The New York Herald Newspaper, March 21, 1874, Page 4

CONGRESS. The District of Columbia’s Debts. THE ARMY BILL.| Reduction of the Numbers and Ex- penses of the Soldiery. MR. DAWES’ FINANCIAL PLAN. SENATE, WASHINGTON, March 20, 1874. are needed ison the frontier, and 1,000 soldiers there, codaw, 3 be to meet Ou Monday next; which was ed to, _ t. HAMILTON, (rep.) Of Texas, Opposed any re- duction of the army. Indian depredations were always going on, aad troops were required to keep neoen the Indians, The people oi his State were | ow preparing to put 2,000 into the state service Vo protect them Irom Indian hostilities. ‘The request of the House jor a committee of con- ference on the billin regard to paying annuities to the Seminole Indians was granted, and Messrs. Bockingham, Ingalls and Stevenson were ap- pointed onthe committee ou the part of te Senate. Mr. West said there were 5,000 non-combatants in the army, aud the object in making the reduc ton was to force them to go into the fleld, ‘i The amendment of Mr. Logan was then rejected Vote of 25 nays to 18 yeas. yt + LOGAN said as econoiny was to be the order of the day, ava the men o! the army were to be re- duced in dumber, be moved an amendment, pro- viding that tue secretary of War shall consolivate the regiments to twenty-five and muster out supernumerary officers alter such consoldation anu aiter examination by the board of officers to be appointed vy him, 2 yeas 19, nays 27. Mr. Hacer, (dem.) of Cal., presented a joint resolution of the Legislature of that State, pro- | testing against any turtuer subsidy to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Relerred to the Com- quttee on Commerce. DISCOURAGEMENT OF CHINESE IMMIGRATION. He also presented a resolution of the California Legislature, imscructing the Senators and Repre- sentatives irom that State tn Congress to use their influence to have articles 5 and 6 of our treaty ‘With China modified so as to discourage the turther immigrauon of Whinese to our shores. Relerred Vo the Commitvee on Foreign Relations. In presenting the resolution Mr. HAGER sald the subject of Chinese imnugration was o! the hizhest importance to the peopie o/ lis section, and was Tapidly assuming such proportions as to require the atiention o! the iederal government. The subject 48 DOL understood eituer upon the Moor of the Senate or throughout the country. He read trom the treaty reterred to, and said the people would Rot object il its verms were ovserved, out its pro- | Visions are viOluted every Gay. There were how 80,06 Chinese in California, and not one in @ thou. and came there in accordance with the treaty, Again, this immigratioh Was contrary to te laws ui Congress to suppress the slave trade. The | Iunmigration to Australia bad been suppressed, and Similar steps must be taken by our governwent, In a recent conversation with Governur Low, ‘Minister to China, that gentieman imormed him that the Emperor o: China was opposed to vis immigration; but it was carried on irom the port | of ong Kong, to which place the Chinese were en- tived by agents and irom there shippe@ to Cailor- hia. These Chinese dis not come to that State wita their jamilies or surrounued vy nome comiorts, Dut came uuder contract jor servile labor. They were all owned by companies in San Francisco, who iad their agents in China to secure them for servile lavor and send them on vere, 1b was well unuer- stvod by immigrants trom kurope that in Calior- Lia they must come in cowpetition with Chinese | labor, wuich they could not do, and the conse- | quence Was they Were discouraged in coming to | that State. The tuod of the Chinese Was | thexpensive, and it Was impossihie for ocher labor | to compete with It. Thousands ot our own people | are Now ib the streets o: San Francisco desiuuite | of the necessaries of lie, because they have been crowded out by Chinese labor. China migut send £) this country 1,000,000, or even 5,000,000, O1 1t8 surplus population without experiencing any in- couvenience therefrom. Females are brought nere from China fur pur)oses too vue for him to men- tion. ‘the people of Culuornia are powerless to administer uny remedy, and they appeal to the Congress of the United states to take some action, At a iuture day be would address the Senate at Jength upon the subject. He offered a resolution direciing the senate Committee on Foreign keie- tions to advise Wiin the President in regard to the expediency 0. Opening negotiations with the Em- peror of China, with a view vo ihe modigcation or enlargement of the Burlingame treaty 80 as to check the importation tu (ue Unired Srates ot Chinese temales 10 immorai purposes, and Chi- nese males and covlies for purposes of tuluiling contracts lor servile labor, Mr. HAMLIN, (rep.) of Me., satd the Senate was not the treaty making power, that power resting with the President entirely. He thought there Was no precedent .or the resolution proposed, and there.ore objected to its present consideration. It Was laid over. Mr. Score, (rep.) of Pa., submitted a memortal of citizens of Philadelphia and New Jersey, asking the right of way across Lea.ue isiand, Pa., to atford the farmers quick transit to the’ city’ of Philadeiphia. Referred to the Committee on Naval Anairs. Mr. LEWis, (rep.) of Va., Introduced a bill to re- | lieve the politica: disabiliues of Daboey H. Maury. Reterred io the judiciary Commitiee. Mr. STEWART, (rep.) of Ney., from the Committee on Pubiic Lanus, reported uniavorabiy on the Sen- ate bill grunting uid to the Avianuc and Great Western Canai Company, and the committee was discharged rom its turiher consideration. Mr. CHANDLER, (rep.) of Micn., irom the Com- mittee on Commerce, reported iavorabdly on the bill to remove the wreck at the entrance or the harbor of san Francisco, Cal. Placed on the calen- gar. Mr. JOHNSTON, (dem.) of Va., from the Committee | on the District of Columbia, reported favorapiy on the bili approving the act of the Distii¢s 01 Colum. bia Legislature relating to the puilsucs of the Protestant Episcopal Church in tue District. | Passed, Mr. STEWART, of Nevada., introduced a bill to in- crease the pension of Mrs. General Sumner, Re- Jerred to the Comutttee on Pension: Mr. SPENCER, (rep.) 0! Ala., by request, Intro- duced a bul relating to sales under deeds of trust in tne District of Columbia. xKelerred vo the Com- militee on the District of Columbia. | FINANCE. | Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) 01 Ohio, submitted a reso- ldtion that ‘he bili to equalize the national bank circulation, Which has been unuer discussion seve- Tai weeks, be wade the special order .or Monday next after vhe morning hour, and that two days be alowed tor general debate, after which tne Speeches be limited to ten minute Mr. BAYARD, (dem.) Of Uumitation 03 the debate. Mr. SHERMAN withdrew the latter-—part of his resolution in regard to two days lor general debate and the enforcement 0. the ten minute ruie, and said be Would ask that the bill be nade the spectal order jor Moaday neXt; and npon that or the next day he would ask jor the limilat on of the devate to two da\s, and the enlorcement oi the ten minute rule aiter that time. ‘Ihe bill was then made the special order for Monday next, after the expiration of the wérning hour. each. objected to any THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BIL The mormng hour having expired the Senate re- sumed the consideration o: tbe Army Appropr tion bill, the pending questi n being on tue ment oF Mr. Steveuson, offered yesterday. ring Jurisdictiou upon the Court of Ciauns, arising irom the late rebellon, and abolishing the Suutuera Claims Commission. Mr. MORRILL, oi Vermont, moved that the amend- ment be Jaid on the tavle. Agreed to. he bill baving been considered as in Committee of the Whole was reported to the Senate, ana tae amendment of (he committee agreed to, ‘The bul being belore the Senate for further amendment, Mr. MERRIMON, (dem.) Of N, C., moved to strike out the appropriation ul ‘$30,000 for the preservation of clorhing and equipage irom moth aud Milgew,” and insert “$6,000,7 Lost—Yeas 12, nays 23. The same gentleman moved an amendment thorizing the Secretary of War to sell clothing and suppiles On hand not actually required ior the use of the army, and that the gross proceeds of such sale be paid into the Treasury of the United States. Mr, WEst, (rep.) of La, explained that it had been the law jor several years to allow supplies to | be kept on hand. for ivstance, the supply of cloth | ‘Was Kept and issued lor clothing as needed. | The amendment Was jost—Yeus 12, nays 28. | Mr. HAMILTON, (rep.) of texas, moved to strike out the proviso in the secuon appropriating } $100,000 lor army contingencies, declaring that none oi the M( Dey 80 appropriated sould be ex- | pended directiy Or indirectly ior any use not | strictly necessary and pot directly connected with | the military service Oi the government, Tne mo- | tion was 10Bt. | Mr. LOGAN, (rep.) of Ill., moved to strike out the proviso im the section appropriating $105,000 tor the expenses Of recruitiug and transportation of | recruits, declaring that Do money appropriated by the act should ve paid for recruiting the army be- ond the number of 25,000 enlisted men, Including Inutan sevuts. | Mr. LOGAN said any attempt to reduce the num- ber of soldiers would imdirectly disorganize tne army. It Was not proposed to reduce the number of regiments or companies. The pay of an army did not create a great expense, 1% was the trans- portation of army ordnance stores, the pay of oficers, &c., and not the mere pittauce paid to the soldier, Congregs sometimes got in an economical humor and made @ grand raid on some depart- meut, discharged about twenty-five clerks and | then (nought it had done something wonderiul. in | & Week or two aiterwards the employment of double the number of temporary clarks was au- | thorized in the same department, and this Was | called economy, | Mr. West said over $4,000,000 were saved by this bili, and an army of 25,000 was large enough, Mr. CARPENTER, (rep,) of Wis, said he would support the amendment. It was Weil Known that | the most vicious kind of legisiation was that of | grating general legislation on appropriation pills. esides, tae Comuittee on Appropriations tad no authority over this subject. it was reorganizing the army, and properly belonged to tue Muitary Committee. Mr. WesTt—No, we do not propose to reorganize the army, Mr, CARPENTER—Well, according to the gentie- man’s theory he might abolish the whole of the line and leave the uiicers, and the army woud not be Foeu nized; ir. WeaT—duppose the gentleman goes iatoa Oght with @ company o1 thirty men, and comesout | with if or ten, would his company be re- organized Er tocan—Weut, it would be pretty badly dis- organo’. (Laughter.) MORRILL, Of Maine, sald no troops were re- in the south now, and therefore there was Recesaity for @larce ‘army. The piace woidiers | t s then read a third time and passed. | Mr. Wrrau, (rep.) of 10 alltuorizing the Comulittee on Civil Service and Ke- trencuiment to employ a clerk. Agreed to. On motion of Mr, Davis, (dem.) of Weat Va., the Forutication Appropriation bill was taken uy» and | he ex; lained ifs provisions, The total amount ap- propriated by the bill or the next fiscal yeur as re- ported by the committee 1s $904,000, The amount appropriated for the preseut fiscal year was $1,547,000, ihe estimates jor the present fiscal yeur were $3,376,000, The revised e-timates are 407,500. ‘the amount appropriated for the next fiscai year 18 less than hall that appropriated tor tue present one, ‘The vill having been read, Mr. Hrrcucock, (rep.) of Neb., moved an amendment, appro riating $50,000 lor @ military post on the north fork of tue Loup River, Neoraska, and submitted a from the Secretary of War as to the necessity of estubiisaing UIs post. Mr. Davis objected to the amendment, as If prop- erly belonged to the Army Appropriation bill, and noi this one, which is jor seacoast deteuces only. MI, SHERMAN moved to reconsider the vote by which the Army bill was passed, 80 as to allow the amendment o. the gentieman trom Nebrask: (Mr, Hitchcock) to be offered to that bill, Agreed to, ‘The amendment was then offered to tnat bill and agreed to. ‘The Army bill was passed as amended, THE FORTIFICATION BILL. ‘The Fortification bill was then amended so as to provide that the appropriations therein made should be for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1575, and the bill was then passed. On te motion oO: Mr, Sani Presiaent pro tem. waS authorized to fill the va- caney in the Commiitees on Privilcges and biec. tus nd on 'ducation and Labor, wade vacant by the death of Mr. Sumner. The senate then, at a quarter to five, on the mo- Mr. ScuTt, proce ded to the consideration © ulive business, and, alter a short time, the doors were reopened and the Senate adjourned unill Monday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WasIncTon, March 20, 1874. THE FOUR HUNDRED MILLION BILL, After the reading of the journal, Mr. Dawgs, of Massacousetts, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, gave notice that on Monday nex the House the consideration of what is generally termed the Four Hundred Million bill, witn the un- derstanding tuat amendments reducing the amount would be admitted, He should himself duce an amendment to limit the issue to $356,000,000, The SPEAKER stated that at the close of the XT, (rep.) of Cal., the rized morning hour on Monday the bill in relation to the | Louisville and Portland Canal wouid come up, and after that the bill to prevent the importation of iniectious and contagious diseases, Alter this javier oul Was disposed oj ne would recognize we geuvieman trom Massacausetis. - THE GEORGIA CONIESTED ELECTION. The Honse then procecded to tue consideration of the Georgia contested e.ection Case, tie mujor- ity report veing that Mr. Rawis, tue sitting mem- ber, 18 not entitled to the seat; that Andrew Sloan, the contestant, is; te minority report take lng the opposite position, All the republican mem- bers of the committee join in the majority report and all the democrats in the minority report. Alter discussion ull two o’¢lock the election case | ; Went over til to-morrow. THE ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, Mr. SCHUMAKER, Of New Yok, presented a memorial, preambie and resolutions of the Medical Society oc toe city of brooklyn aud Kings count, New York, composed of 260 members, physicians and surgeons, asking Congress to place the rank o1 the twedical corps of the uray On the same Loot- ing in regard to rank, pay and promotion with the medical corps of the navy and with otuer stat corps. 4 the House then proceeded to the consideration of ousiness in reiatuion to the District of volumbia. 7. THE DEBTS OF THE DISTRICT. A bill appropriating $250,000 tor an tron and masonry bridge across the eastern branch of the Povomac, bear the present Anacostia bridge, was Tepuited irom the District Committee, una alter discussion the enacting clause Was stricken out. A olil to provide ior the payment of scaool teachers in the District also gave mse to discus- sion. The ofl appropriates $%7,000 ior the pay of Schoo! leachers irom the 1st Of september, 1873, to the ist of Marcu, 1974, the money to be regarded as an advatice tu be deduced trom moneys which Congress may uereatter appropriate ior expendi- tures im the District. Messrs. G. F. HuaR, (rep.) of Mass., and FRYE, (rep.) Ol Me., advocated the bill, ‘the iatter stated that there Were iew cities in the Lnited States that had a scaoo! superior to the Frankin school, Where he sent visown chldren. Other memuvers ol Congress and the government employés sent their clilarea to tue public genool, aud yet they paid bo taxes jor the sup ort of tue schools, The teachers had not tad a dollar ol pay lor seven or eight montus. wir. WILLAKD, (rep) of Vt, argued against the idea that members of Congress and government ewployés did noc pay taxes in tue District. such @b idea Was absurd und preposterous, a8 nO person Spent adollar who did wot thereby contribute 10 the paym nt ot taxes, He regarded the villas a cuniession Upon 1s face of the bankruptcy of the District, and it was one Oi the severest reflections that ¢ me be made on the organic act that au- TWO SEPARATE AND ANOMALOUS GOVERNMENTS in the District. The Board oi: Public Works did Whatever it peased. it ran in debt to any extent, and then When its creditors came asking their due 1 me to Congress and said, “our trea- . We are bankrupi, and Congress Owes it to itsell to pay these people.” Snis would go on just as long as tue Boara ot Public Works Was authorized to make the expenditures it was making aud to incur the debts 1 Was incurring. ‘The persons who had taken the bonas of the Dis- trict and the certineates of maebtedness of the Hoard 0. Pubiie Works at Mity or sixty cents on the dollar would be coming to Congress and saying, “You created luis Board o1 Puone Works; they are your oflicers and you must see that toeir paper 18 hot dishonored.” "He vad no doubt that we credit of the Bourd of Public Works in the market was not apy credit whicn relied on taxation in the Dis- trict, but that it relied om the treasury oj tue United States. (dem.) Of Pa., opposed the bill, and Mir. SP contended that Congress might as well be asked to vay school teacuers in the lerritories, He held That the district authorities should have regulated the length 01 the scnool term according to the con- dition of their school snd, GOVERNMENT SHOULD PAY TAXES, Mr. ELDRIDGE, (dem.) of Wis., a member of the District Committee, advocated the bill, and re- minded the House that the bill was not tue volun- tary act of the District Committee, put was re- ported in obedience to the order of the House. le thought that the government ought to pay taxes in proportion to its property in the district. Mr. PELHAM, (rep.) Of Ala., another member of the Districs Committee, moved to increase the ap- Propriation to $300,000, as that sum would be necessary for schoo) expenses during the present sessi0n, and there was no probability of their ever being paid in any other Way. Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. ¥., said that he haa re- cently introduced a resolution in reference to the pay of the police of the District. followed by a resolution louking to the pay of the firemen, and now the gentieman irom Massa- chusetts (Mr. G, F, Hoar) tad made the argu- mentum ad miserecordiam on bebalt of the scnool teachers, He appreciated the argument, but he thought the police and firemen as indispensable as | School teache rs, Speaking for his own con- stituency, which was made up of men ot all nations, the very intelugence of ail mations— ‘aughter)—and of ali religio.s—Hebrew, Catuolic ardshell Bapusts, &.—he would say that many of them were reluctant to pay apy school tax tor any State or cy school system. some of tnein had peculiar scru- ples about paying (bis tax, and there was some Treason in that; vut When {( came to the question Of taxing the peopie o1 his district by a forced loan—ior that Was ail that this bill Was—then he Would not be @ fair anu square representative of his district Uf be did not vote ‘ nay’ on that propo- sition. Mr. O'BRIEN, (dem.) of Md., said he would yote | for the pill, but he could not do so uniess he had the privilege ol giving the reason tor bis vote, He argued that the constitution of the District gov. ernment was such a8 to make the general govern- ment responsible jor its acts, Besides, te had an i | affection jor the school teachers of the District, | He meant, of course, the Jemaie teache: (Laugh. ter.) He knew their worth. ‘he grovnd 01 his afection ior them Was that One Whv Was @ short time ago # teacher Was now his wile. Mr. HoLman, (dem.) of Ind., opposed the bill And ‘argued that the most objectionable part of 1 Was that which deciared it to be an advancement to be deducted from iuture appropriations jor ex- nditures, in the iace of a deciaration in a law of ast session that the Board of Puvitc Works should have no power to make any expenditures on behalf of the general government, He moved ie strike out that part of the bill. Mr. G. F. Hoan imolored the House not to be in the harbor of New York might be sent | the discussion of the constitutional question as to Mr. SAMGENT moved that when they adjourn | Stute government. The Legisiature and officers submitted aresolution | letter | he should ask the privilege of bringing before | ‘That had been | | diverted from the simple proposition before it bv the relations of the District government to the of the District government were the sgenrs of | Congress appointed by the President, ‘They had leit the school teachers o! the District without pay for several months, and congress Was bound to see that that injustice was corrected, THE AMENDMENTS. | gf, Pelnam’s amendment to make the amount $500,000 was rejected. | On motion of Air. Corto, (rep.) of Iowa, the provision iM Teerence to the reduction of’ the amount appropriated trom future appropriations for expenditures was amended by striking out the words “lor expenditures,” + ie Holman’s amendment to strike out that » whole provision was re,ected. Mr, MERRIAM, (rep.) of N. Y., moved to strike out the same provision and insert in lieu of It a provi- sion authorizing and directing the District author ities to levy and collect & tax to an amount equal to (he appropriation on personal propervy and on banks and Otner corporations in the Listrict. It Was evident. he said, that while the teachers ought to be paid there Was @ sent ment agaiust giving More money to the Disimet autuorities. His amendment would obviate tuat objection vy mak- ing ita loan. | ‘ se SPEAR, amendment was agreed to by 100 } to 63 ‘The bill was laid aside to be reported favorably. Tue committee then rose and reported back the bilis which tt bad considered, { A bil giving the approval of Congress to the route and termini of tae Anacostia and Potomac Rauroad in the Vistrict was passed, Action on the over two bilis—the bridge bill and the school teac ers’ bil.—was deerred till to-mor- } row, and the House, at twenty-Ave minutes pust five o’ciock P, M., adjourned, NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE. | | Special Meeting to Reconsider the Vote | | on the Rejected Amendments to the By- | lawseA Noisy Session—The Initiation | | Fee Likely To Be Raised to 81,000. In accordance witn @ request, signed by eighty: bie members, @ special meeting of the Produc change was held yesterday alternoon with & view oi reconsidering the vote taken on the 3d inst., rejecting the propoxed amendments to the by!aws. There was @ large attendance, and Mr. | Franklin Edson, who presided, after the call was read by the Secietary, stated that, so far as the meeting was concerned, there could be no reconsideration of the vote taken on the 3d inst. It would establish a dangerous | precedent, and should not be entertained. Sug- | gestions, however, might be made to the Board of Managers, but anything that came beiore them would nox be recognized as offictai. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1874.—TRIPLE SHERT. ‘PLYMOUTH CHURCH. Christ's Teaching to Men of Olden Time—Our poperients Follow- ing It—Hope, Joy, e and Peace. Piymouth lecture room was densely packed last evening. Mr. Beecher’s table was adorned by a pretty bouquet of Nowers, after the usual open- ing exercises Mr. Beecher said :— When I think of what a time tt was in Judea and Galilee tp Christ's time, now the people re- sisted one tnvasion aster auother, how they were oppressed and now the Roman Governors perse- cuted them—wnhen I consider all this, | am im- pressed with one feature in the Lord’s ministr, {hat 1s, that everywiere He impressed the peopl not to be anxious, “Be not excited, come to Me and { will give you rest,” and even at the lust of His life He said, “Peace I give you," and the first words He spoke after the resurrection were, “Peace be with you,” and all through His min- ij | EMILE OLLIVIER. Refusal ofthe French Academy to Re- ceive the Royalist Statesman. | The “Man |with the Light Heart”—A — of Napoleon III. ON THE RAMPAGE. | M. GUizdr | ) Paris, March 6, 1874. istry, amid anxieties about what was going to happen, He coutinuaily breathed serenity, sweetness, hope, joy and peace. Now, in our Christianity, Licel we are signatly de‘icieut in this, We are an excessively nervous people; our pole cal affairs are continually stirring us up, All our habits of intercourse tend to mase us & people Whose nervous system 1s superexcited; we go at everything with 80 much enthusiasm; we centre ourselves On results; aud the consequence is & lack OL serenity, a lack of peace, a iack O: rest, which beong to the development of the Carisiian character, and which we need, THE VIRTUES OF AGGRESSION we are full of, but when it comes tv the province ©; Kindness and gentle intlueuce and thut eievation of tue soul Of Christians Wo are ited up by divine inspiration We are signaliy deficient, and we find we ub OO MUCK emMpuasis On litte things—things | that a year hence we wili barely remember; things tuat to-day will set us all vn fre. Wait a month or | 8iX Weeks, OF even now pra) yourseli out of it, and whal does it amount 10% Now, iM 1 couid only stay where I ge sometimes what a capital fellow I would be! 1 get Sometimes avove te power of litue things, aud the POWSR OF THE HOLY GHOST seems so large, spherical, universal; and, while I am in that mood, | lee) mysel a foo) for allowing things to disturb me as i have done in the lower mood, and, | tink | will stay there; but 1 don’t, in* an hour I am down at tne vottom again, tighting the devil in some one’s vate, just as il there | never had been” avy revelation, transiiguration or anything else, Whata tlserabie vusiness It is lor us to ifitter away our Ume as we do! We are men expectant o| crowns, Where is our nobiuty? Where are our larger ieelings? Where are we FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST? He was the God of peace the God of hope and the God o1 cofort, and by What title are we His dis- | ciples ¢ Weil, that is good talk, but 1i to-morrow | God should take away one of Iny children now it would upset me. It would bankrupt me ina minute, J have been here many years preaching | od I am as imtiria (you may not know | ‘atuling Wagon, Nothing touches any | Here Colone! L. H. REED jumped up and said | that, as there were no ruies whereby public mee | Ings of that bedy could be pruperly conducted, it | was essential that some action should be taken | | in the matter, With such rules the present meet- | | ing could not have taken place, and he, therefore, | moved that a committee of five be apporited by | the Chair to prepare rnles for the goverument of | | public meetings oi the Exchange. The Chatr, amid muca confusion, ruled that Mr. Reed was out of order, and here began what re- sulted in one 01 the noisiest meetings tue Exciange | ever held. Mr. H. W. SurH took tne liberty of dissenting | from the decision of the Chair that notiing but | Suggestions could be entertained by that officer, | aud contended that, inasmuch as many ol the mem: | bers at the previous meeting did uot suiliciently | understand the questions upon what thes were | votiug, he being oue of the large number, they tad | @ riglt (0 move lor a reconsideration Of ‘tie vote, od therelore appealed irom the deci-ion o1 the | Chair, Half a dozen members here sprang to their teet | and claimed the atiention of the Presideat; vut he declined to notice tuem and put the question of Mr, smith’s appeal, which resulted im the Chair being sustainea. | Aguin some of the ,.members insisted upon formaily reconsidering the vote on the matter of Tal-iny the tuitiation fee from $6.0 to $1,000, und, ; though the chairmun repeatedly advised them that they were Wut OL Order it Was somewhat dificult to quiet them. ~ A wember at this juncture moved to adjourn, | and, it being seconded, the motion was put und | Teyected by w very decided vote, Mr. InkO. PERRY obtained recognition by the | Chair, and, after several interraptions, submitted the tollowing resolution Jor the consideration of | the meetung:— Resolved, That the Board of Managers be respectfully Tequested to amendssections 3 and 5! of the vyiaws In such manner as thatthe imidiation fee shall Le raised t $:,08 imcediately upon such amendment being ratified by' a two-thirds Voie, to be taken by balloc; und that | hereaiter ail bylaws or amendments to te bylaws be | Tatilied by ballot, instead of viva core, as now required. in submitting the resolutions Mr, Perry suid that im the majority of the meetings of the Exchange but few of the 2,200 members cowd get within hearing or speaking distance. It was. aighly es- sential that they should vote understanaingly upon ail qitestious that come up; but they bad not been enabled to do so, and hence these tumultous gatuerings. The raising oi the tee of | initiation irom $500 to $1,000 was not for the con- Sideration of tue paltry sum ol money that would in consequence b¢ realized, butit was for a more important matter; they were getting too ciowded | in the butiding, it was never intended for the use to which it Was put, and the great list of mortality | among the memoers demonstrated more potently than Words its unhealthfulness ; the gases —— | A MEMBER—Ob, too Much gas! |. Mr. PERRY, resuming—T'be gases and the foul air in every part of the building, made so in part by the noxious eitiuvia of twenty-one reuring rooms, told the siory Of tueir headaches, loss of appetite and general debility, They must have @ new and | suitable building for the transaction of business, and the matter must assume proper shape in time, Colonel |. H. RRED Moved an adjournment, but @ majority, i nut the very best humor, rejected the motion. Geueral HORATIO REED now obtained the floor, and, in seconding Mr. Perry's resolution, clamed that at the meeting of the Exchange on the 3d Inst. the 2,300 members bad nota iair chance of giving expression to thei views. It was time that the majority began to act, and ne believed, a8 they were democratic in their ieelings, they would | do #0, All of them haa an interest in the matter | before the meeting. lt was vot now, as When they Were young men, that eiznt or ten could get to- gether and control the majority. The mefbers | slould control themseives. He did not want any | traps sprung por di-cussion stifled, but he wanted the majurity to rule, aud thereiore boped that the | resolution would be adopted. One or two otter members attempted to speak; but the cries of ‘Question drown: their voices. Cojonei I. H. Reed, however, succeeded in obtain- ing @ hearing, and again moved to adjourn, tnas- mucd as the only argument against the raising 01 the instiation fee was, as he understood, “the noxious eiliuvia of tue retiring rooms,” Mr. Reed's motion was received with such a volley of hisses 1c was not seconded. Amid @ perfect bediam of cries for the chairman to put the question on tbe resolution o1 Mr, Perry | it was submitted to the members and carried wit! but two dissenting votes. Adjourned, | HORSE NOTES, | Mr. H. Robbins, who resides in Merchantville, N. J., recently sold to a private gentleman, ol Cali- fornia, @ pair of Hampletonian mares for the sum of $13,000. They were raised by Mr. Robbins, and used by him asa private team. The mares, for | beauty and speed, are considered the finest pair ever raised in that part of New Jersey. They were | shipped to Captain William Kohl, of California, | W.H, Humphrey, the owner of the trotting geld- ing Judge Fullerton, offers to match him against any horse, mare or gelding, the race to come of over the Fleetwood Park track, for $10,000 a side. ‘The challenge of the owner of Thad Stevens has | been accepted by the owner of Joe Daniels, and the race will take place at Sacramento, Cal, be- | tfeen the Ist and 15th of July next. Tne match is | for $10,000 a side; the distance four miles, | Mr. T. Fairbanks, of Chatham, Ontario, Canada, has purchased of Mr. Withers the importea horse Bienkiron, by Saunterer, dam Federowna, by King- | bton, five years old, for $500, gola, | { } TBE HORSE MYSTERY, To Tae EpiTor or THe HERALD :—~ In reading your account of “the horse mystery” } Icannot help coming to the conclusion that there 48 really but little mystery about tt, In all proba- bility the horses, like ourgeives, have suffered from the effects of the long-Continued nortuwest winds; and now that those winds have blown over we shall ail recover together, uniess, indeed, the horses have been overworked or suojected to over- medical treatment. These winds, | have noticed, have produced the most wnomatous symptoms in man, bringing into activity every iatent physical Weakness; more especially any akuess in the long tract of mucus memorane—very iong in man, but much longer in the horse, It would be strange if the horse aid hot eufer when such cola winds blow. ‘The treatment required consists in giving the animal an extra teed or two 0. corn per aay. | New Yors, March 19, 1874. G, HERRING, M. D, ASAD TEMPERANCE LECTURE, Shortly after two o'clock yesterday morning Patrick Duffy, @man twenty-seven years of age and born in Ireland, while suffering from a fit of delirium tremens, ascended to the root of the four tory tenement nouse No. 11 Caroline street and Sell fo the pavement, thus receiving injuries which Pesulted in death soon alterwards, The body was removed to the Fiith precinct station house and Coroner Eickhoff notified. veceased lived at No. 193 West sureet. | the whole force of laboring hands—tuat is, about | 500 men altogether. 9 | Some of them presented an air o/ sadness, us if of my congregation that I donot tee. I live in you and or you When sorrow comes { to you I feel it for @ time as you do; | but does any one say it Is loss? We have iu- vested, we have put our treasure wuere neither | moth hor rust doth corrupt, uor tileves break | through and steal. Now, my dear child, Anna Vreeland hus gone home, and I feel (or the sorrow of Brother and Sister Vreeland; bat where ts the logs, We are enricied. We have seen one | more Christian made perfect. God is blessing us. God is bringing jov to many through sorrow. Oh, chat 1 could send peace vo | the hearts that mourn, Oh, that I could bring the Christ to you in such & way that He could do as He did to the disciples o/ old, suy “PEACE BE WIiH YOU.” My God, help us all in this place, and sanctify tt to | us by the revelation! Lit us above the tuings of | this world, that we may not be disturbed by its troubles, but aoide in a settled peace! THE ERIE STRIKE. Mr. A. Goddes, the New York freight agent for the Erie Railroud, stated last night to a HERALD reporter that the company “has trouble’ witn Of these 250 or 300 are em- ployed in New York, pnd the remainder in Jersey City. Mr, Goddes was of opinion that the matter in dispute would probably be arranged at cnce; if not, the company will proceed to engage fresh hands witnout delay. He also said that thus iar the men have made no attempt to prevent or in- timidate new hauds irom going to work. They had onty endeavored to dissuade new comers irom accepting the job, Some tity men, more or less, were lounging around the door of the Erie ireignt omice, they looked like men who were accusiomea to plenty of bard work, and appeared to be very sober, contemplating tie hardships which, perlaps, their samilies must Buller i! the bread earners resiain outoi work. The difference between the strikers andthe company amounts to two and a hall ccuts an bour on a man’s waxes. Formerly the laborers | were paid at the rate o! twenty cents per hour, | but, owing to the late stagnation in trade, the | company 1ound an opportunity to reduce this | figure to 1734 cents per hour. The men sow want @ return to the old price, and compensation at the rate of twenty-five cents per | hour for extra time. ‘They aliege that there is now | plenty of business on the road, and the company | is amply able to concede these demands, As & Measure of precaution the Erie Company have obtained a detachment of police, who are sta- tioned near the company's premises, soas to be | on hand saouild the laborers attempt to make any | pats) demonstration in the direction of eniorc- | | ing what they call their rights. ‘The people on strike have no organization among themselves, and appeured to tegret‘tuis, to them, ublortunate tact. They stated their intention of cailing a meeting for the speciai object of organ. , izing themseives imto a compact society, in order that, by this means, they might be able to show a | Strong Iront against the eacroachments of capital. | | BAD VEAL Seizures of Impure Meat at the Jersey City Ferries—The City’s Health Threat. ened by the Use of Immature Veal. One of the greatest misertes brought upon the city by the want of cheap transportation is that arising from the sale of impure and diseased meat. There is plenty of good, healthy meat in the country, and to place it m the market at a reasonable price we require cheap transportation, As it is, the railroad and steamboat monopolies absorb the profits which snouid accrue to the farmer, and most mercilessly put the people of New York under (rightfully heavy contrivution. ) AS maby as $20 quarters of improper veal were seized yesterday morning’ at the Barclay street ferry, vetween two and three o'clock. They came over the Midiand and Erie roads, A large portion was from the dairy districts of Orange county, where calves are Killed off at a very eariy age. | This impure, immature meat was hidden in out of the way corners and concealed inside boxes that | Were supposed to contam poultry. The new and Wideawake hands who are engaged in this dis- Tace!u! trafic have watchers stationed.at the dii- erent ferries, and are thus enabled to run this poison into the market by stealtn. A quantity of unis kind of garbage comes down on barges irom Newburg and other river towns, The calves are | bought irom the farmers at about seventy-five cents a head, and the purchasers dispose o! the hide for more than that sum. The meat brings three and sometimes five cents a pound. Every one knows that good veal cannot be hought on the hoof for jess than trom twelve to fifteen cents a ound. This sickly veal—or “bob,” as it 18 called— is disposed of in tie lower part of the city; but may be jound in the shops up town, where It 1s sold | to the poor. To put a stop to this outrageous trade the authorities of Jersey City must give a helping | hai They should order an inspection of ali | me Passing through the limits of the municipal- ity, and seize impure meat, besides punishing | those who may be iound selling it. Colonel Devoe, | the Superintendent o1 Markets, andthe market clerks aided the inspectors from the Board of Heaith, They and their aids were entirely inad- | equate to the task of preventing the damaged ar- ticle from being run across the river, for, wile the Cvlonel and his men were watcning at one place the veal went over at another, CORONERS’ CASES, The Burning of Mrs. Mangin, Coroner Woltman yesterday held an inquest in the case of Ann Mangin, late of No. 208 West Twentieth street, who was burned to death last Saturday night by her clothes taking fire from a kerosene lacip, Which fell on the stove. The jury jound that the occurrence was accidental, and te husband of deceased, who had been arrested on | suspicion, Was discnarged by the Coroner. Pushed Down Stairs and Killed. Coroner Woltman was yesterday notified to hold an inquest, at No. 655 Ninth avenue, on tne body of | Amnia Schrible, a litte girl, eleven years of age, whose death, it is alleged, resulted irom injuries received on the 8th inst., by naving been pushed | down 4 flight of stairs by an unknown boy, ‘ihe Twentieth precinct police are in search of the boy. | The Fatal Trapeze Casualty. Coroner Eickhoff will to-day make an investiga- | tion into the circumstances attending the death of James Sylvester, the youthful trapeze performer, only nineteen years oid, who wus killed by a@ fal! | atthe Thirty-iourth street Theatre on Thursday evening, a8 heretorore reported in the HERALD, During the last three months deceased had been urging the manager of the theatre tor @ position, and a week since he was engaged for @ limited period. The Miller Malepractice Case. An inquest was yesterday held by Coroner Wolt- man in the case of Mrs, Catharine Miller, who, some two weeks ago, died in the tenement house No. 121 East Houston street, from the effects of Malepractice, ‘The matter was very obscure and the jury found that the crime was committed by some one to them unknown. | it was he wi The incident )f the hour in Paris is the refusal of the French AcajJemy to receive M. Emile Ollivier, owing to some jages in the inaugural address of the latter witch contained a panegyric of Napo- leon II, Tne 4cademy men have undoubtedly ex- caeded their d§cretion in declining for political reasons to reciive with the usual formalities a member of tlpir body who had been duly elected; but a} the circumstances of this pretty dispute are so 8ngular, one can say so grotesque, that it may be @ well to recapitulate them ab ovo, M. EMILE OLLIVIER 1s the ex-Prime [inister of Napo!eon III. who was in ofice when tne Franco-German war broke out, and pronounced those ill-starred words—"We dertake the war with a light heart.’” Frenc! en, who set a great store by words, rapturojsly cheered these at the time they were spjken; but when the hour of Gefeat and disgipce arrived they caught them up, tied them like & millstone round the neck of the speaker, and flung him out of power with them. Since then the light he&rt” has been a standing opprobriam andtorment to Emile Olivier, 80 that he has not dared to show his face among his coun- trymen. The grater part of the last two years he Spent in Italy, béing veyond doubt THE BEST OYRSED FRENCHMAN AT LARGE; the man whom, coequally with Bazaine, French mobs would haye been most delighted to hang from @ lamppos}; yet, before all this, ie nas bad his days of ovetwheiming popularity. Born at Marseilles tn 1824, he entered at the Bar as soon as he was of age, md rapidly distinguished himself by nis eloquenc¢ and by the Jervor of his repub- lican principles, Thongh he was but twenty-turee when the revolition of 1848 broke out he was appointed to @jpretectship by the new govern- Ment, and gavepuch signal proofs of ability that | when Louis N.:pdeon dismissed him for his itberal zeal he was alrdady accounted a rising politician of the highest order, After the coup d'etat of 1851 he returned to practise at the Bar; but in 1857 he , Was elected to the Corps Législacif as a republican, and from that time till two years alter his re- election, in 1663; he spoke up valiantly for the public liberties slong with Jules Favre, then his intmate iriend. Sudden!y, however, without ap- parent reason, fmile Ollivier seceded irom the republicans and declared bimself ready to support the Emperor if the later would embark on a lib- eral policy. AS @ republican he had been im- mensely popular, but his apostasy raised a great outery. He was reviled as a renegade and hire- ling, and it was reported that he had been paid fur his desertion; bat M. Ollivier contended that re- fection had convinced him it was wiser to make the best of the government one had than to'pin one’s faith to an ideal that could only be realized by a revolution, and there is no cause for suppos- ing that this allegation of his motives 18 not the correct one. In the upshot he spent the next five years as a neutral liberal, voting, indeed, with the republicans in favor of all progressive bills, but refusing to join in factious opposition. He, in short, assumed the position of a man who would be prepared to accept office so soon as the Em- peror would yield to his views, ana he let bimself be taken to the Tuileries and presented to Napo- yeon Iii, Tne Emperor had not then made up his mind to trying a liberal experiment, and he was a long time making up his mind toit; but, O»ding Ollivier clever, devoted and tustworthy, he at length mustered courage to take his leap in the dark, and, on the 2d of January, 1870, dismissed the Rouher administration and summonea Ollivier to furm a liberal Cablict, 1t was under these cir- cumstances that the new Prime Minister was elected to the Academy. The enthusiasm excited among all educated liberals by his accession 10 office was unbounded. It was thought that Na- poleon LiL really meant to abjure despotic prac- tices, and the politician who had converted him to this determination received universal honor as the shrewdest of statesmen and patriots. It 1s true he was not an autor, but this made no difference, for the Academy had oiten admitted eminent orators into their company, and the academicians’ purpose on this occasion was to tes- tify their grateful homage to the man who had led the autocrat of 1851 into the paths of constitution- alism, So, with both M. Guizot and M, Thiers to back him, Emilie Ollvier was elected by twenty- seven votes out of twenty-eight, But here a few particulars are necessary concerning the origin, fuuctions and customs of THE “ACADEMIE FRANCAISE.” This learned corporation was founded 240 years ago by Cardinal Richelieu, and consists of forty members. Jt was instituted to provide a literary senate which should maintain the purity of the national language and also compile a dictionary to serve a8 a statute book of the Frencn tongue. ‘This dictionary, Which bas been in process of com- position for nigh upon wwo centuries and a half, is no further advanced than the letter G, so that the letter Z can scarcely be hoped for till the year 2100, by which time, as most of the words in the earlier portion of the work will have become obso- lete, it will probably be found necessary to begin over again; but this is not to the point, The Academy has always been a much respected body, and to belong to it is esteemed the crowning honor of a French writer’s career. The vacancies are filled up by the academicians themselves—that 1s, when a member dies his late colleagues meet ‘together not eariler than forty days aiter his death, and appoint him a successor, subject to the Qpproval of the Sovereign or President of the Re- public, as the case may be. There have been in- stances of elections annulled by royal prerogative, as, lor example, that of Piron, which Louis XV. cancelled; but such cases are rare, and, though the Academy has frequently marked its opposition to different sovereigns by electing members avow- edly antagonistic to the Crown, it has been the Practice to ratify sych elections without protest. NAPOLEON IIL set a, conspicuous pattern in this respect. Throughout the Second Empire the Academy be came the stronghold of the Orleanists, and its elections Were conducted mach more with refer ence to the anti-imperiaiist sentiments of the can- didates than with regard to their literary merits. But the Emperor allowed the Academy tull inde- pendence, nor even uttered a word of displeasure at the names submitted to him. When a candi- date has been elected he is not tmmediately privi- leged to take his seat, but a day 18 appointed for his public reception, and he must then read an in- sugural address recounting the life and writings of the member whom he has succeeded, address i8 expected to be a careiully written ception generally occars some ten or twelve wonths after the election, It 1s always a very attractive Sight, Which draws together crowds of authors, noblemen and ladies of high society. ‘the member electy arrayed ina black coat, embroidered with palin leaves, knee breeches, ruies and a sword, is led into the room by two of his colleagues, who | act as sponsors; and he reads bis address, which | 18 then “replied to” by another member, to whom the address has been communicated tn advance; it is, in fact, read beforehand in private to the Whole Academy, and the oldest member receives the new one in the name of the corporation. Alter this the new member takes his place with the | others, votes at the elections, assists 1D compiling the dictionary above mentioned and recetves a fee of $300 yearly trom the State. In short, from that hour he belongs definitely to the Academy, and is able to write after his name, “De U Académie Francats’—words as much coveted as the letters “M, P.”” are in England. ‘M. Emile Ollivier bad. gg above said, been @lected to the Academy at the time when poputar enthusiasm was most rampant about him; thats, im January, 1870, In August of the same year all the enthusiasm had vanished—ne was turned ous Of ofice, FORCED TO FLY THE COUNTRY, and his inaugural address, which, in the due course of things, would have, been delivered in November, was perforce adjourned until aiter the Peace, Buteven when peace was signed it was Rot thought expedient immediately to receive “The Man with the Light Heart.” Public opinion, which was Making @ mihtary scapegoat of Bazaine, Was resolved to make @ political scapegoat of Olivier. People laid the blame of the whole cam: paign and tts horrible disasters on his shoulders; and,/though 1t was well known by accurately 1n- formed persons that Ollivier was emphatically a man of peace and had been ali along opposed to the war, Frenchmen in genera) would listen to no Justification. If Ollivier had reappeared in Paris he might have been STONED IN THE STREETS, So, time after time, his reception was postponed until, public rancor naving got blunted, at last it was decided the other day that he might now be received without danger. But hereon occurred the mitch which has resulted im the indetinite adjournment of the reception, In the address which he had written reviewing the career of his predecessor—Lamartine—stood & passage warmly eulogizing Napoleon Il, and when the address was submitted, according to usage, to a committee of the Academy, M. Guizot demanded that this pan. egyric siould be stricken out. This Emile Olivier declined, THE INCRIMINATED LINES were, he said, a tribute of gratitude and respect he paid to the memory of a Sovereign who had been maligned, and he would not alter a comma of them, They were, in truth, spirited lines. Al- luding to the fact that Lamartime iad never ap preciated Napoleon ILL at his just worth, though he bad learned In the end to respect him, Ollivier wrote:—"But ii he had known mim asI did; if he could have witnessed his gentieness und quiet dig- nity, his read\ness to please, his constant anxlety to govern us Frenchmen according to the best of our interests; if be could have seen now noble- minded aud kindly he was, bow generously just ond heartily patriotic, he would have done more than respect hin—he wouid have loved him.” M, GUIZ0T and the Orleanist, legitimist and republican mem. bers o1 the Academy could not, o/ course, stomach these hnes; and, forgetting how olten he had made the Academy a@ vehicle ior court speeches against Napoleon UL, M. Guizot now had the pre- suinption to argue that the Academy was no piace for pontical discourses znd that he must confine himself to purely literary matter, A‘ter a stormy correspondence M. Guizut was reduced to silence, but the matter was tuen relerred to tne whole Academy, sitting in private committee, and the learned gentlemen, fearing the excitement that might attend the public reception after all this preparatory wrangling, decided to support M, Guizot, Accordingly Emile Ollivier was informed that since he refused todo as he was bidden bia reception would be adjourned sine die, THR MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMY voted this resolution by sixteen votes to six, 80 that only twenty-two took part in the division. As it wil! interest American readers to have THE FULL LIST OF ACADEMICIANS Igive them in the order of their seniority accord- ing to date oi elecuon:— MM. Tolers, Guzot. Mignet, Victor Hugo, Patin, Count de Kémusat, Duke de Noailies, Nisard, Bishop Dupanivup, De Sacy, Legouve, Count de Faltoux, Euile Auger, De Lavrade, Jues Sandeau, Duke de Brogiie, Uciaye Feuiliet, Carné, Duiau e, Doucet, Fieury, Jules Favre, Autran, Claude Ber- nard, Count d’Haussonville, Count de Champazny, Auguste Sarbier, Jules Junin, Maruuer, Duvervier, De Hauranne, Duke d’Aumale, Littré, De Loméne, Sv. Kéné, Taslandier, Alexandre Dumas, Caro an Mézieres, Ileave Emile Olivier out of account, tnongh he cannot be excluded eternully. Shouia Napoleon IV. be restored it is more than probable that the | Academy will think it prudent to rescind their guti-Bonapartist resolution, aud the Prime Minis- ter of Napoleon il, will then be received with deference. For the present the wiote affair is cal- culated to DO EMILE OLLIVIER GOOD. Tne ultra-Bonapartists, who had hated him be- fore, ave touched by bis feaity now, and are rally- ing round him, Ip fact, reaction produces such strange results in France that one must be qu te prepared to see “The Man withthe Light Heart” returned to the Assembly by some Bonapartist coustituency, and perhaps, in course of time, be come @ Cavinet Minister agam, I may add that Emile Ollivier is a slight, lean man, with @ pule face, thin whiskers, squinting eyes and very sieeny spectacies. He does not look made of the stuft from which statesmen are generaliy moulded; gué he has that indomitable perseverance and tenacious obstinacy whict mark Frenchmen of the very ambitious sort, aud aiso a beautitul be lief in himself, A LIQUOR DEALER'S RUSE. The Temperance Dodge in Brooklyn= A Lively Time in a Gin Mill—How the Old Ladies Were Sold. There was a crowd of about 2,000 men, women and boys gathered in Nassau street, near Fuiton, last night. They were led there by an advertizing dodge Of a bill poster, who is part owner of a gin mill at No. 9 Nassau street, and who adopted ~ the ruse in order to collect a crowd at his place and have, in the theatrical pnrase, a little benefit o! hisown. He placarded the ciiy with posters, setting forth thut the lady crusaders would hoid a temperance prayer meeting at his place, and the dodge had just the effect he desired. Not only waa | the little seven by nine place packed by the guilible, | Out there were a coupie of thousand on Che side- walk and in the street pusning and elbowing each other and straining their eyes to see woat wad going on. There were two barveuders beuind the bar deallog out the whissey and raking in the money as fast as possible. Uccasiovaily | an inquiry would be made by some person avout the temperance meeting, When one of the var- Keepers would smile pleasanily and say that he regretied to state that they had received o despatch from the ladies saying that they nad couciuded to postpone their prayer meeting until next Wednesday nigot, An old lady who was attracted by the advertise- | Ment, really thinking a meeting was to be heid, elbowed her way througn the crowd at eigos o’clock and marched into the back room, where she Was greeted by a roar of laughter trom the roughs Who had garhered to enjoy the joke, Shorty aiver eight o'clock two middle-aged wouien also entered the saloon and were movin towards ihe back room, when one of the crows sung out, “Sold!? The women hasuly leit they place and disappeared. ‘The crowd became 80 great that Roundsmun Phelan and several police- men were obliged to clear the street. A GOOD DEED BRINGS $1,000,000 TO A FLOBIDA MAN. We find the. following in a Jacksonville, Fila, | paper of recent date :— As this | More than twenty years ago Major Waldo A. Blossom, who is now in Jacksunville, was & rest- deat of Washington, While there, chance cast in his way a young man, named Larimer, in Ayo he became deeply Interested. Larimer had been led astray by the influence oi Wicked associations, and was utterly dissolute and dissipaved—to all appearance a moral and physical wreck. It is more than probabie that Major Blossom dis. covered redeeming qualities in the young man, notwithstanding the depths to which dissipation | for the “Good Samaritan rescued | essay, ample time ts given to prepare it, and the re- | H&d Orought mim, f the gutter, gave hin a pleasant howe, qavisted him Sy counsel and the ald of fne social influences © make himseil a new man. Alter his reformation was affected, the young man returued to bis parents, Wio resided in Colorado, and ior @& number of years his generous benelactor heard nothing of him. » In December of last year Major Blossom's atten- tion was called to an advertisement in # Boston aper, over the signuture of Larimer," inquiring: Phe address o1 W. A. Blossom, — He responded. to tue inquiry, and soon received aietter irom the eed O1 bis jormer protégé, in Castello county, olorado, tniorming him that their son, in dying, had willed his property to tum, im gratitude for the kind deeds of years agone. The letter, Which feeltngly alluded to this act, gave the sequel tothe retormed man’s Iie. He applied himsei! vigorousty to basiness alter his return to Coiorado, became an honorable and use- fu] member o! society, and in a few years amassed a large fortune, ait of which, valued at $1,000,000, yu Jail into the possession of Major Blossom next ie. jan genuine ever lost. Some- where the Snservavory ol i ps pe aoe Wipes ari nea tether eaten in the balm 0 suodaed light and murky morning, pernags th lig!