The New York Herald Newspaper, May 23, 1874, Page 5

NEW YU. RK HERALD, SATTUKDAY, MAY 23, 1874.—-TRIPLE SHEET. ~ SOCIAL SCIENCE. Concluding Sessions of the Asso- ciation Yesterday. Papers on Pauperism and Reformation : of Prisoners. The Social Science Association’s sessions yester- ‘Gay were attended as: usual by a small audience, ‘The paper which attracted the most attention and elicited the most discussion during the day sessions was that of Professor Davis on “Pauperism.” In conctuding the reading of the paper the Professor waid:—On the lst of July, 1873, the whole number ‘Of paupers reported in Engiana and Wales, witha Population of scarcely 22,000,000, was 822,323, of ‘Whom 650,000 were outdoor and only about 172,000 imdoor paupers. That is to say, in the season of the year when outdoor reuef ts most ‘@mply provided by nature for the poor, @nd consequently when the Poor. Law Guar- ‘dians have the least occasion to turnish 1t, ‘hey do in fact maintain or aid nearly four times @5 many personas outside of the almshouses or Workhouses as are supported inside. Now, in the State of New York it ia safe to say that on tne lst of July, 1873, there were more than twice as many Persons inside the aimshouses as were receiving re- Het outeide, and in Massachusetts the proportion ‘waa fully a8 great; so that the relative abuse or mecessity fer outdoor relief must have been stx or seven times as great in England last summer asin New York or Massachusetts, and the same can be gaid of Pennsylvania, for which the statistics of pauper relief have been carefully collected by the Btate Board of Charities, as ts the casein New York and Massachusetts. It must also be said in regard to the American recipients of outdoor re- Mel that it would be unfair to reckon them as per- Manent paupers. They are self-supporting the greater proportion of the year, and are only dependent on the authorities for a very small portion of their subsistence. It is in es timating these persons as paupers, and in count- ing them two or thfce times over, that such fearful statistics of pauperism have been deduced from the records of American cities. Could the actual figures of the number and cost of relie! ad- ministered by public authorities in these cities be correctly given they would show the incorrect- meas Of the high authority on this subject, Professor Henry Fawcett, who, in his volame on pauperism, states the cases of outdoor relief in Philadeiphia 95 110,000 in 1869, or about double the number 457,821) really relieved both in thatcityand the ‘whole State of Pennsylvania, of whom probably Aeas than 10,000 were receiving relief on any wiven day. The statement of Protessor Fawcett ‘doctuges many persons reckoned twice, turice or perhaps ten times during the year when the relief ‘was furnished in Philadelphia, and, tf correct, ‘Would show that nearly every sixth person in that veity Was a pauper tn 1869. According to the Pro- Sessor, 1 person in 201n England, 1 in 23 tn Scot- land and only 1 in 74 in Ireland is a pauper. Using the same basis of computation, we should perhaps find 1 person tn 100 paupers in New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, the three States 4m which pauperism in America 1s most common. A few years ago the Pennsyivania authorities put @ series of questions in regard to outdoor relief to the officials in the different countries, The first was, ‘Does the giving ol outdoor relief prove to be permanent or only temporary #” The answers were 13 for temporary, 9for permanent and 10 permanent toa great extent. Another question ‘was, “does it encourage pauperism, by encour. aging persons to apply for public aid who would support themselves if they were to receive support only in aimshouses t” ‘rhe answers were twenty “it tends to tncrease pauperism” and eight **{t does not.” Similar questions in Massachu- setts stow a different ratio of answers. American statistics of pauperism, though seldom periectly trustworthy, show approximately a condition of things in this regard in our most populous commu- nities less alarming than had been supposed. Com- pared with Engiand our position is tavurable, yet it cannot. be denied that pauperism advances in. New York city and probably elsewhere with rapid pace, In Massachusetts, as a whole, it 1s not advancing, but, ratver in comparison with ‘he tncrease in population, itis diminishing. in Pennsylvania the statistics are as yet too recent to show whether it is advancing or diminishing; but | in all our larger cities the tendency is tor pauper- tsm to increase, The true and best preventive of pauperisin are a thorough and discriminating su- Pervision of all charities, public ana private; the most careful attention to the education and em- ployment of the poor and their children; the plac- ing O1 pauper children in good families at a distance, if possible, from degrading associations, A rigid an exact system of in-door relief, accompamed with Yabor; the reduction of out-door relief in cities, and the encouragement ol emigration to the rural districts from the crowded centres of poverty and crime, which most of our largest cities now have become. The position of New York in this respect is exceptional, because It yearly receives a quarter of @ million of emigrants’ from foreign countries, and this exposes it to peculiar evils and dangers. While this should be borne in mind, tt should not be made an apology for negiect or an occasion for abuses, but should lead to tncreased vigilance and activity onthe part of its magistrates and citi- zens. ‘the Rev. Dr. John Hall said it was true that at the beginning of the winter we were threatened from tne effects o! tne panic, but the great, chart- table heart of the city was not found wanting. ‘There always had been a rush of country laborers to New York in winter, he was informed, and these “tramps”? made their way toward this city irom distances, by, as it were, begging at the farm houses, where tney always got all they stood in need of, not so much because the owners gave it 8 charity but Decause they were feartul ir they did = not give what was asked tacy might be made to suffer. He asserted that there was no necessity for pauperism in this country. The people of this city gave atvay too much to impulse; and he believed i! the writer of the paper had announced last winter aa predic tions the views of the situation as he had given it as it had occurred, he wowlu have been borne down by a howl of popular indignation. Marriage tie. It was becoming a temptation for parents to shake themselves Iree of those wlio, by the arrangements of the Creator, have claims upon them, For instance, a wife dies and the Man tries to get rid of his children by abandonment, and vice versa, Economy ‘Was not thought of veforechand. A man who would aunually think that he was likely to die at any Ume, and who would, (or that reason, annually put something in the savings bank for his wife and children, would be: the better tor tne thought. ‘Ho was sorry to say that there was growing up a sort of business competition between charitable associations tn this city chat was disgracetul. This was seen even between churches, and money that was contributed by private individuals and appropriated by the Legislature was wasted and made away with for purposes that it was not con- tributed to aid. Mrs. Tell. from Boston, told of her expertence alter the great fire tn that city, and declared that there had been cases which came under her notice Where young women so long as they couid get charity refused co go into service tn good families at good wages. Mr. J. W. Skinner did not believe tn outdoor re- Hef, It did not, he said, do anything to decrease pauperism. Relief ought to be accompanied by ‘work 80 long as the partiesasking lor relief could work. This would prevent pauperisi, and he had an idea that prevention was better than cure, in charities as well as in all other things, Dr. Bishop said the subject treated of in the paper was exhaustiess and could only be treated, therefore, in parts. He said it would ve aimoult to enforce the new compulsory education act, and Unat therefore many tiitle children would be as bad off us they were now. There were thousands Of children In this city who went irom door to door repeating the sorrows of their home, the suffering, the poverty of their parents. They Went to the kitchen doors and the servants be- dieved their stories. Tnese children were taught aaily lessons o! this kind of story telling by men and women who profited by their gains and the result was that at least 6,000 children were every day going about in this way, becomin, chronic lars and merting schooled in crime an vice of all Kinds. When they grew up what were they going to do? They dropped invo the worst | Jorms Of degradation, They made up the worst of our gangerous Classes in the end, ‘nen there was the children who beg in the street, He llustrated the evil of tuie street begging by telling how one,winter’s day he had met two litte girls, bare- d and ragged, begging. He noticed several geetiemen give them money, and he asked them several questio! and finally told a policeman that he thought tuey were impostors, and that they had shoes and stockings hiduen in the neigh: borhood. This on investigation was found to be true, and their shoes and stockings and shawis were discovered under a nearby wooupile. This kind of deception, he said, was very prevalent in the city. It was @ kind that did more than kay. thing else to swell the current of vice and crime and pauperism ip the city. His advice was not to phd pe ot ?, ber * street ose =who callediat the doors of dweilings. Let those tu want he said. go to tue regular planes of charity, Then, again, he said, never listen 30 those who meet you tn rags at night time or cai! at ie doors complaining and whimpering and ask- ing for aid.- in 999 cases out of 1,000 they were frauds who followed this way to make a living, aud who in the day time went about wel) dressed. A question was put to Dr. Hail as to the results | Of the estabiighigent OLA central bureau of Chari He said | the tendencies of the day were to get rid of the | beggars or to | ties last Winter, The Doctor repliea by saying that | this city wea following in the pauper wake of great | cities of 6, and if things continued to on as they are now going he predicted that :n fifteen years from now We would have an abundant crop Of our most adroit thieves made trom the beggar class Who now imiest the town. There were | 20,000 impostors in this city who pretended tc be mm want. This was ascertained by actual investi- gation by the central bureau. These impostors on | an average managed to secure avout $1 a day. ‘The result of their success was that they despised Christianity ttself and considered it only necessary to make pretence look like fact to obtain “charity.” It Was to lerret out these people and to make charity reach only those who were tn real need that the Bureau of Charities was established— @ sort Of Clearing house of charities. The great majority of the charitable institutions responded tothe plang of the burean, but there were a few which refused t6 co-operate, Mr, Robert H. McCurdy spoke of tne progress of pauperism in this city since he was a young man. tn 1833 he lived. on Filth avenue, near Tenth street, and in the neignborhood was an im. | mense number of shanties. Great poverty existed among the inmates and it was traced to the same cause which Was now really the cause of pauper- tsm—the rum shops, Brersboay in those days drank pretty treely, and in all the social customs of the day figuor was never wanting. Rum was realy at the bottom of all our poverty, and when we swept away the rum shops we woul have undermined pauperism and made a clear and bright way for a better future for ‘that ciass of people who are now suffering from want and musery. Papers were also read on tne ‘Education of Deaf Mutes,”’ by Dr. Gallaudet, of Washington; one by Z. R. Brockway, op the “Reformation of Griev- ances;” and another by Mr. Sanborn, on “The Social Science Work of the Past Year.” HORRIBLE OUTRAGE. A Young Girl Brutally Assaulted By a Negro. Acolored man, who. gave his name as William Baker and his residence as No. 102 Greene street, was arrested yesterday aiternoon by Captain Byrnes, of the Filteenth precinct police, on Sixth avenue, and locked up at the station house in Mercer street, He is charged with committing, in most brutal manner, an indecent assault on a young Italian gir) named Amelia Bartinelll. From, what can be gathered of the particulars of the case it appears that Amelia, who is but eleven years of age and livea at No, 113 Sullivan street, with another child named Celesta Rosuagii, about nine years of age, of No.9 Sullivan street, were playing in Washington Park yesterday morning when they were accosted by the negro. He asked them if they would like some flowers and both answered “Yes.” Ae led them out of the Park to an unoccupied house tn Amity Street, and, frightening Celesta away, took Amelia into the basement of the building. ‘rhe house, which is No. 38, was recently occupied by disorderly peopie, Who were driven out by the police, and no tenants have yet gone into it. Upon getting the child into the basement amd shutting the door Baker caught her hy the throat with both hands and threatened to kill her tf she made any alarm. The uttle thing seems to have struggled desperately notwithstanding, for, upon examina tion at the station house by the poitce surgeon called tn for the purpose, she was found to ve bruised and cut all over the body. hls purpose accomplished, Baker fed, leaving the little girl in the basementin an apparently dying condition, Her companion, alarmed at seeing the negro take Amelia into the basement, ran to Officer Lock- wood, who was ob duty below the peaks tn the street, and told him: what had occurred. The officer went at once to the house and } found the girliying om the floor crying bitterly With the pain of her wounds, He had her con- veyed to the station house and reported the case, Captain Byrnes promptly turned out a squad of men and commenced a search for the negro. Both girls nad given a most minute description of him and the clothing he wore, 80 that the police were confident of getting at him as soon as he dared to show himself in public, Captain Byrnes lett the officers cn the hunt and went to Jefferson Market Police Court to attend to some duties there. On his way back to the station house he met Baker on Sixth avenue and at once took him into custody. He 18 a tall, thin, regular featured, | Gesperate looking scoundrel, and stoutiy denies being the criminal, Bowb girls, however, tully identified him last evening, and the police are now looking for lurther evidence against him. The poses are of opinion the child Amelia cannot ive, Baker will be arraigned at the Jefferson Market Volice Court this morning. THE NEW STEAMSHIP WHARVES, The Piers of the White Star Steamship Company Removed to New York. The new and extensive pier of the White Star Steamsnip Company, on the New York side of North River, at the foot of Christopner street, will be ready for occupancy early next week, at which time the wharf offices will be transierred from Jersey City. The company will occupy two piers, the larger 544 feet long by 80 feet in width, the smaller 650 feet long by 60 feet in width, The dock between the two piers will be 150 feet wide, 500 feet ong, and will baye an average depth of 27 feet. The piers were built by the Department of Docks in the most substantial manner, and for strengtn and solidity are superior to any others on the water front of the metropolis. The buildings erecting by the White Star Company on these superstructures are very Jarge and handsome. The shed on the large pier will be thirty-six feet high, and the main doors at the sides, through which tne cargo will be loaded, wil be twenty. | four feet high, Both sheds are roofed with | felt and gravel. They will be painted light drab color, with brown cornice; and, in the words of General Graham, engineer of the Dock Department, “will be the finest piers on this Continent.’ Under the present system of docks these pters are known as Nos. 5. and 52; but when the new system is | adopted they will be Nos, 44 and 45. The Dock Department is building the stone bulk- head, which will be 210 feet in iength. It is a good specimen of what the wall will be which is to even- tually surround the entire river front of our city. General Graham explains the method of putting down tnis wall, The mud is dredged out along the bulknead line to @ depth of 20 feet at mean low water, Piles are then driven 234 feet apart from the centres for a width of 22 feet, These are cut off at 14 feet below the low water line, The interstices: between the piles are filled with | ; broken stone up to within 2 feet of the top of the | ies, Divers are then sent down and this space is fillea with concrete and water lime. This forms @ solid bed on which two layers of Beton blocks, | 17 feet wide at the base, are laid. Five courses of | ! | | stone, which bring it to a hight of 5 feet above the water line, complete the bulkhead wall, Tne distance trom the bulkhead to the houses on West Street will be 250 feet. This will leave a wide space jor teams; and Mr, Cortis, the agent of the White Star Company, says that it is the intention to have @ side track from the Hudson River Kailroad along West street, which wil! enable them to transter freight directly from the cars to their steamers, The terriage and cartage between New York and Jersey City, so expensive and the cause of trequent delays, 18 entirely avoided, and, as the import trade is gradually moving up town, the White Star Company will find itself able to chalienge its rivals as to loca- tion, The great width of West street will also be Of immense advantage. The White Star company give up their pier in Jersey City, tor which they paid only a nominal rent, and transfer their steamers to the New York side, where they pay a | rental of $46,000 annually. The Dock enous { expended $226,000 on these piers, so it will be seen that the city will receive &@ rental equal to twenty per cent per annum. THE FIGHTING STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. | A Question of Deep Import to Immi- grants—The Existing Competition To Be Ended Next Week, The existing dispute among several of the | European steamship companies concerning the rate at which tmmigrants shall be brought to this port is becoming more intense day vy day. The lowest rate quoted yet or on record is that of the Williams & Guion steamer Nevada, which brought number of Mormon immigrants to thts port yes- terday at $13 ahead, or £2103. English money. | Yesterday morning @ HERALD reporter called upon ; Mr. Guion, at the office of the Liverpooi ana Great | Western Steamship Company, to learn his views | Ob Che subject, and he stated that the rate of $13 | cuarged for the Mormon immigrants invoivea a loss Of Upwards of $10 @ head, and thut the rate 1 question had been charged for a special purpose— viz, to bring the National Steamsnip Company to terms. The contest. sald Mr. Guion, had been carried on more energetically in Liverpool than ere. WHAT A PROMINENT AGENT SAYS, In conversation with @ HERALD reporter, a prominent agent oi a European steamship fine made the following statement last evening:—The fight 1s now -on {ta iast legs, as the Inman line has received a telegram from Liverpoo! stating that the North Atlantic Steamship Conterence have resolved to submit the question in dispute to a leading Liverpool merchant, who ts to act aa | arbitrator in the matter and will designate reg- ular rates o! passage jor steerage passengers, and thereby put an end to the existing ruinous com- petition, Mr. Thomas S. Sandford, of 29 Broad. way, Secretary of the Conference in question, will receive probably tn the early days of next week ; 8nd $25 to the third horse. TROTTING AT FLEETWOOD PARK. FLEETWOOD PARK, May 22.—Purse $100, mile heats, best three in five, in harness; $50 to the’ first, $30 to the second and $20 to the third; tor horses that never beut 2:45. ENTRIES, John vob oy b. m. Lady Trimble. B, Wilson's >. g. Patsey Bolivar R Smith's b. g. Humpty Dumpt: dames McKee’s bik. m, Midnight 2. M. Alcott’s c, g. Jim.. conan P, Manee’s b. m. Ada....... Charles Luil’s b. g. Kansas Pet. TIME First Secon | 9:45 | 2:45 THE BETTING. Lady Trimble was the favorite before the start Qt about even money against tne fleld; but after winning the first heat 8 to 1 went begging on her. There was no betting after the second heat, THE TROT, First Heat.—The track was in capital condi- tion. Patsey Bolivar took the lead at the start, Lady Trimble second, Midmight third, Humpty Dumpty fourth, Jim fifth, Patsey Boliver led two lengths to the quarter pole in 39 seconds, Lady Trimble second, two lengths tn front of Mid- night, the latter being four lengths ahead of Jim, who was four lengths tn tront of Humpty Dumpty. Going along the lower-turn Lady Trimble closed up the ashant and lay on Patsey Bolivar’s wheel as he passed the half-mile pole in 1:16, Midnight six lengths away, Jim next, and stil! further off was Humpty Dampty. On the hili of the vack- stretch Patsey Bolivar broke up and Lady Trimbie went to the front, leading two lengths at the three-quarter pole. The heat was no ionger in doubt, a8 Lady irimble came along nicely and won by tour lengths, Patsey Bolivar second, Midnignt third, Jim jourth, Humpty Dumpty just inside the the Cistance dag. Time, 2:42, Second Heat.—Humpty Dumpty was first away, Lady Trimbie second, Patsey Holivar third, Mid- night fourth, Jim flith, Lady Trimble soon went to the tront, closely followed by Midnight; but the latter broke up belore reaching the quarter pole. Lady Trimole passed that point first in forty sec onde, three lengths ahead of Humpty Pampas, Mid- might third, Patsey Bolivar fourth, Jim bringing up the rear. Going around the lower turn to the hall-mule pole Lady Trimbie opened the gap to six lengths, passing there in 1:17, Midnight second, one length in front oi Humpty Dumpty, Patsey third, Jim fourth, Climbing the hill on the back- stretch Lady Trimble made the daylight eight lengths vetween herself and followers, Humpt: Dany second, one length ahead o! Patsey Buli- var, Midnight jourth, Jim filth, Lady Trimbie | came along steadily, and won the heat by six lengths, Patsey second, Humpty Dumpty thira, eight lengths in front of Jim, who was half a length ahead of Midnight. Time of the heat 2:45. Third Heat.—Midnight was the first away, after several ineffectual attempts to get up even with the others, Humpty Dumpty second, Lady Trim- ble third, Patsey Bolivar fourth, Jim fifth, Going around the first turn Lady Trimble rushed to the front and led to the quarter pole two lengths, Midnight second, one length ahead of Humpty Dumpty, Patsey Bolivar fourth, Jim filth, ‘Time, lorty seconds. On the lower turn Lady Trimble opened a gap of six lengths, which advantage she retained to the hali-mile pole, passing that point in 1:1645, Mianight second, four lengtha ahead of Humpty Dumpty, who was two lengths In advance Patsey Bolivar, the latter being ten lengtns in front of Jim. There was no change of place on | the hill, and the norses passed the three-quarter pole tn the same order that they did the hali-mile pole, Lady Trmbie came on leisurely and won the heat and race by four ene Humpty Dumpty second, a head in front of Midnight, who was half length in advance of Patsey Bolivar, the | latter being fifty yaras ahead of Jim. ‘ime of } the heat, 2:45. Patsey Bolivar won second money, Humpty Dumpty the third premium. TROTTING AT DEERFOOT PARK. The First Trot. DEERFOOT Pak, L. 1., May 22.—Trortina,—Purse $250, for horses that had nev beaten 2:40; mile heats, three in five, in harness; $2650 to the frst, $100 to the second, $50 to the third horse, ENTRIES, M. Mead’s ch. g. Major 2 ee Nie T, Evans’ gr. g. Pollock. 23323 I. Pawling’s b. g. Byard 338 P. Webber's b, m. Rose Ma: 56 4 E. Carpenter's b. m, Lady Raferty. 4 4dr R, Dunnam’s s. g.Charles E. Coone: Quarter. Mile, First heat... 40 2:382¢ 2:37 214256 2345 2345 THE BETTING. In the pools Pollock bad the call, bringing $30 to Byard at $26, Lady Rafferty $20, the other tnree forming the fleid and selling at $14, THE TROT, First Heat.—Alfter scoring some half-dozen times the word was given to a very straggling start, Pollock, Byard and Major at once taking the lead Of the others. At the quarter pole Pollock was a | length ahead of Major, having reached there in 40 seconds, these two being some half-dozen | lengths tn front of the others, where they stayed, with Pullock about a length in front of Major to the half in 1:20, completing the heat in the same order in 2:5834, both Pollock and Major crossing the score under arun, with Byard third, Rose May fouth, Lady Ratlerty fifth and Charles E, Cooney distanced, Second Heat.—So well did Major show in the first heat that he was made the !avorite at the odds of | $35 to the field’s $20, At tne third score the word was given with Pollock and Byard close up, the | others a length or so away. whet yg | the turn Pollock broke badly, which allowed Byard to as- sume the lead for a moment, but McMahon catch- ing Pollock quickly, he again resumed the ‘eat, | and at the quarter was a neck in tront, in 40%, | where he Siayed to the nish, winning the neat ; eastly by two lengths in 2:37%, Major second, three | lengths in front of Byard, he having taken second | Place from the latter just bejore reaching the half. | mile pole, Lady Ratterty and Rose May barely sav- | ing their distance aiter a long run, urd Heat,—With the povis selling on Pollock at $40 to the fleld’s $10, and after several scores the word was given to a good start, immediately after | which Pollock broke badly, which gave Major the | lead and pole, Crawford sending the latter to the | quarter in 4034 seconds, with Pollock second six | lengths in front of Byard, who was three lengths | ahead of Rafferty and Rose May. Rounding the , tnrn all the horses broke badly and for a lew aec. | onds Pollock was leading, but, breaking badly again | at the distance stand, Major assumed the lead and passed the hal: tn 1:20; nor could Pollock, who | ' | } shire Boy. Ki-ki continued to tmprove his pace; but at the finish Draper, with tne aid of a good run, lapped the favorite, 80 that Ki-k! only won the heat tart ia in 2:35, Draper second, Belle of Toronto third, Berkshire Boy fourth and Molsey distanced. The judges, in announcing the race, | ee Belle of Toronto the second place and put | raper third a8 @ penalty for Poiliips’ foul driving tn the early part of the hear Second Heat.—After selling Ki-ki a8 a favorite at largely increased odds, pouls were sola without him and with Jack Draper tne favorite for second place at the odds of $20 to $9, Alter scoring seve- ral times the word was given to a good siart, Ki-k! at once taking the lead on the turn and passing the quarter poie two lengths in front of Draper, tn 4036 seconds, and the hait-mile pole three lengths in | front, in 1:25, with Lraper second, three lengths in front Of Belle of Toronto, whe was a length ahead o! Berkshire Boy, No change being made in the heat, Ki-ki won {t handsomely by two lengths, in 2:37%, with Draper three lengths in front of Belle of Toronto, who was @ head in front of Berkabire Boy. Third Heat.—So sure was the race looked upon for Ki-ki that no poois were sold on it between the heats, Atthe fourth score the word was given, with the four borses on even terms and the pace very fast. Rounding the turn Ki-ki broke, as also did’ Draper as they entered the backstretch, Neither lost any ground, Ki-ki leading about & length. at the quarter pole, in 37 seconds, and two lengths at the half,in 1:17. Again, on rounding the turn, Ki-ki broke, when Phillips | rushed Draper up, so that he trotted all the way down the backstretch almost even with the fa vorite, only a neck separating them as they en- tered the homestrercn, where Doty iaid on the whip, under the influence of which Ki-ki again drew clear, winning the heat and race bya length, in 2:33%; Jack Draper second, three lenvth- n front 0! Belle of Toronto, who beat Berkshire boy @ length for third place. RACING IN TENNESSEE, The Nashville Blood Horse Association. NASHVILLE, May 22, 1874 To-day was the fourth of the spring meeting of the Nashville Blood Horse Association. The at- tendance was very large. THE FIRST RACE. The Young America stake, for two-year-old colts and fillies, a dash of half a mile, $25 play or pay, $250 added; $50 to second; five or more to Mil. Closed with sixteen entries. Ten started. SUMMARY. Turner’s br. c. Vassal, by Vandam.. Bang’s ch. ¢, Verdigria, by Versailies, Cheatham’s ch. c, Lady Bug, by Vanda! ‘Time, 50: The others not placed. In the pools Cheatuam’s entry sold first choice, with the fleid close up. Vassai was 1ourth choice. THE SECOND RACE was & two mile heat for a purse of $500, SUMMARY. Franklin's b. m. Arizona, by Lexington, dam Zone ee a 4S In the pools, previous to the first heat, the | horses altervated as favorites, going about even, | eae the first heat Arizona was the favorite, 5 to THE THIRD RACE was mile heats for a purse of $250. SUMMARY. Wiliams & Owing’s ch, c. Somerset, by Con- cord, dam by Glencoe.. . Bailie Peyton’s ch. gins, Grinstead’s ch. f Sophy Budderly, by Aus- tralian, dam Loretta.......... steeeeees 4 Gordon's ch. g. Jack of Trumps, by Jack of ; Trumps, Bea v aires oo M17. In the pools Somerset sold first, Summer Rose eng Budderly third ana Jack o { Trumps fourth choite. HORSE NOTES. Mr. B. P. McGrath’s stable of race horses from Kentucky reached Jerome Park yesterday.. The string numbers six, comprising the famous Tom | Bowling, J ry, Aaron Pennington, Calvin, Chesa- | peake and Aristides, The latter met with an ac- cident, that may retire him trom the turf for some | time, on his way to the Park. He backed against @ milk wagon and commenced Kicking, injuring Dis hocks very badly. Dan Piifer bas in training for Mr. John H. | Harbeck, Jr., at Fleetwood Park, the brown geld- | ing Windermere and a@ black colt, Neither have records, but are known to be rattlers, Dan Mace’s stable of trotters are established at Fleetwood Park. Among them are Henry, Fuller- ton, brown gelding James Howell, Jr., and black mare Blanche. Dan signalized his return to health @ day or two since by driving Mr. Thomas P. Wal- lace’s beautiful and speedy bay gelding Henry a | turn or two of the track, Mr. Wiliam M. Humpbrey’s new acquisition in | horsefiesh, called Turnbull, and also Known as the Low Colt, has lately been named James Howell, Jr. ‘This horse 18 a brown gelding, 15 hanas high, with white hind feet. He is by Hambletonian, dam Harry Clay mare, and has no record, but ts very speedy. This is not the horse which trotted under the name of Turnbull in 1872. He was sired by -Commodore Vanderbilt. WEW YORK CITY. James Whittaker, twenty-four years of age, em- Ployed as fireman on the steamtug William H, Vanderbilt, lying at pier 8 East River, yesterday i morning. while engaged in oiling the engine, was | caught in the crank pit and crushed to death. The remains were seat to tne Morgue and Coroner Woitman notified, At six o’clock yesterday morning Officer Jeffreys, of the Harbor Police, found the body of an un- known man floating in the dock foot of Thir teenth street, East River. Deceased. who had been in the water for several weeks, wore an oil- skin overcoat, black sack undercoat and dark ribbed pants. The body was sent to the Morgue and Coroner Croker notified, Alexander H. Millford, a printer by trade, tnirt; five years of age, and formerly a resident of Tren- ton, N. J., died yesterday in the Essex Market tions were placed not Properly prepared by les to sustain the weight of the superstrnctures, Rie occupants have moved Out upon the advice of the authorities, and the owners of the buildings Will be prosecuted, Some time ago thirty-three “punches,” valued | @t $450, were stolen ‘rom the Atiantic avenue rail. road office, as aileged, vy Vernon J. Bell, acon: ductor on the Broadway and Seventh avenue line of cars, One of the stolen “punches” was found tn the possession of Aiexander Skinner, a Gon- ductor on the Broadway line, Alderman Richard- 80n, proprietor of the Atiantic avenue railroad, testified upon thé examination, which took place before Judge Walsh yesterday, that Skinner told him that he bougnt the punch" trom & smal! boy ana soid it to Beli for $37, Ol the case was adjourned until Tuesday next LONG ISLAND. Willlam Benson, a laborer employed on the farm of Mr. A. Campbell at Hempstead, burst a blood vessel while coughing yesterday, and almost in- Btantly expired, : A boy named Elisworth Wells, living at North- ville, was found lying in a fieid on Thursday, he having been kicked by a colt so severely in the head that he can hardly recover, Henry Ackerly, of Bellport, was cutting wood on Tuesgaay, when he gashed one of his feet very vadly, cutting off one toe and nearly severing two oth He was taken with lockjaw and died yest It ta subject of remark among the fishermen of Long Island, that fish of all descriptions were never more plentiful nor im better condition than now; and this fact would seem to prove that the fears frequentiy expressed of late years, that the fisheries of the Island would sutfer from the in- discriminate and wholesale catching indulged tn, are in @ measure groundiess, Menhaden are more numerous than for many years and of fair quality, ‘and the oti factories are already all in fuil opera tion, and the various kinds of edible fish are runn- ing {n great numbers, Bluefish have commenced to take the squid, and weakiish are biting freely. No lesa than three injunctions have been served Upon the trustees of Whitestone village within a sew days, The first was granted on the application of Mr. John D, Locke, to prevent the removal of the Corporation Butidings {rom certain tand teased from him. This case has not yet been de- cided. The second was at the application of Mr, John D. Scott to prevent the purchase of what is Known ag tne old schoolhouse property for the purposes of a village hall, This was vacated by Judge Gilbert on technica! grounds; but @ third injunction for the same purpose was immediately obtained from Judge Donohue, the merits of which are to be argued before Judge Giibers, Nelson Hawkins, of Bellport, indicted for receiv- ing trout stolen from the premises of the Southside Sportsmen's Club, was arraigned for trial on the last day of the adjourned term of the Suffolk County Court of Oyer and Terminer, and the case bad proceeded as far as the opening for the de- fence, when the Court adjourned tor dinner. When the hour arrived ior proceéding, and after the jurors had taken their seats, it was discoverea that Hawkins had disappeared, The Sherif and his deputies were instructed to hunt him up, dut no trace of him could be dis. covered. It was finally ascertained that he had leit the place, much to the amazement of his counsel, and the search was abandoned. Judge Tappan ordered Hawkins’ bonds ‘to be forfeited, and that his sureties be prosecuted. A bench warrant was then issued for his arrest, and the imdictment was ordered to the next term of the Court of Sessions for trial. STATEN ISLAND. Eagewater will organize on the istof June, when itis expected some important changes wil ve made among tne village oiticers, Thomas McLoughland was yesterday arraigned before Justice Kassner, at Stapleton, upon @ charge of burglary, in stealing blankets, door mats and other articles from the residence of Mrs, Hartshorne, at Stapleton, The Justice committed him to the Kings County Penitentiary for the term of siX months, ton by the police, nearly a year ago, and which of imprisonment, Jar monthly session. ; meeting. duty, and his private room at the station house of stolen goods. eniorce the excise law. NEW JERSEY. ; ‘The first experiment in establishing a breeding place for dogs in this country similar to the Eng- lisb kennels is now being made 1n Newton. An immense demonstration of the St. Patrick's Alilance, comprising societies from Newark, New York, Hoboken, Brooklyn and Jersey City will take Place in Jersey City next mouth, During the thunder storm that raged in Paterson on Thursday & man and 4 little girl were struck by the lightning. The latter ts 80 seriously injured that she 1s not expected to recover, The first party of Mormon converts brought over this year from Europe, numbering 150, left by the Pennsylvania Railroad from Jersey City yesterday aiternoon for the Jand of the Latter Day Saints. “Raise the tracks above the streets’ {s now the Prison, to which he had been committed the day previous, by Judge Bixby, on a charge of intoxica- | tion. Apoplexy is supposed to have been the | cause of death. The body was sent to the Morgue, and Coroner Croker notified, ae | continued to preak badly, catch him, notwithstand- ing ali McMahon's exertions in that direction. Major finally won the hea by two lengths in 2:42, with Pollock second, three lengths in front of By- | ard, who was the same distance tn front of Raf- | ferty and Rose May, the latter being separated by halt a length only. Fourth Heat.—The Major was then made the fa- vorite, good pool selling being done at the odds of | $25 on Major to $23 ior the field. After scoring | three times the word was given toa good start, | Pollock taking the jead, but breaking badly in the | turn and giving way to Major, who took the lead and Was three lengths in front at the quarter in 42 seconds, Pollock second, and two lengths in front of bree who was third, Byard fourth and Rose May fifth, Rounding the lower turn McMahon undertvok to rusn Pollock up to the Major; but the latter was not to be Ea and, putting on steam, assumed an increased advan- tage, passing the half in 1:24 anc tinally winning the heat easy by three lengtns in 2:45. Pollock waa second and Very tired, six lengths in front of By- ard, who was two leugths in advance of Lady Ral- ferty, she being lapped out by Rose May. Fuh Heat.—Lady Rafferty, being quite lame, was withdrawn, with the permission of the judges. Major sold as first choice in the’pools at $40 to $10 for the fleld, Again, alter scoring severai times, the word was given to & good start, but Pollock breaking badly on the turn, Major took the lead and was never headed, winning the heat and race easily; he trotting the first quarter of a miie tn 43 seconds, the nal/ in 1:24 and the mile in 2:45; Pol- Jock finishing. second, Byard third and Rose May fourth, The winner, Major, 1s a very promising trotter, ten years old, sired by ason of George M. Patcheu, out of the famous mare Lucy, THE SECOND TROT. Same DAyY.—Purse $400, for horses that had never beaten 2:30; mile heats, best three in tive, In harness; $150 to the first, $75 to the second, ENTRIES, J, L. Anderson's b, g. KirKi.... slit} J. H. Phillips’ gr. g. Jack Draper +8 22] J, D. Brown's gr. m. Belle of foronto. 28 8) Owner's br. g. Berksnire Boy. 444 | 4, Chambers’, im. Molsey..... M, Meaa’s or. m. Annie Collins. Tl Quarter, Half, First heat.. 39 Lilt3g Second heat » 87% 1:16 )g Third heat,, » 87 alt THR BETTING, In the pools Ki-ki sold for first chotce at $30, | Jack Draper bringing $20, Berkshire Boy $14 und the fleld $10, First Heat.—At the third attempt for the word dt was given with Jack Draper (who was on the outside) away in front, with Beile of Toronto second, Ki-ki third, Moisey tourth and Berkshire Boy fith, Rounding the turn, Jack Phillips, the ariver of Draper, pulled in to the pole so aharp a3 to materially interfere with Ki-ki, and the Belle of Toronto, assuming the tead, passed the Riek ter {n 39 seconds, @ length in tront of | @ telegraphic despatch informing tim what haa } been decided upon vy the Liverpoo! merchant | and ratified dy the Conference, The prevailing | rate here at the present moment {s $26 ‘o Liver: | | pool. but oext week, whem the compromise is | agreed upon and competition ended, she rate wil, ij | probably be $30. {t mav be remembered tnat two | years ago the Cunard line drew out of the Conier- Ghee, auc LOOK passengers W Livervool ior $15, with Belle o; Toronto third, fully a dozen lengths ‘n front of Berkshire Hoy, | the latter | the same distance in :ront of Molsey, who had badly broken up aud seemed unable to trot a dit. ; Roanding the turn Kiki improved his pace, and as | they came up the stretch wok the ijead, passi the stand 4 half length in front tn 1:15, witl Draper second, six jengths ahead of the Belle of | | session Of the sanitary authorities. | story frame building No. 655 Bed/ord avenue, used | tended to the butiding Coroner Croker was yesterday notified to hold | gu inquest at the Morgue on the body of Joun Cruthers, a youth of twenty, whose body was found in the dock foot of Bank street, North River. | Deceased, who was sae dissipated, led an irregu- lar life ana preterred to live by chance around the | docks and markets to remaining at home with his parents, who reside in Olarkson street, BROOKLYN. ‘The rate of taxation will not excced that of last | year, provided the Board of fFstimate carry out their declared intention of cutting down the | estimatgs Of ali the departments, There are sixty-nine stables within the city limits, in which 799 cows are fed. Of these 266 are sed on swill milk, according to information in pos- | The Health | Board bas determined upon abating the nuisance, Mrs. Mary Bell, who was shot by her employer, Mrs. McMahon, &@ month ago, Is still lying at the City Hospital, but sne is believed to be out of dan- er, The ball from the pistol has lodged in cae jung, aud her recovery is regarded as very remark- able. There were 199 deaths in Brookiyn during the past week, Of the deceased 112 were males and 87 | females. Consumption carried of 27 victims, pneumonia, 20; meningitis, 4; scariatina, 9; diph- theria, 7; croup, 4; intemperance, 7, and typhoid | fever, 2. Yesterday atternoon, a8 an express wagon, driven by 4 man named J. McAneer, was turning atthe corner of Grand and Fourth streets, Will- famspurg, the axle broke, throwing Mr. McAneer out upon his head, injuring him in @ serious man- ner. He was attended by @ physician apa sent to his home. ig A tire broke out yesterday morning in the two as @ furmture repairing shop. The flames ex- No, 653 on the Same avenue, | three structures were | Mounted to $7,000, and are The fre was of accidental | ana also to No, 657. destroyed. The losses covered by insurance. origin, 5 nothin H The gine factory of Peter Cooper, in Bushwick, Was robbed a day or two ago of a quantity of m: chinery, Yesterday a young man named Thoma McDonald, eighteen years of age, was brought be- | fore Justice Eames to answer for having stolen | from the factory a brass piston rod chain, valued | @t $80, which he had sold to ajunkman for eighty cents, The enamination was postponed in order vo dnd the junkman, The Department of Buildings vave discovered | several newly constructed brick nouses on Hami!- ton avenue, near Henry street, in s dangerous condition, the foundations having settled and the | Toronto, Who Was the same distance rom Berk: . Wallscracked, The around on which the jounda | j Oberate with the cry of the people of Jersey City to the Pennsy!va- nia Railroad Company. . Committees of the Boards of Aldermen and Pubilc Works have beea ap- | Pointed to confer with the company on the sud- Ject. The Board of Chosen Freeholders of Hudson county having refused to pay the expenses and salaries of the Boulevard Commissioners and their oficers as required by an act passed during the late session of the Legislature, suits have been in- stituted in the Supreme Court against the county to compe! payme DECORATION DAY. The Executive Committee of the Memorial Com- } Mittee of the Grand Army of the Republic met iast * evening at Nos, 18 and 20 St, Mark’s place tn order tocompiete their arrangements for Decoration Day. after the meeting was called to order the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The report of the committees then ; being in order, the Committee on Orators reported | having secured the services of General A. S, General George H. Sharpe and Rev. He: Beecner; also that Captain S. B. Willis, of would officiate 4s chaplain at Cypress Hill. Fiorai Committee stated tnat they had made ar- rangements with a company to decorate the wagons and Steinway Hall, and also to furnish men to piant the fowers on the graves. Three offers had veen made to decorate the grave of Lincoin, but Lincoln Post offers to decorate the graves of Lin- coin and Washington, the others had to be de Webb, 0st 79. The to decorate a Wagon, and a resolution requesting the Grand Mareha: to allow said wagon to follow the guard was onanimously adopted. The Music Committee stated that they had en; vices of the Governor's Island and Fort Hamilton bands. Tae Decoration Committee are to meet on Monday evening at the cottage oa Union square, ORUSADERS IN OSWEGO, Delfcacy and Womanly Propriety To Be Considered, Osweoo, N. Y., May 22, 1874, The temperance movement in this city is begin ning to assume considerable importance. Meet- ings are being held tn the churches, and measures are being taken to suppress the illega: saie of liquor. A Union Women's Praying Circie ts to be established, to meet once every week in some con- venient place or places, and the ladies of tiis organization have resolved to hold themselves Teady 10 all proper, prudent and legal ways to co- Pastors in this good work aud to act under thelr advice and approval, ignoring aii measures adverse. to delicacy and womanly pro- priety, a a aeeriag only the best means to legal and Christian results, CONVIOTED OF OHILD MURDER. CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 22, 1874, At Seymour, Ind., yesterday, sentenced to the Penitentn for tife. dence anowed te lary for iife, nat shey enticed the. chila and threw the vody {nto # creek. We murder was toa ronhare team che g A further examination | The newly elected Board of Village Aldermen of The valuable mare found in the streets of Staple- has since been advertised and kept at Police Head. quarters, was yesterday identified and claimed by | @gentieman irom Brooklyn. It appears that tae | animal was stolen rom him in Brooklyn, anti that the thie! was captured and 1s now serving @ term Police Commissioners Barrett, Marsh and Wright Met at headquarters yesterday, and held the regu- The appointments to fil vacancies in the force were deferred until the next Detective Romer wus ordered to appear on the ist of next month, in uniform, for patrol was ordered to be hereafter used for the storage The Board have determined to Ward | as the || wed the ser- | reach ‘wo men named | troops, Fleetwood, brothers, were convicted of the mur- der of a litte German voy a year ago, and ‘ ‘The evi- into a field, beat out his brains with a club, out his throas | The object of of a2 | was nos balled will Curista CHARITIES AND CORRECTION, Mayor Havemeyer’s Investigation of the Correction Bureau, How Money Is Made Out of Public Departments. The adjourned investigation tn the cases of Com. missionera Stern,and Laimbeer was continued yesterday, at the Bureau of Charities and Correc- ton, corner of Third avenne and Eleventh street, There were present Mayor Havemeyer, who seemed unusually wakeful; Warden Quian, Com- missionera Laimbeer and Stern, the sew private secretary of the Mayor, who speaks German; 6 Mr. Flagler, who is an em- ploy¢ of the Charity Department; a@ short~ band reporter, who wae specially engaged, for the purpose of taking notea of the “investigation,” by Messrs. Stern and Laimbeer, together with seven newspaper reporters. The investigation had @ ttle more interest than before, as she HERALD’s eXpostres had to some extent mod- erated the tone of one Commissioner aud had shown a necessity for s pretence of examination, at least. Consequentiy, several questions were asked by the Mayor, wno has stated that the ap- pointment of Myer Stern was the best he has ever made. But practicaily the investigation was cone ducted by Mr. Stern on himsel/, as only those wit- nesses were called who were for the defence, and the investigation was closed by Mr. Stera, who summed up for himself in @ very enthusiastic manner. The time of the Mayor was chiefly taken up in allowing the Commissioners to investigate the life and character of a man named Lamson. who was at one time the purchasing agent of the Board, Mr. Laimbeer stated that his oniy reason for voting for the dismissal of said Lamson was because he had been drunk during businesa hours. Toward the close of the examination, however, Mr. Laim- beer asked that the reporters shouid exclude the word “drunk” from their reports and substitute “intoxicated,” Mr, Stern also stated that some of the newspa pers bad been slightly mistaken ip regard to the - relationship of himseif and Mr. Sternpach, whom he stated to be the brother of his (Stern's) son-In- law. Mr. Sternbach was examined, it having been concluded yesterday morning at ten o’cviock that it would be a politic ineasure to bring lim toto Court for all concerned. He admitted that he had purchased cloth at thirty cents a yard and sold it tor forty-five ceuts a yard to the Commissioners of Charities and Correction, The investigation was adjourned suddenly, to meet again at the call of the Mayor, who iuiormed the reporters thai ne would notily the newspapers when the investigation would »e resumed. The evidence 18 in substance as follows:— Thomas K. Fietcher testified that he wag a dry goods merchant in this city; recollected being im this office last September and aeons! certain samples in company with Mr. Stern; Mr. Stern asked his opinion or several pieces of goods, show- ing @ piece of cloth, bought for forty-five cents, the department having previously paid over $1 for the same Kind; it was at Alderman Falconer's sugges- t10D that he visited the department. fhe witness: testified that a sample of flanne! shown him at thas time and bought for forty-five cents, one-half per cent off, was fifteen per cent better than that previously bought ior fitty-fve cents, E. Flagler, the general storekeeper of the de. partment, was thep examined in reterence to the goods purchased by the department. He testified to the correctness of the bills and accounts of tae department, which were submitted by Mr. Stern, who askec that the Mayor place them before the Commissioners of Accounts for further eXamina- tion; the expenditures for dry goods irom May 1, 1872, to May 1, 1873, amounted to $60,830 86, of which $45,609 22 was paid to Temtt, Griswold & Co., the remainder was divided among a large num- ber of other firms; from May 1, 1873 to May 1, 1874, the expenditures for dry goods were $43,496 36; the records of the department showed that, although there was a large decrease in the amount of goods purchased a8 compared with the previous year, yet the per centage of garmenta manufac- tured was much larger than the year before, In April, 1873, whitey brown thread haa been pur- chased trom Teit, Griswold & Co. at $185 per pound, and that in May the same quality of thread Was purchased from Sternbach & Co. at $1 per pound, two and a half per centtoff. Other evi- dence of the same nature was produced, It was then shown by Mr, stern, on Mr. Fiagier’s corro- boration, that Mr. Stern had personally purchased straw hats at filty cepts per dozen, five per cent of, Lamson having previously paid $1 87% per dozen for hats of the same kind. These and some. fine combs were the only purchases, Mr. Stern said, that he had ever personaily made, heme Keen, Warden of the Workhouse, was ex- mined by the Mayor as to the manner in which the inmates of the Workhouse were treated and ciothed, The experience of the last year was ag javorabie as that of any previous year, but nos better; during the past year 158,755 prisonera passed through the Workhouse, which, as Mr. Stern said, 1s @ great revolving machine, Marshali Bought, Warden of-tue Almshouge, tes+ tifled as to the manner of making tae clothes of the prisoners, and exhibited two suits—one new, the other aiter tt had been worr seven montos aud washed three times. Mr. Stern stated that, under the old régime, | these suits cost $4.34 and now cost $2 81, the Int- | ter wearing aa weil and being of as good quality as the former. Mayor Havemeyer was then asked if he wished to examine Sternbach, the man from whom the cloth and flanne! io question was purchased, He | answered that tf Sternvach acted as the purchas- j ing agent o; the Department, and as such bought , the cloth at thirty cents, charging the Department forty-tive cents. there was wrong-doing; but if Sternbach sold the goods as a merchant compet- ing with other merchants, the allegation was ac, Mr. Sterp answered that Sternbach bad’ never been a purchasing agent of the Board, but that the cloth was bought irom him by the Board in- stead of by the purchasing agent; the cloth was , the cheapest that couid be procured, and if Mr. | Sternbach, as a merchant, was able to purchase | the goods at thirty cents and sell it at iorty-five } Cents, making @ {air profit, and yet furnishing the | cheapest article, it, was an ordinary business | transaction. yi Mr. Laimbeer made simiiar remarks, and the | Mayor stated that le did not desire to examine | Alr. Sternbach, the Board by Mr. Laimveer, and a brief consulta tion between Mayor Havemeyer ana Air, Stern, | Sternbach was summoned asa witness, His testt- | mony was simply an account of the business trans- | action of his selling the goods to the department | on sampie, with price aMxed; he bought the goods for cash at thirty-five cents, and sold it for lorty-five cents to the department. « Mr. Laimbeer. 1p answer to Mr. Stern, In refer. ence to the cause of Lamson's dismissal, said that ne had frequently observed Lamson to und the influence of liquor during business hours; had it not been for this he would not have voted | Jor Lamson’s dismissal. There being no desire on the part of the Mayor | to prolong the investigation, Commissioner stern | summed up for the Board, He said that the tn- | qairy had been prompted by part an feelings on the part of certain persons, who endeavored to have the Department Mag ei ne by a resolution j Introduced before the Legislature. It failed, and these parties then said they would get it through | the eee yet office. Tne District attor- ney was too slarp to ve im) d upon, but the | Grand Jury was imposed om, ands mo doubt, | a Madi now be giad to take back their present- E. R. Bradley, clerk in the Supply Department, was afterward’ called and testined that he nud , Known Lamson to have in his possession a mem- | orandum book, in which were recorded purchases The Skidmore Guard received permission | of goods irom various firms. Over against each Beneare waa & percentage mark of four or five r nt. The investigation then adjourned, subject to the call of the Mayor. | PILGRIMS IN BATTLE, | Turkish Troops Quiet a Riot at the Holy | Sepulchre, [From the Neue Frei Presse of Vienna, May 3.) At the “holy place’ at Bethlehem the Christian | pugrims have caused a violent fray. According to | a custom introduced some sears ago the Latin Convent formed in spring a religious excursion to { the Jordan, in which the pilgrims who ave ar- tivea trom Europe are accustomed to take part. On their return they attend generally a 7¢ Deum in the Grotto o1 the Nativity. On bh alt. the muititude of pilgrims, which at this time was par- ucularly numerous, returned from the Jordaa to ; Bethlehem and wanted to enter with fying ban- ners and in a great procession (0, the tto through the so-called “Iron Gate.” The Turi | Military in charge o1 the Temple | order to keep te Christians Cae | fessions from break their against one | another, explained to the leader that tne Latin clergy had, it ts true, the right of passage th rough this gate, but that under present reiations they must take their way through the porta! of the Latin Convent, Linn 4 J te ete aie sate. } yn the mass of pligri Fi Liga the officers and Instervated ee sol. 4 was abou: :0 interfere ne did Sot, seme od much better, In cons nce of these scandalous roceedings COMMuMCations are going 02 det! the Porte nd the French oparunes t it was merely, ee wo the erty mand of the rkiete nat toe | diers. When the District Superintendent seteom. piace Alter a short but animated general defence of - ~