The New York Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1875, Page 7

SHERMAN AND GRANT. Who Planned the March to the Sea. OPINIONS ON THE MEMOIRS. Prospects of a Bitter and Lively Discussion, WHAT A PROMINENT ARMY OFFICER THINKS. . The publication in the HERALD of certain por- Mons of General Sherman’s book has created quite b lively excitement in army circles in this city, and it is said that the members of the Army and Navy Club who were under Sherman during the war are already givided into two hostile camps on the sudject. A large number of the reguiar army officers, so far as can be ascertained, ure fearfully indignant at Sherman, the friends of General Joe Hooker especially. plub, however, the off are very reticent as to what they really think about the “‘Memotrs.” A GERALD reporter had a couversation yesterday witt an army officer who was quite prominent during the war, and as his opinion 6f the “Memoirs” is, doabtless, the same as that held by bine-tentns of tbe officers—in this city at least— who were in the army during the rebellion it will be found of interest, “Ll have called upon you, General,” said the HERALD reporter, “tn order to obtain your views concerning General Sherman’s new book.” The General pushed back the chair in which he was seated, dropped his pen on the table and, With alook of blank amazement on his face, ex- claimed, “Well, now that ts a question to put to a man thos biuotly, I assure you that you would oblige me by putting some easier conundrum.’ Then courteously bidding the reporter to be ‘seated he sald, “I have been so very busy lately that [really have not had time to read the reviews of the book in the HERALD with that care wich would justify me in giving an opinion Qs to its MERITS OR DEMERITS. it 1s apparent that General Sherman has bad access to documents and records which probavly Dut one or two other persons besides himself had access to, and it would be folly on the part of any officer in the army who may feel aggrieved at some of General Sherman’s criticism to attempt a reply shat would stand until he has bad time to examine the records himseif and collate bis own proois. Mind, youl don’t say that ail General Sherman’s | criticisms about some o! his fellow officers are un- answerable or that they have been made with- out good cause, But, taking it for granted that his oriticisms in reference to certain occurrences @aring the war are based on what he considers good proof, you will readily see that there will be guite @ stir in army circles over the book. Our army Officer’s reputation as a military man is very precious to him, and to blast it simply to gratify one’s bates or dislikes and without regard to jact& would bea crime; and no doubt every oMcer who jeels that he has been misrepresented by General Sherman will, before making any defnite reply, make a careful examination of all documents andof everything which may bear upon his case. ‘Yo simply make a general denial would oe of little good, for tacts must be met by tact It oiten happens that an occurrence 18 desctived by several persons ‘Who Were wituesses of it in totally different ways; that 18, one map may state as facts Certain things which another may overlook entirely, Again, oue may bave obtained detatls of an occurrence which uorrurbial }, are subject to thelr likes abd ditlikes of matters and things, god their descriptions of occurrences in woich they are interested ure naturally colored more or fess by their leelings. eral Sverman’s ‘Memoirs,’ before, truth Of Ms criticisms until a thorough study of the dvucuments, &c., upon waicd bs bases them is made. 1 hardly thing that General Sherman wuld, simply to gratuly his personal likes or di ukes, distort jacts to suit nis feelings; vuty many things that look rather vad for some army officers 10 Whom allusivn is mide in the vouk may be explained away by document(s aod records and the personal testimouy ot otber officers who were ‘on tne spot,’ fue General then, io aaswer to a question of the reporter as to Whether the army ollicers would be deterred irom entering tuto @ controversy with the Gene) al-lo-Chiel padordaates, replied :— “Lduy not think that there are five officers in the army who wul consider it 1a any A BREACH OF DISCIPLINB if they feel aggrieved over General Sherma statements to Make Whatever repiues they «ee ft. Tue Generai has opened tue argument bimself, and, as has attacked officers woose reputauon is as dear to them as bis 18 to him, whatever turn the fiscussion takes General She: mag can find no jawt, He has, if lcao jadge auguf irom what 1 have seen 01 the book as reviewed 10 the HERALD, endeavored to snow the public that certain om- ce.s viucdered iD multary manceuvres of impor- sume Were lucompetent, aud deserve cen- ead Of praise. hese oificers wili, of slow that tue criticisms, if , are over narsv, indeed, sure uMusiified, iu the light of ry vances wich the General may have over- as I have said vecause tuey were wis circum lworea, “Do you think,” asked the reporter, publica ton of this boos will be regarded ag ill ad- vised vy army oficérs generally % “| reaily,”’ Was the reply. ‘nave not heard much talk on tae suojecé Oo! the DOK as yet by army of- ficers, not because the glimpse of It we have been ebie fo get through the HERALD has not given to considerable discussion, but I have deen too i to fay any very par- ticaiar attention to tne expression of opiniuus by Officers in this city Whom | wave met iately. | thing wy>-eli that its pudtication 1s ill-advised; for, shougu Mistakes «nd iauits may have been mace by sume of the officers of the army, the feelings engeudered by tae war are uot yet so toued down as to admut of criticism Of one ollicer vy auotuer entirely uuwarped oj prejudice, | du not Say that General Sue: man is actuated by personal kes or disukes 10 Dix book; he may ve actuated by the best of motives; but ig & serious thing, @s I have said belore, for one army ofiicer to attack agotner’s reputation as an oficer, may look at frst rather edo. muca of their ugly look by the testumouy of men who vad as good an Opportunity to Know What Was going ou aud bem Gone by certaim persons at ceriain places General Soermaus There is one thing avowt these “Memoirs” thatl admire General Sherman for any bow—tuat is als mauiiness in publisning them while he is alive and Woea be must, rigut or Wrong, BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE FIGHT which be hag originated. i¢ is a cowardly thing- ip Wy Opinion, jor a man to write a diary oF ot tory 01 eVelis and things in Woich the reputavions of Other men may be biasted by an idle wind on a charge based oa alleged facts Which uugnt be ex- plained away by ovner circums ances, und refuse tw allow it to be published anti! aiter nis own ‘death. A man who does that kind of thing and 18 found out before ne does die | ought to be taken iu band in some way that would be a corrective, lrepeat, then, that tue publication Of these “Memoirs” by Geoeral Sherman waite he is alive and must take tne consequences of is act 18a Manly thing On O18 part; Dut what che upshot of discussion in the army that must foliow the pudiication of the book will 0e it would be hard to foretell. At ail events it will create @ . 18 SHERMAN IN ERROR? (From the Hartford Courant.) fhe credit tor pianniog the march through Geor- gia the Geaerai takes to bimseif, and although 16 has irequentiy been given to General Graut Gen- eral Sherman expresses the opinion that General Grant himsel! has never thought or said so, To tieneral Grant he gives ali tne credit of the Vicks- | burg campuigo, “not ooly im the grand wale, out mm tae fthogsands or de- tails? It is not tmprobable (tat tue Impulsive Dature of General Shetmaa has led aun inco some \naccuracies, and posstuly he Is Dot always just or Feverous to those with Whom he differed, but his autobiography will mage a most vainabie addition to our War literatare, and wil be found im the AlN a8 trustworthy as ils author. SHERMAN, THE MORE PROBABLE AUTHOR. (From toe Springfleld Repubilean.} General Sherman proves tn his “Memoirs” that heaione is entitied to tue credit of nis “march to the sea," Which Generai Grant's inienus nave been coolly appropriating fur severai years as bis idea, while “the sphinx’ has smoxed and said notning. Sherman gives in this just-issued secund volume bis first letter to Grant, who had writen him that he bardly knew what to do with his (Sher. man's) army, and suggested the threatening of Au,usta aod M iO that letter snermal id be shoud Dot hesitate to crus Georgia wi ©,000 Men, Lub he Would not do so witnou! Mase wuipgee soan merely damaging whe Su Outside of the | in thi8 matter of Geu- | no aecided opinion can be given us to the | “that the | ay | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1875—QUADRUPLE SHEET. Be ertoms: to put his army in order for a march ou Augusta, Cvlumbdla and Coarleston, fa | that “the possession of the Savanaah river is to the possibility of Soatvern independence, it may stuod the fall of Ricumond, but nov the fail of Georgia.” Grant hesitated fora couple of months, urging Sherman to “drive Forrest out of Tennessee,” troy Hood’s army, > but in Hts piad, assurea Toomas could bandie Hood, ana fivally wat tho.ized by Grani, on November 2, to ‘go on ag you propose.” Grant bas long enough enjoyed the credit for the most vrigival movement ol the war, and we are glad to have 1 at last where It beiongs, with General Sherman, who was always the more probable autaor. WHAT I8 THOUGHT IN WASHINGTON, - [Washington Correspondence Philadelphia Star.) General Sherman’s ‘‘Memoirs,” just pudlisned, have created a decided sensation in oficial circles here. It is mow said that it was the anticipation of the publication of this book, und the effect it Sherman in transierring bia headquarters to St. Louis some months ago, He knew that what he intenced printing would make it unpleasant for him to continue in Wash'ngton, He has grieved the President by lauding General Halleck—giving to Halleck the credit for the cam- paign against Fort Donels)n and Shilob. He tries to make up for tis in praise of Grant’s Vicksburg campaign, but Gnaily spoils the woule thing by taking to Wiaiseil tae sole giory of originating and carrying out the Marca to the sea, He attrivutes exceedingly unpatriotic and of fensive motives to Geuerais Logan and Biatr ino his explanation oj Bis reason for selecting Howard | over their heads to command the army ot McPaer- | son after the death of that officer, Tne lanvuage he uses in speaking 0! these men is as follows:— | “{regardea both Generais Logan ana Blair as | volunteers, who looked to personal fame ana | glory as auxiliary and secondary to tueir political AMUINON, and NOt as proiessionals -idiers, Hence Lappomted Howard, a professional soldier,” ‘Tue opinion prevails chat General Sherman ts both cruel and uajust in this statement, for no two soldiers 0! (le war vetter earned their spurs | than did Logan and Blair. | met senator Logan yesterday and asked him if ve bad seen guermun’s allusion to aim. He replied that he had, out for | the present he Intendeu \o enter into no contro- versy Witd Sherman; tear nis (Logan's) record was & Matter Of tistory with ms countrymen aud needed no deience irom the egovstical preven- | Bios and malicious ecceniriciiies of an erratic man. He was willing to piace side by side General Sherman's rejusal to make him Mecv’nerson’s suc- cessor and General Grant’s selection of aim to take General Thomas’ command and tgnot tue fiual battie in the Northwest, if sherman thought | bim unfit to succeed McPherson, Grant thougnt him fir to supersede Geueral Thomas, wno, in the | estimation of the couairy, was nov an imerior commander to 5vérman limseit, He, L gan, Would stana on his merits, and not feel alarmed at tue criticism of 4 man who brought | down the condempation of tne whole country and the public reprimand of toe Secreta y of War for his infamous terms of surrender onered to Gen- eral Johnstou. General Sherman is also very severe in his crit- icisms of Secretary Stanton, He cuarges that | Secretary Stamton’s interierence in tne inatter of | the cotton captured has given rise to tbe millious of cotton claims now pending in the courts and Congress. He also thelr that stanton tried to | make the country belleve that he (Snermun) was @ traitor. Mr. Edwin T, Stanton, a son of the famous War | place, ao di calied on him to learn whut he had to pay about Sherman’s reflections on the memory | of his dead father, Ue suid that during the war he served with his father as private secretary, | ang bad made wemoranaa ot many important events, Which be hoped velore long to put belore tue puolic in book form, ‘oat one of the tdterest- ing jeatures of these memoranda would be tne troubies wis father bad wih General Sherman, a word, the great weakness of Sherman was that at times he acted as if he rnought himself Grand Mogu!, President, Commancoer-in-Ome: oretary. 01 War, Congress and everything else comoined, ‘There seems to be no surprise that Sherman speaks sligntingly of Sigel, vut taat ne should be very bitter in denunciation of Hooker is thoagut Tange. His love ior Buell, MoVieilan, McCook, Crittendeu aud Buroside ts expluined by his preja- dice for West Pointers, and 1s looked upon as hel) | ing to explain nis dislike of Logan and Blair, fhe | Douk promises a lively seasation from this point beiore long. THE UNITARIAN CONFERENCE. THE SCHOOL QUESTION DISCUSSED—THEY MUST BE DEFENDED TO THE DEATH. The New York State and Hudson River Confer- ence of Unitarian and O:her Courvues, as it ts to be known obereafter, met yesterday in Mr, Chadwick’s church, Brooklyn. The annual ser- | mon nad been preached the evening before by the | Rev. Mr, Gannett, of Bostoh. Alter a season of devo'ional services yesterday morning, Dr. Bel- lows, of this city, Who was chosen president, ad. dressed the Conierence ou the semi-centennial of the association, which is to be celebrated in Bos- | ton next week. He briefly referred to the work done by it during fifty years past. Reports from committees and churches were then made, and thus the forenoon was occupied. THE AFTERNOON SESSION | Was occupied mainly in w discussion of the public School question as it is now before this commu Bity in the proposition to take Catholic parochial | schools under the wing of the Board oi Education, Mr. Milien read a very avle essay on the general proposition. He declared that it was @ poimton which we cannot afford to be indifferent, The public schvos are an American institu. tion = estabusbed = im «Boston nearly 200 [ems Axo, nna now cverspreadiug every tute in the Union. Millions of dollars are spent annialiy for school purposes, anv there are 500,000 pupils taugat by 221,000 teachers in te Puvilc scnovis Oo our land, hordes that come here rom Eurove avd the sew. barbaroa» horuer that our civil war has liberaced id eievated to the eivctive irancnise bas ca a Strain on this government a8 it pever had and as its .ounders aever anticipated. Our sys tem of pabuc eoucation has iu tt the capacity | to regeneruie this entire natio The speaker took tie ground that the State should provide education fur all its people and then shoulu com- pel attendance apon its puviic schowis., He re- Marked ‘hat thiriy-Ove years ago the efforts of Koman Catholics began jor tne overthrow o our public scaowis, but ve called upon the American people to delend taem with tueir lives if need be, A delegaie (row Newburg said (oat four towns had submitted (0 the Cathouc demand. He gad ueard A ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONER IN NEWBURG declare, in # pubuc address, that be had a 02 Who shuuld euter a public scnool, ne (che mis sioner) woulo stab him to the hear!. And wito this spirit these men vei Up and down our land. Dr. Farley said that next to tae Churen of Corist the schovl Was the wreatest agency for se- would have here, that really governed General | Secretary, 18 a prominent young lawyer ot this | | as the best men in the Assembiy, and I am RAPID TRANSIT ASSOCTATION, MEETING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON—ELECTION OF A Meeting of the New York Rapid Transit Asso- elation took piace yesterday alternvon at the rooms of the Board of Fire insurance Brokers, No. 162 Broadway. The nieeting was called to order — by Germann H. Cammann. Mr. Joon H. sher- wood presided. Tne minutes of last meeting were | Tead and approved, The Chairman said that as this was the first Meeting of the Association some order of business | should be decided upon. The report of the Nom- | inating Committee was called for, but on the mo- tion of Mr. Morrell the constitution was read. Mr. Morrill said that he wanted to cali attention to the fact that the officers should be elected by the association, not by the Boara of Directors, OFFICERS—PROJECTS AND THE WORK DONE. | | | Tnerefore he movod that tne report of the Nomiating Committee be called for and the voting proceed, The ticket proposed was as follows:—Jonn 4H. Sher- wood, President; Charles Butler, First Vice Presi dent; Jonn B. Cornell, Second Vice President; William H. Lee, Third Vice President; Philip Van Volkenvurgh, Fourth Vice President; Hiram W. Sibley, Filth Vice President; Hermann H. Cam- mann, Secretary. Messrs. Butler and Cornell were appointed tellers an4 the voting then proceeded. air. Sher- wood said he preferred that another man be jected for the position o: President, as ne was certain there were better men than he, The ticket propused was unauimously elected. _ There was a great deal of private discussion and cauct.ing as to the position of treasurer of the assvciation, and about ball an hour was consumea over Important matter, Allen Campvell,a member of the Legislative | Committee, said that le oud no autuority to report apythiag from the c mmuittee, He had deen glad to see tat tue bill had passed ons of tae houses aud would svou pass tle otner, but nothing definite had yet veen done, Mr. Morrell said that be had recetved informa- tion from Aloany that matters were active io rapid transit, He betieved it wus the sense of the meet- ing that they preerred tne oiltvol tae Common Council, but only on condition that the Husced pil Was not successful. Buc be thought that u the Husted bill was passed the society mignt be satis- fled with it, He vad spoken witha jadge iu the morning, who had given bim some opinions. 1b was Calel Justice Daly, and he said that the trou- ble might ve tn acquiring ttle to real estate, ‘The Judge said that it was doubtinl ti auy sucm case coud be appeaiea to @ higher court tuan Loe Supreme, accoraing to the biil, and iv would be weil before the bill finally passed tne Senate to in- sert a clause which would cover this, Undertie constituten any case could be appealed, and dJuage Daly feargd that this would vrove an imped- iment ty the proper working of the bill, Mr, mor. | rell advised that this should be looked afver, aud that steps should be taken to have tne ounoxlous clause expunged. Mr. Charies Butler said he thought that the best | thing the meeting could do was to adjourn, as it seemed to be the Sense of the memoers that the election of a treusurer shouid,be postponed antil next week, and in Jact the discussion on the by- laws Of the associacion had better take piace alter the adjournment of the Legisiature, for then they Would oot be working in the dark, as they would be if they undervook anytaing at present that should be foal. Mir. L, M. Fuller thought that rapid transit was Pretty sa.e at present. We bad a Mayor woo was pledged to rapid transit, anu Who had really done Waal ne could to aivauce it. The appointment of commissioners could be leit in t.e hands of BUCH @ Mau With safety, aud bbe citizens would be savisied. He him-ell aad met with many kaoott; things in his life, but never auytniog equal io aif- fleulty to rapid transit. He coud oot imagine how people—men with money—could not see to advantaxes to be derived irom it, In five years tue appreciation of property between Fiity-ninth street ana Kingsbridge would pay ior the road. Gouverueur Morris said taut be thougnt that notuing at present they coud do would do any goud, 60 (hey hud beiter do notoing. Lhe Legis- ature Was about adjourning and it Was better to let things there take taéir regular course. still Uh: re Was a matier which shouid be atvenued to— the funds—ana that wus why he had hoped a treasurer wonld be selected that very day. (he | objectoi the meeting Was to make tlie $3,000,000 | bid and tidus prevent any ove eise irom making it, ged ret at present they were not in @ position to uo & Mr. Mocrelexplained that the deferred plan had Deen giveu Up und Loa! the association was HOW a capital stock conceru apd had no‘ning co do wito deierred svock. It had made substantia: progress. There was no trouble in gettiug sudscrivuuns, Dut he (nought that tie peovle would Lave more contl- dence in toem when they gl eiruestiy to work, This was impussivie Unt some vill Was Passed. He said there would be no troubie wien people understood that rapid transit is in the hauds of an honest set Of men. The speaker announced that among the vew subscribers were J, Gail, £2,500; U. V. B. Ostranaer, $2,500, Justice U, P. Daly, $2,500. Alter some desullory conversation the mieeting adjourned, THE OPPONENTS OF RAPID TRANSIT. To rae Epiror oF THE HERALD:— {am somewhat surprised to find my name tn a “List of Those Opposed to Rapid Trausit” puolisned in the HsRaLp o! Friday last. | am equally sur- prised to find various otner gentleme: nerally | supposed to be fn favor of all proper public im- provewents, in the samecategory. I donot know that I have reason to ooject tu being placed in any list with many of those who are acknowledged | | | | quite sare that, alter voting persistentiy for Ove years in favor of every vill wich gave the sightest hope of producing rapid transit, inciud- | tog all the special charters from 1871 to 1874, as | Che semi barbarous | curing repubiican ipstititwes or tats coun:ry in | the fature. He thougat (nat tos Cathmic effort to overthrow them ougut to call iorth the must earn- est protest ol eve y lover of nis country. Kev. Mr. Munge., editor of tne Christian Revister, velie that tue masses Of the peopie preierrea & to the parcchial schvois, But we must professional Duliticians and the Oataoiic 0 ior waen Were Une Jesuits at a | one fais they adopt another. the Roman He Charen, ve said, dues not understaua what this coffflict may end in Wich they are now provok- | Ing by their hostility to our public senovis, bus | they should be tanght wnat we will detend them | | with our valiots Mrst, and with our bayonets aiter | i meea be. | DR. PUTNAM | did not think tbat the secularization of the | scnools would remove tue objections, We can’t rule God and Corist wnd the Church ont of our oy for the nfuitiplication table leads us up to God. And, 1 we conid, would not thuse schuols be more Godless and Caristiess then than tuey are now, ana more liable to this charge as made by Komau Catholics? Aod he did not believe that Presbyterians, Methodis's, Baptists, &c., would be Willing tosend tneir children to suca secular ized scnools, that nad shut God and Corist oat. Toe result would be a breaking up of tne entire | system of puolic education and a falling back on sectarian schools. Puc subject was discussed by ir. Nye, Mr. Coadwics and otners, In whe ing the Conference held a cial meeting | church, and thereafier adjournea. | EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. | The Protestant Episcopal Convention of the Diocese of Long Isiand conciuded its session Inst | | eventng in tue Church of the Huly Trinity, | at Montague and Clinton streets, Brook- | lya, witn Bishop Littlejoha presiding. Aiter the transaction of some routine business, | Rey, Noah flan’ Seuenck, D, D., made a verbal | report (rom the Committee of tne Coarch Charity Foundation, showing the lostitutions under their ca tw o¢ if @ flourishing cond:tion, and urging additional contribuwons from ihe cuurches, oiution was adopted recommending that an = endeavor pe Made to ovtain additional contrivuvons and | beqnests for the estaviisoment of parocniat | schools, It was resolved that the sum of $50,000 | and Alteen per cent of the Thanksgiving Day cul- lectiov be setasiae (or the payment of the Bisnop' salary and /USUrance AN. Tepairs to his residence. The jollowimg Committees ior the ensuing year were then elected :— stanaing Commitee—Rev. Charies tH. Halt, D. Rey, dunn He Key. I. Stadord Drowae, D. Paddock, D. D.;_ Rev. d. Carpenter Smit, ‘D DO; Henry EB. Pierrepont, Jasper W, fh Charlies R. Marvin and William Floyd jones. Missionary Commi tee—Rev. D. V. M. Johnson, D. D.; Kev. Coaries W,. Homer, Rev, Wiitiam A. snively, D. D.; Kev. Caieb 3, Blisworth, Kev, J. A. Aspinwall, Avexander V. Biake, 5. v. U. You Bok- keen, J. Augustus Hewiect, samuel B, Baron be) oa K. Green. Convention then ad+ jurhed. ss Weill as the Eastman bill of 1874, baving given mucd (ime thiz year to the preparation of a gene- ral act tatended to cover the subject ta the min- ner required by the coustitutional amendments, which bill was indorsed by every rapid transit or- ganization in New York except one, and having been in daily consultation with the ieading geati men interested in the subject throughout the pres- ent session—I am quite sure that with this record even the HERALD could not transfer me in a day from tue :auks of the ardent iriends to those of the opponents of rapid transit, But as a lit | tle contribution to contemporary rapid tran- sit literature, and im order to prevent any misunderstanding relative to the votes of any of the gentlemen you hame, allow | me to say afew words about tne particular bill | to waica your list re.erred—the so-called “Moore bil”? Lam not anamiuar with legis.ative ptlis, During the three years that | was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee over 1,100 Cawe officially uoder my mspection. And I Understand the sorce | of the words When L say tuat the ‘‘Moure Dill,"’ as itcame trom the Senate, Was, taken aitugetner, the worst | had ever ao. its iorm was vad and 118 substance was worse. Let me specily a few bas a The amended constitation absolutely requires that no law shall autnorize the cuastractiva or operation of a sireet rairoad except upon the consent of the adjoming property owners, deiauit of toat. tue aevermination o1 commission- ers ap voiced by the Supreme Cours, This te quirement the olil entirely disresaraed. 2 ihe amended consutution similariy probibits the autuorization vy aw oj; sucd railroud, uniess “the consent of the local authorities having con- troi of the street,” &c, be obtaimed. This require- iso, the DIL ignored, gisiature itself is prohibit from ri ting @ raliroad francaise tu aay individual or associa(ioo; but ths bili, in so Many words, al- lows three persons, appointed by certain local auchorities Who derive their power to appoint | trom tne Legisatare, to “grant a license, right ana iranchise,” &c. So much for constitutional and legal odjections. Now let us lvok at the suostance of tue bul, L jie it purports tv be a general act to pro- | vide “Ratlways ior Rapid fransit,” ‘ne woruug througuvat tue oti) is such that but oue company can be authorized. “Tne siasular uuaiber ts everywhere emploved—“A ratiway n9 isection 1, line 7), ‘atiway?? (lime Lily, id life v1 Tariway” (line 29), “the ine of the proposea Tauway” (section 2, line 2), “4 railway’ (lige 8), a railway” (section 3, iine 1), &c., ace examples. So either & monopoly was intended or tne vill was badly drawn. 2. Watle provision is quite ostentatiousiy made at cousiderabie lengta in section 4 ivr auvertising . to parcnase tue iranchise, &c., set by eo abdivisiou 4 of section J (ie Commis- sioners have absoiuie power ‘io reject any bid or proposal received,” whieh, in the Hands o1 partial | men, would make the advertising @ farce, & By section 3 itis provided that “tne Mayor | and Aldermen may procure the entire right of way of said proposed rauway.” When ibis re- membered that tue road could be locatea through tue centre of biecks, the power thas conierred and tue danger to the cities of the state will be | appreciated, ‘i 4. The corporation proposed to be formed was unprecedented in the unlimited extent of its powers. [ne whole of sectioa 6 would have to ve quoted in order to Make tie eXtravrdivary char- acter of these provisions evident. Safice it, tuat its powers are emuraced ia the pecunariy comprehensive porus: “such powers and privileges as may be necessary or desiravie that i¢ has aiso (if auytiing could be added) “ail the powers, rigats, privileges and jrancoises conierred upoo Fratiroad corporations” by the Geaera: Raviroad act without apy of their liavil- ities of restrictions; (mat toere 18 no havility | Whe ever ou the part Of (he Corpyration or of 18 stockholders or its odicers—no jiavility clause as { that there ig not @ word of limisation or re+ striction as to th ‘cise Of those powers; that shore 's Hot a line Of provision as to mai — wee. + | suca uorestricted and | uve | too, which it shall exercise those powers; that. in shorr, all those salutary provisions which constitute the Dik Of Most charters and are the salemuards Of society are entirely omiited, and the com any was to have uulluited power, wita Bo lianiilty or re- striction! I venture to say that no corporarion since the days of the old “monopolies” 4s ever asked Jor dangerous powers; and tat any Man who snuuid Knowingly vote to con. fer them, Would show oimself utterly unworthy of @ legislative seat as a yuardrin of the interests of the commuui'y. Lt was jor yotine against the Festoration of this bill in this form that the names of fity-flve weutlemen have veen puolisned, in’ opposition to rapid transit, Pree cisely the reverse was the case. A nega- vote gave u cance for ameudments either in the House or in conlerence | committee, An adirmative vote utterly destroved | Dopes of rapid transir under that bill, oy passing it im & Shape in which it would vecessarily be vetoed. I apprectace iufly the rapidity with whied comments on current events have to be made in 4 great metropolitan journal and the lability to @ Wisunderstanding of motives. And it is wita no feeling that any injustice was in- tended in the insertivn oO: the names o: 80 many Oo! the mostactive workers lor rapid trausit io @ UStof its o-ponents tha: lsubmit this statement of facts, Yours traly, | L. BRADFORD PRINCE. | CREEDMOOR. | | SIXTH PRACTICE OF THH AMERICAN RIFLE | TEAM—sHOOTING aT 1,100 yaRpDs. | The American national rife team had their sixth | practice yesterday at Creedmoor, Colunel Bodine Was avsent, Snooting commenced at the 800 yards Tange beiore eleven lock, and the practice was Pretty good. Between one and two o’ciock in the aflernooa a heavy rain shower drove tne riflemen from velore the butts, and jor a walle tt looked as if tue practice lor the day had come to an ead, In about an hour toe rain ceased, clouds broke up and the sun smiled upon tae scene, The light and wind Were rather favorable to snooting and | very good scores marked the progress of the | Praciice. The average number of points per man is 143%, the bigaest yet actaimed since the come Mencement of the present practice. A novel jeature was sesterday introduced tnto the practice; tiis was the initiaton of shooting at 1,100 yards. Never belore has this distance been shot from at Creedmoor, and it may be safely asserted tliat this range has never been tried anywhere else in the United States, To get the {ull distance two gaps, ressmoling gates, had to be cut into the wooden lence on the southern line of the Na- | tional Rifle Association's grounds, and the marks- | mea were obliged to go about fifty yaras into-tne | adjacent field, At this new range members of the | team were, of course, very much at a loss to ob- | tain a | THE PROPER ELEVATION } and aliow just the rignt numver of points on the | wina gauge. It was particularly diMficulc to give the rignt elevation and wWindage at 1,100 yards, tor 4% must ve remembered that, while the length | Of @ degree on the tangent scale fora given length of barrel is always ihe Same, the farther toe dis- tance irom the target the greater must ve the al- lowance for every givea aumoer oi yards that may ve added to tne range. Tuusif at 800 yards tue | elevation be one dezree aud fifven mines ana | the allowance on the wind gauge ts four points, | and at 900 yaras say filteen minutes more are | added to tue clevaulon aud Nall a povotadditional | | be allowed on Che Wind gauge, it Wil NO’ do to add | the constant sum of fteen Miutites to Lhe eleva- | tion and fait a poiluc to the Windage tor eaon 100 yarus added tu the range. ‘The elevation jd Winduye require to be more in proportion jor every 100 yards of distance vetween 700 and 1,200 yards thal betweeu ju and any suorter rauge, aad the increase Of required elevation at ex- treme distances 1s in propuriion Lo the squares of | the distances corresponding to these ranges. | Notwitnstanuing the juct that yesterday was the first day’s p.actice ac 1,100 yards, Mr. J. 5 Conta, Oi the Amateur Ride Club, achieved th rewarkavly ine score of 44 points, among which | there were 4vuli’s eyes, and George Dakin, of the American team, Fecorded 40 points, with 3 buil’s eyes. | THE SCORES. j B44 43,54, | IW 84, 4 WHEL ELS | 8004, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, | 900—4. 4, 2, 3 4) 4, 1000-3) 3, 3, 3, 4 U, B04. 4. 3,4, 4,3, QW, 8 43, 4 100 2 824) 8, 800—4, 4, 4, 3, 4. % foo ches WAS, 5, 84S, cou 8004, 3, 4. 0, 4, ou—3, £5, 4,3, 5, 10.N—0, 4, 3, 0, 3, 3, Brbeihes IW & 3, 8,3, 3, 800—2, 4, 3, 8 WRAL RE 1low—2, 0 3, 5, 5, 3, S44, 4,0, Ww, v4 3, 100-8) 2,4, 8 @ 11004, 0, 2,3, 3, 2, 2,3, 4, 0 a Av. CANPICLD, JR, 1100-4, 0, 3, 2, 2, 8, 4 2,0,0, 4, 0, 2,432... oe The otuer members 01 the team who shot at this distauce aid Dus complete their scores, THe Zrisa (vabdliu) sines ol the 4ta tust. gives the folowing sepert of an attempt to contest at | the Voily mouat range for piuces ou the risa team. | ‘The resul 8 can hardiy be Compared to what tue | Americans sf@ uccompusuiag at Oreeumovr, | jor we Irishwen have fired only ten suvts per mao, while tfteen rounds are always ourneu by our long range men in tuelr competinons:— The second of @ series of Ccompeution rife | maiches which O44 beea arranged to take place | | at the Strada at Duilymount, with a view Lo de- termine who Were the best Macksmen to take | tuelr piace among tne iriso \eam at tae forth. coming imtereatioaat rife match, Was to have takeO Dace yesterday, vut owing to tue presence of @ marine fog Which hang over, the shooung | ground im the aiternoon the gentiemen preseut avaudoped the tea Oo; making this one of tueir | compecition matches, and arranged a sweepstake lo Ure ten snow at untavoravle, were very iair. eaca ran, Toe wind, yet che results obtained Tue ioliowing ate tue principal 800 Yda. 900 Yda 1,00) de. Total. 35 30 F) 1us) 0 & ET 93 Bz “ a is 37 rd w io ss » - 8 Mr. Butt retired, and Mr. Goff, owing to an acci: dent to hts rifle, of whicu tue back elevation was brokea, aiso revired. ine attemyt to practise at Belfast yesterday by tue meu desirous vi competing for places in the team Was attegued with & like ii are, irom simi- lar causes, and the men eiected to deier weir practice til urday. rhe Dubuun Avening Mail of the 7th inst, ni: followiug comment apou the festivities toa to be hed Guriag the Visit Of Our American rife- meu to (ue Emeéraia isie: We bein seriously Lo fear lest the beads of our Dabita peopie suouid oot stand ail taat is io store for us dUr.ng the eventiol summer Which aiready thieatens to open With ifs usual severity, Tue excitement of tie American visis will be trying enough, particularly i either Mr. Biggar or MF. Sulivan should ‘esoy’ the Keminztoas of the strangers aud icsist om appiying to them the Coercion act im ali its horrors. posiog that occasional diMicuity removed, guod temper prevailing, taere wil be dinners and trips. here, there aad every Where, irom tae KiG; room Of the Manstoa House to the Valley o: tie Versty, and great doinys un the pialas aod in tae lawus of Gion.ur. But waen ali this bas passed away, uod tue Americans shall vave geen pul ou voard Again ut Queensiown, tite citizens will berdiy wet time to breaiwe until the, shall find tuemseives lu toe Wuirl of ao O'Lonneli cenrenary, the | C | waich, to judge by tue positivery splendid iaa- | guage of an arwcie in the Freeman's Journal yes- verday, Wiil be like a toing in tie Way of a pubic | rejviciug (nat ever has “appened before on tie | surface Of the globe. Lt is to jast three days, of at | leas. Cigateen avaliawie fuurs exc: aga into | those days lt be pressed a variety 01 dewoustra- | tious aud ra nMeuts—jnaketings aad spout ings, processions of drags and puata througa the | streets audtue Litey (on warm August days, Whea odors nicely Moat and fll the air), 100% races (in- CludiOg 1€8t8 In S«CkKs), Acrona ics and Aquatics, | | agragd reitzivous ceremony, ‘two or tiree bails’ and 40 ode 01 steriog merit aod racy Ot the sori, done Co order jor £50," | Mr. Rootey, Who had the contract for building | the top Wali On tis epaulment oevtad tue Duits at Creedmoor, has finisned tue work. Lt Will soon be inspected previous to acceptance vy the Na- tiooal Rifle Assoviation, antlivsm—viouse, pautaivoos and A= ral biae clot, to be made lor toe trip to Ireiaad, THE AMBRICAN-IRISH RIFLE MATCH, RECEPTION AWAITING THE TEAM. D , May 8, 1875, The arrival of the American team is abnounced in the Irish papers for tae 20cu of June, when a deputition (rom Dain will meet tie strangers at Queenstowa. Tae Americans are to have a taste Oi real irish huspitaliiy. The entice team, consisting of tea or twelve members, Will. be, as Colunel Leech said to mie, “the guests of the Irish ~~ The American team nave ordered a very smart | | #80 excursions to the County Wicklow an ie | Curragh Camp, aod a garden party at Clantarf | THE BILL TO ABOLISH CHAPLAINS. | To tHe Epiros OF THE HERALD:— | poses, it Ig said, to abolish chuplains im State in- | Opposition from the quarters named ma not be | Worship but ms owd, and shail be allowed at | committed to their tender care. | Institufious | try—in Canada, in Great Britaio, in France, in Ger- | | the bowling alley, fotced opea a window, and, people from the momene of their landing at Queenstown antil their departure from the Irish shores, This is a sectied thing, and the people of Ireland will hear of notting ese.” In this Ire- land will surpass America, which, woen the Irish team went to Creedmoor, gave them oceans of enthusiasm but nothing of that warmth of family welcome which is apparently awaiting the gu iu Dabiin, Im fact, our good friend Major Leech intends to carry out nis programme in ti best possible manner. The weicome, he say: wul be such as has rarely oeen witnessed in Ireland. The match Itself is to be shot on tne 29th, and will take place at Dolly- mvunt, @ favoranle spot for such @ purpose. The oMce of umpire has been offered by the Irish committee io 4 genero' pirit to an American— viz., General Sbaler—who held the the maten at Creedmoor. The invil pa ched by Colonel Leech @ few days ag Will be @ Continued round oj festivities during tue stay oi the American guests, Tne Lord Mayor of Duolia wil give a banquet im their bouor on the evening of vue 28th at the Mansion Hou Wiieh the first peopte of the Kinudom are to be invited, The citizens’ banquet 18 also to be a very magnificent affair, Other public bodies wili give receptions and vanquets If tt is possivie to get them crowded In. A trip to Dubin Bay has been arranged, and th Castie will be given by the } Vernon. There will be a sentation at the Theatre K m} a concert Of Iris music by Irish musicians; and last, not least, Trinity Coidege will give an enter. tulpment to the Amerisans in honor of Yaie and Harvard. The invitations to tie fetes have bot yec been sene out, but! hear that the Lord Mayor of Londun, the Mayors of York ana Leeds and other dignitaries will be among the | guests of the Lord Mayor of Dublin. 0) course, | this is neither au oMelal nor a complete catalogue | of ine coming eveais. Major Leech bas just left | Dublin jor London, tor the purpose of making ar- | rangements for the recevtion of\tae Americans at | ord of the svil, Mr. Wimbedon. For the distribution of the prizes at Dubin the Exbivition Palace vas been secured jor | the evening of the 3a of July, the last day of the gathering. Strenuous opposition is being made by the man- agers of the House ot Retuge to a vill which pro- stitutions and the House o1 Refuge. Wiil you | permit me to say a few words of explanation and deience of the bilLin question in order that tue received by the community without the “grain of salt?’ Tne bill is not @ frojan horse filled with explosive compounds, intended to destroy our public imatitutions im general and the House ot Refuge m particalar. It ts alwost an exact copy ol a law which has been in quiet and bene- ficial operation 1m the State of Mianesota for some | years. A similar act has also lately been adopted | in Ohio, The public institutions of those States and their Houses of Refuge have not suferreda | jot by the law, nor has anarchy been introduced | into the community. On the contrary they operate in the ‘inte. est of greater peace and harmony and the improvement of morals, But what is the bill? Itis too long to publishin fuil here, thougn its own language would be the best refutation of the charges maue. The State constitution provides that ‘the tree exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worsbip, Without discrimination or pre.er- ence, saali forever be aliowed im this State to al) mankind.” Tis evidently applies to the inmates of prisons and institutions as well as to the com- manity outside. Tne right here guaranteed “to all mankind” 18 not jorielted by entrance into a State institution, be it @ prison or a ho of refuge, The bill simpiy provides that bo inmate of’ a puolic institution suall be oolwed to attend any form of religious | | Siated times and with certain precautions the priviege of ministration by a desigmated minister | ol bis own beliel. 1 ia well that the pavlic saould | understand tuat the mMauagers of the House of | Refure form a very close corporation, Year alter yeur for Mity years tuey nave re-elected themselves. — They bave in their little Kingdom almost anlim- | ited power. Mven the Governor cannot re- | Move irom their grasp, oy pardon, @ chili once | ‘the chi.dren i the House of kefuge are (vrobably turee-four Oi their Dumber) of Catholic parentaze. The managers compel them tu atrend Protestant ser- Vices, lurbid their instraction in their own faith 3 except to a merely nominal extent, proaibit Cathole priests irom eurering to administer toe sacraments, waich Catnolics believe to be the beaveu-appointed channels of grace to the sinner and tae most effectual means of reiorming we | fallen, and wenerally by their system of govern- meni and instruction eXercise $0 anti-Catuolic an | | influeuce that, as the testimony taken by the State Commissions in 18/2 proves, @ very large proporuon of the calidren jeave the iustitutien, if | | hot Protestan's at least anti-Catholics, or witaout | any religion at ail. Tos i relormation. It is Said that tue Oill will Open the dvors to ministers of ull denominations, This 1s certaiply the spirit | of lverty and of the State constivution, however, It Says that tois will Make disorder, Dut it answers its own objection by »roceeding to suy that it does tot anticipate that any bus toe Catholics will avail themseives of the privilege. Undouotediy | such will ve the case. | in conciusion, not only ts this bill precisely sim- ilar to tne law jong existing in Minnesuta and to the law recently enacted 1a Oalo, vat tt is simply in accordau w aud practice in public aimost every Obwer civilized cou! many, in Beigiam, in Rossia, in switzeriand, &c, Should the law 006 Work weil it can and will be quicxly repealed. But the testimony of « couatiies and States waten I hi named proves its beueficent and harmonious operation, wale tue 1D erests of trae (and. not comihal) liverty re- quire its adoption, CLLIZEN. | THE HOMGOPATHIO FAIR. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE AS TO THE sUC- | . CESS OF THE ENTERPRISE. The ladies and gentlemen interested in the | Homeopathic Fair met at Delmonico’s, Fourteen: street, last nigat, to Rear of the financial result of | theie efforts.. Mr, Salem H. Wales was elected | chairman, and after a few introductory woras, he | calied on Mr. Mackay, Who read a report, in which | the following items vccurred:— | WHAT THE TABLES EARNED. Eureka table—Mrs. Waces and assistants. Lady Washingion Cotiage—Mrs. Neilso1 sistants. and *f pea Mrs. d. Aden and assistants. . wey Cotlage—Mes. Dr. Guernsey and as- ristants. vessebis 2,701 ariequin—Mrs. br. iielwoth 1 gay $0 Fiorai—Mrs. Lippincott, ehatrm: 1909 33 Eoive.ic—Mra. Frost. 1.905 33. Kefresument—Mrs. 1303 30 Mirs. Barrow 1254 49 Habana—Mrs. L640 Cornucopia—Mrs. vr. Bardert Lust 25 ‘iweaty-second regiment and King Ualico—Wrs. vowhng . ese82 Sesz Palais Koyal—Mrs Hi Dorwalk—Mrs, cant Chow Chow—Mrs. Keaton ” MAS 73 23 0 i0t 45 10 09 im 73 sale of tickets 3383 08 Operetta. '30) Oy Coneert. ‘ 355 40 Billiard match. 1 82 Amateur theatrica 206 16 Upereita, 00 00 Season tickets. 898 00 | Sandry sources. , 24 8 Mrs. id Ly stuart: 1,000 00 Gross receipts 34,097 05 | Expenses. O14 | Profits. $24,922 14 | Alter the r Wales maae | M &@ compliments ip ladies. abs quentiy it wea cocked to leave the money tn the bandg of the Finance Committee, and the meeting | adjourned. | | A MAIDEN BURGLAR | BOLD ROBBERY BY A GIRL OF NINETEEN. About one o'clock yesterday morning a young girl uamed Augustine Meyer passed througa Court alley, Hoboken, climbed over a fence in tne Tear of Schiegei’s saloon Washington street, between Third and Fourth, jumped to the roo! ot cured two sacques of Sik velvet, @ large quantity of uandercivthing. several lads dresses and other vaiuabie: She tied the plunder up ima sheet and pu-hed toward the terry. Omcer Hammond, thereupon, suspected the fair creature and asked her avout the contents of the bundié. ine lady ofered a pathetic explavation. Soe oad been living with | @ heartless bax-r, Wao i an evil hour atvempted her virtue, whereupon she packed her hyuse- | hola goods — togetner aeseruuned to flee to New York for protection beheath te roof of weil-to-du relatives. fhe officer suggesied that sa baker, and shes entering the house, her tu the station house, soon establisaed. Augustioe Meyer, aud soe bad veen living some time ago tn tid nouse Of Hy, Sualegel. Se was comimitcert iit derauit of bail by Keroraer sownstedt. Tue | the other day toat, pertiaps, to | world | countries now regarded | send their products, | though great labors | from toe anwie! 7 THE NATIONAL CENTENNIAL. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE UNITED STATES CEN- TENNIAL COMMISSIONERS—ENCOURAGING AN- NUAL BEPORTS FROM THE EXECUTIVE COM~ MITTEE, THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, THE SEO BETARY, &C. PHILADELPHIA, May 19, 1875. The fifth annual meeting of the United States Centennial Commission began at noon to-day at the Continental Hotel. [he attendance, consider. ing the great distances to be traversed from some of the states, was very full and large, many of the Commissioners having arrived yesterday. Generai Joseph R. Hawley, the President, occupied the chair. Ail the States and Territories were represenied except Caifornia, Colorado, Danxota, Deiaware, Utah and Washington Territory. GENERAL HAWLBY'S SPEECH. In calling the meeting to order General Hawley said that it was now beyond doubt that the Exhivition would pe a success, a great inter- p@tional exhibition that will be honorable to the American character and usefal to us abroad and at home, Ihe Commissioners had never doubted it and the country was beginning to see it, There has come into fishion, he said, a disposition to cavil and sneer at everything American, tne onar: acter of our public men and the aotiity of the nae Uon to carry on any great work with integrity. We were told at the beginning that nothing like tois could be carried on without scandal, We deter+ Mined that it should not be so in this Case, toat there should be nothing of which any man should be asiamed, and so iar we have kep! our pledge, (Appiause.) We criticise ourselves, but we do not feel that we bave done anything that ought not to have been done, Whatever can be done at all by any nation can better be done by a free peo- ple than any otuer. (Applause.) Weave proved tt in many gigangic enverprises, and tt is an- surd to tell us that o people wha built a raliroad across a continent cane not conduct a little show, There have been obstacies which we did not anticipate, One we ought nol to have met. It was tue failure of Con gress todo its duty to the Centennial We did not ask them to pay the whole expense, It woulé not be in accordance witi American metitutions for the government to do it ail, but there were certain things that the government ougnt to nave done. The government should have borne some of the necessary expenses of toe Commis. sion and not leave them to tne city of Philadelphia. We thought, too, that as the government invited all other nations tocompete they should have provided for the awaras, [t does not seem quite rignt that the government should appropriate only $500,000 ior a government Exhibition, 1 cannot tnink that having spent a haif million dollars at Paris and more at Vienna they will do no more for our own Exhibition. Tae country is beginuing to look at this ta toe proper ligot, we hope. ‘The otwer obstacle we met with was tne crisis in business that hegan a year ago last August, Walch hae thade it so diMlcuit to raise money. Iwas very iad Lo see the remark of a New York newspaper first step in tne revival of the bus.ness of the coun ry Wii be this Exaibstion itseik (Applause.) General Hawley then spoke Ol the suyport toe press 1s now gen- eraily giving the Centennial; sald that tne omeng were ail iavorable, and th ught that at the end of twis year 1% Would be the general opmion that $5,000,000 or $6,000,000 more shonid nave been spent. He ouly kuew of one na:ion in the civilize that will take oo part, and many uncivilized wil) Taere 1 be plenty or @: hibitors, he said, and we could cover 100 or 20¢ acres wito gooas, He took blame to nimself tor not huving done more in the past, and said that renewed efforis were necessary. . THE SECRETARY'S REPORT. Mr. John L. campbell, tne Secretary, then read bis annual report, in wich he asserts that the work is going on satisfactorily. Tue report far- ther states that— The substantial interest taken in the Exhibition by foreign nations is indicated by the liberal appropriations made tor the support of the Zoveramental comm! ani to aid exhibitors in sending their piay. Tne nations of the eartu which have the invitation of the /’resident, issued by direction of — rgentine Confederat Bravi, Canada, Obie Ont _ermany, Be ‘auras, Nicaragaa, Nor- Orange Free Stace, Persia, Peru, Portugi sweden, iunis, Turkey, United states ‘enezueia. ‘rhe report was accepted, after which the REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ‘was also read and adopted, it states that— In the report to President Grant in Ja: last deemeu expedient to ask tor appropriations tos specific purposes, to Wits For ‘he expenses of tne United States Centennial, LOMASBUY DS -« " ds and expe re Those sapeusce ave iad oie to execu. ese expenses are ensn a tion of the national trust counded to the Bentennial Commission, aud ought of right to be borne by the gov- ernment. Gwing to the difficilty of ob.alning proper consideration of the matter auring the short i a Congress no action taken. It 1s confidently ex pected wat a iibera! appropriation will made for this purpose. In the meantime the enterprixe ts being sustained by the liberal contributions of tue pople. as ihe original act of Com ess provides .“tor a nauonal celebration ider the auspices of the United sta in obedience to law, a cordial invitation has been extended oy President to foreign nations to para h ww Tag the execuion of tot It is proper, there pre by Congress tor the aw: ane ith ‘hear appropri inieraationa’ character the provision should nate from the goverument. Any appropriations — bj Congress will be devoted to certa fied purposes Whether they be made of not, there sti Temalus the absolute necessly of large popular sudsert tions to the siocs of the Koard of Fmance growth throughoat the o ry ota just the Fxhibition and celebra jon convince: full sam needed wil Executive Comm Gillespie, hax gre ness and is on ‘of the most important volunteer Agencies whieh has com: to the aid of the musion. Its efforts in getting stock snbdscriptions and obcining money in other ways have been exceed! importaut an it has done much to awaken pop terest and insure (he success of the enterprise. Havit its headquarters in Philadeipbia, it has advised ai aided the organization ot the women ot other states, and the moveiment Mas become National im its character and resalts ihe period of unceriainty which Delong foreach. large, undertaciogs as paesed away. aud yet to be performed there can no longer be a doubt of such complete success as will be beneficial to the people at large and an honor to country, THE DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT gives a detailed statement of the work done, the bureaus organized aad the plan of operations. ag to the sysiem Of awards it says:— s subject has received prolonged amd careful con at the hauds or the b-xect Committee, whe ber ot tional erso: ecto tions, whether as exlibiiors, commussioners or Jurors, had ‘given them special familiarity with the matter, After much deiberavon it was decided to retain the use of awards, but upon a svstem greatiy different trom that adopted at any previousexhivition. The disputes which be avoided, it is single uniform medal, whi awards will of a have herewiore arisen betweea successiui competi as to the comparative importance of sever pretee ot rs y the adoption shall in each case be accompanied by a report and @ the Niture of the merit for which it a The iMeulties which have been ex y size of the international which were ant ledged peoficieuc, enh von a sn shali be from the while, to insure the presence and attention duties of men practically conversant with tae they are i report upon, lowance desi cover thelr travelling expen rei im on auy previous occasicn, and that racter of the jaiges will give recognized value te their reports. The details of the system of awards are printed herewith as Appendix © THE SECURITY OF RXMIMITORS’ GooDs, ave arixon in some countries the exhibitors, legal op ms on the pomt were go! from the — counsel of the ” Commission the Attorney wenerais of the Um ed states a1 of the amoowealth of Pennsyivania. ‘aa thortites having concurred mthe opinion that the lawe 6} Pennavivania are such ag to inake impossible the occurrence ot the apprehended danger, it 19 Pow that s bascless a fear will induence any person desirous of exhibiting A committee was formed to take into considera. tion the propriety of offering awards at the boat races during the Exhibition. The will be resumed a! even o'clock to-morrow morning. THE JERSEY MANTRAPS. The people of Jersey City, like their neighbors im Newark, have been aroused to tne necessity of pro« tecting themselves against the Pennsyivania Rail. road mantraps, The increase in the number of casa- allies on this railroad during the past six monthe in Jersey City has been alarming, and tae Board o Aldermen Gave at last appointed a committee to comer With a committee of the Board oF Finanee in order to Compe! the railroad company to mane their crossings wicuin the city limits more secure, STRIKE OF HOD CARRIERS A large number of the hod carrters of Jersey City have strack for an increase of wagea. Yew terday ajlerioun Sone o| the strikers went to the bew validing of O'Mara Brothers, ou Pavonia av. pri-oner is Only Hineteen years old, |. OKs Inuo- eeat and seems to have piauned her expeditiva with su raegy of a former. i ee enae, aud ordered the men employed oad quit work. ie } r refuses, Cw the result. The police were called undeg their provectioa, the men continued at