The New York Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1876, Page 5

THE TARIFF. Modifications and Reductions in the Present List, REVENUE RATHER THAN PROTECTION. Duties Prescribed on Cotton, Iron, Woollen and Silk Goods. ARTICLES ADMITTED FREE. MR. MORRISON'S NEW BILL. Wasnixctoy, Jan, 31, 1876, The fotlowing is the full text of Representative Mor- rison’s bill introduced to-day, and referred to the Com- mittee of Ways and Means:— ‘An act to revise and simplify existing laws, imposing du- ties on imports, and to reduce taxation Be it enacted, &c., that on and after the first day of July, A. D., 1876, in lieu Of the duties heretofore imposed on the importation of the goods, wares and merchandise hereluaiter i ere shall be levied collected, and paia the fol- ‘of duties upon said articles severally; thas is to COTTON MANUFACTURES. Sxcrion 1.—On all manufactures of cotton, except jeans, denims, Cer) bed wesinee omens, piace. cottonades, pantalcon stuff, and goods of like description, not bleached, colored, stained painted, or printed, and not @: ing 100 threads to the square inch, counting the warp and the fill- ing, and exceeding in weight five ouuces per square yard, 28 cents per square yard; if bleached, hy cents per square yard; colored, stained, ' painted or printed, 4 ceuts per square yard. On finer and lighter of like description not exeeedin, thre wo nx the and ‘tiling, unbleached, r square yard; ached, 43 conte per squara yard; if colored, stained, painted or’ printed, S ouiia par Square yard. On cotton jeans, denims, drillings, bed tiek ings, pantaloon stuffs and goods of like deseription, or for similar use, if unbleached, and not exceeding 100 threads to ‘the square inch, counting warp aud filling, and exceedin; five ounces to the square yard, 4 ceuts per ‘square yard; 1 Dleached, 4}; cents per square yard; if colored, staine painted dr printed, 5 cents por square yard. On Gner an ighter goods of like description, not exceeaing 200 threads to the square inch, Counting warp and filling, fr unbleached, Seton per square yard: Dieached, 445 cents per square yard; if colored, stained, painted ot printed, 9 cents per tquare yard. On| goods of ghter description, exceeding S00 Mareads to the square inch, couuting the warp and Billing, square if colored, if unbleached, square yard; bleached, 5 yard; stamed, "painted or printed, 73g cents per squure yard Provided that on all plain woven cotton goods, not included m the foregoing schedule, unbleached, valued at over 16 ‘sents per square yard; bleached, valued at over 20 cents per dquare yard: colored, vaiued at ‘over 25 cents per square cotton jeans, denims and drillings, unbleached, 20’cents per square yard, and all other cotton goods of every description, the value of which shall exceed 25 cents per square yard, there shall be levied, collesed and paid a duty of 25° per cent ad valorem. On'cotton thread, ‘arn warps Or warp yarn not wound uj whether Zinaia or advance’ heyand the audition ot single by rein: ing two or more single yarns together, whether in beams or undies, skeins oF caps, or in ny other form, valued at not 40 cents per pound, 10 cents per pound: valued as over 40 cents per pound and not exceeding 60 1, 20 valued at over very hread on each spool or frictional part thereof pees 100 yards, 6 ong) heft Hc cor imps and galoons and cotton laces colored, r cent Falorem; cotton shirts and drawers, woven or made on frames, and all cotton hosiery, 30 per cent ad valorem ; cotton velvet, 30 per cent ad valorem; cotton braids, insertings, lace trimming or bobbinet and all other manufactures of eot- ton not otherwise provided for, 30 per cent ad valorem. DUTIES ON 1NON, Sxc. 2.--On tron in pigs, $9 per ton. Bar. tron, rolled or hammered, comprising fats not loss than one inch or more than six inches wide, nor less than three-eighths of an inch or more than two inches thick: rounds not less than three- fourths of an inch thick nor more than two inches in diamo- ter, and squares not less than three-fourths of an ineh nor more than two inches square, 4 cent per pound, Bar iron, rolled or baumered, comprising flats less than ighths of an inch or more than two inches thick, ‘or less than one inch or more than six inches wide; rounds Jess than three-fourths of an inch or more than two inches in diameter, and squares less thau three-fourths of au inch or more than two: inches square, % of a cent per und. But alliron in slabs, blooms, loups or other forms jess finished than iron in bars and more advanced than pig iron, except castings, be rated as iron in bars and pay @ duty accordingly; and none of the above iron shall pay & Tess rate of duty than one-balf of one cent per pound; »Moisic iron made from sand ore by one process, $10 per ton iron bars for railroads or inclined planes, $10 per tou oiler or, ‘other, plate, fron not loss than three-six: teenths of an inch in thickness, 1% cents per pound; duller und other plate fron not otherwise provided for, $20 r ton; iron wire, bright, coppered or tinned, drawn and inisbed, not more than one-fourth of an inch ‘in diameter nor less than No. 15 wire gauge, 1% cents per pound; over No. 16 and not over No. 25, 3 cents per pound; over or finer than No. 25, 4 cents per pound; but wire cov- ered with cotton, silk or other material, shall pay 5 cents ion to the foregoing rates; round iron in in diameter, = a component erwise specifically enumerated and provided ay the same duty as iron wire. Bright coppered wire, spiral furniture springs manufactured of iron wire, 134 cents per pound; smooth or polished sheet iron, by whatever name distinguishable, 2 RET Bound:’ sbeet iron, common or black, vot thitiner than No. 20 wire gauce, 1 Gent per pound; do., thinner than No, gauge, 144 ceut por snd ecfoll iron Tra one GAP to oi inner than one-eiglith of an inch, 3 cent per 1 band, hoop fron nd scroll iron from one- half to six inches wide, under an eighth of an inch in thick- ness ‘sud not thinner than No. 20 wire gauge, 1 cent pet I band, hoop and scroil iron thinner than No, 20 ot st not oa ge, 144 cents per pound; slit rods, 1 cent por pound. All other rolled of bemmered tron aut other- cent per id; all handsaws not over ise twenty-five i le gt doten; over twenty-0 inches in length, $2 50 per doen; all beck saw. not ove iL buck saws, not over ten inches in length, $2 per : over ten inches in length, 50 per dozen. On files, file blanks, rasps and floats of ali jeseriptions, uot exceeding ten inches in length, 20 cents ing ten inchés in length, 8 cents per tor knitting or sewing maghines. §2 per .000;'on iron squares, marked on de, 3 cents per pound; on all others of ‘iron or steel, 3 cents por pound; on all niabufactures of steel, or of which steel shail be $15 per ton of 2.240 pout steel, $15 per ton. On © iter chains and fence chains, made of wire or rods not less than one-fourth of an inch in diameter, 2 cents per pound, less than one-fourth of an inch in diameter and not under No. 9 wire gauge, 23 cents per pound; under No. 9 wire gauze, 30 per cent ad vatorein ; on anchors or parts thereof, 1% cents per pound; on black: emith’s hammers and sledges, axies or parts thereof, and malleable iron in castings hot otherwise provided for, 2 cents per pound; on wrought iron railroad chains and wrought iron nuts and washers punched, 1 cent per ; on bed screws and wrought iron hinges, 1} cents pound; on wrought board nails, spikes, rivets and bolts, cents per pound; on steam, gas'and water tubes flues of wrought iron, 24% cents per screws, commonly called wood in” én: 4 cents per inches in length, 7 cents Steam, gas and ottier water pipe, low ware. glazed or tiuned, two and a ery descriptio: L vant Med mndagi dy gh ary Gee {on wrought scrap e lescription ton; on steel ingots, bare, Colla, sheet aud steel wire, not Yous than one-fourth of en iach in diameter, valued at soven conts nd or less, one ‘valued at above seven cents and pound, threo wand; on steel wire lost shan femeter and uot leas than on cast iron, of one per cont; on alf cents per a and -half cents per one-fourth of an inch in No. 16 wire gauge, four cents per less or finer than No. 16 wire gauge, 7 cents per poun on steel, commercially known as crtno- line, corset and on Jead in steel wire, 6 conts per L Sarg ahecte and pipes, 2 conte per pound: lead shot. 1X cents per pound. lead, in pigs and bars, 1 cent per pound:' old serap ad, fit only to be manufactured, 2 cents per pound, ‘COPPER, , in plates, bars, ingots, pigs and in other forms not co or herein ‘enamerated, 2 cents per pound; per, in rolled plates, called “Brasier’s copper,” sheets, . pipes and copper bottome and all manufactures of cop: per or of which cop} shall bo @ component of chief value not otherwise provided for, 30 per cent ad valorem. siLk Sxc. 3.—On skein silk for filling in skins or caps, 25 per cont ad valorem; stk in the Ta 294 ‘are sAvanced thea singles, tram thrown or 5 cont ad valo- Fem: floss silks, 28.per cent ad valorem: sewing alli in the yarn or purified, 30 per cent ad valorem; lasting air Zorh, sdk twist or otber man of cloth, woven or size, shape or form, or cut in such el AO pes sent 00 vale mm ; on all goods, wares an oe bacsennoenee ise provided for, made of silk or of which silk t# a compo- t material of chief value irrespective of the classification or under various laws or of their commer ‘designations 40 ver cent nd valorem. Provided that this act shall not apply to goods, wares and merchandise which have as «component material thereof 25 tum of over in valne of cotton, fi wool or worsted, ‘On dress and piece silks, ribbons and silk velvet or velvet of which silk is the component materi lus, 40 jal of el Jonge, shawls, aps, " mil rons, stitehings, gloves, suspenders. watch oat webting, bralde, fringes, geloons, tassels, cords and trimmings and teady made clothing of silk or of which slik fsa component material of euief value, 45 per cent, ad valorem; on buttons and ornaments for dresses and outside garments made of silk or of which silk is the component ‘material of chief value and containing no wool. worsted or hair, 40 per cent, ad valorem ; manufactures of silk, or of which silk isthe component material of chief value, net otherwise provided for, 40 per cent, ad valorem, romaceo. Sxe. 4—On cigars, cigarettes and cheroots of all kinds, $3 0 per pound; ou tobacco In ieaf unmauufactured and aot stemmed, 40 cents per pound. WoOLs. Ske. 5.—On wools of the first class, the vatue whereof the last place whence ex; 4 to the United St c ref st tho inst place whence ex to ithe United states, excluding eh in said shall be 32 cents or less per pound, cents per {on wools of the same class, the value whereot at the at port or place whence exported to the United States, ex: sual ie Sharan ea ral ‘value iA pound; on woo! into the ‘such — port, 3 cents jue whereof at ¢ the United State, exclu coed 12 cents per pound, wool of the first class w u port ince «whence hed" Sikes, ‘excluding, charges be 12 cents or ‘less | per und: on wool of she same class whence exported Sree ie, woes, cr to inacges im euch port, shall ex: hich of at Uni shall conte duty on shat vel Tniported washed. shail it would be subjected = eae upon — wool | 8 yards, 80 cents per pound; on clothing ready m: wearing 1 of every description, and Balin ‘kirtlug, and goods’ of similar description like purposes, composed wholly or in the hair of the aj or manufactured wi or manufacturer, exce; On Webdbings —Wel fringes, gimps, a if or of which 50 per cent. canrers. On Saxony, Wilton and Tournay velvet carpets wrought the Jacquard machinery, 90 cents per square Brussels carpets, wrought ‘by the Jacquard mach! lly or in pe knit ings, ‘and tassels, dre ang other forms for tassels, or o or braided by machinery, made of wool, worsted or mohair, worsted or mobair is a component material, ‘NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. at or other ike wath part by the tailor foods, 62 per pound. indings raid ents Wrol cents per square yard; on patent velvet and t carpets, printed on the warp or otherwise, 6 cents per square stry Brussels carpets, priti Tequare yards aa treble ingraln, tree: Venetian carpets, 35 cents per square yards 2 otherwise, 40 cents ply aud worsted chair yard; on yarn Venetian cents per square yard; colored or otherwise, raurt. Suc. 6.—On candied citron, orange and lemon peel. 8 cents cases, ineasuring not exceeding nes wide and 14 ix p, 55 iT case; OD inges, in measuring not exc ‘ches long, 14 inches wide and 12 Inches deep, 18 box; on lemons, in boxes, measuring not Per pound; on 40'inches long, 17 inches, inches long, 14 faches for, cont ad valor abut be made for loss by 4 whieh a specitie duty is le GLOVES. On gloves made of kid of all descriptions, for men’s, wo- men’s and children’s wear, $4 per dozen; on gioves made of for men’s, women’s laubskin oF leather, of and children’s wear, $2 On gunpowder and al ing, blasting, f m4 On hair pins made of iron, 35 per cont ad valorem, MARBLE. On marble, white stairway, brocatells, sienna and head Antique, in blocks, rough or square, 60 cents per cubic foot; | ble of all other descripti on velned marble ‘snd mai otherwise provided for, per eubie foot; on slabs and marble pa ditto, of more than 2 in to the above rate for cess of 2 inches in thickness: but if reachin thickness each marble shail be subject to 4! upon all marble bi. ‘On pencils o} T cents per gross, On pens, mets On ‘soap, fancy, ‘perfume descriptions of toilet and sh: £0) Ei il, Linseed oF flaxseed, gallon. not otherwise nish valued at on On On 01 jon, 20 cents per on dru ‘Locents wre ‘squ mn. loxs by decay on ori vied. fal and tw rf are yard, that no ranges 1 deseription, er doxen, expl fe allic, 12 cents per gross, oney. transparen cent for, 2 pants per p ‘in vided 50. ‘TRA AND COPPER, Src, 7.—On coffee, 3 cents per pound; on tea, 15 cents per oun On tin in bars, blocks or pixs, 8 cents per pound, x EMPT FROM DUTY. Sxzo. 8.—That on and after the Ist day of Jul importation of the articles enumerated, also this section, shall be exempt from di Acetates of ammor white Ime, magnesi ‘acetic, acetous and p; over nitrie sulphuric, famii all other acids of |e cag or in fine arts, not otherwise provided jor; alum, pat alum, alum substitute; sul- phate of ‘alnm! and aluminous cake; ammonia, sulphate and carbonate of; salammonii monia, antimony—erude of; borax, refined brims brick and roo fing and for; ea wise provided ya coalslack or culm, bituminous oF shal coke, collodion and ethers ot all kinds, coppers, rol sulphate of @ried pulp; dru sorteal oftte emery, manufactured, or e in a crude stato, nos otherwise provided for; mineral kermes, aniline dyes and colors, by whatever name known: castor oil, codliver ofl, crude and m blane fixe, enamelled —whito, rhite, lime" white and all combinations "of barytes with acids or water; carmine, lake, dry or liquid: eh green: Paris green 3 D 4 Indian rei not ground in o! mined iron liquor; lamp blac of logwood and oth wood! not ground in ofl; Spanish brown; umber and Vandyke brown not ground in oil; Venetian red, vermilon, rose pink, Datcb pink. chrome yellow and painis and painters’ colors except ‘hite and red lead and oxide of xinc)*dry and not ground in vil: wood lake and molst water colors used in th manufacture of paper hangings and colored hot vtherwise provided. fori sumac: pareh | paving stones;, pite nts; fruit | mental treos; shrubs; plants and flowers: Follhing powders of ail erlin, Chinese, chlorate of, hydrodate of, prussiute yellow and sults of red preci rec vided for: ri nin provided foi other phi aes or sulphate of sin Pr ufscture of ethers, cl ny one time, etary of if rol oF less; acetic, acetous an: 1,047; Venzole, carboli 1g (Nord ground powder, fish skins, grease, all rongh or unfinished; gum, substitute or burnt starch ; bair, curled for beds or mattrosses; hair of hogs; magne Donate of) and calcined mineral and bituminous substances , and wash blu tate; resins, a bleaswonaya ot odes sing epsom and an nate of A soda, caustic; soda, b; ph ates of soda, by whatever 1 iF; Spor j starch i ie laid chromic, ci S and regulus us TuOts, e el, cari) iron, im for ; erayons of jefnal “and emery grains, ¢ or pulverized; not Todste of, fodide ate red of povash ; man cement of, not of ate: ry that alcobol to be exclusively used for the form inder such rules, regul: the Treasury THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A BILL INTRODUCED IN THE RHODE ISLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PREVENT INTERFER- ENCE WITH THE ATTENDANCE OF CHILDBEN— A CONCESSION TO SCBUPULOUS CONSCIENCES, The following !mportant measure has been introduced | in the General Assembly by William P. Sheffield, | of this city, and isa direct result of the famous De Fray burial case, the particularg of which appeared im the | Herawp a few weeks ago, and are consequently fresh in the minds of the public, The act is entitled “An act to prevent interference with the attendance of scholars the public schools,” and 13 as follows: — ron shail hereafter throaten, dissuade: hinder or obstruct by denouncing, threatening, intimidating parent or guardian wlio under bis control to aay Section 1.—No or otherwise interfort Ing with an; may send or wish to send any child public school in this State which such child Is qualified to enter, nor shall any person, other than » attempt to binder or went any child from attending a | public school from which such child shall not have been ex. | pelled or from whieh he is prohibited from atrending in con- sequence of some law or regulation of such school. It will be remembered that the father of Miss Do | Fray made an affidavit beforo a justice of the peace that the mother of the child was forbidden the sacred rites of the Catholic Chureh because she permitted the girl to attend the public school, and was informed thatas | long as she persisted in so doing she would not be en- | Newrort, Jan. titled to the privileges ot her Church. Section 2 of the act, State:— No child whose parents or guardians shall request that the child shall be exempted therefrom shail be compelled to at- or during the reading of tend in seliool at alty for shall be Sned FAILURE IN NEW HAVEN. time of prayer the Scriptures, nor shall any chila 6 non-attandance uf inc. 3.—Any person violating any provisions of this act which be subjected n these services New Havex, Conn., Jan. $1, 1876. Judson Brothers, extensive pork packers in this Their abilities are estimated at $300,000. The amount of assets ts unknown Goods | shipped to them from Chicago and other Western cities | in transit, while other goods, | city, failed to-day. have been stopped amounting to about $10,000 in value, have been at | at the instance of a Chicago bank. Drafts | yant of $16,000 have recently tested. What Arst excited tached hy on the firm to the been transter, some father-in-law. bad one icon eks ago by the members of the frm, of thoir private residences and otner property to their It 1s believed here that the failure ts o ~ TRENTON NEWS. 4 PRISONER'S FREAK IN COURT—PIGEON SHOOT- ING—MELANCHOLY FATALITY—A FOOT RACE. Trenton, N. J., Jai In the Mercer County Court here today @ negro named James Stout was sentenced to five years in the | State Prison for waylaying and robbing another negro named William Sharp of $2 50 in this city. criminal, after being sentenced, became furious He clothing in court and struggled | fearfully with the office sanity. He was ultimately juered and lodged safely tried to take off in prison The trial of Sooy, defaulting State Treasurer, was He thought to again postponed to the 16th of February. The Rev. J. C, Brown, President of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in this city, is Pigeon shooting exhibition taking steps to stop 1 to be given by Bogardus here to-morrow. A melancholy and fatal accident occurred to the wife | and towns partof wool, worsted, ike animals, made up 4, gallon: trimmings, head ‘on the warp oF ingrain carpets, dnd. backings, prin xcceding 28 wide and 12 inches deep, 3 cents per box; on oranges and lemons, not herein otherwise ve substances used for min- artillery oF sporting purposes, 6 cents per role duty impose a f wood, filled with lead or other materials, nts per poun gallon, 81 per gallon, pounds to be estimated asa dese gall bausen), tannic, tarcere and j ry description ‘used for medicinal i and muriute of am= phaltmin, asa fatida, burytes, sulphates—nitrates of; beeswax, beszortes, binek of bone or ivory, drop black, bladders, manufactures tone, In rolls or refined brick; fire ving tile, bulbor cifled ; grindsto: + i seeds not otherwise provided for; garden seeds and all other seeds for tural and horticultural purposes not otherwise provided for; descriptions ; Frankfort black and tush, dichromate of, putty ; quini otherwise bet ‘Dot otherwise potatoes or corn or of ‘undressed all prescribe. ent or guardian, is appended, will be read with peculiar interest throughout the country, !n view of the present agitation about the reading of the Bible in the public schools of this and every other | 81, 1876. seamstress te + by hand ince 8 velvet 1 30 ted, 55 conte eeding 23 cents per rovided allowance Jemons on in ry t, and, all pouads per 1876, the rived in tric, not other- hloroform ide of mery ore, finishing mer, sia (care icul- acetate ine} pro- } saleratas santo- all carbon. an- the vegetadle alkaloids may be withdrawn from bond free of the specific internal | rovenue tax per gallon, in quantities not exceeding 1,000 ations and 81, 1876. to any pen- | was the | h | Tho feign in- | tu the county courts of Queens and Westchester. | Fire Department of Auburn. | to a third readin of John F. Brown, andertaker at Yardieyvilie, to-day, While Mr. Brown was hitching a borse to a hearse the animal ran away, and in his flight knocked down the poor old lady, who was near by, inflicting juries | was adopted, to inquire tuto the management of Wich resulted fatally half an hour ahora’ great injuries, The deceased lady | im the expendi’ Brown recerved serio’ was sixty years of age. Mr. ‘Afoot race \ook piace bere this afternoon between Willham Caritele and being 100 yards, for $10 formar by sina foot + J Gatto the iy 4 resulting 1m fw leree rromd wae ottracted distance wor of the THE STATE CAPITAL, REASSEMBLING OF THE LEGISLATURE—MRB. FISH INTRODUCES BILLS CONCERNING THE GRADING AND PAVING OF NEW YORE STREETS—STOPPING THE DUMPING OF GAR- BAGE IN THE SOUND, Avsayy, Jap, 31, 1876 The two houses reassembled this evening at the usual hour, and, after doing a trifle of business, adjourned, ‘The clergyman who made the prayer in the Assembly was a novel specimen of “the cloth.” Ina strong Scotch accent he told the listening Solong to take care | that while they were making laws for the people they did not break more themseives, The Speaker introdnced @ bill making the registra- tion of births and marriages as imperative as the record of deaths, and devolving the duty on clergy- men, magistrates and boards of health, The Catholics are the only “persuasion”? in the State who preserve @ lar and careful entry of births and marriages. ecentiy, in New York, the death rate was made to appear alarmingly abead of the birth rate, when the contrary is believed to be correct, Two bills of Mr. Fish’s concerning New York city— one in relation to grading regulating and otherwise im- proving the streess, roads and avenues, and the other relative to confining the expenditures ‘of departments ‘to the amounts appropriated by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment—were moved in Committee of the Whole and discussion withdrawn, owing to the absence of the r part of the New York delegation. Mr. Forster introduced a bill to provide for ciean and gr water in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards, In the Senate Mr. Hammond tntroduced a bill that failed to pass last year authorizing the taxation of stockholders of life, fre and marine insurance com- panies the same as holders of bank stock are at present assessed and taxed, Last year a bill was passed pro hibiting the throwing of garbage, &c., in the waters of Long Isiand Sound; but it was clumsily drawn, and the trial of offenders against its pro. visions was confined to the counties of Westchestor and Queens, and the offenders were designated as cap- tain or owner of the vessel containing the garbage, as the vessel was generally an old scow without captain orowner, and the rubbish was brought principally from New York city, hauled by a tugboat Mr. Pierce introduced an amendment giving Su- preme Courts authority over such violations of the law and making the owners aud captains of tugboate em- ployed to tow the scows. responsible fer the wholesale dumping of garbage in the waters of the Sound, off Whitestone, which done such great injury to the oyster beds. ‘Laws remained to be enacted to give complete effect to the provisions of tne amended constitution. One was introduced by Senator Prince last week, remitting the incorporation of local railroads to local authorities, and the other will be introduced by the same Senator to-morrow, establishing a board of audit, to be com- posed of the Attorney General, Comptroller and Secre- tary of State, to audit all claims against the State, which heretofore went to the Commitiee on Ways ani Means of the Assembly. THE PROCEEDINGS. SENATE. Ausayy, Jan. 31, 1876, ‘The Senate met at half-past seven P. M. ‘The Presipent presented the annual report of the Commissioners of Emigration. BILLS INTRODUCED, By Mr, Vepp In relation to steamboats on Chan- tauqua Lake. It names A. W. Popple, Martin Pender- grast and Orsille Cook inspectors of steamboats, to ‘ant certificates of seaworthiness, By Mr. Wooprn—Providing for extendjng the time of the collection of taxes in the towns of the State until March 15. By Mr, Prixcr—To amend chapter 236 of Laws of 1875, which imposed a penalty of $250 for the throwing of garbage or ashes im Long Island Sound, east of Throgg’s Neck and west of Lioyd’s Neck, ia is amendment extends jurisdiction to the Supreme Court, 80 that offenders can be prosecuted in New York city, and also makes the owner of a towboat, towing a garbage scow, liable to penalty. By Mr. Hamwonp—Authorizing a tax of the stock- holders of life, fre and marine insurance companies in- stead of the capital of such companies. The bill relative to the Troy police was recommitted to the Judiciary Committee. The bill changing the name of the Utica and Black River Railroad Company was ordered to a third reading, Adjourned. ASSEMBLY. Avnasy, Jan. 31, 1876 The Assembly met at half-past seven P. M. BILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. Forsten—To provide a further supply of pure | and wholesome water tor the Twenty-third and Twenty- fourth wards of the city of New York. It authorizes the Commissioners of Public Works to expend, for materials and labor and other services in such manner | as they shal! deem for the best interests of said city in | laying pipes and doing such other things as may be necessary to distribute Croton water for extinguish- ment of fires and ail other purposes that may be re- quired in tue Twenty-third and, Twenty-fourth wards, & sum not exceeding $300,000. The work con. nected with tho laying of such pipes shall be done and performed by contract, after advertising we ares in the City Record for at least ten days, and all such contracts shall be given to the lowest bidders. The terms of the contracts shall be settled by the Counsel of the Corporation. Secu! for the faithful performance of the work requi: ‘he bids shall be opened in public. If the lowest bidder Selmeae take the contract, the work shall be ad- vertised and bids be received again. Ifany contract is abandoned, it shall also be readvertised and reiet, The Comptroller is authorized to borrow, on bonds or stocks of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonality of the city of New York, such amount as the Commissioner of Public Works shall cali for from time to time, not exceeding the | sum of $300,000, The bonds shall bear seven per cent | interest, and be redeemable in not less than ten years | nor more than fifty years. They shall not be disposed | of for less than par. Provision is made for raising | money to meet the bonds by tax on real and personal property. ‘The money raised for this purpose shall not applied to any other. The faith of the city and | county ts pledged to the payment of tne bonds and the | interest thereon. By. Mr. J. 8. Browx—To amend the charter of the | By Mr. J. W. Browx—To extend the boundaries of the village of Niagara, By Mr. SLoay—Authorizing the Common Counc!) of Oswego to amend the charter of the Prison Associa- tion of New York. By Mr. Lanc—To amend the Revised Statutes rela- tive to justices’ courts. Acotnmunication was read from the Comptroller giving a list of the newspapers publisbing the official canvass of votes cast the last election and the amount paid each, which was $143 25, It was pub- hshed in eighty-one different papers throughout tho State. The annual report of the Commissioners of Emigra- Vion was received, RESOLUTIONS. By Mr. Muwnor—A concurrent resolution, directing the Committee on Manufacture of Salt of both houses to visit the salt works in Onondaga county and investi- gate their management, Laid over. The House then went into committee and considered | nd title of PoliceJustice in Syracuse to that of rder. Mr. Grarr moved to strike out a provision relative to fees, on the ground that it was unconstitutional, Lost. Mr. Carnott E. Surrm moved several verbal amend- ments, which were adopted. He also moved an amend- ment authorizing the Recorder to sentence a prisoner to Onondaga County Penitentiary, which was adopted; also another requiring the District Attorney to attend before the Recorder and prosecute all cases for the people, which was adopted. The bill was then ordered to a third reading. Progress was reported on the bill relative to expendi- tures by the authorities of the city of New York. Progress was reported on the bill to regulate’the ing, paving and improving the streets of New rk. 0 The bill to amend the act to improve Grass River was ordered to a third reading. To amend the act providing for the incorporation of | religious societies, so far as the same relates to the Protestant Episcopal Church, It has reference to the election of officers. Ordered to a third reading. Reorganizing the First and Second Joaicial districts | of the State, 60 a8 to cover the annexation of a part of Westchester county to New York city. Ordered to a third reading. Relative to wills of personal estates. It legalizes a will made out of the State, and apples only to the will of persons dying after the passage of the act, Ordered | ig To provide for an additional justice of the peaco tn the town of Onondaga Ordered to a third reading. ‘Amending an act providing a supply of water for the city of Yonkers. It provides for levying a tax to pay interest on the water debt. Ordered to a third reading. To re-establish the boundary line of the counties of Oneida and Madison between the towns of Vernon and Lenox. The Speaker introduced # bill providing for the re- cording of births, marriages and deaths, ‘Adjourned, THE NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. Trenton, Jan. 31, 1876 Both houses of the Legislature met to-night A few important bills were introduced. One was presented by Mr. Carscallen in the House, providing fora new system of school management It provides for a board | of directors of school boards, consisting of five per- sons, to be nominated bs the ana confirmed by = th Boards Aldermen, and in the State Mr. Brewer intro- duced supplement to the General ons law, providing for the damming of the ware | River at Trenton. Mr. Cross offered 4 resoluti _— ‘en. mn Lunatic Asylum. He charged ‘extravagance tures of money in that institution, called Pee said the managers’ report was uneat it a grist fa regular Gommittee on Lunatic Asylume tsfactory. jag instruct troduced a bill. for their fees. to make investigation. Mr. Magic im the Sonata to enable ¥o bue ) clay COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION. MINISTERIAL CONFERENCES. ABSTRACT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT—A DIMINU- | METHODISTS AND BAPTISTS MARCHING ALONG— TION OF ONE-HALF IN THE IMMIGRANT AL- RIVAL AS COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR— NATIONALITIES OF THE IMMIGRANTS. The annual report of the Commissioners of Emigray tion for the year 1875, the twenty-ninth since the or- ganization of the commission, was yesterday presented to the Legislature at Albany. The following are its principal points, After referring to the greatly lessened number of alien emigrants arriving at this port during the last year, the report says:— The entire number of passengers who arrived from foreign countries at this port during the year was 135,045, of whom 84,560 were aliens and 60,485 were ¥ persons who had before landed at’ the port ork. r ~ To show more forcibly the decline of immigration during the past few years. the following tabie is set forth, which embraces the statistics of alien arrivals at this port for ten years:— No. Year. No. 418 229,639 242781 204,581 213, 686 266, 818 258, 989 140,041 212,170 527 were male adult adults and 18,128 children under twelve years of age of both sexes, At this landing depot 99,903 steerage or third class ngers were landea during the year 1875, includin; 917 citizens oF persons who reviously arrive: at New York or otner ports in the United States, and 74,986 aliens, They reported their intended destination as follows ;— 48,261 to the Middie States, 8,475 to the Eastern States, 36,871 to the Western States, 1,877 to the Southern States and 2,486 to the Territories. The Dominion of Canada was the destination of 1,852, British Columbia of 19, Australia of 11, West ludies of 28, Mexico of 13 and South America of 10. : In the jable showing the nationality of the whole number of aliens who arrived during the years 1874 and 1876, the following are the countries from which tho largest number of emigrants are sont :— From the German Empir From Ireland England: Scotland. Italy WEMIR S35 04d-5065 the Austrian Empire Sweden The abstract statement of the revenue and expendi- tures for the past year shows the receipts to have been $185,789 19, which have been expended with the excep- tion of a cash balance of $754 60, The report concludes with a reference to the inves- tigation made by a special committee of the Legislature and acknowledge that it was thorough and complete. BROOKLYN COMMON COUNCIL. THE RIGHTS OF ALDERMANIC COMMITTEES QUESTIONED — POLICE HEADQUARTERS — THE GAS BUSINESS AGAIN. At the regular meeting of the Brooklyn Common Council held yesterday afternoon, President French ‘n the chair, @ resolution was offered by Alderman Burnett, to the effect that the Law Committee be em- powered to inquire whether any committee of the Board of Aldermen has the iegal right to compel theat- tendance of witnesses, administer oaths and call for persons and papers, The committee were to repert at the next regular session of the Board, and pendi such report no summons should be issued by aby com- mittee, The resolution wasadopted with a trifling amend- ment A communication from W. A. Husted, offering to lease his building, corner of Washington and Johnson streets, to the city for one-half the reut paid for the present Police Heacquarters, was read and referred to the Committee on Buildings. Alderman French presented a resolution om the question, which invites proposals for lighting streets with oi] or some other substance. The city tu reserve the right to contract for one or more wards or public buildings, and to cancel such contracts upon a failure to comply with the requirements, The mat- ter was referred to a committee for report. THE WAITER GIRL WAR. The recent peremptory order by the Board of Police to the captains to enforce the law of 1862 probibiting the sale of liquor tn Licensed places of amusement has caused much consternation among proprietors of con- cert saloons and variety theatres, where waiter girls form a prominent attraction, Yesterday alternoon the lobbies of the Central polico office were crowded with representatives of the various places included in the Probibition, anxious to ascertain if some comprom might not'be effected by which they might continu their business, Shortly before six o'clock reinforce- ments were added to the number of those present in. the shape of an organized delegation of proprietors, with counsel Superintendent Walling was Hirst waited upon, but be.quietiy blighted any a of success they might have entertained by saying that so far as he was concerned the law should certainly be ep- forced, President Smith was next visited, and along interview took place, but it resulted as unsatisfactorily ag the former. The’ proprictors express themselves as dovermined to procure a repeal of the law, which they stigmatize ag Puritanical and unjust, and already ar- rangements have been inaugurated to bring the pressure Ww bear for its THE POLICE JUSTICES. The Board of Police Justices met last evening at the Washington Place Police Court, The resignation of Victor Precht, interpreter to the Court of Special Ses- sions, was accepted. The resignation of John E. McGowan, assistant clerk to the Board, was accepted, and Cornelius Flynn was appointed in his place Judge Flammer complained that there was not suf. cient clerk help at the Tombs Police Court, and ho moved that rule 13, which provided that each just: may select his own clerk to accompany him while ting at the various courts be stricken out, He thought that there was too much help at Harlem and too little down town, The motion was laid over for further con- sideration, PARKER'S. LITTLE GAME. Letters wero received yesterday by Superintendent Walling from persons in Aubarn, xX ¥., relative to the ewindiing transactions of the man Parker, who was ar- rested as a swindler a few days since, but discharged for lack of evidence, Tho letters received yesterday furnish a fall explanation of the manner of tho swind- ling. When a grocer not over honest bit at Parker's bait sufficiently to open a correspondence with him the latter woald send back another letter saying, in wabstance, that any portion of the stock would be fur- nished at twenty-tive per cent below the regular trade rates, and the goods shipped to any address on sixty days’ credit. This generally brought an order, as thus far no money was called for and the purchaser could kee no possible swindle. The third letter contained the secret. In it was tho announcement that the writer (Parker) had been sud- denly calied to Californiato see asick wife, Ho bad, however, sent the goods ordered to the storage rooma of the Manhattan Storehouse Company, No. 48 East Thirteenth street, the proprietor or manager of which would forward them without delay, This co the letter explained, was necessary to throw Parker's creditors off the track, and when the storage and cartage were paid to the warehouse people the gooda would be shipped. A day later the victim would re- ceive a letter {rom the warehouse manager on Kast Thirteenth street, saying that he had been ordered to ship certain goods on which there were charges for cartage and storage. POSTAL NOTES. The Post Office deposits during the past week amounted to $62,200. The receipts yesterday amounted to $12,200. The business in the Rogistry Department Is steadily increasing. During the month of January, 60,000 reg- istered letters were delivered and 10,480 recetved During 1875, the average number received each month was 36,643. During the same period, the entire number of registered letters and — handled was 1,445,833 without any loss whatever. The “sawdust” circular business appears to have received a new impetos during the past week or two, but the Post Office authorities | have now taken such precautions as will prevent the gang, Who seem to visit New York at reguiar intervals, from making much of a harvest, Station D bas been their centre of operations some time, and Superin- tendent Ten Eyck states that over one hundred letters & week, addressed as named in the circulars, are re- turned by him to the General Office to be sent, to ti Dead Letter OMee. Special Agent Sharrett yesterday received from the ns bine of Police copies of other lithograph eircul matied at station They are of new design, but in substance the same as the othera, Under many different vamos, the at all to Yee 10 the same house in We street, Sut probably od, THREE MONTHS IN THE WATER The body of the man found drowned last Saturday at the foot of Thirty-seventh street, North River, was reo- ognized at the Morgue yesterday morning by Mra. William Johnston as that of her busband. The d who was thirty-five years old, and a sai) maker, left hia home, No. 206 Henry street, on the 4th of last Novem. ber, expecting to return at nig! heard of him anti! this morning, nor is it known how he was drowned. He leaves a large family, MUTUAL BENEFIT SAVINGS BANK The Mutoal Benefit Savings Bank, which suspended several months ago, will be reopened to-day, at ten clock. All depositors who choose to present their ms will be paid a dividend of twenty-five per cont | NO ONE HURT BY DR, JEFFREY'S HERESIES— MB. BUCKLEY ON METHODIST POLITY. The Baptist Pastors’ Conference met yesterday in the Mariners’ church, in Oliver stree, The devotional ex- ercises were conducted by the venerable Dr. vowling. Before the minutes were approved Dr, Miller, of Greenpoint, wished bis resolutions, presented at the last meeting (and published in the Herat), noticed tn the Conference records, The clerk demurred, and, af- ter some discussion, Dr. Miller withdrew them, ou tho | yp George Hoey; ground that if they were adopted the action would con- | FINE ARTS. EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AND MUSICAL ENTER* TAINMENT AT THE LOTOS CLUB. The ladies’ reception at the Lotos Club wook place yesterday afternoon, The entertainment commenced with the following programme:—Piano solo, Signor Marosini; “Noel,” M. Ad Fiamant; “L’Incontro,’”! Miss Hattie Bedloe; “Pat and the Pig,” Mr. Harry Beckett; “One Word,’’Mme. lzora Elder and Mr. Rouse; piano solo, Mme, Carreno-Sauret; “Celeste Aida,” Biram R. Romeyn; “Asleep at the Switch,’ “Thou’rt Like Unto a Flower,” by Miss Bedloe; Mr. Carl Foria, musical director. The demn Drs. Bright and Samson, and, if negatived, that | honors were carried off by Mr. Hoey in his rendition of action would indorse their open communion practises, | Dr. J. B, Thomas, of Brooklyn, then wont into a balf hour explanation Of bis remarks, made last week, for which Drs. Fulton and Sarles substantially calted him a liar, He read from a paper which wus before the caucus that was held before the mect- ing of the Long Island Baptist Associa- tion, in 1874, and which confirmed substantially | tier.” Near it is “Ruins of Bridge at Nartri, Ital what he had previously said, Ho said be bad also received a letter from Dr, Sarles in apology gnd explanation of what had taken place, and he thought Dr. Sarles and himself were substantially agreed. But Dr, Sarles afterward-denied the agreement in any such sense as Dr. Thomas had intimated. Dr. Fulton wanted a chance to reply to Dr. Thomas, but objection was made by Drs. Miller, Samson, Dowling and others that per- sonal matters should be kept out of the Conference? Dr. Fulton, however, insisted on giving his version of the caucus, and w: led to order by the Chair kept on talking until it appeared likely that the meeting would break up in confasion, because if the right to reply was given to the Doctor there were several other brethren { the poem of his own composition, In it his sympa- thetic voice and Qne reading were displayed to advap- tage, Un the walls were hung the pictures, Ofty-eight in } Rumber, aud, with two or three exceptions, the work | | | who would put in for the samo right It be- ing then half-past twelve o'clock the Chair insisted on calling the order of the day. The | Conference sustained tho call, and Dr. Jeffrey took the floor, But he put the Conference in a worse plight than it had been in by refusing to read his paper while the preamble adopted by the meeting last week stood | on their records. He was finally prevailed upon to read his paper, after a motion to adjourn had been voted down. ‘THE HERETICAL RSSAY. When the document came it was mnocent of any communion heresy, though it looked as if it were pre- liminary merely to the promulgation of “liberal” views on the communion question. It treated of church organization in the apostolic times, and showed from | the Acts of the Apostles and from Paul's Episties that the totality of Christian believers in any city consti- tuted but one church, and of course with tnis view of church organization the sacrament was not the exclu- sive property or right of any local society, but was the common privilege of all. Dr. Armitage could not swallow all the heresy, and | he will probably reply at some future meeting of the Conference, THE METHODIST MINISTERS, This body had as interesting though not so exciting | The Rev. J. M. | a session as the Baptists yesterday, Buckley, of Stamford, kept them together unti! two o'clock, defending the polity and order of Methodism | from the iconoclasts of the Church, who are trying to pall down, but making no provision to reconstruct, Preceding speakers had advocated the enlargement of the Episcopacy, and the changing of the bishops from one district or province to another by the General Conference every four years. This he opposed vigor- ously, He would permit the bishops to do as they now do, except that after any of their number had the age of sixty years he should not be moved about, but limited to one district, Some brethren had advocated the reduction of the number of incumbents, or the abolition alto- gether of the presiding elderstilp. Others, again, had advocated the enlargement of the number of présiding elders, the reduction of the size of districts and the appouitment of each elder to a church as a pastor, so that their support should not be placed on the dis- tricts, Mr. Buckley would not reform the office in any respect, but he would reform the men who {ill the office, Instead of making the office a retreat for an- cient brethren, he would put active, earnest men in the position, and keep them toa strict account for fidelity therein. Their visits to the churches should not be formal and hurried, but should be practical and useful He would allow of negotiation between ministers and churches to a limtied extent, but not to the extent of a man setting a morey value upon his ministry avd {hsisting on that equivalent. He de- fended the entire polity of American Methodism, and showed, by comparing it in many respects with British Wesleyanism, that the latter without bishops or presid- ing elders is far more autocratic than the former with both, Ministers in the Wesleyan Church must travel four years before they can marry. Then they must give @ year’s notice to the Conference that they intend Yo marry, and afterward, before they receive the per- mit of that body to enter into such alliance, must pre- gent certain credentials for piety and standing of the Jadies they intend to wed. A NEW HOSPITAL, HELP YOR THE VICTIMS OF CHRONIC DISEASie, A meeting of distinguished physicians, clergymen and benevolent persons was held last night at Associa: tion Hall, for the purpose of considering a plan pro- posed for the erection of a hospital in which to treat chronic diseases, The audience was avery select but not numerous one, Mr, Everett P. Wheeler was in tho chair, The meeting was addressed by Dr. Henry A. Hartt, the origmnator of tho plan, who said :— It is intended to establish an hospital where such chronic diseases as rheumatism, gout, bronchiti asthma, catarrh, fever and ague, dyspepsia and atte: nons of the skin and nervous system, chronic conges- tions of the throat, spine, joints and of the liver, kid- neys and lungs an bath, bath rubbing and passive motion, inhalation, other internal orgaus, may be | treated, in addition to other methods, with water in | artists. all its forms, medicated and unmedicated, the hot air | few | road, on one side of which is am: | rendered group of Alderneys reposing, of American artista At’ the end of the rooms is Mul- Yany’s “Trial of a Horse Thief on the Western Fron- oh. large picture by Cropsey; Sunset on the Coast,” by Ed. Moran; a portrait of Mrs, Jobo T. Raymond, by David , 8b American artist, now in Munich, who Occasionally sends bis pictures home, “Souvenir of East Hampton,” by Robert C, Minor, is low in tone, the gloom of twilight pervading the seene giving the artist opportunities for the most subtile rendering of earthly forms, while it displays bis great strength iv sky painting. “Women of Cairo” is by F. ridg- man, an American artist residing in Paris, ‘The Mu- sician” is @ strong figure, by W. Linnig, Jr. “Sunset at Sacrame’ Valley, California,” is y Bierstadt, ‘A Mormng Gleam,” by A. 5 Wyant; “Portrait of the rust,” on a two inch horse in an Eastern desert, by RS. Gifford, 1s an exceileut likeness, though the head is not mor than a quarter of an inch in size, “Some Very Impor- tant Business,” shows a littic four-year-old seated at a writing desk with different objects scattered around ag though business with Lim meant mischief. This is by George H. Story. The seasons are four small pictures by William Hart, ‘In the Wilderness,” in which he has introduced a group of deer, is by W. H. Beard, “A Lady’s’? and “A Bachelor’s Table’? are two good still life studies, by Marston Ream. Three smal! Egyptian scenes, full of glowing atmosphere, are by Frauk Waller. ‘Little Sunshine” is a pretty little girl, by J. G. Brown. ‘Travelling in Corsica” represents a Cor- sican diligence, with its five horses, passing along a trying to hold # donkey out of the path of the vehicle; A. Wardsworth Thompson is the artist, “Very Comfortable,” 1s an old man sittiug with his bands, palms out- ward, before a stove, by Eastman Johnson. “‘lty Their Fruits Ye Shall Kaow Them,”’ is a country scene, with fruit trees in blossom, by Edward Gay. “Ruins of Gutenfels on the Rhine,’ is one of T. Addison Rich- ards’ best pictures, ‘In Venice,” by R. Swain Gifford, represents a group of fishing boats tied to side the city. ‘Sunset, Coast of France,” L H. De Haas. ‘‘Landscape and Cattle’ is a strongly with @ well- pe, by J. 0. Wood. “The Morning Coach,’ by Whitbridge; “Swiss Lake,” by Casilear; a small “Marine,” by’ Bricher; ‘Coast Scene,” by Nicoll; “Landscape and Cattle,” by James Hart and Tait; “Landscape,” by Kruseman Van Elton; ‘Scene in Cairo,” by Edwin White; Landscape,” by Wyant, and “Twilight,” by Albert 'Insley; “Water Lilies,” in their native element and surroundings, an exquisite lit- tle study by Charles H. Miller; small landscape, by Shat- “It's an [ll Wind which Blows Nobody Good," where a gust of wind sweeping through a forest bi | overturned trap and freed a rabbit. ‘An Intruder, by Frederick 8. Church, represents a pelican which has nested on the beach’ surrounded by a flock of sea Filla, The line of the son beyond the beach is parsiou- larly good, as well as the birds in this picture, | Bar- bara.” by G. H. Pangborn, has more color than he usually indulges in, but the face is as {uli of expression asever. ‘Court Yard, Chailly, France,” and “Modern Claude Melnotte’’ arc two snail pictures by J. O'B. Inman, ason of the famous Inman and now a resident of Paris. “The Last Rose of Suntmer’” is by C. J, Tay- lor, “Study of a Swiss Rebel” is by H. H. Moore, red Out,’ a pretty little genre picture, representing two children in a doorway, is by Eug. Freyer. ‘The Pet Bird”? is a large dgure of @ peasant girl feeding her bird, by E. Hublin. painted lands A WORD ON BEHALF OF LADY ARTISTS, To tus Evrron ov tux Heratp:— “Respectfully invited to meet artists and members of the press.” Thus ran the invitations to the open- ing of the annaal exhibition of the American Society of Painters in Water Colors, and at the bottom of the card were the words, ‘Gentlemen only.” Does the Managing Committee decline, then, to acknowledge as artists the ladies who have contributed by no means the worst pictures on their wulls, or refuse to recognize the aumerous women who increase their incomes by writing for the press? It is impos- sible to believe that the desire.to put no restriction on | smoking was the real reason of this most discourteous exclusion. Persons of either sex who object to the uso of tobacco were free to abseht themselves, or it would have been easy to provide & smoking room, and thus meot the convenience of all. No, the measure took 11a rise in quite another and less avowablo motive—in the petty jealousy which is popularly supposed to be a peculiarly temi- nine feeling. the race Women always start heavily weighted im rf honor and m Thousands of litt es and conventionalities impede their on- ward progress, Even family ties, that usually lie lightly on men, press with overwhelming weight on them and demand a large portion of their time and en- ergy. They too often lay aside the palette and the brush only to take up the needle, and frequently tind themselves, by the more fuct of their sex, excluded trom the society most congenial to their tastes. Men, on the contr: t the end of their day’s work are free to seok rest and inspiration where they will They are hampered by no restriction, by no endless round of small duties, Surely these’ disadvantages are great, and any lady who surmounts them is entitled to all re- Spect and to ap impartial judgment from ber brother Sho will receive it, however, with exceptions, only from ‘those who are at once too enlightened and too secure in their own electricity, electro-magnetism, galvanism and physical | position to wish to crowd weaker aspirants out of the training. ‘Cases of generally admitted and Dr. Hart asks the public of New York to assist in erecting one for their treatment This proposition fs based upon the deplorable neglect and mismanagement of these difficult and intractable maladies by private practitioners and in public institu- tions, The project has been submitted to the medical faculty, with a paper detailing the proposed treatment, and tho B tre oer was well accepted by the great body of the profession. The 5 or then proceeded to relate the benefits that would accrue to the public from tho establishment of such a Lape and the qual- ities requisite in the doctor who would have the conduct thereof, The grand qualifications for this sphere of labor are grit, patience, energy and the irresistible magnetism of unconquerable faith. 1t would ve impossible to imag- ino @ grander theatre for research than would be afforded by an hospital of this description, It 1s pro- posed to throw open the pecaliar methods of this in- stitution to the whole faculty of New York for the benefit of their patients. Dr. Hartt produced the indorsement of some 800 New York physicians, including some of the most eminent | of the protession; also the commendation of many well known clergymen and prominent citizens of vari- ous classes, Dy. E. H. Davis followed Dr, Hartt, making « speech wherein he said that when Dr. Hartt first pro- posed his plan for an hospital of this kind he thought the projector of it an enthusiast, and the speaker was disposed to withhold his approval until he could thoroughly investigate the facts and fully satisfy bim- self of the ten soa ity of the case, and the result of this investigation had satisfied him, from the treat- ment of patients who had come under his own immo- diate care, that the proposed plan for an hospital on the basis laid down by Dr. ts possesses all the merits claimed for it, Dr. J. Marvin Sims, the Rev. Dr, Edward McGlynn, Mr. Everett P. Wheeler and Mr. Ronaid Macdonald ad- dressed the mecting. HANDBALL, The match between Messrs. B. McQuade and P. Jones and Messrs. P. Murphy and D, McCarthy, for $100, was played at the Madison street court yesterday, resulting in favor of the latter, who won the second, third and fourth games, as per the score below Ure Games M2 POT rt Second Third Fourth Game Game Game Game B. McQuade, ‘ P Jones } eben a 18 10 iW . Murphy, by motuthy, } whoa deg 21 2 a THE GAME IN BROOKLYN. At Casey's coart, in Brooklyn, yesterday, the first match was between Richard Townsend and Matthew Belford, two of the medal players, single handed, best 3ii 5 The Grst game ended in favor of Townsend. ‘The second game was also won by Townsend, but Belew ford won the third when Townsend had made only 15 points. e fourth game was eonsidered the most remarkable game ever played in the court, for Town. send was “Chi joed"'—that he did not makea Cag point, The fifth and last game of the match was really the most equally contested game of the match, the score standing Belford, 21; Townsend, 20 ‘TURES. U. 1D MATOR. The next was the much talked of match with tho pees, Philip Casey, against Andrew Henderson and Michael Delaney, best 2 in &, Casey won the match in the first and third e8, On Thursday next there {sto be amatch for $500 ide, with Philip Casey and Bernard McQuade against James Casey and James Dee RACKETS. The match for $100 between Messrs, Lenihan and Curry and Messrs, W. Malloy and B. McQuade resulted in favor of Lenihan and Curry; and Lenihan, with Gleason for a er, repeated the victory over McQuade and Malloy, winning, as in the former match, Shree consecutive games. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. A regular mohthly meeting of the Chamber of Com. merce will be held on Thursday next, February 3, at one o'clock, P, M., at the rooms of the Chamber, No, 63 Willem street diseases of these classes are not | Tanks. There is, unfortunately, always to be found » into our existing hospitals, | lamentable army of manlings and second rate artists who, finding themselves, with three times her opportu- nities, anable to escape mediocrity, will solace their self-esteem by sneering atthe ‘Female Artist.” Ob bewspaper writers, who remark invidiously om Mi Anthony's age or ridicule the personal appearance of some other lady celebrities! Oh, Managing Committe of the American Society of Puinters in Water Colors! Let no one for the future assert that women have the monopoly of petty jealousy, for you have triumphantly proved the contrary. ONE WHO IS NOT A FEMALE ARTIST. MOHAMMED. Dr. Joun Lord delivered a lecture yesterday morning at Association Hall on “Mobammed."" He said:—It used to be’ the fashion to look on the great Arabian prophet asthe great evil power ofthe world. In our times neither bis character nor his doctrin re regarded as so mahgn. Hoe is generally viewed as aman of won- derful genius and a great reformer. In the ages pro- ceding the advent of the prophet a degrading polythe- ism was the religion of the land, A great reform was | imperatively needed to restore a uniform belief and to set npahigher standard of morals. Mohammed was born in 570 and was reared in the family of an uncle. He was a beautiful man and also very eloquent, Heset himself to work to produce a reform amid overwhelming obstaclea, No one but be wife encouraged and believed in him. Wit out her sympathy and faith he would probably have failed. He became « visionary map, but he was. intensely in earnest; he fancied himself the ambassa- dor of God to remove idolatry. At last, after he had been shut up a month in solitude, one’ night a form, divinely beautiful, appeared to him and thus spoke:— “O, Mohammed, of « truth thou art the prophet of and I am His angel Gabriel?’ Mohammed felt that this was trae, and he now declared the doctrines which were to revolutionize Arabia, At the age of forty he began to preach everywhero that there is but one God. it few believed bim, and tn three years of exalted labor he converted only thir- teen persons, one of whom was asiave. ‘Still he perse- ver He was regarded as a lunatic, and at last hos- tities commenced, and he was threatened and ersecuted, He fied to Medina io 62k ¢@ was there cordially welcomed, and was Soom surrounded by entbasiastic followers. After he was established at Medina a great change | took place in his method of teaching. He resolved to | adapt his religion to the depraved hearts of his follo era, to ase the means to secure success, So he allowed polygamy ; protnised a sensual paradise to those who | tye ge his ideas, and then added to his creed the ie that he could propitiate t But the worst thing the prophet did was peal to tho sword, He asserted that the sword the key of heaven, Oy declared that all who drew in defence of the fait would secure heaven, and if they foil in battle their sins would be washed away. Thus did stimulate the fanaticism of a warlike and herote was the result? To propagate the faith they overran the whole world, and wh died, atthe age of sixty-three, he was the most successful founder of religion that the world has ever kaow! TROUBLE FOR NOTHING, An attempt at burglary was made on Saturday night apon the bonded warehouse of Isaac A. Devoe, No, 13 Greenwich ‘street, An {nvestigation made yesterday showed that the burglars tore a sufficient bricks from the be to allow the we wnt iding were found six muslin bags tools. It i@ thought that the wore on tho point of porte 8 vena, THE GREAT TUNNEL BORE. Another inspection was made yesterday of the new tunael of the Delaware and Lackawanna Rallrom under Bergen Hill, at Jersey City, by a party of prom {nent railroad men from New York, Massachusetts Penasylvania and New Jersey, eer eaye las cpiata ‘was that tho rapidity with which the bore was te ‘was unprecedented. The work of arching and wider ing 's Bow being pushed rapidly forward,