The New York Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1874, Page 3

> . Mnodate the colored people an LITERATURE. BAMBO IN EXCELSIS. Seuth Carolina as Se Man If imitation be the sincerest fattery many of eur Senators, Congressmen and municipal chiefs mustieel touched by the fidelity with which the dusky legisiators who govern Sonth Carolina copy their bright example. Indeed, the pupils in this mmstance szem to have excelled their masters. As represented by Mr. Pike, late United States Minister at The Hague, they have added to the art of swindling a Drill- jant and sometimes humorous audacity exclu sively their own. Mr. Pike has just written 6 work entitled the “Prostrate State: South Caro- lima Under Negro Government” (Appleton, New York), and, though the condition of South Carolina has been long known in the North to be truly Wretched, we doubt if the disclosures he makes afd supports by official evidence will not create astonishment. The negro leaders appear to unite the practices of the incarcerated Mr. Tweed with the theories of the Paris Commune. ‘They~lay claim to the land and meantime freely rob its present owners, They are, we regret to Bay, supported in their career of arrogance and plunder by United States bayonets, We could certainly wish our army more honor- able occupation than helping the emancipated slave to rob his late master, than keeping the ring im South Caroluna while the negro attacks the white men whose arms are tied, Duty sometimes vecomes a painful task, and honest men have sometimes to consort with rogues. Social and polit- ‘eal exigencies occasionally place men in posi. Mions from which they would gladly withdraw if ubey could, Thisis, we are too sorry to say, our tase with respect to some of the Southern States, Nothing would please Northern men more than to fliscover a safe and honorable method of imsuring to the owners of property and intelligence in those States os fair repre- sentation in their respective governments. But the constitution has given the power to the negro majority, and, pending the discovery of a remedy, the constitution has to be maintained. If ever it Das to be abrogated in South Carolina, as the con- stitution of Jamaica was recently quashed by the British government, the negro leaders will have to thank their own excesses for the loss of the power they are now s0 shamelessly abusing. They are drank with their recent elevation, and well may they be. “The whole thing is a wonderful novelty to them, as well as to observers. Seven years ago these men were raising corn and cotton under the whip of the overseer. To-day they are raising points of order and questions of privilege. They find they can raise one as well as the other, They prefer the latter; it is easier and better paid. Then it is the evidence of an accomplished result, It means escape and defence from old oppressors, it means berty. It means destruction of prison walls, only toorealto them. It is the sunshine of their lives, their day of jubilee. It is their long promised vision of the Lord God Almighty.” History agords no example of so great achange, but sup- plies numerous proofs that power acquired sud- denly and without effort will be certainly abused, We cannot blame the black leaders of South Carolina for being ignorant of the maxim now generally accepted by European monarchs, “You can do anything with bayonets but sit on them.” Their native shrewdness would perhaps teach them the danger of trying this experiment with bayonets provided by themselves. But they pos- sess an advantage which Old World sov- ereigns rarely enjoyed, and probably believe that the axiom does not apply when the bayonets are furnished by an external au- thority. That authority may, however, get tired of lending its sanction to farcical Iaisgovernment and andacious chicanery. It may grow weary of supporting a parcel of thieves, whatever may be their opinions, and the negro of South Carolina may then find his seat as uncom. fortable and insecure as that of a Bourbon at Naples or of @ Bourbon in France. A State gov- ernment which cannot maintain itself witiout the habituul presence of United States troops stands self-condemned. The first duty of @ gov- ernment is to secure the obedience and loyalty of the governed. Continued misruie in Soutn Caro- lima may some day place the central authority on the horns of a dilemma. There may then be no alternative between withdrawing our troops and letting the negro and tne Ku Klux fight out their quarrel, or remodelling the State constitution with the view of obtaining a fair repre- sentation for the property and intelhgence of the State, now almost wholly excluded from its direction. We may pass by Mr. Pike’s amusing description of the present “Legislature of South Carolina in session.” No doubt they are a tempt- ing subject for both sneers and jests, but their dingy clothes and dirty persons, the wild chatter- ing which they call debate and the loud “guffaws” ‘with which they receive a threat from the Speaker to call an unruly ‘“gemman” to order would will- ingly be excused combined with honesty of purpose and capacity tor administration. But they possess neither honesty nor capacity, and they have learned from the white adventurers, who have been their instructors, the whole art of per- verting government to their own profit, No decent respect for the rights of the large white majority, , Whose slaves they recently were, ever actuates them. They are like children whom & careless or too confident nurse has trusted with dangerous implements. and the use which they makeof their power will probably prove still more injurious to themseives than to the white population which they rob and oppress. They, however, by « Northern possess the Vuutage ground that they have Nothing to Jose but their liberty, and they know periectly well that, let the worst come to the worst, this is at ali events secure. It is with them a game of heaas I win, tails you lose. The population of South Carolina consists jm round numbers of 300,000 whites and 400,000 Diacks. But the House of Representatives is far differently constituted. It consists of 94 negroes and seven ‘carpet-baggers,”” who are their white atlies; only 23 are white men “repre- senting the true interests of property, but wholly unabie to protect them.” These are men of weight and ae ot in the communities they represent. They are all from the hill country, The frosts of 60 or 70 winters whiten the heads of some among them. ‘inere they sit, grim and silent, They feel themselves to be like loose stones thrown in to partially obstract. a current they are powerless to resist. * * * Grouped im @ corner of the commodious and well iur- nished chamber they stolidly survey the noisy riot that goes on in the great black Left and Centre where the debates of the House are conducted, and where sit the strange and pxtraordinary guides of & once proud and haughty State. In this crucial trial of his pride, ms man- hood, his prejudices and his spirit, it must be said of the Southern Bourbon of the Legisiature that he comports himself with a dig- nity, a reserve and a decorum that commands ad- miration. * * * This dense negro crowd they confront do the debating, the squabbling, the law. making and create all the clamor and disorder of the body. These 23 white men are but the ob- servers, the enforced auditors of the dull and clumsy imitation of a deliberative body, whose ap- pearance in their present capacity 18 at once a wonder and a shame to modern civilization. It will doubtless appear remarkable that while the proportion of blacks to whites in the State is as four to three the black party in the House should number 101 members and the white only 23, An explanation is readily found in the manner in Which Governor Scott carried his: last election. His first act was to call out the militia and to en- roll and organize about 20,000 negroes. They “were armed with Winchester and Springfield rifles, and near the time of election ammunition was aistributed to them as if upon the eve ot a battle.” Numerous applications were made to the Governor to enrol also white battalions, but these were in- variably refused, and the law naturally and prop- erly imposes a heavy penalty on any such organi- zations eonducted ‘without the Governor's per- mission. The Governor has the power to nominate the election managers, These he appointed ex- clusively trom among his friends, and, to quality themselves more thoroughly for their duties, they became at once candidates tor oMce. He: refused to join with these men any representatives of the Opposite party. The polling places were fixed with a view to the convenience of the colored bod ged and to the hinderance of the whites ‘om voting. “The Commissioners commenced operations by fixing the voting piaces upon the banks of rivers and upon the sea- coast, where the colored rae is very dense, while farther back from the rivers and along the upper part of the State the white popuiation pre- dominates, but is very scattered. As a rule the commissioners fixed-the voting places to accom. to be as far off and Inconvenient for the white people a8 they could. In certgin counties the white people would nave to _Arave) 40 miles to the nearest precincs to yotay? possession were exclusively in Mr. tually. proved. in Court in soue iastances, was act provi urt in some instances, and the offenders sentenced to two years in the Pen- itentlary. This, however, is not a serious punish- ment in Squth Cari Governor Scott is a ver. merct(ul man to all re, From October, 1! to October, 1870, he indul his gentle feeling: yernee to excess, by ye persons out of 80 who were confined in the Penitentiary during the year. He was attacked by this nt of compas- sion immediately beiore the election, aud the released law breakers appear to have been not un- grateful. It is obvious that the opponents of the negro Pad had no means of verifying the elec- tion. The managers were also, as a rule, candi- dates Jor office, and having a confident belief in their own deserts gnd the views oi the voters, frequently considered 1% unnecessary to count the ballots. ey declared themselves elected, very generally selecting 1,000 as the majority by which they were returned, This saved trouble, and if the majority Was not 1,000 it clearly ought to have been that or more. So Scott triumphed and his enemies were -digcomfited, It must not be supposed that the leaders of the negroes in South Carolina are now prineipally ‘‘carpet-baggers,” or that the half breeds have any exceptional influence in virtue of their witite blood. @ white adven- turer is being rapidly dispensed with, and for him, Mr. Pike aptly remarks, any substitute must be an improvement. But for his fatal tuition the negro would have been infinitely leas venal and aggres- sive, aud would probably have been content, at least for a walle, to nave followed the lead of his more hiberally disposed white employers. One of these interesting persons, “an ofice-holder and a carpet-bagger,” lamented to Mr. Pike the approach- ing termination of his career. The self-emancipa- tion of the negro from leoding strings had con- vinced him that. ‘‘to take the State of South Caro- lina away from the intelligent white man and hand ft over bodily ta ignorant re groes just from slavery because there hap- pened to be four blacks to three whites tnroughout the State was nothing less than flat burglary on the theory and pracees of representative govern- ment.” With the sad prescience of fallen great- ness this gentleman predicted the approaching “Africanization’? of South Carolina, “Look at the evidence,”’ he exclaimed. ‘Here were 101 repub- licans in the Legislature. Out of the whole num- ber only, seven were white men; 94 were colored. In the executive government, to be sure, the Governor was white. He got his place by daneing at negro balls and speculating in delegates. But the Lieutenant Governor was colored, and the Presi- dent of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House, and the Treasurer of the State, and nearly all the rest of the officials. Here was Columbia. Halt the population was white, but its Senator was colored and its representatives in the Legislature and in the city government were nearly all colored men. So were its policemen and its marketmen. Lverybody in office Was @ negro. As for the white pel epg oye | they were getting shoved out all round.” But this ‘shoving out” of the carpet-bag- ger seems, uniortunately, ficial result of negro rule. The mulatto hav- ing lent his aid fo his pure blooded Alrican brother is now about to have his turn of superses- sion. In preferring his mother’s to his father’s race he is a singular exception to other men of mixed blood. The “half castes” of British India are not held tn much estimation by the dominant race. But they are Joyal to it all the same, and in the late mutiny and rebellion were ‘ormed into volunteer regiments at their own request and did ood service. Not @ man of them took sides with ‘he natives of the country. To slavery the white men o! the South must owe the sorrowful fact that their own hali-blooded descendants help to swell the ranks of the negro against them. The aggreenivences of the pure Alrican will proba- bly cause him to surrender the. advantage, History, as Mr. Pike remarks, proves that the negro ina state of freedom 1s folly as jealous of the men ot mixed blood as of the pure white. In ayy he commenced by getting rid of the whites, and then subjected the mulatto to similar treat- ment, Sambo has @ lofty ambition and must be elther C@sar or nothing. His conduct in South Carolina leada us to fear that the fates are mys- teriously weaving for him the latter alternative. He’has usurped all the offices in Columbia, even taken possession of Charleston itself, The last Legisiatare has deprived this, the chie/ city of the State, of the Finca mater and recording its own vote. The negro is ap humble disciple of Napoleon the Third. The citg,has a majority of whites, but “tts vote is me! that oi the county, which chooses all its representatives on a general ti¢ket.”” By the same ingenious method the late French Emperor neutralizea the liberal votes of the towns by means of the peasants, who were his Jaithful supporters. But even this is not enough, Assurance must be made doubly sure. The Legis- lature has passed am act giving to the Governor the appointment of commissioners and sub-com- missioners, who are to take entire charge@f the city elections, control the ballot boxes, count the votes, and, of course, mantpulate the elections in such way as they please. With such wholly unscrupulous persons as they have in Charies- ton to manage elections, the scheme ts equiva- lent to subverting the right of election altogether. Even under the present system the» conservative and property interests of the oHty, have no repre- sentative inte Legislature. With its 50,000 in- habitants and $30,000,000 of taxable values the city proper is literally unrepresented in the poli- tics of the State. The well known fact that the State debt of South Carolina has been shametessly increased of late years is so consistent with the character of the Legislature and with the acts just described that it would be superfluous to dwell upon it, The increase is, however, much greater than is generally supposed. In 1868, when Scott became Governor, the debt was less than $6,000,000, It is now certainly over $20,000,000, and in all probability nearer $30,000,000. There is abso- lutely nothing to show for it. Scandals abound on all sides, and the “Prostrate State” is plundered with the impudent audacity of the hawk which takes a chicken from under its mother’s wing. Men who entered the State penniless a few years 0 are rolling in wealth and treely indulging in all the extravagances of the parvenu. The Gov- ernor, on a salary of $3,500 per annum, has the Teputation of spending $30,000 a year. ‘the taxa- tion before the war was only $400,000: it is now $2,000,000, while the taxable property has declined considerably more than one-half ic value. The most humorous instance of thieving which Mr. Pike gives us is also the smallest. The Gov- ernor of the State and the former Speaker of the House is a certain Frank Moses, Jr., the son of the Chief Justice of the State. He had @ wager on a horse match with a negro member the name of Whipper. It was for $1,000 a side. The House, being in an expansive mood, adjourned to witness the race. Mr. Moses, the Speaker, was unfortunate sucugh to lose it and the $1,000. This accident did not, however, interrupt the friendship existing between him and afr. Whipper, for on the last day of the session the latter moved a resolution that “the House do pre- sent the Speaker with @ gratuity of $1.000 for the dignity and ability (not with which he lost the wager to pspery with which he has presided over its deliberations.” This motion was carried by a large majority, and, we presume, the House separated to “liquor up” at the expense of the two chief actors in this little farce, These joyous Dogberrys, however, can be serious enough on occasions. Mr. Pike invites us to consider Mr. Beverley Nash, a full-blooded negro, six feet high, good looking and with pleasing manners. He was the slave of a Mr. Preston. When liberated we should have expected to hear that a man with so high sconmnes name had adopted the stage as his protession. ir. Nash, not less ambitious, but more practical, chose the comlortable occupation of bootblack at a Columbia hotel. He is nowa Senator, and his original taste for blacking extends to character and to the whole State of South Carolina itself. His ideas on the subject of. property are worthy of a French socialist. In a public to be the one bene- | speech to from 6,000 to 8,000 people he expounded nis views as tollows:—‘The reformers complain of taxes being too high. | tell you they are not high enough. I want them taxed till they put these lands back where they belong—into the hands of those who worked forthem. You toiled for them, you labored jor them and were sold to pay for them, and you ought to have them.” ‘This is the easy Philosophy of Senator Beverley Nash, black as the boots he once industriously polished. With this quotation, suggestive of the ultimate object of the negro rulers in South Carolina, we may fitly close our notice of Mr. Pike's start ling revelations. This travesty on {ree govern- ment should cease. “The right divine of kings to govern wrong” Is not more absurd than the claims ot a majority to plunder, insult and oppress a minority, not much their inferiors in numbers and in bk their superiors tn ae | else. After all . Senator Nash and his fellows have nearly.as much to thank slavery for as the American people have to lament it. Itis better for them to be legislating for South Caroiina than to be eating each other inthe wilds of Airica, as their cousins several times removed are doing at the present moment. American slavery has this redeeming quality, that it has given the negro a chance of civiljzation which preceding ages have denied him. We would refuse him nothing that any liberal mind would consider him entitled to claim, but in South Carolina he is playing the part of the peggar on horseback and may get thrown. We would counsel him to use with more decency and consideration a victory he contrib- uted little or nothing to win. His object is témake life in the State of South Carolina intolerable to its white citizens. Let him beware lest in his desire to accomplish this baneful purpose he should make himself intolerable to the American people. BROOKLYN'S INFERNAL MACHINE The mysterious “wad” tn the cigar box which encased the infernal machine that was left at the residence of ex-District Attorney Sam Morris on New Year’s evening was opened yesterday a(ter- noon by Superintendent John S. Folk, in presence of President Jourdan and others, at Police Head- quarters. The outside red twine was removed very Bently, visions of a eioer explosions arising before the excited minds of the audience. Then the thick layer ol paper outside was taken off and another layer of the Same material was ex- posed, fastened with 20 yards of wire, in which was placed several hundred small nails. When all the paper had been removed a smail bottle, filled with a quarter of a pound of powder, was revealed, Several grains of the post were exploded, in order to test ita strength, No clew has yet been obtained as to the whereabouts,o! the villain who made the dastardly attempt upon the life of Mr. Morris, despite the reward of $2,000 which he oifers ior the arrest of the scoundrel THE TRAITORS OF THE VIRGINIUS. The Truth at Last—The Cowards and the Renegades Held Up by the Cub: Newspaper to Public Scorn. ‘The organ of the Cuban patriots in this city, La Revolucion, of which Mr. Antonio Zambrana, ex- member of the Cuban Congress, 1s editor, returns, in its issue of Saturday, to the Virginius question, The history of the expedition concludes with an anathema upon the cowardly traitors of the party who brought about the death of Santa Rosa anda number of their comrades who were using false ames, by telling the Spaniards who they were. In addition to this, several of the party took the oath of fealty to Spain. The names of all the traitors are published at full length. Alter narrat- ing the sufferings the party underwent at Santiago de Cuba, Mr. Zambrana says :— * * #* When Domingo Diaz, one of the Vir- ginius passengers, was asked “if he had been in Cuba as & rebel previously,” he boldly answered “Yes,” Carrals Bello and the brothers Trujillo, on various and mantiold occasions, showed that they had no fear of death, and boldly defed their Span- lsh tormentors to do with them wuat they pleased. It ig @ painful duty, however. to chronicle among the number of the party several who were cow- ards. The following is the hist:—Francisco Valdes Gonzales, Andres Villa, José Valdes, Alejandro Calvg (Bacuneza), Evanista Zunsunegui, Francisco Garcia, Andres Iniguez and Andres Acosta. These men ‘were cowed the threats of the Spaniards, and contradicted =the statements of their brethren, whom they denounced as rebels belonging to the Virginius e: pedition, and consented to reveal the names of several, who, bearing ficticious names, otherwise would not have been discovered. Among those who thus lost their lives was.the illustrious patriot, Santa Rosa, who was passing under the assumed name of “Francisco Rivera.” TRAITORS TO CUBA. Alejandro Calvo, Francisco Garcia, Evaristo Zun- sunegui, Andres Iniguez and Francisco Valdes Garcia took the oath of allegiance to the Spantsn Republic and made public profession and boast of their treachery. They desire to seek, douovticss, at the hands of our enemies, the Spaniards, a friendly reception ajter becoming traitors to the cause of Cuban independence. But they are mis- taken in their hopes, ana will find themselves wo- Taleeaeonl von if they count the Spaniards as their ends. THE CURSE OF HEAVEN UPON THEM, Wherever they may go on earth they will be universally despised by their fellows, and the curse of Heaven will follow them at tie recollec- Son of their crime and the memory of their degra- jation, + NO HOME FOR THE TRAITORS, They are Cubans, but are fated to join the issue of their lives with the Spaniards. Sut when they come to die, whether on the scaffold or in some forest path, they will not be able to meet itso boldiy as the heroes of the Virginius that they have betrayed. At the present moment they in- sult the memory and make light of those noble martyrs; but a day will come when they will real- ize their infamous conduct. A patriotic Spanish sergeant named Ignacio Quintus Beltram, who went out on the Virginius expedition, writes to the Aevolucionin reply to some opprobrious language heaped upon him in the Alphonsist epsaiai) organ published in this city, accusing him of being a deserter, that he was discharged last May from the Spanish army at Porto Rico, and is not a deserter, and that for the rest of his iite he 18 a friend of ‘the Cubans, who have been so long tyrannized over by the Span- lards, 4 FIGHT WHICH DID NOT TAKE PLACER ON THE JUNIATA. F. V. Gonzalez, above alluded to, having stated to various Spaniarus here that he bad thrashed Domingo Diaz on the Juniata, Mr. Jos¢ Manuel Lamar, another member o! the expedition, comes out with this card :— To ra Epiror or tue Rvouucion:— Str—One of those miserable beings who trembled at Spanish tyranny and preierrea a Mite of shame (o a glo- Tious death—one of the Virginius traitors, Francisco Valdes Gonzalez—in addition to bringing about the de ith ot 12 ot his comrades, has had the lying effrontery to state, in New York, that he had a personal encounter with’ my friend, Domingo Diaz As he has shown the write feather in betraying his brethren, it is certain that he has no courage, but 11 he really wants to fight he can be accommodated, JOSE MANUEL LAMAR, January 9, 1874, THE COMMUNISTS CORNERED. Anumber of men calling themselves a Commit- tee of Safety called on the Board of Police yester- Gay afternoon in reierence to @ parade of working- men on Sunday next. After explaining the object of their visit to the Board some conversation oc- curred, and then President Smith informea them the procession would be allowed to take place, but they must not go below Canal street. At this an- nouncement one or two of the so called Committee of Safety lost their temper and talked loudly, The President replied very quietly, and, upon’@nform- ing them of the knowledge he had of some of their doings, the committee looked very blue and shortly after took their departure, evidently dissatistied with the reception. During the past week con- tractors on public works have been calling at the Central Office and complaining that men pretend- ing to be workmen, but who were sald tobe Com- munists, were visiting the laborers and offering them inducements not to work on Tuesday next, but to turn outand parade. Where the inducements failed to produce the proper effect persuasion was resorted to, and in some cases vague hints were thrown out that the workmen who did not parade on Tuesday would find themselves in bad places. ‘Ihe police. alter carefully sifting these reports, found they were strictly true, and President Smith told the leading Communists yesterday if that sort of thing was tried again the men doing it would be arrested. This staggered the committee, and one of them turned to his companions and said :—‘‘They know What we've been doing; they have been shadow- ing us.” Mr. Smith sent out imstructions when the committee had left to all the police captains to arrest any men they found intimidating or try- ing to persuade workmen from laboring on Tues- day next, tor the purpose of making a demonstra- tion in the public streets, The route laid down for the procession by the police 18 from Tompkins square to Eighth street, down the west side of the Leah a to Canal street, through Canal street to South Fifth avenue, along that thoroughfare and Fifth avenue to Fourteenth street and Union square, where they must dismiss. Itis feared that these Men Inean to make trouble if they can. One of them asked the Commissioners what would be the course of action if they disregarded the rules of the route and went down to the City Hall, ‘The arrest or your leaders,” said the President; ‘and, make no mistake, we'll catch you before you can get out of the way.” The police are active, and nothing will be left undone to keep unsuspecting men from taking any part in demonstrations provoked by individ- uals for their personal benefit, WRECK OF THE STEAMER eee The Steamer Sinking Off Little River, S. C.—Part of Her Crew Brought to Wilmington—All Hands Saved. WILMINGTON, N. C., Jan. 10, 1874. The schooner Spray, from Little River, South Carolina, arrived here this afternoon, having on board the first mate and five men of the steamer Sherman, which was wrecked on Thursday, the 8th inst., 12 miles south by west of Little Rivor. The Sherman, of the New York and New Orleans line, left New York last Sunday for New Orleans with a cargo of general merchandise. At two A. M. of Tuesday, the 6th, she sprung aleak, and the water gaincd on them so rapidly that it was thought impossible to save the ship unless she could be got into some port. Her head was there- fore turned for the coast at five A. M. of Thursday. When near Little River, the fires being out and the ship making sternway, with the wind ahead, THRY LET GO THE ANCHORS, Captain Halsey, the commander of the Sherman, then sent a boat ashore to Little River tor assist- ance, Captain Morgan, of the schooner Spray, assisted by Mr, J. W. Gore and Mr. N. B. Morse, two citizens, then went out to her assistance. ‘They were followed soon aiter by the schooner Florence, Captain Hill. ‘ALL HANDS TAKEN SAFELY OFF, The Spray took off the first mate and five of the men, with a portion of the baggage of all, and some few articles of the cargo, hey could not get much of the goods aboard, as the sea was run- ning too high at the time, The schooner Florence took off the remainder of the crew, with the passengers, consisting of one lady. one gentleman and two children, and suc- ceeded in also saving much of the baggare. ‘The Spray left the wreck about four P, M. Florence, at the earnest solicitation of Captain Halsey, remained by the ship, with the determina- tion of saving antil the last and saving every- thing that it was possible to get from the wreck. THE STEAMER RAPIDLY SETTLING. When the Spray left the Sherman the pumps were all choked and the ship was settling at the rate of nine inches an hour, and her captain thought that she would go down about nine o'clock of that night, Thursday. The Spray did not attempt a landing at Little River, but came on at once to this port, reaching here this afternoon about three o'clock, OFFICERS AND CREW. The Sherman’s crew consisted of 38 men, with Thomas Halsey as Captain, Williapt Moon, first mate, and J. 8. Hartwell, secopt mate. Little River is 30 miles south or Cape Fr, and the Sher- man was therefore lost about or 30 miles south of the wreck of the Virginiy= The Captain and balance of the crew of the print will, probably arrive here ps» n the full particulars of she can be gam balned, SHERMAN, The * AMUSEMENTS. Pifth Ave ie Theatre—Revival of Sara- toga. Last evening Mr. Bronson Roward’s play of “Saratoga” was successtully revived at the Fifth Avenné Theatre, in the presence of a large, /ash- jonable and delightea audience. Three years have elapsed since it was last acted by this company, and the ratification given to it last evening proves that the taste of aiarge proportion of the public hag not materially changed, No embarrassment need be felt in attempting to speak critically of & play like this, for it is equally easy to speak truthfully of the beauty with which it is placed upon the stage, and of the paltriness of its achievement as a piece of dra- matic work. It has been very severely abused— too severely, we think, For though we cannot re- member that it presents a solitary sustainer Of ac- tual wit, it yet abounds with bright remarks and reproduces with considerable smartness the slang | of @ certain phase of fast and lashionable life. Whether that phase is worth having so much space devoted to it, and whether the author would not | have done better by fashioning a satirical picture | that might be acomprehensive representation of hotel life at Saratoga, are questions the answers to which are so obvious that we shall not offer any lengthy replies. It remains, therefore, only to examine the manner in which “Saratoga” has been placed upon the stage. It is no flattery to confess that nothing is want- ing in this respect, so {ar as avenery, mirrors, furniture, uphoistery, costumes and drygoods in general are Concerned; and perhaps # good com- meneiy upon this style of drama will be found Hi the cynical im the fact that about half as muc'! space on the programme is occupied in directing attention to these matters as is used in ey. d the cast. Let it be acknowledged, once for all, | that these details are more perfect and complete than we have been accustomed to. The acting found a few excellent and several very acceptabic representatives, The excellent included Miss Davenport as Effie Remington; Miss Morant a3 Mrs. Alston; Mrs, Gilbert as Mrs. Vanderpool, and Mr. James Lewis as lsob Sackett. Among the others, Mr. Harkins as Jack Benedict; Mr. Davidge as Papa Vanderpoo!; Miss Jewett as Virginta Van- derpool, and Miss Minnie Conway as Mrs, Carter may be specified. Miss Davenport in Effie (ound a part in Which hér animal spirits, robust and neaithy beauty, dash and buoyancy and passion for brilliancy of costume enabied her heartily to sympathize. Mr. Luuis James was the only member of the cast who, was @ failure. His duty was to delineate Mr. Ludington Whist, the ‘swell of the Wells.” Instead of doing this he gave the impression of @ gentleman afilicted with surreptitious boils, in- cipient St. Vitus’ dance and a tendency to sneeze perpetually crushed in the bud. It was unior- tunate that such a part should have been given to him, because Mr. James 18 a painstaking, ambiuous and meritorious young actor. gentlemanly in his instincts and capable of filling respectably a cer- tain line of parts, The most beautiful of all the scenery was thatin act third, representing the picnic, We have not spoken of the plot of “Sara- toga,” because it has no plot. It is a five uct larce, with certain of the foibles and a good deal of the slang of society as its basis, excellently placed upon the stage, and, as aruie, well acted. It will | be repeated ali tue present week, with tne excep- | tion of Saturday night, when “Man and Wiie”’ will be given, Theodore Thomas in New York ana Brooklyn. The popular leader ahd his orchestra went through @ heavy task yesterday successfully, and at the matinée at Steinway Hall and the evening periormance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music the audiences showed in overwhelming numbers the public appreciation of the eftarts of this unrivalled | orchestral leader, The matinée programme was calculated to attract any lover of music to Stein- way Hall, Commencing with the first of the four overtures to “Fidelio,” the orchestra next e8- Sayed the magnificent ‘Lenore’ symphony of Raff, of which we have already abundantly spoken. This work was received with unmistakable dem- onstrations 0! pleasure by the audicnce, the subject having been given in detail in the HERaLp on the occasion of its first performance, and the various movements being thus made perfectly intelligible. ‘The galloping of the spectre stecd in the Anale, so wonderfully illustrated by the strings, was a prominent feature of the Cig ae The “Tell” overture, @ quartet lor horns, by Marschner, and the introduction, chorus and march from the third act of “Lohengrin” completed the instrumental part ol the programme. Mr. Whitney sung selec- tions from Mozart and Mendeissonn. The Brooklyn Philharmonic Society was in state of vompiete chaos until Mr. Thomas unde; took the position of conductor. He wisely dis- carded the fossilized players who for so many ae afflicted the Brooklyn public, and introduced in their stead his own superb orchestra. Instead of rheumatic joints which creaked at every motion of the violin bow Mr. Thomas brought into the or- chestra fresh blood and young, ambitious artists— warm blood, that became at times voicanic under the influence of his baton, The orchestral part of the bill last night comprised Beethoven’s Kighth Symphony, introduction and jinale to “Tristan and Isolde,” Wagner, and Liszt’s “Prelude,” Mr. Liste- mann played Joachim’s Hungarian concerto (a work abounding tn reminiscences of earlier writers) in a vigorous manner, but without any idea of color or expression.. Mr. Listemann may be accredited with the reputation of a correct player, as his technique is faultiess, but preterea nihil. Mr. Louis Lubeck, in the violoncello obligato of Volkmann’s “Serenade,” gained wnat might be called an absolute triumph, He bas @ perfect command over an instrument which is seidom heard to advantage in a virtuoso point, of view. The two singers, Miss Thursby and Miss Bul, might have beén proftably omitted from the prograiame, as, with such an orchestra, their efforts were anything but successful. The contralto, Miss Bull, tang an aria trom “‘saffo,” and occaston- ally fell below the pitch of the orchestra, (singing fiat is unpardonable), and the soprano sang Proch’s variations, the cheval de bataille of Carlotta Patt, and Peschka Leutner, without the slightest idea of puoi of intelligibility. It would be well if the rooklyn Philharmonic directors couid exercise a little more judgment in regard to their soloists, Proch’s vatiations after “Tristan and Isolde” seem like an insult to the intelligence of their audience and their conductor. The next concert takes place ou February 7. Gilmore’s Concert. Gilmore, so celebrated for his monster musical jubilees in Boston, gave last night a delightfal promenade concert at tne armory of the Twenty- second regiment. The hall was tastefully deco- rated with American and foreign flags. We were glad to notice, among others, the lone star of Cuba Libre, as showing the sympathy of the gallant regiment with the cause of struggling freemen. Without being overcrowded, the hall was well filled, and afforded a really pleasant promenade, whue the character o! the performance was such as to satisfy the most exacting, The fame of Mr. Gilmore and his band 18 80 well known that it is scarcely necessary. ex- cept for form’s sake, to tell the public that the music was excellent, and such as is rarely neard iu @ military concert, The careful training of the performers insures an excellent ensemble, but perhaps the great strength of the band lies in the numoer of really clever soloists among its mem- bers. Mr. Arbuckle’s cornet solo, ‘Young America Polka,” and Lelebre’s saxophone solo santaisie “Der Freischtitz,” gave great satistaction to the audience, who testified their appreciation by in- sisting On an encore. A quartet for saxoptiones was given by Messrs. Wairube, Lefebre, Steckel- berg and Schurtz, On Thursday next, January 16, the citizens of aga will have an opportunity of*hearing this justly celebrated band in the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Musical and Dramatic Notes. “Alda” has been played at Trieste, and was in preparation for La Scala, Milan, Wagner's “Lohengrin” is the sacrea concert at the Stadt Theatre this evening, “La Forza del Destino’ and ‘Poliuto” brought out recently at Cairo, Egypt. “Cinderella in Black” at Bryant's Opera House is among the burnt cork successes of the period, “Humpty Dumpty Abroad’ at the Grand Opera House has passed its fiftieth night and still holds the stage. The Vokes and the Lefingwell will cause merry audiences to laugh their way through next week at Niblo’s. On Thursday afternoon treasurer Zim- merman takes his annual bendfit, Janauschek, ‘with eyes of flame and form tower- ing like that of a prietess of ‘white armed Juno,’ has been uttering Deborah's curse in Washington. She ts coming to New York, it is said. M. Beauvallet, the French leading tragedian, for many years of the Comédie Frangaise, nas died in Paris. He sustained the principal parts in the works of Corneille, Racine and Voitatre for a long period. His King Lear and Louis XI. were fine performances, M. Beauvallet was in his seventy- second year, “A Man of Honor” will run at Wallack’s until Saturday evening, when “Money” will be given. Mr, Lester Wallack will continue to appear, and the leading rdles in Bulwer’s comedy will be sus- were tained by himseif and Mr. John Brougham, who . NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY Ul, 1874.—-TRIPLE SHEET. ir of the Six Flowers,” by Ti-ko; the “arr or We Five Stems,” by Theouen-Hio; the “Air of the Grand Splendor,” by Gao; the “Alr of the Happy Succession,” by Chan; the “Air of the Grand Ex- tension,” .by Yu; the “Air of the Grand Protec. tion,” by Tehing-Tang, and the ‘Air of the Grand Enterprises,” by Won-Wang. The tenor, Arturo Gentile, who left the Roman Catholic Church for the stage, has returned to his first vocation and been admitted asa novice in & Dominican monastery, It 18 said that during a professional tour in Germany a short time since he | had to sing in some of Herr R, Wagner's operas, | His mind became afterwaras slightly deranged, and he resolved to retire from the world. Grego- rian chant will be the “music of the tuture” for him. Washington ‘people complain that the “Faust” church scene has not been seen there in three years, although the opera has been played three times in that period. The Kellogg troupe were the last who offended in this particular. Mephis- topheles is too busy round the Washington “lobby” to care much about church scenes, and without him the angels and Marguerite would maké the affair monotonous by havitg it all their | own way. Rumors begin to be rife in London, says the Athenwum, as to the Italian opera seasons at Co- vent Garden and Drury Lane theatres; but littie authentic information has transpired as to the in- troduction of new works, except Balfe’s pos- thumous opera, “Ii Talismano,"’ by Mr. Mapleson. ‘There will be, no doubt, an influx at both houses of novices, the impresarli hoping to introduce some singers to break down the pernicious influ- ence of “stars,” whose tyranny is as financially ruinous as it is fatal for the interests of the lyric arama, Wagner is not the only musician whose egotism has bordered on the sublimity of self-conscious- ness, to put it mildly. Beethoven thus expressed himself:—“I despise the world which does not un- derstand that music isa more sublime revelation tiran all wisdom and all philosophy. * * * As for me, I am the Bacchus who crushes out the delicious nectar for mankind: it is I to whom they owe the frenzy of the mind, and when it 1s over, behold! they have fished up a number of things which they bring back with them to theshore. * * * Ihave no friends, I am alone with myself, but I know that God is nearer me in my heart than he is to others.!? Miss Clara Loulse Kellogg, who may be justly Tegarded as the representative American prima donna, has forsaken the Italian stage for the more popular fields of English opera, and in the prov- inces, assisted by a well selected company, has gained fresh laurels. Messrs, Hess and Grau, the directors of this English opera enterprise, an- nounce @ short season at the Academy of Music, commencing on Wednesday, the 21st inst., with “Lue cia,” in which Miss Kellogg will interpret the rdle ol the unhappy “Bride of Lammermoor.” Among the other members of the company may be found the names of Mme. Jennie Van Zandt, Mrs. Zeida Seguin and Messrs. Morgan, Maas, Hableman, Carleton, Peakes, Ryse and G. Hall. The répertotre of the company is quite extensive, and, in the ab- sence of Italian opera, such a troupe will be found. @ welcome oasis in the desert which generally suc- ceeds New Year's in the tnusicul world. Miss Kel- logg has been acquiring a stable success in her new line of lyric art, and it only remains for the metropolitan stamp to complete the desired circle of triumphs, HANS VON BULOW. This distinguished pianist, who for many years has shared with Liszt and Rubinstein the highest honors as a@ virtuoso on the king of instruments, commences an engagement in thia city next Octo- ber, under the management of Messrs, Palmer & Ulmann. He ts at present visiting on the Continent of Europe, but bas been lately fulfilling a very suc- cessful engagement at St. James Hall, London, and one of the critics thus speaks of his last concert there:—“Dr. Von Bulow selected as his solos the ‘Preludto e Fuga,’ by J. S. Bach, for organ, tran- scribed by Dr, Liszt for the pianoiorte ; Beethoven's ‘Adagio con Variazioni,’ in F, Op. 34; two of Men- delssonn’s ‘Songs Without Words’; Rubinstein’s ‘Barcarole,’ in G, No.4; Dr. Liszt's ‘Ronde des Lutins,’ and Chopin’s ‘Notturno,’ op. 37, No. 2; ‘Tarantelle,’ op. 43, and ‘V: ’ op. 42. Here was variety enough to show off his digital kill in bravura playing and his acute sensibility in the bm ecte melody of pianoforte playing. it is iMcalt to say whether the auditory was more ex- cited by his wondrous teats of manipulation or touched by his intense feeling in the passages of *dinkea sweetness long drawn out.” According to German and English critics the characteristics of this great pianist may be briefly epitomized as follows:—Brilliantly effective in the mechanical manipulation of the instrument, he brings his whole soul, thought and feeling to the work before him with the most studious conscien- tiousness; his convictions once arrived at, by long and patient study, nothing tempts him to depart from them. Renowned as tne st brillant bravura player of the » he has the same wondrous charm that eb possessed— ot “making the plano sing.” ia technique is pronounced as perfect by the unanimous verdict of continental Europe, while as @ musical analysist he is admitted to be without a rival, his playing being aptly described as like a beautiful piece of Florentine mosaic, perfect alike in each individeal portion, however minute, and in the completeness of its general ensemdle. The memory of Hans Von Btlow ts traly wonderful; from memory alone he plays from 300 to 400 of the most difficult piano compositions, including all the most renowned works of Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schuberth, Schuman, the transcrip- tions of &c., giving not only a general idea of each plece, as was the case with Rubinstein, but a thoroughly correct interpretation of it, conveying not only the inten- tion, but the thought and feel. of the composer. From memory alone, also, he conducts not only the grandest orchestral works of the old masters, but the abstruse operatic ones of Wagner. His re- fined elegance and courtly grace of Sin give an additional charm to his playing, which has not the slightest appearance of effort. Duri the past London season Harfs Von Bilow created a periect furore at the Philharmonic concerts, ana is re- engaged for the ensuing season as conductor of them, as well as pianist, FIBE ON BROADWAY. The Loss Estimated at $100,000. A fire was discovered to have broken out last night at No, 86 Broadway, by OmMcer McGinn, of the Fifteenth precinct police. The flames communi- cated to the basement of the adjoining house, and for sometime placed the structure in imminent danger. Engineer Pérley, of the Fire Department, happened to be passing as the fire broke out, and 25 through lus valuable management the tire was soon got under control. When the alarm was rung Captain Byrnes, of the Fifteenth precinct, accompanied by Sergeant Murray and the reserve force, hastened to the scene, The magnitude of the fire made a further force necessary, and Vaptain Byrnes sent for the reserves from the Fifsh and Fourteenth precincts. As usual a cordon was formed around the prop- erty, and tle poltee used every means in tueir Pag save as much: merchandise as possible rom the flames, urtz & Co. occupied the store No. 806 as a furniture warerooms. The loss of the firm is estimated at $00,000. The next house, No, 808, is that of heehy Brothers, importers and dealers in car- pets, estimated 35,000, A number of artists ‘and other occupants of the upper floors of both houses suffered a combined 1088 of abopt $15,000, Al the parties are inmsured—Hurtz & Co, for apout $40,000. Fire Marshal Sheldon will hold an investi- gation on Monday. Special detectives from the Fifteenth precinct arrested severai pickpockets yee were at work among the crowds during the re. FIRE IN EAST TWENTY-SEVENTH STREET, A fire broke out yesterday morning in a shed built against the tenement in the rear of No. 212 East Twenty-seventh street that causea a damage of $1,000, The furniture of some ot the residents of the tenement was slightly damaged by water, CITY AND COUNTY TREASURY, Comptroller Green reports the following disburse- ments and receipts ot the treasury yesterday :— Claims paid—No. of warrants 66, amounting to. ..$122,223 RECKIPTS, erest, seme rom collection of assessments and interes! From market rents and fees 3 . From water rents. From sewer perm! Frum sales of vitri From licenses, Mayor's THE JERSEY ROTTEN SHANTY ACCIDENT. The Melancholy accident whereby the two chil- dren, James Hussey and John Flanagan, were killed in Jersey City, has filled the old Sixth ward with gloom. The rickety old shanty that crushed these children to death should have been demol- From taxes of 1873 and 1 From arrears of tax stone ‘pipe office. will make his first appearance in two years at this theatre. Gental John will be weicome back. The eight most celebrated songs in China are “Al of Genergl Harmony,” by Hoang-11; a ished long since, and it will be @ question for the Coroner’s jury how far the authorities are respon- siole. It was remarkable that two other children ete Playing there at the same time escaped a 3 BROOKLYN TAX OFFICE DEFALGATION, Captain A. W. H. Gill, Deputy Tax Col« lector, Arrested and Admitted to Bail The Amount “Unaccogunted For” Be tween $5,000 and $6,000—The “Surplug Account” and What {t Consists In. The discrepancy or defalcation in the accounts of Deputy Tax Collector, Captain 4. W. H. Gilly proved the main topic of conversation in Brooklym oMecial circles yesterday. The amount at first re« ported as unaccounted for between the tax rolla and the cash books, $3,000, has been increased to | from $5,000 to $6,000, Mayor Hunter 1s of tha opinion that the Auditing and Financial Commit- tee are “on the verge of further developments,’* | 8nd believes that those gentlemen who have tha | Mavestigation in charge will get at the bottom | of the matter and punish the guilty para | Wes, The Comptroiler, Mr. Fred Schroeder, | is of the belief tuat it is impossible av present 10 say what the full extent of the peculations really are. Auditor Shaurmam coincides with this view of the case, Conporationr Counsel De Witt, while he thinks that Captatat Gill’s guilt is established, believes that it is nok possible that he was alone in the matter, He mus® have had accomplices to manipulate the books! | while he took the cash, Tax Collector Burrows’ feels deeply the odium which bas been cast upom his office owing to this discovery of peculation om the part of his deputy. Gili has been in office for nearly 20 years, and in that period has handlef mullions of dollars. That he shouid at this late day so far forget his honor and bonesty tor a smail amount—a few paltry thousands—excites the age tontshment of his friends. THE WARRANT, . The following is a copy of the complaint of Tax Collector Lemuel Burrows, which was drawn up by Mr. W. C. De Witt against Captain Gill, the ac. cused :— State of New York, Kings County, #.—Lemuel Burrows being duly sworn, says that he ls and was at the time: hereinafter stated Collector of Taxes and Assessments the city of Brooklyn, and that A. W. H. Gill was his: deputy; that while he was deputy as aforesaid, and on! or about the ith day of February, 1873, as depouiat ig informed and believes, Gill took, abstracted, embezzled» and converted to his, said Gill's, own use’ out of the moneys ot the city of Brooklyn then passing through’ hig, said Gill's, hands, as deputy, telouiously and unjaw- fully, the sum of about $931 24, “and as deponent has good grounds for believing, sald Gill has been gullly ot seve- ral similar offences while acting in sald capacity. There- fore deponent prays that defendant may be apprehended and dealt with according to law. LEMUEL BURROWS, Sworn to before me this 10th day of January, 1874.—N, B. Monsx, Jr., Justice of the Peace. THE ARREST AND ADMISSION TO BAIL. Captain Gill was arrested about noon ana taken betore Justice Morse, who, on consultation with, the District Attorney, refuged to admit him to: bail, Counsellor P. Keady then appeared for the accused, and went at once to the District Attor- ney’s office to see about batl. District peony Britton said he would go before any Judge wit! the counsellor for the Load es of having the bail fixed. The prisoner was then taken from Justice Morse’s court by Officer Alexander Barr over to the Court House and up to the City Court room,' where Judge Neilson was hoiding Special Term, Mr. Keady, addressing the Court, said that he appeared on behalf of A. W. H. Gill, Deputy Tax’ Collector, charged with embezzlement, and askew the Court to fix the amount of bail. The prisoner, he said, was well known in Brooklyn, and had heretolore borne the reputation of an honest man, | He had been emphoyed in the Tax Office for nearly’ 20 years, but was comparatively Rooks aud if the. Court would fix the bail at $5,000 he supposed thatt would answer the purpose. District Attorney Britton replied that the amount would not be sufficient. All that he wanted w: enough to protect* the rights of the people andi secure the attendance of the accused. Judge Neilson then fixed the bail at $10,000, but it was subsequently reduced to $5,000, aud Captain Gill’s friends set about procurihg the necessary bondsmen. Gill, who is married and has a famity, feels his Position keenly, but asserts his innocenge of the! charge of embezziement and his readiness to go before the Grand Jury. WHAT ALDERMAN BOPRS SAY8, ‘The subjoined interview with the Chairman of. the Finance Committee of the Common Council! touching the discrepancy will be found of interest to taxpayers “Alderman, I should like to hear trom you how the dis- orgpancy was discovered in the Tax Department.” “Well, you see we had a meeting of the Board of Audit: on last Wednesday. ‘Ihe Board of Auditis composed of the: Comptroller, Authitor and chairman of the Finance Com- mittee. They wanted to make a report to the Common Council, and I suid that it had not better be made until) we had sitted everything thoroughly inthe Tax 5 The following di rT. Seaman, the expert, who has been. employed _ in e: ning the books of the department, be @ discrepancy betweeo the tax rolls and the ne “ty aa “How much is the discrepancy !”” “T understand that it is about $5,000 or $6,000: that is, the amount so far discovered is about that Azure. Further investigations may show th J tell you, business in the very loosely—in a manner al lastice and equity. Now, mack you, arrows, the Dresent Collector, is ‘a strictly honest man,» and has’ tried his best. but prior to his administration things were conducted very loosely ; he has endeavared, I think, to correct the abi Why, there are thousands of dollars owing the city to-day for asseasments or taxes, which were sald to have been sold but never were, to certain parties, who pay the city only at the rate of seven per cent, while they exact from those owning the property, sald io be sold lo per cent. This has existed ut will exist no longer. A couple of hundred thousand wing the city.” Know whether the discrepancy in Captain count is confined to Mr. Burrow’s administra- “The discrepancy or the moneys missing were collected during the admin{stration of Mr. Burrows. We are going to make @ thorough investigation.” AN EXPLANATION OF THE “SURPLUS ACCOUNT.’ There ts tn the Tax Collector's office what ia known as the “surplus account.” It ts made up in this way :—In the assessment of property for pur- poses of taxation clerical errors often occur. For example, the figure ‘3’ may be mistaken for the gure “5” or “8,17 so that a lot actually assessed t $5,000 or $8,000 is carried out and footed up ag $3,000. The taxes are levied on the mistaken basis, and the warrant is issued to -the Collector for a less amount than the assessment really calla for, After the warrants are received by the Collec- tor the error is discovered and corrected on the books and rolls. The proper figure “8’’ or “6,” as the case may be, is entered in place of the wrong igure ‘3,’ in red ink, the increased tax on the cor- rected basis is also entered in red ink and the in- creased amount is collected. This illustration shows how the “surplus account” is made up. course the additional money collected upon the corrected tax ought to be paid into the treasury. It belongs to the city as much as ey, t of the taxes levied. But as matter of facc it 1s charged that funds of the surplus account have been WITHHELD BY THE COLLECTORS for years past, Assuming that they could notbe compelled to pay over more than the warrants called for, and the warrants calling for amounts based on clerical errors, they have retained the additional sums actually collected after the cor- rection of the mistakes. This ST ivater “irregu- larity” even than the retention of interests on the city deposits. 1t is stated that until recently Col- lector Burrows had of moneys coming from the “surplus account” $7,500, which, however, be has since paid over. He explained that it had been the custom of all his predecessors in office to re- tain the proceeds of the “surplus account.’? Among the otuer facts that will be disclosed by the report of the investigating committee are some inleresting ones relating to default moneys added to the bills of delinquent taxpayers. Last nignt Captain Gill was taken before Judge Moore, and reieased upon furnishing bail in the sum Of $5,000 to appear for trial, THE NEW PARADE GROUND. Opposition to the Proposed Assessments, The Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment for the new public parade ground met yesterday at No.1 Pine street. A number of property own- erg in the neighborhood of the proposed site of the ground were present. Mr. Lewis P. Rader, representing the larger part of the property owners, said that he thought the site very eligible and much preferable to one pro- posed in Westchester county; but, in the name of the majority of the landowners in that vicinity, he would most decidedly protest against the assessment of one-half of the expense connected with the laying out of the ground upon the property owners of the immediate neighborhood ; advantages sufficient to Warrant such a proceeding would not be derived from the execution of the plan. It was the wish, Mr. Rader thought, of everybody to have the city acquire the ground as it would any other property exclusively to be used by the city, and charge the expenses to the county at large. Commissioner Traphagen said that i¢ was the present opinion of the commissioners that one-halt of the assessment should be borne by the city and one-half by those most immediately benefited. The commissioners, however, would give every view presented to them due consideration, Mr. Henry Neidig thonght that the lots surround. ing the parade ground would be tar from improved is its presence, but rather the contrary, and cited the principal parade grounds of the large Euro- pean cities as illustrations of his assertion. The only cass of men prospering by the nearness of a large military patade ground were the liquor sellers. Mr. John Haven supported the same views, adding that no ornamental improvements of the ground could be expected, not even could grass be expected to grow on a place where the manwuvres of cavalry and artillery were to take place. He thought the paraae ground would be a Duisance, and the assessment of its cost on the neighboring lot owners an injustice. Commissioner Traphagen answered a question by saying that he had as yet no direct intimation about the mode of laying out the ground which would be adopted, whether with ornamental fea- tures or crnetyiee. A number 6f gentlemen interested gave their views of the matter, the prevailing opinion being evidently opposition'to the assessment of half the cost on the adjoming ground. ‘The idea of charging the expense to the city and county at large, on the ground that no at i benefit would be derived by any one from Ber Jeoung of the site Waa geperally favored,