The New York Herald Newspaper, August 18, 1873, Page 11

- NEW YORK HERALD, ‘MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. GENTENNIAL PROGRESS Synopsis of the Ten Plans Selected for the Exposition Buildings. THE AMERICAN IDEA EXPRESSED. No Pent-Up Utica, but Plenty of Light and’ Air with Ease of Access the Prevailing Features. ‘INTERESTING COMPETITIVE STRUGGLE. Applying the Lessons Learned at Vienna, Paris and London. “The Permanent Memorial Building. PHILADELPHIA, August 15, 1873, ‘At rather 8 late hour on the 8th inst. the Commit- tee of architecture for the American Centennial Exposition made known its decision, which has been the careful development of earnest and excited sessions that have marked the past five days. It was not within the province of this com- mittee to select the final plan, in conformity with which the actual building will be raised, but to select ten from the forty-three sent im from all sections of the United States, for which the Com- muasion had set apart a prize of $1,000 each. Below we give a list of the fortunate competitors, a8 well as the chief points of their almost uniformly excellent designs :— THE DESIGNS. , First, then, let us look at the two plans submit- ted by “Lexington” and “Yorktown,” who have at last been made known as Mr. John McArthur and Mr. Joseph M. Wilson, both of this city. These gentlemen have well studied the various positions set apart for the diferent buildings, have taken into consideration the natural grades of these loca- tions and have very evidently adapted their de- signs to all the different points, outlooks and views ofthe Park. Itis the intention to leave the main building standing as A MEMORIAL HALL when the exhibition itself shall have closed, and hence in a plan providing for the removal of the great wings, extending right and left from the main entrance, there would naturally, indeed, be many architectural difficulties. or this Memo- rial Hall, or, 1n other words, for the main building there, these two gentlemen have selected the high- est elevation in the grounds set apart, and have so arranged matters that the temporary building is really divided into two parts, the hall to remain permanently being directly between these parts. It is not safe to say that there exists any positive resemblance between this plan and the other one before me, used at Paris in 1867; but while THE DESIGN OF MESSRS M’ARTHUR AND WILSON presents all the commendable features and con- veniences of the French building, it evinces what the latter does not—a careful judgment in respect to symmetry,and external adornment, as well as the attainment of signai architectural effects. In this plan the temporary wings are drawn in India tok and the Memorial Hall is stained with carmine. The latter consists of two main spans crossing each other at right angles, each covered with @ braced wrought iron arch of 200 feet in the clear, having an elevation of 128 feet from the floor. Just from the intersection ef these two spans a lofty tower shoots up to the im- mense height of 500 feet. This plan is so con- structed that when the wings are removed there will be four grand entrances, each protected by towers of rare symmetry and grace. In a word, the Gothic school of architecture betrays itself in this plan at every point, and we cannot help notic- ing at once the grandeur of tne idea and the rare opportunities afforded for endless external decora- ‘tion. For the temporary portions of the building ‘the main span upon either side is just 120 feet, which, of course, makes room for broad aisles and commodious galleries. These wings wmust necessarily be constructed of wood, the ten- ion members of the roof being held together with ‘wrought iron. The carmine tinted por- ‘tion of the design, which, a8 we said igpte epee sents the Memorial Hall, represents a in uramed of brick, wad ab pee “trimmings. The latter are so distributed that the most striking effects are produced, and the last indication of sombreness, and, indeed, we may add, perma- :mence, is entirely removed. It is here more con- +@picuously than at amy other point that the un- Prejudiced critic detects (BE FAULTINESS OF THE ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION, because a hall, to remain forever as a memorial of the greatest epoch in American history, must be stripped of all superficial adornment, of all ephem- eral ornamentat jon, and ly ought to adhere rigidly to no modern innovations. ‘fhe main entrance, however, 1s admirable and ts through a carriage colonnade of 100 by 60 tect, while the entrances at the fronts and towers are sequally broad and commodious. Light is provided ter cmosbio ave formed of glass, a0 in addition -&8 practicable, are formed of g! to tuis there are inn le windows in all the side walls, There is . NOT A SINGLE SKYLIG: ‘aT in the whole construction, which is @ very com- mendable ieature ; while ventilation and additional +Aght are provided for by the use of louvres and openings under the roof. This, of course, is @ sig- nal victory over the buildings of London and Paris. ‘The root of miele Hall is vA ae way the roofs of temporar: are of slate. Oe tone come wo the. Ri plan of this build- ing We are at once surprised at the au wpposition that foreign repre: hy ju] i entation woula be” very slight, their archi- sects have assigned toit apartments absolutely 60 circumscribed that nothing like a fair show can be -atforded, while to pk orn ey, oan ven cay jh space as three acre a to all or Great Britaun and the di a for Cae Japan and the very m " fiaads of the Pacific a) one-tenth of cage acre, Lon; o cle been shewn the im- mrenae ours even now rapialy Gevelr ing, ae very extensive Oriental representation, an very large amount of space which would ve lutely necessary for Eastern productions. ‘This plan abandons the faulty geographical classifica- fon of Austria and confines its classification di- rectly to apartments, In this respect it is very The art gallery of this design 1s formed of iron, stone, brick and glass. It contains no galleries, but is constructed with an open conrt, directly in ‘Its centre. This plan is numbered 11, MR. BLOAN'S PLAN. Plan No. Norte by Americanut «ael Sloan, of Philadelphia), is a8 follow: The total length of the building, according to this plan, is 2,200 feet, its width 500 Jeet, but in this es- imate I do not include the picture gallery, which ig at the cast end of the main building, and which Measures 600 feet in length and 200 feet trom side to side, Memorial Hall, in this plan, though con- structed of pretty much the same material as in design No. fr , brick and stone and iron—is less pay in appearance, but at the same time & Great desl less admirable in conception. This main bailding, as the other, occupies the central ag of the whole structure, is said be Picttycha fireproof, Its dimensions are 600 by 350 feet, surmount by a handsome dome, upon wi Stands a statue represen’ America. The height of this dome is 310 feet. Memorial Hall is surreunded by @ colonnade of elaborately orna- mented colamns, rising from what is jtecta- rally denominated as @ stylobate. This stylobate forms @ continuous eat and directly over it there is a galle walls around this arcade had ab og which, along with correspond- Ang panels in the ce! are emblazoned with ap- Firriate emblematic . East and west of ding, intended to be permanent, are #8 ‘TEN PAVILI! Wy Ons, each of which is 600 feet long and 80 feet wide, while as we near the centre of each their width swells to the enormous extent of 100 feet. All the avenues run north and south, and the pavilion sections are uniformly paraliel—an arrangement ‘which takes into account wind and storm and all atmospheric conditions of air and light. The roof is metal, the floor of wood, while ail the windows are in a continuous line and are each twelve feet high. ‘There are four stairways connecting Me- mortal Hall with the gallery and art museum, and eight others, formed of iron, built to connect each the La fonal pavilions with the galleries which surround them. ‘The various atldings of this design are 80 l0- ie ited as to be lel with Kim avenue, distant ffom it about 300 feet ; MR. BIDNEY'S PLAN. Plan No. 15; Architect, Mr. John ©. Sidney, of / Philadelphia,—Firet, We see & main building having 8 front of 385 feet. and a central depth of 500 feet. It is two stortes high, and covers just five acres of Space. Semicirci Porches form the entrances, of which at r distauces there are cight. This whole structure is intended to be of either marble or stone, and in this respect, if in no other, its subdued and dignified architecture is worthy of careful imitation. It has a rotunda 200 teet by 160, octagonal at the base, oval in the second story, and circ at the top. THR FRONT of the entire structure is 1,400 feet, with 20 en- trances, 20 stairways, and ventilation and light are secured By means of corridos. From the rotunda just mentioned one could catch a complete view of the entire butiding, and from this rotunda all the corridors diverge. . THE ART BUILDING 18 275 by 225 and covers about ¢wo acres. It is es- timated that this peaiteg: Will Cost $2,400,000; and here is its chief fault, for, with the exception of the marble or stone Memorial Hall, the structure is entirely too cheap, MR, FAIRPAX'S PLAN, Plan No, 20; Architect, Mr. J. S, Fairfax, of Wheeling, W. Va,—Phis plan propose: memorial building, with a basement of granite an eleva- tion of marble and stone. Tnis building is formed of aseries of stories for galleries devoted to dif- ferent industrial interests, There is @ first story tor AN ART MUSEUM, with an arcade in front of stone, and a second story for a picture gallery, with a terrace, havi! pedestals for statuary, and wall panels, wit scenes of American history done in mosaic. Noth- ing could well exceed the beauty of the single idea. Pavilions ran abroad in all directions, and the en- trances are grand aud imposing. The entire beleing will occupy twenty-five acres, and the mem structure will occupy five acres. classification is what is known as the progressive, beginning at the main entrance with 1 and lead- ing up to de) emt 10, at the far end. The de- artment which the architect imagines will be of 1@ most importance he has located about a rotunda, directly under the dome, while others are to be in groupe nd classes, arranged transversely and alphabetically. DEPARTMENTS THREE AND FOUR, which are the ones just mentioned as likely to con- tain products of great importance, are in the centre of the buil , and between them are en- trances leading to © art gallery and machiner: department. Taking fer granted that Europe an America will be ae the largest exhibitors ample accommodation afforded for the products of each, while the same oan be said of the space in- cluded in the department for other nations. ‘ME. VAUX'S PLAN. Pavilion Plan; Architect, Mr. Calvert Vaux, of New York city.—Taking the success of the Paris _ building of 1867 into earnest consideration, Mr. Vaux has arranged his designs in a series of concentric zones, whose ends, instead of being round, are square. This design possesses also about the only merit of the austrian building, which is seen in its tweive open courts, that are each sixty feet in diameter. These are intended to give air, an afford means of water from the roof. ‘This building 80 afranged that railway cars can ‘run directly through it, and three distinct lines of double tracks traverse it in three ditferent sections, Instead of having one detached dome, this plan contains » TWENTY-ONB DOMED AND VAULTED PAVILIONS, each 240 feet in diameter, and all connected with arches whose openings are 150 feet, with courts for fountains, 60 feet in diameter. The building, has none of that interior contraction which any one without the plan before him would naturally suppose, jor no matter where a visitor might wander he would always find himself in an apartment over two handred feet wide, whica would lead him to nek other apartments of the same proportion. The doors are of timber, the roof of shingles, which are neatly hidden on the inside by immense strips of canvas. Such are the main elements of the ‘Pavilion Plan.” A covered piazza surrounds the building, giving access to all entrances, restaurants, &c, PLOUMAN AND CO.’S PLAN, Plan No, 22; Architects, T. F. Plouman & Co., Washington, D, 0,—Here we see a group of build- fe consisting—First, of the Memorial Building, 604x872 feet, lqeated next to Elm avenue, and im- mediately in front of and parallel to the central building, Second, central building, 604x604 feet. Third, two wings, one on eacti side of the central bufiding, 556 feet long by 244 feet wide. Fourth—two .transepts, one at the end of each nave, 154 feet wide by 424long. Filth—of apsidal terminations on the north side of the central buiiding and of each transept. This design also has a central rotunda, which is de- signed for no special purpose other than that of furnishing 4 LARGE AUDITORIUM and @ means of ventilation and light. There are other portions of the building also domed, which are arranged in cruciform around the central or main dome. ‘These will be used for exhibition purposes, By all odds the best feature of this lan, and one which strikes at once in the most worable manner, is AN IMMENSE GALLERY running around the entire building, at_ a distance of twenty-five feet from the floor, and which will afford the visitor the means of beholding in a single Moment all assembled below him. ‘The art gallery of this plan is circular. Here we discover something peculiar and particularly clever. Four galleries run annularly for paint- ings, and intersecting these are iour radtal gal- leries for sculpture, while in the centre is an open court for colossal statues and models, The roof of this building is so constructed that the light falls full upon the floor and thence is reflected upward neon the pictures, instead of falling in Sain upon 6 pictures themselves. The cabinets of this build- ing are not over eighteen fect wide, and hence small pictures will receive an abundance of side light, which wil! not fall at any particular point on the floor, put will be evenly distributed ana great! mellowed and subdued by the medium throug! which it will be obli pass. The Memorial Hall in this plan consists of a cen- tral building with great side wings arranged around an open court. The entrances are large, and there is both a vestibule and hall. The wings have twe stories, the first being 25 and the second 30 feet LLINS AND AUTENREITH’S PLAN. Plan No. 23, architects, Messrs, Collins & Auten- reith, of Philadelphia.—Here the building te re- main forever, a8 Memorial Hall, stands out, bold, distinct and {ndividual, by the slde of which every- thing else becomes secondary and subordinate, while its shape is at once suggested as the proper one which its peculiar location demands. is ‘buil has no gigantic dome. The architects have evidently taken into accouut the fact that after the Exhibition the building will stand by it- self, and have directed their pians with regard to its appearance then rather than its general effect when surrounded by its immense wings. The ground set apart tor THE MAIN BUILDING 18 OBLONG, and here the main building itself conforms to th same shape. The interior provides for a very happy, combination of the geographical and systematic methods of grouping, and hence there are no inner yards or courts, The architectural style conformed ‘to in the Memorial Hall is the ‘Venetian Renais- sance,” 80 See ae for its gracetul lines, de- Feotion of large openings and more perfect ligut, Tection of large openings an: re perfect \ as well as for the extent to which it takes in ex- ternal beauty and elaboration. Its front is 235 by 100 feet, and contains apartments for all the offices, Four cross-shaped arms or wings run out, the width of each of which is 215 feet. The ‘front building” has @ beautiful entrance in the shape of A TRIUMPHAL ARCH, and directly back of it stands a public hall, 150 by 90 feet, containing offices, barber shops, cloak and coat rooms, Pele ad stands, &c. There is & cellar beneath the hall, which contains in the front part @ monstrous restaurant, accessible to the broad stairways, from the moderateiy-propor- ee dome, as Wellas the Others in front of the ng. All the: minor buildings are characterized throughout by an unusual symmetry. Nothing, frem the comfort and convenience of a waiter up to the apartments eel oe for foreign commissioners, has been overlooked. There are offices for the various secretaries and quarters for the police, while ample means are afforded for light, drainage and thorough ventilation. GATCHEL AND RUSH’S PLAN. angles of the star are tended that among ail nations shall stand in the centre of this star. This buildin, ig surmounted witha dome, aig emcee whici there is an immense room, while from it, in long and gradually tapering vistas extend the five great arms. The'perimeter of this building is bite fee and its greatest diameter is 1,160 feet. Memoria) Hall looms up in the grandest arehitectural display, and the auxiliary buildings are in immediate access to it. In this building an internal arrangement of products, as such products should be arranged, can indeed be possibly effected, but not in a m ner which will render their comparative merits at once discernibie, while the distance between the extreme points of the rooms, for instance, is vei t, and to pass from one to the other woul olve the labor ef many hours amd the fatigue of an exceedingly long journey. VRYDAGH AND HEINER’S PLAN, Pian 25; Architects, Messrs.J. A. Vrydagh & EB. T. Heiner, of Terre Haute, Ind.—This plan is arranged in the form of semicircle, Its chief excellence lies in the following :—It Bi at &@ great open court, in which Memorial Hall stands very promt nent, and behind which all the other buiidin; loom up a8 back ground. In this design, as in No. 23, the hall is tmdividual and slone, standing out in dignified relief and unadorned by any superficial stucco, and, furthermore, this semicir- cular building, in case More room {8 wanted, can easily be ‘extended at the ends, while ai nity 34 afforded torun @ fe throughout, about whieh can be arranged 1m any order agreed upon, the rich products 01 all nations. This plan covers twenty-seven and three-quarter acres. ts in- tended that but very little wood should enter into its fulfilment and strengly recommends iron and brick. The main FRATURE OF MEMORIAL HALL im this is the capacity to seat comfortably 12,000 people in the warmest season of the year, and the roperties of its walls are so admirable lesigners feel confident that @ word or a whisper spoken wt any quarter of this room can be distinctly beard at all others. Its walls and ceil- fableaos,” anit us all” rows formerly lead to and as all ro! Rome, 80 do all lead to one aparsment, In the Art of this plan we see ms ‘@ plain structure, well ar- Tanged inside, but with litte external decoration, tite Seeh in arranging fo r Tis pints ta, x:™de0d, a favorive with 4s frequen: ‘oken of Inconception it is a bold but well studied ,“¢parture fr and tn fin} : ds every sense of the word @ MS! PLAN, masterpiece. Plan No. 32, Architects, m°S8ts. H. A. and J. P. Sims, of Philadelphia,—This éo..'*!8ts of a nave, two galleries and two wings eth, COmprehendt 1,100,000 square feet, to build ‘witch will cos $3,410,000. ‘fhe plan Beets really 10 /eature that is particularly striking, but, as acm iole, pro- duces a pleasmg effect. These, then, are . THE FORTUNATE TEN, : and such are the general points in their designs. ‘They are published with the hope that all arch- itects, no matter in what State they reside, may recognize their defects and more directly ascertain what it is that the important occasion demanda. Now, these ten architects must contend again, and from the ten submitted the Board will award one the preference ‘aud pay $10,000, The conditions issued last night by the Board are as a iollows:— Each of the above named architects will roceive from the secresry, of the Commission a set of photographic copies of the ten'selected designs, with printed descrip- Hons of each, upon a written statement being received ae gecretary that he intends to enter ior the second The plans submitted for, the second competition must also show in regard te the art gallery the most ap- Broved, arrangements as to light and proper distribution of wall space. ‘The Memorial Building, which ts to be permanent in it construction, must form a conspicuous architectural feature, in counection with the temporary buildings, and See C3 toremain as Motateg batiding. suitable fo. ee museum and exhibition owe: after the Universal kxnibition closes. eee The temporary buildings ee. connected with the MM pul whether they be rectangular, ellipti- Shetisihaesris Soot pox applical ry mn raphi- calc! fasaification, i ial sah jana @ competitors must show distinctly on the block plan the system of railroad communication sreseenont the rounds and buildiags which they would propose as the for transportation ef visitors and freight, and ng Papers must accompany the plans. 1, An estimate of the Cost of the art gallery; an oéti- mate of the cost of the Memorial Building ; an estimate of the cost of the temporary building. 2. A statement of the time required to exccute the de- signs, proviaed the final drawings are commenced by October 1, and sufficiently advanced to begin laying the foundations on November | next. 3 A statement, Wend much information as possible in_regard to the materials to be used. The plans and accompanying. papers to be forwarded to tary of the United States Centenuim Commis- sion on or before September 20, 1873. As soon as possible thereafter the Committee on Plaus sng Aen ec ate will award to the author of one design 18 sun OF Tt is to be disiinctly understood that all the designs and rs submitted for the final competition shall, on being immitted, become the property of the United states itennial Commission. The successtul competitor, before receiving the award, will be called upon to furnish detailed drawings and specifications sufficient to illustrate and explain clearly je principal parts.of his design. Committee on Plansand Architecture claims the right) before making @ decision in the final competition, ‘to hold personal interviews with the competitors them- selves, for the By ose O| hearing any iurther explana- that may med necessary. Genie ot gelocled in the ‘first competition will to. pér parties upon written application being made to the secretary of the Commission, 904 Wal- nut street, Philadelp! . The nine plans remaining.after the award in the sec- ond competition will be conspicuously exhibited in the ard gallery of the Exhibition in 1876. By diréction of the Vommittee on Plans, and Archi- tecture. JAMES E, DEXTIR, Le pe of Committee on Plans and Architecture. In closing, the wish may be expressed that tne opinion here so common will never be contirmed— viz., that the Board of Architecture for the Ameri- can Centennial ‘algerie will be governed very much in their final action by the cheapness with which a particular plan can be carried out. There is no cause for this. The building might as well cost fifteen millions as ten, for the State could no- where make a better investment, REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. Continued Stagnation in Business— Rapid Transit Once More—Jubilee Sales Extending All Over the Country— The Excessive Valuation of Uptown Property=The Number of Applicants for Correction. “My dear fellow, we are doing absolutely noth- ing in real estate at present; have done very little since the 1st of last month, und expect todo less until about the middle of September.” These were the words used on Saturday by an eminent broker who had “just come up from the Branch to attend to some business that could not be post- pened,’ and his statement reflects the status of the general business as it exists in this branch at present. Real estate transactions are very quiet. and will remain so for a few weeks to come. But, on the other hand, every one concedes a brilliant Fall season to come, which is based upon the firm- ness of prices maintained on city property, the hurrying home of capitalists now abroad and the existing ease in the money market. The major portion of the LARGE ESTATES LEFT BY DECEASED CAPITALISTS Gre mostly all disposed of, and at present there are very few large parcels remaining which will come into the market. Thus far we have heard of but one estate of any magnitude to be offered at public sale during the ensuing Autumn. If this land is really sold considerable west side property will be released thereby, and we shall then witness such another rise in realty situated near the boulevards which will astonish the natives. RAPID TRANSIT, however, is the burden of the song chanted by every land owner above Twenty-third street, east and west, Without such conveyance it is useless to try to bring’ uptown property in active compe- tiuon with that locuted in the ctntey of the Con. tral Park near the lower entrances. On the romised extension of the New York Elevated allway and the proposed construction of the Gilbert road have values of Westchester posses- sions become enhanced in proportion to prices ral on Manhattan Island. This promise must now be made good. SUBURBAN SALES nave not only been more numerous this Summer than any previous year, but they have also been More success(ul. The high prices of rent prevailing in the city have been the incentive to numerous householders to look country-ward for cheaper and more commodious accommodations; hence lots, which @ short time — were only known as acres of meadows and flowed land have been staked off and laid out in plots 25x100, and sold at greatly advanced rates. The levor of selling property at public sales, has not only not en confined to the environs of this city, but the system has been extended places hundreds of miies remote. The latest eso in this line has been made at Saratoga, ve fashionable spa of the United States, where Mr. Jere. Johnson, Jr., of this city, was called to con- duct a jubilee sale on the 13th inst. It is needless to state that the,sale was as complete as it was novel. Upwards of ten thousand persons attended this jubilee, which was enlivened also by Gilmore’s Jubilee Band. The prices obtained there were marvellously hi the purchasers, as a general rule, being strangers to the place, most of whom, however, contemplate the erection of buildings on the lots purchased, The success of this sale has been the means of Boston parties en; the services of Mr. Johnson to dispose of a large parcel of land in the vicinity of the “Hub.” THE VALUATION OF UPTOWN PROPERTY— @ subject agitatea by a few landowners, who ima- gine themseives aggrieved by what to them seems excessive rates—has received considerable atten- tion at our hands, especially since a committee from the Common Council has been investigating the alleged inequality of the ratings. A short time we published @ statement made by the Tax Commissioners in relation to excessive Valuation of property in the upper wards, setting jorth the aggregate increase over the years of 1870, 71 and 72 and the ratable taxations. In this the Com- missioners stoutly dejend the position they have assumed by adducing solid facts trom the figures they show, and bag yy the idea that any dis- crimination has been made against the three upper wards—namely, the Twelith, Nineteenth and Twenty-second. ‘The annexed table will show, by wards, the number of applications made for correction of assessments on real estate, with the disposition made of the same :— t and air. Corrected, Confirmed, ‘Total. a a 63 Col wo Ty 61 Third. a Fi @ Pith... 7) e 87 Bixt et % Ristn. is & 5 Tenth 2 8 a Freinh., a @ 4 ir ‘2 18 38 Fy ri ® Sixteent! 2 Ft een! m Er 83 ante a] x Cs Ni : “to 18 258 iw first. a o ut enty-fr Twenty-secon le a im Totals. ‘mm 35 ZT} , WESTOH PROPERTY, especially that situated contiguous to the noble Sound, is .betng offered for sale in large and simall fake The opening of tne Harlem River and ortchester Railroad has added considerable to the enhancement of this land. In our advertising columns of this morning will be found an announce- ment offering one of the finest estates in this vicinity. SALES TO BE HELD THIS WERK are very few, and comprise only the two following offerings at the Exchange Salesroom :— SY JAMES MW. MILLER—TUESDAY, avausT If. inder the direction of Charles Matthews, referee. 1 lot of land, e. s. of i sD fen or Moth at, WOR8B, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST (Onder the direction of Gilbert Holmes Crawford, referee.) land, with, baildi of tu eee fothars SoxaLi0; logue lor at yeury, trom Mag the second foor, and much if the public, and CHSARISM. (From the Pittsburg (Pa.) Gazette—republican— August 13,] We are disposed to compliment the energy and enthusiasm displayed by the democratic press, led by the NEw Yor« HgRaLp, in discussing the proba- bilicies of General Grant being again nominated for the Presidency and ‘the influence of a third term on the welfare and prosperity of the country. S80 faras the question is linked with the President's ame there is no value in it. We have heretoiore expressed our view of the fact in the case, which is that the nomination of President Grant for a third term is wholly a question for the future. At the present it has no validity at all. We donot fora moment believe that either he, or any one for him, ig intriguing for the nomination. We have Treason to think that his inclinations do not lead him to desire another term of oMce, and that he has even a definite wish as to who shall be his successor. He has no need, for his own sake, o1 a third term. He is pos- sessed of a competency, has all the honor that can be ed by oMicial position and ean afford to re- tire from the tumult of public life to the quiet and ease of his own home. We do not, therefore, at- tach the slightest importance to the discussion. It has its origin in the desire of certain journals to create a sonsation, and aside from this has no present value. . This aside, and the right of the people to select a given person to dill the Presidential oMce and con- tinue him fora third term is undeniable. No one pretends to dispute this. It is, then, simply a question of expediency. In this, the only practical view of the case, the subject is not designed to bear on the question in its reference to President Grant. So far as he-is concerned, two years at least, must elapse before it will be possible to clearly de- termine his availability for a third term. Within that period tc is possible for him to utterly destroy his present popularity—or he may die, Whatever may be the plannings or schemings of politicians, we do not believe that the people will for a moment be induced to seri- ously consider his candidacy within the time men- tioned. If, when the necessity is upon them for selecting a President for another term, President Grant is brought forward we have no doubt that the merits of the entire question will be fairly considered in the light of existing cigcumstances, In any event the people will assert their right to do as they may think best, Looking at the subject, then, abstractly, without reference to President Grant, we believe the cur- rent sentiment among the people to be this—We need and must have a solid, stable, reliable ad- ministration of the government, and this is of vastly more consequence than the individual who administers it or the number of terms he may hold office. Unfortunately we have no prece- dents on this subject that can be appealed to for light. A third term was tendered*to General Washington, so far as this could be done by the ac- tion of several State Legislatures, He refused and was succeeded by Jefferson, undoubtedly one of the best Presidents the country ever had. This, so far as it goes, may stand as a precedent for one phase of this question. On the other hand, the demo- cratic party, during @ score of years, practically adopted the policy of giving to ene man bat one term in the Presidential office. It is notortously true that every one of the persons elected under this system was notoriously unfit to administer that high office. So far as our experience in this particular is worth anything it is Natly against the one-term theory. Again, the republican party has, since its accession to power, bestowed a second term on each of its Presidents, and no one se- riously regrets it, Both were worthy the honor bestowed. That a third term of oMce, bestowed on any one person, endangers the liberties of the people isin the highest degree absurd. Roman politics were corrupt to rottenness before Cwesar’s day. What- ever minor corruptions there may be in American polttics, those who are conversant with political affairs know that Lincoln and Grant were the can- didates of the people. There was no essential cor- ruption attending their elections, or, if there was, it was entirely unnecessary, as there were suf- ficient honest votes cast in their favor to elect them. So long as the people are not generally cor- rupted, and exert their proper influence in the selection of Presidential candidates, and so long asour army is small and scattered our liberties are not endangered by the number of termsa President may hold, On the contrary, the welfare of the people ts apt to be promoted—as the selec- tion of a candidate fora third term is likely to be more than else an incitement to continued well doing. Thus far the people of this country have been generally fortunate in their dealing with the Prest- dent question. If, through partisanship, unworthy or ineffective men reached the office, they were allowed buta single term of power. When per- sons worthy of confidence have reached the Presi- dency titey have been honored with a second term. The constitution leaves this office with the people. Up to the present no limitations have been placed on their choice. The country has done well; we have no threatening dangers, and we imagine that tnere is no need of distrusting the people as yet. Ifa person were disposed to enact the rdle of Cesar he could doit quite as readily with only a single term of office at his disposal as with a dozen. Napoleon's coup @'état was developed when he had filled the Presidency in France but four years. On the contrary, the fact of a person having a chance for re-election, should he maintain his popularity, is an incentive to faithfulness in office, But, while thus referring to this subject, we again say that it is utterly absurd to link President Grant’s name with it. Our belief is that he preters to retire and permit Washburne to succeed him. But whether this be so or not, the entire question belongs to the people. They have the right to dis- pose of the Presidential office, and when the proper time arrives their desires will be made known and their wishes enforced. If we are in any danger of having our liberties subvertea it is more through the extension of offices, the muiti- plication of government patronage, than in the disposal of the Presidential office. And in this tae evil ts less in the concentration of power in the hands of the government than the dissemination of a desire for office among the people. But the tendency of President Grant's administration has been to repress this propensity by establishing the competitive system and perpetuity in the appoint- ive officers during -eficiency and good behavior. Altogether, we conclude we are in little danger of “Cesarism” just yet. (From the Montgomery (Ala.) Advance, August 11.} What will be the living political issne of 1876? The dominant party is divided in its counsels. The New YorK HERALD, the mirror of republicanism in America, having its millions of readers, asserts in a series of articles that, should Genera) Grant de- sire it, he has it in his power to secure his election to the Presidential chair for a third term. Such an event is characterized as an inevitable prelude to Cesarism or empire, Other prominent journals of the North and West, entertaining dif- ferent political views en all the issues of the past, agree with the Henan, and accept the remedy proposed—an amendment to the constitution, pre- venting any person from holding the Presidential chair for three successive terms. There are other journals, mainly supporters of General Grant’s administration, that pronounced the articles referred to sensational and their au- thor an alarmist. This does not leasen the force of the fact that there is a difference of opinion among republican newspapers as to the question of the re-election of President Grant, and hence a division in the dominant party. Another element has appeared on the political arena, which, while it claims to be non-partisan, declares its purpose to make use of all parties to accomplish its ends. We refer to the grangers, or patrons of husbandry, Members of all political organizations have joined in this movement, whica propagates itt doctrines through secret organisa- tions and whose alleged object is the advancement of che farmers’ laterests, it is inimical to monopo- Ugs of all descriptions, and presents a platiorm of ‘principies upom whieh every farmer can stand, looking at things froma ‘will it pay” paint of view. ‘Still another el at of discord eaters the fleld— “the salary steql or back-pay grap. Men of ail } F| parties partook of the spotis created by their own votes. The dominant party, however, with ita im- mense majority tn all branches of the govemnment, is primarily responsible for the passage of a dill which has been characterized by all parties as a theft and those who voted for it as unworthy the confidence of an honest constituency. These three elements of discord—the divisions of the padical party as to again electing General Grant, the division of the democratic and radical party on the Grange question and the discord created by reason of the salary steai— will assuredly create new parties in 1876 from those now existing, even if nothing Were to transpire between now and then to tura the political drift tnto a diferent channel. Grant may by & coup Wétat place the crown upon his brow. Rome was robbed of # republic by a man who had fewer adherents than even now fock to the President's nod. His election for a third term may be as fatal to our liberties asif he were to seize the reins of government by force, A fourth and fifth terni could as easily be secured as a third term. If he should declare himself Emperor the country will never submit without revolution. If his ambi- tion takes that turn that makes an election a pref- erable mode of clearing out the way to the throne—or, the same thing, a perpetual Presi- dency—the vital issue will only be whether we will continue to have a republican form of government, QD sTRER?, ~~ nrivate Wee RERGANT Pam Frith Board, aterenctoe’ ¥6 East Twenty thicd we = 23, CLINTON PLACE.—FIRST CLASS ROOMS, IN newly furnished in black walnn: quired. rare opportunity; references 1 Q4™ STREET, NO. 210, WEST ELEGANT SECOND floor, with private bath, and fine table ; also exteu- pot single rooms; terms’ moderate; references ex~ 25 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STRE [ANDSOME. Rooms, with or without first class Board. WEST TWENTY-SEVENTH STREET.—PARLO® Fioor to let. with or without private table, to famt- rty of gentlemen; also Parlor and Bedroom ont thoor; roterences, 30 Bast THULTY-PIFTH STRERT.—A HANDSOMM OU suit Parlor Floor; ; o ing rooms, with or without private table” 1Ye Connect 2 WEST THIRTY-THIRD STREET, Ni 33 Wente stunts farnished Second’ Floon with, oF without private table; also family and hall Rooms; superior Board ; everything strictly rst class. 3 WEST FOURTEENTH STREET, BETWEEN FIFTE e) and Sixth avenues.—Newly and ly. Rooms, fiat clans table: for families or gentlemen; traae s T TH NICELY FUR, — Summer; reterences. BS Hane rooms to et to gente wife, with Board. Bentlemen or gentleman and: WEST TWENTY-NINTH STRERT.—HAND- somely furnished Rooms, with or without Bi for familios or xentlenmemy table frst class. ST CLINTON PLACE, NEAR FIFTH AVENUE.—$7’ handsomely furnished Rooms, ‘This, then, will be the issue in 1876, ‘RUTHLESS RED DEVILS. Thrilling Account of the Battle Between the Sioux and Pawnees on the Republican Biver—Sickening Scenes on the Battle Field—The Sioux Splendidly Armed at Uncle Sam’s Expense. PAWNEE RESERVE, PLatre County, Neb., August 12, 1873. The following thrilling account of the awtul battle between the Sioux and Pawnees near the Republican River is from a HERALD correspondent, who took part in the fight :— At daylight on the morning of August 5 the Paw- nees, numbering about four hundred, including squaws and children, broke their camp on the Re- publican, near Frenchman’s Fork, twenty-five miles west of Red Willow, and started on the trail due north in the direction of a herd of buffaloes which the scouts had seen the day previous. After travelling about three miles we were surprised by seeing buffaloes running directly towards the line of march. This unusual circumstance was disre- garded by the Pawnees, and immediately the best hunters STARTED IN EAGER PURSUIT, andthe plain for miles around was black with Pawnees and buffaloes. No sooner, however, had the hunters been scattered to convenient distances from the trail than the Sioux, who had been driv- ing the buffalo ahead of them for this very purpose, came galloping along the divide, lying upon the necks of their ponies, with blankets drawn over tueir heads to resemble buffaloes. In & moment the ruse was discovered, and the whoie line broke out with the cry of “CHARARAT! CHARARAT!"? (Sioux), and the warwhoops of the men. Squaws, children and pack horses were hurried into the nearest ravine, and the warriors, seizing their best horses, galloped towards the approaching enemy, chanting their wild death song. On came the Sioux throwing their blankets, yelling and shooting, and soon tue fignt began in true Indian fashion, each partyin turn dashing forward, firing and retreating. But soou the greatly superior numbers of the Sioux began to be Jeit, and the Pawnees, gradually hemmed in on all sides, were forced over the blufs into the ravine among their squaws and children. _ “WR CAN'T FIGHT THEM,’? shouted the chief—too many; throw off the packs, put the squaws on the horses and run.” Overboard went the seven hundred dried buftaloes which the government had allowed them to huut ior their starving families on the reserve—starving because the (Spinel has allowed tne Stoux for two suc- ve seasous to hunt on the Pawnees’ hunting grounds. Meat, tents, blankets, everything thrown aside, there began a general rout, all rushing in confusion down the ravine to the rivef, and the Sioux firing upon them from its abrapt sides with terrible effect. So densely packed were the Paw- nees that HARDLY A SHOT WAS WASTED, warriors, squaws and horses failing in struggling, groaning heaps ; mothers dropping their children, and those bebind pert kl over them, while the Sioux pressed close behind and scalped livin, and dead. Three miles to the Republican—and al this way the Pawnees ran and were slaughtered 1n this horrible manner by the best of the govern- ment arms. Bows and arrows are excellent ior buffalo hunting ; but for Sioux fighting I should even prefer a Spencer rifle, despicabiy poor as they are. But the Pawness had not even these in any abundance, and although they fougnt bravely, were able to make scarce any resistance. Abou! ONE HUNDRED PAWNEES WERE KILLED or captured, mostly squaws. Seventy-five horses were tagen or shot. Your correspondent was surrounded and captured by Sioux, having mis- taken them for Pawnees, ut the chief tearing to kill a white man, eee me @ way to the river, After giving the chase to another party of Sioux I again rejoined a band of fliteen determined Pawnees, who were covering the disastrous flight of their friends, About twelve miles from the battle fleld we came upon a squad of white soldiers under penta Meinhold, three days from McPher- son, who kindly offered: to return to the field and remove the wounded, if on were yet alive. On our return the fieid presented a most horrible sight, The first squaw we found LAY DEAD, WITH 4 KNIFR tightly clenched in her hand. Apparently she had kept her pursuers at bay until overpowered, thrown to the ground, her person violated, a whip-stalk run through her body, and finally scalped, N the young squaws have marks of brutal violence. The children, many of were scalped alive, without wound, and, rolling their glassy died, starii in our faces, eyes up to while we bath eir heads with water. Into a small pocket ofthe ravine the bodies of six men had been Gragged piled together like so many logs and burned. No battle ground ever presented @ more SHOCKING, DEVILISH SCENE. The Pawnees conducted themseives in a manner worthy of the descendents of the old monarchs of the Plains, and had they been provided with suit- able arms would have held their enemy in check until they had sheltered themselves in the wood along the river, where the Sioux dared not follow. AS it 18, itcan be no more than just that the gov- ernment return their captives and horses to the Pawnees, who have performed such efficient ser- vice heretoiore as government scouts, and are al- ways ready to take up the cause of the white man against his enemies. BUARDERS WaSTKD. NICELY FURNISHED SECOND FLOOR ROOM, *® with or without Hall Room adjoining. suitatle fo: tamilies or three gentlemen; good tabie; ample closets; terms $8each. 42 Grove street 1 50 REPAY 88,70 $12. PER WE t, ms, with excellent 172, 174, 176 17H Bleeoker street, near Broadway ; shaded grounds eroquet, &c. ; cool h WEST THIRTY-NINTH STREET, FIRST HOUSE, from Fifth ayenue.—Handsomely'furnished Suits of Apartments, consisting of parlor, three bedrooms, dining room and bath, with private table; wiso smaller Suits, without private table. aig BLOOKS FROM BROADWAY.—TO LET, WITH Board, handsomely furnished Roots, for failies or Single gentlemen; table boarders taken, 6 Bast Fourth stree' DP Brry Soom, WaT Mon Mee wins ey hve 6 ith iront, to fe et ree wi table, $19 and $22 per week, with Are ‘and gas, in 156 nnd 100 Waverly place. ee 5 PER WEEK TABLE BOARDERS; | TURER ie) meaisa elegal ‘ el ref. 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PROSPECT PLACE, CORNER OF EAST FORTY. third street.—A spléntid Parlor Floor to lef, fur- improvements; also tront Room’ Bedroom ;' with or without 68 nished ; all the modern on second floor, with hall breakiast JO] .WESt, THIRTYSIXTA STREET.—a LADY, having a small, neatly furnished house, will 1b one or two Rooms to ® lady and gentleman: Board for lady if required. ] 09 WEST TWENTY-EIGHTH STREET.—AN American family have turmshed front Koom a! front hall Room to let, with good Board, to gentleman’ and wile or single gentieman. T16 WEST, MOURTEENTH STREET —R let, witn Board. References required. 149 BAST THIRTY SIXTH STREET —BACK PAR LE tors and second story Rooms, nicely furnished modern Improvements, (o gentlemen’ or gen wives, with or without Board; also small fi OQQ BAst THIRTY FIPTH and wife or two single gentlemen; with or without Board 213 WEST TWENTY. FOURTH | STREET. —FUR- ©) nished Rooms to let, with or without Board, or with breakfast only. 940 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET,—A HAND- a some suit of Rooms on second floor; Parlor and Bedroom, nowly furnished, to a party of gentlemen or gentleman and wife, with or withont Board: also @ Room on third floor to two gentlemen; terms moderate; family privat 9. 4 WEST TV TY-FIRST STREPT.—HAND. a somely furnished Rooms, on second and third floors, to rent, with board, to gentlemen and their wives and single gentlemen; table tirst class. HANDSOME ALCOVE ROOM TO LET—WITE Roard; gentleman and wife; terms moderate, family small Room. 207 West Sixteenth surcet, three doors from Seventh avenue, FEW YOUNG MEN AND LADIES CAN HAVE good Board and pleasant Kooms, $3 and $5 per week, 495 Ninth av., second bell, lett hand, Call all the week: FEW FAMILIES CAN BE ACCOMMODATED WITH first class Bo. and Rooms at Forest Dell, in the vil- lage of Clayerack, N.¥. Address box 10 Post office, Claverack, N. Y, ance WELL FURNISHED ROOMS, WITH SUPE- rior Board, to respectable adult parties wishing @ quiet, refined and permanent home; first classdowntowm bays ‘a 232 East Kleveuth street, next to st Mark's church. STREET.—A HAND. somely turnished Room to let, to a gentleman ARD AND LO! a c GENTLEMAN WANTS BOARD—IN A JEWISH family, between ‘twenty-third and Thirty-secou streets and Third und First avenues, at a moderate price. Address, with full part M. J., Herald oflice, OARD WANTED—FOR A PARTY, CONSISTING OF nine personsand one servant; Kooms req! 1 arior,4double and 2 single bedrooms, or 3 doub single rooms; house with no other boarders preferr meals for the party to be served privately ; location and accommodations must be first class, Address, stating locality and particulars, T. D. F., Herald Uptown Branch office, 1,265 Broadway tleman, in a sociable, private family. where there are no other boarders; must be between Fourteenth and Thirty-fourth streets and Third and Sixth avenues; references given. Addross A. Z., Herald offic: MAN FAMILY, VERAL with full Board, ina first class C., box 5,706 Post ANTED—BY A furnished Roo location. Address, with reterences, C, ofhice. ANTED—A SUIT OF APARTMENTS, WITH rivate table, in the neighborhood of Fitth avenue hirtieth street, for gentleman and wife. Addrese OX 3,468 Post offi BROOKLYN BUARD. SIDNEY PLACE, NEAR JORALEMON STREET Brooklyn Heights —Handsomely furnished Rooma with Board, en suite or single; references re- __ HOTELS. A PARK HOTEL (KUROPEAN PLAN), CORNER + Beekman and Nassau streets; centrally located in the immediate vicinity of mercantile business, A A. RAND, Proprietor. EYER’S HOTEL RESTAURANT—I8 WEST POUR- teenth street. Furnished Apartments and singe I Rooms to let with Board; table dhote at6 P.M. ; me @ in carte at all hours. . near Central K—New!: opened; elegantly turnished; steain elevator: hot and cold water tn rooms; Suits of Rooms tor tamilies, with private b: sets; charge: le. 38 AND 40 EAST TWELFTH AISON PA ENNE, street. near Broadway.—Rooms tor families and single pencersen ; table d'hote até P. M.; also a splendid: Room tor clubs. ‘BW ENGLAND HOTEL, 9) BOWERY, CORNER Bayard street.—20) light, Rooms, neatly furni: wr G0c. per night, $2 50 to $4 per week, for gentlemen IVERSIDE HOUSE, 152D STREET, ON THE. HUD. son.—The best of accommodations at reasonable rates; applications receiyed for Fall and Winter PAULL & DUNC. 4 COUNTRY BOARD. IRST CLASS BOARD WANTED—FROM OCTOBER 1, for three adults, three children and nurse: five Rooms, with private table or in private family. Address, with terms, location. degcription of rooms and refer ences, box 305 Post office, Newburg, N. _ §UMMER RESORTS. T PREMIUM iT HOUSE, NEW ROCHELLE, facing the Sound. few pleasant Root now va. ms, seu bathing, boating and fishing: no chills and A.C, PLYMPTON. —ST. MARK’S HOTEL, NRW BRIGHTON, 8.1., WILD AA. be kept open iate in the season; first class ‘wccoue imodations at reasonable prices. “ 0, DE CAMP, Proprietor. (CORNWALL MOUNTAIN HOUSE. ) Cornwail-on-Hndson. ions for two hundred guests, Will remaim accomodations equat to ‘Accommod. open until December; Board and any on the Hudson. RIENT POINT HOUSE, ORIENT POINT, L. Now open ; situated on the extreme end. of Lot land, tronting on the Sound and rdit r moment’s walk to the water; sp ing and aailing; fishing unsurp; Island Railroad, froin, James! Slip. uyler, from also per steamer J. B. terms moderate. ALISADES MOUNTAIN HOUSE, ENGLEWOOD, N J., will remain open during the month of September. 02: & MURRAY. sei OFFICES. T KER STREET, NEAR BROADWAY, UP maira.—Highest cash sdvances on, Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Pianos, &c., or bought. Pawnbrokers! Tickets bought at 17 Bleecker street. AT MOLD BROUHERS, 996 BROADWAY, BETWEEN Nineteenth aud Twentieth streets. —Nouey loaned on Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silver Ware, Silks and particulariy Pianos; private parlor for ladies; business pen A a a REN is T JACKSON'S, 86 BROADWAY, OPPOSITE BLEV- enth Money liberally’ advanced on Dia- onda, Watches, Jowelry, Silks, Dry Goods and Personat Property of every description 1 57 THIRTEENTH STREET, NEAR BROADWA. Pay the highest priee for Diamonds, Watches, Jew. airy, &c.; advance oI sane. ISAACS, Diamond Broker, 57 Thirteenth street, near Broud’ MERICAN OP FICE—735.—UTMOST VALUE LOANED. on Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Silyer, I ile. Shawls, Laces, Valuables, Ac. of will bly. | Ketblishe 1864, . He BARRINGER, 7% Bro ‘ONEY LOANED ON DIAMONDS, WATCHES, Jewelry and Silverware. The same bought. Ll urtenth st GEO. QQ) NASSAU STREET, OPPOSITE POST OFFICE. — B39 Tied adwances'snade on Diamonds, Watche tise. The same bow nk wok ton heibranteprs HYMAN. EHOPOLD. VENUE, BETWEEN TWENTY-FOURTER 403 Sa ATraHR Bean aut Diatuonds,. Watches, Jewelry, 1 Shawiae Same bought at Aull ¥ @SARD. its ROADWAY, STREET BROADWAY, OORN fiberally advanced on Diamonda, 685 a trata Alaa fy be nt and Hons; the sat? GEUERMAN (rormerls ry; “BROADWAY, CORNER FOURTH 8 697 Eider savence jewelry, Silks, Oamel’s Hal property of every desoriptio AMITY ek. 18 Figor, olegantiy furnished, with or without puyrare with or withou seoarate atiendance; slso family ‘aod slugle ROADW A STRY: 3 Rideat established and m omen Liberal advances on Diamonds, iia psa aa 2) aE ee ay oa aor day ee nished Hoon ou second dour wish rivets ‘taule da | Asewoiry, bc. WENTIBTH RY, 91 NEAR T : i sar era ALD. BRANCH, ‘23. Branch: Wathen, fo. ie’ 267 ost Tana we 1? Broadway. nl 2a, eM)