The New York Herald Newspaper, May 6, 1875, Page 3

THESTATE CAPITAL The Common Council Rapid Transit Bill Reported Favorably. TAMMANY AND ITS PORCES AT ALBANY, An Attempt at Legislation by the Liquor Interest. THE €ANALS AND THE LEGISLATURE, ALBANY, May 5, 1875. Legislation in regard to New York city charter matters seems to be at @ periect stanastill. The Tammany forces still bold their ground, with head- \querters at Congress Hall. Mr, Jobn Kelly, accom. panied by several members of his staff, consisting of General F, B, Spinola, BE, D, Gale, John R. Fel- dows, Morris Powers and others, seems to be busy at work in caucus ana negotiation, The pre- ‘cise nature of these movements has not yet been developed, One main point appears to Dave been gained, however, the squeiching of the Miller-Husted charter for the present, and the spring election bill of Mr. Lawrence. In order to accomplish this and prevent any interference with Tammany interests In the Legisiature, it is now openly asserted that an alliance, offensive and defensive, has been made by Mr. Jonn Kelly With the republican party. ‘rhe appointment of Mr. Salem H. Wales as Prestdent of the Dock Commissioners, by two of his democratic colleagues, 1s looked upon by some politicians here strong evidence of this latest rumor. Mr, Wales is now in Albany. COMMISSIONERS AT ALBANY. Police Commissioner Disbecker is also here. The rute set down by Mayor Wickham, instructing heads of departments to remain away trom Asbany, seems to be entirely ignorea. PROPHECIES ABOUT TAMMANY, Notwi'bstanding the iew days that apparently Femain of the session, opponents of Tammany in Albany still sanguinely prophesy some sudden Jegisiative Movement materially affecting the Apfuence of that organization, They scout the idea that any ailiance could be entered into by Tammany leaders with the repablican party in the Legisiature. But politicians are very uncertain, and, to my mind, would enter into almost any -combiuvation to further thelr pecullar ends, RAPID TRANSIT. The Senate Committee on Kailroads to-day re- ported jor consideration the Common Council Rapid Transit pill, Both houses should now im- mediately agree upon perfecting the bill, and push at through at once. No more important measure a8 affecuing the interests o/ New York city is now pending hefore our Alvany Solons, Insignificant jocat bills and corporation jobs can afford to stand aside for the present. THE LIQUOR INTEREST. A number of gentlemen representing the liquor Interest of the State arrived here to-day to look aiter the general Exctse bill, woich is now before the Assembly. it wiil prove dificult to pass a law of this. character suitable to all persons in the liquor business in town aud city. The evening session of the Assembly was taken up in consider- ation of the measure reported from the Committee on Internal Affairs, WIRES OF TELEGRAPH COMPANIES, We hada slight breeze in the Assembly to-day on the adverse report from the Committee on Cities as to the bill introduced by Mr. Daly com- pelling telegraph companies in the city of New York to put their wires underground. A motion ‘was made by Mr. T. C. Campbeil to disagree with the report of the committee, and that the bill be ordered to a third reading. This caused cosider- able debate, far-away intimations being e» | cessea that some of tue members had been “sa” for the purpose of defeating the measure. ~ \otion Was finally made by Mr, Alvord to lay the whole sabject on the table, which was carried by a vote of Li to 68, SALTING RAILROAD TRACKS IN NEW YORK crTy. Several days ago @ blll was passed in the As- sembly preventing street raliroad companies in @uring the winter. the bill with some amendments. It was evident that the measure emanated irom the prolific brain of the good Mr. Bergh, and a motion was made to Tecommit it to the Judiciary Committee. Tnia motion, which virtually kis the bill, was carried. DEPULY MARSHALS FOR NEW YORK. introduced a bill empow- | York city to appoint deputies. These oMectal ll be compelled to give ids to the Mayor for @ proper discharge of tueir THEMINAL CHARGES. Senator Kellogg, from the committee appointed on Senator Lord’s resolution to ascertain the prices charged for bandling grain in New York and Bufiaio, presented their report this alternoon, | report shows that the cust of elevating and banding New York is fully 4% cents per bushel this must be added the cost of towage and whariage an harber master’s fees. ‘The report says that there appears to be only a a understanding as to charges in New York city, while at Buffalo there exists a regular com- bination, There isa tof proper dock accom- modations for canai boats in New York and serious Joss and annoyance is thus given boatmen. One of the great annoyan of boatmen 18 the “scealpers” or miadiemen, whose commissions mount to tuily two cents per bushel on grain | Passing from Buffalo to New York, or about $26 on each boat. The report concludes as foliows:—“in conclusion, your committee report that the ter- mina: charges at Budalo and New York are, and have been, unreasonably high, and, as a resul new and competing routes have been opened, the commerce of the canals crippled and the interests of the carriers seriously injured. These evils, if | not checked, threaten the destruction of the Canals anu the commerce of the State. RIVERS!DE AVENUR. At a meeting of the Senate Committee on Cities, of which Mr. Woodin is chairman, the central | body oO! the several taxpayers’ associations in the city of New York submitted @ memorial against the Riverside Avenue bili, which passed the A: sembly last Mage The commit presenti |. Nehrbas. The committee f. “4 pa by a the Legisiatare to pase prepar Comptrolier Green, which bave already passed he “Assembly. THE CANALS. REPORT OF THE CANAL JOINT INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. Aunawy, May 5, 1875, The following is the report of the Joint Committee of the Senate and Assembly in relation to the Canai Fraud Investigation presented to the Legisiature to-day :— Resolved if the Ser concur, that there be appointed & committee of three in tne Senate, to be appointed by the President of (he Senate, and three in the House, to | | possible traud, the | meut or by the New York city from using saiton their tracks | To-day the Senate sent back | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1875.—TRIPLK SHEKT. and at ‘whose instance and for whose benefit such changes of plans were adopted. all these were subjects of inquiry naturally suggested by an investizn- tion inte the general tacts surrounding the contracts a! 8 ce of thirty duys was @ total impossibility, mitiee have Worked faithfully day and mght, Order Lo Ko as far ay possible upon the inquiry ays alluded to they were compelled to leave untouche/ many sources of information, and to disimiss from tive. stanil many witnesses after an examination in regard Wo their, Knowledge of the contracts in ques: tion pian of ¢xaminat.on hen more general would have led to @ more extended 4nvestigation Into the knowledge of such witnesses uyon other and erhips equally important matters. Ty have dove so, however, wou dbave been to so injury the plan which cur committee frat adopted), ami ty detract irom. the rstiuquiry even that amount of Vioroughness which your cominittee has been enabled to give it. WHAT THE THATINONY SHOWS, ‘The testimony taken Is herewxth submitted, and also a very brief history of the contwacts already alluded to. ‘The tesumony will show tht a pertectly thoroust and exhaustive inquiry, even into the tacts and ¢.reun stances of those ten contracts, has not yet been achieved. Your committee has not int an opportunity to call all the witnesses of the class of engineers and contractors who have been connected with those ten coniracts, and are now engaged in examining the diferent contractors connected with such conirects, and have not yet ha time to complete such examination. The termination of those members of the Canal Board who are connected in any way with those contracts and their history, has pot been us yet atiempted any further than to call the Canal Commissioners in charve of the division on which the work covered by some of the contructs was locate 1, and also two former State Engineers. ihe sane Feagon, of a walt of time, has prevented your commiitee trom making any inquiry whatever into the subject of canal awards or canal damages, which was referred to us by the same resolution, Any Inquiry we could have made into that subject would of necessity have been so circumscribed as to have produced no ben- oficial resulis whatever. FURTHER TIME WeEDED, Your committee are satistied trom the resnits of thelr ingulry thus tar that it must be regarded as only the be- gianing of that more extended an which shoud follow it. The syewm of letung and prosec contracts for work upon the canals 13 one of grave detects, giving op- portunities ior numerous and varied deceptions and frauds, opporanities that designing men have not hesitaiea to embrace. In the brief lime al- Jowed it would probably be impossible to make even a catalogue :n detail of the trauds which ihe tesiimony indicates, in addition & those whicn 1 seems to conchi- sively prove. such facts as have been asceriained, how- ever, will be useiulin pointing the way for further in- Yestization, as well asin showing some of the lexisla- tiye measures which are advisable aud necessary, Many of the evils shown by the testimony coud not have occurred if the existing laws bad teen observed and the public officers had faithfuily discharged their duties under them ; and others appear to have been the direct result of special legislation as to particular subjects which doubtless had inception in the action of the parties interested, “ EXTRAORDINARY RRPAIRS,”? A brief description of the mode ot prosecuting what are calied “extraordinary repairs” apon the line of the canals will best illustrate the detect of the system. Some, specific piece of work is needed; perhaps the building of alock; perhaps the enlargement, improvement or re- ir of a section of the canal. Boatmnen, forwarders ana sidents of the vicinity have catled ‘attention to the subject, and the canal officers certity to its necessity. ‘The legislative commiitee accordingly report vin favor Of an appropriation tor it, and the bill after more or less discussion, and after some reduction of the amount, is duly enacted, approved and becomes av. Generally this appropriition is for less than the desired work Will actually cost; but it is accepted by all concerned as being as nuch as the Legislature will con- gent to vole at once, ihe next step is @ prelimmnary es> timate. ‘The Canal Commissioner in whose divisivw the Jocality is situated directs the Division Enwineer to make one. He or one of his asstsiants examines and measures the ground and prepares an estimate quantities of material aud labor with the appr prices of each. It he is honest and capable 1 is p with care and exactness. [the is neghgent or disonest he makes it carelessly and often m collusion with and for the benefit of some of the persons who are in- tending to bid for the contract, But in either ease the estumate is not for the whole of the enterprise; it is only for so much material and labor as the leg: © Appro- priation will cover. ‘this esumate is exhibited ut the Jivision Eagiuees’s office, in order to invite s osals tor the Work. such proposals are advertis: nthe newspapers. A large number are receive at the close of tirée weeks the Board of thre exhaustive inquiry a coly one is fainihar with or fee's an 1 verest or responsibility in the matter. It is whol, almost to the comuissioner in charge who pi makes the awards and afterwards has the en: vision of the wo.k. His two associa es give t! mal assent aud affx their signatures, bul vo not seem to give the matier such atteation as to ensiie them to preserve any distinct remembrance of its aetuils, UNBALANCKD BIDS. The first bid that is opened usualiy reveals the fact that the person making it offers tg furnish maieriais and of the prices are exceedingly hiv, while others excessively ow. Thus, for instance, he will ofler todo the ed ammount of rock excavation at afew cents per spe eubie yt bailing aud ddliug, hemlock and oak timber, reer eless, when the whote is her words the bid, though what is called unbalauced one, seems’ on face low, and, therefore, advantageous to tate. When the other ‘bids are opened or nearly all are found to have a similar character, all are more or less unbalanced, which aré least so are the ones which are regarded having the futaldefectof requiring the state to pay @ higher price on the aggregate fur the desired work. The Canal Commissioners argue that the constitation of the State says:— “All contracts for work or materials on any canal shall be wade with the person who shail offer to do or provide for the same at the lowest price, with ade- quate security for their performance.” They say that if they resect lowest bidder on the ground that h is unbalanced, and ‘therefore opens for contingent of must also reject on the same ground he bid. and the t. and the hext’ They say it ii they award the eonvract to a bidder whose prices, though better balanced, are higher in the aggregate, | they violate the eonsututional prevision. Further, they | add that if they reject and throw out ali these Inds aud readveriise Jor new ones they may get none becter, aud they will lose three weeks of valuable time. Under the circumstances, ani entertaining these views, the course they have usually pursued (as it appears by the as been, either upon their own judg. an evidence) advice of counsel learned the contr ose SaRTORRIO this action notwithstanding they ed notice that ui a So far as appears by the testimony there is hardly a case upon record where any effort has been mate by refusing such bids to secure ew ones betier balanced and more honest TH WORK AND ITS CRARACTKIL Now commences the work apon the caual itself The coutractor, with his force of employes. prosecutes it under the direction of the engineers and the supervi-ion of the commissioner in charge. Kach month the resi | dent engineer makes measurements of what has been done, and reports the quantities and amounts in his monchty estimates, which are fled in his ofce, and his final accounts in the office of the Auditor, who pays to the contractor the sums thus shown to be due, As the work proceeds is usually becomes eviden’ that the contractor unbalunced bid was based either Upon very large experience and familiarty with the ind. or upon collusion with the engineor. It turns is less of that kind of work to be dou bids low prices than the origival Umate had contempiated. On the other hand, there More oi that kind of work tor which his ‘prices were high, Consequently, the amount he receives in the ng- fresate ts conderatly more than the footing el:hor of e estinate ur the bid. Sometimes, it ix true, the re- verse happens so, and bis unbalanced bid sub- cia hin to loss in that case he uswiliy peals to the Canal Board to cancel his cot tH on the und that its terms have re “anjast and ressive,” or apples to the egisinture tor an act ¢ iving Wim “relies? in the shape of more money the pies that he has encountered “unexpected diliculiies.” AS a venerai rule, however, the contract Is found sufficiendy profitable to warrant him in condnuing the work as long as the appropria- tion holds out, and even longer; and here comes in one of the worst and most defect! features of the system, it The jorixinal appropriation having proved, insuflicien the Ley apy to for another “to continue the work.” When thn obtained it is assumed to buve giso continued ck. The “work woes on. and the mouey isexpend " tunder any new ietting, but under the old oue ; aad’ this process is repeated with s cessive appropriations during successive years until contractor has periormed far more work than was originally estimated for and has received double, triple, quadruple, perhaps even ten times the amount of his original bid. itis here that the unbalanced items of his bid prove most profltabie. The Kngineer was limited in his estimate to the amount of the Aras appropriation ; but the contractor, having had faith fron (uc outset that work be needed and more appropriations je, had reguiated his scale of high ani low prices to the coming requirements of the future work. PING THE HARVEST. benefit of subsequent aj your committee have been unable to discover, Ttdocs not pear from the evidence. It otily appears that it is & tong standing cusiom, meeting douitiew with the general proval of contractors, and appacentl: c How, when or where #0 «ro: Soper and gatoer the br the work. These c ‘ipen the a made upon the assump- tion that they are improvements in the character of the ‘work and will involve no unreasonable expense, since they are to be pail for at contract rates. Nevertholoat the fact appears urdeniable that nearly every one of such changes has resultea in mereased profit to the con- /become known to bidders until the-contract for the work isexecuted. ‘There should be exhibited only a List of the kinds of work and material required. deposit re trom bidder: atract if at is a them is its tends is to contipe tt pe- titlon to “King” by excludily those of more limited means, INCREASED ACCOUNTAILITY, * Finally, the changes made in the laws for the’adminis- tration of canal affairs should be in the direct creased accountabt ty on the partot the canal offigers, Under he present system t sno adequate means of prevenung, aotec ng abuses, ‘the resi sibility is divided ubdivided Into so many fi t4 as to be often practically lost. Ihe offl¢ers of 7 me canals have no coms hoad, no responsibi to any common authority and no comm interest In the joint performance of their respecuve duties, Those who are appointed arc appointed by, and ‘Those who are responsible to, different state oMcers. 0 r elected are elected at different periods representing diflerent phases of public opinion, and are amenable to the people at different and distant da'es. No pubhe €nterprise ean hope to ful that is not deftultely oreanized known and responsible head, ‘These sug. me of which are already anticipated in billy now moder discussion in the Lexislature, are respectully submutied tor con- sideration, DANIRE H. VOLE, Vor the Senate, {ROR 7 MA of the Assembly. W. SEWARI), § hed to the report is an appendix, in which ten convracts are given aud commentea upow, GERMAN IN THE SCHOOLS. MEEITING OF EDUCATION, The Hoard of Education held a stated meeting’ IMPORTANT, THE BOARD OF Grand streets, President Netison in the chair. ‘The front of the President’s desk was draped in mourning, Mm consequence of the death of Commissioner Farr, A communication was read jrom His Honor the Mayor, appointing Mr. Willtam Wood to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the Commissioner, and tne President then ap pointed Commissioner Wood on the Committees of Supplies, Course of Study, Normal Sehool, Nom- nation of Trustees, Salaries and Economy and | the Joint Committee on Parochiai Schools, on each of which the late Commissioner had served, Acommunication was read and reierred request Ing the estadlisoment of a new colored school in the lower part of the east side of the city, the ola colored school at No, 95 Allen street veing now in process of demolition, A communication was read and also referred from Mr, Duffy, Principal of the Grammar School in Greenwich street, com. plaining that a new building Is about to be erected immediately adjoining the school building which will completely shut out the lignt from the school. The school house Is leased from ‘irinity church, as ‘so the adjoining property. he Superintendent of Truancy reportea that flom April 21 to May 4 investigation had been made in 566 cases, the child being sent to school 1n 123 cases, in two committed by the police magis- trates, in thirty-three, withdrawn from for various causes, and in a nanber of cases the children were seut to reformatories, the Super- intendent recommending such a course. A com- munication was read from the mother of two chil- dren that had been sent to Kanda 1's Isiand under the Iruancy law, and it was re/erred to the Com- | mittee »n Bylaws, witn a view to having the by- laws so amended that cases like the present one may in the suture be dealt with by tbe ordinary | recourse to the police courts. Another protest against the amalgamation of the public and the parochial schools was Tead, which had appended a long list of names, The document has been and was referred by the President to the Joint committee on the subject of the amalgamation, The special order of the day was the considera- tion of the teaching of German in the pubiic schools. On motion of Commissioner Herring the | Board resoived itself into a committee of the | Whole, and the President, having appointed Com- missioner Dowd as chairmun of the commitiee, Jeft the chair. | Commissioner Baker then read a lengthy docu- Meat in Opposition-to the introduction of German im the schools, The greater part of the paper, however, Was a personal reply to a _pampniet pur- orting to be a Teport of the proceediugs of the oard of Education during a debate on the intro. auction of German in the schools, which report, | it was nappa 1, Commissioner Klamroto nad inspired. ne report cf Commussioner Klam- | roth’s part in the debate put that gentleman up Lo the highest advantage, and represented um as speaking in very cisparaging terius of Com- missioners Baker and Wear, ana to all these per- sonalities Commissioner Baker had something to say. Aiter he had got through with these points he argued that the teaching ot German in toe schools was altogether too wuch for the pupils. Aiready there were too many subjects taught, even with the reduction in their number made | Some time ago. H was better to have a good, | sound tratving in euglish branches than to have | time wasted in getung @ smattering of German and French, The schools were intended for pri- mary purposes, and to give a ye English educa. | tion to puptls, by tue ald o! | Make 4 liviog. Commissioner Klamroth repiied to Commissioner Baker by readiug from some letters he had pro- cured from principals of schools, to the effect that | the teaching of the German tn the schools heiped | to make the iearning of English studies more easy tothe pupils. Commissiooer Kiamrota meantime had been striking back at Commissioner Baker, though not as forcibly as he nad done in the ob- Doxious pamwphiet. In reply to a question from Commissioner Fuller, asking if Commissioner Klamroth haa not knowa all about the pubdlicanon 01 the pamphiet glorifying bimseif, toe vatter de- | clined giving an explicit denial. | Commissioner West and Commissioner mroth then nad @ brief tilt as to the allegations made in the pamphiet about Commissioner West, and the fight ended by Commissioner Klamroth declaring that he (Klamroth) “would dare almost anything that Was not against reavon or conscieace."’ Vompilesioner Mau here rose and said that the Boara had had too much of these personal rencontres, and it Was te to speak about the :e- port of the committee. He had uimseif come to some conclusions about Lt, and was ready to say | that he was in favor of the German language bé- ing taught in the schools, as the Board waa before proviaed for tts being taught. In the report some amendmen’s to the bylaws were proposed, which, he believed, ii acopted, would pe a venefit to the present system, and some t! adopted would, in bis opinion, be u detriment. He was in favor of intro. ducing the following amendment to section 76, &s recommenced by the committee : Whenever the parents or gaardians of at least thirty upils attending a grammar department shali desire tue un rod ot Fre ward shail introdace tm department; but nu child shall be German or French contrary to the wishes of its parents or guardians, expressed etiker personally or in writing, and whenever tae average attendance of pupils engaced fu the study of French or German in any deparin shall fall below fifteen tor the periot of three mouths such study shall thereafter be discontinued in aad de- partment. | He was in favor of adopting that amendment, because many persons had an erroneous idea that the stud: of German ai French im the public f#cvools Was or would be compulsory. The only Gvubt be had in his mind about the section was as | to the propriety ef classing the French and Ger- man in the same category. Iu bis opinion the clams of both, in a theoretic sense, were the same; but then there was no demand made upon the Board for the teachiug of French in the schools, | while there was a decided demand made upon the Board for the teaching of German. He believed in | acceding to that demand, because he waned to | bring into the scvools the German cuiidren, many of whom were being ht either in private or in sectarian schoois, Tae Germans were very tena- ciou- of their love for their native country and its institavions, and naturally wished to nave their children taught the mother tongue, and ne was iu favor of allowing toem to do so, subject, of course, to restrictions whica would not allow yesterday alternooa at the hall corner of Elm and | ool | already circulated | which they migay | ening vo | THE AMERICAN RIFLE TEAM, retired, President Nelison pat the question controversy ensued as to whether @ # i meeting should be he'd for a debate op the sub- Jeet, bat it was Oinally resoived that fhe question should be called up again as the thitd order of | business at the next meeting of the Board, The Se regular order of business was then resumed. r ‘ne trustees of the Seventeenth ward sent in a communeation nominating Mr Juun W. Keynoia Closing Contest for Places in the | for School Trustee, the majority of trastees peng | | in his favor. Conuyissioner Kiamroth, International Match. e. | Trustee Inthe minority, moved that Al'ted Die | Be appointed to fl the Vacencw Here agat | aquestion of naverniity, Mr. Urbw oeing a Ger- | msn, f: anarp conies| sensed, in which, Com | Inissionera eligman, Trav and lamrotw 4 I] ALS] Na > r vr syed spoce in favor ‘ot the German can | THE NAMES OF THE VICTORS. cong Woile Commissioners West, Herring | and Faller spoke Strongly aud rather. bitterly | againstaltertng, under any (orm, the recommen. ‘i _ aes | Fulton, Gildersleeve, Bodine, Dakin, Yale, Hep- | dition of the majority ol the trustees. On the question being taken the three German Commis- | burn, Coleman, Canficld and Jewell. sioners stood alone in the vote, ‘The Principal of Grammar Sehool No, 52 was transferred to Graimmur Sevool No, und Richard A, Boyce was appoliuted PB: Grammar Schoo) No, 5%, Twelfth wara, | 4 | Jordan was appointed Principal of Femaie Gram- The fourth ana last competition for the purpose | mar Schooi No. 56, Of selecting an American team to contest the in- At a previous meeting of the Board, when the | ternational return ride match tn Ireland took report relative to the purchasing of ground lor & | |). 25 . | hew ectiool house in Fiity-sixtu street. was before | Dince yesterday at Creedmoor, The weather, | the Board, Commissioner Baker protested that in | that purenase there would be $1,500 for somebody | tice, A strong southerly wi w oUt of the $28,000 »sked 1dr the site by the owners. | F sil weseiisnaddMebiiea ak | Yesterday Commissioner Baker made tue amende | TANS, So that there was little it any angle of de- | honoradle, explaining that he had veen deceived | flection to be allowed for on the wind gauge, and a | as to the location wl the ground, tue Brenarey so smaller angle of elevation on the tangent scale iden he referred being ina difereat partof the g mooate ana the teak shah wade be aoses. Alter a session of several hours the Board ad- sary with @ cross or contrary wind biowing, | journed, Perhaps the thing most to be regretted in con- | nection with the contest just closed is thar it was | narrowed down to so small @ number as the | twenty names, more or Jess, watch figured in the | competition, Last year it was thought that had our peopie been warned in time we would have seen men irom many parts of the country come on | dered to Mr. James Lewis. Pianche’s admirable to try their skill at the butts, But last year, as weil | comedy was played for the first time at this | as this, the tnitimtery matenes were thoroughly | theatre, with Mr, Frank Mayo as Ruy Gomez, a | advertised by liberal press reports and ocherwise; | | character that comports well with the frank and | yetonly about filteen or twenty men have come | ronust character of bis acting, Miss Faony Da- forward to contest for places on the national team. venport, as the Duchess of Torrenueva, made an = It says but Jittle for our love of the manly pastime | excellent impresston, She was stately with- | Of rifle shooting that im a population of over a AMUSEMENTS. | FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE. A very attractive bill was furnished at this | house yesterday, on the occasion of a benefit ten- out stifmess, and gave an excellent in- | Mmllion anda hai! in or avout New York less than terpreration of womanly fickleness without ‘“two dozen gentlemen have put in an appearance | allowing herself to be tempted mto | tocompete fora place on the team, Creedmoor the fault of over-acting, which so frequeutly mars 18 a familiar name to riflemen im all par’s of our the efforts of less competent artists in this rdle, | States and Territories, in which there wust be | The comedy was put upon the stage with great hundreds of crack siots to be found, A cordial care aud richness of setting. Birct and Backus | invitation has been extended vo them all by the appeared in their amusing version of “DPamonand Joint Comuuttee of the National Rifle Associa. | Pyth Po Tee erp yeah ace 2 eens Lap amt ge and _ the aren | i, al , o rica have tailed to respond in any consid- Bek Opere Company, (Lue denatoiane appeariog’ | érable numbers to’ the call ae fault does not he in the gecond ana third acts of the “Big Bonanza elved a very warm weicome. The tribute with the directors of the international match Dow soon to come off. being clear and lair, was lavorable to good prac- | 4 | Ben, Mace’s s,m, Washburn Mala, ‘ Ree F gay ron were Adjutant General FL ‘ownsend, General Shaler, General McMahon, General Woodward, Generai’ Knox, Colonel Carr, Colonel Burton, Colonel Gouverneur Morris, Col Stiles and otners, To-day the offictal list of names composing they team will be made out, and Americw’s representa~ tive riflemen are to have their frst meeting tn the rooms of the National lide Assuciation to-morrow at two o'clock P, M, FLEETWOOD PARK. OPENING EVENTS OF THE SEASON-—WILLIAM WALSH AND WASHBURN MAID THE WINNERS. The trotting son in this vicinity opened promisingly yesterday afternoon at Fleetwood Park. Tne day was fair and the sun, so long shorn ofits strength, was again full of springtime warmth and pleasantness, Although the attend. @uce Was very gratifying, it lacked the numoer that would have been present were Macomb’a Dam Bridge uot closed to vehicles for necessary repairs, SUMMARY, FLeRTWwoop PARK, New Yorx, WEDNESDAY, May 5, 1875.—Purse $150; mile beats, best three in . tO Wagon; $80 to the frst, $00 to the second 20 to the Hird horse, Judges—Mexssrs, Matt ‘Tauner, Clark Vaudewater and Hugh Ferregan, Philip Collins’ bv. g. Win, Walaa (Pat terson) Pent | George Gilbert's 8, g, Harry 4132 Dan Mace’s b. g. Uncle Bil....... 24238 Jolin Murphy's b. m. Lady Trimble 8264 Tehomas Counor's b. Walden Maid 6b4¢6 A. Vandorbie’sb. mn. Kate Hugnes......5 6 5 6 Joan Spida's gr. g- MIGICLON...+... 7 7 dis. Mile, First heat. "4 Second heat. 6 Tord hear 214 Fourth nea 4015 1:3 og Ss mile heats, under sad- pe first, $00 the third horse. Jonn pplan’s b. g. Cheston.. Jono Hasiett’s b. g. Sherman TIME, First heat.... Second heat Third heat. THE NATIONAL GAME, RETURN MATCH BETWEEN THE PHILADELPHIAS AND THE ATLANTICS. The first return game of the season between tha Philadeiphias and the Atiantics took place yester- day afternoon on the Union Grounds, Upward Of one thousand spectators were present, wh doubtless came laboring under the belief that they would be rewarded for their palas by being treated to a spirited and close game of base ball. Tney were, unluckily, doomed to suffer disap | olered to Mr, Lewis yesterday was a weil deserved | Feber th as the.services of @ patustaking | The practice and matches which came off last | eres! year and this have resolved some interesting | MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. | POINTS IN RIFLE SHOOTING, | | Mme. Ristori makes ber appearance in| It is now conceded that the back position is the | | Brooklyn to-night, at the Acagemy of Music, | best which has been thus far hit upon, and that a | Waly gives his first combination matinée on next | min of reasonably tirm nerves may, with diligent | Saturday, with Lina Mayr in “Girofe-Girofa,’” practice, become a pretty good long range shot. | Mr, Jerome Hopkins announces that the tenth | It is also believed that to ve a good shor from tne | f*regular springtide festival for the Orpheon free | front position it requires better nerves and | school fund will take place at the Academy of | steadier hands than that onthe back, The Irish | Music to-night, team brought over a couple of ideas that seem to Among tne events of this evening in the theatri- | take with our Creedmoor men, One of these is | | | cal world, wil be the annual benedit performance | the “calibre sight” and the other the ‘butt at Booth’s Theatre on behaifof Mr. John L. Vincent, | sight.” In the former the point of vision is | the veteran stage manager. Miss Ella Morant, | formed by looking through the space enclosed | | supported by @ strong cast, will appear in che between two opposite semicircles, held in the “Daughter of the Regiment.” The popular come- | centre of the thimble sight by parallel bars dies, “To Oblige Benson,” and ‘The Serious xed insiae. of it, The bust eight is | Family’? will also be presented, Tne original made by taking the tangent scale from the smail | | Madrigal boys sing ‘‘Kularney” and ‘‘Genve | butt and Axing it mear the heel. In the back or side postilons this aamita of placing the butt of | , the piece agaist the shoulder without strainiag ie heck to look througn the peep sight, There is ; another advantage to be derived irom placing the tangent scale near the heel of the butt, which | ts shat in proportion to the greater length of the base line formed between the iront and rear | Sights, 80 Will be the exactness of the line of sight ' Spring.” The entertainment promises 10 be uu- usually attractive, BOYS, GET READY.. The Ton. Abram 8. Hewitt, member of Con- gress ofthe Tenth district, was notified by the s | lesaing from the eye to the target, That is to Secretary of War, previous to big departure for | fay, it is easier to lay down & given straight line Europe on the 28th of April, that a vacancy ex- from a long eee, ‘ suort base. In the ma P Dongre: é ter of cartridges this practice has brought isted 1a West Point for his Congressional district, Sorta Chat Mee hak hem or Ese and requested him to nominate a candidate. Mr. | poy peen tried betore. The driving charge of 90 grains of powder seems to be heavy Hewitt, with nis characteristic liberality (he hav- enough for any distance yet tried at Creedmoor. ing but a short time since appointed John F. Luby, | coine of the marksmen use (for they cannot burn) @ boy who passed the best examination, &c.,to@ yp to 105 grains. erroneously thinking that the cadetship in the Naval Academy), offered the \ pooper Seer e oe ce reacoee tate ce } 18 not the case, for e of the trajectory cadetslip to the resident of his disirict Who passes | depends, not upon the weight of the charge, but | the best competitive examination. The age for | wpon the form of the projectile, the number’ and adtalssion is between seventeen and twenty-two | depth of the grooves in the rifling ana angle of years, Dut any person who bas served honor- twist to the axis of the bore. This season the old | ably And faithfully not less than one yi octagonal barrels are disappearing, while those as an oMcer or -enlisted man in eit Uhat are circular in form trow & [00 avove the regular or volunteer service inthe late war the chamber of the piece are taking their place. for the suppression of the rebellion is eliyivie for The change seems to be satisiactory, thougu it appointment up to the age of twenty-four years, mist be admitted that an entirely octagonal bar- Candidates must be at least five fect in neight and Felvas mach to recommend it. It ts easter to Iree irom any disorder, deloriaity, disease or 1 - level than @ round one, and being of ame firmity which may render them unfit for military , diameter at both ends, the line of sieht is parallel service. ¥ to the axis of tne bore, and the possivie erior on | Applications musz be made before May 15, in , account of having to | writing. by persons desirous of competing, to | ALLOW FOR DIBPART | General Alexander S$. Webo, President of the New | 18 thus lessened. Tue changes in the targets ts York College, No. 15 Lexington avenue, wno is Nother innovation (aod a desirable one) intro- deiegated by Mr. Hewitt to make and superiatend duced this season. The international match all the necessary arrangements, The candidates, 1 to be shot at theold model target, -before being permitted to pass the mentaiexamin- | having & square bull's eye, @ square | ation, must be examined physically at the College centre and outer space. Yesterday, a number of betore May 15, and if found qualified wil! be Second class targets (500 yards) were painted ac- granted a@ certificate to that effect. Drs. Stuyve. cording to existing regulations at Wimbledon, hereaiter to be used at Creedmoor. The diameter of the bull's eye remains the same, but being a cir- cle instead of equare, the four triangies—one at | each corner—that are thus cut off, leave it con- siderably reduced in size. To make amends for | thus, a Dull’s eye on the new target counts five A WIDOW'S HEARTRENDING STORY—‘‘NO DOLLAR, Poluts. In other respects the chances of making ns inners or outers on the new target are about on a i NO MEDICAL ATTENDANCE. Pat inonly 7 gut to record the fact thas 4 ri | > it is. only right to recor: at during the Sa bre an hs sah Pullip Sheridan was | ¢ rose juxt closed the greavest harmony and best resumed last evening, at Jersey City, before Cor- 6; jeeling prevailed among (hose engaged in it. oner Lynch. Mrs. Bridget Sheridan, widow of the deceased, | THE AMERICAN TEAM | will be composed this year of the same gentiemen testifled—About four o’ciock on the aiternoon ot | the 25th of April my husband laid down on the who fgurea in it last season, Taere Is some doubt, however, as to whetuer Mr. L. L. Hepburn bed to take asleep; Doyle came and knocked at the door; when he came in be staggered against can Mud leisure to go to Ireland. Suould ne not, then the first man on the reserve (provably Mr. the table, apsetting it with all the dishes on It; the noise awoke my husband; Doyle prom- san’ FqMorris and Jon T. Nagle will act as the medical examiners. THE SHERIDAN TRAGEDY. Coleman) will take bis place. Last year's reserves tay be looked upon as broken up and the three best men will ve taken irom them to proceed to ireland with the oS Of the six gentie- men Who compose the team only three shot ised to replace what he had broken; I aii through this contest, so that we have tie opened the door and he refasea to go out; he po of bape oue-hall ‘ ‘“ a from a to “ rs form @ criterion as to thelr practice. hese raised is hand to strike me; my husband arose gentlemen are:—Major tenry Fulton, who made from the bed and ordered him to leave; he strack tuts year an aggregate Score Ot 596 points, against my husban‘, knocked him down and beat him | 654 whicn ke Boured Bact bik tenes Guldersieeve t made in this competition 673 potnts, against his wulle he jaid on the floor: he then left and re- | record of 005 last year, and G. W. Yale has nowa turned with a paving stone and a brick; @ lady total of 646 points, against 681 ro he recorded tried to prevent nim from enteri: : in 1874. It thas appears tuat Fulton loses 64 acaduu We Whe. Rati a oe the hall; my points, Ulidersiseve, 42, and Yale, 35, as compared bi all, Not expecting Doyle wiih their last year’s svores—or ‘the half of tne would return; Doyle huried the brick a: my hus- American team lose 131 points by comparing band, but It missed him; he then threw the stone, thelr Practice just Ouished wita that made by ine | ' same men in | which struck my husband in the head; ‘the following are the names of the gontiem | Doyle then ran away and I pursued him; who, it may be safely predicted, wil iorm he turned first toward the ferry and | American team and its reserves :— then ran ap Newark avenue; he was arrested | near the City Hail; 1 preierred a charge against him, returned to my house, and then went for a Scores, 656 roy Names, Major wenry Pulton.. Colonel Jolin Botine. | Weeks before attemp: | out for running on a foul. pointment. The play of both clubs was below thé average, the Atiantics especially distinguishing themselves as “‘muffers,”’ Judging from the loose ness and irreguiarity of their play yesterday after noon they would do weil to practise for a few ting to enter the race for whe championsiip. In ¢ first place they need pitcher whose delivery Would pot admit of such easy batiing, the Philadelphia nine Hnding no difficulty whatsoever in knocking tue ball, as de- liverea by Cassidy, of the Atiancics, all over the field, The game was cal at half-past three P. M., the Atlantics winning the toss aod sending their opponents to the bat. Schaffer openéd the game for the Phtladelphias by making a gvod base hit. By paying attention | to the feints of the Atlantic pitcher he managed tosteal to second and (hen to third. McGeary then went to the bat and sent a ‘grounder’? to second, but nis career was to be of snort duration, as the bali was immediately passed to first base in ume to head him of. Schaffer, however, was enabled to run home snd score the first run of the game, Addy and Meyerle followed the ex- ample set them by McGeary, and were both put ous at first, Boyd led off for the Atlantics by making a base- hit, but was subsequently pur out in anne to steal to second in order to make way for Kessler. Kessler followed, making @ base bit, but was put Nichols went out at first, closing tue inning with a round “0,” {nthe second and third inning the Phijadelphias scored two more runs, whitewashing the Atlantics as easily as though they were so many young boy players. In the sixth 1aning they scored two runa, aud in the eighth inuing they managed to roll up three more. Notwithstanding the fact that Boyd, Nichols and Crane, of the Atiantics, made several desperate attempts to break througn tue “Chicago” which Stared them Im (be lace, they failed, miuch to tho Chagrin of their friends and backers, who were present in large numbers. Meyerie, Fulmer and Scnaffer, 01 the oiladeiphtas, did some tall bat. ting, and Fulimer pickeca upa “bot’’ ball at short (Op, which elicited rounds of applause irom the spectatiors. The following ts the score :— PHILADELPULA Players. RAB PAs. RARP.AB. Sehatfer, Lf... 2 06 O2100 006561 orig. addy, rk. 128 's, 3d O1L1L30 Meyetle, Ist.b. 0 212 1 0 Cintom 2d dbl UB 1 2 Fister, p. 23°12 1 0 Crane, stb... 0 O19 1 2 Murnan,c.t..1 110 0 -0 003 6 Fullmer,gs..1 12 5 1 00413 Crowiey, 34b. 0 0 13 0 goaul Buyderc......0 1118 @o100 Totals .... 927 4 5 047s INNINGS, Clubs, Ud Sd WA SA GA, THA BA. tA Auantic v0 0 09 0 0 Oo oe Philadel, Sete ee i, SE Ue ge 87: Umpire—Mr F. Martin. ‘Time of game—One hour and twe' inntes, mi First base by errors—Philadelphia. 7; Atlantic, 2 Ruus earned—Philadelphia, 0; AUantic, J. BASE BALL NOTES. The Mutuals play the Philadelphia Club on the Union Grounds this afternoo: The FlyaWays play the Ros Ooulege, at Fordham to-day, Bills, of St, Jon's THE DISABLED STEAMER METROP- OLIS. Up to a late hour last night no further news had been received of the disabled steamer Metropolis, which left Bermuda on the 15th of last April, and is now, consequently, twenty-one days out on bet 600 mile trip. Sne has been spoken three times, With loss of sails and machinery broken down, viz.:—On the 17tu of April, by the bark Charles Matthews, now at Boston; by @ schooner, on the 23d of April, which has since arrived at New York, and, lastiy, bY the Austrian Vessel Jacob, at about 170 miles south of Barnegat, on the 25th of April. The Jacob took up five passengers, wha suosequentiy arrived in this city, vut bat Dow aispersed, one of them proceeding to Buffalo, One of the sengers brougut @ letier to Messrs, Lant Brotiers from Captain Eilts, of tbe Meiropo. lis, to the agents Of the vessel at mouth street, in wich the following passage oo You need have no lears our safety; It js a mere question of time.” There are Dow About thirty-seven souls in the Metropoiis—viz., sevenieen passengers (of Whom jour are children) and tweuty officers and crew, incinding @ stewardess, In conversation last night with Messrs. Lunt Brothers, the agents of the line, they stated, “We do Dot feel any Appreuension respecting saloty of our vessel. per hi las Sunday or Monday, but the north wester!, gales, which have prevailed since then, Undoubtedly driven her back Into the Atiantic. Ef doctor; Dr. MoGtll came and said the skull was Colonel Hi. A. Gildersleeve 5 «6 Thereia no fear of her provisions ranning short. fractured; he directed me to keep coid water _ Gener! T. 8. Dakin. Ges . We think it probable we shall hear of her putting cioths appited to his head; he asked me for udoi- ft Vale... 681 " into some Soutiiera port. Other vessels from Ber- lar; [told him I hadn't a dollar, and he said be wouldn’t come again, butif | paid the dollar he would attend my husband; he said he dian’t want + 50 i to spend his time and be brought imto | ‘he thre named gentiemen on the | court, = there wi often three or four ' compose the reserves. If Mr. Hepburn cannot ne days lost on account of such cases; to ireland, Mr. Coleman will saoot in the team, Justice Keese toiad me to go for Dr. McGill alter this; when I saw niin he said he Would not actend | Sn Captain |. I. Brace may eater tue reserves | OM & score Of 435 poinis. loss to the stat 4) rf without a written order; I obtaine: be appointed by the Speaker, to investigate and exam. | the direction of the ltsms bid tor arckeanre fat Fagusne ‘Hs thongat the amendiens’ proposed to | {he President of the Police Commissioners to Dr. | enewlaneane Tota ine into the question of fraad of collusion between the | UAuAlly in the direction ot those (or which the highest | section seventy-eigat Was also good, to wit:— | McGill; wnen the doctor read it he became indig- | MAJOR MERRY FOLTON. nai State officers and the contractors in reference to the | Price® Wii MATS to De Dae ow pracy, Whenever the study of French or German shail have | Tant Boused Mo and ordered me out of is office, $ooeeg8 letting oF prosecuting of any contracts for work upon | , Such is the working of ihe prevent systein, even when | been Introddoed as shove ut shall be pursued according | MYING, (Hat he Nad business to attend to; I re- | heey 4 ty the canals now in force or finished. and the whole sub. | Doth the canal officersand canal contractors are aseu: to the course of studies im French or Gerinaa which has , @/nded him that he was a city plrysician; he said pA oe wens wih te pomntmenthownt = bet to be exact in taeir er and justin their mens: ae mav ee 3 bapa ogy by Boned Board, and op Boog } hye Me A. get that no 48 as cs ereot, | ments. Now, when it is upils pursing the study of either of these Jai cal 100) rward, Paanee ana all awards made by the Canal ap. | evidesce shows, here are noviigent Incomperchteard | shall be Fequized to show the prodctency assigned 70 | scribe aaything exeept. the same. cold wacer steks i orsisers, and that the said Sean aint sevens Gene clategs, It will readily gach grade before being Promoved to «higher grade in | applications and some Rochelle salts; the doctor | td ‘ empowered to employ counsel and a stenograph Hand under & system lax loose and radically detecuve. | Nor was there any objection to the following, | Susbamt to go to the heruitalc ws ret omy | ake eaes also have power to send for persons and pavers, and | ph rin! el Gxtent of Sm ony + AG sto | whieh Was the proposed amendmeat to section wagon came my husband said he was anatle to HW 8 4 8) that aid committer be at liberty to report partially | mere recital of the workiny of the system siewe where, | 192 | 05 the following day he was sinking 80 lass that | so—4, 4, 2, 4, 3,3, 2, Sev ise By graers required to report io full within b Rad of the chief faults that are immediately reme- ont, Sy. auogriatcndent, enter the direction ¢ the pe hg Ag neg o ? oe 4 he were re- yu-3 2554 i ‘ommitiee ou . authorized to license ove Od; jusban 4 i Fe Re oat ne Seventy. te PROPOSED REMEDIES, | teachers specially to give instruction in French or Ger. o'glock on Frives’ ovenin he finn ony alter ke : Ueboingeos | BABY 4. GLEDDIN, Clore of the senate. | | Mire The Loxislatare ivsit cannot be held blameless | man. The number of recitations in French or German received the wound; he bécame aneomsclons on 2, 3,4 In accordance with the requirements of the foreroing | future it it whallochtinue fotnake approptiauons or i Poh fl Ge'mar’ at trencrave Mninutes'esch pe Wednesday remained so til-he died, The z Pe $ or tan the joint communities of oe eee enee, omag coves cts beyond the stipulated terins, oF jor th Week, and no pupil shali be permitted to puraue the Witness identified the large gore-stainea paving el allowing reports—the Joint Commitee. met and i anpneeriny Torce on the canal, compris: | tage! © Ore wan one Ot INES AMEUAECH AE Ue cane | For erads The inquest Was aajourcoge cee Ae | MOB L LH t % i; * . , s ie urned, o0—3, , 3, 3, 8), a eee ‘ion, itenry nuh and Halts W, Pook eas, | betolaved cider sous ove ‘rt fend vencd win | The Commissioner, however, objected to any aie ere net WAT ELE x counsel, Mr. W. Tanner asstenograph- moval and change in sections 39 and 7 @ main point in D ROCERS' ; o and @. Mart ance, oF cotlu- bevi these sections as they stand was to induce @ BOARD es eeeae é epartne nt aden | Machers Of schools to prepare themselves to ve OF TRADE. | 10002) 8, 3) 4! 3, 4, s by law t make any such misreading of the consacation | competent to teach German as an ordivary | b as to su that St requires their acceptance of un. Oiunch, and already they had several teacne Aregulat meeting took piace yesterday after. 4.3.4.3 4 3, a} balanced bids, ramed forthe very purpose of evading | Who Were able to teach that ange, in the rene eben wR 8 4, 8, 0, 0, aw its provisions. very unbalanced bid carries upon its | Normal School it was made an especial braneh | 200% 0 ‘e organization at their Exchinge 100-2, 4, v.40, 0 B18 et a face evidence of m fatent to derraud. This deviceto | ainoug the young tates staaying to be | rooms, No. 87 Wall street. Mr, William A. Booth | goo 9,40, % re # made, After a geu- Milly ILseeRs to obtain Dement ai | trecns'oe anle eventoatty to ‘io without the hiring W%# 1% the chair, and ator the Secretary read tne WH ROR os Suz | to the rus menning at te oesaic. | Of special teachers for tue German and Freuch Proceedings of preceding meetings the minutes ke sky oh og d be detin Yegisiative enactm languages. Tae changes proposed 10 te report were formally adopted. A communication was | beth +7 “ | : =, my } sore anotifimneriat wal iabot”™ Sule'astared Com"'at ecu veachcry, aks wo able he'was Sp. Tend, OM the National Board of Trade, dated wt [ae -RLT LRAT ALES a ‘are corm wi eo payment tt con | ! 16 jm por U . BALL! m., Bach aa investigation | stowld be closed, and any’ continuance o ‘ite cerke is Posed preferring the old idea and the one at pres | ot ne ta taemin Oburrenen | MCSDERSSES Pea e ned 0 actual or supposed neces- | which It applied shoald be made the basis of a new le. | eUt mbedied in the byia Hy }o meet with them in Convention | W-0 3, 4.8.0, 4°30, 4,5, 5:8 8, 3, & wi mated quantines of ma- | ting. The pretence that a contract may de extended | _ Commissioner Man being the only one who had | on Tuesday, June 15, 1575, at Baitimore, Thecom- 1000-3, 2 0,3, 3, 0, 2, 0, 0, 4, 0,0, 8, 4,0. wa—10 priformed, were id throwrh successive years to cover su | Toally spoken to the point, the remarks of Com-| mittee to attend the Vonvention were named by the Roux, obti + the vi ope tions should be at once summarily termi- | missioners Baker, Kiamroth and West having ceen| Chair as Mussrs. Humphrey, Guiick and J. C. Have. | 3 3 4.3.3, 4, 844d | mated by jaw. : explanatory, accusatory ot exculpatory, and| mever. A committee to nowinare oMicers for tae | Dah Os SHS 2B. art of the The Canal Board should be prohibited from | much time having been exhavsted in aliowing| ensuing year was also | 10W=8, 0, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2,2, 0, 3. contractor | transterring any fuid appropriated tor one purpose to “ Ls : ie y appointed, ana consisted | HOLLAND,” iS eee | "star tee ee | Hite aktnar iy anda the Soe | Samanta ihe comstiuge hat seeaaey aa | BCA RROR TLL ChAT if te. | sione 0 Ment to Lhe constitution w: $0, 3, ‘ c hi changes ri bi ne contr: ‘one we MeHey eoeet Dhoner ee eens of the Whole rise and report progress, which was’ menbder, and alter some desuitory fstieatca Ya By ry 3 3 eane: zg a pecomp) of the Work ley under fhe ¢ How of tho Work should woi ve diniosed wy Mw they cau BHATUWOUSI adopted, WHER, WE GHAITINAD Having) FoWLine busmces HRG MEEbinE Auiour ed, ux jue custincweeea, 1 ia Muda are making unusually long trips, The Buza Barss, which has made the run in turee days, has Just taken flitcen, while the Anuie Vau tas been tuirty days over the ran. Toe Metropolis has to rely on her sails, which have not been blown away, viz., jib, squaresat!, foresail, Matnsail and stay- Bail, As the reporter was leaving the agi fice, Mr. Lunt remarked, “itis, believe as ) news of her any minate.” Cap- the bark Ada, who ne |. of ent, Stated that lie velieved there was reaso: for any apprehenston as to the safety of te steamer in question. SUICIDE IN PROSPECT PARK, As Henry Gerodt,a keeper in Prospect Park, was driving near the Sixth avenge entrance at noon yesterday, be fonna & man reclining on one o} the benches in @ dying condition, with a large bullet hole in his right temple and a revolver ing on the seat beside him. The blood had lowed very profusely (rom the wound and the seat and the man’s clothing Were stained with tr. He was placed im one of the Park wagons and artven to tne Long isiand College Hospital, where be revived suficientiy to state that his name was edt, rman, residi = a he oes ee "ari to sui- 88 reverses and the babuity of yao rom thew weno jor Hf , t. Upon examining the al surgeons found that tue bullet had lodged in the brain and the man’s recovery was impossible, He said, while conscious, thar he “lost mone; sud wanted to aie.” = x! THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. ‘The following record will snow the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in comparison with the corresponding date of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hud- Dut's Pharmacy, HRRALD Asi4, 1875, 12 M... 4“ a Average temperature Fi. sivses GO% Average temperature for correspouding date AS sass OL P0898 seng es: