The New York Herald Newspaper, January 24, 1875, Page 7

* Police Commission CITY POLITICS. The Struggle for Power by the City Politicians. THE MAYOR'S POSITION. The New Policy Proposed at Albany by Charter Amendments to Secure Home Rule. THE POLICE COMMISSION. The Tammany General Committee Protests Against Republican Usurpation and Promises Democratic Reforms. The spparent reluctance of Mayor Wickham to take any decisive action that might result in the speeay ousting of the members of the various commissions who are not considered the proper parties to hold power under the new régime has deen during tue past week the subject of no little @iscussion in political circles. Rumor, it 1s true, has been rife as to the changes that are certain to be made sooner or later tn the Police Com- | mission, and there can aow be no doubt but that the fate of the members of the Commission would bave been definitely, settled during the week but that the leaders decided upon a new policy, the adoption of which, by the way, will give the Commissioners tn every other department, who are to be got rid of in the long run, a little longer lease of life than they would have bad had it not been adopted. It seems that when Mr, Wickham first took hold of THE REINS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT be had alist prepared of all the officials in the Bity, great and small, with their politics and duties and salaries opposite their names, as well as the fate of their appointment and the term of their expiration of oMce. It was generally supposed that the list was prepared to enable the new Mayor to know just what the term “city govern- ment’’ mean!, and who he had vo depend upon as well as to hoid responeible tor the proper working of the complicated Machinery of the municipality. Undoubtedly this was one of the reasons whitch prompted . the making out of the exhibit, but the chief reason was to enable the Mayor to know just where to let the axe fall with the best effect and with the least possible danger ofa rebound. Had he con- sulted but himself in this matter it ts undeniable that certain very radical changes would have been attempted ere this; but 1t now appears that some ambitious gentlemen at Albany desire to make a total change of plans tor the weeding out of the people who stand in the way of the new order of things. The new policy is nothing more nor less than to ieave the fate of the more prominent officials in the hands of THE ALBANY LEGISLATORS, the argument being that If the same results can be obtained Ly peaceable legislation there the | guccess of the advocates of “nome rule” wiil be #ilthe more compiete and less open to harsh criticism than if obtained by the one man power process. This looks rather paradoxical, but the concoctors of the plan insist that it ts an emi- oently wise one. If the Mayor should go to work, they say, ashe has been arged to by some of the leaders, and, pianting himself firmly on the “for cause” platform, remove Commissioners right and leit, he would place himself, bis intimate (riends pontend, in the attitude o! a partisan determined Qt all bazards to make a change all round regard- less of consequences, so long as he could, even by straining a point or two, make a re- publican stand aside to benefit a demo- orat. Now it is hardly possible that the Mayor would be deterred from acting out bis own ‘will tn these matters if no stronger reasons than these were advanced to prevent him; but there gre those who believe the canara set afloat by Mr. Green that Mr. Tilden’s position has induced Mr. Wickham to bide his time fora little while longer until Albany has been heard trom for the last time. There is, however, no question about MK. TILDEN’S STAND, so far as the “approval” power given to the | Governor, inthe matter of removals by the Mayor, is concerned. In his Message he said a great deal abgut loca! sell-government, and he is too shrewd 8 politician to destroy his future prospects and to break the power o! the democratic party in New | York by making a figot against Mayor Wickham for the sake of keeping « personal friend in oMce. Ol course there could ve no objection on the part of any democrit to see the whole re- publican tinkerlug of the city wiped out. But under Governor Tilden | the sacrifice of th is NEW YORK hotd on to the profits ofthe office as long as he can, and has come to the conciusion not to budge an inch, As a lobbyist, personal and by proxy, he wwanexpert, and his expertness he will make geod use of within the next ten days or so to pre- Vent mis being legislated out by Albany manipu- lations, He is now striving to make Capital at Albany in the Senate by guaranteeing the safety of the republicans in his department. He hopes thus to head off the Albany movement by a counter bill, which specially legisiates out of office the very man oi ah others who can command Senatorial votes enough on the republican side to carry the Costigan vill. It was by a similar dodge that he saved his bacon two years ago, and his represen- tatives in the lobby have already got their in- siracsipne what and how to play the cards, So it will A DEAD SET TO between two old opposing forces when the fight jairly begins, and 4s Green was once before saved by the change Of One vote in the Senate, he may, possibly, be again reduced to the necessity of being saved again by the same process; but ihe odds are this time against him. It is true that the Mayor's ~~, that the heads of depart- Mente should refrain from going to Albany to loboy for their departments wil be obeyed, so lar as thei stayiDg away irom Albany is concerned, but that they will be just as much as ever strongly represented in the lobby by shrewd men, who will jee to it that even the Mayor himself does not et tire best of their principals without a strugzle that will cost roundly is a certainty. It may, therefore, be conciuded that it a determined attempt is not made within a fortnight to puso the Costigan bill through voth houses the Mayor will move on the enemies’ works here, and the hopeful politicians, who would rejoice in a clean sWeep, Will, in a great measure, be grati- fied. The Police Commission and the Fire Com- mission must be changed from stem to stern very soon, and it may be thatevenif there is a certainty o! the passage of the Costigan bill, but Ot until the latter part of the session, they will be revolutionized all the same—the one on the “for cause” plan, tie other on the charges al- ready preferred against them. In this connection it may be wel to recall to mind the fact that the Senate committee, which was specially autno- rized by tne last Legisiature to INVESTIGATE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, banal have not as yet made any report to the Legisla- ture. ‘To ve sure, when they came to the city to Investigate they saw fit not to make any investi- gation, and have consequently nothing to report; Dut the reason why, certainly, ougit to be stated by che committee to the Senate. It is understood by the democrats in the city, Who were anxious to have the department overhauled, satisfied that the overhauling wouid reveal a state ot affairs Uhat would juscily a change in the general manage- Ment, that the committee now base their neglect of duty on the grouna that the present Commis- ston is a different Commission from that in exist ence when the investigation was ordered, How- ever, as the committee were empowered to in- vestigate the affairs of the department, not simply the men who were in the Commission, their excuse is a quibble, pure and simpie. During the coming week, if the arrangements to make the ee of the Costigan bill smooth and easy fall through, the democratic leaders here wilt prepare a resolution, which wil be passed by the Assembly, authorizing an investigation by the | Committee on Cities into the Police Departinent. | Yet the wheels within wifeels are suca, it will thus be seen, that there may be maby a ship between the cup aad the lip tor the plotters and pianners, both here and at Albany, and that, with the ob- stacles that stand in the Way of the success of one set ol city politicians and the dread some of the leaders have jest’by making too violent a charge upou their opponents they may pull tueir own roots down over tielr heads, the ear future in city politics does not look as clear and bright as it dia at New Year's. However, i “log-rolling’’ at Al- bany can accomplish (he plans ol the city demo- cratic leaders Mr. Wickham will have a compara- lively easy time of 1t for a while. If not he will go to work in dead earnest, and none but the faithiul will rejoice, THE TAMMANY GENERAL COMMITTEE, eT ARRAIGNMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATION--REPUB- LICAN CRIMES DENOUNCED AND DEMOCRATIC REFORMS GUARANTEED. Ab enthusiastic meeting of the General Com- mittee of Tammany Hall was held last even- ing at Tammany Hall. An election of perma- nent officers was held with the utmost unapimity and govd feeling. Abram S. Hewitt was chosen chairman. On assuming the chair he returned thanks ior the honor @® speech so felicitous and well ag to call for the repeated _piaudits of the assembled democracy. He spoke of the shame which had heretofore fallen on the name of democrat, and then, adverting to the manper in which that name had been redeemed im the Just elections, he claimed that every mem- ber of the General Committee should be proad to acknowledge himself a member of the Tammany orgavization. Mr. Kelly then took the floor and offered the fojiowiug resolutions, which were adopted amid the greatest enthusiasm :— THE RESOLUTIONS. The Democratic Republican General Committee for the city and county of New York, in entering noon the chosen ischarge of its duties for the year 1875, deems it appro- priate and fitting again to express its profound grautica- tion at the signal triumphs whica have recently been won by the great national party oi which it Is & part, and to briefly atvert to the obligations ald upon the party by tis expression of the nation’s contidence. Whereas this Kepublic was founded after an unprece- dented struggle of seven years’ war with Great britain, | the rebellion against the mother country having been | | caused by conthaued acts ot oppression and tyranny, un- , Warrant 7 h r and unjustiiapie — ¢ me ts oF the peupie of the colons 0) ceased to be virtues; and Whereas, after their independence was achieved by ands of patriouc hvesand unto:d tons, iederation of the tree 1 for mutual benetit, and detensive pur? hardships and and independent reciprocity of trade and. offensi | poses; ata later period in’ our political history giving charter | there could bé no well grounded apprehension | that the veto power placed in the Governor's hands by repubilcan politicians would be used to embarrass Mayor Wickham’s administration and | prevent the sormation of @ harmonious and ein- | cient city government. Stull maiy imsist that as the objectionable clause in the charter is detri- mental to the interests of the city and in antago- nism with democratic principles it should be re- pealed. No person can suspect that Governor Tilden would oppose its repeal for the sake of re- taining a power he could not !n honor or cou- Bislency exercise, Still the great mass of demo- brats and independent politicians believe that the most direct, manly and consistent course is for THE MAYOR TO ACT BOLDLY and to remove ali the present officials in every place to a constitutional government, the resuit of the ebberations of the great imielieetval power and com prehensive wisdom of those who estabitshed the federal consaiution, and which pre-eminently caallenges the adiiration and woud of the world: and Wherexs, the great work may be perpet uated and maintained intact itis our duty toob-erve and preserve the rights of the Staies in their separate aud disunct constittiioual goveruments, providing, howe that their tate constitutions and Jorm to, and not iniringe upon, the cons federal government; and Whereas the question of was the all-absorbing politi tution, very, which at a later era 1 question of this country, n setiled and forever determined by the arbitra: | nd » which fixes the condition of a U es—whether he be white or | n princi! Whereas the interte ment by the use ot istration government in Arkansits, South Carolina and hensibie and danzerous to tue ry with th civil the States of Louisiana, ssissipp1 is most repre: ndividual rights ot the States and a usurpation of power which deserves and should receive the condemnation of the entire people of the United States: and Whereas the clections of 1374 in the several States of this Union have clearly and unmistakably indicated the, teelings and convictions of the people in the exercise of | their right of suffrage by their election to tne United department who are not in harmony with his | polity or whose presence creates dissension in the city government. They say while the charter gives Dim the power he is bound to exercise it and thag it would be eowardly not todoso. General sentiment bas lopg ago conceded city government as it existed under Mr. Have. meyer was ridiculously disgraceful, and Mayor Wickham was ciected to reform tt altogether. It 1s, therefore, his duty to do so, and there should be no needless delay or hesitation avout his ac- tion. Whatever the Legisiature might do with the bills proposed by the Albany aspirants for fame, they coula not become laws for some time, and what the people expect and have aright to re- quire of tue Mayor ts * PROMPT AND IMMEDIATE ACTION. If there was any doubt of the ineMciency and tricky character of Comptroller Green, say those who discuss the subject, and it the Mayor did not know the rottenness and incapacity of the Police, Dock and Fire Commissioners, then we could un- derstand why the Mayor should pause and care- uily view the ground before he moves forward, But it is notorious that nime-tenths of the peor ple are satisiied tha, our present finan. fiai policy is ruinous to the public inter- ests and tainted With suspicion; that would be a ridicuious farce i it Was not a public disgrace and danger; that the Fire, buck and other departments are very obdjectionavly, if not corruptly, managed, patent, everybody asks why is r which the peopie voted at the election promptly carried out. We wave not re Jormed the city government by thaugurating Mayor Wickham. ‘“‘Keform’’ means an entire onange in all iuproperly mabdaged departments, At present we bave Havem ‘3 administration with Wickbam at tts head, ‘Tus {8 the arguiment used by tue people, and its force cannot be demed, Mayor Wickham took office on January |, and tie olject for. wien be Was elected Was weil known to be the Wiping out Of the mavictpal governments of the prior two years, if he could have made changes within ap hour aiter he wad taken the oath of ofice public sentiment would have ap- proved bis action, So tur as the “JUDGED ALBANY INTERFERENCE «8 concerned, the bills could not pass without such dargains with republican Senators as the people have always disajproved and as have always re- sulted tn evil. Republicans untit tor om would have to be Kept in, and patchwork, sitilar to that Made in i873, Would be the result. Lhe city is suffer. ing from such a policy now, and will courinue to suffer until the Mayor and the Goveruor redeem the pledges they have made and give us “home tule”? and reform im earnest. ‘The humbug and fraud o1 *non-partisanship’ and “independence” are pretty thoroughiy exploded, and what the peo- ie how Wat is a strong, harmonious, energetic, obest government the members of which are all (in accord and whieh can push forward the in. terests of the city with Vigor and success. So lar as THE CANKEROUS COMPTROLLER ‘s concerned, it is certain that he is determined to States Senate of McDonald, of I Cockrell, ri; baton, ut, and the Honest and inteltectual ran. cis Kernan, of New York, th democratic Senator trom this State siuce 1848, and py @ majority m the popular branci of the next Congress so decided that itis sate to conclude thal turther acts of usurpation and Wallace, of if | interference by the federal goverument wilt te stopped é stop pr | and prevented, and the United States authorities at Ww ght t ei v1 ye that the ; Withington brought to a realization of their mwarrant abla ‘acts, and the proper steps taken to prevent any. suture interference outside of their legitimate and con- stitucional authority; and, Whereas the democratic party originated with (its principles having been declared and defined by) that revered and enlightened statesman, Thomas Jetierson, wnequalled in polit 'y and foresight, by atriotism and Jabors imposed on the American o er-enduring debt of xratitude to his mem- ory; be at theretore Resoived, ‘That itts the paramouny duty of the demo- cratic party of the United states to adhere to the well settled ana ft Hes of the founders ot tho st and denounce any ini y Ment im the politcal affairs of th © tex, the only right to tue Of Whe general and to pr by the fede e people nse uf the government beimz to or in case ot the actual existence violence in any State, and then only tion of the Legislature of the State or th ve (when the | Legislature cannot be convened), in accordance with | “9h the | 1 arucle 4, seotion 4, of the constitution, which providesi— je United States shail guarantee to every State in an tori ol gévernment, and shail protect each ot Ist invasion, and. on applica. ton of the Le or the xeeniive (when the Le re cannot be convened), against domestic vio this Union a rept domes- tic violence an to interfere with the organiz of the lature ot the State of Louisiana lisputes having rel the States or Arkangas, and wherein military xerted in determt- tinst auother ton to south Ua authority nation of oor obieet and intent to plac Fight--who were in politica radon ved That we beliere he Unated state firm in the sta erur or aud dis. set aside it rs In Wi position uthorities to the legitimate, weil dettned and. re of power imposed by the federal ¢ tlesuived. ‘That we ox tmlives mak nto the attairs of 1 administration, tts ttertte ates, its wnjustiy discrimination rupt subsidy. grants to favored the judiclary its. Cus louse © syscem nue s¥siom of spies and int Ani to the nuinbertoss kets of Assumption ot pow elections by the people, t 1 (hata speedy ninay be had to the primary: p. les of @ Iroe and an administration of economy and sty, whereby we hope that contidence may be re- stored to the country, warranting the investment of cap- ital, thereby relieving the present depressed condition of the laboring interests Kesolved, iat the administration, having shown, tte utter incapabiliiv to deat with the ‘financial problems of the day, and, by its imbecility, being the cause of indescribable disttess, an having ‘spread distrust. and cominercial ruin throughout the land, to restore the former prosperous condition of the nation we demand that the people shall b ed with tot subject hourt i the artin! manipulation burveing equal In redeemable or ¢ the recognized standard of commercial nati and silver coin—siall so settle and determine that but one standard, equal and uniform, aad that con- government ence in the tari? laws monopo lists Partisan — purpos’ trauds tts internal e ant its subordinatt conterred on him in | ts on’ the | G then | reigning monarch. unul patience and forbearance had | . | ing HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 1875—QUADRUPLE SHEET. formabie to the standard of the commercial world, shail Prevail throughout the whole country. Resolved, That in the name of a free people we de- mand a tree press. to this end we denounce the violation of Jawtul privi- lege in the arrest of Congressional witnesses. fe denounce the use of public money to subsiaize the press and to control it for partisan purposes in the di pensation of patronage—the publication of oficta: adve seme! nt Especiaily do we denounce the attempt to “terrorize” over the administration party press by the punishment of such mn a '@ beeD proven honest. patriotic and fearless in denunciation of the recent crimes of the administration against public liberty and republican institutions. ‘isla tors have no reason to fea! id not be clothed with ii = I a & = o 5 juisitorial and a jependent criticism, we demand the abso! the “Poland” leving that the country can well atford to lose Congres: men justly condemned to obscurity rather than perm: the success of even the slightest attempt to control aud stifte the voice of the press, ived, Thatin behalf of 100 000 democratic electors of New York city we ask of the Lecisiature the boon of “self-government,” so that our affuirs may be directed by rulers of our own choice. Whatever legislation is necessary for the whole State the metropolis willingly accopts; whatever burdens are imposed it will cheerfully bear its portion, But while distinctly recognizing the paramount authority of the State over matiers which allect the whole people ot the State. we reject as unwarranted and unjust interfer- ence on the part of state authority any attempt to con- trot and direct its parely locai aiuirs. c Resolved, Lbat we recognize with great satisfaction and as thoroughly democratic and wise th miade in the imaugural messages of the present caret magistrates of the State and city, Assured that the days of corruption. inisrule and incompetency have passed away, we rejoice in the contidence that under the ad ministration of Samuel J. Tilden as Governor of the State. and William H. Wickaam ayor, the people of the city of Sew York may rely on an administration of their affairs characterized by wisdom, moderation, hon- esty and patriotism. Possessed of distinguished ability to originate and sufficient firmness to enforce measures of retorm, we have the hizhest confidence in the better future adininistration of public interests, both in the State and city. After the enthusiasm had subsided consequent upon the adoption of the foregoing resolutions Mr. Stephen H. Turnbull, of the Eleventh Assem- oe district, offered the foliowing resolution, which was also adopted, with a display of a still greater unanimity and enthusiasm :— Whereas while the whole country is still aroused with indignation at the atrocious military usurpations of ite repeal of teeming and tainted with the legislative corruptions of @ republican Congress at Washington, and wiuie, in consequence thereof, the attention ot tue entire dembe racy will be directed, with the most anxious solicitude, of the the next Presidential upon the men who shall be the standard bear democratic party on the eve ot election ; therefore, { Resolved, That we, tne Democratic Republican Gen. | eral \ ommitiee of Tan many Hall, assembled, hail with the election to the United states e lion, Francis Kernan, and that we vie to this dignifled position as a harbinger ot the brightest promise, not only to the jocratic party itself, but to the entire country at large, inasmuch as we ‘recognize in Francis ‘Kernan & wan who unites in himself the extended views and tar: reaching grasp of the statesman, together with the studious habits of the successta! lawyer and the Kracelul aitributes of the polished gentleman, and that inthe Senate Chamber of the United States we tce! a just pride in tendering our heartiest conzratilations. t the entire democratic party on the happening. tor. the Hirst time in thirty years, of such an auspicr) the political history of the Stave ot New York. After the passage of the above resolutions the meeting adjourned, THE JERSEY SE ‘ATORIAL QUESTION. THE PROPOSED COALITION IN FAVOR OF STOCK- TON. Much anxiety prevatis in political circles in New Jersey over the prospect of a bolt among the day when the vote is taken ip joint meeting for United States Senator. Great dissatisfaction ex- ists in Mercer and Hudson counties on account of the defeat of Stockton and Gilchrist, respectively. Some republican members are engaged in cement- the defeat of the caucus nominee, Mr. Randolph, The plan is as tollows:—There are eighty-one votes on joint ballot, tity being democrats. In the caucus Gilchrist received fourteen, di- vided thus :—Hudson county seven. Essex five and Bergen two. Stockton received four—one being from Bergen and three from Warren, The ma- jority on joint ballot is forty-two. A coalition | between the thirty-two republicans and ten of | the disappointed and disafiected adherents of Stocktou and Gilchrist, would give tne nomination to Stockton, who is favored by the republicans, | Itts just probable that sucb an alliance can be | efected, however. ‘The strong point laid down in | favor or it by the republican wirepullers ts, that | out of tne eighty-one members composing the | Legislature only twenty-eight pronounced for | Randolph, while flity-three were agaiust him, and ; that it woulu be an anomaly to cousider bita the | Yepresentative of the people under such circum- stances, POLITICAL NOTES. Epitaph of Grantism in Connecticut—‘Greene be the turf above it.”"—New Haven Register. B. H. Hillis mentioned as a candidate for the next Congress from the vacancy in the Georgia | Mr. McMillan. A venerable Vermonter, whose memory of pos litical events goes back Jor more than half a cen- tury, Says that the apology of Senator Gordon to | Senator Eamunés, the other day, was the first | apology made by a Southern Senutor’ or member of Congress to a Northern one in fifty years. | Henry L. Dawes, the newly elected Senator, isa native of Cummington, Massachusetts, where also were born William Cullen Bryant, the poet, and | Luther Bradish, a former Lieutenant Governor of New York. Mr. Dawes isa relative of Hon. Tris- tam Burgess, a distinguished Congressman from Rhode Island, who was said to be the only man in ; Congress of whom Jonn Randolph stood in fear. ‘The death of the Representative in Congress for | the Thirty-third district, the Hon. Augustus F. | Allen, will make it necessary to hold a special election to fill the vacancy thus created in the Forty-fourth Congress, noted in political liberal republicans and democrats against the regular republican nominee. Some people have a happy-taculty of divin- the future. The Holmes county (Ohio) Farmer, having hoisted the name of William Allen tor Governor and Samuel F. Cary for Lieutenant Governor, tne Kenton Democrat re- marks that it is a good ticket, but would prefer Samuel F. Hunt for the latter position, and adas: «dn all probability Allen will assume the duties of President of the United States in March, 1377, which would Igave an unexpired term of some ten | Months of Governor, and which we would delight tosee our young democratic friend Hunt fill. Allen and Huot would make a strong team.” WORKINGMEN'S MASS MEETING. 4 VIGOROUS DEMAND FOR THE REMOVAL OF PO- LICE COMMISSIONERS MATSELL AND DURYEE, A muss meeting of the Social Democratic Work- | Ingmen’s party, which was ordered by the Agita- | tion Committee, was held last evening at the Ger- mania Assembly Rooms in the Bowery, the osten- sible object being “to demayd the remoyai of ' Police Commissioners Matsell and Duryee, for | their participation in the Tompkins square out- | rage.” The meeting was organized by the election of | Mr. Charles Theyer, President; Mr. L. Berliner, Vice President; Mr. F. Scnaefer, Secretary, and mr. L. Kraift, Referee, who was the first speaker. Mr. Krafft spoke in the German language, the burden of his song being the constitution ot tne Ynited States. The speaker proved tothe evident Satisfaction of his audience that there was noth- ing unlawiul in the gathering of the working. men in Tompkins square on the 13th of January, 1574, and that the action of the police authorities on that occasion was absoiucely in violation of the Mundamental principies upon which the great Re- public Was reared. ‘The speaker briefly relerred to the convertion o1 twenty-seven workingmen's and other societies, Which Was held soon aiter the out- | age, but without success, ‘This convention was known as the Turn Hail Convention, and John Swinton took an active part in its proceedings, Mr, Krafft used the Louisiana outr: San eX: ample oi the Manner in which the Mstitution Was violated, and pointed with marked effect to the power of the people when they protested en masse against their liberties being trampled upon. | | Aiter a (ew remarks by the President Mr. Maguire Was called jor and the following resolu: | tious, Which Were read in German and Engiish, were adopted Whereas the te: tee (o every citizen meeting: and | Whereas, on tho 13t oners ia violatio y and forcibly dispe of workingmen 1m Tompkins Whereas, on o eung Land State constitutions guaran. We right of free speech and tree anuary, 1874, the Police Com thesé ‘guarantees wantoniy, sed a peacearic assemblage quare, and the same d sof suid ay. atorce of Missioners, ‘ond street, bed wor An. q m and whereas, with oui warrant or due pr (aw, a ‘squad | ot poltes, acting under orders ot § sioners en: | tered and searched the aweiling sl ‘Therefore we demand the removar of Panes omenis. | sioners Matseli and Duryee, the last remnant. of that Police oligarchy who attempted to subvert the liberties ONtewolved: That a ¢ py of tt i esolve Opy of these resolutions ty the Mayor, Hoard of Aldermen and uy the press oF tite city After the exuberagce consequent upon the adop- Uon of the resolutions had subsided, Mr, Hugi Mc+ | Gregor imade au address in Wnglish, which was Meer bag d denunclatory of the aloresaid Commis. | stoners io particular and policemen io general trary power inorder to suppress in- | libet law and all similar acts; further be- | zestions | President Grant in Louisiana, and while the very air is | D securing for ourselves such a talented representative | event in | | onda, Jake sesond, Belle H. third, Lady Trimble | democratic members of the Legislature on Tues- | ing an alliance, which, if successful, will result in | delegation, occasioned by the death of the late | The district is somewhat | history as the Watter L. Ses- | sions’ district, and was carried by a coalition of FLEETWOOD PARK. TROTTING RACES TO SLEIGHS. The sleighing was good on the Fleetwood Park track yesterday atternoon, and two trotting con- | tests took place; the first fora sult of horse clothes, and the other a match for $100, both mile heats, best three in five. The first race was com- pleted; but the second was commenced so late in | the afternoon that only two neats were trotted | before it became so late that the race had to be Dostponed until Monday next at two o'clock. | prising John Hazlett’s bay gelding Sherman; T. | Trimble’s brown mare Lady Trimble; Dan Mace’s | brown mare Beile H.; John Murphy's sorrei geld- irg Sorrel Jake; J.D, Walton's sorrel | | mare, Mary M., and J, Olcott's brown gelding Harry. The two last named were withdrawn before the start. Of the four | that came to the post Sherman was the favorite | at aout even money agatust ail the others to- gether, Sherman wou the race, taking second, third and fifth neats, first heat and Belle H. the fourth. | very spirited (rom beginning to end, | ing are the details :— | THE FIRST TROT. | First Heat.—Jake went away with the lead, Lady | Trimble second, Sherman third and Belle H. fourth. At the quarter pole, which was passed in 43 sec- | onds, Jake led one length, Sherman second, Lady | Trimble third, Belle H. fourth. The half-mile pole | was passed in 1:25, Sherman leading four lengths, Jake having broken up on the lower turn, the lat; | ter second, tour lengths in advance o! Belle H., | Who was one length ip advance of Lady Trimble. | Sherman led up the hill of the backstretch three | lengths, but when he got into the homestretch | Jake overtook him and oeat him over the score by | @ neck. Lady Trimble was third and Belle H. fourth. Time oj the heat, 2:56. | Second Heat.—Sherman then gold for $15, Jaxe | for $5, Belle H, for $3, and Lady ‘Trimbie for | Jake took the jead, Sherman second, Lady Trimbl | third, Belle H. fourth. Shermar went to the front and led lour lengths at that point in 41', seconds, Lady Trimbie second, Belle H. third, Jake fourth, he having broken up on the way thither. Sherman opened the gap on The race was The follow- half-mile pole in 1:21'3, dake second, four lengths in advunce of Belle H., the latter two | frontot Lady Trimbie. | In front at the three-quarter pole, and, coming on ) steaduy, won the heat by eight lengths in 2:13, | dake second, three lengths ahead of Belle H., the | latter thiee lengths in tront of Lady Trimbie, Third Heat.—The betting on the race then | ceased, as Sherman was looked upon as tne | winner beyond adoubt. He got away with the lead and was first at the quarter pole in 42 sec- | fourth. Going along the lower turn Sherman broke up, and Jake Was the first to pass the half. mile pole—time, 1:23!,—Snerman second, Belle H. third, Lady Trimble fourth. Sherman passed Jake on the backstretch and was 1n front at the three- | quarter pole. Belle H. then made a aash for Sher- | man, but atter an interesting struggle he beat tne | mare over the score by anead. Jake was third, | Lady Trimble fourth, Time of the neat, 2:471;, | Fowrth, Heat.—Lady Trimble was first away, | Sherman second, Belle H. third, Jake fourth. | 4. third, Jake ‘ourth, Sherman was one length | ahead at the hali-mile pole in 1:223;, Lady Trimble | second, eight iengtns in front o/ Belle H., the | latter two lengths in advance of Jake. Climbing the hill Lady Trimble took the lead, followed by | Belle H., andattera very spirited struggie between the mares, Belle H. won ine heat by half a lengtn, Lady Trimble two lengths in front of Sherman, who was jour lengths in advance of Jake. Tithe, 224034. | “Fifth Heat.—Sherman soon went to the front | and led two lengths at the quarter pole in 4334 | seconds, Belle H. second, Lady Trimble third, | Jake Jourth. Sherman went on about bis busi: ness, without skip or break, and won the heat and ‘race’ by four lengths in 2:51, Belle H, second, twenty iengths in front Of Lady Trimble, Jake fourth. | Tne following is a | SUMMARY. FLEETWOOD PARK, Jan. 23—TROTTING TO SterGus.—For a suit of horse clothes; mile heats, | best three in five. ENTRIES. J. Hazlett’s b. g. Sherman 21141 Dan Mace’s br. m. Belle H. 43212 | Jonn Murphy's s. g. Sorrel Jake. 1233 4 | T. Trimble’s br. m. Lady Trimbie..... 3 4 4 2 3 | J. D. Walton's s. m. Mary M. . ar | J. Oicott’s br. g. Harry. | TIME, | Quarer, Half. | First heat.... . ao 43 1: Second heat. 414g | Third heat.. wee AD ' Fourth he: 41h Fifth heat, 3 by COND TROT was between G. Walker’s brown mare Lady Annie | and Mr. Leeds’ bay mare Young Thora, mile heats, | best three in five, for $100. Laay Annie was the | favortte before the start ut two to one. She won vhe tifst heat aua Young Thorn the second, and then as darkness was coming on the judges post- | poned the race until Monday alternoon at two | o'clock. 2 | HORSE NOTES. Captain Rudge, of Bolton, trotted his geiding | General against Mr. SkUIman’s mars Lady Bruce, | @ match for $100, to slelgns, on the Connecticut | River, below Hartford, on Tuesday, 19th inst. The race Was one mile heats, owners to drive, General | won the race. Time, 3:15—3:10—3:00, The winner ! is a gray, brought trom Canada by General Vander- | bile. General Harding, of Tennessee, has purchased from Colonel Johnson the well known thorough- | | bred stallion John Morgan, by Sovereign, dam Ihe Lewis, by Glencoe. ‘The old race mare Noty Price, by Cost Johnson, m Sallie Jones, died at Nasbvil'e, Tenn., on toe 13th inst. She was twenty-seven years old. There were iiiteen entries for the Phoenix Hotel Stakes for three-year-olds, one mile and a hall, | and cieven tor the Citizen Stakes for three-year- olds, two wiles, to be run at the spring meeting at Lexington, Ky. According to the list published in the Sportsman ot January 2 there are upward of 600 tiorses in training at Newmarket, England. The establish- meuts of Matttew Dawson, Thomas Jennings, ) Joseph Dawson, Joseph Cannon, T. Brown an | Blauton are the largest, and the sixty-one thor- | oughvreds set down as being trained at Heath house include a vatch of youngsters which ar- rived irom Lord Falmouth’s place the week be- jore. Jennings’ team of horses in tratoing num- | bers filty-seven, but an augmentation to this 1s certain to be made shortly, as Count Lagrange ‘has no fewer than srxty-four two-year-olds in France. and the best of tiem may be expected to | join Jennings’ string. |” H. K, Corey, of San Francisco, publishes a chal- | lenge to trot Occi | world, bar Goldsmith Maid, mile beats, in harness, | under the association rules, lor $10,000 or $20,000 | aside. Liberal expenses are offered. ENGLISH TURF STATISTICS. Ofthe principal stakes of the past year the Derby was the most valuable, being worth £5,350. This is £500 more than the great race was worth im the two preceding sears, and about £250 more than it was worth in 1871, The St. Leger comes next, being worth £4,625, as compared with £4,400 in | 1873, £4,450 im 1872, and £4,800 in 1871. The Oaks ran up to the long figure of £1,375, being nearly £1,000 more than in 1873, and more than £200 in ex- { cess O! the two previous years, Curiously enough, the Two Thousand Guineas was worth exactly twice as much as tts name impiies—viz., £4,200. This is a considerable increase on the amount for 1873, although a slight falling off irom that for the two preceding years. The next mignest amounts are those jor the Middie Park Plate, the One Toousand Guineas, the Prince 0} Waics Stakes and the Cambridgesbire; the amounts varying 1vom £3,340 in the case of the first mentioned, to £2,480 In the Jast. ‘Ibis pleasing to find that taat geuuine sportsman, Lord Faiwoutn, beads tne list of winning owners on the flat With the magnifi- cent of £15,7.5, and that Mr. jaunde, he “Sporting Pars "18 only £500 vehind hia. Mr, Launde—i. @, Mr. King—naving resigned ail connection with the Cuur@h, is iree now to turn his entire attention to lis valuable stud; and ne possesses the second favorite for next Derby im the handsome Holy Friar, to. sa: nothing of his latest youngster, Mypocrisy, whom, It 18 Said, he Nas named Out or special compliment to the Bishop of Lincoin, M. Leievre tolows Mr. Launde as a winning owner; but, although he figures for the large sum of £14,6u4, Mr, Cart wrignt, Who won the Deroy with George Freder- ick, figures for jess than £5,500. Mr. Vyuer comes | to with £7,671, and th pterun, Mr, Saville, barely covered £6,000. Mr, Caaplin had to put up With something less than that amouot; Mr, Crawtord hardly touched £5,500, and Mr. Gomm, sir Richard Buikeley and Sir Gporge Chetwynd had ch to be content with less than £5,000. Lord Avesbury stands at the modest sum of £4,350, Lord Rosedery les: than £4,000, Lord Lonsdale at £3,620, | Prince batthyany at £3,210, Prince SoltykoiT at v0, Mr. Merry av something wader £2,400 and Lord tington at £2,100, A large number of Notadie sportsmen are considerably below -the coveted ‘iour figures.'’ ‘Thus Lord Marcus Beres- fora ts only credited with the modest sum of £676, Lord Portémout with £658, Mr. Houldsworth with £535, Mr. Gerard Sturt with £400, Sir Anthony de Kotoschud with £380, and Lord Bradiord, the present Master of the Horse, with £10 less. It will easily be seen, Cherefore, that, but sor pure love of sport, much of the noble patronage of the tart would speedily be withdrawn. The prospects of racitg for the coming year are satd to be highly flattering, The 4xtures are more numerous than ever, and the contemplated improvements at For the first race there were six entries, com- | the | Sorrel Jake won the | | while great attention 1s evidentiy beg vestowed | Gog to the quarter pole tue lower turn, and Was Six lengths in front at the | lengths in | sherman wes ten lengths Sherman was soon tn front and led to the quarter | pole in 41'4 seconds, Lady Trimble second, Belle | lent against any,horse in the | year’s | | Newmarket cannot fat! to add to the importance | of the business at “headquarters.” | de Rothsenilad is graduaily fillirg ap tne vacant | space created by the lamented aeatn of bis | brother, “the Baron.” He has acquired a ledse of | the Old Palace at Newmarket, and ater extensive alterations he will occupy it as a residence during the race meetings. . YACHTING IN WINTER. THE SCHOONER TAROLINTA, N.¥.¥.C., PREPAR- ING FOB A CRUISE IN THE WEST INDIES. The schooner yacht Taroleta, N.Y.Y.C., owned by Mr. H. A. Kent, will leave this port on the sotn inst., foran extended cruise in tae West Indies, | Since the close of last year’s yachting season this | crait bas been thoroughly overhauled and is bow 1M first class coudition Jor the trip. A new jibboom has been fitted to her, tae topmasts can be sent i down on deck in five minutes, new pumps are | in place and the rigging o! that character to stand | | the wintry gaies of the Atlantic. | at the foot of Court street, Brooklyn, late | on Friday evening, and after scyubbing her bottom her upper worns will ve Mcatked and repainted. im deck everything the appearance of freshness and stanchuess. She was docked But | Upon the exterior a descent into the saloon will | readily convince one that nothing has been spared | torender it complete inevery respect. Though | not tu place all the upholstery und furniture is on | Nand to be arranged at short notice, and im any | port that she may visit during her ‘absence she | wii be a eredit to the popular organization to | Which she belongs. | he Abe Tarolinta 1s an excellent sea boat. uit She was in Nyack, om the Hudson, in the year 1870, by J. W. Voris, She is a keel boat, 105 feec 6 inches | over ali, 94 feet 3 inches on the Water line, | S5inenes breadth of beam, 10 feet » inches depth of | hold, draws 9 feet 6 inches Oo. water, and 1s 204.7 tons 0. M, and 89.50 tons N.M. Although never de ping any remarkable speed the laroiinta bas always been regarded as a reliavie crait, and | IM several extended cruises to the eastward ex- | hibited weatherly qualities of which her owner 1s | justly proud, | . Taere will AccOmpODT: Mr. Kent oo the trip three | friends from the West, one of them being Judge Streeter, irom Uvio, Tuis number will mane a de- lighttul party, and the highest anticipations are | tnduged iu that there will be nothing but | Pleasant hours im store jor them. When the | Yacut leaves j; ort she will saii for st. Thomas di | rect, and rematu in that barbor unul the gentleme ure ol the piace and scenery, 1hey will then visit Barbados, pursue the same course there, and so on with ports in the Spanish Main, returning to New York in about three months. The Tarolinta | will be manned by a first ciass crew and will be , Salled by Captain 5. T. Dayton, assisted by J. H. | Kinner, first mate. All told tnere wl be ten men in the crew. | ! PICTURES OF POVERTY. i ~— SCENES IN AND ABOUT ST. JOHN'S GUILD YES- TERDAY. ‘Another day of terrible scenes at St. John’s | Guild bas passed. Until after dark last evening | the ragged and wretched, as weil asthe neatly clad poor, knocked at that door in Vaiick street. that opens to all alike. It was anotoer of those days that have been so numerous of late, when there was meal and flour enough for only a tenth of those who come begging so piteously for tood. Anotner of the days when women and children implored the Master and his assistants to give them a night’s shelter, and at last had to go cry- | Inginto the street because there was no money with wnich to help them, and nothing left but to send them tothe institutions that advertise to give the worthy poor tree lodgings. About 700 familles were representéd at the Guild yesterday. HELP ASKED FOR THE DESTITUTE SICK. As usual large numbers of letters have been re- } aid for \neir patients in the way of food and tue}. Dr. Prescott, of the Eastern Dispeusary, writes :— | isuinent, She 1s sick with ee and has a | large family of small cnildren. It the Guild can durnish her with some vatmeal or other nourish- \ i Ut wiil be very grateiully receive rs, P—— is destitute and needs immediate as- | sistance, Is suffering trom intermittent fever; | nas four children and no husband to belp support them. Dr. PAULIE. SICK, STARVING AND FREEZING. | | Phe bearer, Mrs, T—, and her moter reside in ; the tront basement of No. 16 — street. She has i | ababe tour weeks old and they are destitute of 1ood and fuel. They are very respectable ana Worthy and are actuaily starving and freezing. | Please be so good as to assist them to-night. | J. CHADSKY, M. B. | One more. “I take the liberty of calling your at- tention to a Mrs. C., of Second avenue. She has for along time strugglec with poverty, until all ‘ her resources are cut off, and she 1s now in abject | want. Lf you will please have some good ladies cull upon her and render wu portiou of that aid which your kind heart has prompted in so many instances 16 Will be au act of great and deserved charity. 5S. L. MOSEs, M. D.*? In addition to such appeais as the above from the medical men of the city, there are great numbers of letters and notes received through the mall and by messenger daily, from the priuci- pal merchants, baukers and professional gentie- men of,New York, asking for atid for families, to Whose destitution and deserving character the writers pear witness, With A STOREROOM FILLED WITH EMPTY BARRELS | and with only enough in the way of current re- ceipts to buy a two nours’ supply each day for the | Jamishing applicants, what auswer can be made | to these letters? It is a trying position in which to | place a mun, wheu he has, empty handed, to face | the hungry concourse that besieges the Guiid office ana listen to the prayers of mothers and the | plteous cries of chilaren wouse hunger will not | let them reason and whocan only ciamor without | ceasing for food, ‘To say to them “there are no ; junds”? is tobe to them uninteligibe, and they | only repeat the story of their necessities and tneir | misery. Give thema te junds of four or of | Meat and a little sugar and their whole manner changes. ‘They become hopeful, joyous, radiant. ‘These people are needed in the economy of this | great city. In the spring every one of them will find work to do in beautiying {i and enlarging Its | area. They toil in laying the toundations upon | Which all’ the beat lui sunerstruciures of our civilization are erected. But, working so lar down | among tnese foundations, they ure subject to all the aisasvers that are wont to belall those who | labor in the mines. THE PRESENT SEASON OF GREAT DESTITUTION 1s only to be compared to the great explosions | that occur in the collieries. ‘Tne entire industries of the city are disrupted by the financial disasters that have accumulated one upon another since | tne panic of 1873. It 18 no ordimary season of | distress, and itis one not Iikely soon to be re- | peated. Work ts sought jor by every one of these | suferers from day to day and week to week; but no employment can be obtamed ; every enterprise ‘ seems ata standstill. So, some way or abother, | these tollers must be heiped to bridge over | the abyss that yawns vetween the present | andthe spring time, and so St. John’s Guild stands mantully at its post crying 10F assistance and Working a8 Lest it can to save these humvie households irom going to pteces and these humbie Individuais Irom starvation and ve streets. Inis to be hoped that our citizens will support the Guild in the present crisis as warmly and effectively as they have done in the past. Good | cheer should go out of the bumbie house tn Varick | Street irom thousands of homes as it will fod its way to thousands and the bond will grow | stronger that binds ail clagses together, and is | fast undermining the work of demagogues and | trades union organizers who have done mucn to estrange those who shoulu be “mutual friends.” THE VESSEL BREAKING SHOALS. ! There appears to be no doubt of the fact that ! the steamship Mediator, veionging to the Port Royal (8. C.) and Fernandina steamship vom- pany, now breaking up at Barnegat Shoals, will | leave her bones there, like the celebrated Flying Dutchman, years ago, and countiess other steamers in later years. The South Carolina, an | {ron steamship, alter bumping on Barnegat Shoals several weeks, haa the good fortune to arrive in this city a jew days ago, comparatively uninjured, The Mediator, in ail probability, struck some wrecked ship's bottom, and soon bumped a hoie in herself. A HERALD reporter called opon Mr. Herman Geipcke, the agent of the Mediator in this city, last evening, Who made the following state- ment:— . I received the following despatch at cieven o’clock this morning, from the captain of the Mediator :— To Gr ship Company New Ship is br pany at work, AMUBL G. MARIT This is all the news I have received irom the Wreck to-day. | do not KDOW 1 any of the cargo 1s saved, and unless the weather becomes more Moderate the chances of saving it are very vad. ‘The steamer Keliel, of the Coast Wrecking Co! pany, 18 doubtiess doing all it can to effect sal- Vage. My own idea Is that she 1s too much broken up for us to have any hopes of saving her. Nobody has arrived at this oiflce yet trom the scene of the disaster, but the crew will probably ve in New York within a few hours. Before the Mediator came into ourempioy sie was run by the Lorilards (her owners) to Baltunor When she was burned at vhiladeiphia to the water's edge the cose of her | Fepairs was some $60,000. Her value, as near as 1 Can Say, 1s About $150,000. She was bullt oy Lori | lard # little over a year ago, and Was a very ownd- CUP ON BARNEGAT ork Sir Antbony | has | ceived in the past Jew days from physicians asking | Mrs. C—, of No. — Ludlow street, is a very de- | serving Woman and in great need of suitable nour- | eke, Awent Port Royal and Fernandina Steam: | King up. Have put Coast Wrecking Com- | By x 7 | some craft tn every The loss of this ves. Sel will DOs iDteriere at all with the regular run- | ning, and we shall obtain apother steamer totake the place of the Mediator, which was set down ‘a leave here for the South on the 4th of next Februe ary. We cannot give the public yet a complete list of her cargo Ull we have compared notes with the purser, who Will provably be at this oMce on Monday. The cargo is insured in differ. | ent companies from Boston to New Orieans, and [ | cannot tell you which are the heaviest losers, pe Mediator was fully insured by the Loriliards, | Tam told, . Constant Meyer is at work on an important plo | ture which he calls “The Organ Grinder.” [t rep. | resents the arrival of one of those itinerant must. clans in a Frenci village. The children have | gathered round the new comer and evidently en- joy the harmony of his numoers. It is clever io | compusition, the various expressions of wonder, | surprise and delight on the faces of the listeners | being rendered with great skill. The picture possesses the pleasing color qualities which dis tinguish this artst’s work, | Mr. Merer has also just completed a tnree-quar. ter lengthy portrait of the aistinguished pbilan- | thropist, Mrs. Lewis May, lately deceasea. The Jace is a strong and noble one, jullot gentle firm. | ness, and bas been painted with rare technical | skill. : Mr. T. L. Smith has for the nonce abandoned his moonlignt studies andcome back to the every. day world. Inspired no doubt by the weather, he is at work painting a landscape, snow covered, The foreground, occupied by a sheep farm, gives him an opportunity to introduce a few of the woolly tribe. Toe sentiment of the work is very pleasing, and it 13 a variation from the clase of subjects on which Mr. Smitn has - been lately engaged, The same remark is true of his “Old Story,” which is yet onthe easel. It pre- sents two lovers ina path in the fieid, with the sun sinking below the horizon, which 413 lighted up by his warm beams, “The Hauoted House” is avery bold and ambitious picture by the same artist, In iteven the trees ave made to convey | an impression of something wiid and fantastic. H. A. Ferguson, a young artist, who has mada South American scenery a specialty, hason his easel ‘A View on the Dowlee River,” 19 which he ; has revroduced with much fidelity the character. istics of tropical vegetation. The undergrowth in the foreground in its rank luxuriance is remark- ably faithful to nature. Mr. J. Smillie nas just given the finishing teuch to an interesting little water €olor picture, which he calls “The Idle Hour.” It represents two lovers, or two people who look hike lovers, seated under @ Spreading tree on the borders of alake. In the distance is seen a range of mountains. It is @ | Pleasing and graceful composition. | There is on exhibition at Snedecor’s a splendid portrait of Napoleop 1, by Horace Vernet. It is | an excellent example of that great artist’s best work, and deserves to be seen by all who can ap- | Ppreciate the value of great technica: skill of exe. onthe O14 Cabriolet” is the subject, illustrated | by E. &. Henry for the water color’ exhibition, With its yeilow body, high wheels and black toot. | man and coachman, it sends us back ata glance | to the pertod of the Revolution. ft1s an exceea- | ingly interesting relic, and Mr. Henry has made with its aid a very charming and interesting littie picture. G, Brown has on his easel a picture he calis “The Relusal.”’ Jt is a love sketch ot ern lite, very simple, and tells 118 story directlf He has given the fiuishing touch to a picture of American home life which he manages to make very interesting. He calls it “The Light and the | Snadow of Life.” This thought ts illustrated by a healthy little girl who stands on the step ot | a door shading herself from the sun with parasol, while in the distance her grandmother site gravely kuitting inside. There isa quiet, unos. tentatious pathos in the work whic. recommends it to ux. Another work of the same class, “On tne Fence," aisplays some verv clever painting. ‘rhe little barefooted girl on the rail 18 a bit’? taken out of nature. L. E. Wilmarth ts not only @ grave professor, but something of a Bumorist, as bis picture, “In- gratitade,”’ shows very clearly. An old man te | engaged feeding pups, and while so engaged the; | parent takes u mean advantage of bim and e | bis dinner. This is the story of the Professor’ | pteture, which ts marked by careful and solid work. Free and truthiul drawing combine wiih | quiet, strong and harmonious coloring. Colonel Chapman has added Boughton ryst- ing Place” to his valuaple collection. This is one of the best works of the great American artist. A | shepherd boy has met his sweetheart near a clump | of trees, In the distance a gypsies’ Camp 18 Visie | ble. ‘The work is full of the grace and sentiment ) Which distinguish Boughton's works. The paint 1ng, too, 18 stronger than we are accustomed to receive from his easel. A marble statue by Law- lor, Which Was exhibited last year tm the London Royal Academy Exhibition and attrac ed a good deal of attention and favorable comment, also been added to Colonel! Chapman's collection. it is called “fhe Wandering Minstrel,” and is the only important work by this artist whicn has ever reached America. Itis a femaie figure reclining gracetully tn an attitude of repose and 18 remarkably sweet in expression. It is a work of @ high order and is exquisitely fluished. This art- istie Sculptor’s works. like those of most promi pent British artists, rarely leave Eogiand, where they find a ready sale. Colonel Chapman deserves commendation for bringing over works of so higa a character. In order that the public may derive pleasure and instruction trom the works he has collected, Colonel Chapman nas toliowed the ex- ample ot Mr. Tayior Johnson by issuing cards of admission to his gallery, which is throwu open to the public every Thursday. This is an exampie which the possessers o! valuable collections mm this city might follow with advantage to the public. THE WATER COLOR EXHIBITION. The preparations for the eighth annual exhibdt tion of American water painters is being pushed on vigorously and there 18 a prospect of an impos- | ing siiow of Dative and foreizn works in this ae: lightful medium. The exhibition will be thrown open to the public on Monday week. Mr. James Hamilton, paluter, well known in | Philadelputa, 1s avout to make a sketching voyage | round the worid. | The dweilers in the Chesnut street studio, Phila | delpbia, nave hit on the happy idea of getting up an art exhibition of their own. It proved quite successiul, Dr. William Thornton, a Boston physician, has porcbased an iceberg subject painted by W. LE. orton, Which attracted a goud deai of attenuop at Williams & Everett’s art rooms in Boston. NORTH SIDE ASSOCIATION, ANNUAL MEETING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON— ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES— RESOLUTIONS. Tue second annual meeting of the North Side Association was held at Mott Haven yesterday afternoon, Mr. John J, Crane in the chair. Mr. | Edgar Williams, Secretary, read the minutes o1 the last meeting, which were adopted as a whole, The Committee on Nominations made their re port ana were discharged. The association then went into an election, as provided for in the con stitution. On the first ballot the tolicwing result Was obtained, all the gentlemen named being unanimously elected :— President—Lowis G. Morris. Vice Presideuts—Richard M. Hoe and Samuel E. Lyon Secretary—¥ordham Morris. Treaaurer—Kacar Williams. Harlem River Improvement Committee William B. Ogden, Wilhtam G. Ackerman, Walter T. Marvin, Hugh N: Camp, Joseph U1. Godwin, Lewis B. Brown, Hiram Bar: ney. Gustay Schwab, i Jdobnson. tapi Transit Conmitter—Gouverneur Morris, Walde Hutchins, William Smith Brown, samuel V. Badcock, Will H. Morris, William Cauldwell, Ebenezer G , Augustus A. Levy, Frank G. Brown. Local Inprovement Commitice—saimuer RK. Filley, Charle: | J. Gilus, 4. Lioyd Haigh, Thomas HW." Palle. Willian | Simpson, George Hl. Forster, Heury D. Purroy, Willian dls | i eal, Webster Woodman, | Tax and Assessment Conmitee—John J. Crane, Henry F. | Spaniding. Maicoltm ©. 1urner, Jordan L. Mott, Richard | Re Hamilton, b. B. krishie, Charles W. Bathgate, Williare ris itham Herring, Austin D. Ewen, J nas N. Cuthbert, james K. Angel aturin L. Delatiet: i. Rider | , Mr. Forster (when the result of the election wa: | announced by the tellers, and Mr. Morris, tne new President, had been seated) read a resolntion calling lor the appointment of a permanent com- | Mission, to superimtend the opening and laving | OUL Of streets, avennes, &c., sach commission tc | form a bureau to the Department of Public Parks; | also another asking lo nave the powers of the De- | partment o: Public Parks, as descrived in section | 14, chapter 329, Laws ot 1874, more specificaily | defined. Both resolutions were adopted, The | Treasurer's report was read, and an auditins com mittee, consisting of Messrs. Ackerman, Morris and Turner, was appointed to consider it. A resolution to have all the work in the new dts. trict done by the contract system was submitted and referred tu the Committee on Local Lmprove- | ments. | A resolution requesting Mayor Wickham to have | reiieflegisiation given on the subject o! assess | ments which have not been paid, and on whict enormous interest has accrued was preseated anc adopted, | _ Aresoiution from the Secretary requesting the Local Improvement Committee to call on the De- partment of Parks and view and suggest correc tions 1D & MAp, DOW On exhibition, explanatory o! | the proposed improvements was submitted. Muce discussion WAS OCcAsIONed by a proposition to seuc a civil engineer to examine the map with the com | mittee. The resolution to send the committee wa: passed without (he amendment to have a civ ew gineer accompany tt. On motion the mectiag adjourned,