The New York Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1875, Page 5

«THR DANK OF CALTON A. Graphic Sketch of the Institution. THE TRUE CHARACTER OF MR, RALSTON Hise Labors to Build Up the Pacific Coast. A FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE. The Enterprises Sustained by the Bank. The Institution Starts on an En- larged Capital. o San Francisco, Sept. 20, 1875, The Americanizing of the Pacific Coast and the mag- nificent results thay have followed its annexation to the United States could not fail to draw here a host of remarkable men—men great in mechanics, great in in- vention, great in enterprise and great in the develop- ment of a now country, with such rich and varied re- sources. Such men could not possibly travel in tho old slow style of their fathers, while such boundless treasures were beckoning to them to hasten on and gather them up. Inaquarter of acentury a country almost unknown to the world and with an almost un- pronounceable name in the schoo! class has thus sprung into being and exhibited a capacity for independent self-existence that is really a marvel and a source of just pride to all who look with pleasure upon the prog- ress of the American people. ‘Towering head and shoul- ders above all these great men stood the figure of William C. Ralston, who seems to be one of those remarkable creations of nature—seen only once in a generation— endowed with an organization perfectly adapted for such a work as needed to be done on the Pacific Coast in the latter half of the nineteenth century. THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA was the necessary outgrowth of such a country and such aman, To the man of the Pacific Coast the Bank of Cahfornia took rank with the Bank of France and the Bank of England. Other cities in the country might boast of wealthy and powerful banking institu- tions as stable and as invulnerable as the everlasting hills, but they were merely local in their reputation and limited in their sphere of operations; but to the Californian the bank of which Mr. Ralston was tho head seemed to embody in one general idea th wealth | and influence of the whole Pacific Coast, extending its active business relations eastward to the great cities on the Atlantic Coast, and across the ocean to Europe, while westward it stretched its hand across the great expanse of wators and dealt enormously with the oldest nations of the world, regarding them as directly its own next door neighbors and special subjects for com- mercial intercourse. The Californian travelled with a sense of solidity when he had a letter of credit from his own bank. The thought of its greatness was ever in his mind, and inseparably associated with it was the name of “his friend, William ©. Ralston,’ who was ever ready to aid and protect the Californian abroad who might by any accident or misfortune need the use of his name. It was the realization of this fact that made the man at home who had never deposited a dollar 4p the vaults of the bank as enthusiastic in his praise as the man of millions who had placed all his earthly treasures in his safe keeping. ‘THE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM 0, RALSTON. There was nothing of the ‘Great Iam” about him; no dash or style to attract attention; as simple in dress. as he was plain and unaffected in manners. He did what he did naturally and without parade, He Bought no one’s confidence, yet he was the reposi- tory of the private business projects of nearly every one who had an enterprise to establish. He could be seen at any moment, could be talked to wherever he was; was accessible to the poorest as to tho wealthiest and to the one as to the other; he pos- sessed tho rare gift of being an attentive listener. He was quick to perceive the dritt of a conversation or the point of a statement addressed to him and ften before an inquiry was ended the answer was delivered, ‘Yea, “‘No,” or a suggestion of how it should be. He seemed almost intuitively to un- derstand the merits of any measure to which hi attention was called, and in brief, clear words his de- cision was promptly expressed. There was no possibility of misunderstanding him. — Notwith- standing tho great power he wielded, he could submit to be talked to by those associated with him in the general interests of the bank, when they had anything to say to him by way of caution or suggestion with regard to any of the enterprises in which the bank was engaged. He never turned away from an implied reproot, however much he might think it uncalled for, and would always express his apprecia- tion of the suggestion, though, at the same time, he ‘would give evidence of the utmost confidence in his own judgment, and was self-willed enough to follow it all the time. STATEMENT OF A CAPITALIST, A wealthy capitalist remarked to your correspondent yesterday that ‘Ralston was a natural banker, I never knew aman with such wonderful capacity for almost instantly realizing the relative value of ex- changes in every part of the globe. The financial markets of the world were his study, and where there ‘was @ possibility of a dollar being made for the bank Ralston made it; and had he confined himself of late years wholly to the limitations of a sound banking business nothing could have ever occurred to injure the bank or to have tarnished the fame of its man- ager;” and this is, I presume, the general judgment of his warmest friends, who would shudder to express or listen to an unkind word against his memory. THE ORIGIN OF THE BANK, IT need not enumerate the varied associations of Mr. Ralston with well known capitalists and bankers from the time he arrived in this city, as much of that has already been given to the public both by the electric spark and the pen in the various sketches of his life published in the daily press. It is sufficient to note that bis career in business has always been onward and upward, every change being further in advance toward the goal of his ambition—the control of the moneyed interests on the Pacific. He had never known ‘what it was to fail, and, intoxicated with an uninter- rupted series of successes, he probably felt that time alone was bounded, and What he could not accomplish one day was only postponed tillthe morrow. Having deen eminently successful in smaller banks, the con ception of a gigantic corporate bank of the charactor of the Bank'of California was naturally the offspring of | his brain. The thought was solely his, and through | his personal and direct influence and exertions the or- ganization was effected and took legal form on the 16th of June, 1864, with a capital of $2,000,000. A year Jater its capital was increased to $5,000,000, with a re- | serve fund of $1,500,000, and it entered uponacarcer of | prosperity which was uninterrupted till its recent sudden and unlooked for collapse, From the beginning Mr. | D. 0. Mills, «cautious banker of Sacramento, was by Mr. Raiston’s selection made its first president, while be himself filled the position of cashier, and in that rela- tionship they continued till July, 1873, when Mr, Mills igned and Mr. Ralston became tts president. While + was cashier he was tho head of the bank- He was bh {ts brain, soul and backbone, and when he ascended to the upper chair he continued to manage {ts business in the same way. Wherever he was, there Was visibly the illustration of the sentiment, “L'Llat c'est mot.” ‘The tnstitution and the man were indivisible. He di; rected everything as if he owned it, The trustees wero seldom more than figureheads, THE BUILDING, There are two places eminently popular in San Fran- cisco—California street and the Clif House, No stranger ever visited the city without hearing of both. ‘The great attraction of the one is the sea lions and the roaring of the billows on a rock-bound coast, and in the other the bulls and bears and the murmuring waves of the money market, After the first breakfast in the city the stranger is sure to stroll into that California sirgot, He wants to see the men of millions and the men who are making millions the men who may make millions, for evory other man met on the side- ‘walks between Montgomery and Sansome streets has a mine in his pocket and regards himself as an embryo bonanza king. Threading his way throagh this seeth- fog mass of ‘Great Kxpectations” the visitor finds before hima massive two story blue stone building, standing on the southeast corner of Sansome and Cail- fornia streets—that is.the Bank of California This Dduilding was erected at a cost’ of $260,000—the hand- somest and most elegant banking house of its size in the world—a model of architectural beauty, a close NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘Ven{ob.” Its massive bite stone pillars produce a strik- | as “the man who never wefit back on tho poor.” His ing effect, All around te Sopering valine bave deen put up, but the Bank of California is the gem of them ali. it was Mr. Raiston’s ambition that the ex- ternal edifice should be suggestive of the wealth and Stability within, and nothing was denied the artisan and the mechanic, The inside is finished throughout with bird's-eye maple, highly polished. The counters and desks are of — solid San Domingo mahogany, and %he furniture of solid — oak. e' ceiling of the banking room is in deep panel work, painted in fresco, with ventilators in ornamental stucco work, and the mantels are of California marble. The vaults and safes ‘are fireproof aud invulnerable, and in every other way show the greatest care and skill in their construction. In the private office of this edifice, from the 27th of June, 186%, to the 27th of August, 1875, William C. Ral- ston reigned supreme as the head of the most powerful institution on the Pacific coast—if not indeed of in Many respects, the greatest bank in the United States, and there thousands of travellers from the distant na- tions made the personal acquaintance of one of Ameri- ca’s most gifted me: genial and most hospitable gen- tleman. It will be somewhat difficult for persons who never lived in a mining country to comprehend the scope and character of an institution like the Bank of California without a word of explanation, In a country where mining and mining interests form the ies ag business of the community a bank must necessarily extend its operations outside the ordinary channels of trade, ‘There are banks here that confine themselves strictly to the limits of commercial transactions and have noth- ing more than the calculations of debit and credit, advances and discounts to deal with, and their risks are only nominal Another class of banking, however, here is necessary to meet the exigencies of the large interests associated with mining ana stocks. Flood and O’Brien, Makey and Fair, four men who have made great wealth within the last ‘few years, are now erecting a bank to deal exclu- sively with this large interest, and to confiné them- sely¢s wholly to it, But up to the present time such a bank as that alluded to was next to impossible, even here in San Francisco. It required great wealth, and they are the bonanza kings, They can do it, OPERATIONS OF THE BANK. The Bank of California embraced in its operations both mining avd commercial interests, and has prob- ably now discovered that such a combination is not without its risks, for what is simple and clear in trans- actions of daily life above ground is not quite 80 easy to handle when concealed in the bowels of the earth, In addition to commerce and mining Mr. Ralston con- sidered that one of the greatest and most im- portant objects of a Culifornia’ bank should be to aid in the development of the country in every feasible way. ‘Hence he was associated as the bank’s representative, directly or indirectly, with every enterprise which promised to contribute to the wealth and advancement of the coast, and in so act- ing he had, no doubt of it, the fullest co-operation of the heaviest depositors, for, with all its wealth, Califor- nia still considers itself but an infant State, and the general development necessarily becomes the wealth of the individual, It is no exaggeration to say that through the assistance afforded by the Bank of California to new und struggling interests the country has made more progress in the work of development during the jast ten years than it would baye made without that assistance m twice that number of years. No one with such associations could have desired better opportuni- ties for making money than what lay everywhere in the path of Mr. Ralston, Every new industry and en- terprise sought his co-operation, and he was ever ready to encourage them. About eight years ago he said to your correspondent :—‘“‘If any man of talent comes here, capable of introducing the manutacture of any. thing wanted in California, let him apply to me if he needs assistance, and the bank will let him have what he requires.” It-was in this spirit that be extended aid to some of the best workmen who came penniless to California in years past, and bgt oe his influence many branches of manufacture aud industry have been successtully es- tablished here, It 1s difficult to find anything of mag- nitude here without tracing the hand of Ralston. ‘He ‘was in everything that needed aid. The Mission and Pacific Woollen Mill, that hi given to California a world wide fame for the manu- facture of the finest white goods and blankets, was an institution that he nourished and fostered into lite. Donald McLennan, a Scotchman, as his name imports, came here from some woollen mills in Massachusetts with a light purse, but a head richly laden with expe- perience, and made the acquainiance of the hard- working banker, Soon business was projected, land purchased apd money advanced with which to com- mence the manufacture of wooilen goods, With $50,000 everything was purchased, including the first two machines, and to: that establishment has twenty machines, employs 925 men and women, and gives occupation and support in other ways to 8,000 per- sons, and its assets cover $1,500,000. 1t was Kalston’s pet, and with clearness‘of vision about the growth of the city, he had land purchased far away from the cen- tre of commerce, but which is now within a few blocks ofthe new City Hall, and the land is worth twenty times more than the original purchase price. The affairs of this mill have been in the hands of discreet, intelligent men, and from the excellence of its manu- ftuctured goods the Mission and Pacific Woollen Mill has a contract for furnishing to the government a large amount of clothing for both the army and the navy. ‘The troubles of the bank and the death of Mr. Ralston will affect in nothing the permanent stability of this industry. With Ralston’s aid the Pacific Rolfng Mills. were es- tablished, and, with the heavy freight tarnffin their favor, they have done an extensive and successtul business, ‘Such an industry was absolutely necessary ‘to the development of the country and was certain to be Rocceantih? The Kim®ail carriage manufactory was another of his fostered enterprises, and had there been no overland Pacitic Railroad 1t would have been grandly successful. RALSTON’S ALM was to draw workmen to California and keep the money of manufacture in the country; but however sensible that may be toa political economist, the purchasing public seldom enter into the philosophy of a measure that takes an extra dollar out of their pockets, and, consequently, they buy in the cheapest markets. By hig aid and encouragement the Cornell Watch Manufacturing Company transported their machinery and workmen here andgestablished themselves on the same block with these other companies. I name these prominent industries that were fostered by Mr. Ralston—but he had interests in a great many more—to show the character of the man and how, even with the most benevolent and philanthropic senti- ments, he could lay the foundation of his own enfbar- rassment and overthrow when a dark and cloudy day obscured his path, That the trustees or directors of the bank, as they are usually called; knew of the aid which he was ren- dering to those industries is as certain as any fact in life, and had the recent crash not come upon the bank from a variety of circumstances which Ralston could not foresee, and which, when they came, he could not possibly ‘battle with, alt these enterprises would have labored on to permanent and grand success, and his denunciators to-day would have been his loudest eulogists, From any general statement of his ready assistance to found new enterprises no one should deduce that his was a prodigal hand scattering broadcast his own and other people’s wealth, It was not so. He was & careful financier, and he could say “No” emphatically when to his mind an impractical business was pro- posed. The bank paid interest to its depositors, and the money so deposited had to be used by the bank where it would command a higher rate of interest; and where he could, as he thought, secure that and at the same time advance the interest of the country, he was ready, butthen only. He was not omniscient and could not foresee what was beyoud human ken, and there only did he stumble. THE TURN IN HS FORTUNE. When his history comes to be written it will be seen that the turn in his fortune was not due to reckless adventure or gambling with fate; but the first inroad upon his prosperity was that frightiul earthquake in 1868 that shook the best butldings in San Francisco and demoralized the stoutest hearts, 1 well remember the incident and shall never forget the words of a gen- eral of the French army who was in the city at the time, “There be no brave mens to-day in California.” The bank before this bad extended aid to the Mont- gomery Street Real Estate Association to carry out a project which, had it been consummated, would have given San Francisco @ magnificent business street from ‘Telegraph Hill on the north to the Bay of San Francisco inthe south, This earthquake was the entering wedge into the prosperity of William C. Ralston; it demoral- ized all enterprise for a time, and no one had contidence to build, no one cared to make improve- ments, and one by one new difficulties sprung up around the projects of extending Montgomery street, The money loaned was drawing interest, and more had tobe loaved by the bank to move the project onward, but, in spite of everything, it became an elephant, aud to pro- tect the bank against this loss the liabilities were all assumed by Mr. Ralston as his own personal debt. With his whole fortune either in the bank or at its command, it is Very easy to conceive how difficulties of one kind and another, belonging to others with whom he had advised or with whom he was associated, be- came, through his delicate sense of honor, charged to his own personal account, and before he could {ully realize it his fortune had taken flight, It is well known that in cases where he had favored enterprises and ad- ventures that wore not successful, rather than his friends who confided in his judgment should lose, he was always more ready to suifer than to see others’ in- jured. HIS PERSONAL ESTATE. ‘The rumors aodut Mr. Raiston’s wealth are very contradictory. He is said, at one time, to have been worth $12,000,000, and one gentleman, who has had almost daily intercourse with him during the last few years, fold me o-day that he had been at one time worth $20,000,000, am inclined to think that he must have thought himself worth much more than he actually was or he could not have found himself Piunged into such helpless and irretrievable dificulties as those in which he was involved when the bank closed its doors, without being in some measure prepared for it, A man of limited resources would have known more about his true position—which Ralston evidently | did not know, and probably be died in at least partial ignorance of his actual financial status, A gentleman who saw him daily for the last ten years told me that he could at no time ever have been worth more than $5,000,000, and this seems reasonable, Locking up this amount is traceable to his personal adventures aud his losses; but the use and injury of four times that amount are beyond explanation, In no sense of the word was Mr. Ralston a reckloss gambler, nor did he waste his fortune in personal ex- travagance, The Rastern writers who iuduige in speak- ing of him fn the flashy style of ‘Bull’ Ralston and write of his and thoir very familiar intimacy, are simply speaking falsely of the man, He had that simplicity of style about him that put every person at his caso who came near to him, but no one could take any liberties with him. He was a truly great man, and every one felt the gplidity of his character that had anything to do with him, In charities he was extremely delicate, He would exact the strictest secrecy wherever he donated, as he evidently shunned notoriety, From the moment that bis sad death was known the people have felt af- flicted, and their sincere affection for tim is everywhéro Imitation in style of the Library of St Mark’s al Joss to California is irreparable, There was no man like him, and his place cannot be filled, THE VICTIM OF ENVY. For some time before his death he knew that there were parties at work to break the bank if they could only get the stock market to bear upon its interests, but with even this intimation he could not provide against the disaster that threatened it and him. The gold coin was not in the bank to meet arun. There was gold in the city, but it was “locked up” and beyond his reach. Those who had it were antagonists of the bank, and the best of commercial paper could not move them to come to its relief. He saw the day of trial approach- ing, and with manly honesty set to work to sell his Own property at immense sacrifice to decrease his lia- bilities, but nothing could save the Bank of California, Those who were determined to burst it had the power to do so and they did it, and here an interesting history will some day be given to the public; but for the pres- ent this must suffice, and to this I need only add that William ©. Ralston did not ruin the’ Bank of California. WALL STREET NOTES. A FEW WHOLESOME TRUTHS—UNION PACIFIC AND PACIFIC MAIL. There were many rumors of failures and troubles in the stock market yesterday, but none were well authenticated, The suspension of Messrs. Sheppard, Hall & Co., lumber dealers in Boston, was confirmed; the liabilities were placed at $1,500,000, with indebted- ness to the Boston banks of about $1,000,000, The particulars of this disastrous failure could not be ascertained, but coming on the heels of so many of the same sort, the situation was ren- dered anything but encouraging. Union Pacific Rail- road broke about midday from 70 to 6434, and various were the rumors in regard to its sudden retrograde movement. In one quarter it was reported that Mr. Gould’s brokers had sold it inadvertently (?) and in another that loans had been called on THE BUCHU VINANCIER by a well known home insurance company to whose demands he was unable to respond, At all events Union Pacific was sold down by somebody to 64%, and, although it rallied to 66% a 67, the close was at about the lowest point of the day. ‘The officers of the in surance company were reported as refusing to affirm or deny the statements as to their loans to the company, and as Mr. Gould’s brokers were sellers of his stock it was but fair to suppose that they were unable or un- willing tocarry his load of inflated securities any longer. THE EXPOSE OF THR PACIFIC MAIL STATEMENT was generally recognized as the pricking of the bubble, and there were but few holders except the sanguine ones who did not dispose of their stocks, A statement of the real cOndition of Pacific Mail is promised in a day or two, with a list of all the steamers and the property of the company. Until this exhibit is made it would be worse than folly for the pubhe to put their money in an enterprise that invites nothing, pays nothing, aud for the moment is regarded as a mere speculative venture. Messrs, Laidiaw & Co, give notice that the agency of the Bank of California will pay all outstanding drafts of the Bank of California on and after to-day, the 2d mst. THE THIKD AVENUE BANK. On inquiry at the office of the Third Avenue Savings Bank yesterday, the receiver, Mr. W. 8. Carman, stated there were no new developments. He expects to be able to submit a balance sheet, showing in detail the assets and liabilities of the concern, within a few days, He also stated that the deposits made since Saturday last have not been entered on the bank books, but, in view of the probable — stoppage, which it was seen was inevitable at that time, the amounts paid in were placed in separate envelopes, with the*name of the depositor thereon, and held by the teller in trust for those making such deposits. There is, therefore, every reason to believe that such depositors will receive back their money. Yet there is a iegal point involved as to the right of the receiver to hand back these moneys. It is, however, almost beyond doubt that he will be authorized by the Court to do so. There were but few people around the neighborhood of the bank yesteraay, and the tew that did pay a visit to the institution went on their way when they found the state of the case, quietly submit- ting to the inevitable. : THE ‘TOWNSEND SAVINGS BANK. A TWENTY PER CENI* DIVIDEND TO BE DE- CLARED IN FAVOR OF THE DEPOSITORS. New Haves, Conn., Oct. 1, 1875. The affairs of the Townsend Savings Bank, which have been the subject of so much discussion and bitter criticism for more than a year, are, under the manago- ment of competent and responsible receivers, brighten- ing up. The disposition of securities claimed by many to ve of questionable value have resulted “so favorably to the interests of de- positors that the receivers have to-day announced their ability to declare, during the latter part of Octo- ber, a dividend of twenty per cent of the assessed val- ues held by the institution in favor of its depositors, To pay at this rate more than $600,000 will be required. The estimated amount is $575,000. The payment of this money to more than 12,000 depositors will bea financial help to the community. An official statement from the receiver concerning the dividends, directing when and how the dividend is to be paid, will be shortly issued, CUSTOM HOUSE NOTES. Special Customs Inspector A. McCort received from the Custom House yesterday a check for $1,118 32 as his reward from the government for a capture of smuggled watches he made over a year ago on the Na- tional line steamship Egypt. Considerable growling exists among Custom House officers with respect to their assessments “for the rty.”” The following is the authorized schedule:;— Pio hateennent 400 per cent on clerks and the ma- jority of the employés. The following are the extra Tates:—Deputy collectors, $60; deputy surveyors, $50; weighers, $50; storekeepers, $30; inspectors,’ $30; night inspectors, $12. ‘Acting Deputy Surveyor Corsa receives the assess- ments at the barge office. Deputy Collector Samuel Maddox leaves for Europe this morning, on account of il] health, on the steam- ship Adriatic. REAL ESTATE SALES, Quite a large crowd attended the Real Estate Ex- change yesterday. The following sales of property took place:— A. H. Muller & Son sold, for account of Anson B. Birdsall and others, in™bankruptey, by order of re- ceiver, sixteen brown stone houses and lots, on the east side of Lexington avenue and on the south side ot Forty-seventh street, varionsly sized, 20x85, 20x100. 5, 18x100.5 and 17x100.5, to Egbert Dunn, receiver, for $375,000, D, M. Seaman sold, per order of the Court, in fore- closure, the three story and basement brick building and lot, 25x98.9, on Fortieth street, north side, 360 feet east of Kighth avenue, to Andrew Buste, for $6,000, over and above a mortgage of $5,350—total, $11,350. The property is valued at $14,000. Also a three story frame house and lot, 18x100.11, on the south side of 106th street, 196 feet east of Third avenue, to Peter Asten, for $3,850, the propagty being valued at $5,000, £. A. Lawrence & Co. sold tn foreclosure, by order of the Court, the plot of land 100x134. 6x100x140. 10, ou the south side of 175th street, 600 feet west of Tenth ave- nue, to F. J. O'Neil, second mortgagee, tor $2,925. George H. Scott sold, by order of the Court, in fore- closure, the three story brick hoase and lot 18x74.10, on the south side of 127th street, 18 fect east of Fourth avenue, to Jobn Campbell, ’ plaintiff’s attorney, for $1,800, over a mortgage of $5,380, total, $7,180, said property being valued at $10,000. THE NEW HAVEN INSURANCE CASE. JUDGE SHIPMAN DISMISSES THE PETITION OF THE COMPANY FOR AN INJUNCTION TO RE- STRAIN COMMISSIONER STEDMAN--THR COM- MISSIONER DEMANDS THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY AND IS REFUSED, New Haves, Conn., Oct, 1, 1875, In the United States District Court at Hartford this morning the petition of the American National Life and Trust Company for an injunction, filed some two weeks since, restraining Insurance Com- missioner Stedman from assuming possession of the assets of the company, came up. Counsel for petitioners and the respondent were present in numbers, Judge Shipman’s opinion, which was given at some length, entered fully into the points raised in the argument, and sustained the power of the Legisla- ture to repeal the company’s charter and establish tho validity of the act of the last session. In denying the petition for an injunction and vacating the restraining order granted by him he expressed the opinion that the charter is repealed by tho act, and that it was competent for the Legislature to name a custodian of the assets, pending the determination of the question of the decision, of which the revival of the charter is dependent. ‘The character of the decision was wholly unexpected, and fell like @ thunderbolt among counsel for the company. Commissioner Stedman, who was pres, ent, immediately took a train for this city arriving here at ten minutes past two o’clock. Accom- panied by Simeon E, Baldwin as counsel, two policomen and a reporter, he proceeded by hack to’the office of the / insurance company, on Chapel street, opposite tho Green, and demanded of Mr, Benjamin Noyes, its pres dent, the delivery to him of the assets of the compan: To thisdemand Mr. Noyes, reading from a paper, ¥ plied as follows :— “Tam advised by learned counsel that the law undor which you claim to take possession of the assets of this company is null and void; and I am further advised that the bond of $25,000 you have offered is illegal and defective, and not ‘such as to justily me in. sur- rendering and handing over to you the assets of this noticeable, Kyen im the familiar ballad be is chronicled | company, dmounting to more than $1,000,000 [tis | seriously disappointed in this respect. The quantity of | ally great and the fruit large and in fine condition, novmy tae to resist the law, and I do not intend wo Isl not with the assets to any other per- son, but shail hold them subject to such orders aftd de- crees as shall be made by the courts having jurisdiction of the legal questions involved,” Commissioner Stedman then said:—Mr. Noyes, you refuse to deliver to me the assets?” Mr. Noyes rephed, ‘You have my answer.’? ‘The Commissioner then said, “I have brought these men here as witnesses,” to which Mr, Noyes simply re- plied, “Well”? This ended the proceedings at the company’s office, and the Commissioner and his counsel left, At three o'clock a messenger lef the city with an ap- plication to the Superier Court of New London county, now in session at Norwich, for a writ of mandamus to compel the delivery of the assets, President Noyes has been notified also that he will be held liable under the criminal law of the State. If the application tor a mandamus is granted Mr. Stedman will soon be in pos- session of the company’s office. Pending the proceedings the greatest excitement pre- vailed in the streets, and speculation is rife as to what may be the answer of the Superior Court to-morrow for a mandamus, STATIONERS’ A number of the leading stationers of this city, repre- senting a trade interest of large and constantly growing importance, haye taken initiatory steps to form a local Board of Trade and for organizing an Exchange. The association will be located in the building at the south- east corner of Broadway and Fourth street, where the second floor has been secured. The general office will front on Broadway and will be furnished in comfortable style with desks and easy chairs for the use of non- Fesident members of the trade visiting the city. Post Office boxes and good attendance are to be supplied, ana nothing is to be teft undone to secure the comfort and convenience of buyers. Andrew Geyer will have charge and general management of the Exchange. Private offices will be allotted for use as required. Back of the general office and fronting on Fourth: street, twenty offices, each 15 feet long and an average of 9 feet wide, have been arranged. These will be used by a number of the leading firms as sample rooms for the reception of orders. The Exchange will be kept open daily throughout the year, and its convenience, to- gether with the fact that information of general inter- est to the stationery trade, and that all new goods and novelties, with the current market rates, can be secured at one place, will, it is expected, prove ‘of the greatest benefit to the trade. The meeling for permanent or- ganization will be held at No. 74 Duane street on October 7, and a fair will be held at the new Exchange on October 21, the same date upon which the Book Association’s will occur, BOARD OF TRADE, A SIGN OF THE TIMES. One of the most important branches of industry in Newark is the manufacture of jewelry, Heretofore for the last year or two the trade has been dull to the ex- tent of doing nothing, but just now with it, as with all other trades, there is observable an improvement for the better. One of the leading firms there state that there 1s a considerable trade springing up; that almost | daily they employ new hands, and there is a prospect of @ fall trade somewhat betier than it has been for sometime, AMERICAN PEACHES IN EUROPE. INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE EXPERIMENT OF SENDING FRESH PEACHES OVER THE ATLAN- TIC—WHY IT FAILED—QUEEN VICTORIA'S DIS- APPOINTMENT, Purnapetpura, Sept. 30, 1875, ‘The arrival of Mr. R. T. Lockwood on ‘the steamship Ohio, of the American line, on Saturday Jast, has ena- bled us to obtain further and definite information about the peach exporting experiment of last month, Our readers will recollect thata large space in the steamer Ohio was reserved for the placement, of an im- mense refrigerator into which the peaches were put the same day that they were picked, Tho steamer sailedon the 26th of August with fifteen tons of ice in the refrigerator. Upon the departure of the vessel tho temperature of the refrigerator stood at sixty-six de- grees, but the same night it fell to fifty-tour degrees, The nextday it reached fifty degrees, and upon the next day forty-eight degrees, This, it appears, was the Jowest point during the trip. At noon on the 30th, four days out, the morcury had risen to fifty-one degrees, and at the same hour on the Sst indicated fifty-four degrees, and was still tending upward, CONDITION OP THE PEACHES, Feeling convinced that the ico supply was exhausted, after consultation with the officers of the ship, Mr. Lockwood determined to open the refrigerator and ex- amine the contents, At tho time the steamer was off the Banks of Newfoundland in adense fog. After a partial subsidence of the fog the hatches were opened. To obtain access to the refrigerator some fifty crates had to be removed. The fruit in these crates was dry and in fine condition, This was especially the case with the yellow varieties and Reeve’s favorites, Captain Morrison then supplied ten tons of ice, which was put in the refrigerator, and the fruit returned to its proper place. The opening, examination and sealing of | WELSH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT SCRANTON—A LARGE REPRESENTATION OF DELEGATES FROM ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES PRESENT—A MUSICAL AND A RELIGIOUS RACE—THE ‘MIXED MARRIAGE” QUESTION—THE SEVENTH RULE TO BE STRICTLY OBSERVED. Sexanton, Pa., Oct. 1, 1875, The grand national Eistedfod, or musical festival, of the Welsh, of which so much has been said, and which was conducted here with such marked éclaé, was scarcely over when we were favored with a national re- ligious reunion. It is the General Assembly of the Welsh Presbyterian Church of the United States which met here yesterday and is to continue its deliberations several days hence. Here we have as delegates from New York the Rev. Hugh Davis, Middle Granville; Rey. James Jarretty Elders Ebenezer Jones, Holland Patent, and H. D. Foulkes, Middle Granville. From Pennsylvania— Rey. T. J, Phillips, Plymouth; Rev, R. Vaughan Grif- fiths, Shenandoah; Elders James R. James, Hyde Park, and William Parry, Slatington. From Ohio— Rev, John W, Evans, Oak Hill; Thomas A, Albans, Van West; Rev. J % Roberts, Columbus; Elders Uriah Davis, Columbua, and Joshua Roberts, Randolph; from Minnesota, Rey. William M, Jones, Judson; Réy. W. Roberts, D. D., Bellevue, and many others, Then there are Rey, T. ©. Davis, of Pittsburg, Pa; Rev, T. Foulks, of Oshkosh, Wis; Rev. M. 4 rilis, A. M., of Bangor, Pa; Rev. W. W. Vaughn, of Racine, Wis, Rev. Dr. S, ©. Logan, of the First Presbyterian church of this city, was present to-day and fraternized with his Welsh brethren. The Assembly having listened to the reading of the roll of detegates, elected the Rev. Dr. Roberts, of this city, Moderator, to supply“he place of the Rev. Howel Powell, of New York, who had died since the last meeting of the Assembly. Committees on missions, on union with the American Presbyterians in regard to education, on literature and kindred subjects were ap- pointed, after which the assembly listened to a telling sermon by the Rev. J. J. Roberts, of Columbus, who has long since distin- guished himself as a writer of religions standard works of special interest and those of the Presbyterian faith. His text was from Romans, v., 6—‘‘For when we were yet without strength in due time Christ died | for the ungodly.” After a short recess an address was delivered by the Rev. Hugh Davis, of Middle Granville, N. Y., who ac- quitted himself very creditably. |APTERNOON SESSION, At the afternoon session the Rev. Dr. Roberts an- nounced to the Assembly that delegates had arrived ré@presenting the General Assemblies of Olio and Ili- nois, and upon those gentlemen being presented to thow meeting they were received with the most gratifying manifestations of welcome, The Rey. John D, Jones, who represented the Gen- eral Assembly of Illinois, said he had been sent to the Welsh Assembly, because @e was a Welshman and could speak to ‘his brethren in their native tongue. He spoke at considerable length, and gave some inter. esting statistics ef the membership, wealth and work of the Presbyterian Church in America, His figures show an aggregate of $10,000,000, collected for religious purposes during last year, ‘and his other statements were illustrative of a powerful and abiding state of re ligion in the Church. ‘Dr. Moore, representing the Assembly of Ohio, next addressed the Assembly, prefacing his remarks with an allusion to the fact of his being a thorough ‘Cymry,” and giving some laughable experiences of his first effort. to master the impossible diphthongs of the Cymrian tongue. He spoke very warmly in favor of a union between the Welsh Calvinistic and the sister American Presbyterian Church, and said he was pleased to know that the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church was so wholly Presbyterian in doctrine and church polity that no obstacle stood in the way of a unity wi its membership. He expressed the earnest hope thi the time would soon come when it would not be neces- sary to send delegates from the American to the Welsh Presbyterian Assemblies, because they would all form one body. THE SEVENTH RULE. Avery important feature of the day’s proceedings ‘was the report of the Committee on Church Discipline, regarding the yote of the laity of the churches in the several States, on what is known as the “Seventh Rule,” in the confession of faith which enjoins the expulsion of all members of the Church who may contract marriages with non-members, The report was rather vague and indefinite, the gesult not being given in figures. The committce represented, in relation to this important matter, that the “vote was incomplete and unsatisfactory,’ resolution to “compromise” the affair by making it obligatory on all their churches to suspend such members from communion as might be found guilty of violating the seventh rule. This resolution was adopted unanimously, and, from the tone of the several speakers regarding it, the sentiment seemed in favor of its rigid euforcement and observance, even with Hebraic accuracy, It is probable that race has as much to do with this as religion, and the question of excommunication is observed, doubtless, as much to preserve in their purity the Cym- Tian race, customs and language, as to keep their faith inviolable, This matter having been disposed of, the place for holding the next General Assembly in September, 1877, was discussed and, after some deliberation, Chicago, the hatches occupied but one hour and a quarter, At the starting of tho fan the mercury stood at 56 degrees, and at no subsequent period did it reach lower than 54 degrees, It was discovered that the fan had been run too rapidly, the friction of the atmosphere at a high rate of speed necessarily causing a rapid exhaustion of ce. The speed was reduced, and subsequently the fan was stopped. On the Ist and 2d of September the mercury continued on the ascending scale, reaching upon the last dato 56 degrees, From this until the 5th the mercury was rising but very slowly, but on the 6th the advance was so rapid that all hopes of a successful fruition of the scheme was abandoned by those interested, for crew and passengers were alike deeply interested in the ex- periment. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER. On the 7th, at 2A. M., the steamer anchored in the Mersey. A few hours alter it was attempted to ascer- tain the temperature, but the evaporation from the for- menting fruit entirely obscured the thermometer. A few revolutions of the fan dispelled the moisture, when if was perceived that the mercury was standing at ninety degrees, while in the outer air iVindicated but sixty-five. DISAPPOINTED ENGLISHMEN. ‘The experiment had been heralded in advance, and tn such sanguine terms that deep interest was manilested on the part of the populace as well as dealers. Of this latter class a number had come from London to make purchases, and upon the arrival of the vessel many put ‘out from shore in tugs and small boats to anticipate the demand. Itis said that an agent of the Queen was present to look after supplies for the royal household. Upon communicating to the gathered crowds that the peaches were rotten and must be cast away, many Tegrets were expressed, THE RESULT. Upon the opening of the hatches a sight and smell greeted the eyes and nostrils which et aside all nope of saving even a portion of the luscious fruit, With the exception of an qscasional peach in the centre of acrate, the entire mass was reeking with fermentation and only fit tor distillation, A portion of Reeve’s favorite, which had beerstored in the ice room of the ship, carefully wrapped in paper, were found, upon the arrival, in exeplient condition, The projectors of this enterprise had built much upon the large profits which they might expect, provided all things went favorably; but, from inquiries, Mr. ckwood felt convinced that they would have been peaches in the market from the Continent was ere = at this season are absent frow'uaalehisiuens dat Vo teas che denier, Woke oe his from their homes, and to tl best market. This failure is regretted; but, knowing the character of the organizers of this first experiment, it is assured that they will make another attempt next season, and, with the knowledge and experience thus acquired, they Will take such measures as to prevent a second disaster. RAPID TRANSIT. Yesterday the Rapid Transit Commissioners were engaged for foir hours with their engincers, Messrs. Newton and Shreeve, in completing the specifications and plans of the proposed road. One of the Commis- sioners states that they will not, in their report to be made next Monday to the Mayor, recommend any of the plans before them, They will provide. certain con- ditions, forms of structure, &c., for tke government of | the Gilbert Elevated and New York Elevatea railroads in the prosecution of the work, and allow the companies to adopt auch plans, now before the Com- mission, a8 may couform to the specifications, This they understand to bea compliance with the spirit of | the act of last session under winch they are created. If this programme be adhered to it is not unlikely that the roads to be built will embody various plans. Com- nifssioner Mott ridicules the idea of the horse car com- - = jes accomplishing anythiig by an appeal to the Jnited States Court, though @ non-resident, as tho streets are the property of the State, and not of the individual property owners along their lines, JERSEY WIFE BEATERS, The crime of wite beating is fearfully on the increase in Trenton, Scareely a day elapses without a case of this sort eoming up before the police justices, The Til., was selected, ith the option of transierring the ‘Assembly to Cincinnati if more convenient, A SUICIDE IN HARTFORD, Hartrorp, Conn, Oct. 1, 1875, This morning, when night watchman Woodruff, of the City Iron Works, returned to his home he was shocked to find that during the night bis wife had hung herself, Investigation showed that life had been ex- tinct several hours. The act was accomplished by means of a rope, which deceased fastened to a door, and, after placing a stocking around ner throat, threw herself forward, and was found suspended, with her toes but a few imches above the floor. By reason of the reduction of her husband's wages the mind of Mrs. Woodruff had been for some time de- pressed, and the rash act which terminated her life was probably committed during a fit of insanity. Sho was fifty-six years of age and leaves a family of two children. Fifteen years ago, while a patient in the In- sane Retreat here, the mother of deceased killed her- self. “THE ‘ELIZABETH SUICIDE. ‘The tunoral of Mrs. Isabel Barrett, who committed suicide at Elizabeth, was an imposing and even im- pressive affair yesterday. It took place from the house of Mrs. Condell, in which the rash act was committed, Rey. Mr. French, of the Congregational church in Ber- gen, officiating. The corpse was clad ina costly robe of tin and merino, and encased in a handsome casket, which, in turn, was covered withexotics. A fact which has given rise to a great deal of talk among the Elizabeth gossips is that the inscription on the coflln bears the name of ‘Isabel Cooper,” the maiden name of the lady, and not that of her’ husband, her name by mar- riage being Isabel Barrett. Some of the Brooklyn friends of the deceased took charge of the funeral. RELIEF FOR THE TEXANS. J. HL. Brower, No. 45 South street, begs to acknowl- edge contributions for the relief of sufferers at In- dianola, &c., which he has placed by telegram:— William Oothout. $50 Cash ...... 10 D. B. Baton 10 kheimer, 25) M. H. Moses & Co, 25 | Samuel N. Pike & Co. 25 H. E. Moring & Uo, ie From New York Hzkato (amount of sybscrip- tions received by them). 80 GAdl ca nonscnys vite 2 Barbour Brothers 100 Through Brooks, Dewson & Co. Cash... Jeukins & Adams Previously remit Total ‘ New York, Oct, 1, 18 RAISING LONG ISLAND CITY. The work of the Long Island City Improvement Com- | mission is at present being prosecuted with great vigor, The grade has been raised on Jackson avenue, from tho Court House to Ferry street, the filling in being from three to eight feet in depth, and making it necessary to | raise the buiidings on either side of the street for the entire distance, Ferry street, from Jackson avenue to | the ferry, is to be also raised to the same height, and work upon it has already commenced, ‘The horse car companios have consequently discontinued running their cars to the Hunter’s Point ferry, the cross-town road {rom Brooklyn stopping at the Greenpoint bridge, and the Ravenswood route being run only to Third and Ferry streets, ‘A Serious accident, consequent upon the necessity of | raising the buildings on the line of the pavement has already occurred, William Panier, of Newtown, con- tracted to raise the house of Francis Lantry—a two latest cases were those of Kuward Powers and Edward Conover, both of whom were ‘charged with atrocious assault and battery on their wives, Conover fol- lowed his wife througli the streets of Trenton, threat- eving her with death should he lay his hands on her, and Power drew a butcher knite on his wife while she was preparing supper and came near enacting a brutal tragedy, Both of the poor women were foarfully maltr ‘and would undoubt- edly have been victims of their cruel husbands’ flendish | wrath had not the timely interterence of the police saved them, The inhuman wretches were remanded to the County Jail, each being held to answer the charge of assault with tmtent to kill. The dispensers of the law say they are determined in tho future to deal out Siringent justice to this class of criminala, story frame, with kitchen extension—on Jackson ave- | nue, between Fourth and Fifth streets. He had raised | the building about four feet when his blocking gave | way in the rear and the structure canted over and slid | down, totally demolishing the kitchen and badly wreck- ; OM ther BACK IN PLY MOUTH Mr. Beecher at Last Night's Prayer Meeting. “RADIANT WITH SMILES.” The Church and the Street Cheked with His Welcomers. ‘The light of Mr. Beecher’s countenance was beheld once again last evening at the Plymouth’ prayer meet- ing. Since the departure of the famous preacher for h® regular summer vacation amid the lovely scenery and invigorating breezes of the White Mountains the Friday night prayer meetings have been continued at Plymouth church, to be sure, but they were'marvellously tamo affairs and illustrated most perfectly how weak and spiritiess a thing this greatest of Ameri- ean church congregations would be should their leader be suddenly and permanently removed from their midst. Mr. Beecher’s presence in the prayer meeting seems to diffuse new life and vi- tality among his parishioners, and during the entire meeting thrills them with joy and enthusiasm un- speakable. A master of the English tanguage, irresist- ibly eloquent, pathetic and humorous, he is at times Wont to shower upon his devoted and’confiding flock, from cups of amber, whag they consider the NECTAR OF BERNAL PBLICITY, ; It was not publicly announced that Mr. Beecher would preside over the prayer meeting last evening, in the hope of preventing a crowd, but somehow the in- tolligence leaked out and spread like wildfire, and its effect—the bad weather making nos the slightest differ- ence—began to be apparent as early as six o'clock last evening, when the tide of humanity began setting in m the direction of Plymouth church. From near and from far, and from every point of the compass, they came, until the various streets leading to THE GREAT MECCA were one seething, hustling, jostling deluge of men and women. This deluge emptied itself into the church from front and rear and sides, and when every square inch of seating room had been occupied then every square inch of standing room was appropriated until the aisles, the halls, the vestibules, the staircases and the windows teemed with perspiring but patient dis ciples of Beecher. It was, indeed, like the gathering of the clans, Attwenty minutes past seven Mr. Beecher, accom. panied by lis wife and son, entered the lecture room and elbowed his way through the crowd to the plat- form, and was immediately greeted with LOUD APPLAUSB. Notwithstanding Plymonuth’s pastor’s hair is silverce: with the frosts of sixty-two years it has been a long time since he looked as tresh, as vigorous and ag hearty as upon this occasion His massive face was radiant with miles, which told more plainly than even his eloquent tongue gould do the joy he felt at being surrounded by so many faithful followers. It will be remembered that some three years ago Mr. Beecher made use of the following words :—‘I am admonished that the best of my years have passed, and that my sun will soon go down. Let it go down to-day, to-morrow, whenever it may, please God I will not ask for tho lengthening out of one single day. I bave lived a happy life I have been a happy pastor, I have loved you) and been loved by you. I have seen your children come up and walk in the ways of life. 1 have gone down with bundreds to see the framework laid in the dust, believing that the spirit was above. We have come through the years together WITHOUT 4 QUARREL, without a break and without asbaking of confidence, to this blessed hour.” He might have said al) this last evening and it would have been as truthful as three years ago. Truc, he does not bear the appearance of a man whose sun is about to go dow but that he has come through the twenty-cight years o! his pastorate without a break with his congregation or a shaking of confidence on their part, notwithstanding the recent past, no one who was present at Plymouth prayer meeting last evening could possibly doubt. This congregation doubtless feels that Mr. Beecher’s allega- tion, made some time ago, that for twenty-five years he had not withheld his strength, but had labored with simplicity and with sincerity of motive for the honor of God, and for the love that he bears to them and the in- describable love that he bears for his country and for humanity, is as true as their own existence. He never opens his mouth but his words are hung upon and DEVOURED BY HIS CONGREGATION with more zest and satisfaction than can well be imagined, His word to them is law, and they are con- tent with believing it such law as is best suited to thein® case, Such confidence 1s rarely to be found, but much to be admired, and can it truthfully be said it 1s unde- served ? Mr. Beecher opened the meeting with prayer. He said:—‘‘We thank Thee for Thy faithful love, for Thy fidelity to us, and we beseech of Thee to grant more and more a daily and hoarly sense of thanksgiving Thee. Accept our thanks for the special mercies that Thou hast given us in the weeks past; may this yoke and burden be sanctified, and we beseech, since Thou dost sometimes come with the rod that there may be faith that ‘whom thou lovest thou chasteneth.’ We are gathered together again; whither shall we go? To what shall we live? We pray to be in- spired more and more with the name of-Chirist. Ac- cept our gladness, our affection, our sympathy. Grant that we may be of one accord, of one mind. “ May this year be fruitful.” . After a hymn and prayer by Brother Charles Mar." ton Mr. Beecher said:— Tam very glad to get back to my parishional life and duties. It has never been a burden to me to discharge &@ ministerial duty; for, although there are responsi- bilities and cares, they are such as spring up from con- tact with the worid rather than the relations pastor and people sustain in religious affairs. I have been blessed with a vigorous constitution and generally good health, and I don’t suppose I should need much of a vacation from year’s end to year’s end if I only had my chureh duties to perform and were exempt from my autumnal catarrh; but by resorting to the mountains Iain exempt from that, and I consider it only a fair return that L should go on with my pastoral duties in my vacation if opportunity offer. I do not think of it as @ matter of equivalents—‘“if the Lord gives so much I will ee so much’—but if a man is in health, and there is work he likes and the op- portunity offers, I know of no better way of spending a vacation than to work. I count it a great privilege to be permitted to preach all summer; I count it a priv- ilege to stand betore a congregation at ary time, and to sow the seed of truth and tuspire higher conceptions of human life. 1 can bear witness that my affec- tion for Jesus Christ as all that is grand and beautiful grows, and He never was so much the inspira- tion of my life as now, I never loved Christ as! love Him to-day; not, perhaps, as other men do, but in my own way. {have found out my way to the Lord, and He is to me the chief among ten thousand and alto- gether lovely. The life we live in the flesh, Paul says, is by faith, but IL say by love; theres I. love to’ preach, I never hud any of preaching good sermons. On any grand occasion when a good sermon is expected I'will be sure to preach a poor one. My proaching does not mean in- tellectual exhibition, but an effort to spread the sacred affection I feel for God—to fill men’s souls full; not to with formal statements of doctrine, but to kindle the generous, SELP-PEEDING LAMP OP LOVE, ® Therefore it is that I am thankful to preach in vacation. In the past summer I have been placed under unusual c.rcumstances. My audience has been larger than it is here. I have reason to believe that the } administration of trath has not been void, and L look | back to the summer with gratitude and some degree of satisfaction. I have had a good deal of pleasure out of my vacation; but, afver all, that part of it which has been on the spiritual plane 1s the higher part. I re- turn—to save myself the necesesity of rej ring it indi- vidually—in good health. I sleep well, t well, iam well. hat my pity for work will be the winter will disclose; but | kaow I bave an appetite for preach- ing. I propose XO GLORIOCS OR IRREGULAR METHOD or measure, but I trast @ deeper imsight into spiritual things will be given. I am grateful for your personal affection (I know I have it), but that which I earnestly desire is your spir- itual co-operation, and one thing {8 needful, and that is a personal knowledge of Jesus Christ for each of you; itis not enough that you have a churehly life and ex- perience. May God give thi nsecration, and then Jet things come or go, Neither length nor breadth, nor height nor depth, ner any other creature shall separate us trom the love of God, which js in Christ Jesus, BOOKS RECEIVED. “Irish Riflemen in America.” By Arthur Blonnerhasset ech. | London; Edward Sandford, and New Yorks Vaa rand. “Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from ned wo ve. By Protessor J. Daniel Rupp. Philadelphia: 1g. 01 ‘Elsie’s Womanhood.'’ By Martha Farquharson. New York; Dodd & Mead, re Relg Gmemghe” By Rev. T. De Witt Talmage. New ‘ork: Dodd & Mes “Under the Nest.” From the Gorman of A. B. Katech, Philadelphia; J. B, Lippineott & Co. the author of “The Odd jing the main building When the crash took place | Sirs, Lantry, about eighty years old, wag in the kitchen ; but fortunately some of the timbers lodged above her | in such a way that she was saved from injury, and she was subsequently rescued by Officer Minnocks after considerable effort, Lantry kept a liquor saloon on the first floor, and his stock of liquors, none of which had been removed, was almost entirely destroyed. He os- timates his toss at about $1,000, The Chimney of the main building toppled over ‘upon an adjoining house, | failing through a skylight and carrying away the | stairway from the garret to the cellar “The Lacey Dinner Fee eA eiocete hapcri oo, Rallronds fur 1874." ATbany wept cutee Rikice’? By Matilda Fletcher, New York: A. | Seen S Co voion." By Rt Tenth Wew.¥orks 8. Wells & Co, Accidents and Emergencies” By Alfred: Siace. New York; 5. i. Wells & Ga