The New York Herald Newspaper, March 14, 1874, Page 4

£ “ THE GROTON CRUSADE. —— } The Permanence of the Move-) ment in the West. PROSPLCTS IN How the Work Should be Carried On In New York. THE EAST. Dio Lewis on the Situation. | | | meeitroreetement Dr. it ENTHUSIASTIC MEET! LAST NIGHT. in order to lay before the readers of the HeraLn a clear and succinct statement of the present aspect of the temperance movement tn the West, in all its bearimgs, @ reporter was yesterday de- tutled to interview Dr, Dio Lewis upon the subject, as also to obtain his ideas upon the probability of | suce-ss attending & similar crusade in the Eastern | States, put more particularly to ascertain his views upon the practicability of similar tactics meeting With encouraging results in New York and other large cities. Dr. Lewis has for some time | taken a leading part in the Onto whiskey war, and, in fact, is generally acknowledged to be the chief | of its leaders. Therefore his views and opinions upon the great question now agitating the wnole Contibent may be considered of vaiue at the pres ent juncture. What his ideas are will be found im the following report of the conversation had yes- terday between him and the HERALD reporter. WILL THE OHIO MOVEMENT LAST? ‘The first questions addressed to the Doctor by the reporter were the following: — Rerorrer—Doctor, will you tell me your opinion with regard ‘o the permanency of the resuits ob- | tained by the temperance movement in Ohio and | other Western States? Dr, Lewis—l think it is the first movement | promising to be permanent, and I think it soprom- | ises for the folowing reasous:— First—The immense revoiution in the social cus- toms of the country, known as the Washingtonian | movement, whic represeuted the rising inteili- | gence and mora) sentiment of the country, but whuch receded under the influence ere | legislation, is now fully mpe and ready for the second and greater forward movement. During the last two or three years the mdications of im- patience and a slumbering resolution have ap- peared in many forms. Clearly the hour has struck | jor a forward and grand movement on behaif of | temperance, | WOMEN DISCOVERING THETR POWERS, Second—lt is in the hands of women, Who are not | entangled i business or politics, aud who, besides, | have always been the greatest suflerers by tue | rum trafic. Women have just found out, to their | utter astonishment, that they, Joming hands, can | accompiisit more lu pulling down dramshops in a month than men have accomplished in forty years. | AN ILLUSTRATION, | This consciousness of power is the last thing in | the worid the women are likely to forget. As a plain meechynic who should, arter laboring ob- scurely, unnoticed aud unknown for thirty heeded but who at some public meeting springs to his feet | under a sudden iuspiration and makes a grand speech which electrifies every hearer, is no more | likely to forget his Own name than the conscious- ness of this new found power, so the women, every | one of whom is exactly in the same condition as | this mechanic, are sure to remember, as long 2s there is any need for it, this moral force, in the | exercise of which they shut up ail these sources of | their woes. | Third—The universal instincts of men will com- | pel them to stand by the victories achieved by ; these women. WILL IT SPREAD FURTHER ? ReporTeR—In your opinion, is the present cru- | sade likely to spread through the entire West with | similar results ? Dr. Lewis—Already it has spread in Indiana, Ii- nois, Nebraska, Kansas and TenneSsee, and 1t fur- ther seems to bid fair to achieve success in Massa- cousetts and Vermont. THE PROSPECTS IN THE Est. | REPORTER—Doctor, What is your iaea with re- | gard to the probability of the present temperance | wave overrunming the Easiern States? Is any | grand result expected to come from a campaign 12 | that section ? { Dr. LEwis—I think it will achieve finally a great success in the Hast; but the jack of religious pas- | sion among the people of New England will make the movelmeat there comparatively slow. The | present is strictly a religious movement, and is not likely, therefore, Where the peopic are speculative, critical aud cold, to succeed 80 Well; but the open- ing the other day at St. Albans, in Vermont, and | the magnilicent meeting at Worcester are very | promising. | IT IS A RELIGIOUS REVIVAL. REPORTER—Do you ivok upou the present move- ment in the ligit oi a religious revival, or as simply an uprising against intemperance ¢ Dr, LEWis—lt is @ religious revival, having the | closing of the dratmslops werely as an incident by | tne way. The shutting up of the liquor saloons, however, is not Oné-tenth part ol the good that will come of the work. This is the first great re- | ligious revival ever known in tlis country having a distinct, tangible object, and is, tuerefore, the Hirst | one likely to retain all it gains. | HOW LIQUOR DEALERS ARE CARED FOR. | RePoxteR—Do you auticipate auy attempts on the part of the liquor dealers who have been closed out or ou the part Of strangers to reopen the drawsbops or barrvoms ? Dr. Lewis—Tacre will be frequent attempts to reopen the salvous; but, for the reasons already | Stated, they caunut be successful. Attempts have even now been made, but the dramshop keepers— | having signed tue pledge never to resume the business, having been so kindly treated by those engaged in the de and generaily helped into | other businesses—are not likely to make fur- | ther triuls, AS reading rooms, amusement halls aud Young Mens Christian associations are opened immediately atier the bars in a town are | closed the chances of a resumption of rum selling are extremely small. THE DEVIL DEFIED. women everywhere, so tar as I know, in the , Lowever, are more than wiiling that the attempt should be made, so confident are they that tue devil Mimseli could not estabiish a dram- shop in thetr midst. And tuen the new found consciousness Of power among them is, alter al, { eaiety and assurance, 'S CANNOT BE ENTIRELY DISCONTINUED. k —Do you think there will be atvempts nade to establish private drinking places under the guise of clubs or otherwise ? Dr. Lewis—Without doubt, Already it has been | done, aid It is not hoped by aby reasonable human heing that the use of intoxicating drinks is to be entirely discontinuea; but if the dramshops are closed the great evil is removed; while the efforts of the womien in circulating the personal pledge, and their combined corts to lit up public sentl- ment With regara to the use of ardent spirits and vinous compounds, ieave not a shadow of a doubt that the private drinking vill be greatly lessened. Everywiicre in the West, under the in- Huence of this Movement, old men ‘testify that the DISGRACE UF DRINKING, which Was seen and jeli under the Washingtonian phase of the temperance cause, was giiid in com- parison with that which has already been evoked under the present woveinent, THE PROSPECT FOR NEW YORK. REPORTER—What 18 Your opinion as to the proba: | bie success of a like movement in New York and otner I cities: aud would you advise simiiar | tactics, OD the part Of the ladies proposing to ene gage in the work, to those adopted by their sisters in the West ? Dr. Lewis—I have no doubt that this movement Will succeed tn the large cities with certain moaill- cations of the tactics, The movement iu ihe West | may be divided into iour methods :— | First—Secret closet rte and prayer in the churches, This constitutes Dine-tenths o1 their , work. | Second—Visiting, in companies of two or three, the owners of real estate Where liquors are sold | = dram sellers at their Bomes, and pleading with | uem, | Third—In companies of from five to ten women they call at liquor sops during business hours aad plead with th alers to sign a pledge to abandon the trafic, With this method there is introduced Sient or vocal prayer, according to the exigencies: of the occasion. Yourth— Visiting, in parties of from fifty to one hundred, saloons .or pieading, praying and sing- ‘These methods, with the exception of the last, are perlectly adapted to New York and other large citlea, and I have no doubt will prove gen- eraily suecesstal, Ii not in every city resulting in closing the dramshops, it will proddce @ revolu- | tion in drinking usages and other beneficent | changes which wil! reach the desired result, The Status of the movement In Cincinnatiis a good | ilustration of What should be done in large clues. | INSULT TO LADIES NOT ANTICIPATED. RerorteR—Do you not think that the fact of jadies io New York visiting the drinking saloons, either in twos or threes, 10 s@y nothing of larger partes, Would attract the attention of the roughs and rowdies and suvject them to insult and woney- ance, especially in tie tow districts of tue city and in tue worst C1488 ot saloons # | _ Dt. LEWis—You may select the worst saloon in New York city. Now, it five dignitied, Christian women shail go to it, gain admittance by proper meuus, Converse with the Keeper as intelligent, reaved women are sure 10 do, and, in case he re- insea (0 Gam the dealers’ viedge. should ometiy The We NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1874——TRIPLE SHEET, draw into a corner, turn their backs on the roughs | who might be present, and, standing or kneeling, | remam five minutes in sile Prayer. not a disre- spectiul word or sound would be heard; and a | more effectual demonstration on the of these women could not be conceived, 1 think it would be unwise to announce their coming. Let them | appear quite unexpectediy. In the better class of saloons aud hoveis Lhere would be not the slightest disturbance, COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT THE LIQUOR DEALERS. ReroRveER—What are the liquor dealers to do for 4 living if you ciose their suloons t Dr. Lawis—in the spirit which rules the move- ment they would be helped by the women and their iriends into other kinds of business, ‘tue | lnmense saving Which would come from closing | the dramsbops would enable the community to render all needed assistance to make the dealers Whole, and leave an lumeuse balance in tie treas- ury. , “WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S & WAY" is true in this case a8 in most others, The women in the West have everywnere cared for the dead | and wounted with complete success, No one has | suuered, but all have gained. ALL SSOTS WORKING TOGETAER, One of the most remarkable jeatures of this movement inthe West is the sudden and com- plete disappearance of the partition walis between » churches; lor there the women proiessing ind of religious creed join, without enmity netiod, in tis grand work, It is a curious le to see wealthy, refined Protestant joining in every part of this work with their Vathouc lish sisters. It 18 generally found that the prejudices of the clergy of different de- DOWIDAtVOS Against the Movement are somewhat dinicuit to overcome, They seem to fear that the Woiuen may Dot have adequate ideas of decency and propriety; butasarule, alter a Bhort time, | they co-operate most heartily, and in many places | the Catholic priest 18 the most active and deter- mined of all the seaders in this holy war. PLANS POR THE SPRING CAMPAIGN, Dr. Lewis, 12 closing the interview, stated that he was about leaving for the West, where he should hoid twelve mass meetings in aid of the | temperance cause, and afterwaris return to Brooklyn, where it is proposed tv make a serous attempt to solve the large city question. Thapking Dr. Lewis tor lis courtesy, the re- Porter withdrew, ROUSING MEETING IN THE CEN-| TRAL M. E. CHURCH. Earnest Addresses—Rum Denounced and Victory Prognosticated—A Lady Cru- sader’s Speech—The First Campaign Song—Great Old Times Ahcad—The Ladies Uuanimous. An audience that filled the house tn every part | assembled last evening in the Central Methodist Episcopal church, Seventh avenue, between Thir- teenth and Fourteenth streets, to participate in oe of the first grand meetings of the temperance , crusaders in this city. Lhe meeting was presided | over by the Rev. F. Bottome. Alter the singing of a hyma the Rev. Mr. Steele was introduced. He said that a new element was | ow at work in our midst. Woman is the spiritual | equal of man, ‘In the smage of God created He | them.” In tne eye of God woman, emancipated | by Christ, 18 man’s equal The one text on which the whole temperance move- | ment rests is, “Lifting up holy hands / without wrath or doubting to Goa.” If we are to | enter this work we must not allow any obstacles to impede us, and if this is God’s work—as it is— we must pursue it without abating anything froin the highest standpoint, These good women out | West demanded nothing less thap the entire ex- | tirpation of the evil of intemperance, and | we must do the same, demanding total | abstinence and nothing less. It would be | easy to get up @& resolution against | jutemperance which every Liquor seller would at once sign; but we have got, by prayers and tears, to assail these rumshops and not heed the rebutts | of their owners. We must take up the flaming sword. The best thing that women can do is to | remember that our trust is in the omnipotence of love. Mr. J. N. STEARNS then introduced the following | preamble and resolution, which were adopted :— Whereas drunkenness comes from drinking, and | @runkards grow from moderate drinkers; and whereas truc temperance consists o¢ “the moderate use of allgood | things and total abstinence from all bad thinzs | Resolved, That ail consistent and inreilig temper- | ance demands total abstinence trom all intoxicating liquors as 4 beverage. Rev. Mr. BooLe was the next speaker. he did not like the way the vote was cast. He said Anum. ber of hands were not raised up. There ought to | have been a full and complete unanimity. The speaker then asked that the resolution be read again, which was done. Mr. Boole tuen contin- ued to say that he had heard it said that while it did well out West to have the women engage in tis crusade a similar work could not be done here. But it God were in this work there would be a triumpbant victory. There was need ol earnestness for the work, We shouid strip our. selves of every encumbrance, and fight on to the end—to victory. Mr. BOOLE—Now, let us have the first resolation, | and let those in favor of it rise to their feet, ‘The whole audience at once rose. Mr. BOoLE—Now, gentlemer of the press, please Notice that unanimity. Mr. Boole then went on to Bay that they demanded total apstiuence. It was Gemanded of every Christian, minister as well as | Jayman, to perform at this time the duty of totally abstaining from ail intoxicating liquors. Liquors should not be allowed to be in our houses. The Weak brother would think ill of even moderate drinking in others, and, perhaps, by the example fail, he was pained that at the meeting of the pastors on Thursday they refused to pass a resolution that affirmed that Christ never drank wine. He liked the way tl campaign was con- ducted. He liked to stand face to face with the | enemy. Under God’s banner they would fight, anu with the rumselier before their eyes they wonla pray aod persuade and be victorious, nad | come 1m our midst, and God’s imperial guard, Women, were beiore the toe and the banner of victory would be yet borne by them. Now read the preamble and resolution, ate following preamble and resolution were then read:— Whereas the Divine Ruler has shown His spectal yin. pan the present rewarkable revival ot religion, erefore, Resolved, That we reverently hail with joy this new era in our Work, and will pray that godly women every- where may be léd so to plead With God and inan that in- wemperance may be banished from our midst, Mr. BooLE—Gentlemen of the Press, see for your- selves the grand unanimity, porter rose. ‘Tne CHAIRMAN then called for the singing of the foliowing cain; aign song, written for the occasion, | which was given with great spirit:— ne—*John Brown. wa no Waning, in the blessedness of Vw In the love that kno peace, The white wing’d dove of mercy spreads her pinions o'er the seas, ~—— Hope advancing throws her banner to the reeZe, For God is marching on. Glory, Zlory, hatlelujah, &c. Oh! by the widow’s groaning and the orphan’s bitter tear, And the tide of desolation that blighteth everywhere; In the name of God we stand as one—a mighty league of fayer! prey or God is marching on.—Glory, glory, &c. We bring no hatred in oursouls, no fetters in our hands, But in the all-resistless power that oniy jove commands We litt our eyes and wait to see What ‘aith in God de- dua! For God is marching on.—Glory, glory, &c. Rev. Mr. STEELE—The next speaker this even- ing will be Dr. Lewis, The doctor is a little hoarse, 60 I Know he won’t be mad if a lady pre- cedes him. Sue doctor is yonder in a pew. i you, Doctor ? The Doctor bowed his acquiescence. Rev, Mr, STEELE—The doctor has consented, and | I wiil now introduce to you Miss Susanna Evans. Miss EVANS, Who 1s a good-iooking young lady, ‘With @ clear, ringing, musical voice, Was then con- ducted to the platiorm. She said:—“I did not ex- pect to be called upon this evening to make a speech. Ican only say now what [ said chis after- | noon at Harlem. “Though not very aged, | am an | old campaigner, From my early years I have been | @ lover ol the cause of toval’ abstinence, and | in my own country, in public aud private, L have labored to aid the great and good | undertaking. For some time past, however, I have not taken any prominent part in public advoe | cacy Of temperance, but I now bear the battle ery, aud my soul }8 responsive to it, ana 1 buckle on my armor once More to take a piace in the front rank | of the cold water army. Tomy own sex I would | say that tis work 1s woman’s work, We have a | heaven appointed mission. We can change the terms of social intercourse, and remove irom the | dining Troom and drawing room the curse of temptation, Here is our dominion, Without transgressing modesty we can exercise a benign | but mighty influence, If we banish from our | homes all intoxicating liquors soon shall we be | victorious. Above ali, moihers shoud warn their | children against the curse. if the youth grow up | hostile to the liquor siop we should soon have in | all the land such laws as we are now praying for. A holy and sacred obligation rests upon you, mothers. Ifyou suffer your children to grow up Pb iret the practice of ‘unoderate” drinking | you have incurred a terrible sibility. | Immense applause followed 88 Evans’ speech, | which, on being repeated, brought forward the | Chairman to apologize for the lady, as she was | feeling iatigued and therefore unable to speak any ones DHATRMAN then announced that a collection would be taken to deiray the expeuses of the meeting. Dr. LEWIS was then introduced, and said that he had twe institutions going on in Boston, costin him over $500 a week. He also had a large hote! in Boston, which he fonnd 1t diMeult to rent well, because he would not aliow a barroom to be set up there. He had hav @ number of invitations during the past few days to lecture. He did not like to to Ohio, because the work was #o hard and the vel accommodation was #0 bad. He asked no | sum of £100 sterling, a like sum to be | for the Irish team, and the two reierees shall i am glad one re- | favors of any man, or woman either. He Senos without pay or board. He was not a speaker. Here Dr. Lewis retired, but immense applause brought him out He continne was over | rooklyn, and I think Brooklyn offers a splentid opportunity. ‘Two weeks from now | am coming back, and 1 will organige a perfect campaign there, ev. Dr. Mw E—If 300 ladies asked you to come to New York alterward would you come here? Dr. Lgwis—l once went on a@ visit to wy grand- Mother. She asked me if | could stay over night, and I said to her, “My mother toll me not to stay. ne i you pressed me very hard, then 1 might | Stay.” It was then asked by Dr. Bottome if the ladies wished Dr, Lewis to enter upon a New York cam- paign, ‘All who wish it, let them rise.’? All the women in the house then rose, and they sat down while all the gentlemen were clapping their hands with great giee, | ain the question Was put and the ladies were made to remain standing until their earnestuess in wanting Dr. Lewis to enter upon the crusade in New York was beyond a question, Alter the singing of @ hymn the meeting ad- journed. TEMPERANCE IN BROOKLYN. In compliance with @ suggestion made at the temperance mass meeting held at Dr. Cuyler’s church last weok, yesterday was observed as a day of prayer among the congregations of many o! the churches for the success of the temperance cause in thetr midst, There was a Women’s union pra. meeting at the Hanson place Methodist Episcopal church yesterday alternoom, which was very | largely attended, Jt will be continued this aiternoon, The Brooklyn clergy have taken a very active part in the cause, both by tongue and pen, and have enlisted the sympathy and aid of their respective congregations in the prosecution 01 tle good work. ‘'ne ladies have dectined to reveal their course of action beyond that already taken; vut the liquor dealers muy expect to be attacked by the phalanxes of prayer at almost any moment. On Sunday morning Rev. T. De Witt Talmage wiil preach at the Tabernacle on the subject of the present crusade On whiskey. The subject will probably be al. d to in other pulpits also, THE RIFLE. The Proposed International Match Be- tween the Riflemen of Ireland and | America—Address to the Latter. A meeting of the Bxecutive Committee of the | Amateur Rifle Club was hela at No, 194 Broaaway | on Wednesday last to consider the programme of the proposed match between American rifemen and tue “Irish eight.” The expenses of the match, including the lorieit of £100, were estimated to be not less than $1,000; but it was announced that the ciub had received such assurances of financial | Support in the undertaking as to remove all ques- tiou upon this point. The committee then decided to accept the programme as forwarded, with the single exception that the number of competitors | upon each side should not be less than six, and directed the President of the club to inform Major A. B. Leech, the Captain of the Irish eight, of this determination, | 1t being desired that this match should be par- ticipated in by riflemen throughout the country, the following address was adopted by the commit- tee and directed to be issued :— No, 194 BRoapway, New Yorg, March 11, 1374. To THE RIFLEMEN OF AMERICA :— A chalieuge having been extended to you by the Insh eight (who won the Licho shield at Wimbie- don in 1873), the Amateur Rifle Club of this city | have accepted it upon your behalf. The programme submitied by the Irish team has been agreed upon, with the single exce, 10m vi the minimum number of competitors, which tuis club desire to fix at 81x, in place of lour, as origi- nally proposed by the challengers. As thus amend- ed it as !ollows:— PROGRAMME. Programme of the International Rifle Match be- tween che riflemen oi the United States of Ameriva and tue riflemen o1 Ireland, represented by a team to be chosen trom the members of the Irish Rifle Association, to take place at Creedmoor, L, I., mot sooner than tue 15th of september or later than the 15th of October, 1874, on the jollow- terms, Viz. :— Team—Each team to consist of not more than eight or less than six men, at the option of the Inisn, whose decision will be apnounced on their arrival at New york. ‘Ine American team 10 be composed exclusively of riflemen born in the United States. The lriso team to consist of men | | qualitied to shoot in the Irish eight at Wimb!edun. Rifles—Any, not exceeding ten pounds weizut; minimum puil of trigger three pounds, The Amer- icans to shoot with rifles o1 na fide American | manufacture. The Irish to shoot with rifles man- | wfactured by Messrs. John Rigby & Co., of Dublin. | , Sights, Ammunitions, Targets and Marking—To be according to printed regulations in force at Wimbiedon in 1873, RKanges—soo yards, 900 yards and 1,000 yards. Number of Shots—Fiiteen at each range by each competitor. Previous Practice—The Irish team to be allowed the use of the range jor practice for at least two days before the match, Position—Any ; no artificial rest to be used either for tue rifle or the person of the shooter, Mr. Leech, on the part of the Irish team, guaran- tees to deposit, on bis arrival at New York, with the National HiMe Association of America, the deposited by the American team, and this sum of £200 to be handed over to the Captain for division among the members of the winning team. Targets, range and all accessories for carrying out the match to devolve on the Americans. ‘The | Americans tochoose areieree to act ior their team. Mr. Leech will act in the capacity of referee | Mutually seiect an umpire, to whom, in case of difference of Oe they shall refer, and whose decision shall be final. The terms of the match to be signed by Geot | W. Wingate, on betialt of the Amateur Rifle Club, | and by Arthur Blennerhasset Leech, on behalf of tae Irish team. Duplicate copies of this programme to be ex- changed, and all necessary arrangements to be | completed on or beiore the Ist day of June, 1874. Should either team tail to make an appearance on the day and hour agreed upon tor the match the team then present may ciaum the champion-« ship and stakes, In taking this step the Amateur Rifle Club do not claim that they inciude among their members the best riflemen of America, but only assume {0 act as your representatives lor the purpose of placing the matter in sucha shape as to permit all who prove themselves competent to compete, irrespec- | tive of their residence or membership, |. The targets ana scoring used in che match will | be in accordance with the rules of the National Ritle Association, viz.:—Vargets six teet high by tweive wide, having black boii’s eye three feet square, surrounded by the “centre,” six feet square, the lest of the target constituting the | “outer;” bull’s eyes counting four points, centres | three, outers two. Any sights ailowed but teie- | scopic, magnifying and such as conceal the target 80 as to prevent the danger signal jrom bemg seen, Any ammunition may be used. Any position will be allowed which can be taken on level ground without artificial rests. The other particulars sul- | ficiently appear in the programme, it is requested that ali native born Americans who are interested in rife siooting, aué who de- | sire to form part of the “team” which is to repre- sent America in this match, will at once commence practising for the purpose, and will, on or betore the 1st day of July next, forward to the subscriber | a score of fifteen consecutive shots made at each distance hamed 1m the programme, in the follow- ing form:— ws 1, A. B., hereby certify that the following is a ‘cor: statement of filteen consecutive shots made by mi vet at ith- | 800, 900 and 1,000 yards, at + on , 1874, | outany arufielal rest, tel or magnitying’ sights | (target 6x12 teet; bull’seye Steet square, tre 6 teet square ; buli’s eyes counting 4, centaes J, outers z) + At 800 yards Ato Yards At loud yards. Grand total. ‘ oa | Kitle used, trigger’ puli,’—"ins. | (dead weight, without set or hair trigger). “L further certity that | was born tate of —, U.S.A. on Sworn to before me, —, 187 le (or other officer having At some time during July or August, to be here- after designated, one or more matcnes will be held at Creeumoor to shoot jor places in the team. Notice of these will be seut to all lorwarding these Teturns as well as to the regular members of the club, and all, whether members or not, will be allowed to compete at them upon equal terms. From the competitors making the vest scores upon these occasions the Executive Committee will select a certain number wuo wil shoot against each other until the best shots are definite}: ascertained; and these, and these oniy, wil be allowed to shoot in the team, The Amateur Club will provide the markers and pay all the ex- enses O1 these Matches. Non-meinvers of the National Rifle Association will, under tts rules, be required to join it before practising upon its range at Creeamoor. ‘Iiis, however, wiil cost but $3, and will be the only expense they will have to incur. The matter is one that appeals so strongly to your pride, not Only 48 riflemen, but as Ameri« cans, that it 18 to be hoped that the best shots im the country will come forward in this match. The gentlemen who have sent the challenge are ver: skiliul riflemen (their average score in the Tmaegh jor the Elcho shield being 149.57 points out of a possiole 180, or 3.32 @ Shot), but there are many in America tuily as expert, and if they can be induced g Anenee in the uadertaking the result cannot be lvabtiul By order of the Executive Committee. _ FRED. P. FAIRBANKS, Secretary Amateur Rifle Club, MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN 8400, ME, Saco, March 13, 1874 G. A. Carter, republican, was elected Mayor of ‘this city to-day over Ruius P. Tapiey, democrat, | such achureh t | tion of the dirst principles of Congregationalism. | would be the assumption of a ri | the removal of unworthy elements | Binle is our supreme and only authority in questions of | in anything it is in the sateguards against | THE CONGREGATIONAL COUNCIL, | THE AMENITIES A Dangerous Precedent—Letter from Dr. Edward Beecher. To tax Epitor or tak Mewatp;— ‘The gathering of a great Congregationa! Council from every part of our land, and the effort thus to obtain a na- onal aecision, Would seem to indicate a great crisis, in- volving fundamental questions. Certainly an important practical question is up, What is it? The question {s as to censuring a great church and putting it out of feowshp. This church is the largest in the denomination, and is notexceeded as a laborious, benevolent and Uberal church in all philan- thropie and Christian enterprises. | What, then, is the issue that leads to such an assault on It has been repeatedly stated that the question is whether or nos a church candrop a member against whom charges have been made. This is not the question. The right todo this is not claimed, and never has been claimed by Plymouth church, The rea! issue 1s simply this:—Was the person whose name Wasadropped a member? The accusing churches assert that he was. Plymouth church asserts that he Was not, and that on this ground his name was dropped. What are the facts? Ihe person in question declarea that he was nota member of the charch, and had lett itnearly fonr years previous to the preferring of tho charges. Plymouth church accepts us a fact this state- ment, strikes his name from the rol! of members end does not prosecuse the charges which have been made against him, ihe accusing churches assert that he was still a mem- ber, aud deny the right or the power of any member to withdraw without a consenting act of the ehure The question to be decided, then, is:—Which position is truly lt this raises the further question, Whatis the stand of Congregationalism ¥ ‘To this I reply If there is any principle fundamental to Congregauonalism it is the supremacy ol the scrip- tures as the rule of chureh order, ana thé absence of all right te impose the observance oi any practice or prin- ciple pot demanged by the seriptures, it is on this ground that all platforms and manuals disclaim all binding authority as ruics of action, and reter to the Bible as the only and supreme authority. For this rea- son parts of the Cambridge platiorm have become a deud letter, though fully and explicidy stated—as, for ex uple, its provision as to ruling eluers, once earnestly insisted on as ‘undamental and essential. ask, then, in Woat part of the scriptur that prin- ciple enjoined which the accusing churches have made the basis of heir whole proceeding? For it it is not en- joined in the Word of God, then it 18 no essential part of the Congregational system, and no church or churches bavos. right to impose it om any other church or its members, The only answer that can truly be given to this in- quiry is that the principle is not found in the Word of God‘atall, and that the implication or ail that is said in the bible is in the opposite direction, a the practice of @ stringent covenant, excluding a right to withdraw trom the chu not found there. Nay, | there is nothing said of ant at all; and all that Congregatior 2 cove can be claimed is an implied covenant or, ratuer, azree- ment, to walk and worship together ‘as Christians. Nothing 13 said of the Impossibility ot withd: ang With- out leave of the church, and nothing of discipline tor so + ‘The very toundation of the assault on Fiymouth church is therefore an assumpuon which, as not en- Joined in the Bible, 1s no authoritative part of the Con- gregational system; and the whole proceeding iv at war with the principles of true Congregationlism, for itis proposed to puta church out of tellowsbip tor disregarding @ principle and practice not taughtor re quired in the Word ot God. If anything can be at war with the tundamental principles aud the essential spirit of Congregationalism, it is such a proceeding as this. The great battle for liberty against. the organized hierarchy of England was fought and won on that ground. ‘This movement abandons the Scriptural basis thus regained, and goes back upon the gfound, of unin- spired ceclesigstical usage, and assumes Yo make that a luw instead of the Word of God. But, it may be said that the question is really as to, the usages of the Congregational churches in this coun- try; and that if they do hold that the churen covenant forbids a member to leave a church without consent ot the church, it may then be assumed that they have a right to Withdraw fellowship trom any church that acts on an opposite principle. ‘This L absolutely deny. Tt would be an utter renanoig ht to make terms of fel- lowship not found in the Word of God, and to excom- municate churches tor not complying with them. It would introduce the principles of an odjous human des- pousm into a system that ‘has heretofore gioried in its ireedom trom human lordship, and in its subjection only to God in His Word. But it may be, indeed, it has been said, that this coor- cive principle is essential to discipline, und that the want } of at resolves the church into an aggregate o: individuals without cohesion. To his 1 reply by an utter denial of the assertion, and by declaring Uiat, on the contrary, the principle of liberty tends to the purity and power of the church, by maxing more easy and by in- creasing the influence ot Christian eae dt will ‘not, moreover, defeat the legitimave ends of discipline. ihe utnostextent of the power of the church in discipline is to exclude from itself @ transgressor. It has no power ot civil pains and penalties. lf a member deserves the utmost censure no more can be done than to exclude him from the church. If he excludes himseit, the end is gained, so ¢ar as concerns the dis- honor to the church involved in his membership. ‘The church can do nothing more by way oi penalty. Be- sides, if a man is not held in the church o1 his own tree will, tf he does not regard his membership as a privilege, ot what use 18 itto try to Keep him an unwilling bond- mau to the church ft To say that this Piminytet destroys the bonds of union in the church, and dissolves it again into its elements, is to affirm that the love of Christians to each other and an appreciation of the privileges of Christian fe.lowship have no power, and that a bond ot force is necessary to hold together those whom love and matual esteem and Christian privileges cannot unite. It may be said that a trial ana discipline are often necessary to defend the innocent, Yo this J reply thaca person Who will not respond to the call of the church, and denies his connection with it, cannot be tried, espe: cially ii witnesses will not appear, and a verified state- ment of tacts is all that can be vbtained, and all that is, ant necessary 1or the deience of any who need \ia- ation. But whatever the coming decision, it cannot be said as a matter of historical iact, that the power of the indi- vidual to separate himself trom the church has always been denied by Congre jonal churches. In the “Heads of Agreement” between Presbyterians | and Congregationalists, in its first form, it was held that, even li tue act of a member in withdrawing was sntul, Yet it wasetlectual, If due eiforts to restore him tailed, | Ro trial Or censure was enjoined, but only a declaration by the church that they are released irom any further inspection over him. Tt is distinctly attirmed that in such a case a man cuts himself off from the communion of the church. Lutin the Saybrook platform itis noteven said that the actot separation is sinful itis regarded as a fact and as effectual, and leads to the same issue. It is of no avail to say that these statements are of no authority among Congregatioualists, and to include a milar sta‘cment of the Massachusetts Manual of Dr. Woods in the same category. No manuals or piatforms are ot any binding authority, ‘The Bible ts our only au- | authority. Nevertheless, it is true thatthe Congrega- tional fathers of New England, if we may trust Cotton Mather, did hold these views. and that aera. it is also true that the same principles are held by other denomunations. lg) ministers, churches, presbyteries and synods are bound together by cove: ants or agreements, yet ministers do claun and exer cise the right of withdrawing at will trom presbyteries. Churches do the same. Presbyteries claim and exercise the right of withdrawing trom synods and synods from general assemblies, and are not made subjects of disci- | Pline for exercising’ this right, Men in all denominations ciaim this right, and even | it they exercise it sinfully, no effort 1s made, except in the Komish Church, to afscipline men for it. | The attempt of Congregationalists to discipline and } excommunicate a church for conceding this right, and acting accordingly, is peculiarly odioas and if not re- | buked will bring deep and deserved dishonor on the | system. But that this whole movement is founded on a rejec- tion of the great and fundamental principle that the order is obvious from the fact that, when the pastor of Plymouth church offered to the two associated Brooklyn Pastors a wutual council with retereuce to the question | of membership at issue, provided the appeal should be Tade to the Bib.e, the offer was rejected. This is no doubt the first time that such a thing was ever done by a Congregational leader in the hisiory ot the denomina- jon. Not only did they thas reject an offered mutual coun- cil, but they also have evaded the safeguards ot the sys- tem as to ex parte councils. An ex varte council cannot be called unless a mutual council has been unreasonably rejected, and even then it must offer itself to the other Party as a mutual council, Both of these safeguards they have evaded by calling that @ common “advisory council,” which is in fact an “ex parte council,” and by | excluding the oe Pay irom the cr ea to make it @ mutual council. For the proposed council is in tact Qn ex parte council, called, notwithstanding the fact that @ murual council has not been denied by Piymouth charch, but has been explicitly offered. (The evidence of the truth of the above statement as to the rejection of a mutual council on Scripture grounds is jound in the correspondence of the pastors about to be published by mutual consent.) What could an ex parte council do more than this is sked to dor It is proposed to submit to this council the tion of Plymouth Church; ail the action and letters of the accusing churches, the action and letiers ot Ply- mouth Church in reply, the (Sg: leson which they | differ,and the question whether these two churches ought to distellowship Plymouth Church or not; and yet hey pretend that is ot an ex parte council, but only one catled to advise them. If this precedent is sanctioned our whole system as to ez parte councils is evaded and invaidated. nder such # sanction any church or churches may accuse another, and, in the process of agreeing on the terms of a council, complain of the accused chureh for not moving rapidly enough, and then cull a council to advise themselves us to all the points of the accusation, and whether or not they ought to disteliowship the ac: cused church. It our Congregational system ig strict ex parte coun: cils called without just cause. Lf this preeedent is nm rebuked there will be no detence against a constant sort to ex purte councils without cause, and our whol system is int this respect rendered worthless, ‘o Show how utterly withoctjustifieation is this proposed | exyparte council itis only necessary further to state that | the offer of @ mutual cou which had been withdrawn oy. the associated churebes on the alleged ground that the views of 'lymouth ehureh on independency rei dered it incapable of action in councils, was never re- newed, though that church in its last communication ja ge A stated thatit did not decline a mutual council | ofiered by proper authority. as to. independency, Fiyqouth chai quoted and endorsed the views of a | Jeading expounder and defender of the Congregauonal system in New England, who hag been deemed worth: of @ place on the council, and declared them to be identl- eal with Its own, Still, the associated churches did not renew the otfer of # mutual couneil, but contented them- solves with an unworthy implication against the honor and sincerity of Fiymouth chur. The case, then, stands thus reitised by Piytiouiy Church, but was ottered by its astor, as to the suitiamenta’ Drinciple of its whole ac- jon, On Condition that the ible should be referred to as the supreme authority. This proposition thé associated pastors rejected, and without renewing the otter of @ mutual council to the church proceeded to call an ex parte council, thus reject- mutual council was not ing the Word ot God as their standard aud appealing only to existing Congregational usage, Against this dishonor to the Word of God and violation of the 1undamental principles of the ongregational sys- tem in the calling of @ council | protest, in tae name of that system and stil more in the name of the Word of God. EDWARD BEECH bE. BURNED TO DEATH IN BALTIMOBE. Baratmore, Ma., March 13, 1874. Mrs. Bridget Ward, forty-five years of age, at- tempted this morning to kindle her kitchen fire ‘with coal oil, when the can, containing haifa gi lon of the fluid, exploded, She was immediately enveloped in flames, and was so horribly burned | “copy!” | Teal | years, as to cause death in afew hours. Her daughter — badly burned in endeavoring to save her mai . . OF LITERATURE, ‘To THE EpITOR oF THE RERAL An openhearted (need I add an anonymous?) frlend has forwarded to me an animated composi ton extracted from the New York Times, and obligingly suggested, through a letter carrier, that Tshould pay the postage of it. Having incautiously complied with the conditions submitted to me by this public officer, [learned that the London cor- respondent of the New York Zimes has evolved from out the depths of his internal consciousness many curious particulars respecting my life and tmes; they have produced quite a charming im- pression upon me from their amusing and original character, I was proud of Great Britannic literature when I read this polished writing, and I think you will agree with me that it was a delicate stroke of genius not only to have imagined that my deceased parents hed cominitted @ hemous crime, but that they had also given birth to a brute in my person, and then to have sold this beautiful work of fancy for even more thanit was worth to the New York Times. It is such honest prose as this, not unmixed with @ prudent spirit of commercial enterprise, which gives singular point and propriety to the stric- tures uf English writera on the New York press, for it 18 now plain that all the temperate and schol- arly writing in it 1s imported fresh from London. The London correspondent of the New York Times has paid me @ very fine sort of compliment 1m assuming that anything he coulc invent avout me and my dead relatives would be interesting to the American people, whom I heartily admire and revere. This compliment is the more welcome to me because I am sure it is sincere. The London correspondent of the New York Times takes, evi- dently, sound business views of life, and if any creation of his brain could have sold better he would doubtless have supplied that article at the usual price or less, upon the wise trading principle of small profits and quick returns, The letters of the London correspondent of the New York Times, judging rom the only specimen | Ihave seen, which is efitirely filled with graceful. Personalities, are really among the amenities of literature, and they reveal in a Pleasing light the affectionate respect in which English newspaper writers are accustomed to hold each other, Their brotherly love is far above jealousy, and far, ah, far indeed above I congratalate the New York 7imes upon a London correspondent endowed wjth such @ playful wit and such excellent ta Uniortunately for me, I have not tue honor of be- ing personally known to the editor of the New York Times, but whenever I have hitherto met an educated American I have found a gentleman, in the best sense of the word—a man of a nice sense of honor, truthful, upright, full of consideration for others, invariably courteous and actively kina. My right hand 1s still warm from the pressure of an American’s; his frank talk and exqatsite humor have fascinated me, as I have been delighted and taught a hundred times before by your geaial and gifted countrymen, Iam truly rejoiced, therefore, to see that the highest qualities of a great people are faithfully represented in the New York Times, and I beg to offer the editor of that publication my best thanks for the generous language he bas used towards a writer for a journal conducted upon diferent prin- ciples to that over which he presides with such thoughtful impartiality and such gentle wisdom. 1am, sir, your faithtul servant, E. ©. GRENVILLE MURRAY. No. 101 Rue DE L'UNIVERSITE, FAUBOURG ST. GER- MALIN, Paris, Feb, 23, 1874, BEECHER’S FRIDAY NIGHT TALK. Renewal of wast Week’s Discussion— Brother Sherman’s Idca of Heaven— Mr. Beecher’s Idea of Heaven, Last evening Plymouth church lecture room was Med to its utmost capacity, and the adjoming parlors were called into requisition also. Aiter the usual services Mr. Beecher said:— As the subject which was discussed last Friday night was cut short, { thought it best toresume ti; the Scriptural revelation of the heavenly land. i Tesume it by solicitation rather than choice. | Brother Sherman brought it on by his dissent and criticism of what I advanced, so I will let him speak. Brother Sherman said:—“You have the advantage of me; you expect us to calion you, but we don’t expect you to call on us. There was a point I should have mentioued, but I contess it has escaped my memory; so 1 will go back to the point I did speak oi, think it of great impor- tance to us here that we should have some conception of the world to come. | i know we can’t be absolutely certain yet it seems tu me that we can havea cortainty about some things; it seems to me we can lool forward and take hold of some things with a degree of certainty; if we don’t here, the time is sure to. come, under some great sorrow, when we cannot stand up, It seems to me when we leave our bodies that spirits must recognize our innate qualities far more readily than bere, and this re- minds me of the third point, which I nad forgotten. The greatest Dlessing waich | look itorward to 1s one I reusoa out myseli, and seems to me per- Jectly consistent with the Scripture, and that 13 that in @ world where we are not limited by body, that onr souls will do what our thoughts do on eartu, fly where our sympathies are. It is my conviction that when our souls are issevered | irom our podies, no matter by what distance we are Separaged, our souls wilitake as much recog- ition of each otuer as we do now; that we shall be as close together as if we were soul knit to soul in the same body; it seems a8 if We must go in the companionship of those with Waom we are in sympathy. 1 do not limit my life by seventy feel that 1 am to live millions oi years, and Iam careiul of what will be thought of me in that lengsh of ilime, not what people will tuink the, few years 1 am here.” Mr. Beecuer said, “1 think by that ume they wili think well of you.” (Laughs ter.) Well, now, i! I wanted an illustration of the truth of what J said, just what you have been say- ing would be that exactly—the rigut ot a personal adaptation of truth to one’s wants, Life and im- magtality are brought to lile, as regards the ques- Uon of personal identity, as it regards belags who | have affected us here, So lar as the recognition of friends 18 concerned I do not doubt it. Christ says, “I go to prepare a place lor you; where Igo by oe go also.” There is no getting away from ry IT 18 CONTINUITY. You are to recollect that the disciples took Christ | fora type of themselves, and they had faith that when they died they should know Christ as they | did on earth, While we kuow we shall know each | other, yet, knowiny each other, how shall we ap- pear? [i you think of a triend, majestic, nobie, | you have been with hun through good and evil re- | port, and he dies, you want to see him with all the trails and features he possessed on earth. Take another case. A mother has a little child, horribly deformed, and it lives throngh ten or fitteen years, sullering always, and then dies, Wilbshe waut to gee it a8 it was on earth? “No,” she says, “I shail see my child in heaven, | but be won't be a cripple there.” So what i | say is this, the personal identity o1 those we love Will be ours. Now, il you go up to Peekskill, on my veraudah you will see a few strings. They are a clematis vine. if you goup in June they are & Mass Of green eaves; later, they are @ sheet of pve blossoms. Now, then, suppose I should ng to see tie vines ouly. Now, in this world I | e you mere stems. 1 believe 1 shail see you SHEETED BLOSSOMS. I believe I shali see you when ail im} taken away and | shall know you, rfections are | We will appear | an the other iiie withali the husks taken away, and that will be you too. In countries where parents form counections for children the bride is selected jor the bridegroom and a portrait is sent and he is permitted to see what he is gomg to marry, and he says “that will do,” and they are aManced and the day is appointed, ana they meet. He says, “Good heavens! that picture is @ iooi! She is no- bier than I thought!” So [ believe I shall see my | dear brethren in the church and my dear brethren | out of the church. (Laughter.) I shall see them all, It 18 this unity of the sense ot relationship With imagination that exalts men, We are to re- woe’ if we don’t get exactly what we lose, it | 1s the SAME THING GLORIFIED, ‘There will be nothing lost that we wish to retain, | aud @ thousand things added that we would not lose, It Will be better than you think, THE JERSEY OITY MATRIOIDE. Samming Up for the Defence=The Case To Go to the Jury To-Day. The trial of Joseph Freeman for the murder of his mother was continued at Jersey City yester- day. The defence examined several witnesses, among them being physicians, whos¢ testimony It was expected would support the insanity plea. The case having been closed on both sides, Mr. Dixun spoke to evidence jor the @efence. He was evidently impressed with the sarcastic wore tion of a juror who was challenged in toe case:—“if | were defending this man I would never enter @ plea of insanity. 1 think the plea of accidental shooting could be more successiully maintained.” Coursel told the jury that there were two branches to the defence—one that the prisoner was sane and that the shooting was accl-g dental; the other that the prisoner was insane and was not therefore responsible for the act. No wider scope in the defence of @ man charged with murder could possibly be taken. The arguments wiil be summed up to-day agd the case will be | James D, Ingersoll, given to the jury, THE.STATE CAPITAL Several Gigantic Warehouse ana Railroai Schemes. ——_ The Grinding Committce at Work. GRIEVANCES OF THE COMMUNE. neva ae The Sub-Vommittee of the Whole—the “grinds ing” committee as it is commonly called—is now in active operation. The machinery ts greased and started at gull ruuning speed, warranted to grind out 100 bil/B a day, Drop a bill in there and it finds its way to the Governor in double quick ume. Business is picking up and hope hag ree turned to the hearts of the bone brigade. Rail- road bills increase, not alone in number, but in size. Several that were introduced to-day covered almost half an acre of legal cap. Here are TWO REMARKABLE ONES, starting off with an imperial capital that would have taken the breath away from the people of one generation back, The first is one introducea by Senator Madden, which provides that Henry 0, Gardiner and others may associate themselves un- der the corporate name of the New York Ware. house and Railway Company, with a capital stock Of $15,000,000, for the purpose of constructing a street railroad and tmproving the commercial facilities of New York, by providing fireproof warehouses, constructed upon the most improved plans, for the storage of guods, wares aud mer- chandise; also the best means for the transportae tion of goods, wares and merchandise within the limits of New York city; also the best means for loading aud discharging cargoes of ships and vem sels. Zhe corporation is authorized to maintain and operate a railroad, with four tracks, elevated or otherwise, commencing at or near the Battery; thence northerly, on a line parallel with the bulk. head line of said city on the Hudson River, toa point between 12ist and 16ist streets; thence along the side of the Hariem River to Harlem; thence southerly, along the East River bulkhead line to the Battery, The company may also con- struct and maintain ten picrs in the city, with docks or slips, said piers to be supported by irom columus, It will be perceived that the second one rather infringes upon the ground taken by the first. It was introduced by Senator Booth, and provides that Richard Kelly, William L. Grant, David Aller- ton, Walter Brady and others may associate them- selves under the name of the Water Front Raik way and Warehouse Company, with a capital stock Of $25,000,090, ior the purpose of constructing and operating a@ raliroad, with one of more tracks, from a point near the Battery; thence northerly on a line with the bulkhead line of the city on the Hudson Kiver, at a distance from said river not exceeding 2,100 feet, tO @ point near 121st street and Spuyten Duyvil Creek; thence éasterly, on Harlem River to the East River, and thence south to the point of beginning. No compensation shall be demanded for the right of way through the streets where switches, &c., are needed; the road to be an ele- vated one, either an iron structure or @ viaduct of masoury or artificial stone, or a combination, or both or either, and suf- ficiently elevated to enable a iree passage ot vehicle8 underneath; the Governor to appoint th: e@ engineers to make a survey Of the route, at salaries of $10,000 per annum; the company to have the right to connect any two of its piers or supports to the said railway; such connections are lumited, one each in every 200 feet. The Common Council ot New York may from time to time grant such additional powers to the company as deemed best ior the city’s interest. The said company may construct a branch running to Port Morris, and such end may go underneath the Harlem Rail- road by a tunnel or bridge. BUSINESS IN THE ASSEMBLY. Several committees made bountiful reports, and gmong the bills favorably mentioned was taat to reorganize the District courts of New York and tor the cousideration of the Assembly billin rela- tion to the appointment of clerks and attendants in the courts of New York. A favorable report was also wade of the bill to turn Tompkins square into @ park. Mr. Fish introduced a bill providing that the next elected Sherif ot New York shall have no fees, but nests 4 of 25,000; the Register $15,000 and the County Clerk 15,000, Mr. Cauldwell introduced a scheme fora depressed railroad, cutting through the blocks and stretching from north to south of tue Island of Manhattan; capital $10,000,000, forfeit $200,000, anda vote of tre people asked on the question, “To be or not to be?” In the Senate Mr. Led- with, and in the House Mr. Coughlin, intro. duced @ bill providing that routes of city rail roads in New York city to be hereafter established shall be laid out by the Mayor and Cormmon Council and the franchise sold by auction, Assembiyman Shifferdecker, whose head is not quite as clear as a Dutch cheese, introduced a billin these remarkably lucid words, “The Board of Police of New York shall consist of tour persons, who, ex- cept those first appointed, shall hold the ofiices for Six years, unless Sooner removed, as herein pro- vided. But those first appointed shall hold ot jor one, two, three and five years respectively.” The act is to take effect May 4, 1874. THE CANAL AWARD of $100,000 is what is now troubling the peace of Mr. Baxter, who claims to have built the boat that fulfils all the requirements of the law in regard to being the most practicable scheme for steam navi- tion on the canals. Mr. Baxter and his friends feel] anxious to clutch this glittering prize and Make themselves nappy, but that sly rogue, Tom Alvord, in drawing up the law that governs the award, gave such & twist to a certain Clause there- 1n that the Commission was at fault what to do, and the money may be likely to remain in the treasury EXEMPTING BANK TEL! A short, sharp debate urred in the Assembly over the bili to exempt bank tellers from jury duty. Mr. Alvord said il this bill passed we woul have another to exempt other officers of banks and moneyed institutions, and we would have po oue to act as jurors but the tillers of the soil and other producers; men who labor and work to fill the mouths o1 a set of men who are not legitimate bankers, but gamblers, and worse than gamblers; who devote their time and their wits to producin; panics in which to rob the hardworking and honest people of the state. The bill was lost. THE GRIEVANCES OF THE COMMUNE. Mr. C, 8. spencer offered @ resolution stating in & preamble tnac the right oi free speech was later- fered with by the police of New York in breaking up the workingmen’s meeting of January 13 last; thereiore the matter be referred to the Co mmittee on eM tle lg that the complainantsvbe given a hearing by the 25th inst., with a view o deter- mine whether there shouid ve a@ legislative in- vestigation. Giving rise to debate, it was laid on the table. A RAILROAD ON BROADWAY. Senator Coe introduced a bill for the con- struction of @ railroad irom South terry througn Whitehall street to Broadway, through Broadway to Bowling Green Park, to and around Union square; also from Bowling Green through Broad- FROM JURY DUTY. | way to State and Whitehall streets to South terry, connecting with the track at Bowling Green and Dey street, thence to West street and to Cortlandt street, and thence connect with the track in Broad- Way; the fare to be limited to five cents; the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company to pay the city one per cent of the gross receipts. illjam Menzies, Richard Kel- ley, O. EK. Bright and others are named as commis- sivners to agree upon the sum to be paid the own- ers of the Broadway stage routes for tneir iran- cuises, property, &c. CONFIRMATIONS. The Senate, in executive session to-day, con- firmed Thomas J. Bussey, of Palmyra, and Byron 7. Clark, of Savannah, as Land Commissioners 10r Wayne county, RAILROAD TAXATION. Senator Selkreg has introduced a bill providing for the repeal of all acts whereby any ra:lroad in the State 18 entitied to exemption from taxation Toads not declaring dividends to be taxed at not more than $1,000 per mile of tts single track. The rate of valuation ol single tracks by divideud pay- ing roads shall be fixed at not more than $1, per mile for hahaa Sy re enone ae etpe paid preceding twe bailey ADJOURNMENT, a are uses, despite many resolves to work on sarurdays, decided to adjourn over until Monday evening. NEW YORK ATHLETIC OLUB, At the annual meeting of the New York Athletic Club, recently held at their rooms, Nos. 4 and 6 East Twenty-eignth street, the following officers were elected jor the ensuing year:—President, D. N. Knowlton; Vice President, Richard C, Fellows; Secretary, William Ef. Sinclair; Treasurer, M. Elliott jurris; Captain, flarry E. Buermeyer; First Lieutenant, R. William Rathborne; se Lieutenant, Waido Sprague; Trustees, J. H. Mitler, George Moore Smith and W, K. Collins, Delegates to Harlem Kowing Association—H. G, ray Pp. A. Curtis, H. E. Buerweyer. Delegates to Ath- letic Convention—H. G. Meeker, M. Elliott Burris. Five now members were elected. CREATION OF FEMALE DOOTORS. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 13, 1874. At the Commencement of the Woman’s cian College, to-di sixteen females graduated am doctors of medicine,