The New York Herald Newspaper, January 2, 1876, Page 4

4 NEW YEAR'S DAY. Was Ce FINE WEATHER FOR CALLING eee Streets and Ave- Liberal Displays of Bunting, nues Thronged and erybody Happy. oar was inaugurated by the most delight- ud balmy, crowds versal feeling of Centennial y ful weather filled the streets happiness, fhe custom Is on the frst day of the year was inaugurated by our Dutch ancestors, and, in the course of t vas more and more approved by the sen’ Every custom ts liable to abuse, and the abuse of the custom of New Year's calls has many tmes deen dwelt upon. The main fault found with this method of renewing social ties is that Mf leads to extravagance ang the consequent diss!pation of our young men. From the shanty on the heights of , NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1876.-TRIPLE SHEET. aiaaty The belle of St Ann’ the following programme of | formea their Chintow street, performed Limes Whale w Wateh #3 courme the sun." of the night.” 18 swiftly fying ” ght, amid the encircling gloom.” Striking the hour ar's peal and Old Huadred, tepmial March.” iumbia. Marseillaise Hymn.’ hould old acquaintance be forgot?" me, Sweet Home.’ >in the heart and melody in the ear | of thuusande who recognize the reaming intluences of reat calendar und social event, [t being the on of our Lord, masses were Homan Catholic churches of the | the same as on Sunday. The number of communicants | was very large; the year of the Jubilee, just closed, would appear to Lave aroused a spirit of greater fervor amoug those who were heretofore negligent. But, then, there was another element—oue which ts peculiar to the day and ever popular with young pe Pie—the eustom of making ead receiving calls. The streets were throaged the livelong day by men in groups, who, with a dashed faco and sometimes waver- | ing gait, hastened from house to house to wish the (air receivers the “Compliments of the season,” and | in return to partake of the proffered honpitalities It must be said, however, to the credit of the ladies, that wines and liquors are’ rapidly being supers the table” by lemonade and coffee as a beverag Christian Brotherhood of Churchee pride themselves to & considerable extent upon this reformation of nicious soctal custom. Despite “hard times, | must be said there was no apparent failing of in the | hospitality of the belles of Brooklyn. Livery stable | | keopers expressed themselves ax doing a fair busioess | st fourteen years, living at No, 839 East Thirty sixth sireot, was unfortunately passing at the time and the ball struck bim on the forehead The wound, on ex amipation, however, proved to be slight, as the bali glanced off Tne boy was taken by the police to bis residence. Brady made good his escape, Thomas Leahy, aged fifteen years, while driving a milk wagon on’ Third avenue, near Seventy-ninth Street, at five A.M. yesterday, was shot in the back by some Unknown person, receiving & severe Dut not fatal wound. He was attended by Police Surgeon McDon nel) at the Fifty-ninth street station house, Dora Sholler, aged fifeen years, living in Sixty-fifth , near Tenth avenue, Was accidentally shot in the side yesterday by John Tagg, residing In the same block. The Wound is not considered serious. utrick H. Phillip, of No. 362 Washington street, had f his fingers blown y ‘the premasure discharge of a pistol which he was carelessly handling. He was atleuded at the New York Hospital, Some unknown person, celebrating the birth of the new year with fire arms, tired a shotgun in the hallway of No, 83 Claton street, Peter 8. Barrett, John Shaw and Frederick Ling happened to be coming out of the house at tho time and some of the shot lodged in their faces. Their wounda, which are but slight, were dreased at the Tenth precinct station house, Several other accidents, not caused by firearms, oc- curred. ‘The principal ones are as follows :— Henry Wilke, of Kighth avenue, between L1ith and 116th streets, while feeding horses in his stable yester- day morning was knocked down and kicked in the head by one of the auimals. His injuries, although severe, © not considered serious. He was removed Ww tho inety-ninth Street Hospital. Chartes Hollender, of No. 508 Pearl street, fell On the sidewalk near bis residence and received a sovere cut on the head. Bent to Bellevue Hospital, Edward Carr, aged twenty-six years, a resident of Hoboken, was severely bitten in the face, at the corner of Houston street and the Bowery, by a dog with which FISK UNIVERSITY. Dedication of the New Jubilee Hall at Nashville, HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION. The Labors of the Negro Singing | Troupe and Their Fruit. OUTHINES (OF ast U DY. Preparing Teachers for the Chil- dren of the Colored Race. TOWARD STEPS ENLIGHTEN M ENT. churches of the North, It has now sevea chartered {i tutions ike Fisk University in the South, in addi- tion to twenty normal schools and 100 other schools, During the past year it hus expended upward of $270,000, and has had 260 teachers and. miasiouaries in the field During the past twelve years it has speot in the South, in the work of ed- ucating colored children, $3,000,000, It has hi more than 10,000 pupils in ite schools annually. These i turn becoming teachers it ts estimated that last year 60,000 children were taught by those who were educated by that society. It must be remembered that this is the work of but one se- ciety, Other benevolent societies are at work among the colored people, and the States have provided schools for colored children. For example, for the last two years the State of Tennessee has had 25,000 colored clildren in its pablic schools, The white echolastic population of Tennessee, according to the census Just completed, ts 320,000, while the colored is 106,000, There are 900 school houses for the colored children, with about the same oumber of colored teachers, all of whom have been educated within the past decade. These teachers earn from $25 to $60 per mouth. The terms of tho schools vury from threo to six months in most coanties, with ten months ina few counties. The taxes for the operation of these schools are paid almost altogether by white property owners, the funds derived being distributed to the va- rious counties and districts according to their scholas- tic population, so that all get an equal benedt. The past ten yours’ experience has demonstrated the ability of the colored race to improve, and now all intelligent mon unite in recognizing the importauce of promoting their edugation a8 rapidly as possible. DKDICATION OW JUBILEE HALL. Fisk University celebrated its tenth anntversary by dedicating and oceupying the magnificent Jubilee Hall to-day, The building {s composed of the-best pressed brick, with stone trimmings. The architect is Mr. S. %. Hatch, of New York, while Captain ©. T, Stewart Moral and Mental Science; Rev. H. 8 Bennett, Pro- fessor of Theology and University Pastor; Rov. AK. Migs Helen 0. Morgas Y Natural Sciences; “ Sepertnianenan of ther i ir. jurrows, Cahill, Miss Henrietta Matso Delphine K. Santley, Miss eit eee, “itd SMe Wells, Mrs. Cahill and Mra F. Ho Chase —_—_— THE POLICE BOARD. WHAT IS THOUGHT OF MAYoR wickHAM’s ACTION—-COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTERS, Mayor Wickham succeeded im creating a genuine New Year's sensation by the removal of Messrs, Drs- becker and Matsell, and appointing tn their stead such undentable republicans as Joed B. Erhardt and De Witt Clinton Wheeler. Politicians, especially democratic politicians, asserted that it was an open bid for the Support of the Custom House wing of the republican party, The Mayor, {tis suid, desires to conciliate the aforesa:d influential cliqne tn order to strengthen him- self as much as possible against the proposed alters- tion in the law authorizing the election of local officers by elections in the spring. He is fearful, they assert, that his term of offica will be shortened, and proposes to fortify his position by all the meaus in his power, If the project for the spring election for local oficers should become in the hiring of ‘conveyances to young men who love f @ law, it is believed that the people will be more likely to secure proper representation in the municipal de_ partments than they have hitherto been able to do pal supervised {ts erection, It bas an east frontof 146 feet, a south front of 128 feet and 42 foet wide It is six stories high, including basement and sub-basement, M le to the brown stone palace on Fifth of | go much to disport their handsome selves and ‘“tador’s Maisou avetiue everybody keeping house deemed it a | muscle”—padded coats—on wheels tn doing the calls, The new Mayor of tho city, the Germano war horse of he was playing His injuries were dressed at tue Four- teenth precinct station house. Arthur Alien, of No 14 Catharine street, fell down Noble Work of American necessity Le get up elevated tora lu thts there was much of fol vagauc month previous in order that Year's might be sumptuous and tinpressive The custom of calling on New Year’a ts in itself a Very beautiful one, and, as it is totally eliminated from everyday experiences and consists in an interchange of friendly recognitions between people who seldom mert, M acquires 4 sentiment of good fellowship, good feck ing and a Lonhommae only to be manifested and enjoyed ou the natal day of the year. All the avenues were thronged with men who appeared to have put on their dest clothes and were determined to enjoy themselves. Bome houses were invaded by gangs of from four to iif teen ren simply eared to look upon the host of men who paraded the streets dressed in go-to-meetin’ clothes as a study of humanity, the sight was at once curious and instruc. tive. The )oung bach pan from head to foot, tug down at the ? pantaloons oF the polish of their b air of ineffable sclf- importanes, thin tune of the impression r display on New an they desi, make ou their lady acquaintances, was Something productive of endless comical comment and criticism, Qo Pith and Madison avenues the élite | might have been found On Third, Sixth and Eighth avenues, where a bourgeotne class of citizens live, there Was the same tremendous purpose in the mud-heeied pedestrians to devour at every s.ep the liquors of the host. To sum New Year's Day up, it was simply a day of Jollitication, in which every man wanted to drink to the very extent of his capacity NEWSROY#' FESTIVALS. A gentioman interested in the Rivington street lodg- ing house of the Children's Aid Society provided a rich New Year's treat for the inmates of that institu- tion yesterday. The programme consisted of a free dinner of cold meat, vegetables, cotiee and cakes, This was served to all comers—newsboys, bootblacks, ped- lers and street boys generally, Aiter dinner the boys | vere marched to the large receptuon room, where they | engaged in various exercises such a8 singing Bolos and im concert, and two of the boys afforded much amuse ment by delivering burlesque politica! specehes At | the close of the exercises the boys were treated to a | Supply of raisins, nuts and cake, While «large number Of Tagged little fellows received p of warm flan | nel shirts provided by the Cb: The newsboys and other Lodging House, New Cham treets, bad « happy time on Your's Eva After &n excellent supper they proceeded to the large audi enes room, where each boy was prosented with a good substantial pair of shoes, KockS, two shirts and other articles of warm clothing. The poor lade were yery | grateful, for those things were what they most needed, | The exercises of the evening, instructive reading aud | hymns well sung, passed olf very agreeably. 4 CUSTOM HOUSE BRJOICING. i When the ol year bad beep rung out and the new year rang in, there were patriotic festivities among the Cusiom Hoase officials at the Barge Office, who bad determined to inaugurate the birch of the Centennial | year with proper ovservancea The “Star Span Banner,” “My Couniry “Ya of Thee” and ‘John Brown’s Body,” were sung and resuug. A violin and harp piayer were also present. Among the most prominent singers and instrumentalists may be Mentioned Inspectors B Benjat Augastus Tat, Komp and otheré. Amony those presemt was Deputy Collectors Nichols ana Burton, Jacob Sharpe and others, Amoug the Ger Aging trade prospects, » observed in the customary mauner as @ holiday. theatres aud places of amusement & the Bowery st side of the city were largely trequented, perfe ad Leen provided for the entertainment of tors during the afternoon and evening Stadt Theatre a Juvenile ion attracted numer: audiences, ar ten ‘Theatre a variety performance for [s dren took place dur? ing the afterno € enter atiendance. gave a dramatic talnment numeroas The entertainment At the at by thr ists, wh the’ programs o@ered at th Garden the performances male and and in tt pated | man Journe: bali of th the Harm: merously "| fully enjoyed tb . of ‘the an already Beason, soiree. p by & soirée dansante. antic Garde eitors were entertained of Tyrolese vocal in usually National the visitors and was The ipating. societies have or the carnival cir carnivalisuie Gorm IX THY the The outiook fr grand. The glorie baa been wholly at $0 that the @imost as green and smi! Bot a cloud ob: tarbed the ¢ All the ve humerous represente! Bast River flags were ‘ly boats passe comod with t! ts safe to say t steamer on play its colors, Batter shot ured the and hatior every All along was appropr ihe w of the observed. The the river wel ht gor dis: pler wn the pa were cannon and g as ne nip, barge, br Along the vst the Same, ship enterr without most colors. Fings toaved bouts moving from pior to pier; spon tugs plying up and down the river; upou the coast ine steamera ng for Southern ports, upon the transatlantic ves ing im and going out, everywhe where a ting could be r a fing Was seen haps never before iv its Ty bas the York seen such an extraordinary display of buating, All the ships lyipg off the Brooklyn Navy Yard were BAY With colors, and every ferrybous on bowb rivers wore covered all over with finge. | Henoe our Centennial year was most flortousty ush- | cred in by the different hationalities at present repre. sented in bave already sent their agents to Philadelphia to re Wesent their interests during the new born year of 1876, OBSERVANCE IN BROOKLYN. ‘The new year cawned brightly upan the good City of Churches, and the poopie who bad gone w sleep ama the disturbing noises of harg’ng firearms and hideous fishborns awoke to the pleasurable reatiza- tion of the fact that the fog had been dispelled and there was fair weather in store for the birthday of the centennial year. Tho wateb meetings at Sk Jobn’s Mevhodis: church, Bedford avenue, at which several of the Now England Congregational churches fraternizod, aa weil as the prayerful assemblages of ovher folds aur ing the night, bad proved a success, and those who par- ng the Americ cre—pon the oar harbor apd about our piers and who D> Ucioated thercia [els the copscrousness of having per | drew a vusto, aud Sred entertainment for possible visi- | , Vanity and ex- | tp Many households st.nted their tables for a | To anybody who had no visits to make and | | were all well attended. The inmates | Fourth of July experienced at Pate | been enjoyed by the convicts they were marched tnto | oceupied over two hours, was.given by a band of some ferry- | the republican party, Mr. Frederick A. Schroeder, took chair vacatod by'the democratic Mayor, John W Hunter, and assumed the reins of municipal govern- | meat apon the platorm of “retrenchment and re- form.”” Both named gentlemen were at the City Hail ‘om eleven to one o'clock, aud shook bands with a large number of citizens who called upon them, There was no entertainment prepared by the Mayor, The | money it would bave cosi to prepare the accustomed | refreshments will be givon, it is #aid, to the Luebriate | Home, for the benefit of non-paying patients. | _ Calls were received by Rev. H. W. Beecher, Rev. T. De Wits Taimage, Rev. Dr. Storra, Rev. Dr Duryea, Rev. Dr. anders br Cuyler, Rew. Dr. Carroll, Rev.’ Dr, Van Dyke, Rev. | Dr. Thompson and many other prominent | clergymon. — EXx-Register Hugi McLouguiin was j ine recipient of many visits at his bouse tm Wil longhby street from men who have tollowed the falien fortuces of the democratic party under the leadership of the “Boas.’’ This is a “blue year for the cracy” waa said by many politicians yesterday. oner H. CG. Simms had very many visitors at bis resi- dence in Park placa Justice Delmar was also kept busy in shaking hands with bis frievds, who cailed upon him at No, 249 Ninth streow Judges Neilson, | Gilbert and Moore received cails in a most courtiy and hospitable mannor, In fact it would be vain to under- tuke to enomerate tho officials aud prousment citizens who adhered to the usages of “the two clues? aud re ceived their triends and admirers. The police were | lenient with those who exhibited ‘tangle foot” tenven- | cles, so that there were very few arrests lor intoxi tion’ reported, THE DAY AT BTATEN ISLAND. New Year’s Day was observed on Staten Island very much as Christmas Day was, all work being suspended | and ail business places being closed excepting the | liquor saloons. Watch meetings were hold in most of | the Methodist churches on Friday night to see tho mew yearin. Many public and private bouses in the | Bast Shore villages wero illuminated at midnight, when bells were rung, cannon were fred and steam whistles and horns could be heard in every directio doth on land and water. The chimes of St John Episcopal church at Clifton were rung. Morning se ices were held inall the Roman Catholic churches at half-past seven and half-past teu o'clock, and several of the Episcopal churches had forenoon services, which of all the public tnstitations on the istand were well looked after. Those ofthe Seamen's Retreat, at Stapleton, were feasted with roast tarkey and other good things, and those of the Child’s Nursery at the Four Corners and of the County Poorhouse had extra dinners. The old sailors at the Soug Harbor, New Brighton, over 400 in num ber, were also feasted. An addition to their number | was made yesterday, in the person of Captain Stephon Britton, an old Staten Islauder, who took bis New Year dinner there, where he intends te spend the rest of hus life. | THE DAY IN PATERSON. Of all the infernal rackets ever heard in Paterson that which ushered in the Centennial year at midnight on Friday might is entitied to the frst premium. All the church and factory bells were started, the fire alarm was let loose, the mill whistles and those of the locomotives at the Erie shop were set going, the trains passing through Joined the din, the Cannon Club fired asalute irom the Manchesier Heights, innumerable stuall arms were discharged, drums, trumpets, horns, &c, added to the general uproar, and the result was a bigger noise than perhaps was made at some of the most Distorical baitles of the whole Revolution No on ever boasted of such @ pairivtic noise. The day itsel! wax spent in the usual way, by a general suspeusion of business aud tho | making of calis; but there were no other demonstra- tions of a publie character beside the initial racket in the early morning above referred to. AT SING SING PRISON. The male inmates of Sing Sing Prison were unusually well entertained yesterday. After a good breakfast had the spacious chapel, where an entertainment, which fifteen convict performers, The stage had been fitted up with a drop curtain, wings and footlights for the oc- casion. Immediately over the drop curtain, and band- somely painted in large letters, were the words, dear to the felon and freeman, “Happy New Year.” The todowing is the programme, which has been in rehearsal by the convict artists for'some weeks past — Opening Uborus, “Oh Littie Robin, Teil u “Hard Titres” “Great Tri ' Silver Thre iry Queen" ‘ phon, Decling Finale, “Few Da, Fant skoOND, oT Among the G yon: by: Thomas y Club Exercise stump Speech Always Do to ( irandiather i wMy Angel’. rs hers, n “Sam Simons”. é Christy 3 ties ciseMarry Leslie 3 artet. King, Rice, Lareh aud Meyer tthe World as a Cigee” Saultery eminiseonces ith the Inc dradie of tl or. Prot. Holmes vive Minutes « st Landed” Tickets of Admission can be procured on nm appticntion 3 Co. Press excluded bXcursion z Sing free to all over “six months.” 3 een ee LO COLO COOL PT EOLEDG DEAL IELELEDOLORE OPEL DEOL OE OF es Tie orchestra consisted of two piano, bass violin, & flute and banjo, with the inevitable tambourine, triangle, &c. The programme was creditably Yt out, cach of the performers going through the dbim with admirable ability and preci Varticularly noticeable for meritoriousness was siump speech,” delivered by an ex-memper of the dramatic projession, who appeared tn character, It Was decidedly meh, containing, as it did, telimg bits at | many of our officials, frum the President of the United | States, “who is smoking twenty-five cept cigars and pulling Wires for a third term,” down to the keepers in the prison. It is almost needless to say that ¢ ‘speech’ “brought down the house,"’ a# {¢ must bave done with any audience outside of a pen: At the conclusion of the entertainment an extra was furnished to the conviets betore they were taken back to their ceils. th, NEW YEAR ACCIDENTS, The first day of the Centennial year proved an ex- ceodingly busy one for ambulance surgeons and police- men From before dawn until after dark the poli.o wires flashed with calls for ambulances, and in mat,’ stations could be seen untortunates of both exes eur fering trom wounds of various descriptions Many were caused by accidental falls, produced in the major. ity of casos by whiskey, others were the rfsult of dranken brawis, while others again were cases of acci. dental shooting. Among the latter @lasses are the following: — Patrick Cody, of No. 46 Oliver street, was found at the corner of Oliver and Water streets, early yesterday morning, dleeding from a severo wound in the head, inflicted by emo Unknown person. He was sent by 1D ambulance to the New York Hospital. As Witham H. Mcintyre, of No. 8 Broadw was Passing along Thompson street, at an early bour yes- | | terday morning, he noticed a number of colored men | | F the opposite side of the strect engaged in a quarrel. | Soon he beard the report of of Srearms, and belore be | could get away be was shot fn tue thigh. His wound | te slight. | A man known Jigeer Brady became en oa | quarre! yesterday foresoon, at the corner of Thirty | fourth street aud First avenue, with an sequainiance famed Karly, Both were ander the influence of liquor Ai the time, and during the soulle which ensued Brady & Michael Davy. a bov of | | ate | Keph's arm. | Brooklyn, | but could only procure those of | Very tnotiensive, innocent ' after that 1 walked to the bar with | that —— there,’ pointing to me. the cellar stairs of his residence and broke bis lett leg Removed by ambulance to the New York Hospital Joseph Krauditsha, while celebrating New Year's, called ona friend at No. 202 Forsyth street, Being nader the influence of liquor he wandered to the roof, and soon fell off into the street. He was picked up badly injured and conveyed to the Temth precinct sta- tion house, Yesterday afternoon, while two brothers named Lewis and Robert Stern, aged respectively aixteen and thirteen years, were playing with a pistol in the yard ed fo their residence, in Tenth avenue, between Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth streets, the pistol went olf accidentally, shooting the younger brother through the heart, killing him instantly. ACCIDENTS IN BROOKLYN, James Cassidy, aged thirty years, residing at No. 120 North Fourth atreet, while making New Year's calls, walked down a coal hole and cut his face so severely that he had to be cared for at the hospital. Joseph Needham, a “supo,'? in the employ of the Brooklyn Theatre, was in the act of loading a revolver for ono of the soldiers in the play of “Henry VIII,” wheu it went off accidentally, the charge lodging in Jo- The wound is’ painful, though not dan rous, Jobn Helmann, a workingman employed at Pren- tice's bat factory, Nostrand, near Myrtle avenue, fell into a vat of boiling water yesterday, and was fatally scalded. His family live at No. 54 Nos: trand avenue, He was removed to the City Hospital. THE DAY OF CIRCUMCISION. Yesterday was in more senses than one a notable oc- casion, for, in addition to (he celebration of the New Your's festival, the day holds high rank in the calendar of the Roman Catholic Church, and is in & lesser de- gree observed in the Episcopalian Church Eight days after the birth of the infant Saviour, we are told in Holy Writ, he was taken to the Temple and was there circumcised according to the rites and usages of the Jewish law, This festival ts celebrated in the Roman Catbolic Church under the title Circumcisio Domini, and there 1s a special mass stung in all Catholic churches, and it is also a day of indulgence, the priest wearing a white vestment inthe mass, Yesterday the Roman Catholic churches and some of the Episcopal edifices, whose rectors are gifted with High Church tendencies, were filed with devout congregations 10 participate in the sacred observance of the day’s ritual festival, which ts one of obligation, There are seven saints, male and female, who were born on this day, and they have apet mention and honor given them tn the Roman calendar, The Collect of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the words, “Oh, God, who by the fruitful,”? sung yesterday morning in all masses celebrated in th Catholic churches of this city as a special mark of rev- erence to her who bore ia her womb the future Saviour of the world, A NEW YE AR’S EVE STABBING AFFAIR. Hevea Se Bel id At No. 27 Bayard street H. Mentz keeps a barroom, which Is a rendezvous tor German bakers, On New Year's Eve somo eight or ten bakers assembled in the place, among which number were Armand Ling, aged twenty-five years, and Louis Verbetz, about thirty years old) Shortly after three o'clock these two men commenced an altercation, stabbing Verbetz three times, inilicting wounds from which the ijured man cannot recover. Officer Klaridge, of the Tenth precinct, was called in immediately afier the affray and took the wounded man tothe station house. When the officer arrived at the saloon Ling was still thera The latter acknowl- edged having stabbed Verbotz, quietly gave himself up to the officer, and went with him to the station house. A large Kuife, covered with blood, was found on the floor near the place where the two men had fought. A Hxnatp reporter questioned the proprietor of the place concerning the affray, but that persou insisted that he saw nothing of any disturbance between the men. He acknowledged that he knew Verbetz, who had been employed on Staten Island for about a year, and who had come to New York on Friday to spend New Year. Botn men were tn his saloon about three o'clock, having been in there some time, and he heard Verbetz say, “Give us drinks for the whole party except that —— there,”’ poinung to Ling, He then turned to the Irger beer keg to fulfill the order, and when he turned around again Verbetz was lying on the floor, bleeding, near the counter. Both meu were sober, he thought He had known Ling for al years, aud always as a peaceable, man, ‘The men had bad some hard about an hour before, but bad evidently f. More than that, be said, be did not know, rter then tried to procure the names of some fn who were preseut during the aitercation, Frank Schuler and Frederick Brisenmerster, who lived in the same house. These individuals also stoutly denied any Knowledge of the atfuir. A fear of becoming inmates of the House of Detention evidently influenced them to say they knew othing about the case, for they were cortainly in the room at the time the scuffle took place. Belle- vue Hospital was then visited, whither the wounded man had been conveyed trom = th ation house. | le was impossible, however, to hold any conversauon with Verbets, his condition being two serious to admit of any exertion, Dr. Silver, who has charge of the ward in which the patient lay, stated that when Ver. | beta was Drought to the bospital bis mind was un- paired to such an extent that he was unable to say when, where or by whom be had been injured. He bad two stabs in the abdomen and one in the breast, one of those im the abdomen being a deep and wide cut, from whieh the tntestines were protrudiag. His fingers on his right hand were cut, as though he vad closed his hand on the blade of the kaife in attempting to wrest it from his adversary. It was found p to keep him under the influence of opiates, T. thought the patient's wounds were of a iatal character, Ling, the stabber, was next seen in his cell in the Tonth precinct station house, He was fouud to be oking Ger hituie low middie height, and seemed very much overcome by what he had done. He told a straightforward story, the substance of which 1s as follows:—I have been tn this country about six years, and am a baker by occu- pation. I have no relatives hero. My last position was in the bakery of James Lewis, at No. $1 Norfoik street The foreman of the shop wa man named George Bowers, I did not like Bowers, and could not get alon with him, so Lt went to Mr. Lewis about « week ago and told him that I could not agroe with the foreman and was going to leave the place, I never had any serious row with Bowers, Verbotz used to come into the shop to see Bowers and the latter once told me that Verbetz was his best friend. 1 never spoke to Verbetz anti last night I think Bowe as of the opinion that 1 wanted to injure him when I told our employer that I could not get along with him. Left the piace on Thursday last, and mado my headquarters at No, 27 Bayard strect’ 1 was tn there all Friday evening, and about twelve o'clock 1 was then sitting by the stove talk- whom | know as urge.” Afier somo time Verbetz came over to ro 1 was sitting and said, in effect, “You tnsulted my friend Bowers, and ‘to imsult’ him ts to tn- sult ma” Then he hit me on the fa cod he bad come to lick me. | laughed and sa That meant no harm to bis friend. About @ Jeorge to get a glass ot peer, After we had drank {t Verbetz camo up wo the bar and said, “Give everybody a drink except He then took hold of me, and began to hit me, and I threw my arms around his waist, and we struggled until we both foil 1 was underneath, aad he beat me about the head. Here Ling displayed braises on his head.) 1 could not free myself from him, so 1 took out my knife and cut him. Tdon't know how many times I stabbed oim, for 1 was excited and alraid, A policeman came in while we wore on the floor, and I came here with him. 1 did not mean to hurt Verbeta seriously. Ling then asked Uf Verbetz was dangerously wounded, and added, Verbety came in. ing ’9 @ countryman of mine, “ | th conclusion, ‘Lt's the trst biood 1 ever spilled, aud if | he dies I Lt to die too,” Coroner Croker took Verbetz's ante-mortem state. ment at Bellevue Hospital last evening He stated that be came from Staten Isiand on Friday might and went to Bowers’ house, He weat No. 27 Bayard street in the evening, where he heard two men quar reeling. He said to them, “That is now right’ Ho afterward went into the yard in the rear of the oust. His intention was to go to bed in that house, but in order to get up stairs he was obliged to pass through she barroom. As he was going through ono of the men feil on bim, bore him to tue ground and stabbed lim. He knew the man by sight and that he was @ Dakeor, did oot Know bis name He said he did Bot expecs to die Delore he Wade the stacomonn which resulled in Ling | Philanthropists. Nasnvries, Tenn,, Jan 1, 1876, Jubilee Hall, the building newly erected for the Fisk University, so named in honor of General Clinton B. Fisk, was formally dedicated to-day in the presence of a large assemblage of people—white and black. Gov- ornor Porter and other State officials, Bishop MoTyeira, | of the Methodist Cbarch, South, and quite a number of clergymen and educators were present. General Fisk, who is the President of the Board of Directors, pre- sided and made the opening address, which embodied an earnest and eloquent plea for cordial relations be- tween the races, for the education and elevation of the colored people, and for the cultivation of a lib- eral and patriotic foeling everywhere, abounding, as It did, in most generous sentiments toward the Southern | people, and urging that “the dead past bury its dead.” It elicited the warmest commendation. Governor Por- ter, Bishop Molyeire, ox-Commissioner Smith, Presi- deut of the Howard University, and others also made | addresses. The occasion was a notable one, being an important era in the advancing Intelligence and prog- } Tess of the negro race in the South. | When the sound of war had died away from the Southern States there was found therein a great popu- lation who stood tn need of everything, even the bare | necessaries of life, Thrown upon their own resources by the fortunes of war and the proclamation of emanci- pation the colored people ‘ound themselves without experience or means and in the midst of a portion of country that had been ravaged by contending armies and left in an almost chaotic state. They rejoiced in their newly gained liberty, and while they looked for- ward to a rise in life and a bettering of their condition the future seemed dark and hopeless. Their frst thought was to gain the substantials wherewith to keep the gaunt wolf (starvation) from their doors and to keep body and soul to- gether, waiting and watching for that better day that was surely coming. In the ever restless surging that followed in the wake of the war they wore jolted and jostled until they fivally settled tn the homes and portions of the city that are still iden- tufed with them. Whilo they were thus occupied in a daily struggle for bread their spiritual and mental | welfare was taken in hand by philanthropic men who were well fitted for the task. As with other races, so with them; it was necessary to educate them in order to bring up their mental, moral and spiritual natures, Various missionary societies tn the North were the first to make efforts in this direction and | to establish schools for their benefit. The first of tho kind in Nashville was estab. | shed by Rev. J. G. McKee, of the United Presbyte- ran church, October 13, 1863. He was emiuently fitted for the place, being possessed of undaunted courage that would brook no obstacles in any direction, His work was crowned with abundant success fora number of years, until other schools were established by vari- ous societies, and the city schools were opened for colored children, when it gradually decreased in size and induence, and was finally abandoned. Aout this time (in 1865), schools were established in Nashville by Methodists, Episcopalians, Baptists and Congregation- alists, which have gone forward prosperously since that time, OPENING OF FISK UNIVERSITY. Fisk school was opened on January 9, 1866, tn gov- ernment buildings, west of the Chattanooga depot, known at that time as the Railroad Hospital General ©, B. Fisk was then chief of the Freed men’s Bureau, aod, taking great tnterest im tho enterprise, it was cailod by bis nama, He has since contributed largely to its success, T'Le school was under the auspices of the American Missionary Association, of New York, and the Western Freedmen’s Aid Commission. In the course of a year or two the latter society turned over its interost in the work to the American Missionary Association, by which it has been fostered ever since. The school was under the management of Professor Ogden, @ prominent educator of the West, now of Ohio,’ who, during bis two years in oilice, instructed ‘over 1,200 pupils’ annually. — In August, 1867, the echool was chartered as a Uni- | versity anda Board ot nine trustees appointed. Tho academic and vormal departments were then added. About this time General 0. 0, Howard, oftue Freed- men’s Bureau, donated $7,000 to the school, thus rendering it advisable to incorporate it and provide it with a Board of Trustees. This work periormed, a boarding department was, for the first time, opened in connection with the echool, tn order that the students might be under good bome influences. The most beno- ficial effects resulted from this arrangement, and tts in- | fluence upon the manners, morals and habits of those availing themselves of the privileges bave far sur- passed the most sanguine expectations of those who in- | troduced the new feature, A prominent part of tho work of Fisk University has been TILE PREPARATION OF TEACTIERS for the public scbools of the State and South. From the firstan increasing number of its students have tanght each year and have generally done good work. Wherever they have taught they bave received the most hearty indorsement not only for their capacity for governing schools aud imparting instruction, but also for the moral character of the student teachers. ry impertect, but | collections: @ succeeding years have been made. Durtny dents of the University Lave taught school in fvo diferent Staves. The whole aumber of months tanght was llé and the salary drawn $4,877. The next year— 1873—L13 stadents taught an aggregate of 481 months; number of sey 7,043, and amount of salary, $17,611. The question of supplying colored teachers in the South is an tmportant one, and w this work Fisk Uni- | versity has especially addressed iteeit, It bas already | done wonders in that direction,, but proposes tv sun pass even itself in the future. | THR COLORBD SINGRRS. In 1871 the University passed an important crisis in {ts history, Owing toa scarcity of funds the parent society, the American Missionary Association, felt that it could hardly support so many schools as it had on . its hards, and seriously debated the question of aban- doning Fisk University and leaving the field to other societies At that ime a young man by the name of George L, White was teacher of musi in the instrte- tion, His enthusiasm for muric was un apd bis ability to train bis classes extraordinary. He felt thas Fisk University must not be given ap and conceived the design of taking # company of colored singers North to give concerts for the purpose of raising money to sustain the school It was no ensy sask. ye field Was untried and many obstacies were to be overcome, Nothing daunted, however, be andertook the work on his own responsibility, and for a time labored slong barely making money enough to meet current expen- ses. Butat length the tide turned im bis favor, his troupe became famous, and both money and friends flowed in apo them, and at the eud of the coucert season the company had to show for their labors the heat sum of $20,000, Another ‘on resulted as pros- e ously, aud another $20,000 was laid beside the irst javing Bow funds enough on hand to begin operations and twenty-five acres of ¢: A ITH WAS SKLROTRD, 4 purchased, In select- ing the site the managers ws py. Tt is site ated about one mile northwest of Nashville, Tena, and occupies the former site of Fort Gillem. The fort was named in bonor of Geveral Gijlem, of Modoo tam | who afterward resided ous farm sear Nashville, am who died there about four weeks ago. The fort was furnished with a good armament, but there never was | any occasion for its use, The fort was dug down and the foundations of Jubilee | Hali were laid. The funds on band purchased the site and built the stone foundation, including eeliars aud basemen& And now auother campaign was entered upon by the Jubilee Singers, shis time in Great Britain, where they met with the most remarkable success, netting $50,000. This carried on the building to a cost of $70,000.’ The troupe returned home to Fisk Un. versity to reorganize (or another season, The whole cost 18 estimated to be $120,000 for the buriding The remaining $50,000 ie to be met by means of owber re- sources of the institution coustituted in the Fort Hous- ton property, which was donated w the iastitation by i the property formerly oecupred as Fisk y aud now vacated forthe new building. The Jubilee Singers, now im Great Briiain, have netted since | going over iagt summer about $20,000 | THER COLORRD SCHOOLS Sach is the history, in brief, of one of the | established avd tostered by the American Association of New York evoiwnt That | sustaned almust evureiv oy the pst Mises surety ts Voarreestivnal ; | the tmstitution, aad many more are expected to be and, occupying an Bite, bas a vory imposing appearance, viewed from any part of the city, while its own windows and halls command a magnificent view of tho entire surrounding country for a distance of about ten miles, Standing on its roof may bo counted in the outspreading pauorama within the city of Nashville and its suburbs no less than twenty-five school buildings, Many of these are aplen- did structures and show the prominence that Nashville takes as an educational centra Indeed, it might be called the Athens of the South, Several of whe most Ppromment school buildings are the public schools of the city. To the eust St. Ceciiia’s Academy occupi another promivent site, while due south, in the edge of forest, is the colored Baptist College, and last, though’ by no means least, In the same direc- tion, ar immediatety opposite Jabileo Hall the stately Vanderbilt University rears its proud head. ‘The two butidings stand like sentinels at the entrance to the city on the west, and itis no wonder that the citizens of Nashville point with pride and glory to the twin palaces, In all modern improvements Jubilee Hall is complete. Itis heated by steam, lighted by gas and supplied with hot and cold water, bathroom water closets, &c. Phe laundry isrun by steam. This builfing ts intended for a boarding department ‘fo supply present needs recitation rooms are fitted up in the building until at some subsequent day suitable university buildings will be erected. The dining hall, one of the finest in the State, will seat 300. The dormitories wili accommodate about 170 studeuts. The dinish, external and internal, is substantial and ornate. Each sieeping room, besides closeta, has a bureau, washstand, bed, mirror and chaira, Forty of these | rooms were furnished by friends in Great Britain and @ luke number by friends in this country. All the furné- ture ts made of walnut Through the efforts of Mrs. Clinton B. Fisk the front hall is furnished with wood from Airica, The friends in England donated philo- sophical apparatus valued at about $1,200. A liberary fund was raised by Isaac Dickerson, of the Jubilee Singers, while in Great Britain, of over $1,000. Many donations of books, articles for the museum and fur- nishings of various kinds have been made on both sides of the Aantic THR STUDIES. The untvorsity, besides bookkeeping, instrumental and yocal music, has thoroughly organized courses, normal, higher normal,college preparatory aad college, and also a class in the first year in theology. lt has already graduated one class from the higher normal and one from the college course, While not overlook- ing other things Fisk University for the present seeks especially to prepare teachers und ministers of the Gospel The State of Tennessee provides free schools for all ber children, And it can but be the desire of every good citizen to see these as good as they can pos- sibly be made, which end can only beatiained through efliciency, And im the other case, the education of ministera, there is nothing so important for every in- terest of tue State that its ministers of the Gospel be intelligent and well prepared to instruct and guide the people in sacred things, The Jubilee Singers Lave turned the eyes of the Chris tian public, botn in the United States apd Great Brit- ain, to Fisk University as the source of supply for missionaries and teachers for the evangelization of the great South African continent in the great work of elevating the colored people vf America and of Christianizing the millions of Africa Fisk Univer- sily promises to play a bigh and important part, THE NRW STRUCTURK The massive proportions of Jubilee Hall strikes one pleasantly as he approaches it, and he can but think what an immense work has been accomplished The corner stone bas “Jubileo Hall, Fisk University, 8. D. Hatch, Architect,” inscribed upon it The main en- trance, which isto be surmounted by @ bust of Lin- coin, is composed of a flight of stone steps, sions vestibule and sione pillars supporting’a baleoty Just above this 1s inscribed, in gilded letters, “Jubileo Hall” Tae door facing of irom has the same upon {t ‘The door itself ts of massive pro- portiona, composed of black walnut, with bronze trimmings, side lights and transom of rich colored glass The front hail ball, together with the stairways are wainseotted with rich dark wood and light alternated, imported from the Mendi Mission, in the western portion of Africa. On the right of the front hall are the reception rooms, elegant apartments, one 16x32 and the other 20xi connected by rich, massive folding doers, A plain, rich moulding extends around the rooms and also orna- menta other rooms oa this floor, Directly opposite the reception rooms 1s the office, dq adjoiuing this 18 what for the pres: ent will be the assembly room, Across the long hali from this room is a commodious apartment fitted up asa library, Nextto itis one of the music rooms. Further on isa small dressing room, for tho convenience and accommodation of uransient guests. The linen room and clothes room are aiso on this fovr. In the wing is the elegant diving hail, 38x90 feet, lighted by fourteen chandelicrs with four barners each and three with three burners each, Beyond this is the bntler’s pantry, having direct communication with the kitchea beneath by dumb waiters. Chinaclosets, silver rooms, dish basins and an endless number of drawers furnish every convenience that can be thought of The matron’s sitting room is next to this, entirely ent of and as private as can be, with a private stairway con- necting with ber bedchamber above. The bedchamber bas wardrobe, closets, bathroom and water closet ai- tached, and is almost a separate establishment from the main building. Returning to the front hall, opposite the entrance, one steps upon a stairway with easy ascent, that is ornamented with a magnificent bala- Btrade, having at its base a neweli post. This post was made to order and contains no less than twenty-niae diferent kinds of wood, which the entire globe has furnished. They are cocoa, white holly, In cocobola, leopard, careta, shomac, braziletto, olive, bird's eyo maple, tiger, California laurel, woodyark (or wood of ark), Japaneso ash, oak — burl, Florida cedar, axh’ burl, maple burl, butternut burl, Hungarian ash, curly comino, mabogany crotch, satin wood crotch, tulip, thuga, rosewood, French wal- nut, palm, American walnutcroteh and ebony, Ascend- ing this stairway one comes to THR DORMITORT APARTMENTS. tal | we, | and cross | There are eighty of these apartments, averaging six- | teen fect square. The rooms are turaished with sub- Stantial Diack walnut sets, donated by different parties. Each room contai double bed, with shack mat- tress and heavy cotton pad; a urat bureaa, with three lurge drawers, two smuail ones; table, with two draw- era, which, together with the small bareau drawers, are furnished with tumbier locks, that each student may keep bia or her vaiuables inviolate. A wash- stand, rack and three chairs complete the furnishing Mrs Fisk, who donated one- half of the bedroom sets) bad made im Now York one-balf of the required number of cotton | comforters to go on the beds ~The others have been made im this city. An air of comiort pervades each and every one of the sleeping apartmenta ach one has in {t m steam radiator and agus jet There are in the building 375 gas jets Each floor has several bath- rooma, water closets and washrooma, with sinks. In addition to the regular bath are many sponge bath- rooms, with shower, which may be used ina much shorter spaceof time than the regular bath, and, therefore, has advantages over it. ‘be building ts furnished wih water from three 1 tanks in tho attic, consaiming thirty barreis of water ¢ach. Pipes leading frou these tanks convey water throughout the entire building, while additional pipes leading back to the engine room furnish hos ‘water to the batha = Each floor has four fire plugs, each to be furmished with Ofty feet of hose and a nore The cellar contains five cisterns, which supply the building ‘with water, They hold 2,500 barrels. The basementa, besides containing the steam heating and cooking ap- paratus, whieh was furnished by Angel & Blake, of Now York, contains the kitchen, @ large room 20 by 40 feet, furnished with a range, which slands upon acement floor, There are foursteam copper kettles, operated from the steam-heating apparatua Adjoin- ing the kitchea are the oven room, bakery and kitchen pantry. The laandry te operated by the same steam power and connects with a large drying room. Near this is the trunk elevator, which carries such articles to the top story and will also be used tocarry up the bed and table linen, étudents' wearing apparel, &c The normal school room, about 40 feet square, is also in the basement story, together with five other recitation rooms. room, Just above the wainscoting. The wainscoting, doors, facings, &e, throughout the enure build: with the exception of the wood from Africa in she front hall, are made of white pine, cov ‘With @ coating of varnish, Rach floor is supplied with tumbler locks, no two of which are avike, bat Lag | @ master key that will open any one of them. The West Meriden Manufacturing parsing Mm New Haven, donated silver spoons, forks, ke ‘There are forty-five boarding stndonts at present in the new session, The following is m full list of thome connected with tho In. titulion as trustees, teachers, &e. TROSTARS OF FINK UNIVERSITY, on B, Fisk, New York, President; Nastetiiar Seereiary; Rev. ; Rev. M. E Stulby, D. D. General C a They all bave @ blackboard ail around the | | nothing | rived and superintended the packin | place on Tuesday, the chairmen of tue various comm | usement in the National Inteilige Yors,; ev. George Whipple, Dd yeas, Nasheule, Major Boos Hopktna, Golorado; A. 5. | Hach, New York Ps OF TRETROCTORS & M Cravath, Prasdent and Professor of when the interest of the local canvass has generally boon in @ measure overlooked in the presence of cou- curring national and State contests with their wider Golds and more general excitement, It is even assertod by some politicians of positive convictions that tho action ofthe Mayor was the result of a distinct bargain between that gentleman and certain influential republi- cans that the two Commissionerships are the stipulated equivalent paid py Mr, Wickham for assurance of im munity from republican legisiatrve shortening of his term of ofllce THOMAS C. ACTON’S YIRWA. Thomas C, Acton, ex-Police Commissioner, was called on by @ reporter at his rooms in the St Germain Hotel, for the purpose of ascertaining his views con- cerning the changes in the Board, Mr. Acton said that while he did net feel authorized to speak for tho gentle~ mon in authority in the case, he was aure of this, that Mayor Wickham had inclived to shew, by the names be would place before the public, ‘that his design was not to make of the Police Department a» partisan machine, He (Mr. Acton) had no un- pleasant remarks to make concerning thé personnel of tae Board beiore the changes were made. He did teel, however, after years of experience as Pres Board, that it was positively necessary ement should be placed entirely outside of partisan political conditions, je bad felt, first, with all bis Knowledge of the work done by Mr. Disbecker, that he was an appropriate man to hold the position He spoke as 4 man knowing something of the difficul- ties under which aman must act when in the position of Commissioner of the Police. in the years in whi he bad acted in contro! of the department he had foun how difficult it was to Hll up adepartment with just the right men in the right places, and yet, notwith standing all he had saffered in connection with his management of the department for years in thai regard, he felt sure that the uew appointments would prove all thas this community could desire. Of the mon who had been appointed by Mayor Wickham, and whose appointinent had been approved by Governor Yilden, be bad no doubt that they would be found equal to the trusts reposed in them, and that they would, without partisan considerations, conduct thé departinent as would best conform to its requirements. Of the merely political aspects Of the case he had noth. ing to say further than that he thought it well that the Governor and the Mayor had shown a desire to place the Police Department as far as possible ip an- tagoniam to favoritism, based parely on political work, In brief, while sympathizing with Mr. Disbecker, he ‘was satisfied with the changes which had been made, RX-COLLECTOR MURPH Mr. Thomas: worgg 4 late United States Collector of Customs, was met at his restdence, and said that be had da, personally, with the changes, nor did he think = that Mr, Disbecker ought to have bees removed, and yet he was free to say that the new appointments were in entire accord with his notions of the proprietics in the case. He had had nothing whatever to do with the appointments, and yet, while regretting the retirement of Mr. Dis- becker, he was free to say that he thought weil of the new Commissioners. He believed the appointments had been made in entire accordance with an expression ut tered by Mayor Wickham some time ago to the effect that, of all others, the Police Department sbould re main, as far as possible, free trom partisan political induences. Another prominent republican manager, who did not wish his name made public, declared that, ‘while Le had not been consuited, le believed the Governor, in the ames be had sanctioned, hai doue the best thar was possible to place the Police Department in a position i which it could not, with propriety, be constdered ia any degree a purely political machine, DISTRIBUTION OF WORK IN THE BOARD, General Smith, the new President of the Board of Police Commissioners, held a levee in his office at the Central Department yesterday, and for several houra received numerous visitors who had called to offer their congratulations, arly in the morning ex-Commisstoner Disbecker ar- up of his effects to vacate his office for hissuccessor. Ia a short time his room was clear of everything not the property of the department, and was ready to receive its now occupant Long before the arrival of any of the oifictals Mr. Dis becker had compleved his work and left the building. Mr. Massell did not visit the scene of his presidential expertence, but it is understood that he sent word for his books and private papers to be packed and for- warded to his residence. The change in the Board will of course necessitate changes in the chairmanships of the various com- mittees. Of these there are five, as follows:—Com- mittee on Rules and Discipline, Committee on Repairs and Supplies, Committee on Street Cleaning, Com~- mittee on Surgeons, Committee on Finance. In the old Coard General Smith was chairman of the Committee on Rules and Discipline; Commissioner Voorhis of the committees of Repairs and Supphes and Finance; Commissioner Disbecker, chairman of the committees on Street Cleaning and Surgeons Commissioner Matsell was, by virtue of his office, a wember of all committees, as weil as a member of the Board of Health. Ot these committees the most important is the Com- mittee on Rules and Discipline. Here originate all new rules for the improvement or goverament of the lorce, and the dietum of the chairman is cousifered, as a gen- eral thing, equivalent to an adoption of tue measure supported by him. The exceptions to this rule are rare, All requests for leaves of absence must first pass through this committee before going to the full Board for action. Rejection of a measure in the commitiee Places it upon the table, never to be resucitated exceps in extreme cases. The next most important committee is that of Street Cleaning. The chairman of this is virtually supreme in all matters appertaining to bis department He has the uon’s share of patronage at bis disposal, and for po. litical purposes can. if he desires, wield, by roason of the same, a great power. To him tho’ thousands of laborers employed on the streets in the course of whe yeur look for the retaining of their places. If tho chairman of the Street Cieaning Committee is a repub- lican more than nine-tenths of the men employed im the Street Cleaning Bureau are republicans, and vice versa, The other committees are of not much importance, ‘With the exception, perhaps, of that of Repairs and Sup- plies. The opinion of the chairman of this committee s almost law as regards auy alterations contemplated in station houses. Atthe next meeting of the Board, which will take tees will be appointed. The following have been de- ended upon:—Rules and Discipline, Erhardt; Street Cleaning, Voorhis; Finance and Repairs and Supplics, Wheeler; Surgeons, Voorhis, Commissioner Wheeler will take the treasurership GENERAL THOMAS VINDICATED. Troy, Deo. 31, 1875. To tur Eorron or tam HERALD: — I saw in the Herato of this morning (Decem- Der 31) an article from your correspondent at Rich~ mond, Va, containing a letter written by General @. H. Thomas to General F. 8. Smith, of Lexington, Va: also remarks made by mo in Washington, &c The letter whieh General Smith has furnished to the South- ern Historical Society was written by General Thomas, As \t shows, with a view of applying tor the position of “Commandant of Cadets and Instructor of Tactics ab the Virginia Military institate,” in reply to an adver- mcer, In returning from Texas General Thomas met with # accident, which disabled him to such ap extent 1b was sup} he would never again be able to de any duty with his regiment, and was “looking up some means of support" This was the object of Ins letter, ‘and not for any position in the Southern army, aa the newspapers allege From the time the actua fact of War was upon us General Thomas’ ‘course was clear before him’ (whatever others may assert to the contrary), withoat “influences of any kind’ being brought to upom bim by any one, or offers of promotion except what he was entitied to in his own regiment In August, 1861, at quest of General Robert Anderson, General Thomas w. made a brigadier of volunteers, and assigned te his (General Anderson's) command in Kentucky, and did not “take @ brigadier general’s position in the United States Soc 4 as — im the war as asserved is our COrrespor articia. 9 remarks attributed to mein Washington are wholly untrue, and your correspondent gives me the credit which General Thomas alone deserves for hit loyalty to the government of the United States, bad not these enemies the generosity to nave known their accusations during his irfe, that he coult have answered them ? article furnished you correspondent has been #0 extensively the country that l feel it due to General Thomas, w as to myself, that a correct version should be giver object in writing the letter of January 18, 1861, pplied for any “commission the service of his mative State ial "or be Verv resvecttully, F. io Seutbers army,