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ooeemeteyeay Paes Rae 4 . FACTS ABOUT New Lines Established and Old Lines Straightened,. Combinations, Purchases and Leases. Improvements, Wars, Fights and Minor Troubles. TROUBLE IN SYRACUSE, N. ¥. It appears by the Syracuse papers that the Dela- ware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company ts auxtous to lay a track across Clinton and Onon- daga streets, in that city, in order to facilitate the transfer of passengers and baggage from the Os- Wego branch of their railroad to the Syracuse and Binghamton Railroad. The property owners on the streets named object to the track on account of damage . their property, and having reasons to suppose that the company would put down the track last Sunday, a squad of police men were sent ‘at their request to watch the movements of Laborers in the employ of the company, and prevent their laying the branch track. The compasy claims that its charter gives it a right to iay the branch. Uniess the difficulty is settied, Syracuse is liable to nave a large railroad excitement at any ume. An injunc- tion has been served on the Superintendent of the road, restraining him from further action in the matter, unless he can show reasons why tke injunc- tion should not be perpetual. NEW YORK, WEST SHORE AND CHICAGO RAILROAD. ‘The Utica Observer says that a deed of trust has ‘been filed in tne Oneida County Clerk’s office for the “New York, West Shore and Chicago Ratilroad Com- pany.” The route jaid down for the new road, so far as it affects the State of New York, is indicated tn the deed of trust now on file in the office of te County Clerk, It starts on the west store of the Hudson river, from the division line between the States of New Jersey and New York; thence along or near the said west shore to Athens; therce to Al- bany; also from Athens northwesterly to Schenec- tady; from Schenectady along or near the south shore of the Mohawk river to Utica; thence westerly to Syracuse; thence to Buffalo and thence to some point on the Niagara river, witnin the county of Erie, thus, as it will be seen, running through the counties of Rockland, Orange, Ulster, Greene, Al- bany, Schoharie, Schenectady, Montgomery, Herki. mer, Oucida, Madison, Ononduga, Cayuga, Seneca, Ontario, L vingston, Monroe, Wyoming, Genesee and Erie. From sew York State a route is selected West—making Chicago the objective point in that direction. NEW YORK, UTICA AND OGDENSBURG RAILROAD. The Litue Fails (N. Y.) Courier learns that the New York, Utica and Ogdensburg Ratlroad Company have just tet the contract for the grading of their Toad from Utica to Cooperstown. Also to extend the Cooperstown road to the Cuarlotte river in Dela- Ware county, to connect with the Rondout and Os- wego road. When these two connections are made the peopie of Utica and those living along the line of the road will have a direct route to New York, inde- pendent of the New York Centralroad. By many this company has been regarded as a mere scheme ol certain New York speculators. Bui tiey have been quietly ang steadily periecung tuelr arrange- ments, consolidating with certain railroads along their line and surveying the anbuilt porttons, and settling upou the best routes to} take, and finally deiermined to come by way of Cooperstown and Utica. The Commissioners of the tewn of German Flats have already sub- scribed $160,000 of stock of the company and have mage 4 payment of twenty per cent ilereon in we | bonds of wai town. This action on their part was | mottaken uulil they iad first thorouglly satisea themselves of the stability of the company and its deiermination to carry out the enterprise. About two weeks since Mr. Robest Buil, of the Court of Appeais, made a thorough exawmation a the books and atfairs of the comp: in New York; also as to the character of the men who coutrol the company and hoid its stock, and mace a very favorable and | satisfactory report to the Comuussieners of the towa | of German Fiats, ou which they jeaned tneir acon, Beyond the Cooperstown Ratiroxd they will make ‘their connection io New ‘ik by Way of the Rondout and Oswego Raliroad, the Wailkiil Valley Raliroad and the Montclur Raiiroad or the Bric. This cons | mection will be made only uotu they shall have com- Pleied their own line througn. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY. APKIL 29, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. Broadway patting down some raflroad tracks to ac- commodate the Cedar Lawn, Dundee, Willis and Market street ratiroads. ty of | Additional real estate. Sy Mown Steel ratis. men attempted to Lead them off oy Switch ana tracks on the same side of the street for the Riverside and Broadway horse railroads. The Cedar Lawn people saw then that there was likely to be trouble ahead, and they nex: concluded to go over the frog and switcn and away beyond (he end of the track of the Riverside Railroad altogether, 0 as to Keep their cars in tue centre of the street, out of the way altogether, whereupon they started those men accordingly beyond the tracks of the Riverside road, taking the centre of the street. The Riverside people thereupon took of- fence and considered this an invasion of thetr rights and they tumbled the gangs of mea together, each clatming the street, and one digging one trench, an- other anotaer, and 80 on, Directly the Cedar Lawn Railroad iolks attempted to put in their timbers and to pack them with dirt, but the dirt was constantiy thrown out again by the Riverside and Broadway men, The excitement. ram high; a large crowd gatnered. ‘Tuttle appeared with his gold-headea cane and two policemen. But nobody attempted to tnveriere, The picks and shovels flew, the dirt and aust were thrown copiously, and aii went lively, the crowd augmenting, air, Joun J. Brown informs us that when botn companies had the troubie before the mistory of the case was this:— The Cedar Lawn ‘road laying its raile across Broadway to go down West street, not dreaming of trouvle, when the Riverside people ap- cured and attempted to set their men at work down est street beyond the corners. That the compa- ny’s men came inte coiliston on the corners, and just about @ similar scene occurred 4s LOW, and that imself, Mr. Beckwith and the Riverside people to compromise. That fur the sake or peace the Cedar Lawn Railroad Company agreed to give up West street to the Riverside Railroad, they assert- ing that they wanted to extend thetr line travel aown West street and that the suggestion that a compromise should at that time be made by the Cedar Lawn Company taking broadway and giving up West street to the Riverside people came from the Kiverside people themselves, aud that upon this agreement a basis was agreed upon for a cessation of hostilities. Subsequently the Broadway and River- Side road extended their route down Broadway be- yond the corners to accommodate a couple of cars, Which formerly stood in front of the Guardian Office, and no objection was maae at the time by the Cedar Lawn folks, aithough it was contrary to the understanding had wita that company at the time mentioned, when the Cedar Lawn Company agreed to give up the extension of their line dowa West street.” THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. A quarter of a century ago the Legislature of Pennsylvania incorporated the Pennsyivania Kall- road Company to construct a railroad from Harris- burg to Pittsburg, connecting with the Harrisburg road, the property of a private corporation, or, if necessary, With tie Columbia Kailroad, the property or tue Commonwealth. As late as 1861 the eastera aad western poruons were connected by the Port- age railroad, crossing the Allegneny mountain by inclined planes, and a journey from Philadelphia vo Pitisburg, in that year, passed the trayeller over tke Columbia and Harrisburg roads to Harrisburg, and from that place to Hoilidaysburg by the Penn- sylvania Railroad, and thence to Johnstown by the Portage road and lecomotive, and thence by canal to Pittsburg. Now, by the purcoase of the main line aud the lease of the Harrisburg road there is a con. Unuous double track railway from Pittsburg to Philadelphia, eutrrely under the control ot one great company. ‘the lease of the Philadelphia and rie Raliroad, with the Northern Central, has brought the trade of Lake krie and the Northwest, including the petroleum business, 0 Philadelptia for slip. ment and export. Tue main line has its feeders m every direction, suppiying it with P - sengers ‘and freight. This great company has, by leases and contracis, conaected itself with Chi St. Louis and Omaha, and its first vice president is the president of the Union Pacitic Rail- Toad, the connecting link between the Pacitic and Atlantic oceans, From San Francisco to Omaha is 1,913 miles and from Omaha to Pitisbarg 1s 952 miles, making the distance from San Francisco to Pittsburg, the western terminus, 2,865 miles. There are other Westera counections, adding largely to the business of the road. NEW ROAD IN PENNSYLVANIA. A corps of engineers has been surveying the route of the French Creek Valley Railroad, commencing ata pointon the ickering Valley Ratiroad, near Phoenixville, thence up French creek to Pughtown, thence to Warwick Furnace ( Ing about one mile south of Coventryville) to st. ree thence up the Dorth branch of French creek to Hopewell Furnace, in Berks county, and thence aloug the valley to Jones’ Mines, where it will connect with the Wil- mington and Reading Ratiroad. From this point it is mtended to be continued to Lancaster through the richest portion of the Conestoga vatley. BUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN RAILROAD. A correspondent of the Lewisten (Me.) Journal Says that work on the European and North Ameri- can Railroad 1s progressing well. The cut at Molun- cus stream 1s completed, that at Gordonville nearly completed, aud it willsoon be cleared out to the Point. There is now about one hundred feet of about sixteen feet in depth, and a huadred more of about five feet im depth to remove, Messrs. Gordon & Uo. anticipace its completion by May 1. Some ume will be required In Uimming the sides of these cuts, but they anticipate a readiness to commence rail laying by the 20th of May, whiie Augast will proba- bly tlad our counection with the provinces com- plete by rail. CONSOLIDATION OF THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL WITH THE CANADIAN GREAT WESTERN. The Michigan Central Katiway has just virtually Consolidaied with tne Great Western of Cauada. Tue earnings of both roads, fora period of twenty years, are to be put into a@ jotut purse and after- 4 NEW ROAD FROM NEW YORK TO CHICAGO. The Onicago newspapers, which have so long quarre'led and threatened ranaeus | charges of the railway lines betw and | the seaboard, are now all smiles a over What they believe to be a prospe nce irom these unjust and exorbitant tariifs. An artcie in Moaday’s Zrivune recognises the new tbroogh route to Baltimore as certain to ig luportant re- Nef toChicayo shippers, but it asaeris that this re. source wili be eveniually iouad Wholly insifilcient, and bascs its hopes ior the iuiure upon a still greater project, which it descrives as tollows “Another project, and one wiich appears to have assumed @ tangible (orm and wo coniaia all the es- sential elements of praciicavility, 1s tor a union of certain local organizations whoze charters cover the entire route from New York torough New Jersey, | Peunsyivania, Ohio, Indiana sad Llimots wo Chicago. | ‘This ts to ve a doubie track, steel raulroad, first class | in all ils equipments, with dock property ‘at Jerse Gury of great value. ‘ne propose i ruad 18 to pe caved tue Continental Railway, anu its specia! iea- tures, Vesides the ability to shorten the time of pas- sSengers between Chicago aud New ork to twenty hours, Wid be the tapplog of che largest anthracite coai region of Penns, ivania, and atforuing a western as well ag eastern outlet, woica 1s expec greatly increase the traiic ‘by cheapening the com- Moutty. ‘The projectors, in utroducing this sul to capitalists, dwell largely upon the pr irom tus trade. ‘The line of the proposed Cou AS 10 place Pit York tran b} Cleveland. 120 miles; St, Lodls, 8 and Chicago, ninety-six muic for tue rallWay-ridden Northwestern farmer 1s that the new take grain line proposes to tid from Chicago vo ewater wt three-tifens, the present cost. The enterprise can be got into by 1575 without making auy wasteful hasie. ‘this appears to be an eaterprise whien is sup- | ported by several power.ul corpo ations at the East | wud along the line of Whe projected route; whica enisés, and | dy enjoys alt the necessary witch, or some other of nearly jueat location, 1s 80 sure of a rich tadic as to enlist readily the si vices of sufficient capital to pat it in operation. It wiil receive @ Learty God speed from Chicago.” | AN AKRANGEMENT TO SHORIEN TOE DISTANCE YROM NEW YORK TO oT. LoUIs, The compact becween the New York Central and the Baiumore and Olio interests, to wiuel reference was made in the Cleveland Leave, was a bard lit for Cincinnati. By this arrangement the Central and tie Baltimore aud Odio take joint possession of the Ohio and Mississ!pp road trom Ciaciunat to St. Louis. ine track of Unis latter road 18 bemg re- duced to the ordinary narrow gauge; so when this Is complete Cincinpati Will become simp.y & way sta- | ton on the line to St. Louis. or at most the junction | where the New York Central aud Lake Shore tragic | Will intersect thatys (he Halimore aud Obio. Tae Commercial say Cucinuatt has missed one of } her Opportunities in the joss of the Ohio and Missis- Sippi road as a line prommendy iceutided with Ler inicrests, aud Lhe arguments $4 svauctively used Upon our ciuizens ty recure aicans for construc: Hon are practically negarty Lis late Act @f 1s managers. It is prov 1 the respouse to cis Will be that Cinciunat did novuiug to from this fate, and that consegu? Ly Cou not Dow in order.” Cluciapai is & vn, and does hot like to see railway meu from Other States buy- ing up her roads and making (ie Queen City a mere “twenty minutes for supper” station on the way to the West. 11 Is bad, but not so easy to avoid, We, in Cleveland, “know how it is ourselves." THE NE! JERS ar lly progressing to iB Week Wains will be ‘ale and New York via Ene, Two splenuid hursday there will | coaches are in readies be au excursion of the b ilies and a& few invited quests. This roud promises to throw Open & countty Which has long heeded tue tramp of the locomotive to THE NEW | 3 In reference to the we ot the New Jer- | sey und Camden and Amuvy Kailroads, with ¢ their franchises aud property, including tue Dei ware aud Kamtan Canali, aad the various rait- | wayso wued anu controlled by them, to tue Penne | syivanta Central, it is assumed by the Trenton | State Gazelle 19 be virtually consummated. whe efiect bere, the Gazette Uiluks, will be to withdraw the unite! companies as a disturting clement in New Jorsey poi'tics. ‘the Vennsyivania company now controls over 4,000 miles of railway ana some of the most Important commercial aud industrial Interests of the country, and have large | schemes in prospect Which wili occupy their atien- tion too much to alow (hem to dabiie in local mat- vers here. ‘Therefore the Gazetie coucludes the “monopoly” will po jonger restrain the enterprise Of railway operators in New Jersey, and expects to sec anew road fairly jump across the State. The Gazette's idea that the lease is ‘virtually consum- mated" may be correct; but at the present ume the Committees of the two companies ure negoviating about the mater nm Philadelpnia. The indications, however, are that they will reach an agreement satisiactory Lo both parties, WAR IN PATERSON, N. J. The Paterson Guardian the 26th April, says:— “This Morning @ gang of men were set at work in | ter, $107,623; other sources, $17, wards divided between them. And so we goon | towards the ultimate absorption of the whole raii- way interest in tue ands of owe gigantic and con- trolling corporation. NEW RAILROAD IN MINNESOTA. A surveying party under James H. Skinner is about to start from dt. Paul, io survey u new route for the main live 0; the St. Paul and Pacitic, cross- ing the wesvern boundary of the state avout the foot Of Big Stone lake, aud thence in a southwesterly direction to sume feasible point on the Missvari river | not yet devermined, A LOCOMOTIVE FIGHT. The war at Peotta between the Chi Rock Isiand ana Pacific aud the Peorta and Kock Island railroads was very exciting, oth parties disputed the right to run trains on @ certain track, and the Peoria and Rock Island determmed to force a pas- sage with a train coupled to five engines. The Kuck Isiand opposed the passage will three engines hitched together, and both parties butted agaist each other for more than an nour, the dMuyor refus- ing to interiere, when finally the Peoria ana Rock | Isiand cleared the track and shot its train ahead. Both parties were eujoined, each by the other. LEASE OF THE NASHVILLE AND DECATUR KAILROAD, ‘A lease for thirty years of the Nashvilie ana De- catur Railroad to the Louisville and Nashville Rail- ‘oad Company has been consummated, ‘he Frank- lun Journdi, ou the Cay before the tease was effected, said:—“The stock of the road is now worth cents on the dollar. The Louisville and N: road proposes to pay ewch stockholder six r per annum upon every dollar of their stock, thus origing it up vo par value immediately. The Nasn- ville aud De:atur road 1s deeply involved in debt. ‘That debt will ve liquidated. Tne road 1s at present scarcely move than paying expenses,” NARROW GAUGE OR BROAD GAUGE, Some facts have been collected in reference to narrow gauge railways Which may be of imterest. A report to the Massachusetts Legisiawure staves that in following the devious course of a river valley with tue narrow gauge, it would be almost ‘ always possible to adopt planes nearly parailel tw tie siream, and ty go rouud re-enirant pro- jections which would have to ve cut through at Wuavever cost f the Common gauge were used. It aiso states that m Massachusetts branch railways with the narrow gauge inay be built and equipped for one-third of What they would cost with the com- moa gauge, and in the Jevel districts tur about one- aif. inere are 1n Canada 400 miles of taree feet six juches rallway projected, and avout 150 miles of the same are nov under coniract, about fifteen being in operation. There is a narrow gauge road in Prussia, the engines of which weigh twelve and a half tons and faui thirty-six cars, each loaded with five tons, ‘The cost of the line per maile, including roiling stock, has been avout $3,000. Other simuar roads are in successful operation in Russia, Norway and soutn America. In Australia 250 miles of tires feet six inch gauge are built and 250 more projected. So far Teporis and experience show that thls class of rail- road works well practically and is ecouomteal. NEW YORK AND NEW HAVET RAUROAD. The Business of the Fiscal Year Ending April 1, 1871—Operations of the New Haven and Hartford acd Lake “hore Lines. From the report of the directors of the New York | and New Haven Ratiroad, just preparea tor presen- | tation to the stockholders at their approaching au- nual meeting, the following facts have been gathered in relation to che business and condition of the com- pany for the fiscal year ending on the last day of March. The income during the past year was as follows:—From | traasporiation of passengers, $1,750,041; freight, $439,946; mails ana express mat- ; making a total, $2,313,049, During the same period the expenses for repairs of roads, buidings, bridges, engines, | cara, fuel, light, hauiage, salaries, &c., amounted to $ eart $159,996 for taxes and $77,497 for interest, leaving a het income of $625,909. ‘The resources jor the past year have been as fol- 0,608, leaving a balance for transportation lows:— Cash on band April 1, 1879. $564,626 Matertals on hand.. 211,607 Second instaiment on new capita! 750,000 ‘Transportation earnings. . ° 1,068,241 Total resources....... +++ $2,689,574 ‘The paymeuts during the year have veen:— nds (2 of 6 per cent each). Balance of cost of C New bridges, new depots ant Decrease of accounts payante. Materials for coming seasot Cash on haud and due from agent Total,... | ngs of $1,063,341, from which must be deducted | inorning, but some aay ‘The expenditares on account of new capital have been as follows:— bag ‘anor New land ‘380,000 Bridgeport bridge... 46,499 Coscud bridge. 76,279 ed Sgupmens, ¢e 48,000 ‘pots and depot grounds at New Ro- chelie and Portenester, @nd pridges..... 52,485 TOUAl......0.ssseseerseesessneesensceenees$lyZLl, 705 The net earnings of the road have been '$62,609 more than they were the preceding year. The tm- provements inaugurated three years have been carried steadily lorward, About iwotnirda of the road 18 now relaid with solid steel rails, and the remaining part will be completed by the close of 1si2. New double track iron bridges are now in pyaoems of construction across Norwalk harbor and Housatonic river, and will be comp:eted during the PiSince “the ‘last port joe the annual re; contract has been entered into between this company and the Hart- ford and New Haven Railroad Company, by which * med property of bro companies has become jot property, wader the control and management of a Board of wen Managers, seiected equally from the board of directors of each corporation. This board of managers was o1 ized On the 27th day of September, 187), and William D. Bishop was ap- pointed president and Wiiltam D. Burrall, vice president of the same. Under the above contract this company ts entitied to receive annually fifty-seven one hundredins of the net ear of both roads, aud the remaining forty-three one hundredths will be- long to the Hurtfora and New Haven Ratlroaa Com- pany. Each company's share cf the net earmngs wil be paid over to their treasurer, to be divided among tuetr stockholders or otherwise disposed of, as inay be determined by their board of directors, On the 1st of November last, the board of directors under and pursuant to a written request of the board of managers, and for their account, entered into a contract with the Shore uine Railway Conm- pany Jor @ perpetual lease of their railroad extend- ing from New Haven to New London, at an annual rent of $100,000, The receipts from operating the Shore Line road during che five months just €lapsea were $120,321, while the expenses and Tent during the same period amounted to $119,169, It 1s not deemed probable that the earnings of the Shore Line road for the first two or three years of the lease will be sufficient to pay the annual rent, as considerable outlays must be made in revulld- ing bridges, and improving the roadway and equipment. The board ef managers will cause tis road to be gradually relaid with steel rails, and placed in ail respects in a condition to compare fa- vorably with the main lines, with the full expecta- tion that the increased facilities and additional 1m- ee will add materially to tie business of he road, Hereafter the annual report to the stock- holders of this company will be a report of the bust- ness of the entire line subject to the contro! of the board of managers—the propriety of this veg manifest, in view of the contract with the Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company. CLASSIFYING THE DIRECTORS OF GREAT RAILROAD CORPORATIONS, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD: To do right we must be just and love mercy. We cannot be just if we be a false witness against our neighbor. Such are the charges made by designing politicians against the Executive of this State. In the performance of his oMicial duties he signed a bill that had been passed by both houses at Albany classifying the boards of directors of the Erie Rall- road, the New York Central and the Hudson River— not a spectal bill, because it included the three great roads of this State; not a bill to favor the demo- cratic party, because it was passed with but few dissenting vetes by a republican Legislature; not @ bill to take away the rights of stockholders, but by dividing the board of directors into three classes, and electing one-third annually, secured the stockholders against any sudden ratd, by designing and unscrupulous men, to get possession of the pro- perty for dishonest purposes. The bill was not signed by the Executive until after the most careful consideration, Finding nothing in the bill interfering in any way with the constitution of the United States or the State of New York, and in order that parties interested might have an opportunity to file their objections, he re- tained the bill two weeks; and notwithstanding the large amount of stock beid by cliizens of this State im the three roads—Erie, Central and Hudson River—amounting at that time to more than one hundred miliions, but cne single individual, the owner of ten shares, objected, ana he gave no valid reason further than he thought the bull ought not to becomé a law. There being no constitutional ob- jections, BoA what grounds could the Executive withhold his signature, and thus block the wheels of legislation? The same law had been passed by the States of Tilinons, Indiana, Ohio avd Pennsylvania as a pro- tection to stockholders, and experience has proved tne law to be a wise measure, rendering property more secure than it could possibly be without such provision; and even in New York the same faw ap- phes to whe Central and Hudson River, and noue interested in these two corporations have ratsed their voice against it. and 1 before the enact- ment of the law in llimois the great Central Rail- road of that State adepced the principle of classi- fying the directors, and electing one-third of the number annually, for the security of tne stock- holders. And herein this very city the principie was put in practice by many ef our financial institutions—the Bank of Commerce, United States Trust. Company, the Great Western Marine and many others. The principle has worked well, and those companies would be unwillimg to change. And im every case within tue knowledge or the writer where it has been tested it has worked must satisfactorily, except it be in the case of the Erie Katlroad, and there the difficuity is not in tbe law, but in the courts, and tn ‘Uhat case the parties now in power seeured the con- trol under the old law. Can a law wiicn has proved beneficial 1 the States of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania ve bad in the State of New York? Is it fair to chi the sins resting upon the courts upep the Executive, or the doings of Fisk and Gouid upon @ republican Legislature, whose only fault ap- pears to have been ip passing a wise law ¢ A MINISTER KY KLUXED IN CONNECTICUT, A Fanatical Preacher Tarred and Feathered, The preacher Speight and his capture by a party of citizens ts the present subject of comment. A short apcension of the geutieman may prove in- teresting. His name 1s John 8. Speight. He leit hits iamily in Balumore in 1867, and svon after ap- peared in Connecticut, Szcending. @ new theologi- cal theory purporting to surpass all others for rare virtue and excelience. He proposed a brief sojourn, but, iortunately for the world at large, he aban- doned tis project and confined his operations to a few towns in this State, A few both sexes, elated with the prospect, entered at once upon & course of theological traning. Eighteen u ontns passed slowly away, when the curtain rose, and the -propriewor Of this tbeological compound 1s 4 Covered to possess a new dispensation, the of Heaven having choseu hun for that especial pur- pe. Many of tls discip) earful of being victim- zed DY a religious monopolist, abandoned his course of training; but some eizht or ven women were his troe followers, and aMirmed that they never would forsake him. He visited nis family in Baltimore in November, 1869, whither he Was iollowed by one of the faluitul, Whose safe arrival and return induced more togo, and they returned in January, 1870, bringing thelr lord with them. His principal ren- dezyous was in Southington, where the pubile in- dignalion Was aroused id on tue evening of Janu- ary 17 &@ mod escorted the frightened operator out of town. He was next heard of at No. 41 St. Alex- auder street, in Moutreul, where he had fled with ‘no less than seven Connecticut women, who were there fo enjoy the exclusive mght of bis precious compauy. In July, 1870, the facts connected with his appeara.ce in Canada having been made known, he made a precipitate tight into the States, leaving his victims ignorant of nis where- abouts. ‘They soon toilowed, bat would not visit their homes except when compelied by necessity. He has since made a raid and captured a portion of the original seven, and removed them to paris une known, until he again appeared in this vicintiy with three of his darling ange.s. It s00a became Known that tie preacuer Was here, and an organized body was onthe alertto teach ima lesson, They did not have to Wait long: ior on Monday evening ne let the Plains at au eariy hour aud proceeded to the resideuce of a friend on the North Farms, where a meeting was to be held. As we un- derstand 1, an iajured party was the first to dis- cover his presence, He was walking with his son, late in the evening, when be discovered a man, wao approached lim and bade him good eveuing, buthad evidently @ disposition to pass on and get into the adjoming house. The tarmer said, “Your name 13 Speight.” He said, “No, my nae is Spelby;” but the boy Knowing better they, alter a slight mis nap, succeeded im plactng him {nw wagon and drove to the front of tie Washington House, where & party Was soon found to relieve them of further responsibility. He was then taken to the vicinily of the new school house, and after removing a portion of his clothing the tar was applied without farther ceremony. No injury was olfered to nis person, and after he nad solemnly promised to leave the State at once and return to his family in Baltimore he was allowed to go. it ts said that his few followers, by 4 vigorous use of benzine, were enabled to get him out of town at about four o'clock on the iollowtn; ‘hat he sinelt very strong o! tar. His personal description, as reiated to as, 18 not very flattertug, He 1s a medium-sized man, with a very heavy black beatd, which he permits to grow to agreat length, He has an inferior look, and one would not Imagine that he was smart; but itis said that he is @ preacher of more than ordinary eloquence. ORVILLE GARDNER. Newark’s Newsboys’ Revelt Quelled by the Ex-Pagilist. A few evenings ago quite a lively scene was en- acted at the Newsboys’ Lodging House tn Newark. Some of the larger boys undertook to “boss’ the smaller ones ana the result was arow. The super. intendent, Mr. Orvilie Gardner, an ex-pugilist and a man of powerful physique, nndertouk ton quell the disturbance. This he finally accomplished, but nut before a crowd of the larger boys tied their best to whip him. They were ejected, * A BIVALVULAR BOOMERANG, Words of Warning from the Ethiopian Moses— Proaunciamiento from Oystorman Downing. To THE EpITOR OF THR AERALD:— It is painfully evident that there 1s a lack of due respect for colored men on the part of the republican party. The mortification I realize in connection with the fact is increased, because those indifferent to the feelings of colored men have evidence that they, or at least that intelligent colored men, are conscious of the same, and that while this 1s true | the republican party calculate on the colored vote. The intelligent colored man has been conscious that he was being robbed of his rights a8 a man—of his rights under the constitution justly and legally in- terpreted; under the constitution as gi:en by the fathers; that the present declarations and amend- ments have their necessity in the perversions, dis- tortions and usages that have prevailed in the in- terest of slavery, which was arbitrarily upheld; that the present view not only frees the black, but the white also, and is but doing simple justice to the former, Do those through whose agency the colored man was freed from chattel slavery feel that they avow the colored man as @ political slave—a slave to be grateful for such pitiful allowance of privileges as the assumed owner may be pleased to dole out to him? I feel cailed on to declare that a majority of those known as republicans in their example prac- tically illustrate Judge Taney’s declaration ‘that black men have no rights that white men are bound to respect.’ Take from the party Charles Sumner, Benjamin F. Butler and those who fully accord with them i their policy in recognizing our rights, and it is questionable whether those beside them who constitute the republican party present a much higher standard favoring the colored man and his rights than is true of the democrat, unless you de- ascend to Biair, They, like the democrat, subordi- nate principle to what they regard expediency. A virtue of the democrat is an appreciation of fealty to party. It 1s with regret I state that oMcial papers, speeches, letters and the like emanating from re- publicans lead to the conclusion that the benefits we enjoy under legislation are, as has been de- clared, the result of “necessity.” This is to an extent too true. It was felt that so light was the obligation to respect the rights of black men that they might be held as slaves, if deemed necessary to maintain the Union, or, on the other hand, freed, if deemed necessary to the same end, I sat not Jong ago in the Senate of the United States and heard one of the most noted republican Senators declare, without restramt or cover, that he was opposed to enfranchising colored men; that he supported their enfranchisement as a necessity. I heard a no less distinguished republican Senator record his vote against allowing persons of African descent to be naturalized. I see discriminations made daily by the party that are odious, unfair, generous, depressing; that feed a lack of respect tor colored men. I see the party to-day proseribing men on account of their color, by legisiation, in cases in which it has the power and an unquestion- able right to act—cases in which duty demands ac- tion. [refer to this with an object, hoping to induce party to be more consistent. "hue democratic party has not, up to this time, given the colored man the first reason for him to have conflaence in it, to support the party; it could not expect him to do so. it has been his unrelent- ing persecutor, but it is in the field for success. The present indications are that it may—in fact, will not neceasity compel it to accept the colored man’s pre- sent political status? If the republican party shall create and encourage the idea that it does not care for the colored man only to it even Bay inroads upon the republican part; ld be n iy woul mad le. Icailattention to the significant speech made in Congress by Fernando W: wherein he says:— “The democratic party has no desire to interfere with those amendments to the constitution which give free and equal suffrgze to all the peuple of the United States, The democratic party would mive to the colored race all the political and ctvil ngnts which they would give to any other class of the ple. * * * The day is speedily comi hope has already come, when the colored race of the United States will assume their position in the country as free and independent voters; that they May be allowed to judge of men and part.es and pone for themselves; thac they may find among eir Own Class able and patrivtic leaders, who wiil say to them, ‘Beno longer instruments of dema- gogues.’ ‘I believe that among the colored men are found those who are patriotic. honest and rational.” Thus deciares Fernando Wood, a mem- ber of Congress and one of the leading democrats or the land. I hope my party may now, when it may, when it should, avert danger. Other interests besides those known as the ‘“‘negro issue” demand its con- tinuance. It 1s unquestionably the party of pro- gress. Let it sall close; let no party go between it and the moral winds which waft to the nation’s haven of peace, prosperity and honor. GEORGE T, DOWNING. WASHINGTON, April 17, 1671. WOMAN'S SUFFRAGZ. Meeting of the New York County Society— How Bea Butler was Bambeozled. A lew stanch supporters of woman's rights met yesterday afternoon at headquarters, corner of 81x- teenth street and Broadway. The chairman ofthe Executive Committee read @ report in which it was recommended that the present room be given up, and monthly meetings, instead of weekly, be held at the residence of Mrs, Lozier, in Thirty-fourth street. After sasne discussion about the relative desirabie- ness of weekly or monthly meetings, the report was laid over for consideration. Miss BE. D. EWER read a paper upon EQUAL RIGHTS, or woman in the nineteenth century. She began by affirming that this is woman’s era, and by call- ing attention to the many noble women, such as Mrs. Stanton, Miss Anthony and many others, who are helping women by voice and pen. The time has gone by, in her. opinion, whén women can be looked upon as appendages to their brothers. We believe that @ new morning ts beginning to dawn upon the earth. Through woman's elevation man is to rise. Woman is destinea to work great reforms, to solve the prob- lems of humanity, The people must ve reformed and taught that compensation is a law not to be avoided. The speaker toucned upon capital punish- ment and the “frail sisterhood,” saying of the latter vhat good women should take them by the nand ana lead them out into the open sunlight. The greatest troubles in the world have been the result oi FALSE EDUCATION, Women have becn taught to think only of getting husbands. What might be the condition of society ifour children were educated as immortal beings should be? Mrs. PAULINE Wricut Davis, one of the most honored of the suffrage pioneers, was present and spoke briefly of Washington affairs, She said when Mra, Woodhull presented her memorial she took the Judiciary Committee by surprise. Ben Butler, it seems, tried te be all things to all women, and alternately promised a hear- ing to Mrs. Davis and others, and to Mrs. Woodpuill, telling the latter that she snould have & hearing, but thas ‘‘the women’s rights repre- sentation" should not. So Mrs. Davis and her col- leagues and Mrs. Woodhull coalesced and they were all heard. Mrs. Davis said that the Washington interest in the Woman movement all centred in the question of the constitutional RIGHT OF WOMEN TO VOTE. She believed that women should present an un- broken front to the enemy, and her faith was firm in future victory. Meciings are held every in ‘Washington in the Interest of the catiye an ere ia @ copstant call jor documents bearing on the suffrage question. ‘The suffrage is the maim point of inverest, everybody feeling that while that is se- cured tne social questions will be easily remedied. At the convention to be held in New York in May she thought that higher ground would be taken than ever before. She invited the New York Count suffrage Society to be present and co-operate wit them at the Convention called by Mrs, Hooker, Dr. HorBer prevented the following resolution, which, after some discussion pro and con, was re- ferred to the Executive Committee: Whereas division tu the ranks tends to do harm, Resoived, That this society send delegates tu the different conventions, to be holden in May, with instructions to use their mfuence to bring all factions together Into one great society for equal rights. After some remarks concerning Miss Ewer’s paper the meeting adjourned to Friday week, JOURNALISTIC NOTES. Mr. Harger, of Farmer Village, M., It is said, has Gecided to start a republican paper in Covington, Ind. ‘The Otwell Weekly Times Is the title of a demo- cratic paper recently started at Otwell, Pike county, Ind. Rev. I. 8, Kalloch has terminated his connection with the Lawrence (Kansas) Journal, having sold his interest te T. Dwight Thacher, Wilham Crowell, for years auditor of the Lake Shore Railway, has become partner in the firm of Fairbanks, Benedict & Oo., of the Cleveland Herala, ored that @ new weekly paper ts soon to be catabitsned at Frenchtown, x. Fh to be called the Independent, audto be published by 4 man named Slack. iweta : J. W, Lawton, a I time and well-known reat- dent of Delavan, Wht and who was for several years connected with the Delavan Repuvitean, started the Delavan Norchron, and was at one time editor of the Watertow:: Republican, died ab lus residence in Delavan on the 29th wt, INTELLIGENCE. ~~ Stations of Paymasters for May, 1871. The fifty-seven officers of the Pay Department are Posted as follows:—Washington, fow; New York, four; Louisville, two; St. Lonis, two; New Orleans, two; Detroit, two; St. Paul, Minn,, two; Sioux City, lowa, three; Leavenworth, five; Omsha, four; San Antonio, three; Santa Fé, three; Porfand, Oregon, three; San Francisco, eight; Charlesbn, 5 ., Chi- cago, Buffalo, Philadeiphia, Mobile, delena, ark., Galveston and Fort Boise, ldeho, one ach; on leave of absence, two, There are twelve paymasters on duty ag chief paymastera of military atvisions, departments and districts, who make few payments, except to oMcers, their duties being principally of a super- visory and directory character. ‘Tn¢ other pay- masters, besides making monthly payments to such officers a8 may be stationed in their ilistricts, are seat on bi-monthiy paying tours to the posts, gar- risons and troo; st have been assigned to them e ‘Tre: 5 Paymaster General. sith ginsbdiabl he 1ollowing statement shows the STATIONS OF PAYMASTERS FOR MAY, 1871, eee Generai—Benjamin W, Brice. Washing- Assistant Paymaster Generals (colonels.)— Nathan W. Brown, Chuet Paymaster Department of the Kast, New York city; Dantel McClure Chief Pay- master Department of the South, Louisville, Ky, Deputy Paymaster Generals (ueutenanicoionels.) — Hiram Leonard, Chief Paymaster Military Division of the Pacitic and in charge of depot of ray De- partment at San Francisco, Cal.; Cay H. Fry, Vhief Paymaster Department of the uri, St. Louis, Mo. Paymasters, (majors,)—Benjamin Alvord, Chief Paymaster Department of the Piatt, Omaha, Neb.; Franklin E. Hunt, Leavenwortt, Kansas; Henry Prince, New York city; Samuel Woods, Chief Paymaster Department of Califoruta, San Fran- cisco; Augustus H. Seward, Charkston, 8S. G5 Robert A, Kinzie, Chicago, U.; George L, Febiger, Chief imaster Department of Texas, New Orleans, La.; David Taggart, Chief Paymaster Deparument of the Columbia, Portland Oregon; Henry ©. Pratt, Chief Paymaster Department of the Lakes, Detroit, Mich.; Simeon Smiti, Buialo, N. Y.; Charles T, Larned, Chiet Paymaster Deparunent of Dakota, St. Paul, Mirn,; Edward Wright, New York city; John P. Brua, Philadeiphia, Pa; Rodne: Smith, under orders for Sioux City, lows; Josep! H, Eaton, Assistant in Paymaster General's oiice, Wasnington; James B, M. Poiter, Chief Paymaster District of New Mexico, Santa Fé, N. M.; ieorge P. Ihrie, Portland, Oregon; William A. Rucker, St. uis, Mo.; Robert U. Walker, St. Paul, Mnn.; Wil- am H. Johnston, Sioux City, lowa; William R, Gibson, Omaha, Nebraska; Charles J. Sprague, Chief Paymaster Department of Arizona, San I'rancisco, Cal.; fhomas J. Hulsey, San Francisco, Cal, Rochester,’ Washington, D. 0. Reese, New York city; J. Led- Paymaster General's office, jtcholas Vedder, Leavenworth, Kan.; , On leave of absence; Valentine C. Hanna, Detroit, Mich.; William Smith, New Orleans, La.; Charles M. Terreil, San Antonio, ‘Texts; ‘thad- deus H. Stanton, on leave of absence; George b. Glenn, San Antonio, Texas; Jacob E. Burbank, Omaha, Neb.; Brant Mayer, San Francisco, Cal James W. Nicholls, Sioux City, lowa; Robert Ularke, Omaha, Neb.; James H. Neison, San Frai Cal; John Walker, Portland, Oregon; Charles W. Wingard, San Francisco, Cal.; James P. Canby, Mobiie, Ala.; Peter P. G. Hall, San Antonio, Texas; George W. Candee, Helena, M.'f.; Ka- mund H. Brooke, Leavenworth, Kan.; Israel U0. Dewey, Leavenworth, Kan.; James K. Mears, Louis- ville, Ky.; Kobert Morrow, San Francisco, Cal.; Asa B. Carey, Santa Fé, N. M.; ‘William P. Gould, Gal veston, Texas; David Taylor, Leavenworth, Kan. Frank Bridgman, santa Fé, N. M.; Virgil 5, Eggies- ton, Fort Boise, 1. T. Army Orders. By direction of the President, under me act of Congress approved April 4, 1871, Lieutemnt Colo- nels Horatio G. Wright and John G, Fostet, of the Corps of Engineers, are appointed members of the commission to examine and report upon tie Sutro tunnel, in the State of Nevada, and will hdd them- selves in readiness to proceed to the dutirs of the commission on the receipt of ruture instructions. ‘The following changes itn station enginters are ordered:—Captain William R. King will, tn sadition to his present duties, act as secretary to the Sutro Tunnel Commission; Lieutenant Colonel George Thorn will relieve Lieutenant Colonel John G. Fos- ter of the charge of all works of river and harbor improvements and surveys now in hia hands; Lieu- tenant Colonel James C. Duane will relieve Lieu- tenant Colonel John G. Foster af all works of fortifications now in his hands; First Lieutenant James B. Quinn 1s relieved fro) duty under the immediate command of Cobnel W. H. Benham, and will report for duty to Lieatenant €olonel George Thorn, retaining his stattion at Bos- ton, Mass,; Captain Alexander 3. Clarke, Fifth ca’ alry, is relieved trom duty at the Military Academy, to take effect July 1, and may delay joining his com- pany till Uctober 1; Captain Robert H. Hail, Tenth tolantry, will re] for duty to the Supertntendent of the Military Academy on July 1; Hospita: Stew- ard Joseph F. Thompson is dishouorably dischai from the service of the United States for forwarding money to purchase counterfeit United States cur- rency in response to the solicitation of a pretended agent for the gale of the same. FORT MONROE ARTILLERY SCHOOL. William = B. Henry 8B. Closing Exercises of the Artillery school, United States Army—Searching Examinn- tlens—Character of the Graduating Clase— Emictency of the Luastitution. * Fort MONROE, OLD POINT ComFort, Va.. April 26, 1871. A neatly gotten up note before me informs that “The officers of the Class of 1871, Artillery School, United States Army, request the pleasure of your company Friday evening, the 28th inst., at Fort Monroe.” This 1s the winding up of the exercises of the school for the year 1870-71, and on the 1st proximo a new class will take the place of that about to be vacated by the present one. To- morrow (Thursday) night will witnes; a programme embracing music by the Post Band, essays on popu- lar military themes, by Lieutenant Breckinridge nd MacMurray, and concluding with the presenta- tion, it is expected by the Secretary of War, of diplomas to the graduating class. The examina- tions, which were conciuded last week, were of the most complete and searching character. The Taird arullery has this year borne off the honors, Lieuten- ants Barstow and Calef, both of Warner's battery (A) of the Third, having graduated numbers one and two respectively, while Corporal Von Kutoroski, of the same battery, neads the list of graduates of the non-commissioned oficers’ class, ‘The Artillerv School, reorganized in the spring of 1868, is now permanently established, and oi its efficiency and pracucal advantages to the artillery arm of the service even the mgst sceptical do noi now doubt, To General Rarr@a thorough discipli- farian and an accomplished oficer and gentleman, who has peen at its head since its reorganization, too much commendation cannot be awarded for the untiring zeal, ability and fidelity with which he has labored, and thus brought it to lis present high standard of usefulness, while tothe General of the army and the Secretary of War, who have had it under ¢heir special fostering care, the country and the army particularly a debt of grativuue. NAVAL ORDEKS. Lieutenant R. Baker is detatched from the Pacific fleet and placed on watting orders. Commodore Jo- seph F. Green, commanding the South Squadron of the North Atlantic fleet, 1s expected to arrive in Boston on the Congress in about two weeks. Com- modore Chas. H. Cushman 1s detached from the Bu- reau of Equipment and Recruiting from May 31 and ordered to the command of the Wachusett, prepar- ing for service at New York. Lieutenant Com. mander H. E.{Mallen is detached from the Navy Yard at New York and ordered to the receiving ship Ver- mont. Commander John H. Russell has been ordered to the Mare Island (Cal.) Navy Yard; Master Frederick A. Howes, to the receiving ship New York; As- sistant Surgeon A. F, Morgan, to the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Captaiu Thomas H. Patterson 1s de- tached trom the Washington Navy Yard and ap- pointed senior member of the bourd relative to in- ventions; Captain H. H. Davenport 1s detached from the Bureau of Ordnance and ordered to duty as a member of the Board of Inven- tions; Captain Reed Worden, detachea from Mare Island) Navy Yard and ordered to examinacion for promotion; Commander 8. 8. Breese, detached from the Naval Observatory, and ordered to the command Of the steamer Vandalia, relieving Commander Sicard, who waits orders; Lieutenant Commander B. F. Day, detached from the Ticonderoga and placed on watting ai | Lientenant Commander Charles E. Lalton, detache from we Wachusett and ordered to the Ticonde- roga; Lieutenant thomas V. Terrell, Masters W. H. Jacques, H. B. Mansfield, Willian J. Barnett, L. Carmoday, and P. J. Cunnii L.£. Bixler, N. E. Mason and 0, B, Brown, de- tached from torpedo daty on pay 1, and placed on ‘waiting orders; Second Assistant Engineer William L, Bate, ordered te the Navy Yard at New york; Master &. W. Remey, detactied from the rawnee and placed on watting orders; Chief Engineer Wil- liam S. Stamm, detached from the Pacific feet and piaced on waiting o1 DEATH OF JERSEY’S OLDEST LAWYER, In New Brunswick, on Thursday night, died Colo- nel Joseph Warren Scott—the oldest living member of the New Jersey bar. He was in his ninety-third year. In lis day he was accounted one of the fore- most in his profession, He was a Past Grand Master of the order of Augient Free and Accepted Masons of New Jersey nt NORTH CAROLINA FIENDS. Attempt to Violate the Person of a Married Lady—A Rescue—A Girl of. Fourteon Out- raged in the Prosence of Her Mo- ther—Arrest of One of the Nogroas, GREENSBOROVGH, April 26, 1871. Information has just been received here giving the details of @ most brutal outrage perpetrated by two negro fiends, one of whose names is Hargrove, in Gaston county, on the night of the 16th inst. 18 appears that Hargrove, with nis companion, on the night referred to, went to the residence ot an old citizen, Mr, Frederick Costner. Residing with this gentleman was his son and daughter-in-law, Mra, Costner. Upon knocking loudly at the door it was opened by the senior Mr. Costner, who was instantly Seized and dragged without by one of the aogroes, While the other dashed into the house and attempted to VIOLATE THE PERSON ot Mrs, Costner, ‘Ine iady, though terrified, shrieked and screamed with all the energy o: a maddened despair, whish soon brought ier husband, the younger Costner, to her rescue, wacn both tne vil- Jains Hed. Tnough thwarted in the heliah purpose 4m this instance, the two fends, intent upon gratify- ing thetr lustful and beastly passions upon some vie~ um, WHITE IN COLOR, went at once to the residence of Mrs. Sarah Stroup, & white widow lady, residing in the same neighbor- hood and county, Hers they kuoeked as bet und tn a savage tone of Yolcs Hargrove called ous “Open the dvor.’” Mrs. Strout Who ig there?’ Hargrove “Dat doa't make a dam bit o’ diffe. rence. If you ain’c gwine to open de door d—m quick We'll break 16 dowa.”” Mis. Stroup, who was in bed at the time, then de- sired her daughter, a handsowe girl of about four- teen years of age, to upen the door and see wnat the men without wanted. ‘The unfortunate girl obeyed, and the two negro fiends thea entered. One of them, addressing Mrs. Stroup, demanded :—“Have you any compziy’" “Nobody but the children,” she said. Tuen, pointing fo the girl, he asked, “De you call data chue?”’ and turuing to the girl he said, “Come here, d—n you, ani let's see how heavy you are’ Hargrove then advaucec to the bed Where Mrs, Stroup was lying and seating nimself by her upon it, presented a pistol at her head, with an admonition that if she did not be quiet he would blow her brains out. ‘The other wreich meanwhile had seized the girt anu thrown her on the floor, alter which he threw a knife beside her, saying, “If you are not quiet Wt cut your d. throat.” In the presence of the ae and agonized mother the daughter was then BRUTALLY OUTRAGED, and when the first fiend had satiated his hellish de- aires he relieved Hargrove at the mother’s bedside while that bruce also in turn OUTRAGED THE GIRL. The fiends before leaving their unfortunate vic- tims threatened them with death should they at- tempt to iaiorm agalust them. Hargrove has been sivee arresied, and it is not unlikely that the K. K, will summarily punish these two fiends, YOUR LIQUOR OR YOUR LIFE. Another Attempted Murder—the Nineteenth Ward Gang Again. On ‘rhursday night, about half-past nine o'clock, a gang of Nineteenth ward rowdies—six io nom- ber—entered the lager beer saloon of Frede- mick Burckmann, No. 1,275 Third avenue, and began .to drink lager quite freely. Officer Levins, of the Nineteenth precinct, seeing them in there, and knowing well their character, called Mr. Burckmanno out on the sidewalk aud advised him to get rid of them as quick as possible, The officer then left, and Burckmann returned te his saloon, In @ few minutes thereafter he endeavored to induce them ww leave, but they did not seemed inclined to do so, and some angry words passed between the propretor and themselves. One of them, Randolph Van Houten, said they would leave if Burckmann would but trust them until the following morning ior drinks for the crowd, Burckmann recused, waen Van Houten in- stantiy drew a revolver and, presenting it at the pre-e prietor’s head, said that he wouid com) him, While this was going on at the bar the bartender was in another part of the saioon endeavoring to shove one or two of the others towards the door. While Van Houten held the revolver towards Burckmaon another of the party, Frank Hill ker, drew a knife and stabbed him over the right eye, causing a wound of feartul dimenstong and it is feared so seriously injuring the eye that it ‘wil become useless, Indeed, itis not well known yet whether Burckmann’s life is not in danger, The whole gang then fled, and information of the out- Tage Was subsequentiy sent to Captain Gunner. Yea- terday morning oficer Levins succeeded in arrest- ing Van Houtea, Hilliker and another named Ed- ward Keynolds, and they were arraigned — afiernoon at the Yorkville Police Court. They were, however, remanded back to the custody of Captain Gunner until this morning, when tne others will, & is expecteu. be also in cuscody. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. Exhibition by the Janior Class. The exhibition by the Junior students of the Unt- versity of the City of New York toox place yesterday morning at Association Hall, Fourth avenue, which was filled with the relatives and friends of the young gentlemen. The occasion was enlivened by masic by Grafulla’s Seventh Regiment band, who, while the company waa assem- bling, played the overtura to Stradella and selections trom Marino and Fabero, and the orations were interspersed with music. The Chan- cellor, Rev. Dr. Crosby, presided, and there were also present Professors Kirby, Gillett, Baird, John- son, Cokely, Bull and Martin, composing the faculty ot the University, and Professor Webb, of the Free Coll rt The opening prayer was offered by the Chancetlor; after which Herbert A. Loring, of New York city, delivered an oration on the subject of “Our Natio: Dangers;”’ then followed “The Moors in Spain,” by Israel Russell, of Jersey City; “Fixedness of Pur- pose,” by George P. Kissam, of Manhasset, L. 15 “The Future of France,” by George J. Rock Well, of Hoboken, N. J.; ‘Protestantism Not a Failure,” by Marcus D. Buell, of Brooklyn, L. 1.; “Influence of Religion in Poiitical History,” by Charles M, G Union Hill, N. J.; “Voltaire,” by M. W. Fleming, New York city; “Ruse of the House of Branden- burg,” by Charles E. Nicholls, of Stamford, Conn.; “Public Opinion,’ by William V. V. Reynolds, Haa- son City, N. J; ‘Flood Tide in History,” by Witttam Aikman, Jr., New York city, and “The eory of Scoundrelism in the Choice of a Proiession,” by John C. Cozens, South Brooklyn, L. J. The speak- ing and composition were very fair, and the several orators were weil received by the audience. There were the usual amounts of enthusiasm and foral offerings for the several speakers, much of which was genuine, but more instigated by Class or society cliques, THE LIGHT WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. ‘There 18 no doubt but that the principals in the match having at stake the title of “light weight champion of America” and the goodly sum of $2,000 are taking the very best care of themselves in order to be in prime fettle for the work laid out ‘or them on the 24th of the “merry month of May.” For a week at most they have gone through the prelimi- nary “course of sprouts” requisite to fit them for the conflict, and should nothing occur te either it will be @ most stubborn fight and one marked by fine skill and heavy delivery on bots sides. Billy Edwards is in East New York, where he will remain with Dooney Harris, lite trainer, antit the word comes, “Up sticks and gew’ to the battie round, Tim Collins, his antagonist, is at present fi'the city, Where he wiil sojourn untit Monday, when green ficids and country roads will woo him from the bustle and sur of metropolitan life to that of quietude and net ie EY aba ae appearance in public prior will occur to-night, when @ complimentary exhibition will be tendered him by his friends at Professor Bill Clark's, West Houston street. When it {8 remembered that Coilins, though but twenty- six years old, has appeared no less than ten times within the ropes against goo little men, coming om victorious in seven of the battles, losing but t ‘and the third a draw, @ great degree of interest will be feit in the matter. The exhibition ts promised to be @ good one, Tim Collins, the beneficiary, winding up With that lightning boxer, Harry Hicken. THE CITY CRED.T. Interest on City and County Stocks, On the firat day of May Comptroller Connolly wit pay the interest on the bonds and stocks of the eity and county, due at that time, through City Chame berlain Bradley. ‘The following is a statement of tre principal and interest of said bonds ana stocks:— cry, incinding temporary loans and Principal, Tee counts. $60,467,368 Interest on the sai 1,407,296 ‘Of the above principal Sinking Fund hold $17, rer On this AuLyUAts 19 $371,30

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