The New York Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1875, Page 5

| POSTAGE STAMP SPECULKTION, How the Bucolic Postmaster Turns an Honest (?) Penny, “Stamps” for Whiskey and for Lawyers’ Fees. A GOOD LAW TO REPEAL. Wasmnerox, Deo, 2, 1875, The ‘‘rregularities’? committed by postmasters whose salaries under the new law depend on the amount of siamps they sell, have become so frequent and flagrant that Postmaster General Jewell will ask Congress this winter to repeal or amend the clause of the Jaw bearing on the subject. Circulars have been tent to the 25,000 offices throughout the country and the worst offenders have been removed, which has put & partia? stop to illegal trafficking in stamps, but abuses still continue, The Assistant Postmaster Goneral favors the now law and thinks that if guilty officials are promptly removed and .their names published the practice will be broken up. Other heads of the depart- ment do pot agree with him and there js little doubt bat the law will be changed, Mr, Jewell favors the old system of regulating the salaries of small offices by the amount of stamps which are cancelled in them, ‘The act of Congress approved June 23, 1874, allowed commissions on sajes of stamps, instead of on the amount of stamps cancelled, as before. It is claimed that (he old way represented the amount of labor per- formed in handling the mails, while the sale of stamps ‘w no test of the work done by the postmaster. Formerly he was required to make a sworn statement of the stamps cancelled for six months that the salary might be adjusted for the ensuing two years, The sales of stamps shown in the quarterly returns operated as a check, as the amount sold and the amount cancelled were nearly the same, A false return of cancellation forced the postmaster to find an outside market for his stamps. Under tho present system postmasters are allowed a discount of sixty per cent on sales of $400 a year, aud a discount of fifty per cent on sales of $1,200. Beyond this the rate falls to forty per cent. ‘Phe postmaster is not obliged to make a sworn state- ment as to how, where or to whom he sells his stamps, The only penalty for selling to persons living outside of his delivery is bis removal. Were the commissions uniform the matter would be self regulating, one post. master’s gain being another's loss; but, as itis, the government is the loser. The postmaster ina small New Jersey town who sells stamps to New York merchants does not interfere with the New York office, because the city postmaster is paid a fixed salary, re- gardiess of the amount of stamps he sells, The cities and large towns not only offer great facilities for the traffic in stamps, but they greatly lessen the chances ef detection. Under the universal law of trade stamps #ravitate toward large cities just as naturally as cur- rency does, and they are frequently uscd as a medium of exchange. This is particularly true in the {| Byler of the Fostmastor General. book and newspaper trade. Publishers buy them for propaying postage on books, and often when they have more than they can use they ask the government to re- fleem them. Postmasters take the lead in getting up slubs, and by prepaying subscriptions im stamps they get a double commission—one from the government and one from the publisher, Business men of the cities who live in the country buy stamps of the suburban postmaster at a discount of from five to ten per cent, thus benefiting themselves as well as the postmasters. Railroad, insurance and express companies may keep their city offices supplied with stamps bought at a re- duction through their country agents, There is plenty pf evidence to show that commercial travellers realize a bandsome profit by exchanging merchandise for stamps ata discount and turning the stamps into their em- ployers ag cash. * Statistics in the Postmaster General’s office show shat during the last four years, under the old system, it required 2744 per cent of the sales of stamps to pay the salaries of postmasters, tne sales during that period having been $78,711,548 83, and the amount paid for salaries $21,693,987 34. During the first six months, under the new law, ending December 31, 1874, it required upward of 31 per cent of the sales for sal- aries, tho total sales having been $11,237,369 16, and she amount paid in salaries $3,491,412 06. ‘A comparison of the amount received from sales and the amount paid for salaries since the Ist of January, 1875, does not show the abuses of the new system, be- tauge of the change in the method of collecting postage pn second class matter, such as newspapers, period- feals, &c, Before that date it was collected in money; vince then it has been prepaid with speciai stamps. fhe smaller offices—the offices of delivery—were pre- viol allowed a commission on the amount col-- lected; but now it scarcely affects the salary of the tmaster, because most of the second class matter Binatea at the larger offices, where regular salaries are paid. Tho new law notonly tends to reduce the pay of postmasters, but it greatly swells the amount of Stamps sold. The following are a few extracts from an immense mass of evidence on file in the;department at Wash- ; ‘tmaster in Wisconsin having failed to sell $83 worth of stamps expressed them to Chicago. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DEOEMBER 3, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. ‘ofit. North Carolina postmasters have been reportea the Department as doing extensive mercantile busi- bess and usi jtamps instead of currency. ‘The publisher of the Post Office Gazette in Washington acknowledged that he had frequently received stax in payment for subseriptions to his paper. ‘The su scription price is $1 The postmaster who sends the remittances pays forty cents for the stamps. In other words, the government pavs sixty cents and the post- master forty cents for each of the subscriptions to the Gazette, ‘A man writes to the Department from Kentucky under the date of October 21, 1875, that he is partner in ‘ore and he wants $400 worth of stamps every quarter. He says that his proposition is in ac- cordance with law or he would not ask it, ‘A Missouri postmaster wrote to aS8t, Louis merchant last May, saying that he bas seen his advertisement in a Salt Lake paper and he wanted sample of women’s shoes, No, 5, prunella or kid, forwarded by mail, with the price, and he would pay for them in postage stamps. A Delaware county (af Y.) man writes to a friend, and among other things he says:—“Stamps 0, K. 1 understand you can get eighty-tive cents on the dollar for them. if I can buy for seventy cents shall I get you $500 worth? Is there not a spoke loose some- Where? Will not Uncle Sam send all the stamps you can use? We are all well.” A special agent of the department writes from Ala- bama that a certain postmaster has an account with a firm in Montgomery, On several occasions he has paid his bills with stamps. The agent further says that sells liquor in the Jost Office and lives in adultery with negro woman. A Missouri man wanted to pay alawyer in stamps for defending him in a criminal suit at law. ‘The following is the circular that has been sent to the postmasters of the country :— Orrice or Tuikp Assistant Postmaster Gewerat, Wasurncton, D. C., Oct. 1, 1874. Whereas it has come to the knowledge of the ‘Department that certain cases sucl are made at a dis- ress violation of section 393 of the Postal Regu- x and, further, that goods and articles of merchandise are taken in payment whereas the printed stamped envelopes known as special request envelopes” aro Tro- quently made the medium of such irregular practices, which said envelopes aro furnished upon requisition from any post. in the country; and whereas the above-recited con- Getrimentul to the financial interests of the depart ment; therefore, it is ordered, i rohibited from soliciting Firet—That postmasters be orders outside the deliveries of their respective offices for postage stamps, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers or postal cards, ‘Seo tothe tal regulations. Thin len to use postage stumps, stan nyelopes, newspaper wrappers or postal cards af articles of trafic oF fort harge of private obli- gations, Fourth—That no reqaisition for “special request en- yelopes” be honored by the department unless the party for whom the eu reripes are ordered resides or is in business within the delivery of the party of the of the postmaster making the requisition. Fisth—That a violation of any of the terms of this order will be regarded as good cause for the removal of the offen- MARSHALL JEWKLL, Postmaster General, rohibited by the Sows aS er. While @ postmaster is from canvassing outside the delivery of his office for the Of postage stamps, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers and postal curds, He is nevertheless permitted to well to any person applying in xood faith for them; but the appli- unsolicited, either directly oF indirectly, upon ist be excepted special request en- velopes, in regard to which the fourth specification of the order is imperative. Every requisition received will be closely watched to see that the post, office from which it comes agrees with that named in the “card” or “request” desired on the envelopes. Should they not correspond, & satisfactory explanation will be required, Poxtinasters and other postal officers or agents will mptly report to this office such violations of the order 4nd instructions herein contained as may come to their notice, and in each cage give the evidence upon which the report is based. hey will be cantious not to make charges upon false or insnticient grounds, or from malicious. motives, and. they will be beld to a strict accountability for their action taken in the premises. ‘The effort of & postmaster to increase his compensation at the expense of others and to the prejudice of the depart- ment will not be tolerated. ARBER, Third Assistant Postmaster General, The following is the list of postmasters who have recently been removed for trafficking in postage stamps — William M, Turner, Warwick’s Cross Roads, Union county, Tenn. : ‘Thomas J. Pattie, Cowan, Franklin county, Tenn. Pleasant W. Lowe, Ooltewah, James county, Tenn, % John H, Galbreath, Goodlettsville, Davidson county, ‘enn, Wiley J. Drinnon, Lookout Mountain, Hamilton county, Tenn. : Pullip L. West, Waterford Mills, Elkbart county, in Thomas J. Reed, Fort Ritner, Lawreace county, Ind. Joel Blackwell, Clay, Webster county, Ky. Edgar M. Griswold, Horicon, Dodge county, Wis, Jacob 8, McCourtie, Frankfort, Pepin county, Wis, William W. Hale, Manomin, Anoka county, Minn, HL. P. Simpson, May, Martin county, Minn. M. A. Seymour, Walnut Grove, Martin county, Minn. Leopold Marks, Diamond City, Neagher county, Montana, Michael Kaiser, Cable City, Deer Lodge county, Montani a, M. D. Morrison, Silver Creek, Minnehaha county, Dakota, Mrs, C. 0. Barber, Rural, Jefferson county, Kansas, D. W. Mercer, Matfield Green, Chase county, Kansas. William Milroy, Hebron, Clay county, Kansas, A. A. Friedman, Altoona, Wilson county, Kansas. L. F. Williams, Blue Mounds, Linn county, Kansas, J. B. Ford, Forest Home, Franklin county, Kansas, Mrs. M. A. Turner, London, Sumner county, Kansas, H. F, Peterson, Ephraim, Saa Pete county, Utah, B. F. Johason, Spring Lake, Utah county, Utah. ©. H. Oliphait, Kanab, Kane county, Utah. William Morrison, Richfield, Sevier couhty, Utah. Lafayette Cady, Republican City, Harlan county, Neb. .'S, Johnson, Dresdea, Otoe county, Neb. Frank Austin, Macos, Franklin county, Neb. A. L. Holbrook, Riageley, Dodge county, Neb, Stephen Dunnington, yuisa Court Hous county, Va Alexancer S. Waugh, Elk River, Clay county, W. Va James Rogers, Valley Fork, Clay county, W. Va. Willian Atkinson, Cresswell, Washington county, 1. C. John ©. Keeten, Cuba, Rutherford county, N. C. Wilam A. Holifield, Mica, Mitchell county, N. C. Columbus 0, Bergen, Wolf Knob, McDowell county, N.C ‘Marlin Sparger, White Sulphur, Surry county, N. 0. Villiam A. Westrope, Gibson City, Ford county, IIL Yavid Galiano, Hicks’ Mills, De Kalb county, Ul, L. 8. Hiatt, Wheaton, Du Page county, IIL William H. Hart, Catskill Station, Columbia county, . Y. * ‘iva, H, L. Gatés, Fort Hamilton, Kings county, N. ¥. Louisa The daughter of a Connecticut postmaster carried stamps t a neighboring town and exchanged them for January a man agreed to supply a local stamp nt on Wall street, New York, with $10,000 wort) ‘of stamps at a discount of five per cent. It {s supposed that he was a commercial traveller who had been bry- fng stamps of country postmasters in exchange ‘or s. ‘A Virginia postmaster traded stamped envelopesfor whiskey to a liquor dealer in North Carolina. ‘A Grand street (New York) merchant writes to the @epartment that he-is constantly receiving stamys for merchandize and he wants the government to redeem them with currency. ‘An Indiana merchant exchanged coffee and calico for stamps with « postmaster in Texas. ‘A firm doing business on Broadway, New York, re- port that they receive remittances in postag/ stamps from their customers in California, Perhaps o! f the most striking irregularifes under the new law is at Glencoe, Il. The Postmaser ordered 60,000 ong cent stamps for General ©. ¥. Howard, who resides within the delivery of the offi@, but pub- Mishes the Advance in Chicago. The poswnaster says that the General is his best customer. [he truth is, his sales are larger than is hwful under his official bond Is should_ be remombered that General Howard is the mar referred to fm tho Heratp’s recent Indian Tauds exposé Deacon Beales, of Michigan, carried hm three barrels of Michigan apples, and secured the appointment of boss-farmer to Agent Sperry at Fort Berthold, ‘ota, where the Indians have been outrageously swindled. A recent letter from the Glences Postmaster says:— “Herewith i send you an orde’ for 20,000 three cent stamps—part of which are ft General Howard, pub- lisher; and the reat for the elice. Please send within fifteen days, as the Genera)#ill have to use them by the 10th of December,” It rast occur to the General that ordinary Iron | men iy Chicago buy their stamps of the city office at fegula’ rates, and that the Mayor pays as much for a three ont stamp ag the poorest sewing P yhog that he ig rt entitled to any privileges under the law. Aithoughthere is no evidence that General Howard receives aty reduction, the government econ- lers his plan of )uying stamps “‘irreguiar,” and the Postmaster will sfobably be further enlightened on the ‘matter by the dwartment. The disinterestedness of his friend Hownd is, © say the least, somewhat su: picious. An Arkansaspostmaster has been in the habit of ex. changing stars for goods with merchants in Memphi Tenn, ‘The cmsequence was the gales of stamps in the Momphis offi were much less in 1874 than in the pri vious year, yhen yellow, fever was raging and busine ‘prostrated’ A grocery dealer in Greensburg, Ind., has sold stampsat a discount of ten per cent A Kansas official sext $15 worth of stamps to a Kansas city to- bacco deser to pay fora bill for he, poy An Alabama maser ran iu debt and was pushed for money, but met his payments with new, uncut postage it him only forty cents on the dollar. | . Y., sold only §! fonths énding June 30, quarter ending September 80, ame year, he ordered stamps and envelopes ount of $1,118 60, ‘A forner postmaster at Golden Bridge, N. Y., offered | alicketagont $6 worth of stamps for $5, and said, “If | this busness is allowable”? he would order $1,000 worth | 4 ‘and go t peddling them, An oxpostmaster in the oil regions has bonght his | housebod supplies with stamps. A Missouri! postmaster asked that stamps be taken in Vn deore) for subscription to the Cironicie, pubtisned in Richmond, Mo, A certin postmaster in New Jersey was station agent for araiway company, and also an agont for a land compan’. The headquarters of both companies were Jocated n New York. An officer of the land company declaredto the Department in Washington that they could nit pay their © salary, aa they had gotten lim the post A him out, and they as yom to buy all their stamps of him; also that he ad senta customer of the company to buy $200 worth of stamps of the agent postmaster. He said that the businessof the ofice could easily be run up to $700 or $#00 a yar, and he claimed that it was justified by law. Frank d. Reed & Co., of New York, addressed a gir- cular to rounsry postmasters inviting them to act as agents for books published by his firm, they offering to take their pay in clean, uncut postage stampa new salary law was explained inthe circular and the POSLIUALIS KAKRAR TID HOW ey CODIG MAKE» douple A. G. Kellam, Long Eady, Sullivan county, N. ¥. H, D. Cole, Unadilla Centre, Otsego county, N. Y. Charies H. Bunting, West" Freehold, Monmouth county, N. J. Bilas Condict, Avondale, Essex county, N. J. a M. Van Leuven, Lime Spring, Howard county, ows, B, Keltner, Wooster, Jefferson county, Iowa, Alexander 'L. Anderson, Darlington, ‘Sioux county, Iowa, J. J. Bick, Clapper, Monroe county, Mo. Robert Dae, Parone , Daviess county, Mo. Steadman L. Jackson, Wheeling, Livingston county, Mo. ‘Thomas 0, Hatton, Morley, Scott county, Mo. G. H. Schmertmann, Krakow, Franklin county, Mo, L. RB. Rupard, Hazle Green, Laclede county, Mo. Samuel B, Sloan, Hope, Hempstead county, Ark. J. M. Smith, Durham, Washington county, Ark. C. H. Dewey, Cambridge, Lenawee county, Mich. @. J. Sty, Elim Hall, Gratiot county, Mich. Kate Robinson, Raynold, Montcalm county, Mich, one ©. Alexander, Wingett Run, Washington county, fo. Neal Ferguson, Cross Plains, Calhoun county, Ala J. T, Wells, Warrior Station, Jefferson copnty, Ala, F, Rothenhofer, Elmore, Elmore county, Ala William H. Mabam, Randolph, Bibb county, Ala, James Stewart, North Chenango, Crawford county, a. . W. Lobaugh, Donnally’s. Mills, Perry county, Pa George Stanton, Stanton’s Mills, Somerset county, a. James Henry, Henrysville, Monroe county, Pa John H. Stramburger, "Yake Roland, Baltimore, county, Md. Hugh Marshall, Philopolis, Baltimore county, Md. James Hodgdon, Embden Centre, Somerset county, Me. A. E. Hall, Higganum, Middlesex county, Conn. Merrill C. Forist, Berlin Falls, Coos county, N. H. Lewis J. M. Maroy, Taftsville, Windsor county, Vt. Luther KR, Hubbell, West Charlotte, Chittenden county, Vt. Leander Matthews, North Stoughton, Norfolk county, ass. Josiah D. Canning, Gill, Franklin county, Mass, Fernando Randall, South Barton, Orleans county, Ve cane ¥. Horton, Hortonville, Red River county, ‘exas. Honry L, Berry, Wood Lawn, Harrison county, Texas, THE GOETHE CLUB. The annual meeting of the Goethe Club was held last evening at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The reports all showed a flourishing condition of affairs. An election of officers was held resulting as follows:—President, Dr. Anthony Ruppaner; Vice President, Mr. Thaddeus B, Wakeman; Treasurer, Mr. Oscar Yenni; Secretary, Mr, Wienors, Among the new members elected were Rey. Drs. Osgood and Alger, Drs, Moultin, Pallin and Clarence Beebe, Messrs. Cortland Palmer, Ragge, Stain- field, Zollicofier and Professor Theo. Glaubensk) After the adjournment of the meeting the President, Dr. Ruppaner, entertained the members of the club handsome collation in the dining room of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The co te of this club is purely literary, to perpetuate the works of the great German author whose name |t bears. BROOKLYN RING PROSECUTIONS, There was nothing new developed in the Brooklyn Ring prosecutions yesterday, Mr. Parsons, who is to act for the District Attorney, is in Albany, where ho went to argue an appeal in a case, and also to confer with Mr, Pratt with reference to the suite which he ts about to commence against the accused officials and contractors, The Finance Committee of the Brooklyn Taxpayer's ‘Assoviation, appointed to collect funds for the employ- mont of counsel to assist in the prosecution of the ring of that city, held @ meeting last night for consulta tion. Several members stated that the association was ‘he | urgently in need of additional funds, and a sub-commit. teo was appointed to solicit subscriptions, About of Fawed A COMPLICATED CASE, HOW WAS MARGARET ‘TUOHEY'S DEATH CAUSED?—A DYING WOMAN CHARGES HER HUSBAND WITH MURDER FIRST AND DENIES IT AFTERWARD. P: Tn yesterday’s Heraxy the frightful death of Marga- ret Tuohey, late of No. 31 Park street, was noticed, It now remains to detail the particulars of that tragic event, About nine o'clock on Wednesday night, as Officer John Raleigh, of the Franklin street force, was in Park street, near Centre, he heard loud crtes and quarreling in the sixth story of thé house No. 31 Park street, He immediately went up stairs to the rooms occupied by a laborer named Patrick Tuohey and his wile, To his horror and amazement he saw Margaret Tuohey, the wife, lying on the floor nearly ina nude state, and her body burned almost toacinder, With much difficulty the wretched sufferer was restored to consciousness. She then told tne officer that her husband returned bome about nine o’clock, much under the influence of liquor, She was preparing his supper, and he quarrelled with her because a beefsteak which she was cooking did not suit his taste, THR QUARREL CONTINUED until the husband became furious. In his rage he poured a can full of kerosene oil over her clothes, She screamed with terror and prayed to him for Gou’s sake not toapproach her with alight. Her supplications were unheeded, and the furious man said:—By God, you shal! die, you she devil.” The oil got into her eyes so that she could not see to defend herself, He overcame her struggles, and applied a lighted match to her dress, THE WOMAN SET ON FIRE. The victim was instantly enveloped in flame, Her agonizing screams were fearful and soon aroused the other inmates of the house, When Officer Raleigh found her Mrs, Tuohey presented a deplorable sight. Hor arms, breasts and hands were cruelly burned; large pieces of blackened and charred flesh hung from her body, and her face and stomach were horribly blackened and burned, What with the vapor of the burning oi and the smell of charred human flesh, the sterich of the room was frightful. No women were there, although the neighborhood had been alarmed by tho mow dying wife. The firo must have lasted about ten minutes. The room in which Mrs. Tuohey lay was bare of, decent furniture. ‘The floor was _uncarpeted, there was a miserable looking bed, and a few religious pictures hung on the walls. ‘Tbohey stood speechless over his poor partner's body. The dying woman oc- casionally cast her eyes upon her husband; her looks, but not her tongue, reproached him, She was removed to the hospital, where, about two o’clock yesterday morning, death relieved her from her sufferings, The officer arrested Tuchey, and took him to the Sixth pre- cinet station, Yesterday he was up for preliminary ex- amination, and was committed to the Tombs, where he at present awaits his trial When Officer Raleigh said to Tnohey in his room “You are my prisoner, Tuohey,” he replied, with an oath, “You don’t take me your prisoner.” The officer then took him down stairs by force, and the neighbors yelled out at him that he wag going where he ought to have been long ago, and that banging was too good for him. He gave back curse for curse. Several citizens offered assistance to Officer Raleigh, but he declined it and gave Tuohey a rap or two with his club over his fingers while the prisoner was clinging to the banister, ‘The prisoner denied the charge against bim and said he knew nothing at all about it, WHAT TUONRY SAYS. ‘The writer called yesterday at the Tombs prison and saw Tuohey. The prisoner showed no disinclination to talk about the horrible manner of his wife’s death. He evinced @ good deal of emotion, and appeared desirous to have it understood that before her death his wife had exculpated him from all blame. He said that the Coroner had been there to tell him so. Patrick Tuphey is small in stature, and is not stout. He states his age to be about forty years. His hair is of areddish hue, and his features neither regular nor attractive; the mouth is a small, pursy little orifice, drawn tightly together by a pair of thin, closely-set lips; the nose is decidedly not a well shaped one; the forehead, however, ig not entirely bad, but the small, restless, reddish brown eyes, that shoot and dart about from corner to corner, just like a ferret’s, beneath a pair of bushy, sandy-colored brows, do not, upon the whole, inspire a stranger with much confidence in the man. The accused wife-burner stated yesterday that he and his sate wife were eigtiteen years married, Sho had borne him two chihiren, neither of whom are living. During the last two ae the pair had lived at No, 3 Park street, whero the dreadful event above described took place, ‘and they had always been happy togetner, excepting When now and then MRS, TUOHEY,“TOOK 4 SUP OF DRINK.”” Taohey says that his wife was very much addicted to drink, and, when she indulged in liquor, he, too, some- times gave way to the temptation ; so that both of them were occasionally intoxicated at the same time. They occupied two rooms, one of which was a bedroom and sitting-room. Wednesday afternoon, Tuohey could not say what time, he went into the bedroom and lay down to sicep. He had been drinking, and so, too, had his wife. He does not remember how long he might have been asleep, but recollects that upon awking he suw that his wife’s dress was on fire. He sprung out of bed and tried to extinguish the flames, in doing which his bands and eyebrows were partly burned. Both his wife and he were crying out loudly when @ policeman came in and arrested him, Tuohey professes ignorance as to what he was doing just when the officer entered the room. He had learned that his wife was dead, but said, with some herrea did not do it; I could never do such a thing.” He also said that she was in the habit of smoking and might have set fire w her clothing with a spark from her pipe. THE VICTIM'S ANTE-MORTEM STATEMENT. Before Mrs. Tuohey’s death she made wement to Dr. Jayne, of the New York Hospital, completely ex- onerating her husband from the slightest blame. She said that when she filled her lamp with kerosene oil it overfiowed, and some of the oil went on the floor. Soon after her husband came in, and, lighting his pipe, inadvertently threw the match stump, which was still burning, into the spilled oil, which at once ignited and began to burn. In attempting to smother the flame with a blanket her dress caught fire and she was fatally burned. The screams which the neighbors beard were “those caused by her fright A DESPERATE HUSBAND. Mra. Rinck, residing at No. 82 Suffolk street, last night informed the police that her husband Louis had threatened to shoot her and to terminate his own ex- istence at the same time. Officer O'Connor was sent to the house, where he found Kinck with a loaded pts- tol in his hand, After a struggle the oflicer succeeded in disarming and arresting him. It appears that, about two months ago he made a like attempt, which was similarly frustrated, A YOUNG WOMAN'S CRIME, It now turns out that the dead infant found in Brans- wick street, Jerscy City, a few days ago was not the child of Mary Sullivan, who is now in prison, The wretched young woman made a confession to Coroner Gannon and Captain McKaig yesterday morning which led to the discovery of the body of her missing infant. She boarded at No. 336 Henderson street and worked at Lorillard’s factory till Wednesday of last week. She remained sway till Friday, when she returned to work go sickly and haggard in appearance as to set ramor on the wing. She was soon arrested on suspicion. She now admits that she went alone to an outhouse on ‘Wednesday night and remained there for three hours, during which she was delivered of a child, which she buried in the cellar, The body was found at the place A eiiagd FLUSHING’S WHISKEY TROUBLES, ‘The Flushing (L. 1.) Excise Board met at the Town Hall yesterda, At its last meeting Jobn Halleran was summoned to show cause why his license should not be revoked for the illegal sale of liquors on Sunday and election day. His case was adjourwed until to-day, as were also five other cases. Ex-Judge Busteed, for the defence, desired to effect a compromise, He requested that they give the affidavits to the District Attorney and take the complaints before the County Court The President of the Board stated that they had no power to do this, The complainant, William H, Eubank, was then sworn. He said he knew that Halleran sold liquors; be had sworn to the complaint on the affidavit of Samuel D. Ellis, a New York detective, but knew nothing of ' his own knowledge, and made a poor witness, James O’Brien and Joseph Schnept, Halleran’s bartenders, were called for the prosecution, but refused to testify, The President stated that the Board bad no power to com- 1 the attendangoe or enforce the answers of witnesses. he Ms tion the: bm itted: fidavit of Samuel D. Ellis, the detective employed by the La ‘Association, Ellis himself not bet been alarmed by the demonstratior against him at the first mecting of tl Busteed objected to the affidavits being devin evidence, ‘The objection was overruled and the defence was given asubpana to compel the attendance of Ellis The psn | was then adjourned until the 15th inst, at seven P, M. ‘The hearing in the case of Richard ©, Colton was put down for next Monday evening. Colton has an ale and beer license only, bat admits selling whiskey to George Schenck, who was recently drowned while under its influence. CAN WOMEN HOLD OFBICE? ‘This question was again discussed at the meeting of the Board of Freeholders in Jersey City yesterday. An election took place for Keeper of the County Jail in place of Mrs, Jones, who, It is claimed, is not legally in ossession of the office. Michael Nathan was appointed. tire Jones does not intend, however, to relinquish the office she has filled satistactorily for years without stroggla, She will take the case into the Supre Court to have the question decided whether a woman ean legally boid the office. A NAVY YARD AT AUCTION, A BROOKLYN FLOOD. THE OLD PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD SOLD FOR | BURSTING OF A GREAT MAIN—A NIGHT OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS—THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY THE PURCHASER. Pumapeuenta, Dec. 2, 1875. The singular spectacle ot a United States Navy Yard offered for sale, at auction, was witnessed in this city, to-day, at the Philadelphia Exchange, The an- nouncement has been standing in the advertising col- umne of various newspapers throughout the country for a month past that Messrs. Thomas & Sons, auction- cers, of this city, would sell to the highest bidder the site of the old Philadelphia Navy Yard, the description of which, stripped as much as possible of legat verbiage, is as follows:— DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY. All that certain lot or piece of ground, with | the buildings and improvements thereon erected, which may be standing at the time of | sale, situate on the southeast corner of Front and Prime streets, im the city of Philadelphia, thence extending south along the east side of said Front, street 677,114¢ feet to a point 284.74, feet northward” from north side of Reed street, thence southeastwardly along ground now oriate of heirs of Albert Benton, | deceased, 222 10% feet, crossing the west side of Otsego strevt at the distance of 245.444 teet north of the north side of Reed street, thencesouthwardly, on a line parallel with said Front street 20 feet, thence southeastwardly crossing the east side of Otsego street at the distance of 215.10%% feet northward from the north side of Reed street and east side of Meadow street, at the distance of 71.934 feet northward from the north side of Reed street, 1,197.9 feet, more or less, to a point on the north line of Reed street, at the distance of 5.21, treet east of the west side of Delaware avenue; thence east- wardly along the said north Nine of Reed street to the river Delaware; thence northwardly along the courses thereof to such line az shall be hereafter determined by the Board of Port Wardens as the northern bound- ary thereof; thence in a westerly direction along the saine to the east line of Delaware avenue, at a point where the same crosses the south line of Prime street, and thence northwestwardly along the said south line of Prime street 1,131,103 feet to Front street, the place of beginning, together with all and several, the wharves, wharf lots, improvements, riparian and other rights, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, extend. ing eastwardly of low water mark into the river Dela- ware, The Commissioners appointed by Congress to direct the sale were the following gentlemen :— Hon. George M. Robeson, Secretary of the Nay: Hon. B. H, Bristow, Secretary of the Treasury; Ge: eral A. A. Humpbroys, Chief oi Engineers United States Army, and Mr. Thomas Cochrane, President of the Board of Revision of Taxes, of this city, ‘The terms of the sale, according to the advertisement, were that the purchaser should make a deposit of five per cent at the time of the sale and pay the balance within thirty days, the commission reserving the right to postpone the sale or reject any bid which they might deom not for the interest of the government, THE 8ALB, The time appointed was at noon to-day and the place the Philadelphia Merchants’ Exchange, but the un- usual character of the sale and the general curiosity among business men to know who would be the pur- chaser or purchasers occasioned a large crowd to as- semble at that hour, The United States Com- mission was represented by Secretary Robe- son and Mr, Cochrane and among the notables present were E, C, Knight, the railroad officiak and banker; John Rice, the Centgnnial contractor; Collector of the Port Cowly, William Welsh, the shipping merchant, who has become more widely famous by his attacks upon the Indian Ring; A. J, Cassatt, Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad; William Henry Rawley, coun- sel for the commission, and many other well known rail- road men, od estate Owners, mercnants, shippers and lawyers... X¢ the hour appointed Mr. Barnes, the auctioneer, took his place and read the terms of the sale, announcing that in accordance therewith he would first endeavor to dispose of the property as a whol failing in which he should be obliged to offer the groun in lots, together with alland singular the buildings and improvements, docks, wharves, rights, interests, privileges, ways, waters, liberties, casements, fran: chises, riparian rights, hereditaments and appurtenan- ceg thereto belonging or in anywige appertaining. It was started at $500,000 for the entire property, and ran up by the hundred thousand very speedily until $900,000 ‘was reached, Mr. Barnes—Do I hear a million! Gentlemen, it will be knocked down at $900,000 unless—— Mr. J. Lowber Welsh, one of the firm of 8, & W. Welsh, to which Mr. William Welsh belongs, was stand- ing beside Mr. John C, Bullitt, a well known lawyer in this city, with whom he had been holding whispered conferences, Mr. Welsh nodded his head, Mr. Bakyxs—Thank you, One million dollars I am offered. One million, one million, one million (turning to Mr. Rawie, the counsel for the commission), that is the best I can get, sir, I believe. Mr. Rawie—Go on, Mr. Barnes, Mr. Barwks—One miliionx—once; one million—twico; pe millign—three times, and sold—bringing down his and, SOLD FOR ONE MILLION. There was a murmur of curiosity, and the crowd gathered about Mr. Welsh to know why a quiet mer. chant should buy such an elephant aga navy yard, whom he represented and what was to be done with it, &o. the auctionecr, in response to all these queries, which were also addressed to him, announced, “‘As so any want to know who the successful bidder Is, I will y, with his consent, that the property was knocked down to Mr. J. Lowber Welsh" Mr. Weiss—For John C. Bullitt, Esq., attorney, “Attorney for whom ?” demandea the crowd. Mr. Butuirt—For J. ©. Bartlett, Esq. attorney. That is all that can be said. WHO BOUGHT IT? The Commissioner refused to tell who the lawyers were, and all sorts of rumors were rife. It was gener- ally believed for a while that Drexel & Co., banke and 8. & W. Welsh, shipping merchants, had’ purch: the property jointly. Again it was reported that either the Baltimore and Ohio road or the Pennsylvania Railroad were the buyers. Nobody seemed to know the trath. After careful inquiry, however, your cor- respondent afterward ascertained that the real pur- chaser was the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. They will lay their tracks through the streets 4 the city will open through the ground, and finish the almost completed circuit of the city which the rails of this im- portant and powerful company now form along the water fronts of the Delaware and the Schuylkill. The purchase of the old {oo by Mr. Scott’s road occasions no surprise among those who have been familiar with the policy of the company. The removal of the ship- ing and stores to League Island, the new naval station, has just been finished. SOUTHERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The annual meeting of the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Company was held yesterday, at No. 51 New street, Mr. Blossom presifled and stated that the line had been extended South to New Orleans. The D’In- freville duplex system of telegraphy had been adopted in order to give greater facility in the transmission of messages. e vote for officers resulted im the re- election of the same directors as last year, with the ex- ceptions of Ernest Beyer and F. E, Stallenwenck, in Place of J. C. Maximos and James Crawford, BROOKLYN WANF AND CHARITY. The cold breath of winter has been severely felt in Brooklyn, especially among’ the numerous poor, and the appeal for assistance from those who are destitute 10 such as are better prepared for the inclement season je very strong. The St. Vincent De Paul Society Con- ferences in all the Catholic parishes report that the de- mand upon their slender resources is so great that they must have early aid in order to relieve the really deserving applicants for help. The officers of this society are not paid for their services, Sewing societ have been organized by the ladies of many congregations, and nimble fingers are plying the needle to tha end that the ‘naked may be clad.”” The Charity Commissioners have been overrun within the past few days with apply cants for food by the poor, and they promise a still greater rush of applicants for assistance, The amount fet apart by the city government for outdoor relief is far less than last year, so that private charities must contribute largely to boar the burdens of the winter. The Society for Improving the Condition of the Poor has made extensive preparations for doing good in the cause of charity and their patrons find ample pleasure in the knowledge that their contributions even now are being put to the best possible use in succoring the needy. Work is very scarce and the winte? cannot fail to be vere one for the poor, Such are the facta which the cold snap suggests to the charitably disposed, THE LABOR EXCHANGE. The Castle Garden Labor Exchange, during the past month, has been crowded with persons of both sexes seeking employment, During that period employ- ment was procured for 417, men and 358 women, enty-five of the: men at their trades; the rest were laborers at unskilled work in different branches, The ‘women were employed as servants, and a small pro- portion as seamstresses, Two hundred and thirty-four of the persons employed were Germans, while the rest were mostly Irish, ANOTHER MISSING MAN. Yesterday a well-dreasod lady called at the Central Office, and reported that she arrived in this city on Monday with her husband (whose name is withheld), a rominent merchant of Boston, and that he left her on ‘ednesday while both were shopping to purchase some articles in an odemning. Store, and thatshe has not seen him since. She also stated that ho had a jJarge sum of money in his possession. WHAT BECAME OF HIS MONEY? Edward Dellevie, s German, was before Commissioner Smith, holding court at the Central Office, yesterday, as complainant against Sergeant Thompson and Officer Mulloney, of the Fourth Precinct, whom he charged ‘with having taken from him $100 while he was intoxi- From the evidence it ap that Dellevio ALARM AND DELUGE—INTERRUPTION OF RAIL- BOAD TRAVEL—EXTENSIVE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, That portion of Brooklyn lying in the vicinity of the intersection of De Kalb and Marcy avenaes was greatly excited early yesterday morning by the occurrence of an accident which caused am extensive destruc- tion of property and fora time threatened the lives of a large number of persons, The catastrophe was the bursting ofan immense water main on Do Kalb avenue, between Nostrand and Marcy avenues, The first intimation the residents of the nei hood had of their peril was the ing sound created by the rushing mighty torrent. When the noise came to their ears the people living on De Kalb avenue sprang from their beds and ran to the doors and win- dows of their hoyses to ascertain the cause of the affrightening noise which had disturbed their slam- bers, In the strect a startling sight met their view, From the centre of the thoroughfare a great body of water was boiling up like some mammoth fountain and then rushing madly away with great velocity, spreading, flooding stores and private nouses, inun- dating the cellars and finding its way into nota fow parlors, The height to which the wa spouted was at times nearly twelve feet, and it e up with a hiesing noise, scattering dirt and stones in all direc- tions, At this spectacle the affrighted people fled from their houses. When they realized that the buildings would not be swept away in the flood they cautiously returned and endeavored to save such of their house- hold goods as were portable. The water gained in volume so rapidly. that they were soon obliged to con- struct rafts vo navigate the street and reach their own doors. ‘The news of the disaster spread very quickiy, and in a short time hundreds of people came flocking to the scene. Tradesmen deserted their stores and swelled the throng of spectators that watched the flow of the waters until daylight, shivering in the piercing cold wind and quaking with fear that their property was in imminent danger of being swept away. They gazed anxiously and wearily at the spot where the water gushed up from the old thirty-six-inch main, which had burst with such violence as to tear up the pavement for a space of about thirty feet, The flood continued at its height for about two hours. ‘The fact of the bursting of the main was telegraphed to the Police Central Vilice, and was thence forwarded to the East New York station house. From there a mounted messenger was despatched to the siorage res- ervoir at Hempstead. As soon as he arrived the water gates were closed. The effect of the shutting of the gates upon the great torrent which was foaming through the Brooklyn streets and threatening to engulf the city was very s00n apparent. In less than fifteen minutes the flow began to subsido; in half an hour the water had sunk to the level of the curbstones and was fall- ing steadily into the swollen sewers through the four culverts at the corner of Nostrand and De Kalb ave- nueg, ‘The water continued flowivg until noon, but at daylight it had subsided sufficiently to enable the citi- zens to ascertain the nature of the accident, Over the spot where the great pipe burst the earth had sunk about four feet. The excavation was filled with dirty water, giving it the appearance of a frog pond. ‘Travel on the De Kalb avenue line of cars was impedea up to noon, and one of the cars, in attempting to pass over the hollow, fell in and was raised with great difticulty. Water Purveyor Rhodes was the first official to reach the scene of the disaster. He said the cause of the bursting of the old main was the sinking of the earth beneath one of the joints. The land had always been marshy, and was still very soft and uncertain, The main was constructed in 1858, Theodore A. Drake, Engineer of the Board of City Works, also believed the accident was caused by tho sinking of the pipes. He differed from the view of Mr. Rhodes in that he-belteved the break was in the centre of one of the lengths of pipe and not ata joint, Mr. Drake superintended the construction of the main in ‘The damage wrought by the catastrophe will reach in amount about $30,000, As far as could be ascertained the heavy losses were comprised between Nos. 618 and 633 of Dé Kalb avenue. ‘The loss to the city is about $5,000, which is included in the total given above. As Soon as the flood had in a measure subsided, a fre en- gine was set to pump the water out of the excavation— & work which will not be completed before to-mght, Some of those who have suffered losses by the over- flow talk of bringing actians against the city. THE SINGING PREACHER, REY. FREDERICK BELL ON ‘‘THE DUTY OF FOR- GIVENESS’—A WEDDING OF 8ONG AND PRAYER. Quite a large congregation assembled in Dr. Tyng’s church last night. Rev. Frederick Bell, the singing preacher, presided. Dr. Tyng sat in the congregation. At the back of the platform was a large red screen, with various placards hung on it, such as, “Re- member, this is a prayer meeting.” We have adopted the rules of the Fulton street prayer meeting.” “Don’t forget the unconverted; some of them are here.” “Particalar attention is called to the five min- ute rule.” “No controverted topic should be intro- duced.’? ‘After the singing of ahymn by the congregation and a prayer by Mr. Bell, the reverend gentleman sai “Teannot tell you how glad 1 am to have the privi- lege of singing and praying the Gospel to you. I have been preaching and singing about four years and God has blessed my work. I do not understand musfc by note. I don’t know B from W if there are such letters in music, although I am music from head to foot, So, if I should happen to sing not strictly to |° music, you will Know the reason. I twist things to suit myself, lhavesung more into salvation than I have prayed into it, because when I sing I pray and when I pray I cannot ging, of course. I am going to sing you a song composed expressly for me and never sung by any oue else.” Mr. Bell here sang ‘The Blood-stained Banner,” after which he read the parable of the unjust steward, He then said THE RELIGION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT is the very essence of love, love to God and love to man, and if this world is going to be taken for Jesus it will be done by love. I believe the threatenings of God are essential in their place, but I believe a great mis take is made by trying to frighten men into salvation. They might have preached hell and damnation to me till doomsday and it would have had no effect, but the love of Christ touched my heart, Ctrist was the em- Dodiment of goodness, He was mercy incarnate, and he insists in his disciples a forgiving disposition, What is the reason Christ got common people to lis- ten to Him? He always tol people what things were like and made things plain, Ve find a certain king represented as taking account of his servant, to whom | ‘was committed the tuking of his revenue, and he was found a defaulte: TO THE TUNE OP TEN THOUSAND TALENTS {about’ $25,000), Confessing his inability to pay he prayed for mercy, which was granted him; the king | pardoned him. God don’t forget we are heli-deserving sinners, and just when we were about to sink into per- dition Jesus Christ came and wrote over and under our catalogue of sins the word “pardon.” Since then we have done nothing but sin, (Singing) :— 0, happy day, when Jesus washed our sins away. Mr. Bell sang two or three verses of this hymn, and then continued :—That has been something like our ex- perience ever since we had the word “‘pardon”’ written over our sins. Then this man went out and found his fellow servant who owed him an bundred pence, about $15, and he seized him and demanded payment. The poor man used the same plea the villiam had just used to the king; but no, though he haa found mercy himself, he would exerciso none. Avarice is blind and deal It is relentless im its grasp. The villain had his fellow servant cast into prison and the king was wroth, and had him de- | livered to the tormentors till he should pay what he owed, and it served him right. Now, the most im- portant point, “‘So likewise shall my Heavenly Father do also unto you, if you from your hearts do not for- give your brother his trespasses.’’ The plain teaching of the parable is that of forgiveness; and if we are to have a revival, deep, pungent and lasting, we will have to preach forgiveness more. I believe in revivals that come down, and not those that come up. God requires that we shall be merciful, even as He is merciful If He should REQUYE HIS DEBT of us, what would be our reply? Very soon death will | drag you befere the Judge, and if you do not reckon up | before the Judgment Day it will be too late. I believe | that there are a number here almost persuaded to be Christians, but I am afraid your condition will be that | described in the last verse of that hymn (singing) :— Almost persuaded, harvest is past; Almost persuaded, doom comes at last. Almost cannot avail, Almost is but to fail. it bitter wail— ‘but lost! { God forbid that shoud be your experience, but thank | God, the way is open for every man and woman to say :—"'By the grace of God I will be a Christian.” | PRINCETON ALUMNI. Considerable interest is being manifested by tho | graduates of Princeton College, in and around New | York, in the organization of the Princeton Alamnt | Association. One meeting has been held and this even- | ing the second takes place at half-past eight, at Del- monico’s, corner of Fourteenth street and Fifth ave- nue, Itis expected there will be @ large attendance, The meeting will be very interesting, as Professor Guydt is expected to make an address, a delegation from the Princeton Boat Club will be present give information about boating affairs, music will be fui nished by some of the recent graduates, who have formed a glee club, and, finally, refreshments will bo furnished, RAILROAD MATTERS. Samuel Sloan has accepted the Vice Presidency of the Michigan Central Railroad, Charles B, Lewis, M. P., trustee of the leased line rental trust bonds of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, has arrived in this country, He is about to examine the affairs of the road and r to the Eng- ‘was arrested for drunkenness, and had in his posses- sion, when searched, but a small sum of money, which a alana to bisa the followiag morning. 7? FINE ARTS. BROOKIA'N ART ASSOCIATION EXHIBITION. ‘The fall exhibition of pictures by the Brooklyn Art Association opened on Monday ng. The works are mostly those of American artists, There are two which were in the Paris Salon of 1875, Que of these, No, 289, by £. Marsal, js called “The. Grandmother.” An old woman holds a little child in her Iap, but the spectators’ attention is held by her arm and fuce, and the pathetic expression of her eyes, as she looks dreamily forward, shows that she has for the moment forgotten her charge. The other, No, 202, by G Dayen, is a beautifal picture, but wants the soul which ig in the other, A young woman is seated, and bas dropped her book to play with # kitten which has perched on her shoulder. It is called “The Inter- ruption,» No, 839 1s “L'Adieu,” a bashful young woman bidding goodby to her lover, of whom nothing is seen but the hand, F, A. ridge man, au American artist in Paris, sends two pictures No. 1, a “Nubian Story Teller,” is the interior in the East, and has been for some time in Goupil’s gallery. No, 158 is a single figure, “Ariba,” an Algerian woman. Baughton has one small picture, No, 827, a melancholy woman seated on a gray rocky shore, “The Girl I Left Behind Me” is the titie, Lambinet, the French artist, is represented by a ‘View of the Seino” and a large landscape, No. 20818 @ large picture showing High Bridge from Harlem lane, and No, 307," by the same artist, C. H. Miller, “Sheep Walking” on Long Island, have the same bold, free touch peculiar to this artist. No. 304, by M. F. Bl. De Haas, 8 a large vessel “Drifte ing Ashore in a Fdg.”” No. 31d, Westhampton Beach,” is also by this artist, Constant Mayer sends some works. ““The Wanderers,” No. 394, represents wi Italian family, consisting of the father, son and daugh- ter. The boy has fallen asleep uader a balcony on which are two ladies of whom the Italian girl is asking alme. The Italians hare evidently wandered into Spain, Judging from the dresses of the ladies, The Italians are ‘Well painted, but the artist seems to have failed in the other two’ figures. No, 268, “Meditation,” is a smaller picture by the same artist. No, 269, “The Lite tle Maiden,” is by M. R Oakey. No. 291, “Morning in the Downs,” is by J. H. 1. De Haas,’ The Mutual Friend,” by James H. Beard, represents three dogs, which have evidently been disputing about tue division of spoil, The one acting as umpire has given a chicken's foot and a crust of bread to one and breast bone to the other while his own share consists of a roast partridge, a ham sandwich and cake, No. called ‘After the Battle,” is a picture of the p aelite school, by Jan Verhang of Brussels “Bad Weather,” is by A. Cary Smith, scape and Castle,” by James Hart, No, 322 light scene, and No, 323 a “Now England § Shattuck. No, 319, “Sunset on the Coast,” Farrer, No. 805, “Di Baldwin, No. 312, ‘New Hampshiro Scenery,” by J. W. Casilear, No. 297, “Otsego Lake,” by J. H. Bris- tol. No. 331, Vessels in New York Bay,” by E. Moran. No. 822°“Alternoon on the Hudson,” by Jolin Ham: mer. “an Old Wreck on Coney Island Beach,’ No. 868, is by F. A. Silva, No. 847; “Spring Blossoms,” and No, 372, “Wisteria,” are by Mrs, L. B, Oulver. ‘The latter is one of the best flower pictures in the ex- hibition. No. 361, ‘The Evening Chapter,” an old woman reading the’Bible to her husband, and No. 862, “Anne Hathaway's Cottage,” are by E. Ward Perry. No, 367, “The Scribe,” by Louis ©. ‘Tiffany is the ine terior of a study, with an old man seated looking over a large book. If tho artist would give more relief to ona side of the scribe he would be found more casily. No. 865, “Column of San Marco, Venice,” is by D. M. Arm- strong. No, 375, “Where Ignorance Is Bliss,” by 8. G. Guy, is a boy fishing in a gutter, while below him, pasted on the curbstone, is an advertisement of the American Industrial Exhibition, The picture must be seen to be appreciated, No. 415 isa briliiant scene by 8. R, Gifford, No. 230, “Mending Day,” and No, 231, “A Scene in Cairo,” are by Edwin White.” “& Frosty Morning,” ' No. , is a little fellow standing before ‘the fireplace’ with his hands be- hind him to warm, them in imitation of his elders, This is by George H. story. No. 219, “Marque ot Sultan Barkook.” Cairos is by Frauk’ Wailer, No. 222, “The Problematist’s Perplexity,” an old man play- ing’a solitary game of chess, ts by R. ,De Elarriago. Mrs. L. M. Spencer has a well painted dog's bead and a plate of fruit—No. 257. No. 251, A Story of the Sea,” is by A. W. Thompson. No, 252, “Morning on the’ Hudson,” by M. 8. Bloodgood. A. F, Tait sends a “Fox on the Snow,’? No. 268 ‘This Corner Don’t Pay, No. 810, is by J. G. Brown. No, 356, “Little Ella,” and No. 357, a “Portrait,” are by Maria Giles, Samuel Coleman sends four of bis sketches in water colors, two from France, one from Dresden and one from Algiers. Two water colors, No. 360 and No, 351, are Italian peasant girls, by the late Petro Vaini, Rast. man Johnson has a crayon, No. 379, “Naughty Boy,’ and a little girl picking flowers, No, 146. 3. L. Jehne son bas two fruit pictures, No. 168 and No. 162 “Afternoon in Berkshire Hills” and three Holland scenes are No, $11, 1, **Land- by Kruseman Van McEntee sends several of his low toned autumn scenes, ‘Fast Mail Train Fifty Years Ago,” No. 133, is by J.C, Wiggins. “A Glimpse of New York from Bergen Point Meadows,’ No. 96, is by J. W. Pattison, Nos. 92 and 93 are by Walter Satter- lee. The former isa conventionally treated but well painted “Marguerite ;”’ the latter is a young girl with a face full of expression, who has just rescued a dove from some danger, It iscalled ‘The Retuge.”” No, 3, “A Misty Morning on Loch Lomond,” by Arthur Par: ton, has a beautiful effect of sunlight on distant hills, “Moose Peak Island, coast of Maine,’’ No. 118, is by Edward Trenchard. “Titania and Puck,” Nos, 845, are two subjects in bas relief by J. S Hartley. “Heigh Ho for the Land of Flowers,” No, 349, in high is by S. M. Freevorne, A portrait medallion is by Edmund Palmer. ‘The Pride of Rialta,” No. 223, is by H. Peters Gray, “Landscape and Cattle,’”” by Elton. Gernis John Pope. interior ofa Stable,” by Dolph “Flow. ers,” by Rabie, and “Winter Night,’’*No. 200, by T. L. Smith. Miss Virginia Granberty sends “Spring Flowors,”” No, 112, and her sister, H. A. Granberry, “Plowers,” No 141. The pupils of Packer and Poly: technic institutes send nearly a hundred drawings from casts, engravings, photographs, and a few studies from nature, These are all in crayon, DRAWING IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS—ORIGINAL DESIGNS SENT TO NEW YORK BY THE PUPILS OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Since the passage of tho law making free hand or in- dustrial drawing a part of the regular course of instruc- tion in the public schools of New York those engaged im putting the law into practical operation have been embarrassed by the scarcity of trained teachers of drawing, To supply this want a class has been formed at the Cooper Institute School of Design for Women, Mrs. S, N. Carter, the principal of this school, has been indefatigable in her endeavors to give the members of this class every opportunity to fit themselves for their duties. During an extensive tour through Europe two years ago she studied the principles of industrial art as taught im schools im the principal cities, particularly in England. The Kensington school—started after the World’s Fair of 1851 had shown to England how far other nations were in ad- vance of her in industrial art—shows better than any other institution the progress made in this direction within tho past twenty years, and the course of study pursued in that schoo! was particularty noted by Mra Carter, with the view of introducing its best features in that over which she presides, Drawing has always been taught to some extent in our public schools, but rather as an eXtra branch or accomplishment than as a foundation for higher branches As a nation of manufacturers, we are obliged to have designers, and as’ designs made in foreign countries have to be remodelled to suit the American taste before they will be accepted in American markets, the necessity of eda- cating the masses through the medium of the public schools in the recognized principles of design is at once | apparent. Massachusetis, California and several other Btates nave already acknowledged th facts, Massa- chusetts has secured the services of Professor Walter Smith, from one of the principalart schools of England, as director of the art education of the State, His sys tem of teaching is in accordance with that recognized af over®urope, which has geometry its basis, Lines are formed into geometrical figures, triangles, squares,circles, &c., and, as any child of five years can soon learn these forms, it is apparent how easily they may be taught to fill them with others, until the most elaborate patterns for laces, dress goods, wall papers, carpets, china, &c,, are formed. The class form by Mrs, Carter has been in opera- tion aboutcight weeks, which !s two-thirds of the time allotted for the course of instruction to those wishing to become teachers. The first drawings made | are squares, &c. The pupils are advanced step by step, being taaght perspective, in connection with solids such as cubes, &c., until the knowlode gaincd is pat into practical ‘uso by drawing designs trom natural objects, such as plants, &c, and using them geomet rically {n patterns for some useful object, In order to show what may be expected of the claso of ladies now being trained by her and her assisiant, Miss Carrie E. Powers, Mrs. Carter has collected from the drawings made in the public schools in Boston s number of specimens which show what has actually been accomplished. They aro the work prin+ cipally of girls of ages ranging from seven to twenty years, Among them are designs in water colors, for China be saucers, Hoy vases, &o., for tiles, wall pay cloth and other objects ; beautiful patterns in laces, some forming collars ot various shapes done by children of ten or twelve Phooey ‘and pencil draw. ings of geometrical figures, Oiled in with vines o! blackberry, rose, clematis, ‘ine and all sorts of curved aud atriaght lines, and these drawings have the merit of being entirely original, of being the result oF only one hour and a half or two hours work per week, and show what bas been accomplished during the three years of systematic teaching in the publi¢ schools of Boston, as well ag demonstrating the practi: cal value of drawing as @ regular branch of commor school instruction. DIPHTHERIA, ‘The Jersey City Board of Health bas at last béer aroused to the necessity of active measures to chec! the advance of diphtheria and scariet fever. On tht suggestion of Dr. Lochner the sewer ptpes of all house are to be ventilated I conpecting with thy Sowers at their exreace torihe houses, in order thai the foul gasses from the sewers may lish bond and share holders as to the possibility of im- mrovine jt flpancially, bo away from the houses and fevers and malarial disease: ‘thus be avoided,