would ve sound tu their pockets, where the $10,000 would wo. irving then inade amouonu, Which was carried, to 'ay the bill on the tavle. Both houses were treated to a FRxSH VISH OF VETO MESSAGES to-day from the Governor. The Senators are not 50 used to the reading of the death warrants of shaky we. and the Clerk roll and not a 4 until Goodrich ¢ up tor their a few silence bs creep U bills a6 inelr brethren of the other House; but the | Governor mude up for past neglect to-day and gave them a double dove, One of the vetoes was aimed at a class of claim bills. It is to be hoped that while he has his band in tie Governor will KILL ALL THE OTHER CLAIM BILLS in @stmtlar way it they are not soon withdrawn. ‘They are, in nine crses out of ten, swindles of the worst character, ana not a few of the men whoin- ; trovuce them know taeda to be lrauds when they fake hold of them. ‘dhe bill for the better PREVENTION OF FIRES in New York city, which was pabisied in fuil in the | HERAL» last Sunday, passed the Assembly to-day, after tad been 80 amended as to give the fire Comusssioners, instead of the Fire slarshal, the power lo license kerosene oil dealers. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Senate. AvBaNyY, April 7, 1871. A large number of reports were made. BILL6 INTRODUCED. Mr. NoRToN introduced a bill to incorporate the St. Pat) ‘Mek Hall Associativn. Mr. Twrep introduced a 1 wo emus tho Raeeton Seg 7 | and Elizabeth fer Providing ror separate boxer to contain the tickets for Con- gresamen, Senators and Assomb!ymen, resp cotively. VFTO MELSAGY, ‘The Covernor returned the bill (o amen the charter of the Central Savings Wank of New York, with bia objections. ‘The bi! crants wuusual and unwarranted powers, ‘he veto was sustalaed, PILLS PASBED. 4 izing the employipent of stenographera in the Second ad vier! rooklyn Children’s Aid Society to hold Auth and Thy » Moy Rt wy © Athenwam. Boek Excnat a) Done poundaries of Aubarn, i luiernavional Improvement and Trust irect, Brooklyn. aquiry ufo the sauily of persous in- 4a Savings Ba i n Mortgage and Trust Com land authorized to be sold yn, fortbern Katiroad Cor ny ent of an Audiior for Kings of Brooklyn. fes in Kings sity of brooklyn, ‘ w York, Kings Adjourued until do! Assembly. ALvANY, April 7, 1871, ILLS RIED, number of bills were reported, many of which were to be 4 comp! of commissioners to 1 county was reported Ito a third readi A BATON OF VET 4 the following y a tax on the town of Ho f AW aces in Queens fuli power in the It does not sock- at dee vas apparent! draw walari v1 duced a bill to amend the charter of rred to be counpie introduces a bill similar to Mr, Creamerts, in putting, Feltsious societies on the wame sooting a8, LS PASEED, he Yonkers Ituepital Association, £ tae Commissioners of Panite Charities and Y jt | the r prey New York. For the protection vu! ‘ounds and parks, Invorpuraung the Peupie's Gaslight Company of West ‘arms. Providing for the care of female drunkards in the House of the Good shepherd in 8 county, ue New York Maenner-chor, 1ng ciate in the City of Brooklyn by the Board of Health, he Island Chy ‘Tru: h uifaio, peration of the Staten Island Company. Amending t Extending the ‘Yo prevent railroads, Li wo Gn motion of Mr, Lit Inid on the table. Tnevrporating t Incorporating t Mr. BURNS » oved @ reco: section aliowing tue corpor: supscribe to the capital sti 1 Out. ‘The motion to reconsider was carried, and the bill was re- commiited to the Judiciary Committee, Authorizing the construction of a street railroad in Auburn “john a motion to reconsider was Rockland County Savings Bank, rity nna Trust Company in order ty have the ies of New York to stricl | to Owasco Lake, BILI Lat. Paid halen the New York and New Jersey Railroad jompany, Avecess to seven o'clock P. M. (Talo. rther supply of water for Fort Dickinson charter of Binghamton and tue Fulton Bank of Brooklyn to increase its ions for the government of the American ¥. bul to moved th t ailroad Committee be dre. von of the Dill to repeal 2 the char) dire pecially Messrs, nt of Weed at this Weed knew of his uecked the bystauders then inter- of his ey imply raised his hand and { blow. The iotenee. ox ie Chair and calied the at- . sing Was exhibited m the Touse, among the mem- bers, at the outrage, and at first there was n disposition to dispose of the case wt once, Lut the Speaker urged that fur- ther time be t e matter, ft RESUME and Savings Institution ihe Insurers’ Indemnity Company of New York. wetion of th umers o. coal. Lost, d for amendment, CaNfRaL BRLOSE. e Structure Over Alarming Harlem River—Commanication trom Judge Insecurity of E on. So alarming is the condition of the Central or Macomb’s Daia Bridge overthe Harlem river that many persons have been impelled to complain to the Department of Public Parks, in the belief that the tment has charge of all bridges over that Judge Hilton, in the subjoined letter, corrects the impression of these people by denying that the department has control of any of the bridges, and at the same time transmits tne report of Mr. W. BH. Grant, an engineer attached to bis bureau, who examined the bridge. This report fully confirms the statements male of its insecurity. In view of the great strain that will be 1mposed upon 1t, should wt remain standing during the coming season, this bridge should be removed, and one of iron or stone substituted, Those having authority should see that this recommendation, backed as it is with the state- ments of those compelled to pass over this bridge, and the report of the engineer who examined it, should be curried out before some vo. rtble accident shall nave occurred, and brought upon them po; ular City of NEw Yorx, } DePragTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS, 265 BROADWAY, Apri 7, 1871.) To TH? Eprror OF THX HFRALD:— iv—From the many requests made and the information me respecting tue ition of Centrai Bridge, across tthe ena of B ghth avenue, lam satisiied that eopie are under the impression that this Department rae of dt, and that the duty devolves upon us to keep \d safe Aud secure for the immense travel con- er He A, trough you, that this is rol uver the Har riate to the improvements and wharves on the river a under and over it, for give Harem rive te duties at that piace for layiag out the doc Bnd constractin: tranete and. bF Which sirveys and examinations are being dally made by Our enginesra in charge ot that work. lowever, to satiaty myselt of the condition of Central bridge, and to asce er it wasin such a dangerous condition as re; the ehlef officer in charge of our civil and topographical engineering bureau to make a personal investigation and report the result. His report I attach. It is such as seems to demand that the public should be warned respecting the use of this bridge, and informed romp mueh are cannot be exercised ta traveiling over tt. ‘ery respect! Ours, | - 7 respec WUENRY WILTON, Vice President and Treasurer Department Public Parka, City OF NEw YORK, DEPARTMENT OF PoBLIC ot « Burrav or Crv. DGRAPHIOAL ENGINERRI April 6, 1871. NrY HILTON, Acting lresident Department of Pub- Central ir. Tracy plan, and from what I hear I think the bridge is n Hon. | ie Parks:— | Dean Sin—I have a y and to-di | Avenue Bridge. Ihave received no answer from | about the still in ‘Morrinan’ Hariem, | Communicate with them about plan, &c, My 6: 101 shows that the structure fs in a precarious condition, uusafe for anything but the most cautious and moderate use. I was unable to examine the floor stringers and flooring for want of ladders, but sudictent examination was made of the acces wor w to the ioundation to determine the insecu- yy of the bridge. The timbers are xeneraliy rotten at thelr intersections and bearings, except where u few replacements le. estcnester end is in the most dan- ‘ous condition. ‘This is owing in y e Of that ‘stretch of the oridge vien Duyril and Por, Morris raising bas been ‘O det the work and the best mode of remedying it will re- quire ar examination by ® carpenter and asvt for which Jenciose & reauiaition. I would suggest, in the meantime, that inatructions be given to the keeper to jtattoned there to policemen it eo eon nor to crowded ‘clone to euch olber other tn ooreste direct! each line of at least Bity waik, more than usual during @ high wind. Very respect! , your obedient serv: Wh. He GRANT, Engineer in Charge Civil end Bureau, NEW YORK | euel GOOD FRIDAY. Observance of tho Festival in This City—Ser- vices, Ceremonies and Sermons iu tho Catho- lie Cuuvetres. To-day (Holy Saturday) ts the last day of the Lenten season, and yesterday beimg Good Friday nl i srve: 7 homility — and self-denial, and the love was uulversally observed im all of the Catnoitc | it Koows the secret of sactdice, When all churches and in many of the Episcopal ones. business, all civil procedures shall conform to On Good Friday is commemorated the death of | the Christian weal; when the Ighest shall Jesus Christ upon the cross, and upon that day spe- cial services are performed, which are calculated | th to keep alive in the hearts of the faithful the memory of the great sacrifice offered up on Mount | (y Calvary to the end thar ail men iatght be saved, An | ty ofiice is performed in place of the mass, no sacrifice | Christ. being 0 i, nor is tiere any consecration of the . the celebraut using the host which was consecrated the day before. Waen the oBice irst began the priest, clad in black vesimenut me to the altar, Which was without | assembled in St. George’s Protestant Eptisco- | lights or incense, and prostrated himseli before it | pal church, to whom the Rey. Dr. ‘yng | d it with a white ciota, | preached an earnest discourse on tho ‘Mo- | ter wii the ailar steps and several | tives which constrain Christians to serve read. Then our Lord Jesus Christ Chapter 18, wherein 18 deserived all our Lord's tribulations and sufferings from tue ume He is betrayed by Judas, © horns, scourged and clad in a purple g nally yletded up the guost u perced Wibh g spear, sripuure might jilted:—“You shall bot break » boae of Him,’ tiu—“They shad iovk Oo Min whom tay lessons We reetted tke passion of according to Si. John, } an Ty ania Ww reed. ‘Th At tae conciusion of the passion several prayers followed, and tien, afier the pirest had divested himself of bis vestments, he toos the cross trom Ue altar, and, uncovering the top of it, showed 1 to people, at ide same tune singing the antiphon, e Ligniae Crucis, Ue Choir Singiug Venue Adore mus, Then he wucovered the right arm again, sing- | ¥ lng Eeve Lunia. #maily he vucovered the whole i Cross, slauing Lece Ligvum sor the Ubird time. be Atter the st had kissed the cross it was ¢ to the altar rails and tuere presented to the lips of many of the fatthtul. While this adovation or rather veneration of the croas was taking place the choir sang the versicie Crux Reis and sangue Lingua Gloriosi. After all the congregation had approached the altar a procession was formed, as on Maunday- Thursday, and they proceeded to the repository and brought back tne sacrau to the mat altar, While the procession was moving the bymn Feria Royts Prodeunt was sung. After the priest had re upon this ¢ brant, unless tne per: ‘ived communion—none SERVIC AT ST, PETER’S CHURCH. The Passion aud Death o! Christ—Discourse by Father Nagent. wi At the ten o’clock mags yesterday at St. Peter's Roman Catholic church, in Barclay street, the Rev. | to Father Nugent, of Liverpool, preached the sermon of the day. On opening his discourse the reverend grief-stricken spouse, sits at the foot of the cross and calls upon her children to witness the sorrow which transfixes her heart, Her | le Sacred rites and ceremouvies are broken and inter- Tupted, the altar is stripped of its oruaments, the sanctuary 1s laid bare, the mournful chant and suffering and sorrow of the crucitixion, While the outward world moves in its ordinary groove, un- Miudful or despising the anniversary of Christ’s death, witle men are just «S$ invent on bust- ness, politics or pleasure, the Church, clothed in the gard of .mourning, with tears upon her cheeks, reveals to the world from Catvary's heights | th the mystery of the passiun and death of Jesus. I | to need not dwell upon the touching incidents of the | 4 tre Last Supper or the New and Eternal Testament, which was then given to the Apostles. Rather let us follow Jesus with His turee chosen ones beyond tie brook of Cedron mto that garden where the second Adam makes reparation jor the sin ot the first in tne Garden of Hden, He retired a littie from His Apostles ana began to pray, waen there felt to the grouud, as It were, a stream flowing irom His sacred ne: It is the first oatpouring of His blood | 8p) witten wil! 5 DARK CL with {(s punishment is cast upon Him, and Ikea rove covers Him, Sin upon the Son of God? sin | th could not toneh Ais ut itentered through His humanity, ‘There fie lies, motionless and still, » OF SIN Waile tie morat leprosy’ of man's gut | PY spreads and circulates through His frame.” It | three minutes, is tins gle that Jorecd the blood to | th ram down upon the ground. Drop by drop it | 4, trickles down, as in the depths of fils agony He lies prosivate and oh nay pas Whicit made its soul sad and sorrowtul even unto death, ys that Wit be ic WHAT WAS THIS CHALICE, the bitternes: which so saddened tne soul of Jesus Christ? It was the twofold though’ of tue infinite | sce inuititade and magnitude of the sins of mank Thought of the numer of Souls Who ie @ protered merey. Father Nugent went on:—Jesus has pas: pari, and $700 for horses that have r beaten 2.40, along the way of sorrow, The momenc for | Un the iast day $2,000 will be given to teams and which He_ so intensely longed has come #1,7w lor horses tual wave never beaten 2:51. at last. The soidicrs form a circle; one | The programme will be highly popular with eagerly prepures tho is; another digs the | trottlag men, and the purses will, undowbt- close with large eutries. ‘dnere are a hole to plant the cross in; while others tear off His | edly, Pe garments and fling Him down upon the cross. Then the boldest oO: the number, seizing tne Divine | tr Tight hand, and, oh God! with what an agonizing | W torture, pierces ii with a large, suarp-pointed nail, and, with repeated blows of the hammer, fasteus it to the cross. Who can relate it without horror? Oh, who would not pity @ mother standing AT THE YOOT OF THE GiBpEr on which her son is hoy soigew Now the last words | ar of Jesus trembling on mother’s soul; bowing His nead, He dies, aud man’s redemptton 15 consummated, weil what our Lord has suffered, man_ beings had suffered for us what Jesus Christ has gone through, would anythtag ever induce us to cause Him the same agony over again? ‘This should be our constant thought, and our only ce- sire or aspiration shou!d be to return to Hun who Was lacerated on the crucifix for our sius, our never dying Lord. biem of THE AG and take all the rest, not touch the sacre | cross, © Lord, Thou bearest in Thy hands the remem- brauce of us—asa spouse retains the pledge of her beloved one in some precious jewel aud clasps it Close to her heart, so we keep the memory ot the wounds in our hearts O Christ. Altera jong ex- hortation to his hearers to remember the great lesson of the day the reverend gentleman con- | Ni ciuded with the words, ‘Into thy bands I commend my spirit; Lord Jesus receive my soul.” PLYNCUTH LECTURE ROOM, NY OF OUR LORD, tt ter than 2:26; one of $700 for horses that never beat 2:60, and one of $1,000 for horses that never trotted faith in Christ, siand the secret of divine love; they follow iim who understand the service of seli-sacrifice, To know the patience of love, even unio death, that it is to Leh Christ. How solemn, how rebuking a test 18 Christ before the world; but, if the Church ts it ceases to represent Gurist. The Church wants | make themselves the servauts of all mea; when we are happy inthe ratio that we diffuse happmess sider these two great cities, with all their injustice and ¢ CONFIRMATION IN ST. CEORGE’S CHURCH. God; the fact upon witch they are based and | the results,’? of | rinthians, v., 14-15, After elaborating those thoughts | anc making an earnest appeal to the unconverted | coLivctton ascenied to the altar, where the | u had assumed, aud ured them to be faithiut to their vows. fie congratulated the church upon the suc and to hts poor, aud a.ter a short prayer the congre- gation received the Episcopal benediction and were disimtssed, y being received by any save the co.e- | #12 Bext month, and it will be a matter of much is atthe point of déath—.| interest to the owners of horses to kuow the precise the mass or oilice conciuded. length of each track on which their trotters will be engaged, the public generally who take an interest in the trot- ting horse and who keep records of time made over the various tracks that a competent ctvil the rules of the Association and take their measure three feet from the pole. gentleman said:—Tne Church on this day, like a | ing tracks that areatull mile or a full half mie should either be ruled out of the National Associa- tion or be compelled to make their tracks the right tions by trotting on tracks that are nota full mie, Some of the assuciations in the country engage thetr own engineers and get certificates to suit them- every word of the sacred office bespeak the abyss of | Selves; but it should be the duty of the National Association to attend to this important matter and have the lengths of ail the tracks published for the enlightenment of ali parties mterested, having the fastest would receive the greatest patro- nage, them where the greatest chance would 2:17. We call the ait bs neers to do national, Work, and not receive as au- incomprehensible gift—the | thentic the measurements made by pro, agents of the several tracks, We obtain toe correct record of a horse’s periorm- ance and protect ihe public, The association having control of this capital track has issued its programme of purses for the shed im full measure, House on the 2d of May, will be given for eight races Guring the four days of Jane, and the sports will begin with a trot itor a ¢ possible tis | Will be for a purse of ¥ from Him, the very thought of | purse of $ given fer four year old trotte: previously trotted for money, Trot lor a purse o1 $2,009 for ho. is agonizing lips pierce the | ble of beatin: pect Park fair Grounds could be selected to show them off, a8 the track 18 one of the Draw ciose to the foot of the cross and consider | try for fast time, and the prizes oifered for the win- Af the vilest of hu- | ners are very liberal. V Spring meeung at this popular track. purses, which close on the 4th of May atthe Hoft- Give us the crucifix, \uat em- | man House, the races to come off on the 16th, 17th, 1Stn and 20th days of that month. . There will be two Deprive us of ail else, but do | trots on the first, second and fourth days, the purses being divided into three parts. Purse No, 1 is $700 for horses that never beat three minutes; No. 2 for horses that never beat 2:29, for which $1,000 will be given; No. 3, on the second day, is a purse of $2,000 for horses that never trotted better than 2:23, and for better than 2:34, They recetve Christ who under- The work of the Church ts to keep the thou; wl Ke of SELFISHNESS, PRIDE, AVARICE AND VANITY, hen shall we see the latter day glory. When | con- ¥ and crime, I realize how much the hurch needs Divine power to interpret to the world ie true meaning of the suflerings and death of Yesterday a comparatively large congregation Di His remarks were based upon Ll, Co- the audience to Wiour, and nt iO tue Tepent and accept the giving a word of encourage- candidates fur confirmation, a | was taken up, in accordance nh teir custom, for missions among the Jews, .or 30M spevial prayers are offered on Good Friaay. niriy-one candi.ates for confirmation then op, Potter, ad- stered the rite to tweaty-two females and nine chiidren and adults, ‘The Bishop suose- tly addressed the youug peopie upon the impor- of the position and church relaiion which they ‘$8 Of ILS NNsSiOus aMONg Lhe poor and Its imiiaiion the Saviour ia this regard, und suid he received eorge’s church on this at than on any other, Me therefore encour. he young disciples to be falthful to their Lord Hoass NOTES, Length of Trotting tracks. The trotting meetings throughout the country be- For the information of horse owners and la the country, we National Association engiueer be appointed the tracks that are governed by ould suggest to tho visit all All assoctauions not have ngths, Many horses have made fictitious reputa- Were all ‘otllng tracks of the sume iengh the associations as all men owning clippers woylu enter e to beat iion of Mr. Ainasa Sprague, i¢ Presideut of the Natonal Trotiimg Associaton, the above suggestions, with he lope that he may once see tac necessity of geting nationai engi- etors or Jn this wayPouly can Prospect Park Fair Grounds. ring meeting, which wil close at the Hofman Fifteen thousand dollars le meeting. ‘he opening day will be the 6th of urse Of $750, lor horses that have never beatea This purse will be dividea into ree parts, The secoad trot will oe betweea horses at have never trovied better than 2:26, and this 00. On Ure second day a into four parts, will be 28 that have never 0 be followed by a es baat nay divided —$55u tO Lue first, ysor hivd gud $50 to thé four Ind day $4,000 wll be give’ second, third aud foarta no; ses Cach gettlug a ¢ many new horses of speed to ve put in ‘aiming this season, und the three minute purse Ll be contested for by some tuat, if report 18 not ted, Wul trot low in the thirties. Tae 2.40 and 2:31 ought Lo have numerous here will be many new candidates for besives those that disiinguished themselves t year. Team races are aiways popular, and there re mauy no he land tnat ure said to be capa- No bewer piace than tne Pros- St in the coune anitcipate a successiul Fleetwood Park. The Fleetwood Park Association offer $13,900 in io. 4, on the same day, 13 a purse of $1,000 horses that never trotted better than On the third day three purses are oifered, the rst being $1,500 for horses that never trotted pet. 2 On the last day of the meeting Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on the Sufferings | $4,900 18 offered for all horses and $1,500 for horses of Christ. . A very large congregation listened last night to Mr. Beecher’s Good-Friday evening talk. The Ply- mouth pastor was in a tender, reflective mood, ana gave to his people his idea of the interpretation to be given to the sufferings of the Saviour. I suppose, said he, that the thoughts of all devout persons are being borne to the great event that the unt- versal Church celebrates to-day. The method of realizing the passion of the Saviour will be aifferent in different persons. Some will merely follow tne th footsteps of history, and review the physical events of Christ's life. For myself 1 neither love nor think It profitable to aweil on the MORBID ANATOMY OF CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS, will accommodate all expect to see the entries unusually large. ‘The track has undergone considerable alteration for the better since last season, and the club house and grand stand will be very much improved, never beat 2:31. The above schedule of purses grades of trotters, and we “HAVE THE WHOLE OR NONE.” JAMES GORDON BENNETr, Esq.:— Sim—Will you kindly Insert the following? I was painfully surprised in reading the short article in je HERALD yesterday on “Wills”—to reflect upon the childishness and wrong spirit manifested by the Teapective societies for the “Relief of Indigent Wo- men.” bequest of »%5,000 was made, both claim it and It oving a questien to which society the I do not think it profitable to listen to the blows of MAb ype id whole or none. it ia the hammer that drove the nails or to iook at the ee hard fight.’ These good eople are fi blood that flowed from beneath the crown of thorns. Yet there 13 great proftin the thought of the Saviour bowed in suffering, when we get the right concep- Uon of what the suffering meant, If Jesus was a | th simple man, a moral genius, seeking to reform His pe persecuted and put to death by them, His eroism was hke that which we sve in every age. If we see only this We come snort of ail the glory of the cress of Christ. The a of the cross is that the mearnated God lives on earth and suders in death to bring witnin the reach of we lowest the real divine nature; to teach us that God ig not an unsuffering, unlavoring raier, governing the universe by the sublime machinery ‘of BY; but | wood, Perth Amboy, that He rules in tender love, with the fidelity of love, the patience of love, the service of love, the sacri- Nice of love, love that death itself does not quench, or change. Jesus came to tell us that God thus loves us from eternity to eternity; and he tells us this, not by THE TRACHING OF THE LrPs, but by the sublime teaching of action. Looked at thus the cross means an interpretation of the Divine na- ture that is subiume beyond compass of words. Men never been willing to believe this interpretation, The Jew could not endure this God of weakness, The Greek scorned such an idea ot God. But when the majesty of heaven is interpreted through Chris! to be the grand power of suflering cheertully an willingly for inferiors, may, for enemies, the fecret of the universe is divulged. Noth- ing 19 nature teaches this; tt is slightly hinted at in the love of the household. Following this moral interpretation We shal! do well to dweii | Upon Christ's sufferings. In this conpection the aoetion an i) new far Wwe scoapt and a = fora sesas Christ person: ourselves. We leve in his name, and in the statement that HE 18 VERY Gop, ‘Tois ts well, but it is the more alphabet of our |“ orgecting the teachings of Christ and the Gospel. flesh, 20). et ieee Cesta ee att ie spirit of “Varlance” is one of the works of the n outgrowth from the devil within (Gal. v., “It any man sue thee at the law and take away hy coat, let him have thy cloak also” (Matt. v., 40). The money was bequeathed to “Relieve Indigent Women’’—let it be mutually and equally divide tween these two benevolent claimants, and thus the devil will be defeated and the spirit of the king- dom of Christ, peace, be spread abroad. E. B, be- EAGLESWOOD INSTITUTE ALUMNI, During the late war there flourished in Eagies- J., an institution modelled somewhat after West Point, in which the principle of ‘‘mens sana tn corpore sano” was carried out to the fullest extent. The academy has since been given up, but the old members still live. About thirty of them assembled at the Hotel Brunswick, corner of Twenty-sixth street and Filth avenue, Thursday evening, to hold their first grand reunion. wane fellows, in whom the military trainin; the; athletic lookin, whic! ad been subject to in their younger days has lently not been lost. The banquei, which was They were all fine, evi served up in the most recherché style, was done fail Justice to by men who had not yet dreamed of such @ thing as apepsia, Alter the cluth was remove peec! and humorous reminiscences of ol ine cee daye lied up the time till tne faint gray came peeping in the windows, € reaks Of the ge HERALD, SATURDAY. APRIL 8, 187L.—TRIPLE SHEET, TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION IN ALBANY. TWENTY BUILDINGS CONSUMED. ‘Weed, Parson & Co.’s Mammoth Printing House Destroyed—Loss Over Half a Million Dol lars—A Fire can Burned to a Cinder. {From the Albany Evening Journal, April 7.] One of the most disastrous fires that ever visited our city broke out this mourning, a litle befere five o'clock, in the upper story—ine electrotype rooz--of Weed, Parson & Co.'s large prinung | among which we learn of snignely Ty was occupied by Hough Laue asa dvelling. He succeeded in removing his furnt- ture without material damage. ‘The fronts of the buildings on the east side of Broadway, even including the north end of the Delavan ‘House, were heated to such an extent that it was by a miracle they were not added to the shapeless beep of ruins, On Columbia street opposite the burning building, the heat was 80 intense as to crack and vreak the heavy plate [re {n the windows and doors of the Myers ullding, entailing a toss on that account alone over $500, ‘This 1s covered by an insurance of $1,000 in the Home and Continental surance Companies. Duriag the progress of the flames the streets in the vicinity were literally packed with spectators, who could not resist a feellug of pity as they saw the large and massive building yield story after story of almost priceiess treasures to the devouring element. MISCELLANROU: Several accidents and narrow escapes occurred, the tollowing persons esiablishment on Columbia sireet. ‘The flames Who sustained tnjuries:—Owen Rogers, a member spread with fearful rapidity, and peiore they | of Hook and Ladder Company No. 2, burned could be stayed the great building and its entire | Severely bout the hands; Alonzo Koons, of contents, and all the adjacent siores and dwellings steaner No, i, haud burned; banicl O'Brien, on Broadway aud Van Tromp street, were rednced | slighdy injured by a falling timber award Van fo a mass oi burning rains. From five to elgut o'clock the diderent sieamers fough® their relenticss , Opponent with all possible energy and aeveriuiina- | € tion. In Broadway, Van Trowp and Columota | streets steady and powerful streams were | shot into the masces of flames, and aiter three hours’ hard work a limit was put to the devastation, As soon as tt became evident that there | three times was no further dauger of the spread of the tir these living in the Meigaborhood of the burned dts- | trict, thankful fer their own escape, turged with ready sympathetic hearts and willing haudsto do what they could to help those tur and home, and whose prope: re: fire, was scattered here and there over the side- waiks. The burned district presents a most forlorn and piuful look. Walls standim here and thero, im ragged aud begri.umed state, loom out from amid the dingy smoke of burning einoers, while the loity chimney stack of the ruined printing establisn- ment—all that 1s leit intact—seems to stand as a monument erected to commemorate the desolation of which it ts the centre and survivor. ORIGIN OF THY FRE. Shortly before five o’clock this morning a police- man going his rounds discovered flames bursting out of oue G1 the windows of the fiti (or top) story of the printing house, Heat once made the tact known to the night watcnman of the establisiinent, Who Was in the counting room, and then sounded a general alarm. The watchman proceeded to the tifth story, and found that the tire room. In tis room there was a sinall stove, and it 4s supposed the fire originated from it, Tne alarm Was immediately communicated over the city, and the various steamers, firemen and @ vast con- course of citizens were at once asscuibled ready to work With might and main to suppress the iames and save the great building from serious damage. But their best eioris were in vain. In spite of su- perhuman efiorts the fire SPRBAD WITH FEARFUL RAPIDITY, and in course of a quarter of an hour after the first alarm wus sounded the roof fell in on top of the burning building, the flames every moment gathering volume and cominunivating to the various stories beneath, ‘The fifth story contained, in addition to the ciectrotype room, the stereo- type room, Lithographers’ room, and designers and engravers’ room. ‘The fourti story was devoted to the book-pindery; the third story was the paper and cutting room, composing room, proof Toom and book room; the second story, the packing room, railroad ticket room and jop room in rear; the first story contained the several offices, count- ing room, shipping room with press room in rear, containing over thirty presses, and engine room. All these stories, with their varied and valuable con- tents, were MADE SHORT WORK of by the billows o/ flame that rolled through the building from one end to the other with a terribie and magnificent violence. So irresistible was the fury of the fire, so impetuous was its force, that in‘less than an hour atter the first alarm was sounded the vast building was reduced to a mass of burning, smoking walis that fell from time to ttme with the noise of tiunder. Tne books of the concern, valuables from the safe, and most of the law, medical, legislaiive and miscellaneous voiumes issued by the house were removed tn safety from the first floor to the Delavan House and other places in the neighborhood, but with these exceptious 1t Was: ped npossible W save anything else trom the sud- fen ruin. TUR FIREMEN WORKED WITH A WILL; everything that brain could pian and nerve execute Was put inte requisition, The entire department was on hand ana did their whole duty, and aid it nobly; but do what they might the great vuilding could not be saved By its loss over three hundred | people are tirown out of employment, while the | tirm of Weed, Parsons & Co, sustain a loss Of $250,000 above their insurance, which amounts to $150,000, LOSSES OF WEED, PARSONS & C0. It 1s impossible to state the loss of Weed, Parsons & Co, with any degree of accuracy, there was such alarge quantity of unGuished work im progress, but it wali approximate $400,000, upon which there is an Insurance Of $159,000—$40,000 on t buiiding and $110,000 0a machinery, stock and material. The boilers may not be greauy injured, and the engme may be restored. One of the hydraulic sses stands erect, but the others are ali toppled hoped that the stereotype vault has not been ated by the lire. It contains a large quanuty es and other valuabies. ‘The rubvish prevents Access tO It. ‘The following are the insurances:— On Buiiding—Imperial, London, $5,000; Firemen's, $5,000; Capital City, $5,000; Aloany Cliy, $5,000; North American, $10,000; Western, tuitaio, Commerce, Albany, $5,000. On other built $2,000 in Republic and $400 In Springticla, $42,490, Commerce, $5,000; New York, tua, Hartford, & London, $5,000; Phantx, New York, te, Providence, $2,500; Puram, H Fireman’s, New York, — $0 001 Albany $5,000; Albany, $2,500;" North “American, York, — $2,50 Royal, Liverpool, $12,000; Springfield, 500; Yonkers and New York, $2,000; Glens ‘3, $2,500; International, New dout of house | hoi ned irom the | $: $2,500; North American, Hartford, $5,000; W York, $3,000; People’ 5 Brooklyn, $3,000; New York, $3, Bosion, $2,000; Star, $2,500; Man- 1,000; Norwich, Conn., $2,500; Sun, Cleve- land, $2,00: and Machimery.—#tna, Hartiora, $5,000; Imperial, $5,000, $5,000, ‘On stereotype plate: FROM THE PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT TO THE BUILDINGS ADJOIN The flames speedily communicated to the two story frame butiding, No, 606 Broadway, owned and occupied by Benjamin Tappen as a » fruit and oyster depot, and notwithstanding the utmost efforts to save it, was entiely consumed. ‘The proprietor forvanately saved nearly ali his stock. The huge volume of flame from the building of Weed, Parsons & Co, was so intense, and threw its heat so far that it drove even the firemen from their labors, and the spectators, who completely blocked up Broadway, were compelled to seek cooler and more congenial posts of observation, In consequence the fire rapidly ran along, en- veloping tne building adjoining, No. 608, occupied by Frank S. Graves as au electro-plating estabiish- ment, and it too fell Into the embraces of the con- suming element. Mr. Graves was msured for $1,000 on stock, in the Albany City Insurance Company; but his loss will not exceed $300, as nearly all his stock was removed in time. ‘This building was also owned by Mr. Tappen, whose loss on buildings will be about $5,000, The uext building adjoining on the north, No. 610, was also a trame building, story and @ half high, and was occupied by William B, Early as a restau- rant. He jost nearly everything, and estimates his his loss at $1,500, which is fully covered by in- surance, ‘The building adjoining, also frame, No, 612, was occupied by Richard brown, as @ crockery store, and owned by Mr. James Devin. Mr. B’s stock was almost totally destroyed, He estimates his loss at about $9,000, and has an insurance of between $3,000 and $4,000. Devlin & Bros , merchant tailors, who owned Nos. 608, 610, 612 and 614 broadway, lose $6,000 on their buildings, on which 1s an insurance of $1,800 in the Howard Insurance Company. The next im order was the building No. 614, oc- cupied by James Jones, cigar manufacturer. He also loses on stock. James ©. Jones, merchant tailor, owned and occupied No. 616, but succeeded in removing neariy Js all stock. fe had recently purchased the building for $10,000, on which there was an insurance of $3,500. He also had an insurance of $1,000 in the Aibany City Insurance Company on the stock. Mr, Jones’ insurance 1s divided as fol- Jows:—$3,500 on building in Albany City; $2,000 in the Albany City; $5,000 in a Pennsylvania company; Commerce, $1,000; Irving, $1,008 on stock. The next building, No, 620, occupied by George P. Smith as a tancy gooas store was also destroyed, Loss about $6,000; and $2,000 on stock In the Firemen’s Insurance Com- pany. No. 622 was occupied by Chaffee & Smith asa boot and shoe store. ‘The firm succeeded in remov- are ali their stock. lenry Graham occupied a portion of No, 6224s a contectionery store, and the upper part as a resi- dence, His loss will be light. Louis Spoerhase, jeweller, occupied No. 624, both 88 @ store and residence, He, too, succeeded in removing his goods and furniture with small loss, | General Rawlings was allowed to ie was tnsured for $3,000 in the Germania Insurance Company. ‘The fancy goods store No. 626 was occupied by | meeting named General Harman Bussing, who, with bis family, resided in tho upper portion, He sustains slight damage by water, Insured for $2,200 in the Commerce Insur- StNo.0 was Oceupiod by John Wright as a contece 0. ‘as OCCU! john ttonery store and residence. His loss will be slignt, Vechten, ot steamer i, who was ov anasmoke. Quite a number of fh ped belug struck by falling bricks and time » or from being suiYocated by the fame and smoke, Mr. James C. Jones, merchant tailor, one of the heaviest losers by this fire, as bees barned out fee He certam- wre of bad luck. the vurned district was visited by the agepis of the various insura mpantes that had sustained losses. Some settled with poliey= ers on ihe spol, where the Joss was light, The ry lo will of course be promptly settied in the usual time. ly bas inore this A TATER HORROR, A number of men had been set to work about one o'clock to unearin the sates buried In the ruins of the front or mata buiding, They had been to work stea itly for an hour throwing off the brick, timbers Aud other rubbish, when, to thetr utier surprise and horror, one oF men struck lis shovel in the head of a human being, tearing off a piece of the flesh, AS soon as they recovered from the sensation of horror Wuich ran through them they carefully re- moved the brick and oer maieriais that lay w ir, the prostrate body of a man, with arms extended, the hands burned o fat the wrists, and the remainder of the body so charred and biackened as to defy re cognition, was exposed vo view. “Who was he? was the almost whispered mtere rogatory, that ran through the little crowd of work- to work at the electrotype | @75, until at lengeh it was discovered that the ghast- ly remains were those of John O'Brien, assistant foreman No. 6, The legs of the unfortuuate fellow, together with bis clothing and everything that could lead to his identification were entirely burned, How he came to his horrible death is not Positively known as yet, but yust betore the volume of fame burst from the main bnilding into the front building a number of firemen had taken their nose up in the shird story, but were compelled by tag violence of the fiames to precipitately retreat leaving his hose hanging from the window, an O’Brien, more venturesome than the rest, trated into the building, and was overtaken and suf- focatea before he could escape. FIRES ELSEWHER Burning of the Western Female College at Oxford, Ohio—Narrow Escape of the Inq mates—A Leap for Life—Three Young La- dies Seriously Injured. Cincinnati, April 7, 1871. The Western Female College, at Oxford, took fire this morning in the bakery about ten o'clock, and with the exception of the walls, which yet stand, was completely destroyed. Ali tho young ladies are accounted for. Three students, who escaped from the second and tora story windows, were seriously injured. Some had presence of mind to tie sheets together and let themselves down from the windows, others jumped from the secoud story. Some of the pro- perty in tae lower part of the building was saved. Many of the young ladies lost all their personal ef- fects in their rooms, There is about $60,000 insu- raice on tie building. though not covering the loss. The destruction ot the edifice 1s a puolic calamity, as it was one of the most promment female educa- tional institutions in the West. There were 175 persons tn the bullding at the time ol the catastrophe. During the early morning hours the viliaye preseated a sorrow!ul spectacie, some of the young girls having lost nearly everyting in the shape of clothing, wie others were wandering about with @ scanty sapply of apparel, witn no relations to sympathiz* with them, aad almost wholly dependeat on comparative strangers for board and lodging. ‘I'he liberality of the place was, however, qual to the occasion. Furniture Factory in Charlestowa Burned. Boston, April 7, 1871. The furniture factory of Weinyss Brethers, in Charlestown, Mass., wes burned this morning. The loss is $16,000; the insurance $6,000. Four firemen were tnjured, but nov dangerousty, by the falling of the rool, George Varney, the night watenman ef the tory, 1s missing, and at is feared that he perished the Hames, Fire in Enst Turner, Mo. STON, Me., April 7, 1871, A fire occurred tn Hast Turner last night, Which destroyed @ toothpick iactory and @ shingle and grist mill, Loss $10,000; insurance $u,000, TEX ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Annual Mectiag of the Sovicty of the Army of the TennesseeAnnua! Address—Enthasi~ astic Reception of General Mende—The Meo Pherson Monument—Reception by the Cim cinnatl Chamber of Commerce. CINCINNATI, April 7, 1871. The annual address before the Society of the Army of the Tennessee was delivered last night by Colonel John Nodie, of Iowa, The address was received with hearty applause throughout, especially at the mention of the nimes of Ltncoln, Grant, Sherman, McPherson and other oficers of the Army of the Tennessee. At the mention of the hero of Gevtys- burg the audience broke ito enthustastic applause, which brought General Meade to his feet to ag knowledge the compliment by bowing. A like com Dliment was paid Major General Jonn Pope, at the mention of Island No. 10, and to General Beiknap, secretary of War. At the close of the address lond calls were made for Genera! Meade, wno responded brietly, express- ing thanks for the kind greeting. He said he was glad that he had come to greet the membors of the Army of the Tennessee. Secretary Belknap was also called out, He said he asked President Grant a few days ago what he should say tor him, and the President replied that he esteemed It the highest honor to have commanded the Army of the ‘Tennessee, Aamiral Porter, General Pope, Governor Hayes, General Terry, General McArthur, General Lew. Wallace and General Wolcott were calied out and made brief speeches, after which the band sounded the retreat, the drum corps gave the Laps, and the meeting adjourned. Upon the reassembling of the society this morning the report of the comuntiee on the time and de of the next meeting was heard. Madison, Wis., is the place and July 4, 1872. the time chosen. A committee reported on the death of Colonel Tluks, of the Tenth lilinois; Lieutenant Hegieston, of the Third New Jersey cavairy, and Licutenant Lovejoy, of the United States colored troops, sub- mitting resolutions, which were adopted. ‘The Committee on Numinations suomitied a report naming six Vice presidents. Pending this report the constitution was amenced so as to have twelve vice presidents, one from each of the States repre- sented inthe army. The report was then referred back to to the committee and tue following lst pre~ sented:—General Siack, of Indiana; Lieutenant Masuigan, of Ohio; Lieutenant Preverbauga, Colonel Reynold, Colonet Cadle, of Alabama; Colonel Heath, of missouri; General Hubbard Thayer, of Nebraska; Captain Kenny, of lows; Colonel | Preston, ot Keutucky: Colonel Howe, of Wyoming Territory, and Colonel Kinsdale, of M.chigan, General Hickeniooter, from tie Committee on the McPherson Monument, reported progress, and gave insured for $2,000 on building | a1 account of tie ligation in regard to the con- tract bevween f. ), Jones, the sculptor, and the parity who eugaged to advance the money, The case is now ti the District Court. A letter was 1ead from Mr, Jones reluctantly announ¢ing his inability to proceed wita the work, owing to tine fasiure of the are ‘To end the matter 1t was referred to a com- inittee, The committe to raise tands for the benefit of the ily of General Rawlings were not present, herman said he bad heard the body of he ina vault by an orator ‘or the nexg Wiliam Q. dresham, of Indiana. Tue General sald he could not be presen& as he was obliged to hold w term of court. A num- ber of gentlemen made statemenis which removed his objection and he was unanimously chosen. Colonel Hone, of cent ferritory, moved thas the wives, sisters and sweethearts of the members eral the charity of 1s owner. ‘rhe committee to name No. 632, occupied as a barber shop and residence | beadmitted to the banquet, He thought that the by Waldo H. Norris, was also destroyed. succeeded in removing the most of his effects, From the rear of the printing establishment the flames extended along the fences and tie out buildings to Nos. 4, 6 and 12 Van Tromp strest, the two former owned by James by apie ‘yt! Mr. Norris | women who had stood py the members during the war should sit with them at the banqueting and re- Joicing now that peace had come, several members objected to the motion on the groupd that no preparation had becn made tor indies, and it was.tabied, th & OC 0. General Warren's motion that the ladies be ad- Was occupied ave dwelling Gy William Mcduare, | miited to the next banquet was tabled, who had his re damaged to the extent Capta.n Gillespie Moved that wine and spirituons: $500; covered by insurance. No. 6 was occupied | liqnurs be forbidden at the next banguct, by William Git ‘who loses slightly on furniture, Vaptain Joel op) {he motion, and It was lost. Mr. McE.roy's es on build! 18 mors than cov- At twelve M. tho society adjourned to visit the ered by an insurance of § No. 12 was occu- | Chamber or at the invitation of that body. ed a8 @ residence by William Bailic, and was ry Seale Daath = Semeaed to the + of about $200. Mr, | chants, nerals Sherman, Bathe | about $000 On tare ne caused Thayer, Warne! and Meade by water, He is insured tor part addresses. Meade was ‘was occu! Somlly panned. |, WhO Bus- by yo on taking the — align Jone. banquet thus oveping will close Sue exereloem