The New York Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1872, Page 6

6 PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUNDS, First Day of the Spring Trot- ting Meeting. Fine Attendance and Pleas- ing Events. George the Winner of the Three-Minute Purse and Honest Dutchman the 231 Race, The spring trotting meeting of the Prospect Park Fair Ground Assocication opened auspiciously yes- terday at their pleasant track, near Coney Island. ‘The sky was Only sufficiently shaded with a fleecy drapery of clouds to temper the incipient summer heat. There was not a shadow of dust upon the roads leading to the course, and the birds warbled as though their little souls were in their song. At twelve o'clock, and even earlier than that, all the gentlemen belonging to the club and their ladies and children, that had passed through the deli- cious drives of Prospect Park, relaxed the reins at the grand entrance, and soon after came scores of vehicles from New York and all parts of Long Island, containing the cream of the sporting world; and then the pool selling, which had been quite tame, began to be very active. As the time approached to bring the horses on the track the Club House balcony was well filled with Brooklyn’s beauties, and the grand stand con- tained many ladies of note from a distance. On the lawn—which 1s prettier than ever this year—there were countless veteran turfmen, and_ beyond, among the stables, were the boys and attend- ants, who heartily enjoyed the scene, Fair faces and pink-tlpped checks, with eager eyes, grew enthusiastic at the beautiful landscape. From the balconies of the Club House the panorama is exquisite. The ocean, with here and there a passing sail; Fort Hamilton, with its villas, and Bath, made up by numerous and prett: cottages, are in full view. All around Is a wealt of foliage. Maple and oak in luxuriant leaf are on every hand, and with flelds of waving grass, level lawns and graceful shrubbery, tho counterpart of the location is not found on any Northern trotting track. Long after the races commenced the Coney Isiand road, which has wonderfully improved in the number of new and pretty buiidings and large hotels since last autumn, were brilllant with car- rlages, and even until the termination of the day's amuscments they continued to arrive. It was twilight when they returned, and gleeful voices told the story ofa pleasant time experienced on Long Island's favorite trotting course, The Trotting. The track was dull and slow and the wind high and blustering yesterday afternoon, rendering very fast time out of the question. The trotting, not- withstanding, was excellent. There were two con- tests, the first being for a purse of $600 for horses that had never beaten three minutes, $350 to the first, $150 to the second and $100 to the third horse, mile heats, best three in five, in harness, for which there were seven entries and six starters. These were Isaac Pawling’s bay gelding George, J. J. Wheeler's black mare Eveline, J. L. Doty’s brown Ftallion Edwin Booth, J. Campbell’s bay stallion Spartan, T. Hoyt’s sorrel gelding Wallace and Al- den Goldsmith's bay stallion Abdallah, George was the favorite at 100 to 35 over the fleld, his defeat at Fleetwood the other day making him a strong fa- vorite. There is no doubt in the minds of all who witnessed the performance of this horse at Fleet- wood Park that he was pulled, and many knew that a like game would not be allowed at Prospect Park, He won yesterday with the greatest ease, and at times during the “race exhibited wonderful speed. George is a ight bay gelding, a trifle over fifteen hands, formed after the model of George Palmer, and resembles that horse very much in his movements. He can, beyond doubt, trot well into the twenties, and we advise his owner not to allow any more “shenanagan” on the part of the driver in the future. The second race was a capital one. Like the first, there were seven entries, but five only Sunbeam was withdrawn in time to give notici the fact to the pool seller, but Judge Scott came on the track and scored several times. He then took one of his obstinate fits, and could not be induced to trot another step with the others, and was Hnally allowed to be withdrawn. Judge Scott has a temper, and he will trot only when in the vein. The five starters were Daniel Fife: chestnut stallion Honest Dutchman (by Hoagiand’s Messenger, dam aroad mare owned by James Weaver), John 8, Parks’ bay stallion Dauntless, M. Roden’s brown eldin, H, Coleman, J. 8, Baker's bay geiding fom Keeler and brown gelding Frank Famers Honest Dutchmaa was the favorite previous to the Sturt at 100 to 25, and he sold at longer odds as the raco progressed. He in three straight heats, making tue third heat in 2:263s, which Was extraor- dinary time under the umstances. Dauntless, who was second In the race, is also a good horse, and was only beaten a short length at the finish. The following are the details of the trotting as it progresse THE. FIRST TROT. Hea!,—Eveline took the lead soon after leav- scoba, Abdallah second, Spartan third, Ed- win Booih fourth, George 1ifth, Wallace sixth. They trotted in this way around the turn, when George broke up and fell along way in the rear, When the horses reached the quarter pole Eveline was three ront of Spartan, Edwin Booth third, Ab- u, George and Wallace far behind. The tme to the quarter pole was thirty-eight seconds, kept in front along the backstretch, and gths ahead of Spertan at the half-mile Edwin Booth third, Abdallah fourth, ad Wallace sixth. George now cut horses, and He then ay and won by four lengths, Eveline sec- n third, Abdallah fourth, Edwin Booth iit and Wallace sixth. Time, 2:34. Second Heat.—kKveline had the lead, George second, Spartan third, Edwin Booth fourth, Abdal- dah fifth, Wallace sixth. Going around the turn George broke up badly, and was iar in the rear when the others passed the’ quarter-pole, rst at that point, in thirty-eight and a Fyeline second, Edwin Booth third, Spartan fourth, Wallace fifth and George sixth. The latter then trovied very fast, and, passing the others one ata showed in front at the half-mile pole, in 1:16, jah was second, Eveline third, Edwin Booth fourth, Spartan fiith and Wallace’ sixth. George then trotted ay from the others and came home on ing the score on @ walk, making the Firs 1:15, ge fith loose and went rapidly through the showed in frout at the three-quaiter pole. weat i) 22303. Spartan was second, Eveline third, Abdallah fourth, Edwin Booth fifth and Wallace sixth, Third Hoat.—The horses had a very fine send-on, and as they went around the turn George trotted to the front and led six lengths to the quarter pole, in thirty-seven seconds; Eveline second, Edwin Bootu tiird, Wallace fourth, Spartan fifth and Ab- Uallah sixth, George opened the gap wider alon, tho backatretch and was ten lengths in front of Eveline, Edwin Booth third, Spartan fourth, Wal- lace fifth and Abdallah sixth, the latter having pulled a shoe on the turn, Time, 1:13%. George rotted leisurely after this, and caine home a win- ner by ten lengths, in 2:36%. Edwin Booth was sec- ond, six lengths in advance of Eveline, Wallace fourth, Spartan fifth, Abdailah distanced. ° _ The loliowing is a SUMMARY. Prosrect Park FAIR GROUND ASSOCIATION.— SPRING MEETING.—TUESDAY,May 28.—Purse $600, for horses that had never {beaten three minutes—3350 to the first, $150 to the second, and $100 to the | third; mile heats, best thr » in five, in harness. 4. Pawlings entered b. g, Geor, fie eS | J. J, Wheeler entered vik. m. ive 283 J, Campbell entered b. s, Spartan... 324 J. L. Doty entered br. 8. Edwin Booth. 662 T. Hoyt entered 8. g. Wallace..... 66 5 A. Goldsmith entered b, 8. Abdallah. 4 4dis G. N. Ferguson entered bik. m. Sweetmeat.. TIME. Quarter, — Haty. First heat.. ++ 88 1s Recond heat. Third heat. THE SECOND TROT. First Heat.—J. H. Coleman had the best of the ®eud-otf, Tom Keeler second, Honest Dutcuman third, Dauntless fourth, Frank Palmer fifth. The horses changed places in going around the turn, aud when they passed the quarter pole, in thirty- ix seconds, Tom Keller led four lengths, Dauntless second, J. H, Coleman third, Dutchman ‘fourth and Frank Palmer fifth, Golng along the backstretch ‘Tom Keeler continned to lead, and he was first at tie half-mile pole, in 1:123¢; Dauntiess second, Hionest Dutchman’ third, J. H. Coleman fourth, Frank Palmer far behind. Honest Dutchman then came with a rush, and at the three-quarter pole Was close up to Tom Keeler and Dauntless, who were head and nead at that point. A fine burst of Speed brought Honest Dutchman @ winner to the flaud by a length, Dauntiess second, Tom Keeler as, fi Hi, Coleman fourth, Frank Palmer fifth. B, 212844. ‘Second Heat.—J, V1. Coleman was the first away, Tom Keeler second, Dauntless third, Honest Dutch- man fourth, As they passed around the turn Hon- est Dutchman trotted to t Jeugths to the quarter pole In thirty-six and a half Seconds; J. H. Coleman second, two engi in front of Tom Keele vivance of Dauntiess, G fonest Dutchman ope Ing down the backstretch ie gap, and Was six Jengths iu front at the half-mile pole, in 111 i. Goleman second, four lengths In ava om cele, who was then on a break, half a length ahead of Dauntless, The latter now trotted past eeler and J. HH. Coleman and made a gallant but insuccessiul effort to overtake Honest Dutchman, ‘The latter Wou the heat by four lengtis, Dauntiess Abdaliah was | halfseconds; | front and Jed four | the latter being three lengths in | | the Christian Brothers’ schools throughout the city and the instrumental music was rendered by the De la Salle orchestra, which includes iF new YORK who ie, vance of Tom Keeler. Heat.—Honest Dutchman was even with Tom Keeler and J. H. Coleman, Dauntless fourth at at the start; but as he passed around the turn he drew ap from the- others and opened a of four lengths to the quarter pole, in thirty-six seconds; ntiess second, three lengths in front of J. H. Coleman, who was one length in advance ef ‘Tom Keeler, tho latter having broken upon the way thither. Coleman then broke up, and these two fel far in the rear of the others, Dauntiess closed on Dutchman along the backstretch, and at the half- mile pole was only two lengths behind him. Time, 1:113g. There was about a length of daylight be- tween Honest Dutchman and wuntiess as they trotted Sone lower turn, but coming up the homestretch Dauntiess closed up inch by inch until he reached the quarters of Dutchman as the latter passed under the ssrink Honest Dutchman won the heat in yg Coleman was third and Tom Keeler distanced. ¢ following is a SUMMARY, PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUND ASSOCIATION.— SPRING MERTING.—TuESDAY, May 28.—Purse $1,500 for horses that had never beaten 2:31—$900 to the first, $400 to the second, and $200 to the third horse ; mile heats, best three in five, in harness. D. Piifer entered ch. g. Honest Dutchman... 1 1 J. 8. Parks entered M. Roden entered br. J. Duston entered br. J. M, Petit entered b. m. Sunbeam J. L. Doty entered s. g. Judge Sco! Tt! second, lengths ahoad of J. H. Colemat was ens nen First heat Second he: ‘Third heat. Prospect Park Fair Grounds To-Day. .The events to-day will be, first, for horses that had never beaten 2:34 at the time of closing the entries, and, second, for those that had never recorded 2:25, each mile heats, best three in five, in harness, For the former there are entered P. Manee’s gray gelding St. Elmo, George Ellis’ gray gelding Gray Eddy, Isaac Pawling’s black gelding Senator Mitchell, J. H. Phillips’ gray gelding Jack Draper, Colonel Dickens’ dun gelding G. L, Fox, D. Pilfer's chestnut mare Grace Bertram, J. J. Bowen's bay gelding Camors, and James Deugrey's brown mare Fanny Lambert. The second event will doubtless bring to the score P, Manee’s bay stallion W. H. Allen, Alden Gold- smith’s bay mare Huntress, Dan Mace’s chestnut gelding Ju Py Fullerton, J. L. Doty’s black stallion C, BE, Loew, Dan Pfifer's sorrel staliion Byron, J. J. Bowen's gray mare Sea Foam, and T. 8. Carpenter's sorrel mare Nonesuch. Pools were sold on these events last night, at the rooms of Messrs. Marshall & Johnson, corner of Broadway and Twenty-oighth street, the gathe.ing of turfmen to speculate on their favorites being it ae very large. THE 2:34 PURSE. Graco Bertram.....$70 80 80 065 80 7% Camors.... 80 4445 Field.. Ww 20 2 105 100 ©6100 at 60 62 Huntress. 390-2020 Field..... 27 226 THE SADDLE RACE, The premium of $2,500, free for all horses, not having filed, the management ot the Gielaby Park Fair Grounds substituted a purse of $750, to saddle, for horses that have never beaten 2:25—$400 to first, $200 to second and $150 to third. The entries for this event, to trotted on the last day of the SUN closed at the rooms ofthe As- sociation in Brooklyn, on Monday night, with the following result :— sf Jno. Murphy enters b. g. George W. Patterson. J, Campbell enters b. g. J. J. Bradley. Charles S. Green enters ch. m. Lucille. HORSE NOTES. Major Bacon's stable of six and D. McCoun’s string of four have arrived at Long Branch. George Rice purchased Planerotd, three years, by Planet out of Florence Nightingale, by O’Meara, of Mr. J. R. Barry, at Nashville, last week. The stakes of the Nashville Blood Horse Associa- tion have closed as follows:—The Belmont Stakes, 1878, for three year olds, seventeen subscribers; the Belle Meade Stakes, 1873, for three year olds, seventeen subscribers; the Vandal Stakes, 1874, for three year olds, thirty-one entries; and the San- ford Stakes, 1834, twenty-five entries. It should not be overlooked by turfmen that tho entries to the purses offered by the Quickstep Park Trotting Association, of Toledo, Ohio, will close on the 5th proximo, at nine o’clock P.M. Premiums amounting to $15,500, divided into nine purses, are otfered, ART MATTERS. Mr. Powell’s Painting of Perry at the Battle of Lake Eric. It is known that Congress appropriated $25,000 for a painting of that great historical event—the HERALD, WEDNESDAY, THE BROOKLYN REFORMERS. The Committee of Fifty Report as to the Tran- sactions of the Supervisors. The sub-committee of the Rink Reform Organiza- tion of Fifty appointed to examine into the affairs of the Board of Supervisors has fulfilled its task, having reviewed the report of that body for the year 1870, and makes a lengthy report upon the re- sult of the labor. The subjoined extracts will be found interesting:— A GAS PIXTURE JOB. At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors, March 14, 1870, a gas fixture bill was presented for work and materials furnished, through the agency of E. Toohill, amounting to 55,100. A ma- jority committee, previously [gerd Te- bbe in favor of paying $2,500, Supervisor ross, from the rear | committee, reported that upon inquiry they ascertained that the true value of the job was $1,590; that the gas fix- ture firm who rformed the previous work had offered to duplicate it for $1,590, The minority committee thereupon introduced a resolution that the bill be reduced accordingly. This resolution was rejected, and $2,600 was ordered to be paid for a bill which, upon undoubted anthority, could have been furnished for $1,590, with a profit of twenty per cent to the furnishers, The resolution to reduce was rejected by the votes of Nelson, Kollmyer, Sheridan, Murphy, Buck, Foley, Cassidy, Duty, Howell and Fletcher. Toohill, who presented the bill, was a middle man, who appears to have been cmployed by the Board, or some members of the Board, when certain pur- poses were to be accomplished. THE JAIL COMMITTEE EXTRAVAGANCE. Subsequently acommittee was appointed to ex- amine into the alleged worthlessness of certain ods, and the extravagant price of others, which iad been ordered by the Jail Committee—supposed to be Nelson, Shevien and Smith—and furnished by er Few. During the interview Few de- clared “that he Intended to charge 100 per cent apen the goods, and would get 200 per cent ifhe could. ‘These, Kerrigan and Few, were ‘middle men,” and appear to have been favorities with a majority of the Board, having been employed during the year to purchase supplies to the amount of nearly six thousand dollars, William J, Osborne, President of the Board, by virtue of his office, had assigned to Nelson, Shevlen and Smith, their committee- ship on the jail department, and it would seem to have been appropriate for him to have endea- vored to displace them from the position they were so unworthily occupying; but, 80 far as the recora Carel he made no etfort in that direction, and his name is not infrequently found in companioaship with theirs when important questions, affecting pecuniary disbursements, were being decided by the Board. THE CORONER'S COMPENSATION. At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors, January 24, 1870, Supervisor Nelson moved that the fecs of the Coroners be raised from $10 to $16 for each in- quest; the resolution was adopted by the votes of seventeen members, most of whose names are generally recorded in favor of increased and ex- travagant expenditures, This vote cost the city from s1x to eight thousand dollars per annum. INCREASED JUDICIAL EXPENSES, The annual increased expense of conducting the City, County and Supreme Courts in two years had amounted to $149,184. Let us examine what agency the Board of Supervisors exercised in accomplish- ing this result, ‘he cee Court had BG VCnaly, been presided over by a single, Judge at a salary of $6,500 per annum, and there appeared no dimoulty in obtaining com- Eaeet Jjudiciaries at that salary. In 1870 the Legis- lature reorganized the City Court, authorizing the appointment of three judges tnstead of one, as for- merly, whereupon the Supervisors, at a meeting of their Boara, adopted the following preamble and resolution :— 5 Whereas sixty-two respectable citize! 2 this Boned that the salaries of saclaeens dave mation’, to $10,019 cach per annum, therefore esolved, That said salaries be raised accordingly. This resolution Appeare to have been adopted by the votes of Hutchins, Kollmyer, Sheridan, Sear- ing, Murphy, Devyr, ‘Fletcher, Martense, ¥olcy, Newman, Du lowell, Shevien and Schenck, ar oeny he Board of Supervisors voted to raise the salary of the Oounty Judge from $5,000 to $8,000. The last measure was carried by the same votes as the preceding, excepting that of Schenck; and by another resolution the salaries of the Su- preme Court Judges were increased by the addition Of $5,000 cach to the $6,000 paid by the State, mak- ing the pay to each $11,000 per annum. ccording to law the judges of the City and Su- preme Courts are authorized to employ as many attendants as they may deem necessary. There is no evidence that the Judges availed themselves un- duly of their discretionary power, nor that the fifty-five officers below alluded to were in attend. ance during that term, The minutes of the Board of Supervisors, Decem- Tr, 1870, however, show that at that sestion bills were ordered paid for fifty-five attendants upon the Supreme and City Courts, which number was in ad- dition to the regular staff of clerks attached to those departments. Thirty-nine of these ofticers were paid as attendants on the Supreme Court and sixteen on the City Court. Sixty additional bills of a similar character, amounting in the aggregate to $15,506, were paid during the year. naval battle on Lake Erie—during the war of 1812, and that Mr. W. H. Powell was the artist engaged to do the work. Mr. Powell has been over three years earnestly and steadily employed on the paint- ing, and had spent a great deal of time previously in collecting facts, portraits and materials to make this a faithful historical work. “Tho picture covers the large area of thirty feet by twenty, on canvas woven in Holland ex- reals, for the artist. Though not finished tis so far advanced as to be ready for removal to Washington and to be placed in the panel assigned to it over the broad stairs of the Senate Chamber at the Capitol. When placed there Mr. Powell will give it the finishing touciies. Before removing it to Washington the artist invited gentiemen of the press and some others to view the picture at the Twenty-second Regiment Armory, Fourteenth street, which is the placo Mr. Powell made his studio for this particular work. The thought inate on seeing this painting is that of grandeur. Both the colossal peprcenbas snd. the event portrayed combine to give this impres- sion. Then one is impressed with the suitableness of the picture to the place for which it is in- tended—the Capitol of the republic. The first object the eye rests upon is the heroic American comman- der, Perry, standing in the boat, which has just left the disabled flagship, Lawrence, and pointing to the Niagara, to which he had resolved to transfer his flag, and which he is determined to reach, though the shot and shell of the enemy are falling round him like hail. It is the critical moment, and has been happily seized by the artist as the most prominent feature of his picture. The likeness of Perry is said to be good, and the whole attitude and expression of the hero are striking. The boat and all the persons in it stand out well In the fore- ground. The individuality of the sailors, and par- ticularly of Perry's young brother, who is imploring the commander to sit down and not expose him- self so much to the shot of the British, strongly marked. This group of itself is a very picture. The unity of it rests there. The other parts—such as the disabled ship just left, the iagara and the other ships on both sides in the distance, the shot and shells falling into and throw- ing up the water all round, the smoke of the guns and other objects—are but details, though each is striking enough and faithful to history. The water and sky, not easy to delineate, are so far treated naturally, though the artist has yet to finish this part of his painting when placed in the Capitol, On the whole Powell’s ‘Battle of Lake Erie” is, no doubt, one of the very best productions of Ameri- can art. It is creditable to Congress who ordered it, ag well as to the eountry, and will confer endur- ing honor upon the artist. bet THE STEPHEN LITERARY UNION. Anniversary Literary Exercises at Stein. way Hall Last Night. ‘The anniversary literary exercises of the Stephen Literary Union, at Steinway Hall, last night, were listened to by a large, fashionable and critical audience. The orations were by the members of the Literary Union, the vocal music by the pupils of the orchestra of Manhattan College, Second street, &c. There were two grand choruses rendered by two hundred voices, and they were received with imotense applause. There were two scenes pre- sented—first, the tent scene from ‘Julius Cesar," iy Messrs. McClosky and Duffy, and second, a scene irom “Henry V * by Messrs. Bergan and Smith, here were sev lorations by the members of the Union and songs by the pupiis of the several schools, whieh were excellentiy rendered; but there is not space here to make but a general men- {ion of them. THE RESIDENT ALSAOIANS. A inceting of Alsacians and Lorraines, Mr. Koens- | gen presiding, took place at the Casino, in | Houston street, last night, discussing some ar- rangements fora proposed public manifestation of their continued loyalty to the French repubilo, no withstanding the separation of their native pro- vinces from France. The demonstration is to be attended by an enrolment en masse ot the Alsactans and Lorraines resident in this city as French citizens at the French General Consulate. Some fulminat- ing addresses were delivered expressive of ex- treme patriotism and loyalty to the French repub- lic, ond. of intense disgust of the dismemberment of that country ag the resnit of the war with Ger- | many. A comimittee of arrangements, previously _ appointed, was enlarged by sdding to it the fol- lowing names:—F. Fortweigler, Professor Auber, F Mueller, George Dreyfuss, Bruesselin, Chesne, Vorgnerly, Burachneck, Jean Haas, Charles Bolv Jos. Weil, John Walter, Sutler, Doppelmann, ‘tre, Emmetinger, Jacques Schwarz, Schiep, m. Horth, There is some talk about holding the | demonstration at the Cooper Institute. Some ac- | that. the Subjolned is a statement Of the judtclary ex- penses of the year 1863, and the estimated sum needed for the same purposes for 1871:— The estimate for the City and Coungy Judges and Jnstices of the Peace for the year Mhding July 31, 868, was. $22,500 Commisssioncrs of Jurors.. Judges acting a8 Courmissior Diswict Attorney and assis: Jurors and officers of the sev the Supreme Court. Sum total for year ending July 31, 1868. . ESTIMATES FOR 187]. Jurors’ fees. Notice Seas Commissioners of Jurors, hearing 6x Printing and stationery he urors’ fees. seeeee Total.......... To which add salaries— Six Justices, $3,500, $21,000 Five Clerks, $1,500 vee 9,000 $30,000 Total $29,084 | Showing an increase of $149,184 In the cost of con- ducting the several courts between the year ending July 31, 1868, and that ending July 31, 1871, STATIONERY STATISTICS, Your examining committee would, moreover, call attention to the extravagance exhibited by the Bourd in the expense of advertising, stationery, printing, blank books and other similar items, By omMcial statement it appears that during the years 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868 and 1869 the average cost to the county for the purposes named was $13,694 per annum, but that during the next succeeding fif- teen months—that is to say, during the year 1870 and three months thereafter—the aggregate ex- penditures for these items had increased to $47,805, COST OF THE NEW ALMHOUSE. The proceedings of the Board of Supervisors and their Building Committee in relation to the erection of the new Almshouse indicates the same reckless- ness of expenditure as was manifested in the in- stances previousiy designated. The record says estimated cost of the building was $69,783, at which price it was contracted to be com- pietea, After the Building haa crm to have been Cassidy, Wiikeyson or Fletcher, or whoever they were—had expended $119,146, the: applied to the Board of Supervisors for $30,000 ad- ditional to complete the buildings. A motion was made to reduce this sum to $20,000, which was negatived by the votes of Nelson, Kollmyer, Shey- len, Buck, Foley, Cassidy, Duty, Howell, Sheridan, Murphy, Wilkeyson, appropriation, of £23,090, Was, however, drdered, mhakirty thé Gost Of iné building $147,940, being $73,207 more than the contract. THE OOAT. CONTRACT. Paid to Willlam D. Stewart for coal, $36,728. This was for the use of the institutions at Flatbush, and was actually nd by the county as stated in the ac- count of the Treasurer, whereas the value of what was received at the institutions, as stated in the Commissioner's accounts, was $22,043, being $14,685 less than the county paid for. ARMORY AND ARMORERS. The institution thus designated, although of re- cent origin and but little known to many of our citizens, has, nevertheless, through the manipula- tlons of the Board of Supervisors, heavily absorbed the public money, as indicated in a briei extract from the Treasurer’s account :— Page 34, Minutes of Supervisors—Pald for ar. Mory ihprovement Ct Page Paid armory building, Sixteenth ward. Appendix, page 140—Paid sundry armory amorers’ expenses ‘ eave Cie Total. ‘ pie Your committee are nm if any, was expended during the preceding year for these purposes, That there has been a Breet increase of business connected with the administration of the Judiciary Department is too well known to require verifica- tion. A vast amount of business properly pertain- ing to the New York courts is now transferred to Brooklyn, But even with this explanation the tax- payers will not be convinced that an increase of $149,000 per annum 1s necessary. Similar remarks are applicable to the erection and maintenance of armories; and the censures herein contained are not directed against the institutions themselves, but against the squanderings connected with the administration of their affairs, From the minutes of the Board of Supervisors for the early part of the year 1871, to which we have had access, your Committee make the following ex- tracts :— Page 76—Supervisor Johnson, under oath, charged that the Committee on Printing had paid twenty: five to one hundred per cent over value on a large amount, and asked for an investigation. Sheridan, Murphy and Devyr voted Spainss inquiry. On page 108 ts a resolution or proposition for print- ing “Indexes of Grantors,’ 277,000 names at six | cents each, $16,620; 6,300 pages at $9 per page, 100 copies, $56,700; sundries, $18,000. Total, $01,320, On page 123 a bill for $7,550 was ordered paid which other parties ofered to duplicate for $4,000, and on page 125, & bill was ordered to be paid for $1,020, for work and materials furnished which tion was taken to circulate subscription lista to aise (ho funds u ecessacy for the undertaking. | another firm otfered to furnish for $225, ‘| ings. Wills, Droll and ary An | lore Nelson, | MAY 29, 1872—QUADRUPLE SHEET) THE QUAKERS. Proceedings of Their Yearly Meeting—The Con- dition of the Church—Discussion of Intemper- ance and Advocacy of Prohibition—The Worst Enemy of Indian Civilization. The Conference of Quakera at the Rutherfurd place Meeting houses began its business on Monday morning at half-past ten o’clock, The men gathered in one building and the women in another, and each assemblage, asis the custom, proceeded with affairs upon its own responsibility, with the excep- tion of asking in most of its enactments for the con- currence of the others. Most of the important transactions originate in the sessions ef the men, however, after which they are approved by the wo- men, The executive oficers of each meeting con- sist of two clerks, whose duties include both those of amoderator and of a secretary. In THE MEETING OF THE MEN on Monday the Clerk, Nathaniel 8. Merritt, opened the proceedings by calling the names of the dele- gates from the subordinate mectings. An epistle from the Friends of Pennsylvania was then read and created a profound impression by its reference to political subjects. It especially called attention to the movement whose object was the engrafting of acertain religious belief in the constitution by the introduction of the name of God, and strongly urged the necessity of opposing such an innova- tion. The rest of the morning hour was entirely in the discipline of the Church, by which lberal ideas were to be made a part of the tradi- tions of the society. The debate proved quite an exciting one for so sedate and solemn a gathering a6 & Quaker meeting; but the slow, calm and de- liberate tone of dignity was maintained by every speaker. A committee was appointed to have the consideration of the matter, upon which there were laced flity-flve names. It was instructed to act jointly with one to be appointed by the women. ‘The afternoon session of Monday was almost wholly engaged with the reading of epistolary communi- cations from the “yearly meetings” in other parts of the country, in all of which THE ALABAMA OLAIMS were indirectly referred to, and hope expressed that they would be peacefully settled. A new clerk of the meeting and his assistant were also elected, The Indiana Quakers recommended me- morials to the President and Congress, A speciai committee was appointed on intemperance, and the subject of sending an address on the abolition of the death penalty to the International Penitentiary |, Congress was referred to the Committee of Representatives, YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS, There was a much larger attendance yesterday than the day before, but the morning session was neither so long nor so important. he new clerk of the men’s meeting, Charles A. Macy, conducted the proceedings of that body. When it was fully asssembled, at half-past ten, the regular in- quiryinto . THR CONDITION OF THE SOCIETY was begun by Consider niet he replies to the dis- ctl queries received Irom the quarterly meet- ‘rom these it appeared that, while the rell- gious rules laid down in the book were very gener- ally observed by the members of the Church, it did not increase in numbers or prosperity. The re- sponses to the query relating to intemperance in the use of liquors were commented upon by Aaron M. Powell at some length. ~ r PROHIBITION OF INTEMPERANCE. He thought that the influence of the Friends should extend somewhat further than the protec- tion of the Church from the evil of intemperance. He was in the Legislature of the State at Albany last winter, when a representative read before that body that portion of the discipline of the Quakers. It was proposed there as a fit measure to be adopted as a law. _(Sensation.) What a blessing it would be if that ru were embodied in the statutes of the nation, making the terrible trafic illegal! He thought the yearly meeting should not only ask of the Legislature that it should cease to recognize the sale of spirituous liquors, but also of Congress to forbid both the manufacture and the sale. Ina journey across the Continent, through the Terri- tories, he had found if the chief encmy of Indian civilization. THE RED MEN suffered from no evil as much as from this. He de- sired that the voice of that body should be heard In an appeal to Congress, asking special protection of the Indians from the ravages of this trafic. It had been said formerly that the nation had two great enemies—siavery and intemperance. It must yet witness the same transition of sentiment in dealing with the one as had taken place with the other. He asked for the prohilfttion or restriction of the traf- fic, from which misery and misery alone could flow while it remained legal. While he was speaking © stir was produced in the assemblage by the arrival of two ministers from Philadelphia who are quite celebrated—William Dorsey and Samuel J. Levick. William Dorsey is of very ‘impressive appearance, looking like the famous nameless hea ainted by Titian, with a high, noble forehead, a silvery beard, Bhd that are sunken and dark, and an expression of intense in- ward meditation like that of some old priest of the covenant who pondered deeply on the mysteries of his religion. He is one of the most eloquent of the Quaker ministers. SAMUEL Keys favored a committee to prepare something in the form of a memorial to be for- warded to the Congress of the United States and the Legislature. He was afterwards reminded that the subject was already before a cominittee. SAMUEL M. JANNEY spoke upon thogubject and RUDOLF GOEROCK; then a German Friend arraigned the members of the Society for loving more them- selves than God, George Fox had said, “We are’ nothing, Christ is ali.’’ The preacher then argued pithily for THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST, and his words had so much the tone of solemnity and earnestness that he was listened to with an almost dramatic intensity of attention. After him ErrincHem Cock said that the send- ing of missionaries through their churches had been tried to revive the life of the society, but had failed. He now counselled that they submit to the event, and if it was the will of God that the Quakers should pass away they could not help it’ by human devices, and must accept what Providence ordained. But he thought that God was with them, and would aid them if they looked to the Spirit for direction, The session was then adjourned until Friday morning. To-day there will be public worship in all the meeting houses at half-past ten o’clock A. M., at which there will undoubtedly be piesoning by eminent ministers, The New York First Day (Sunday) School Association has its anniversary this evening in Rutherford place, and the exercises will probably be of much interest to the public. METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE. Election of General Conference Editors Tribute to Dr. Durbin, Ex-Missionary Secretary—Reducing the Ministerial Representation in Conference. After the devotional exercises and the reading and approval of the journal the Book Concern Com- mittee reported a resolution (No. 5) in favor of electing the book agents and other General Vonfer- ence officers this morning (Tuesday). Dr. C. D. Foss presented the following minute evr ie? 4 to Dr, Durbin, the retiring Mission Secretaryi—""~ ~ be 3 Whereas the Rey. Join P. Durbin, D. D., for the last twenty-two years Corresponding Secretary of the Missi ary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, hi constrained by advanced years and increasing inflr to yield to other hands the banner he has 4 anit 40 Well, We, therefore, the members of this Genera Conference, in behalf of the whole Church, record our deep sense of the very eminent service he has rendered to the canse of Christ in this most important department of Christian work. We shall hold in grateful and lasting re- inembrance the exceedingly rare combination of quall- tics which have given hin a pre-eminent place in the pulpit, on the platform, at the secretary's desk and in. the | variotis councils of the Missionary Soclety and of the Chureh, Of that society, though not the founder, he has Leen the chiet organizer. 178 ADNIRABLE FINANCIAL SYSTEW was originated in his brain; was wrought into the work- | ing machinery of the Church by the matchless eloquence with which he presented it at the conferences, and will Jong endure as his best monument. ve tender to Dr. Durbin the assurance of our veneration wishing for him a serew: ing sky and an nto the everlasting brightuess; and pledging him our unswerving fidelity to the cause which by serving 4 nobly he has taught us to love so well. We direct that this minute be spread npon our journal, and that a copy of it, sizned by the President and Secre? | tary of the Conference, be furnished to Dr. Durbin. ‘The phraseology of this minute was severely critl- cised, some maintaining that the Missionary Society had been organized and in active operation thirty years before Dr. Durbin took hold of it, and that this minute would cast an invidious reflection upon the memory of Drs. Bangs and Pittman, who were | the founders of the society. Drs. Slicer, Foss, Hill, | Pershing, Prettyman, Lanahan and others took part in the debate, after which the minute was adopted unanimously by a rising vote, By a Delight vote, ona motion of Dr. Curry, the Board of Managers of the Missionary Socieiy | were authorized to allow Dr. Durbin three months’ was also made an honorary secretary, 8o that th reen hands," as Dr. Slicer called the new secretaries, who do not “know the ropes’? might have the benent of his experience. | THE CHURCH EXTENSION SOCIETY'S REPORT | was taken up, and the obnoxlous words which re- quired the preachers to report their collections for this society at the bar of the Annual Conferences were stricken out. The report was then adopted. Report 8, from the same committee, was then adopted without debate. The report of the Book Conoern Committee on he election of oficers was then taken up, adopted, nd Dr. J. H. Vincent was re-elected to his present position as editor of Sunday School books and tracts; Dr. Nast was elected editor of the German Apologiste, and Henry Liphardt editor of German Sunday Schovl books tracts, &o, Theye nomina- salary. consumed in the discussion of a proposed change d| tions ha‘ no position were unanimously elected wehena yore The Quarterty Review created and Drs. D. D. Whedon, the pres- ent eat funsell, D. Curry and W. F. War- ren were Dr. Warren subsequently eel wes iamacie sea Sam tne ol n of Dr. Whedon by a vot of 225 out of a total of 366. For editor of the Ladies’ which has been raised Dr. Wile) to the eplscopacy, Dr. John F. Marley, of Cineln- nati; Erastus Wentworth, of Troy; James A. Mc. Auley, of Baltimore; W. St. Loulss . Ge rig F. Day, of Erie; B. F. Crary, as tral Ohio; Joseph Wythe, Saneenias rus ks, Minnesota; Pare rine, Mic! + Jon oe. wil ng Carron, Philadelphia; Mrs, 1 result of vote was that out of a total of 349 ballots Dr. Marley received 77; McAuley, 68; Went- worth, 46; Crary, 42, and Mra, Willing 37, ‘There was consequently No election, and a second ballot was vakon, beiae (hich Mrs. Siullingts Dame was with- votes, but no election, HATO Per Marley: 196 THE COMMITTRE ON ITTNERANCY reported in favor of increasing the ministerial re- resentation to General Conterence from 30 to 39. r. Price moved to substitute 45 instead of30, He would make it 75 if he cou'd. It has taken $3,500 out of the pockets of the Church members to Tene the two delegations from California and Oregon to this Conference, which sum, he thought, could be spent to better purpose. Dr. Osbon read some figures to show that in 1876, at the present ratio, the General Conference will have 250 ministers; a: 39, 270; and at 45, 233, which he conceived would, with the lay delegations, be as large a body as can properly carry On business together. Dr. Curry favored Dr. Price's amendment, and showed that in 1876 there will be at least 400 delegates in General Conference—three-fifths ministers and two-flfths laymen—and he wanted the ministerial representa- tion increased so as to raise the equality of the lay seenen ie es The report, a8 amended, was opted. Report No. 10, on Missions, was adopted; and No. 8, onethe State of the Church, relating to class mee! ings, was up again for discussion, but was post- poned, to hear the result of the second ballot for editor of the Ladies’ Repository; after which Con- ference adjourned, without taking action on the committee's report. THE NAVAL ACADEMY. The Naval Commanders in Embryo Preparing for S8ea—Tho Examination Season—The Ex- pected Summer Cruise—High Hopes of the “Hopefuls’—The Coming Fes- tivities and General Gossip. ANNAPOLIS, May 25, 1872. The annual examinations are now going on at the Naval School, and in consequence there is much consternation among the midshipmen. Of course there is also general and widespread anxiety among their friends and relatives. Careful papas and mammas are flocking hither from all parts of the country to watch over the destinies of their “young hopefuls’—many of them soon to be “young dis- consolates.”” These examinations are very rigor- ous, conducted before a Board of Visitors by the heads of the several departments in the school. They extend from the 20th of May to the 1st of June. The examination of candidates for admission com- mences on the Sth of June, and will this year be particularly severe, ag the number of midshipmen 4s now larger than desired. It is curious to observe With what inflated hopes many of these candidates come here, and how soon these hopes collapse. No boy, however, need fear being “plucked” if he hasa good groundwork of English and arithmetic. Most of those who come here can talk French or Spanish by the yard, but, strange to say, are abominably ignorant of their own vernacular. The best plan is to send a boy here a month before examination and let him be “coached” by some one acquainted with the Academy course, The cadets will soon go out on their summer cruise. This year the Constellation, Captain Bridge- man, is deputed to carry them. The Dale will cruise about the Chesapeake with the fourth class, The graduating class will be broken up into small par- ties, and distributed for duty among the different squadrons now in service. The Constellation will carry out about eighty-five or ninety midshipmen; the Dale a much smaller number. The former ship has just arrived from the West Indies, and, in con- sequence, her men are fullof the Spanish outlook. I conversed with some of them yesterday, old, vet- eran sailors, who have been in the navy from their infancy. They seemed in very low spirits, and really take to heart the fearful decline of their branch of the service in the last few yoars. One weather-beaten tar said to me:—“Why, sir, I’ve been in the navy more’n twenty year, and whenT entered it was better’n itis now. Tobe sure we hadn't so many ships, but what we had was ships— none of your blarsted things that won’t swim in a flood tide. In them days our sailors knowed what they was about, ’case they had somethin’ to be about. Now they're pitched and tossed around; ha’n’t got no ships fit to work handy in, an’ no sperrits in the men to work. How's we ‘wine to squint good when Mr. Robeson keeps a Enocking our one over our eyes? Talk about lickin’ Spanish! ‘hy, durn ef the Spanish couldn't clean us cl’ar out for the first six months, Course we'd pick up a’terwards, but they’d ruin our com- merce while we was a pickin’ up. And them Eng- lish—hang ’em! We sees ’em in every port we goes into—not one ship, but a whole squadron, while we sneaks in with a pitiful little scunner. Alabama claims a'n’t nowhar! No use for us to talk about Ce British ‘less we get somethin’ to fight ’em with, The sailors and middies seem to fraternize very well together. Said a tar to me:- ‘er see, sit, it’s this way: We likes to be kind to ’em, ’cause some day or other they'll be officers. And they has tobe kind to us, ‘cause we swabs and scrubs the decks for’em while they lies in bed 'til six bells. ’Pon my honor, they don’t do a thing. Just takes a hundred of our men away from their reg’lar work to do their’n—that’s all!’ Which, 1 think, is a pretty good “all.” The midshipmen are now in clover. Though busy at examinations they have a good many more priv- ileges than usual, with the prospect ahead for some of them of going home a few weeks; others are going on the summer cruise, which will, I pre- sume, be to the Mediterranean this year; and still others of leaving their sanctums forever as regular and = completed—midshipmen. While in the Academy they are only ‘cadets;" two years hence they vecome ensigns, then masters, lieutenants, &e. A cadetship in the school is to a young man of tender years a very alluring a ‘on first sight, particularly if said sight is enjoyed in the spring of the year. For then the grounds are lovely. So much beautiful green g , closely shaven and evenly rolled, stretching down to the river shore and dotted all over with fonntains, picturesque cannon snatched from British grip; and windin through it, cool and pleasant walks, arched over and shaded by boughs and creeping vines, And to see the plump, = atraight- backed middies s0 very rolilcking and so very jolly must fire his youthful ardor to go and do likewise. Seraphic strains from a fine band will also every afternoon twist and tug at his heart- strin: shear str ngs de: tined to be swept rey Py the fait fingéis Of somé Of our Dgval belles, Tho society here is excellent. None 0: that omp and display so offensive in the city. do not mean Annapolis, but “the elty” in general. Everybody is so perfectly free and easy—not afraid of letting you know his ‘salary is only fifteen hundred or two thousand a year, Fifteen hundred or two thousand, however, made to go a long way by their getting a governmental house, governmental gas, govern- mental heat, governmental water, governmental everything, free of cost. Ofcourse you have heard of the heroic conduct of Midshipmen McLean and Galt, who jumped into some forty feet of water and saved their comrade, Carter, from a dismally aqueous death. Few peo- ple appreciate the danger attendant upon such an act. Werden has co plimented it In glowing terms. at the hands of Mrs. Ames, wife of Lieutenant Com- mander Ames, Who fs @ very bright and pleasant- looking lady, and seemed quite equal to the trying emergency. The midshipmen have their regular annual ball on the 3ist inst. Very many ladies wiil attend from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Wash- | ington and Baitimore. It is needless to remark that | numberiess will be the diderent renditions of the Boston perpetrated thereat. ‘The graduating class will receive their diplomas on the 3d of June. Of course the middies will then have a gala da} President Grant will probably be down and award the grades to the various gradu- here will be a dress parade, cannon practice, y drill and the like; much sweet music, flaunting of banners, alittering ‘of muskets and glancing of pretty eyes, There have as yet been no | rowing matches of any account among the middies this year. They have a very strong crew, and are | unt lly regarded as first class amateur oarsmen. Harvard of Yaie would find them, though pot trained | at all, pretty rough customers to handle. Ca tain | Skerrett’s expedition starts about the 1st of July on a three years’ cruise, under sealed orders, which 1s very worrying, inasmuch as they may go to Ld Arctic regions pr the tropic zone, and consequently | there is some doubt in the minds of the crew as to | whetaer they should take woollen clothin oF no | clothing atail. ‘The latter is highly thought o a | account of cheapness and general durability o a . ‘To change the subject. Mr. Reverdy Johnson wed been here during the ‘past week, chuckling = complacent, The Fish “retreaty’! seems to yo vin good, ‘The Japanese midshipmen are sald to be Be ting on remarkably well, speak the he ggg ie | fuently, and are quick and Intelligent. 1 ~ mi and “Katz,” aa the midshipmen familiarly orm them, seem to fraternize quite readily with their Caucasian brethren. ‘There are some others about to enter, after which there willouly e one vacaucy lefty Wayland and Mrs. M. Brown. | summer houses, statues to departed naval heroes, - t was a very daring thing, and Commodore | Yesterday afternoon the midshipmen drilled | for @ flag. Company A, Captain James, was suecessful, and received the banner | | DECORATION DAY. Floral Honors to Our Mar- tyred Dead. Origin and Growing Popularity of Those Patriotie Rites—The Ceremonies at the East New York To-morrow, the 30th of May, will be solemnty ob served throughout the length and breadth of the Union a8 Decoration Day. This will be the arm time that the date has been thus honored, ana though up to the present it has been by no meang 80 generally observed as the objects to which it is set apart deserve, it is annually growing in public favor, and, ere many years have sped by, willbe as Well established a holiday as the 22d February or the Fourth of July. As a people, perhaps, we are not very greatly inclined to public displays of sen- timent; — but ere can be no doubt that Anglo-Saxons are in a quiet, undemen- Strative way, full as sensitive to such emotions as any of the other races, and in ® case Uke the present, where the exciting cause appeals with irrepressible sacredness and force to the patriotic gratitudp of the whole nation, Amon cans will soon grow to be proud of exhibiting openly what, as @ general thing, they would fain conceah It comes at first @ little strangely, perhaps, to the average citizen to march with a bouquet in his hand to the graves of the soldier dead, and there proclaim openly his undying remembrance of their martyrdom for their country. But the awkward. ness of novelty will soon wear off, and the im herent dignity and nobleness of the feel- ings that underlie these floral ceremonies protect them from the sneers even of the-most confirmed of cynics and scoffers. And even were the occasion of it less solemnly impressive, we ought at least to hail with approval the establish- ment of another general holiday. We have a present far too few national holidays, though, as we are the most hard-working people in the world, we need them more than others. There seems to be no special si niscancs in tl date which has been thus devoted to the honor our hero-dead. The custom of decorating witl flowers the graves of the fallen brave dates back course to the earliest ages, and is probably as ancient as waritself. It was, however, first natural ized in this country by the people of the South, ie even before the ciose of the rebellion, had gro’ into the general observance of a stated Decoration Day. After the return of peace we of the North also adopted the same custom, and in 1868 the s0th of May was, for the first time, simultaneously ob- served in this way throughout the entire country, the date beng fixed by a decree of General Le fg the commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, under whose auspices these demonstrations of @ nation’s gratitude were made, The date, it may further be said, is at least as good as other in the week or two when spring, though still fresh with opening flowers, is beginning to give way the heats of summer—the necessary season of such ceremonies. It is late enough to allow of fine wei te being counted upon witha fair degree of certainty, and at the same time it is not se late as to make a public procession an attempt at whole- sale murder by sunstroke, Returning to the motive and objects of this patriotic festival, there is a special fitness in some one day in the year being thus dedicated by the whole people to memories of what the war has cost us. Almost every home in this broad land has its own sad anniversary of sacrifice and mournit Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Chattanooga, mar! not alone in the almanacs certain dates for general notice; they are inscribed in hearts still heavy with the remembrance of sorrow and logs as sanctifying particular days with peculiarly sacred memories and duties. Other households there are, too, which do not enjoy even this melan- choly consolation, The dear ones they have given to their country fell on an unknown field and at an unnoted date, and Bey thrown into a shallow grave they sleep peacefully on till the day of judg- ment, recking little that a Gecaying: head board of unpainted wood, with the sad inscription ‘name unknown,” alone marks out their final rest- ing place for the tender and ‘ing re spect of their countrymen. No syXcial day, in such a case as that, can be ke by the friends, who waited in vain for news of the lost one, hoping against hope, unless it be the date when the last letter was received, or perhaps of the last printed mention of the name. But these annt- versaries are burdened with too grievous a sense of individual Joss to allow of any thought of the eneral sacrifice involved in the war; the sorrow of he family, ot tho father, of the wife, is alone re- membered. The whole people, however, a8 a peo- ple, have also part and lot in this fede pe of grief, and it 1s fitting and proper that the people, asa peo- ple, on some specially a} propriate’ day, should to- | bead recognize that those who fell were citizen- rethren of us all, and, dying that their country might live, deserve from Americans for all time honor and love and eternal remembrance. And thus it has come about that this day, though marked out by no special event, has been set apart for the remembrance of our martyr-dead. No one whe takes part in its ceremonies looks upon it as hallowed specially by his own individual sorrow, for that has its own particular anniversary, but as sacred to all who fell in the good cause of Union and human freedom. , ‘This year the ceremontes of the day, at least aa far as this city and State are concerned, promise to be singularly impressive and imposing. There will be a procession starting from Union square at half past nine o'clock, consisting of the children of the Union Home and School, in number, followed by 800 members from the fourteen city posts of the Grand Army of the Republic. The children will, of course, be carried in wagons, which will be pro- fusely decorated with Nowcrs and flags, The pro- cession, after decorating the statues of Lincoln and Washington, will march down Broadway to the South ferry, making another pause at Trinity church to strew flowers upon the tomb of gallant Phil Kearny. White crossing the river minute guns will be fired from Governor's Island, and wilt continue until the procession reaches the cemetery. At East New York the New York division will be joined by the division from Williamsburg and the posts from East New York, and the united veterans of the war of the rebellion will march together to the last hire | ey of their dead comrades, The cemetery contains no less than four thousand raves of Union heroes, every one of which will be adorned with wreathes of immortelles and bouquets of sweet-scented flowers. The programme of exercises will be short, so as to allow of the men getting back to New Yorkin time for the meetii at the Academy of Music in the evening. Its gre: features will be an oration by Dr. Noah Schenck and the eer of patriotic hymns by the children of the Union Home and School. At the Academ the speakers will be the Rev. De Witt Talmage ant the Rev. J. P. Newman, Governor Hoilman ts ex- pected to Pa In the afternoon there will also be a parade of the National Guard in honor of the day, but this wit be, of course, entirely independent of the regular celebration by the Grand Army of the Repubiic, MORE MURDER. Shooting and Stabbing Affray Among Rowdies—Escape of the Culprit—The Chase by the Polico—Still at Large. An affray took place on the corner of Houstom and Crosby streets yesterday morning be- tween Daniel Cunningham and James Bell, of 203 Ohrystie street, that resulted in the wounding of Bell in the stomach with a knife im the hands of Cunningham. It appears that about haif-past four in the mofning Roundsman Ferris, of the Fourteenth precinct police, was patrol- ling the district, when he heard shots fired in the neighborhood of Hous ing for fre, place direct just in ae) ta nt (oe ae arresting Bell, who had a pistol in his hand, wi ail the barrels’ discharged, Ferris assisted Hincly, and Bell, who was wounded was taken to the station house. He told Captain Clinchy that Can- ningham, himself and a number of others were out all night on aspree, and were just going home, when Cunningham made use of some language that did not snit him, Upon this a quarrel arose, and Cunningham pulled out a jong dirk nife. and stabbed him in the bowels. As soon as Bell found he was stabbed he took out hia pistol and fired several shots after Cunnii ham, who started to runaway. He continued fly, when the officer (Ferris) started after him, and Ferris followed up the chase as far as St, Patrick's Cathedral, where Cunningham scaled the fence and got off. Captain Clinch and a num- ber of men in colored clothes have been Phat. for him since; but up to a late hour last night nothing could be discovered of his —where- abouts, Beil’s wife visited him yesterday af- several ton street. he arrived there ternoon at Belleyne Hospital, ‘but he did not recognize her. The ‘physicians at that institution have given ay all hope of being able to restore him. The only thing to be regretted in the aifair is that the entire party did not suffer some such damage as Bell, for they are known to be the very Worst gang of rowdies im the city. HAVERMEYER'S PAPIBR MACHE PAOTORE DESTROYED. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 28, 1872. ‘Tho papler maché works at the south end of the city were destroyed by fire this morning. The a et 0,000; Insurance $23,600, includ- ot eco mullaiig aud #17,90 on tho stOOK and machinery. ‘The building waa owued by James, Uavermeyer, of New York,