The New York Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1874, Page 5

—____-—— EMIGRATION STATISTICS. Annual Report of the Commissfoners of Emigration to the State Legislature, Facts. and Figures the Bureau. fe) ‘The following extracts from the annual report of tme Commissioners “of Emigration, which was for- awarded yegterday to the State Legislature, will be read with interest:— The und of Emigration have sport: Ae sc gaggame re | on teday an ‘ast eniitiod Dey act to ore, ot Emigration. ys fo comiyy, iyont M ur honora aan irs: Sens A. Hurlbut, Ksq4, wae elected t, and’ a code of bylaws tor ite government a ‘4 copy or which Js enclosed herewith, ‘and ‘nun red 01 Tl following standing committees, consisting of six bers euch wey ‘also appointed sa = pe. br George 3: Bornes, iatwtnd “Keatmaniy Jasaee Ly Ucn, Dani Bas nt Warten = Miicon Smand Stephenson (ehair- Guin \ard, dames bynch, George Starr See ae and ihe Presigent ‘ 1 Maujer (apa Ges ohn Willem Fe Huvomeyer, ‘Raut canteen 4 1d the Pret ent. ‘On the 281 wa of May Bervara Commer, powy Tre General Ba petiniiten Board, resigued at nnd rustus BD Webvior wat elected in te place of the dat and Gar- min that of the last. name gern cute red Kes ha discharge of their dutes on the ist une thereaiter, ai convenience, and despateh: the) Dasinese, of the mn divided into. three Gepartneny ire cipal sit ial and = etuge, Depa oF Finance peperanad over eac! ch of Pehicn frunder the Strection and control of the Board, the ar erapriets co come mitiee exercises & seneral supervision. arrange- ment has worked satisfactorily, ‘THE LANDING DEPARTMENT, yan department is at Castie Garden and consists ral bureaus, each baving well detined Tce to epee form, under the immediate charge ot the ssx« cer of the department and uuder the supervision, “ot the tle Garden Committee. The ‘with which the emigrant comes in contact is the BOARDING BURKAU. This has three officers stationed at the quarentine SFounds, Staten island, whose duty st iso board all: coming vessels Wamediate after they have een ie apected by the Health On cer; to make thorough ex- and amination ag to the cleaniiness ‘of the vewel; ascertain Sue: of Paae assengers; the number of births deaths, Are, occurred; the amount and Paster “Of Mens luring the voyage; receive alt Sompluints that emigrants may have to make, and to re- , Without unnecessary delay, to the General super Bonden indent at Castle Garden, This is the next in order, and. the offices of which are In order, tn tho rotunda, i the main building at Castle Garden AB soon as possible alter the vessel casts her anchor = or Pe otlicers are ant to her, La barge or rag. licensed oF, the Board to land ite and their pongage. he checked baggage js seu! f lipmediately to ‘the room prepared for its reception, the peor @ clerk enters the number of the chee! ne ept for that hte after Ment in or place, wit a t supposed 18 deposit to cont ort ‘Age, sex, nationality, detimatios, date of arrival and ship carefully 1 recorded a reserved. Heretofore the occupation has be omitted from this record, but it wil hereafter be given.” ‘THUR MODERN PLYMOUTH ROCK. entire number of passengers ier whelandvd athe port of New fark 40 ‘of whom 266,818 were aliens and 50138 were citizens or raons who had before ianded at this port. ‘The num- ber of those who lauded at Castle Garden, ahd thus eame under the immedia! this’ was ee Pa jisuay Bae rere, Son, Germany. S58, Sgr treat, eland, & Laie Engle 382 trom Be land, 8 sig from way 417 from Norwa; aye aes 102 trom France, 4,287 Sie Holland, 3, from ky 3979 from Swi Poland, él? par from Riis, gu om ‘Seinam, ain wg a BI fro ‘Wules, 51; ee » 46 from West Indies, 221 f Epain, it trom "Bout ) America, 71 from Sania, o from hina, from: les, 63 from Mexico, 26 Centr: ‘Sfmericu, % irom Turkey, 15 from Portu| at feo from Re. eae 14 trom Greeze, 12 from Australia end 10 ene destioation ‘of 95,951 was the State of New York, 43,982 the Middie States, 93,923 the Western poe North- ‘Western States, 23,468 the tern States, 2.703 the South- ern Siates, 3,201 Canada and 33 south Americ: age EROTROEING SHS SULGRANTS, Each boarding house keeper or his representattve at Garden is is corupelled to wear a badge on the front ot his hat or cap, with the words “Licensed Boarding Housekeeper” conspienously displayed thereon, and to report ai to the superintendent the names of ail ter sons who Les Heer saree at his bouse during the pre- Ceding ar l@ must a! to, KoeD. wee a 8 couspicuous on iy depotand in his hy in the English, German, Italian and Fenian languages the price for, Doa: eta ye per ay ice oF ranges irom iy re re the ey ‘tars fores wal obtok were aliens Teduction by the week. From oy the boarding house keepers admitted to Ie Garacn ot se ei 7 emigrants—a litte more an one-fifth jose who landed—were lodg in these pons for pel ince evar pe one ee dishes Ahn oe tad ‘above nami ‘were lod, game rept hy rish, English ag Scottish Ger- proprietors An and allan It any are mand unable to provide tor themselves, they aré sent to the temporary pital within the enclosure, or ai- rectly to Ward's sland, as circumstances may requit oy ‘Those who are destitute, but able to work— and there large Paves st such—are provine ith food and ni pare Mitted to lodge in the building until employment found {or them at the LAnon ‘This is a large room, with "ea Tor the accommodation of BO persotie divided by a pardtion: 60 as. to sopa- Fate the sexes. Jn the conte. a soticlans & ace has been Feserved for the desks of clerks and er employes. ‘This is surrounded by an iron Failing, The applicants tor Seabee atest are classified according to aan of arrival, apa Bon, thoes with recommendations and those with- Out them. Every person seeking to employ 18 required to Present a, satisiuctory recommendations aud none are Dermitted to take girls without it. No charge is ‘made, and no feo orrewardis allowed io be, Feceived by any Person connected with the department, from either eui- Dloyer of employe, tor any service reudered by the oft Ger to elther 0 of tacn, ‘During the year gmployment has ‘been obtained is bureau for 25,325 emigrants, of whom 17,821 ners hey and 7,502 females. x} 16 males — were scbanios and 14,49 agricultural laborers. Of est eae 7,155 were genera) house servants and 9 women. The average monthly wages, with ar asi 19 or males and $8 75 tor females. For average daily without board, was ‘age Oe re ittances amount ne #. have in received to forward emigrants to the interior. A few complaints against employers for d Gesault of payment of wages have been received. These all been inves- ated, and, when sustained, redress ae been obtained. T report of Lo ehief clerk of this bureac is enclosed and numbered si: a INFORMATION AND POLYGLOT DEPARTMENT, This valerate, has been ote be of great ‘utility. or re oo of all the emi- raph Beara jeged 2. goat the jepot, eit Meaty, ae ie guests, the re- Boris ‘the officer making inspections of ‘these houses, p 3 . jet clerk of which receives, reduces to writin ausmnits to Executive Officer of the Board all Shenvisine made against them. He records the names of persons calli to meet expected fricnds, so a8 to be Feady to send word to the officers ot the Land- Bureau jor their Runenarement meen. fhe Tegistration has been completed, Berable to trace them subsequently If necessity should require it. A very cousideral ie Foportien ce ‘the emi- ts do not understand e, aud it is bia) necessary that Bowed shoul have officials padle of communicating with them in their own for we; ‘The following languages are spoken by one or ver ‘ony cmmpoyee; German, . trench. Islan, Panish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, swedish, Norwegian, Bovemian, Swi ussian and Latin. the ‘whole number of emigrants who landed at Castle Gar nearly twelve per cent—were received by their iriends ee this bureau, 837 children, not in their parents, were forwarded to their friends; 1,036 husbands received their wives and children; 6lf ts recelved their children; 919 children received ir 12,442 persons received their kindred of relationship. NO tits uses n aboii fined, and’ ity duties of the ih it distributed among the other - Dazeaus, the Letter F Writing and Postal bureaus. en 4 og oo laglhag pie fo geet ay # fn coin two repu' ‘and one nave teen micenaed a open m ofces in the en orate r conspi Sa PR TPA erertony comevignoun the operan the currency of (he country ‘without deduction ther ese brokers have been required to Noes a gate’in which emigrants can deposit, char; any greases wp Sl PMS, may _ e, recat ng, therefor a resentation whien the artic! is Festored, Notices ; ming "oer denoait of all vafunbies bigs tapes sate: RAILROAD AGENCY. The Board believe i it to, be of the. utmost importance fant the entire business of selling railroad tickets should be co! ¢ Garden, £0 #s to be under ar thelr direct Papervision. If this were the caso they are confident that they wonid be aple to poo nare. for the emigrant bim- welt the bg tae g ten per bo which the conan “3 ig runner’ © air ire that the ettigrach aie be deRewruracd to his des. a eg would haved Gireet ea it procuring coin. would have i Bec . hn ey believe that ney could secure much more liberal terms in relation t e than now a vail, At present only 100 pounds i "ant passenger ; and the Cr ny excess is justly % Sompinined of a5 as un Feasouad er evil which the Board have no power to cor- reet i the’ “booking ne of em at Marough fron tho Jorelgn countries, to 54 Rie noni of the arted stat ¥ ll that they can do, mt 1a awe, ts 1 ire ge. that 0 emigrant pur- a ticket for by Apoint beyond Sew York. hen he once Teaches here he hes every sateguard pos sible thrown around him. ‘THK MANKAR OF TRANSPORTING and fn bags re from “Castle ‘Garten to the @ stations of 8 Dee oMeth wt mns,, In respect Rew ‘ork Erie Nlway this has been removed. it has provided @ ai {or the conveyance of emigrants nnd tae e effects directly trom the Garden to is “depot in Jer: '. barge, walen affo that co desited, is sed for only. “Tho New York Central Rail- road ronal make pecennery Br provisions for this ~ ot ngh ming of the spring season. The purpose of the Pennsylvania Cen- were Slways been good; ec wah S00 Lee anata © Mh past by. ey ibe the from the wharf at Castle Garden to the Season. Complaints are frequently mate against meta for “switching off’ emigrant t 8, a ting them to wait tor hours on side Lg] for, the of freight uo. the trains. since at Correct (his wrong 10 The situation ‘Garden is re Swe ich it ts sieveted {waka warroanded by the waters of the ample space for the wharves weanired br th if up. ‘all of whom come, and ‘ater. Ht tronts upon the Les oqunte containing pearly twenty. sy Daal nd- Hanted and laid out. The institution. tteelt covers ako Ont 186,000 square feet, and ig surrouyded by a ma onestged Feenbtion Pee 7) phiwtcr aquare ach Ki Signated't fe eae CH Eachus 3 vide i i 16 tties in 4 bei ‘arty ath rd, cel fe H he OF city, Rrpavurney Board in ihe matte matter of tation fee. The ast upon the emigrant: Receive sui poppers on and woisent next ee day te BMS ne more ante sare ‘D, Wil for = 5 below, tor pak the emigrant roceiveg from 1 neragt ane a im more - Bary that a benetite ferred jolly untenable. it in the Garden eure, e to him aki tty Shee of ‘various rer ie ‘and duties to the average are rere ‘This dopa 20 the Ww hatha in the tive ft a oane ie Twel ward oe the pat ee since 1848 Ja) ‘smounfing 4 to Pia acres, 4 Were have been erected. at wae Ba than $4 000, 01 "the most. compl in the world, tee cen eee ihe State, 4 pas 3 q never the people thereot Math ana ema 7] sree bee, ay aid ig Feueat tio foo funds ating from the he ail brick. bi tea two stories an ie ey ey h $60 RaGicnts | There is.attached fo th pay ‘Cook house, bake house, ‘woah house aad ars arying .—A trame building, three stori icy a oes ig the nabook: om ryt —Three ries ai and basement. It is wed ay allows i Basement for wash and bash rooms and THe HOSPITAL AND mg vig stewara’s de) Sete with store for abe buppl ppc ‘toed in the institudon, “The remumnaer onthe ba pit nga teed as @ refage for desituie females em —- prick building, 100 issy i’ feet, th: tori nd ‘The building is usea exclusively tor des titate mhle ini ots. It wi! a accommodate persona. The fi i of ing is much worn and will re- 8 bi quire to be Ey d. ing. —The basement is used for storage ‘and ning’ t ‘oom for officers; the first floor tor dispene sary ana ware hay the treatment of ophthalmic diseases, 4c, Two red and a Sty Buy patients can be cared tor In the pullding is bulld! 4 te fet, ang fa uapidates. ew ben wry ju, sapand @ con: rable sum of money ei pus toby it orin Scgcting another ot mare durable mat tals tn ts stand. used fora dining room Yor inmates, Te'will se Jeat 320) persons. Fever for Males.—Four brick sory and aia” and 25 by LW eet Mae each one ‘Will accom- ‘od it 13 mani & iy vine i foot fe is now. Meek as erer ieee Gentine, masie el room. aa pays. story brick building, feet ak bundling The sacl ihm? seat ast a, Hit feet in length and 205teet sts of for este Ph py gh gti alidings ac yy passage waya. A physician’s Werishone Five in number, built of brick, Physician's Residencee.—Three in number, built of brick. Each three storie: ment nt ¢ stories and basement, 64 by % teet. ‘Frame Howe.—Two stories mye tor oficere awelling. i bg Ph: ited Frame Duwel House. —Two stories and basement, oc- eaestes, the Fvopentant: chaplain. ea these pe rehouse, boathor ico. ber shed, garuemer's ae Coal |, asl shige, 2, ere oe $1, 1873 there were in the pee: a 1873 there ws. pee We iL number treated quriig, was, including 356 children born alive, 7,852. f these BES we were discharged and 399 ving mee 9, 187 ne whole’ bumber of emigran Ise; during 1873 there were. united i 10,452, and the number remaining Decem- ber 1,717, being 417 lene than at the corre- sponding date of ‘hep previous year. This decrease is ow- ing in great part to the determination of the Board Not to maintain oa the island persons able to work and for whom: employment could be tound., Of he entire number. ad- ms year us 265 were adult males, 3,187 Bdutt femnater 1,805 wore ebildren between the agen of oa and twelve atid'$36 were Infants, ‘The nationalities of those d_ were Germany, sa Trel ria EY, Sete ir BE Howe —' Sree a Sots ans West ea 1 8p America ts 8p es e Island, porpnals of whom ‘2,554 rece! ved ‘$35 we in the Insane Asylum, fear vt - Give, havi need; 2 esca| and a eir. time ha’ ex) 3 Te vere relurued to to Europe under care of rlends; leavisg 187 in the asylum. the insane 92 Ww 3 were transferred to the city asy- were 2 SCREW L008R. ‘The new building for the Insane Asyinm {s 80 far com- pleted that the patients have been transterred to it, ‘The present Board regret to say that in construction it fails tar short of what it should baye been, conside: the amount expended upon ota The Ward's Island Committee recommended and the Board approved, il Migenevca that by tus alaue a saving of 81500 pe 6 & 8) will be eneeted. The Bi cot tive, £3 r year joard proposes to utli is far ag poets ble, the power of all persons 0} mprovement would other wise have 2 island. Many are being made by the labor ot ose ah een idle. In the coming y the area of land under cultivation will be largely sin creased, and lop entire quantity ot vegetables Fqanired for. onan, jon will ye raised upon the isias nd by ite th Apart from the saving in mone; ‘thus frocted, wbicl his far from incon- siderable, read ical and moral condition rs the lation is greatly improved by canstant and regular o cupation. Wh re Board ‘will in no case exact work ee BARTS oper hy’ stcaly le of Regforms it, they dgomething for every ay man or Wwornaa ig tte They do not propose sig instiention shall be place io whieb Tia ease <nowh as “bum: mers” wi The Ce Comedtustonees ot eee and Correction have under their control about one-half of Ward’s Island. That bee and this Board act in ha nar SELSCROUR HA The Board fully recoguize th nce of Uaetignt and relizious instruction. ‘There i a. es of abot 1,000 volumes and @ reading Bog sup pli¢ perk gals im various neges. of the fnstitutions. aid ochapts jains—one Hone Gatholic ay and ane Prot- estant—are employed. th Di When ti Board entered upon their aie they found that the Protestants ‘were worshipping nient ie capable of accommodatng all who desired to attend; while the Catholics were in possession of a chapel, built by the former Board tas eed of! and so belonging nit Ainstitauions be used as ‘the Board erie a aad It was heid by Cea that this chapel shi ie olin ter onge ita Boat priated 0 0) rity of the ‘on tne ith of November, 1878, ‘papeed he tollow- h erected upon ry ing resolutions :-— nk an ‘Whe! reas the churel Ward's Island has been built with the funds contributed by eu denominations; aoe whereas no eee enom! yn has, therefore, any right to consider. gaat edisioe, as built tor their own excius! Fre tees therefore, be “Resolved, That sa} rch shail at all times be con- bog we a a place ot worship wherein LP ible small Wd Row pee ah shall be a le ppt the Ruperintendeut at at Ward's id for the bold! whenever it may appear necessary te VE rd timgre n Toom to the Worshippers 7 thi ry ‘eee Erefttion thee A) executive ol te mh the island ficer a, direction ot the Board o nd. e wish to attend olics, and as the Protestant p! of worship ig ae le of ac sScommog stag Many more attend it, it ls not ea other’ chapel will i presets be sone) a te the ry as al Co wect he one now in occtipation of it, ‘thas But it is M4 set forth by this Templeton that the chapel is free to all Christian sect ‘one of wi oceupy it when- ny ever, in thi ne Judgment of the Board, e best interests of fie hasticasions feau DEPARTNERT. This is under the Ne apecial be ea yaad of be 4 Bebo ety ithe Board. i bi 8 n tent Lif of clerks. “He 8 immedi A ft received or disbursed by ¢! itis sepOre ane is plone herewith "ind numbered sixteen A tigty finanaial Condition orthe Board.” From is it appears that on the i id of June, 1873, the Board was it 1D excess ta cash resouroes, about $5/,000;, that oF mm dantary 1, Sera ihe deficiency w: uring: bg he réceih a must be Tonths OF winter and spr ely small, whils ‘The se deteity on ‘the ish of Apri. 1era will be. about Thi king th ri f ide, the icoine dent ed irom & commutation foe oft 50 fof imi ant pasenger is not sumicient wo defra the expense 0 jucting the work of this Board. When the r ras $2 0 50 eae oot excess of receipts over gapenictren. and tl lature very cial woes Te. e Board are portion that your yg So ork confided to ory ge Te effcentiy pertoraved thet, now ia, They Work mus! rit ge atrayed the commntation tee Sigg eh ig past i ‘ncream . “Atter e Mort carer Cousldcration e Bosrd are of ta fee of instead of as ‘at pereos S will icceraee e tray at, xpenditure, eae boy fo enacts ign xing wh the ral Tal what som, the meal and a6 id ability with oe sae ie and Gem. vi a ~j and they a to ic periline hte os er 180 vices rendered by Mr. Garret vartous officers and employes fea ‘department afer and the the year. pes une Dake We GYTARD, Rr ae Te pia Ee, CTF oe Rca ‘ROTM GRD waar ooo"? , edge: ey rman ba exoepe tn wren cerere to the recommendauios togive cab ore aan iawn ta man society ibe r it iy Vote on ay yo! fore the | Bourd, BDMUND STBPH ENRON, BOARD OF EDUCATION. The Standing Committees for 1874—The ART MATTERS ‘Water Colors at ips, Sites Ceut of Our Schools Nearly $4,000,000— Mr. Sarony has a local reputation for being king ‘The Estimates for the Year. A meeting of the Board of Education took place Yesterday at the rooms, in Grand atreet. There Was a somewhat small attendance of the members Of the Board, Mr. Neilson occupied the chair. A communication was received {rom Mayor Have- meyer, appointing Measré, & 8, Randall, N. K. Freeman and T. H. Fatie, Jr., Inspectors of Com- Mon Schools for the Eighth school district of the city of New York. Severs! resolutions were then y brought up regarding teachers’ salaries. Only one case was of interest, where the principal of Primary Department of Grammar Schoo! No, 48, in consequence of the establishment in its tmme- diate vicinity of @ parochial scnool, found that her salary was redaced some $500 per ‘year, the falling off from the necessary attendance being only some ten or eleven. Some discussion ensued on this point, 1} being shown that.it wasa cage of extreme hardship, and, in view of the facts, it was moved that the bylaws be suspended and the teacher receive her original salary. Mr. West contended bitterly that the Board should not sus- pend its bylaws, and that the teacber be reduced in her salary. The Chairman was at first of opin- fon that there was a doubt as to the right of the Board to suspend, its rules. The Chair subse- quently ruled that by @ two-third’s vote the Board could suspend ite rules. A motion to lay over was lost and anally, om @ Vote, the motion to suspend the rules was ‘WHAT THE 80HOOLS CosT. A communication..was received from the Comp- troller sta’ that the trial estimate for the board of Education lor 1874 Was as follows:— Balaries of teach tors, supe: dents, clerks And cmploytinersert operanten rr a rents ordinary of rniture and eating apparatus, and all ineiiental “expenses nses, Including $5,000 tor ex. amination and report on the subject ot warm- Ventilating the public pono or age For school moneys apportionment to bd buildings. : 400,000 Alturations ‘and extraordinary repairs to build: ings eae for new beating apparatus and iur- BS al a ee . wn” nd Twenty: For sajariae ot ts TEMA eanieas seeac eat its of Dulidings, furniture, heating a Tent, fuel and all other abd inedentab exponses.c..- + 166,886 Total estimate for 1874.,.. +» $3,919,086 580,000 472,500 + 100,000 THE STANDING COMMITTERS. The Showing Standing committees for 1874 have eh Sppotan by the President of the Board, Mr. eee CommiTrEE—Commissioners Vermilye, Dowd, Townsend, Beardsiee and Seligman. CoMMITTER ON’ TRACHERS—Commissioners Hal- sted, Kelly, Dowd, Traud and Brown, ComMITTEE ON BUILDINGS—Commissioners Dowd, Patterson, powis Hoe and Baker, Fibs N SUPPLIES—Commissioners Beards- lee, Matewaon, Halsted, Wetmore and Hoe; AUDITING MMITTER—Commissioners West, Traud, Jenkins, Baker and Patterso: COMMITTEE ON SITES me) New. ScHooLs—com- missioners Patterson, roth, Bager, Vermilye, and Lewis, COMMITTER ON COURSE OF STUDY AND SCHOOL Booxs—Commissioners Brown, Man, Farr, Trand and Klamroth, CoMMITTEE ‘ON ScHOOL FURNITURE—Commis- Pati Wetmore, Hoe, Seligman, Jenkins and jaker. CoMMITTER ON NORMAL ScHooLs—Commis- ba ped Farr, Brown, Kiamroth, Townsend and ComMiTTEe ON EVENING ScHoors—Commis- sioners Mathewson, ‘Townsend, Jenkins, ‘traud and Vermilye. COMMITTER ON (Cee ScHOOLs—Commissioners Jenkins, Patterson, West, Wetmore and Dowd, COMMITTEE ON WARMING AND VENTILATION— Commissioners Hoe, Mathewson, Baker, Beardstee and Traud. COMMITTEE ON BYLAWS, ELECTIONS AND QUALI- Fications — Commissioners ‘Townsend, Man, Beardslee, West and Farr. EXBCUTIVE COMMITrRE ON NAUTIOAL SCHOOL— Commissioners Wetmore, Mathewson, Seligman, Dowd and Vermilye. GoMMITTEE ON ANNUAL REPoRT—Commissioners Klamroth, Jenkins, Beardsiee, Vermilye and Weat, COMMITTEE ON NOMINATION OF TRUSTEES—Co missioners Wetmore, Halsted, Brown, ‘Bearasiee, West, Kelly, Kiamroth, Lewis and Farr. A report was received) irom the Committee on Bylaws that Grammar School No. 10, in Wooster Street, was surrounded by ‘houses of ill fame and other “dens of infamy,’ to the great scandal of the neighborhood and the great annoyance of the teachers and scholars, and @ resolution was offered that the names of the owners “who knowingly let their buildings for the vile purposes mentioned be gent to the Vistrict Attorney, together with the etl: tions and schedules of certain taxpayers of ul Fifteenth ward, aud his action requested upon the ‘Thee ‘The resolution was passed and ther report opted. DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, An Important Application from the Fire Commissioners—The Question of Stor- ing “Giant Powder” im One of the Parks. The Commissfoners of Public Parks held a mect- ing yesterday morning, Mr. 8. H. Wales in the chair. A delegation from Morrisania called and re- quested the Board to give their petition for the laying out ofa park of thirty-five acres (on the slope bisected by the New York Central Railroad) their favorable consideration. The Commissioners promised to give the matter their attention, A discussion ensued in regard to the application of the Fire Commissioners jor the establishment of @ magazine in one of the qity parks for the storage of explosives to be used DY the corps of sappers BA miners in pigwang. up aaa when by so ing they can stay the progress of great confla- grations. The application was referrea . to a com- Mittee consisting of Mr, Frederick L. Olmstead, landscape architect; William H. Grant and Jonn Bogart, engineer and Mr, ©, an, Superinten- dent, who Will’submit the result 0 their lnvestiga: tion ‘to the Board as early as possible, FIRB COMMISSIONERS. No Trials for the Past Two Weeks—Ex- cellent Condition of the Department. The Fire Commissioners held their regular meeting yesterday morning, and the announcements were made that there was not a single complaint against a member ofthe fire brigade and that there had not been one for two weeks—something unprecedented in the annais of the department, The Commission- ers adopted anew revolving nozzle for fires on ships, in cellars, in narrow streets and alleyways, and also for oi! fires, invented by Engineer Orr, of the Repair Bureau. It is intended to have a re- volving nozzle to every hose, and to take one to every fire, 80 that it can be use’ if necessary. The nozzle causes the stream of water to fy in every direction and dissipates smoke, ‘The advisability of extending the telegraph lines | to she annexed@district was also discussed, and it” Was atated soba soe or twenty mules of wire would pare used. No decisive action, how- ever, was tak The powder which the Fire Commissioners pro- ned to use is the dynamite, better Known as the pian paw ler, Which 1s to be exploded by the ap- lon of @ copper cap attached toatuse. The ny Commissioners propose to make experinents in the preseuce of the Park Commissioners to show oar tonne the aeanty is of the safest character @ parposes. Yesterday some little ex- permet were made by the pogipeate of the Fire partment in the room of Commis- sioners. A Very small quantity of the ponder was a pea the fire without i! pelng tent ited. and own that Ken the PI of the ca would, fr ite it riments on a large scale will probabl; fore the bad yor of the Fire be made | it be granted. It wilt be diMcult to select the best park for tbe purpose, as the resi- dents of its vicinity will be afraid of an explosion of the powder, but it is provable that one of the smaller parks down town wiil be set apart. In regard to the acquisition of the parade ground for the militia, the Commissioners have discon- tinued all proceedings in Rel bali of the repre- sentations addressed to them) by Mayor fiave- meyer, FIRB IN THIRD AVENUE A fre broke out yesterday on the first floor of No. 2,209 Third @venue that caused a damage of $2,500, A. 8. Welsh, who occupied the ground floor as an oyster saloon, suffered a loss of $1,500, Insured, ‘The property of the Second Baptist church, on the second floor, was injured tothe extent of $200, John Schubert, who lived in the third, Lapa @ 108g to his Jurnitare of $500. The bull ‘was injured to the extent of $600. In- sured for $9,500, en, Marshal Sheldon Will hold an investigation to-d A $20,000 PIBE IN HARRISON, N, J, Barly yesterday morning @ two story frame Mangard roof house in Harrison, N. J., owned bya Mr, John Koab, caught fire and was razed to the ground, the Koab family barely escaping being roasted alive. Bat for the fortunate koen oitfao. Berves of Mrs. Koab, who scented the fre whi pane wae in we another ae calamity ‘would have to be recorded, fami consisted of eight persons. The Sons is, irom $18,000 to $20,000; insurance in American Mutual and Germania, of Newark, $13,000, ig Of crayonists, and if in a recent reference to the crayonists of New York we did not give him all eredit which he is entitied to it was because our imtention then and there waa to do justice toa Jew workers in the same line with whose efforts his own had sometimes been identified and the excellence of whose abilities certainly furnished a good reason for making their names known to the public. Our present quarrel with Mr. Sarony is not for, & powerlessness to produce good crayons, bat for having acquired a set of fine water colors which he bides away from view with ® elf-renunciation that may be Serip- tural, but that is very unjust to the pub- luo, He has now avout 160 water color drawings on hand, which lack only one quality tn order to be admired, and that is visibility. You are obliged to carry @ magnestum light around with you im order to see where they are. The gen- eral public does not appreciate water colors; very true, but the general public will not learn to appreciate them 60 long as they are buried in the bowels of the earth, or, what is much the same thing, in rear premises, where genuine daylighti¢as much unknown as hope in Hades, In other words, Mr. Sarony has bung his wator colors in an apartment a the rear oi Mr, Patilard’s store, No. 680 Broad- ‘ay, & handsome apartment, it is true, and one fit for ‘the pi ses to Which Mr. Paillard ame but for a picture gallery. dint: of painful scrutiny ‘the visitor will he able gal ree Key esis egret Comet of ee mix 8 few crayons, larny, Bris- ore adc, sige ii Wissart, Bett Saunier, Hogugs, Provagg! em Haborne Duvieux, Lum- ley Seis idbin, Ranzon' Sant rang, Cae: Adam, q Bramble Suse Noe, Jules Derr Deshayea, Rob. Fleury and darter. We do not know whether ‘Mr. Sarony believes, with the epigrammatists, that ianguage is for the pur been ol concealing thought; but we are Phy, sure that Lees pletures are painted for the sake of t being seen. Here 18 @ collection of which aimost any connoisseur or amateur might feel proud, and the simple boon we ask 18 {hat Phey May forthwith be hung in some place where they may be perceived. The best of all these water colors are those by Marny, although some excellent specimens by other arusts are on band. Duvieux has a sunset in unique contrast to all bus other, contrtputions and strikingly weird and original, Deshayes has a fine charcoal and crayon Iaadscape. “St, Cloud on Fire’? is one of Wissart’s most powerinl contributions, and La- borne has a truly delicious water color named “The Old Stage Coach.” ‘The scene represented is the courtyard of an old French provincial inn, fifty or & hundred years ago. Everything 18 in a charm- ingly picturesque state of crumble and decay. Moth and dust riot, and the rich moss fringes the edges of the softeved ties wearing away beneath wind and rain. Antique gabies, like the touching Hager- points of hanas pressed palm to palm, rise above projecting eaves and arches, buttresses and casements, each of which has feit the mouidering touch of time, complete the architectural acces- sories through which a hint is given of those good old times when lue moved only at stage-coach speed, 1n the midst of these surroundings stands the old coach itsell, very much the worse lor Wear, but a burly, sterling, vari-colored and digni- fled specimen or its class. To return to Marny, however. This distinguished artist bas several ‘al water colors, all of which are fine, and one or two of wrlck, ae re stay, magnificent, To the former category be! “Rowen” ana “Chartres,” exquisite 3] be of architectural drawing, full of wonderfally truthful effects of light and shade, Among the latter category are to be classed his “Scarborough” and “Whitby Harbor.” The last mentioned work is particularly admirable, On the right hand side of the picture is a steep and ponderous wall of rock, at tne furthest extremity of which @ lighthouse can be discerned looming through a film of miss and spray. The heav. heavens are parted with a vast rift of light, whic! reveals seaguils fluttermg above the turmoil of the Ocean, and a long drifung mast borne upen the broad and angry swell of a gigantic wave. This figanite wave, which sweeps through the picture, as the rush, the intensity, the power, the splendor, the accumulated fury that every one who has witnessed a gathering storm atsea must have observed. It is a suggestion of what Victor Hugo means when he speaks of the “immense insanity of the sea.” ‘This confrontment of ruck and ocean ig the wrestle of passion with implacability, and “Whitby Harbor” deserves to be received as among the mous powerful things that Marny has done. Holman Hunt’s “Shadow of Death.” We have already presented the readers of the HERALD with criticisms from several of the leading English weeklies on Mr, Holman Hunt’s recently completed picture named “The Shadow of Death.” The follo wing additional criticism 1s from the Lon- don Art Journal tor Janaary :— “The Shadow of Death” is the title of the picture, and To, dind ,this shadow is no more’ shan the accidental penton and sapaged in i father ‘shops ts standing in re Ops stand in tern great ties Tabor “has just come toa yee Halfin weariness and halt in ex- pectation of rest the figure of the carpenter is drawn to Hi ral Benge wt th the arms stretched oat in token of exhaustion. iB shenres round ste Ae) his feet is the figare of Mary. With hi ight sbe opens an vor: chest bus at (he moment of the "pictre aie Has paused and is gazing intently upon thi adow upon the hs This is pealizanion 9 of the subject seems, to us to belong very low order of imaginative invention. The stretching out of the arms fs accidental, the likeness of the shadow to the form of the ifn Aloe accidental, and the fore- cast of death scarcely rises above the digulty of a super- stitious omen. So tak, then, Mr. Hunt’g realism would geem not to be of a vé ory severe or searching kind. pats fet fan the I sleegt a Pears, ne aeEe Gane . artistic ideal Putting Rade the Phat nen Vimgginaea Sonipeasce of the perform: ome to consideration the treatment, trom a ‘natural Fal point for view of the figures introduced. it there was obviously room pA the fithest artistic Ccrlumph- The motive is ‘ant of ‘gestion erat ir skilled to Ce eae minutely the sources of ha expression, and with an adequate appreciation of the pomsibie a nity of torm. Milled these ‘conditions great schieyement. The type of mane eats peas natural nooility. The arms ire of meagre lpr gee and the face does Ce of gee, intensity. And if tho as failed secure & wrortny type, less hai ie A mcoatad in interpreting the deepest Line that eg “witha td bog thy 5 as Temeareh. hot of the kind which shows a cultivated Ska intimate Know! Sous sonal Cy Hunt has saary ty & hood agen of form, but seems Father to be # careful and labored {mitation oi « paricu- far and individual attitude,” but there are glomenss the picture wi the painter's desire of realisin fairly Teaches ite In the mechanical incidents of the je the been succomfully expended. kvery jador has ininutese ‘detail | is realized with wondertul resemblance and e: showing the most stuious observation of xactness, its form and color ber’ an uncommon patience in a wing description of ac from the panier s own account of his picture : tne “Fessel On which the plang has “e sawn of a form peculiar to the ast. In italy, in the prosent day, and, wo believe, in Struscan paintings, an angular sup- ort similar in, Principle ‘te this, for wood while under Bo workman's hand, is to be found. The saw is of & shape designed from. earl ep pian representations of this tool and the for: modern Oriental imple- ment. The teeth are dixeoted, mewards, 90 ‘hat the cut is made by pulling instead of the pushing stroke, as ii n the West. The rod fillet with the double tassel at t foot of the troasel is the aghal; itis portrayed in both the Aseyrian sculptures and’ the Egyptian pictures of we Jews lod jaway as captives Leggy It now Bedouin of Syria ‘over a keffieh. tools on the sack ‘behind are trom a collection of ancient car- enters! Implements Douche at Bethichem, They include ais suger, mandrels, plump line, irame saw and most of which appear in Eayptlan battange ce a date long anterior tothe time of the Baviour. The crown in the casket is & combination of the Worms of coronets of ‘the dynasties of Antiochus and Herod, an ancient and modern Persian mon- arehia’ ‘The censer {sof cloigonnée enamel—used in the Kust.ata much earlier date than that {llustrated here. me desi 1 upon the ivory surface of the box, is almost quant copy from, ‘the, ornamentation ” of Supital of columns. still, existing at Persepolis. indows may, the Batidiner thin tas, bo justified b Dy more than one example ot itd 0208 thro vered at Jerusalem. h the window represents the ms or with Gebel-a)-Covvies, the Hill of Pre- sipitstian, and’ farther off, the Plaia ot Jezreel, and be- this, the mountalss cf Gliboa, almes. meeting on ge of, Garmuels ‘while in the tar distance, the remote mountains extending to Moad behind the Jordan.” Thus we gain 4 fair in- sight the attitude which Mr. Hont has assumed towards hi In mere point ot indus- ty and patient endeavor the bog ad is beyond praise, On the _ reali: zation less important material of pictorial roreoaneaelgn ‘te will stagd probably above any work this age can show. But an tteraity of labor Gannot give the seal of genius; and it is when there comes a need for insight into higher and rofounder truth that we think Mr. Hunt's work falls of its purpose. In our Judgment ‘The Shadow of Death" is 4 marvellous exhibition of power in dealing with the lesser facts of art; but we think this power fails in im- pressing the sense of a deep religious sentiment, and fails 10 less in achieving the highest triumph open to purely natural art. Whatever o opinion of tho picture may be tormed, it is a Work worthy of careful study. SUICIDE OF A LU} OF Al A LUNATIO, Some days ago Thomas Wa Waish, forty years of age and born fn Ireland, while in a partialiy deranged state of mind leaped from a second story window, corner of nk re Street and Second Avenue, and, after ialling to the pavement, cut his throat with @ knife he had with him. Walsh was found bleening in a Goorway and taken to Bellevuo Hos- ital, Where he died on Tuesday night, Coroner ickhoff was notified to hold an Inquest. PHILADELPHIA POLITICS, PHILADBLPAIA, Jan. 21, 1974 The democrats to-day nominated the following straight out city ticket:—For Mayor, Captain James 8. Biddle; City Solicitor, Charles H. Jones; Receiver of Taxes, Charies 3. Gray. THOSE OUBAN DIAMONDS, To THE EpiToR oF THE HERALD:— A notice appearing tn your columns last week causes many inquiries to be made of us, both per- sonal and by mail, asking for tickets for the lottery sale of diamonds for the Cuban cause. As we neither have such diamonds nor know anything about the sale, we beg you to make some sufficient aes of the statement, age on oblige yours truly, & 00, JANUARY 2, 1874, | NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS. Expenditures of the United States Gov- ermment for Works of Pmprovement im Each State or Territory from 1865 to 1873, WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 1874, The following i# a statement showing the @mounts expended by the United States for the Various public works of the government in each State and Territory of the Union from June 30, 1865, to June 90, 1873, together with the expendi- tures of the United States in aid of the construction of canals, railroads and wagon roads from 1789 to Werke Wi us, ferro ragicin, Wes si $3,167,509 M 4 Nee arnipenlee: 1,280,212 — Tass Vermont pe = me perrgheres gua = ot e " = Connecticut. ors — 676,798 New York.. 15,688,228 3500 (160.7 Pom zien spree = serine enmey! Anis. = D 000 NBA TST Delaware Tors amt Nak C7418 15,620 1,808 67,588 1,966.57 West Virg i ~ 5.0% North Caroin oes13 205,000 aR AIS South Carolina 9,961 792,015, Fords moog aaordan feet | tinea gags PSL ag 296, 986 aan pei eee Hissin hares tien ies oS cro ER $4,226 REPRTAT y 1373,257 bie Ra OSL 4, 419,826 422,631 8,579,905 88,326 86,233, 920 47,575 235,088 "43 opens tte ‘1 . F Maine and’ ‘asa: " CHUBCHE...cse see 10,000 - 10,000 Connecticut andNew 23,469 - 23,409 180,645 — 180,648 95,000 < 96,000 10,000 - 0,000 oral — — 84.207,704 84,267,706 ng — 34,350,703 34,350,705 Karisas and Ooior = “T7682 “Treszia Towa and Nebra: — 2,182,703 2,182,708 Miscellaneous. 18,032,524 2001069 25,981,503 Totals.....se0 +++. +-108,294,001 $104,705,163 $207,990,668 4 CITY OF LIQUID MUD. The Streets of New York Almost Impas- sable—Work for the Thousands of Un. employed Workingmen. Tne city of New York is at present swimming in liquid mud. Its great main street is in a dreadful state, and the people who are doing business down town have little else to do than to use the hard brush on their clotbes and the mop on their rubbers, after afew moments of a run around on the narrow streets where merchants most do con- gregate, Broadway is especially in a disagreeable condition, its gutters being rivers of mud and its roadway as if cargoes of molasses had been emptied upon it@ surface. It seems very swkward to the stranger who may visit the city to find his apparel almost ruined after a travel of an hour orgso, There is some kind of relief in every other city in the world but New York; ,but here, no matter what political party may get hold of the finances and the executive administration of the municipality, there is. the same wretched misman- agement of everything connected with the clean- ing of the streets, Let any human being, however placid and sunny his or her temper may pe, go into one of the streets which border on the rivers—either the East River or the North Kiver—and look at the heaps garbage, mud, slime, slush and gutter fitn! and Jet him compare it with a side street in any other me' ine and he will find that New York is ata ‘iiead van tage, and a very serious one, too. In the vicinity of the Heap offi on Broadway, yesterday, the a, were really in an outrageous condition, hile picking one’s steps there 1s the cgravating dai Br that @ stage hersdeins may cross and one down and finish There is het node Leta Prbbes Se all this, and some blame. Money is spent like water in New York 0 the city government, and will always be spent Ireely, and the people slould have clean streets; but the quiet ana ayen con- temptuous manner in which all remonstrances are received and the way in which the responsibility is is shoved from one shoulder to another is as an- noying and as wonderful as the dastardly liquid mud, which flowa in wulets down the Btreets. If the snow were removed by the thousands of hungry men who would only be too glad to earn a dollar or two there would not be any material remaining to be con- verted into slop and slush. The ral “evita fell yesterday morning, an outcome of this very peculiar Weather, such weather as had never been ig in New York previous to 1864. and 1865, made ae eae Teel miserable, and those who wud in the streets at all cursed ar unlucky stars that they were born be New Yorkers. The Siamese twins nad many crosses im life, no doubt, during the time that they were fastened to each omnes; but. they never perhaps were driven to the verge of destrucwon by being compelled to flee from the hoofs of stage horses on a sloppy and muddy day in this city. The writer of this witnessed an old lady-at the corner of powers and Grand strect yesterday aiternoon, who si! Ha and fell in a small lake of lig mud, as spe was | accompanied by # little girl who screamed in a terrified manner when the old lady fell, the scene created considerable excitement. Tne old lady was quite feeble, and was barely rescued from death, a8 a car came along at this corner, which 18 always crowded with every description of vehicles. When picked up she was profuse in her thanks, but her dress seemed to be unfit even for the wasntub. There are a hundred such incidents as this occurring every day in this city when the streets are not Kept in proper order, and no one can tell when they are passuble, It passeth | the memory of man or woman to remember on | what day in winter Jor the past five years the streets—nay, one street, even—bas been in such a condition that it was fit’ to be walked in, Next to the question of rapid transit, which 1s now affect- ing our citizens Most seriously, the most mport- ant question ts, “shall We have clean streets and who is to clean them?” HOW 10 OLEAN THE STREETS To THE EDITOR OF THE HRRALD:— While the streets are in the filthy condition they | are at present, with melted snow, slust and mud, would it not be economy and a great convenience to the people doing business on Broadway to wash the streets with water from the hydrants at the corners? While the slush is in a half running con- dition very little Croton water would carry it away. There is plenty of water, for rain that cre- ates the slash, a8 at present, will supply the reser- voir with more. The entire length of Broadway could be washed clean, and even the sidewalks could be kept Vaglavslat clear of mid, for which we need not rit to Jersey. Aa the streets are now, they only differ in the color. This may seem ob- jectionable now, but the time will come, as it has in other things, when we will smile at our past | folly in living in such filth while we have the means of getting rid of i¢ at our command. The entire street and sidewalks could be washed by means of the hose by playing the stream on the middie of the road ania dash on the walks when opportunity offered. The waste water from Broad- way running down the side streets would clear their gutters also, The Fire Department would not be interfered with, there being no chance of a scarcity of water while the weather continues so wet. The use of water for the above purpose rae be regulated by pave. Fire Department, STARVED TO DEATH. In the case of Mrs. Sarah Abington, the poor ‘Woman, sixty-two years of age, who was found dead in the filthy garret of premises No. 11 Thomp- son Street, on Monday last, Dr. Shine made a post- mortem examination on the body at the Morgue. Deceased was fearfully emaciated, there being but little flesh on her bones and no food of any deacrip- tion in her stomach. In the opinion of the doctor Mrs, Abington died from starvation, the autopsy shoring no disease whatever sufMicient to cause eat ACCIDENTAL DROWNING. About half- epast, two oFclock yesterday morning Edward Walsh, @ single man, forty-six years of age and @ native of ireland, accidentally fell into the dock at pier 43 East River, and, hotwithstand. ing an oMcer, who heard the screams for assist- ance, ran to the spot, death ensued before the un- fortunate man could be rescued irom the water. ‘The body was taken to the residence of deceased's brother, 609 Grand street, Mr, Walsh had just beeu appointed a member of the Fire Department, 5 — —_—_+—___. Still Harping om Hetrenchment—The Deadheads’ Dirge—More Legislation tor Jersey City—The Centennial Cele« bration—Debate on the Constitutional Amendments. The person who would say that nothing has been done yet by the Legisiature at Trenton would not be far from the truth, It would seem that neither House has anything to do, The members have oc- cupied their time in wrangling about retrench- ment, and some of the debates on this subject have been carried on with a fervor worthy of the Opponents of the back-pay grab in Cone gress, The democrats ery loudly for retrench- ment because they cannot have their dangers ip the pie; the republicans, on the other hand, cluteh the spotis more greedily than ever, because they may not have a chance next year in the As- sembly, where their majority has dwindled almost toaunit. The hungry ones are sighing after the rallroad fleshpots on which so many were gorged last year; but Tom Scott has not made a move, ‘There ig no indication that the railroad war of last session will be renewed. Rumors are afloat that an attempt will be made to repeal the general Railroad law, or at least to amen member who moves firse ‘in cat” aimee tion may at the same time introduce @ bill to regulate the motion of the tides. The most notable feature of the session 18 the absence of the lobby corps. The jew lobb who ventured down have nothing to do, Small ry peiitictans have ulso kept away. One cause, if Bed the main one, for this desertion 1s the refusal of the Pennaylvania Railroad Company to } sue any more trip passes. This announcement whi pring poor comlort to the hundreds of deadheads who almost lived while in ‘lrenton at the expense of said railroad. Tom Scott gains two pans by this course; he has his revenge for the defeats of ast session, and he stops a drain on his nearly de pleted treasury, Jersey City is to receive, as usual, a great deal of attention. A bill has been introduced to estabilay three district courts for the county of Hudson. Each judge is to receive a salary of $3,000 a year and to be appoiuted by the Supreme Court. ‘The freeholders ott tbat county are emulating ‘be Jersey City Ring tn their disposition of the pnblic funda They have sumptuously furnished quarters tot themselves and their friends at the State capital. ‘They want, forsooth, to attend to legislation at fecting the count ;4 Tn the Senate, Mr. MoPherson introduced a bil} in relation to juries and verdictstiu Hudson county, which provides “that the Commissioners of Jurors in drawing and empanuelling petit jurors, in pur- suance of the powers conferred on them by the thira and Jourth sections of a supplement of an act relative to jarors and verdicts, aMirmed April 17. 1846, and which supplement was passed April 4, 1873, shall divide the panel of petit re for. each term into three distinct classes—the first class to be summoned to serve for the third and fourth weeks of the term, and until discharged by the court; the second-class to be summoned to serve for the third and fourth weeks or the term, aud until discharged by the court; and the third class to be summoned to serve for the fifth week and during the balance of the term and anti) discharged by the Court, and the Commissioners shall embrace in each claas as many petit jurors asin their judgments shall be require for the pro- per despatch oi the civil and criminal business of each term, Another nye provides that the Antics ot the Grand Jury shall be, ex officio, cierk of the jury, commissioned at $50 per year. Another bill introduced oy the same gentleman, Jn reserence to the same subject rovides that the petit jurors referred to in the th section of the supplement, aliuded to i. hed foregoing, shall be taken to mean the jurors of the general panels; and also tha’ che uties of Sheriff in re- gard to struck juries, except as to summoning nem, shall be performed by the Commissioners. A bill introduced in the House by Mr. Combs, of Huason county, in relation to the equalization of taxes in that county, provides that the Board of Commissioners of Taxation shall have exclusive power of hearing and settling appeals, ana all per- sons who are not assessed for real or personal property shall be compelled to show cause why such assessments have not been made. It also provides that any assessor who hag not revised his Tateables when ordered to do so by the Board of Commissioners shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The following are the committees appointed by both houses, in accordance with a concurrent reso- lution, on the Centennial celebration:— SENATE—Messrs, Sewell, Hewitt and McPherson. eta p Coke, ‘Washburn, Howell, Gill and eee, The Senate held an afternoon session, which was exclusively confined to the consideration of “he amendments to the constitution suggested by the late Constitutional Commission. A good deal of discussion took place between Messrs, Taylor, Stone and McPherson on some of the ‘amendments, without any decided result being arrived at, when = adjournment took place to next Monday even- Ing. OUT OF EMPLOYMENT. Brooklyn Navy Yard Employes Dis charged. There were several hundred men discharged from he several departments of ‘labor at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Tuesday and last evening, im accordance with instructions recetved from Washington to reduce expenses to the lowest pos- sible degree. Further reduction of the working force will be made during the week, and the thin- ning out process will be continued until there are only 1,600 men left. This force will be barely sut- ficient to keep the yard open and the machinery in order. The men who have thus summarily been turned adrift from the ranks of labor to sweil the heavy columns of the army of unemployed are for the most part married and have families, They naturally complain bitterly against the action of the federal government in discharging them during the most inclement season of the year, and in an epoch, too, when employment is impossible for ail, The government cannot eertainmiy claim excuse for this course upon the basis of having nothing to do at this naval station. The fact is that there is ample work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard to occupy 4,000 men, with the best advantage to the service, for at least eight months hence. On the stocks lie rot the nop-of-war Colossus, the Java and the They should be either completed or taken apart. They were cominenced in 1865-6, and not less than $1,500,000 was expended upon them when Congress ordered work to be stopped. They now joum up on the stocks a striking INonument to the bungling imeficency of national legislation upon all that appertains to the navy. At the cob dock lie« the sloop-of-war Delaware, which should either be sold and hauied gut, of the way or be refitted, There too 1s the sloop-of-war Sasquehanna, which @ few years ago was ordered to be rebullty Her planking was taken off and having progressed so far she Was moored by the dock, where she now lies a skeleton hulk, to the annoyance of those who remember her as @ splendid vessel, There ig a new sloop building, which cannot be finished be- foré August. The 5watara will not be ready before June, Repairs are needed on the Florida and Minnesota, New quarters are Sadly needed for the better shelter of the seamen and marines on the cob dock. The entire area of the yard requires re- aving, and work in every department is plenty. t will therefore be observed that the | Sat) afd 4 discharging the poor workwen from useful occu- pation in inidewinter on tals station, cannot boast a shadow of excuse, and the policy is questionable under the circumstances, AMEBIOAN V8 ENGLISH BIDING, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— in answer to a letter with the signatare of I., Colonel Brackett, I believe, makes no mention of himeelfas being a good rider, but simply that the English cavairy are not as a rule good riders, The challenge, 1 think, ig unfair, though the Colonel may accept it, and the chances are the Englishman might get beaten. Allow me.to suggest that the Colonel select an American cavairyman to contest the two races with Mr. J., and ene the latter Will be left in the lurch. ‘if Mr. J. has peen a fox- hunter he may probably beat the American in gal loping over a Tour mile race of fair hunting ground, It may not be necessary ior @ cavalryman to jump a ditch, gate or a six-i0ot hedge, but let him take the 100 miles run, and then I would beton the American, However well taugnt and fn constant practice the American cavalry are, yet I think if Colonel Brackett had ever witnessed ridmg and maneuvring of the Enniskillen Praggane he would be apt to change to some extent his opin- jon, and declare the oe of to be very excellent. GEORGE W. No. 110 BERGEN STREET, BROOKLYN, To rar Eprror OF THE HERALD:— In your issue of the 20th inst, I observe tnat “G. W." expresses his opinion and says that ne quite agrees with Colonel Brackett as regards “american vs English Cavalry.” Now, will either of the above partics kindly give us an ipci- dent in which the American cavalry displayed their great superior horsemanship, or will the galiant Colonet accept the challenge which has been pend ch to him to show hia American horse- tp, of which he boasted some time since? nant 4 1753 he wouid like to see net pit ay " cavalry eesti, re Wy ae Bo tots “not mount? to ¢ to ‘ue lay ‘st Re N iy over y about the most di Any ‘Who has seen & steo) hunt in nd can testify to exhibited by English riders; an jockeys are, without exception, the best of atamp on the globe. Maldment, I dare say, 18 a0 knowledgea best “jock” of the d Yours respectiuiiy, W. 2. MORRISON,