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CENTURY'S PROGRESS EE frand Preparations for the National Exhibition Next Year. The Whole Country Showing an Awaken- | ing Interest. GUBERNATORIAL VIEWS. Connecticut in the East and Oregon in the West. Patriotism Aroused in the Old Seaboard States. APPROPRIATIONS AND PROMISES. Executive Statements from Seven States of the Union, We present to-day a secona instalment of inter- esting letters irom and interviews with the Gover- hors of the several States mentioned, on the subject of the Centennial celebration. Apart from the awakening interest manifested recently in all Parts of the country in the display to be made at Philadelphia next year, and the increasing anx- | lety that everzytning connected with the celebration of the hundredth birthday of the nation may be brilliantly successful, much thatis instructive may be gathered from the following correspondence, To ascertain at a @lance the sentiment prevailing in a number of StAtes in reJerence to this matter ts at least a great aavantagé. Governor Ingersoll shows us she position of Connecticut, Goveruor Grover dis- plays, in exceliens taste, the enthusiasm and uspl- rations of Oregon to be fairly and adequately represented. From New Hampshire and Ver- | mont we learn the progress already made to insure representation, Governor Cochran | gives some ideds of his own and shows his efforts | totura the “eyes of Delaware’? in the direction | of the Exhibition. Governor Groome, of Mary- | land, gives a picvure of the diMiculty ne experl- | { | | enced in firs calling attention to the subject, grows guite eloquent on the political aspects, bopes General Grant. will release his iron grasp from the South and permit the whoie country to join hanes in thanksgiving for tbe blessings of | {freedom and the uuparaileled national progress of | & oundred years. Governor Brogden, of Nortn | Curolina, has to do battle against ignorance and | prejudice; but he does not appear extremely san- guine of success at preseut. Bat probadly tne most enthusiastic of all whose opinions we give ls Governor Bagley, of Michigan, who mirrors to Os in brilliant colors the beauties, tne richness, | tbe mineral resources and agricultural greatness | ich are to find representation irom Dis great State in the Pennsylvania capital in 1870, CONNECTICUT. GOVERNOR CHARLES BR. INGERSOLL EXPLAINS THE POSITION OF THE STATE IN REVERENCE TO THE EXHIBITION. STATE OF CONNECTICUT, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, New HAVEN, April 9, 1875, To Tu® EpiToR OF THE HERALD:— Dear str—Your favor of the 1ith ult., making Inquiries regarding the preparations made by the Brate of Connecticut for participation in the Cen- tennial celeorstion and Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876 was duly received. There nas not yet been any legislative action in regard to the Exhibition, and no appropriation with reference to the representation of the State been made. The Exhibition has been brought to the attention of the people by the Commissioners Sppointed under the act of Congress, An advisory Doard has been organized, and in Hartford and in New Haven many prominent citizens have united ip an address to their fellow citizens urging @ pat- notic participation in the wors, A report of progress is now in preparation by the Commissioners from this State, and when re- beived wiil be laid before the Legisiature. I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, CHARLES R. INGERSOLL, OREGON. GOVERNOR LAPAYETTE GROVER'S LETTER TO THR HERALD—DRILLIANT PROMISES ROM THR LITTLE BORDER STATE. Stats OF OREGON, EXECUTIVE OFFICE, SaLeM, March 26, 1875, To Tur Eviror oF THE HERALD:— | - Sim—In reply to your communication of March | llth inst., requesting me to let you know whas arrangements this State bas made for the pur- pose of securing representation in the coming Centennial Exhibition, in Polladelpnia, and what will be the main jeatures of our display, I am able to reply that while the Legisiature of Oregon bas made no specific appropriation for the gen- tral expenses of our department of the Exhi- bition, an act has been passed providing to aetray the expenses of Centennial Commissioners repre senting this State. PRIVATE ENTHRPRISE—PROPOSED EXHIBITS. To secure a fair showing of our progress and Products a voluntary association has been formed, consisting Of promineat citizens of the Srate, including the Governor as president, to ander- take the work of collecting suitable specimens of our grains, grasses, {ruits and vegetables; our tex- tile fabrics—wool, fax and mohair, and manutac- tures from them; of our merchantable lumber cabinet woods and shipbuilding timoer; of coal, | iron, gold, silver, tin, quicksilver, lead and copper | Mines; of fishes of oBr seacoast ana rivers, in- | ing salmon, Which are tak Im great aban. | @unce in our waters. In the mechanical arts our | State, though young ana undeveloped, will pre- | Sent interesting and usejul specimens. Professor | Condon, our State geologist, wi'l prepare and for- ‘ward to the Exmibicion a full cavinet of specime: of our building stone, limestone, maroies, ores ‘snd fossil sauna and fora of Uregon. MISTORY, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL, Acondensed history of the discovery, explora. tion and settlement of this region by Americans, the jong controversy between the United Staves and Great Britaia concerning the jarisdiction, and the Gna! Americanizing 0: the Great Nortn- Weat, will be presented. A showing of our sys- tem Of comrion schools, the prog! { learning, M religious institutions and moral and material idvancement. A map of Uregon exhibiting our settied and unsettied lands, our cit ad towns, and our navigable rivers, locks, canals and rail. toads, In a word, we iatend to make a goo: dis it the Centennial for a State o1 our deveiop- nt. TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. Transportation compant bave tendered free Carriage of our articies cestined for the Exhibition to San Francisco, whieh isa great help, Our peo, blo ge.eraily wil take a lively toterest in moking @ Jair showing for our State, and a large number Of our citizens Who have lived on the Pucitic coast lor twenty-five or thirty years will take the ocoa- Hon to revisit their old homes, pay their philan+ ‘hi Opic devotions at the Mecca of our independ snce a8 & noilon, And to seo What the world Ras bo exbivit at Priiadeipnia, sucoRsa, 1860 nothing in the way of good furtune to the | woterprige, Tue Management seome vo ve in the bands of mon of suid and respourib'e Character, Who, I trust, Will be able to cali around them the honest juteiiect, ski and genius of Amorion, We oWe lt to OUF Hatiomaity, to our umetisouens, { tat the Centennial Exhibition shall be success; | Henry Chase, of Lyndon, and Heury Lane, of Corn- NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1875,-TRIPLE SHEET. and I think Oregon will Go her part. Very truly, your obedient servant, LA FAYETTE GROVER. NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE OLD GRANITE STATE DEEP IN CENTENNIAL PREPARATIONS —WHAT GOVEENOR WESTON HAS TO SAY ON THE SUBJECT. Concord, April 2, 1875. New Hampshire ts such @ renowned State in politics that it would be a sad oversight indeed if she did not occupy a conspicuous place in the National Centennial Exhivition of 1876, A demon- stration Of that kind without New Hampshire would be as insipid as champagne without ice, as useless as @ balloon without gas, and a8 siupid as @ Massachusetts c m) paign without Ben Bustier, There 18 a very clever feeling toward the Centennial among that class of people who lead in punlic sentiment, but the enthusiasm has not yet spread into the interior districts. Itshould be remembered that there is not am abundance of time intervening be- tween now and the Fourtn of July, 1876, though 1t 1s {air to presume that between now and then measures will be taken by which THE OLD GRANITE STATE Shall not be second to auy ol her New England sisters in the great demonstration commemora- tive of American independence. Such men as Governor Weston, ex-Governors Straw and Smyth are among those who have already commenced to take a lively interest in the matter, and they are daily exercising their ingenuity and influence in its beball. As long ago as 1871, when Mr, Weston was first elected Governor, there was | ®@ resolution passed by the Legislature whicn | guthorized him to appoint commissioners to act in behalfof the State in making prepara- tions for the part that she should take in the demonstration, The Commissioners seiected were Lewis W. Clapp and James F, Briggs, of Man- chester; Eaward D. Baker, of Claremont; Mason W. Tappan, of Bradford, and Governor Weston, ex-oficio, This committee, as your correspondent 1s informed by Governor Weston, have given the subject duo attention and taken measures to direct all public attention to it, toawaken interest therein and to impart ull needed information in aid of their efforts, and, at their suggestion, the Jollowing jolut resolution was passed by tne As- sembiy :— Resolved, That the proposed celebration com. memorative of tne Centennial’ anniversary of American mdependence meets with the cordial ap- proval of the people of New Hampshire; that the State, justly proud of its position as ooe of the orginal thirteen, will cheeriuily co-operate with ber sister States im their efforts to make tng celebration worthy of the great event it 1utenaed to commemorate. AN APPROPRIATION TO BE ASKBD FOR, It 18 proposed to ask for an appropriation at the approaching session of the Legisiature in further- ance of the object Oo] securing a proper representa- tion of the State; and it 1sexpected that there will be made an exilbition of the mectanical and manulacturing industries, to which all efforts will be mainiy directed. A conspicuous feature will probably be the celebrated steam fire engines of the amoskeag Company, and of course there will i be choice specimens contributed by the various cotton manu/actories and print works, The ar- rangements now, however, are so incomplete that No definite detais.can be given. THE GOVERNOR'S ENTHUSIASM. “1 have no suggestions to make,” remarked the Governor, “upon this subject, except to express my cordial approval of the great and patriotic en- terprise, and to provide my best efforts to Induce our people to earnestly co-operate with tne com- mittee in the purpose to give our State a proper representation in the Exbiottion, anus doing their part to make the celebration worthy of the great. est event oi modern times,” FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS. In October fast Hon. Wiliam Bigler, financial @gent, appointed a committee to act as an aux- Mary beard to the Bureau of Revenue Jor the pur- pose of raising funds in the State to aid the celebration, ‘This committee consists of the gentlemen before named, with the adaition of Goveraor# Straw and Smyth, of Manchester, They immediately appoiated Colonel George W. Riddle, of Manchester, general agent tor the State, placlng the matter maimiy in his hands, From various causes no considerable progress bas been made in this direction; but soon active efforts are to be made, when a creditable response from our people is expected, VERMONT. THE LITTLE STATE OF SCALES AND BALANCES ANXIOUS TO BE WEIGHED AT PHILADELPHIA rx 1876, BURLINGTON, April 8, 1875, Vermont, though not one of the thirteen virgin States which formed the Union, came with Ken- tucky soon alter, to join their glorious company. ‘The litue ‘sbrough ite Council of Safety, had been an independent government jor some years | and one of the decisive batties of the Revolutions ary War, that of Bennington, bad been fougot on her soil, Entering on her career asa State, with @spatse and scattered population, it was many years before she became rich and prosperous, but | to-day has not a collar of indeptedness. That | the Green Mountain State may be well represented in the International Exbibition, wnich wil be the chief feature of the Centennial celebration, and that she shall not be weizhed im ner own balances and found wanting are much desired and ex- pected. 1 tind, however, irom the best information obtainable, that hardly anything as yet hasbeen Gone in the way of preparation, FINANCIALLY there has been little or notoing done toward mak- ing up the Stace’s quota of 8,573 shares of the Cen- tennial stock, The “times nave been bard,” end the sale of stock and medals among the people bas necessarily been slight. Governor Bixler visited several of the prominent towns last fall and con- ferred with leading citizens, and Commissioners were appointed in St. Johnsbury, Montpelier, Burlington aod Rutland, to take the work in hand and push it as soon as practicable. These Commissioners are energetic and public spirited men, such as General Pitkin and Hon, BE. P, Wel, don, of Montpelier; General Baxter, of Rutland; ex-Mayor Tinsley and General Henry, of Buriing- ton. They will be under the supervision of the State members of tie Centennial Board of Fi- nance—viz., Horace Fairbanks, of St, Jobnsoury; Lawrence Brainerd, of St. Albans; Lawrence Barnes, of Burlington; Colonel George A. Merrill, of Lyndonville; Henry G. Root, of Bennington; Jacub Esbey, of Brattleboro’; Frederick Bil- lings, of Woodstock; Luther Baker, of Ricnford; wall, ‘The names of leading manufac.urers, rail- road managers, agrioulturists and capitalists, known throughout the country, will be recognized in the above list, and in due time they wil put Wielr shouiders to the wheel and the Stace will give @ mood account of herself at Philadelpoia, In mineral wealth—marble, copper, not except | ing gold—she can make & wondertal exhibition, and willno doubt do 80, as Proiessor Collier, the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, Man- ulactures and Mining, and the State Geologist, Dr, Cuttin ia connection with Dr. Gold. | smith, the State Centennial Commissioner, give | this department their special attention, | GOVERNOR PECK | is deeply interested that the State shoaid be weil | and properly represented at the Centennial and | ts that no action Was taken by the Legis- | lature during 1t8 recent session, as in other | States, providing for means to further ite graod | and patriotic objects. be intends, as do the Con gressional delegation, to arouse the people of | the State at early day to the importaoce ot | this hundredth anniversary of the birth of tne Repudic, The sbaence in Europe jor tne past | year of Dr, Midd) Goldsmith, of Ratiand, | wvove Mentioned, an eminent physician av scientific man, fas undoubtedly somewhat | contributed to the lack of wotive prepara: | tion for the KxbiDition; but as Be returas br midsummer there Will be arouse tue lavent energy entausiasm of the peopl sorive liberally to & thas ine wtate is Gopariments of the Bxbivition, | Dr, Goldumiia WLi be ably seconded ia bis | | ston. Resigning in 1872, he gave place to Dr. efforts by Henry Chase, of Lyndon, a lage and successful farmer or Northeastern Vermont. The Vermunt members of the nolal Commission thus far have been active and infuential in its proceedings. whe First Commissioner, Jonn N, Baxter, wi the first Secretary of the commise Golasmitn, who is chairman of the Committee on Fisheries and Fish Culture, as weil as amem- ber of the important committees on Arts and Sciences and Plans and Architecture, Com- missioner J. S, Adame, of Floriaa, the author of | the patriotic address of the commission to the people of the Umited States, is a “man from the mountains of Vermont,” and was the first Sec- retary o! the Bourd of Education, In fine, a cur- sory interview with those most interested and hav- | ing the best knowledge of the outlook in Vermont | Jor Philadelphia sutisties me that tne Centennial Exhibition will see a collection of gorgeous mar- ble at that magnificent fair of the century, which Will not be eclipsed by either State of the Union or foreign nation. DELAWARE, THE LITTLE STATE AND THR GREAT EXHIBI- TION—GOVERNOR COCHRAN’S DEMOCRATIO VIEWSB—WHAT GENERAL GRANT 13 DOING— APPROPRIATIONS PROPOSED. Dover, April 6, 1875, Dover, the capital of Delaware, 1s unique in sp> pearance. Situated in the midst of a vast sandy Plain, unlike the houses mentioned in the Scrip. tures, it hag stood in the game spot for centuries, and at present exhibits no signs of toppling over when the floods descend and the rains beat against it. Like Washington, it is @ city of magnificent distances, but, unlike that notorious capital, and in tact most otoer capitals nowadays, the “smooth, even virtuous undercurrent” of its ex- | istence is seldom ruffiea by tortuous deviations Jrom rectitude, The Governor of the State, Hon, John P. Cochran, resides at Middletown, which is in easy communication with the capital, and comes down to Dover whenever his presence is Tequired. His office is no sinecure, as he is com pelled to sign every license issued in the State, and nothing Gan be sold without one. The Senate 1s composed of nine members, three from each county, and the House has twenty-one, The legislative halls are not large, but they are neatly and luxuriously upholstered, and ample jor | the requirements of little Delaware for many years to come. In the Senate tne in- | ducements to speeclemaking, that bane ol modern legislation, are incousiderable, eight members not constitutimg @ very imposing au- aience in point of numbers, and the populace taking but little interes: in questions be/sore the Legislature, which are in toe main of a routine character. Indeed, except lor the looks of the thing, both bodies might meet very comiortably io the Executive Cuamber, and in a sort of sociable family council in a very short time adjass | the aifairs of the Commonwealth, GOVERNOR COCHRANE AND THE CENTENNIAL, The Governor is @ well-preserved gentieman, | about sixty years of age, foe Jooking, affable in | conversation and with very pleasing manners, ‘The HERALD correspondent catled upon bim at the Executive Chambver to learu his views about the Centennial ana what aid Delaware would probably contrioute. Governor Cocaran said he | thought it singularly upfortunate toat the | buudredth anniversary of American independence | snould happen in 1876. The counvry haa not Tecovered from tne effects of the late war. Trage and commerce were paralyzed, and there ‘Was not that unity between the different sections ofthe United states su ubsolutely essential to any proper recognition of an event of this char- acter, In some aspects the affair was amusing. ‘Tne idea of John Bull being invited to Philadelptia on the Fourth of July to participate in a jubilee 1n honor of the drubbing he received trom the American people was laughable; but there was @nother light in which to regard it which might ronder it paintally humiliating to all trae lovers of their country. President Grant had already usurped powers that were not ercised by any sovereign ia Europe, and he bad threatened to continue his | usurpation, while the majority in Congress was to all appearances doing ali in its power to aid him in his schemes. The people could not stand every- thing, and 1! these encroachments brought about their legitimate result~alienation, discoaten a civil convulsions—the reprosentatives of foreign Bations might not take home with them the lessons they had been invited here to learn, ~ The Governor said he had not given the matter much cunsideration. He was inaugurated very | recently, and bis address to the Logisiataro par- | took more of the nature of an inaagaral than a | message, 1n it he had not mentioned the Cente’ nial, He bad received a letter from Mr. Welch, of | Philadelphia, urging action, and he had laid the | subject belore @ joint Committee appointed by the | Legislature. Toe committee had met several | tumes informally, and would in ail probability re- port a bill appointing @ commission for the State of Deiaware and appropriating # sum of money to Gefray the expenses of tho Stato in Philadelphia, Tois was about as much as the State coula be ex- pected to do, It was proposed to appropriate | $12,000 to Centennial work, | A LITTLE PLAIN TALE. Her resources were not large, her people were impoverished and the Siate was in debt, Under these circumstances it would bo wrong, he thought, to make a large appropriation simply for the purpose of maxing a big siow and getting up | &@ jouiMeation of douctiul propriety. Where large appropriations had been made by States it was his impression they made their contributions con- tingent upon the aid granted by the United States, Congress had done nothing beyond giving it the | scantiest recognition. | ‘Toking @ practical view of the matter he said | Philadelphia would be a great gainer by the Cen- tennial; that sbe was @ great manufacturing city and the Centennial would unquestionably give an impetus to all branches of trade and manufac. | tures, and the park, muct of which was at pres. ent unimproved, would become one of the won- ders of the age, Expositions of tne character | proposed seldom paid those who designed them. | France and Austria bad lost millions by their ven- | tures, and the impetus said to have becu to) the different industries might or might not_ be healthy and permanent, Only time could | determ! heoretical value of such exnibi- | tions, aud the Centennial preparations bad been | made at a perica of depression unexampled in the | bistory of the nation, However, the American | people had wonderful recuperative energies, and | ‘16 may find them as vigorous and flourishing as — they were bejoro the war bad swopt over the | country, | At parting the Governor said he felt confident | that Delaware woud dt fF pert toward making | the Cencennial a success, but this would neces- sarily be small. In reply toa ietter on the sabject of the Centen- | pial recently the Governor made the following terse and practical reply :—"I regret tnat Iam not able to make you @ satisfactory reply, on accoun: of the tardiness of our Legislature in regard to Centennial matters. The only move in the matter is @ reportof the Joint Committee of the two Houses recoma ing $10,000 for the Centennial, and $1v,000 to defray toe expenses of the com- mis: rs, neither House has acted on the report, — nd, of course, 1cam say notning im regard to its Sate, bat my impressions are favorable to ite adop- | tion. The commissiouers are not yot appointed, and until that is done we snail know veiy iittie in regara to the kind or amount of the different articles to be furnished for exbibition, but I feel | very sure our industries will be very largely rep- resented, acvording 10 the population ef curstate. | It 1s entirely too s00n to make Bay calculation as | yot in regard to the matter, but whenever the Leg. | isiavure makes these appropriations aad appoints commissioners, theo appiications will begia to come ia from thoa Ving articles ior oxbibition.”’ MARYLAND, GOVERNOD GROOMH BXPLAINS THR POSITION OF | MiG GTATE—RVERYTMING MUST DEPEXD Ox FODERAL FORDRARANCR—SOUTH AKD NORTH MUST BR UNITED, | ANwarour, Apri 1, 187 | Your cortespondent caiet at the Bxecutive | MAs108 & OW Gays Age to Racortain the News OF | | be named by each of the above, the Hon. James Black Groome, wovernor of the State of Maryland, upon the approaching Cen- tennial celebration 10 Philadelphia. Governor Groome was Chairman of the Committee of Fed- eral Relations in the Legislature of 1872 when the | idea of @ Centennial was first presented to the | Stare in an official form. He did not then express | an opinton upon the policy or propriety of such a celebration, but conceiving it to bea Axed fact | and the subject having been referred to bis | committee be proposed a bill similar in its provisions to that which had passed the Legisla- ture of Pennsylvania, ‘be Governor of the State, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of | the House, with six others, two of whom were to were to forin a | Commission to take charge of the iniereals of | Maryland. He at first mentioned $10,000 as the sum necessary to defray the expenses of the Com- mission, but the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means ridiculed the proposition, He subsequently proposed $3,000, but the measure Was received With such evident disfavor that it | Was suffered to die in committee, Jn 1374 he was elected Governor, and, as he said, he decided then never to cross the threstiold of legisiation nor even to discuss witn members questions to be de- termined by their respective bodies. AN APPROPRIATION OF $500, The Centennial was revived in the Legislature of 4, but apathy, if not actual hostility, charac” terized iss consideration by that body, and the utmost that could be secured by its friends was Qn appropriation of $600 for portratts of Governors Stone, Paca and Johnson. The first two were signers of the Declaration of Indepen- dence, and the last made the motion in the Con- tinental Congress wuich resulted in the appoint- meat of Washington to the command of the Jederalarmy. Govertior Groome said that 1t was impossible to argue irom the action of one Legis- lature what another woulddo, He had received @ circular irom the Centennial managers in Pnil- adelphia, but Maryland could do nothing until the meeting of the next Legislature in January, 1876. A CHANGE OF SENTIMENT. Tn conversation with representative men throughout tne State he had become convinced that public opinion bad sensibly changed since "74. There was @ growing disposition to take hoid of | the matter; the people thought as he did. The President and Congross had oMctally recognized | the Cen*ennial, and had invited foreign nations to | unite with this couniry ip its celebration. Penn- | sylivania had been induced to enlist her resources | in the scheme. A failure now woutd entail na- | tional disgrace, in which Maryland must necessa- | Tily be ashurer, The State financially was proba. bly in @ better situation than any other in the | Union. Her debt, with the exception’ of $6,000,c00 or $7,000,000, was offset by available assets. Many of her investments iu public improvements were paying heavy dividends, and others would soon become available. If the people wished to in- duige in tne luxvry of patriotism they could not select a more propitious moment, SPREAD-BAGLEISM, ASIDE from its expense, was harmless. much would de- pend upon the administrat.on of the government | 1m the interval between now and the ist of Janu- ary. If the President did not carry out the policy obscurely threatened in his last Message there | ‘Was every reason to believe tbat the State of Ma- Tyland would liberaliy aid the Centennial, but if, as was feared by many, the State governments in the South were overthrown and a suicidat policy adopted toward that unbappy section, the coun- try would be in no condition tora jubilee. The | constitution, based upon the very event they pro- | pose to celebrate, tramplea in the dust, the only law the mandates of a military chieftain and one haif the country struggling io the throes of dissolution, would be @ sorry spectacle to exnibit to ioreign nations,and Maryiand would never countenance such a mockery; but he looked on tho brighter side of tho pictare. The sigus of the times were unmistakable, and ne did not doubt that the Fourto of July, 1876, would find the American people united and prosperous, and able to Join heartily in the celevrution of an event whien has no paraliel in history, Under such cir- | eumstances Maryland woula probably not be bo- hind the other States in furthoring tho saccess of | the Centennial | NORTH CAROLINA. | GOVERNOR DROGDEN’S HINTS OF LEGISLATIVE INDIPFERENCE—POLITIOS BEFORE COMMERCIAL PROSPERITY. | Ratgiom, April 1, 1875. | It 1s safe to say that there is no more euthusias- tie executive south of Mason and Dixou's line on | the subject of the Centennial than honest Scotch Ourtis H. Brogden, the present Governor | of the old North State. For the Logisia- | ture, which assumes to represent all wisdom fod itberality, a great deal cannot be said, I think, sowever, that the people, Mf properly appealed to, would respond in a man- ner thas Would assure the country of thoir patri- otism and traditional Union sentiment. THR GOVERNOR'S VIKWS. The HER‘LD correspondent called inst night at the executive mansion and was politely received by Governor Brogden. In the desuitory conversa- tlom thateosued on the sudject of the National Centennial Governor Brogden expressed bimself as@warm friend of the Centennial,and he was la¥ish in his praises of the Herarp for its per- sistent and patriotic efforts in bebaif of that proj- ect, He has urged the matter upon the minds of the leading men of the State. He bas called the Attention of the Legisiature to it in a special Message; but he has grave doubts as to whether that body will respond by any appro- | priate action on its part. Governor Brogden said he thought it a burniug shame that @ celebration which commands the consideration, respect and co-operation of ail the leading mations of tho World sbould bo slighted and treated with con- tempt by one of the foremost States of the “old toirteen”—a sti too, that boasts of a “Centen- | nial” of its own, & year in advance of that to be celebrated in Philadelphia. The Governor, now, ever, is resolved to do tis whole duty in the premises, ana will use bis most tempting powors Of persuasion, if eveo in vain, in urging the Legis- lature to spare Nortn Oarvlioa’s posterity tha j BLUSH OF SHAME, } which must inevitably resuit irom the State’s | Bon-action in toe matter. Whether the recent action of the Legislature is to oe attributed to sordid and avaricious motives, or toa cesire to | make & puviic display of a supposed povert: stricken condition of North Carolina, is not a; parent. Uertain it is, that tae mass of the people have scarcely given the matter 4 thought, and | those leaders of tho masses to Whose atteution it has been brought, assert that Civil Rights, | Louisiana, Arkansas, habeas corpus, and general hostility to the Sonth, tu the North, are the caw Of taking no interest init. some of the people here, | in fact, 60 not really regard themselves as a part of the nation, considering the treatment they Bave received at the bands of General Grant's administration. Then there are others of them | who have no idea of celebrating an event which | will probably be prominent in its records, tue liberation of tne slave and the consequent en- Slavement of the whites, as it has been in the Southern States, This is the narrow way in which they look at it; butcan they be blamed when tie | President esked Congress to invest pim with | extraordinary powers to tyrannize over the | Soutn? Take away the sting of Genera) Grant's moves and intrigues toward an assumption of power heretofore unknown, and Nortu Ourolin: | mmi@bt to-morrow ve foremost in het support and | savocacy of the National Centennial, | MICHIGAN, GOVERNOR BAGLEY's ENTMUSIAGM ARoUT TH | RATIONAL BINTHDAY—A DRILLIANT OATA- | LOOUR OF ORsECTS OF MTEnEST. LANSING, April 8, 1675, Governor Bagioy sitsin a spacious chair at the Old-lasnioned secretary, With Various documenaw of State before bim. Port ok and good. Batured, ho has an expeditions way of despaton: | jag business that is captivating. He peraonaiiy Ovorsees Sli tho Brale idstitutions, and from the | patural sympathy of Dis Oburacter iw Muon inter: | ested if Mose Of Charitadie, penal and reforme | tory Kalure, BO moots and talks With Kunurods | of people ry day, takes the liveliest interest in ail matters of legisiation and is necessarily obliged to scrutinize the multifarious bills that the Legislature now In session sends to lm daily for approval. bis duties, he greeted the HeRaLp correspondent kindly, and, beimg in‘ormed that the object of tne visit was to interview bim with respect to the Centennial, at once facetiously submitted to the ordeal, “Tam satisfied,” said Governor Bagley, “trat | interest inthe coming Centennial Exhibition ts increasing; the peopie are becoming aroused to the importance of tha matter, ana there 1s a disposition to take hold and make it an affair worthy of the United States.’ “What will Michigan go toward attaining that end}? “Michigan will be represented at the Exposi- tion in a way that will afford visitors an idea of the wealth and importance ofthe State, A biil is now pending in the House, having already | passed the State Senaie, providing forthe ap- pointment of jour commissioners, one each for the department of mines, manufactures, arts and agriculture. An appropriation of $4,000 1s made to bear their expenses, The amount 1s scarcely adequate, but as Michigan 1s noted for its pubd- | Ne-spirited citizens 1 am in hopes of finding four competent gentlemen who will undertake the task of supervising these various depart- ments. WHAT MICHIGAN WILL EXHIBIT, “To spend several months in such an occupa- tion and without pay does require some self- Sacrifice, What are the prinerpal objects your State will send to the Exhibition, Governor ?” “[have given no thought to the matter. My idea 18, however, to sena the raw material, the foundation of wealth—the products of our mines, our forests and our farms, Sucn things, while overlooked by those in search of superficial or momeutary gratification, enlist the attention of the industrious and thouzhtiul visitor, and it is such we desire to influence favorably with respect to the resources of Michigan. AS regards maou. factures It is true we excel in special branches, Our machinery for use in milis and mines is un- | equalled; bur, as a general thing, we cannot hope to surpass in the line of manufactures,’? “Then the show ol manufactured articles trom | Mienigan 1s likely to be small ”” “No, not necessarliy;” replied the Governor; | “I wished only to convey the idea that while our people manulactured many things exceptionally well there are also many other things of common use which are made equaliy as well elsewhere, There is no use of sending to the Centennial a Jarge display of articles only equal to the average a8 regaras Novelty cr merit. We have sufficient Tesources to make the Michigan Exhibition unique, and all efforts should tend im that direc. tion. Our peopte should rely upon the qnahty of their show to attract attention, not upon number or quantity.” “What are the Michigan specialties, Governor?” “Weill, onrs is the only State that produces the virgin copper; not ores or sulphurets, but tne pure virgin metal. We have smeiting works in the State, but they do not reaily smelt the copper as tLat term is understood as Swansea. Our surnaces simpiy get up the requisite amount of beat to tuse the rock; the copper being heavier sinks to the bottom of the furnace, the liquefied and molten rock 1s drawn off and the purest meta; 1s dipped out and cast into ingots. We shail | probably exhibit masses that weigh thousands of pounds, ninety-five per cent of which will be the virgin copper, and the remainder composed of Tock, Which fills the interstices. We bave several mines that prodace these masses of copper, andone that 1s below a ton in weight 1s regarded as of small importance. Then there is the conglomerate copper, such a8 comes from the renowned Calu- met and Hecia mine, and other mines in that vi- cinity; Drown colored rock, more thickly strewed with shot copper than puddings are with raisins, producing, in iact, elguty ver cent by weight, Then we have the stamp copper, of various grades of fineness—not purity, because it 18 absolutely | pure, out of degrees of fnencas, some of it like | an impalpable powder, and so on up to the coars- esto! shot. Michigan, undoubtedly, can beat the world on copper, and we shall make a display that Wii convinoe it of that fact.” SILVER, TOO. “What can you do in other minerals?’ “We have virgin silver found in the copper Mines, in some instances in masses of surprising size, Last summer at Marquette 1 saw at the establishment of Thomas Meads, a dealer in mine ralogicus Curiosities, @ mass of pure silver as big as my bat,” and the Governor exbibiied a cylinder ot the jargeat dimensions. “I regret not baving purchased itarthe time. It came from the On- tomagon aistrict, We have one of the largest and certainly one of the purest deposits of iron ore in the world, Isnali favor the sending to Phulade)- phia of car loads Of this ore, comprising the grade: koown as epecular, hematite and magnetic. None is ever shipped from the minos that is of less purity than sixty-six per cent; anything be- low thac is thrown to one side.” “Yes, I have beard the Lake Superior tron | described as being the best in the world.” “We have besides several varieties of precious | stones. When the Duke Alexts was tu Dotroit he was presen’ with @ bandsome case containing malacnites, agates, and various: other kinds of stones, Bat these, though bandsome enough, aro useful chiefly for parposes of adornment, An ex. hibition of utilitarian objects will nelp a State moro, in my opinion, thao all the fancy products you can name, and we sbali send to the Centennial such things as will best give strangers an idea of the resources of Michigan. We have gypsum in large quantities and of different grades—tbe com- mon, tie vartegated and the purest wlabaster, aod this will be shown in its different stages, irom the Taw product of the mine to the land piaster, and the plaster of Paris to the most absolute degreo of finene: coal and sait.”” “Within a fow years Micbigan has attained a lead- ing position in the margets of the West in tue arti- cle of salt, Our siate, too, is of the richest and giossiest of tints ofthe most durable character, and susceptible of the bighest polish, But you must be wearied with this catalogue’? “No, Governor, I should be giad to have you continue, 80 that readers of the Henarp may be iniormed what your State proposes to do to make the Centennial an exposition of the nation’s prog- 3 I said before,” continued Governor Bagley, “our efforts siall be principally to show unique objects, Most of the peppermint sold comes from Micaigan and we suall exdibit the otls of pepper- Mint, of wintergreen and other ohem- ical products of vegetables indigenous to our soi. Our display of forest products wiil probably be unequalled, and will consist of biack walnut, birdseye mapie, sycamore, butiernat, aso, whitewood, oak and other cabinet woods, so arranged as to make an attractive display and to show conspicuously their great beauty. Although we are large exporfors of furniture it te not likely that much of a display in thai line will come trom Michigan. Farniture, you Know, is overy. where, and while our timber resources will always enabdie ns to Control thé market in many descrip. | tions, We do not claim jeading rank in the mat- tor of fine desigas.” MANUPAOTURED Goons, “What will the monasactured display consist on “For one thing, of metals—all qualities of pig | fron and boiler iron, ratiroad irom and bar iron, bent cold #0 as to exhibit its tenacity; ingot, stamped gud ruiied copper. We have machinery that makes toe largest sheets of rol @opper in the world, Onill, you know, @ @ coppot-produe ing country. Well, last year there was sent to Clik som oar roiling mili several ts of copper 61 the prodigious size Of six by elghsenn ieet, Tosy intended for some 4 We make Copper bottoms for aom utensils, In the West our milla have atianed reputation jor cassimero clotns and some gredes of cotton tabrics, for of agricultaral implements, We export largoly to Kagiand, France aod Germany hoes and forks, whion Of really DeAutiiul forme and unsure Passed exociience. There are a namver of exten si¥e Manwincturers of Dools and shoes, Who ox. DOr SOMO OCIA: Ales, SOME UMQue derErlp. Despite the engrossing character of | ‘There is also freestone ana granite and | . - $< tions of straw work and an unlimited catalogue ef small articles of wood for aomestic ases.” AGRICULTURAL INTERSSTS. | “Now, if you please, Governor, the agricultaral products?” | ‘Phat 1s something in which we stand at the front. Michigan wheat Is pre-eminent abroad and always brings the highest rates, as th¢ HERALD cable market reports from London and | Liverpool will verify any day. The cereala and other agricultural prodacts our peopl¢ exhibit will attract attention in comparison with those of the most {avored States. 1 expected @ special appropriation to enable our pomoiogists | to make a creditabie display, iruit growing veing one of the great spectalties of the State; but the amount hes been cut down in the House to @ sum just suficient to enable them to creditably repre- vent us at the American Pofhological Exnibition at Chicago next summer. Nevertheless, that branch Will be a prominent one at Piiladelpbia.” “tow about other products “As a State we have engaged largely in pisciculs tnre, and I am in hopes that our fishermen will | prepare aquaria extensive enough to show t | tisbes pecuuar to the waters of Michigan, Our tro! and whitelish are of world-wide fame, and one | species, the grayling—a fine, gamy fish, equalling the brook trout—is nowhere else tobe sound. We- could muke a display of the fish of the great fresh water lakes—and { am in hopes to see it done— that would attract universal observation and the closest attention of economists and selentists, If it can be brought avout by the assistance of our sclentific societies we shall make @ complete exposition of the fauna of the State, 1 have my- self mounted specimens of every one of our game birds, and one gentleman hasa unique collec! of our song birds. You may say through tie HERALD that Michigan will do her share toward’ making the Centennial the success it deserves to be.” DESTRUCTIVE FIRE ON WORTH STREET; HEAVY LOSSES TO THE WOOLLEN TRADE—DAM« AGE BY SMOKE, WATER AND FIRE ESTIMATED aT From $250,000 ro $300,000. A very destructive fire and quite 9 disastrous one in point of pecuniary joss to the insurance companies, broke out at abous seven o’clock yex terday morning tn the sub-cellar of the five story iron and brown stone building No. 59 Worth street. ‘This locality is tue centre of the importing woollem goods trade and the buildings are 28a rule mas sive structures Of stone and iron, supposed to bq fire-proof, No. 691s occupied in the basement and first floor py the importizg dry goods firm ot Wiliam Tornbuil & Co., the otver four stories being occupied by Wendell, Hutchins son & Co., also importers of woollen goods, | How the tire originated is not known, but from appe.rances it 1s sapposed to bave started im the subd-ceilar, The alarm was given by one of the Automatic Telegraph Company’s tire alarm mstri nents on the first door, which signalled, when the heat had attained toe temperature to which the machine had been sei, to une of the offses of the above company, and from thence an alarm wat sounded to tne Fire Department headquarters, is Mercer street. When the engin rived oa the spot the flames nad attained considerabie head way, and it was found necessary to sena @ second alarm, which was immediately done, bringing @ forther delachment of engines. The firemen, Tealizing the extent of the work before them, bent their full energies to the task, and a Gozen streams of water were sooa playing into the building; bat notwithstanding their vigorous efforts the fames extended and the adjoining buliding commenced toburn, A third alarm was then despatoned and reinforcements promptly respoaded, Owing to the density of the smoke, which poured out of the front of the building in great black volumes, the firemen were unable to penetrate the interior, and it became evident that the only piace of sud-- cessful attack was from tne rear, The buildiog | extends backward half the length of the blook from Worth to Leonard street, where it is me ‘only @ jew lect of xpace interveming, by the rear the five story brown sioue dry goods housg Parker, Wuder & ©o., No. HODATA STAVOty The dvors of the first door of Were broken open ana ine tire! augged hose to the rear, and placing planks Jroma the back wind those Ou the Tear o! the dui No. 69.Worta et, effected an eutrance com meuced the Work Of extinguisoment At about Dall-past nine o'clock the fire was brought under control, and ap hour later it was entirely out. An investigation into the damae aone revealed the fact that the water and smoke bad caused tae fire wat | 1g buildings | Dec gecko With gous, and we r flowing into them, in some places to the wa | depth of tour and five ieét, caused heavy losses} Gnd although the fre was confined to the twe | Uutidings, Nos. 57 and 60 Worth street, the joss | Water is snared by the occapanis of several | the neighboring houses, Among tue latter are thé fouo* me firms: | _ W. L. Stroug & Co,, importers of woollen | No, 64 Leonard street, whose sub-cellar was Biv | pearly to ite Utmost capacity with goods in cxsem Jose by Water irom $3,0U0 to $5,000; covered by im | surance. Wilder & Co., No, 62 Leonard s | whose cellar was alvo well fied with stocg, ail | which was damaged by smoxe and Water to a very wat eXtont, tue Waier Lelong @t ope tune Over ve leet in depth. Their loss is tully covered | imsurance in New York and Boston Garaner Brewer & Co., domestic goods, of Na 62 Leonard street, sufier (rom water and smoke t¢ H the Ce pg extent of $6,000 10 $10,000, waoich & covered by insurance. | Paine, Goodwyn & Co, Of No. 68 Worth street had in their cellar uver 000 cases o: woollen Woich were aamaged by waver 10 the extont@ | about $5,000; insured. ‘ | M. Arnold’ & Kothield, of No. 65 Worth street | importers, also suder trom water in their | | | w = extent Of sume thousands of doliars; im sure: charles E. Stewart & Uo., No. 63 Worth #1 lose to a small extent by Water im thelr sud- lar, where (hey had goods on storage. | “ge principat loser by the comfugration is the frm of Wuitam Turnbull & Co,, tne occapants@ | the first Door and basement of No, 49 Worta street, | whose loss is Variousiy estimated at irom $150.00 | to $900,000, whieh 1s delieved to be fully coveret | py insurance, bat va tis point no definite inios miauon could be Obtained owing to the absence @ | the memvers of tue firm. Nearly all ther stock Oi which they had a large quantity on hand, is dé stroyed. Wendell, Hutchinson & Uc., Who occupied thy upper part of No. 69 Worth street, lose from $40,008 tu $70,000, Whicn 18 protected by insurance. ‘The fuarth and Ath stories oi toe bonding were but little damaged, the fre being coniined to the lower part. Tbe premises are owned Barents Hovey, of Boston, who loses from 000 15.000. All day terday the engines wor ® after the fire had oeen extinguisved, in pump! | the water out of the cellars, aud a coutan' stream flowed down Lovoard sere for se hours, Tuesaies aud their contents were served intact. Itis belleved that the eatire josg ‘Will fall wpon th Urance companies, but 4 Hames and tue amounts could nos be axcer! | Yesterday. FIRE IN THE TRIBUNE BUILDING | At about balf-past three o’ciook yesterday morm | mwa fre broke out In the basement of the new | Tribune duilding, caused by some oompastinle } Materials in a painter's chest igaiting, bat by the mp use of ° little water the Games pt 6—J uisned With a triding loss, “DAN BRYANT. Mrs. Bryavt dosires it to be generally knows that her house will be open to-morrow (Tuesday) from ten to six o'clock, that oll the friends and acquatatances of her deceased busband may bid @ last farewoll to his remains. The foneral wil take place on Wednesday, at halspast ten o'clock, at the Oburch of St, Paul the Apostle, Fity-niata street and Ninth evenue, where a solemn mass of The funeral arrangements Rev. Fathor ‘Young and ekmeyer abu Young atten: poor Dan curing his iast lines. we had seniim deato, asked and received the sacrament of the Ohuron and died peacefully ai Ouppiy, surrouoded by wis family, Mr. Al Daly bas cons to arr & boneiit ior Bryant and the chud re She New York hue gore bave sudsoribea to Geiray tno jane & 2, $100 eaon Fal and otoer expenses. THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. The following record will show the chenges © | the temperature jor the past twonty-four buara, ¥ | comparison with the corresponding date of las | as indicated by the thermometer at Had bus ene a baidiug— 78. Ae Mae oe “ a& Me. ary “ AM a 61 Ey 6a femperarure . tewperatuce lor correapoouing dave vs eeveee vesseu een erssostiopevensecseey OGhf | “ih