The New York Herald Newspaper, March 9, 1876, Page 5

BELKNAP’S CABAL, General Butler’s Views on the Fallen Secretary. FOOL, KNAVE OR MARTYR? The Difference Between Evidence and Newspaper Reports. LETTER FROM CAPTAIN ARMES. His Statement of His False Accusation and Dismissal from the Army. FACTS ABOUT ORVILLE GRANT, Dealings in Government Contracts and Traderships. Lows.1, Mass., March 8, 1876 General Benjamin F, Butler, the former distin- guished momber of Congress from the Essex district, | is not inclined to renounce his entire confidence in the | integrity of ex-Secretary of War Belknap until the re- sult of an official investigation has declared him to be vorrupt The General stated, in an interview with NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, i876.—TRIPLE treatment of me had been outrageous, and I stated to Mr. Lewis that I was possessed of KNOWLEDGE OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS which, if made public, would result in the overthrow of Mr. Belknap, Our conversation wis repeated by Mr. Lewis to some of bis friends on the day that Mr. Belknap was charged by the House committee with high crimes, &c., and some reporters who were stand- ing near telegraphed what was said to the country. PERSONAL HISTORY, On the commencement of the late rebellion I left a beautiful home and my friends and associates in Fairfax county, Virginia, being only sixteen years old, and took an active part against men who, I thought, 'were about to destroy one of the best and noblest govern- ments ever known, which severa! of my ancestors had contributed their services to establish, So enthustastic was 1 for maintaining the old flag that I enlisted as a private soldier, left the friends of my childhood and took purt against them with strangers, and soon at- tamed to the rank of second linutenai Thereafter, being disabled for service in the field, 1 was appointed to the Veteran Keserve corps, but in a few months hav- ing recuperated I requested active service. General C."C. Auger approved my and I was sent to field, where General ntassigned me to duty as agsistant aide de-camnp to General W.S. Hancock, commanding the Second army corps, with whom [ served through the most important baities of the cam- paign, from the Wilderness to Petersburg, Va., during 1864, 1 was promoted to acaptaincy when nine- teen years of age, upon the recommendation of General gallant officer. Soon after joining my’ regiment I was complimented in general orders by General Nelson A. Miles for leading a charge aud capturing the enemy's works at Hatch’s Run, and for that action I was brevetted major. I remained in the field until the close of the rebellion, when | was piaced in command ot Fort Whipple, Va., with six companies of artillery, and was soon afterward assigned to the command of the Fitth district of Virginia, under General 0. 0. Howard, where I remained until mustered out of ser- vice in the volunteers, 1 then received a commission as second lieutenant in Second regiment United States cavalry, upon the recommendation of Generals W. 3. Hancock, C. ©. Auger, C. H. Tompkins and oth- ers. 1 was sent to the Plains and soon placed in com- mand ot Company M, Second cavalry, in the absence of the captain of the company. In the fall of 1866 1 led an expedition of cavalry against the Indians with sach Balistactory results that the commander of the depart- ment of the Platte, General Philip St. George Crook, issued a general order stating that 1 had performed YERMAVS THK GREATEST CAVALRY PEAT ever heretolore recorded. He recommended me to General Grant, who requested that I be made a captain in the regular army at once, and my commission as captain Was dated back so far that I ranked several your correspondent to-day, that he was scarcely pre- pared to judge the case, for, like many others at this fistance from Washington, he was unfortunate in ‘peg compelled to rely upon the newspaper reports for his information. He also intimated that his pro- * fessional engagements consumed so much of bis time that he could hardly bestow that attention to political aflairs which he did formerly. HIS RXCOLLECTIONS OF THE EX-SECRETARY. “Tam free to state, however,” he added, with much warmth, “that my expericnce with Mr. Belknap was such as to give me the impression that he was one ot the most honorable and trusted members tn the whole Cabinet, 1 had considerable intercourse with him while im the army—moro than since then— and I always found him a man of strict integrity, And it will be alike a matter of disappointment and ro- fret to me if theso charges against bim are fully s: tained.” ‘Then, alter a moment’s pauso, the General continued, ‘There are many features in the case, judging from the evidence before the committee, and not from the newspaper accounts, which go to show that Belknap is being HASTILY AND UNJUSTLY 40DGRD by tho community. You will remember that the tes- timony goes to show that when moncy was first begun to be paid to Mrs, Belknap by Marsh there was nothing indicating that it was paid for corrppt or illegitimate purposes—nothing whatever. THere is, though,” added the General, ‘evidence showing that money was paid directly to Belknap himself, but nis manner in receiving it was not such as would be assumed by dishonest man, He gave his own personal receipt for it, something that a shrewd, corrupt man would never think of doing.’” “You moan by that, General, I interrupted, “that he may be more of a fool than a knaveY’’ “No knave about it, but all fool if he would receive aud sign his receipt for money paid for corrupt and criminal purposes, Oh, no; it don't seem possible that aman like Belknap would do that. The fact that he sigued the receipts would seem to indicate, to my mind, in the absence of contrary proof, that he believed the money was legitimately due his wife.” “But, General,” I now asked, “how do you reconcile his possible innocence and ignorance with his confes- sion and grief-stricken appearance in the committee room the other morning ?” “Ab! that’s it again. You see in the newspaper accounts that he confessed, and all that sort of thin; Dat I fail to find anything of the kind in the evidence that confirms such stories. If it is true, as alleged, that he burst into tears, and implored them to save his wife (who may be guilty) and sacrifice him instead, it shows that there is something ennobling im the fellow’s character. If he has done that it ts not surprising to me; but I am not yet prepared to beliove that be confessed to all the crimes that are popularly charged to him. And another thing,’’ continuod the General, ‘you sbould bear in mind how Belknap acted in the preliminary stages of the investigation, Didn't Marsh want to leave the country at the start, and wouldn't he bavo done it it it had not been for Belk | himself? And didn’t Belknap tell him to go before the | committee and tell all that was asked of him? Does that look as if the ex-Secretary felt that he had been | guilty of or even connived at corruption?” Referring again to the matter of bis manifesting grief in the pres- ence of the committee, General Butler said:—“I have had a good deal of experience, one time and another, with criminals, . and I have always ob- served that a hardened and guilty man stands up boldly and unfiinchingly against charges, This is natural, fora man conscious of an offence or crime knows that be is liable at any moment to be ac- cused of it, he nerves himself np to appear inno- cont and indifferent when the crisis arrives. Not so, however, with an innocent men, for I have always ob- served that a guiltless man charged with crime gen- erally breaks down under a false accusation.’” WHAT WILL BE THE EFFECT ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY? 1 then asked the General what, in his opinion, would be the effect of this exposure or scandal on the success of the republican party in the coming Presidentia! cam- paign. The answer, without alluding particularly to | this candidate or that, was to tho effect that it “ought” to have little or no eflect what. ever. If Mr. Belknap, he argued, has been guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors in his office it does not follow that the republican party is neces- sarily corrupt or undeserving the confidence of the people, and he made the comparison of asking if the whole Christian Chureh should be denounced for tho acts of a single sinner who had ovelonged toi, The General might have had some Brooklyn people in his mind at the time, but if he did he most charitably re- (rained from mentioning names, Assuming it to be a possibility that Belknap is an object of persvoution for political purposes, the party interviewed said that tf éuch was proved to be a fact it would inevitably prove beneficial to the republicans during the campaign, As before intimated, the General failed to express any ppinion concerning Presidential cand) dates. | } LETTER FROM CAPTAIN ARMES. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKRTCH—HIsToRY or HIS COURT MARTIAL—THE TRUMPED UP CHARGES AND THEIR BEFUTATION—a¥TER BELENAP—WHAT ARMES WROTE LAST DE- CEMBER. To Tax Eorron or tre Heravy:— Not being 4 politician nor secking notoriety, neither | ‘wishing that false and malicious charges be heralded throogh the country, but that the truth may prevail, 1 | feel it incumbent upon me to present to the public the following statement of facts, which can be substan- lated by facts which are connected with the recent fownfall of an individual who has not only enjoyed the confidence of the country but has been one of the principal advisers of our Chief Magistrate, Far from ippearing to exuit in public over this baneful rever- sion, after having so materially assisted in bringing to the notice of the people of the country the transac- tions of the late Secretary of War, which so clearly prove him to @ been unfit forthe public trust re- posed in him, no one can in truth say that I was in- fluenced in my course by a wish for newspaper noto- riety, as by my especial request my name has ap- peared in print im this connection with as little fre. quency as was consistent with right. Latterly my name became publicly connected with this matter in the manner following:—The Hon. B, B. Lowis, of Alabama, was,referred to me in Decembor, 1876, as being desirous of renting a residence in this etty, Whiio wrth bi xamining the various houses under my chargoas areal estate agent I communi- cated to him that! had suffered from the enmity of the present Secretary of War (Belknap), and that his hundred officers who bad been my seniors. Subse- quently I served in several expeditions in separate commands against Indians, and was specially recom- mended by Generals Hancock and Sherman for brevet Heutenant colonel United States Army. In 1860 Twas a witness before a court convened at Fort Harker, Kansas, While in attendance upon this court 1 was obliged to take my meals at a mess kept by two young women, One morning at | the breakfast ‘table one of the officers of my regiment, Captain Cox, who seemed to be aequainted with the woman who keyt the mes fent the waiter boy to one of them with some pictures, witha message that I had sent them, The wou came into the mess room and inquired for me. 1 was pointed out, when she waiked up and canght hold of my shoulders in a playful, but rough way; whereupon Jat once ordered ber to “get out,’ She left, and I told Captain Cox XRVER TO UNDRRTAKE SUCH A JOKE with me again, There the affair ended. Several months afterward I had occasion to prefer charges against two officers of my regiment, one of whom was | the Captain Cox who tried to perpetrate the joke. | These officers did their best to have me withdraw the charges aguinst them, but I declined, being satistied of their guilt. They obtained an interview with Licu- | tenant Colonel A. D, Nelson, who listened to their in+ famous proposition to prefer @ charge against me, which they thought would ruin and disgrace me, even if it did not put me out of the army. was placed in | arrest and ordered before a court, ot which Colonel 8. B, Sturgiss was President and Major Lewis Merrill the Judge Advocate, COURT MARTIALLED, i The court which tried me was composed of five mem- bers, Against tis President and Judge Advocate 1 made the charge of gambling, and during my trial I objected to being tried by such a court (excepting on}; Cotonel Poland); but my objection was not sustained, and I was forced toa trial by acourt composed of Dilter enemies, who were presided over by General Sturgiss and Major Lewis Merrill as Judge Advocate. The Judge Advocate of this court accepted the tes- | timony of the two mess women, whose character was | proven on the trial to be of the low grade. The officer who preferred the charges against me, and the two officers upon whose testimony I was convicted by | this court, have been cabsequentiy eashiered and dis- | missed the army, and two of them sentenced to the | common Penitentiary for highway robbery and other crimes, The proof that this infamous court was prejudiced against the truth is that it fefused to credit the sworn testimony of honest, honorable and reliable witnesses: | produced on my part. After the unjust judgment of this court was promulgated I was at liberty, and came to Washington with a letter fronr ton. 8. J. Kirkwood to the late Secretary of War, who seemed to pay no more attention to the letter than if it were so much waste paper. He graffly said I should not havea re- hearing nor be reinstated, I employed counsel and mg that my persecutors had been found guilty of the charges prelerred by me, sept my nomination to my old rank to the late Secretary of War, He sent for mo and demanded that I should deposit with him a resig- | nation of the office, which was to take effect so soon as I had been confirmed, which demand 1 declined to comply with, but later acecded to, only to recall it in | a few hours after leaving it with him, | My nomination was defeated throngh the machina- | tions of one A. D. Ames, then aSenator and tool of | the late Secretary of War. apphed to Congress for an honorable disch: ler the act of June, 1870. case was thoroughly investigated | by a committee of the House of Representatives, | whieh ma @ unanimous report excuipating mo from the false findings of the court martial, which was | confirmed by the House (notwithstanding the exertions of tho late Secretary of War to the contrary), but de- feated in the Senate by his false and malicious repro- sentations, The result was the same the next session. Finally, in 1874, my character was fully vindica- ted through the aid of Senator Claytou and others, who were convinced of the injustice of the persistent perse- cution on the part of the late Secretary of War. APPBALING TO BELKNAP. Pending the action of Congress in my caso, I ad- dressed several letters to the late Secretary of War, in one men tg written in 1871, Lsaid, “Does it stand to reason that 1 will allow jalse charges to remain an file unnoticed by me? No, sir. If it takes ten years | will have justice or revenge,’’ No reply being made to this, and being convinced of bis predilection tor people of low character, | sought tor confirmation of my judg- ment, and in less than two years tound material enougn to urge me in the patriotic daty of exposing to the people of our country one of the most dangerous and powerful enemies that ever sought to blacken the annals of our history. 3 EXPOSURE LAST DECEMBER. My first step in exposing this individual to the merited scorn of the public wasin my letter to the St. Louis daily Times during the month of December, 1875, and to parties in the State of Iowa, for the purpose of defeating him in the contest for the Senate ot the United States, I qu rom one of my letters to the St, Louis Times, publi December 92, 1875, and again pub- lished March 3, 1876: * * * “From what I know personally of this in- dividual I feel satisGed that a proper investigatmg com. mittee would find bim guilty of baving interest in post tradersbips in the army, and having been paid indi- by given persons as Secretary of terested in selling clerkshipsin. the departments of the government; that he has ac- cumulated a large amount of property since he has office; that he ts not entirely free from com- plicity with the Whiskey King; that the administration ot his department has been extravagantly abused since he was Seeretary sonted matters which, tor the good of the country, should be properly explained, I have written this letter ition of & Cabinet officer and the confidence of the rosident. My course in this matter has been, as is my usual customi, to treat it without gloves and with no fear for | Consequences, relying upon the public for ny justilica- tion in thus exposing the attempts of a public officer Against the public good. Tam gota detective or a person who ever meddies with the business of other people, but when | am attacked I feel it my duty to find out the character and standing of my accusers, and as yet bave never failed to prove them individuals not to be believed. So tar no gentie- man has ever made the slightest charge against me, but I have been attacked only by persons regardless of the truth of their statements and unmindful of the proven facts which go to make up my record as an officer and @ geqtieman, What l ¢ done toward tho overthrow of Mr. Bel- kuapand tho punishment of the two army officers heretofore named | have @ not only from a desire to vindicate myself from aspersions cart upon my honor, but from a sense of that duty which any Ameri- crn citizen would tp lik EORGE A. ARMES, geese No, 716 Piftoenth Wash b. 0. stree ‘asbin, , DO Manca 7, 1876, , or “BELKY.” DID MARSH BLACKMAIL BELKNAP? [rom the St. Lonis Republican.) A gentleman who has recently been at Fort Sill says:—The whole, story of the connection of Armes and Marsh with this post tradership at Fort Sill has ouly began to be told, Marsh is altogether too willing awitness, But the revelations which are coming will not at all lessen the turpitude of the Belknaps. So far as it goes and as they are concerned the truth has been told; but my theory is that itis not the whole truth, Whether Marsh and Armes joined forces for revenge or for some other purpose, I feel certuln that there is collusion here. Reronter—Have you anything more than the eyola- | tion of your inner consciousness to base all this theory ont Invormant—Yes; I get my ideas largely from what I know of Marsh in this Fort Sill business. Ifever there was aman who knew how keep others in his power, and both when and how to put the screws to his vietims, it was this same Calebl’. Marsh, I was at Fort Sill when Evans showed me some of the letters ro- ceived from Marsb. They were always brief, and con- tained not a superfluous word, If they have been pre Hancock, and was aiso complimented by letters of that | submitted my case to the President, who, upon hear- | of War, and that he has misrepre- | to show the real character of one who holds the high | served they will forma splendid contrast in ‘ring’ Mterature to the gushing and slangy effusions of Joyce, From the ‘John J. Evans & Oo.” to the “C, P. Marsh,” these letters fairly breathed a taint of tyranny. ‘You will do this and you will notdo that” was the style of the language. It was the instruction of 4 HAUGHTY MASTER to the veriest menial, One of these letters comes to my mind now, In this Marsh sent orders as to the transinission of the tribute, Speaking of a check for $500 which he retained because the house it was drawn on—Chick & Co,—had fatled, he said:—*Hereatter you will send exchange on St. Louis, c. Referring wa back pa: jarsh wrote to Evans & Co to “hurry up that He warned them against running be- hind, “else there will be trouble before you.” There is none of the language of the coconspirator in these letiers, but the dictation of a member of a powerful combination to his victims outside. MKS. BELKNAP AND THE TRADERS. Rerorrer—You mean to say, then, that Evans & Co, Sustained no direct relation to the Belknaps? Inrokmant—None whatever. Evans & Co. knew nei- | ther the Seeretary nor his wife im the matter. They knew the law gave the Secretary the control of the tradership, but they learned that Marsh’s word was law, and they never went beyond him, Jn his arbitrary power over the Fort Sili trading post Marsh, to ail in- tents and purposes, stood in the Secretary's shoes, As to the disposition of the money, which Iam told amounted in these #ix years to nearly $46,000, Marsh | only condescended to say to Evans & Co, that 1 was | used for the furtheraneg of the interests of the republi- can party. They never received a bint that any of it went to Porknap or his wife. The manner in which his services required? “1 decline to answer, but wil! fay that he failed to accomplish the object for which we employed Lim.” GRANT IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH POST TRADERS. HOW THE PHILADELPHIA POST TRADERSHIPS WERE SECURED—INTERVIEWS AT LONG BRANCH. {From the Philadelphia Times, March 8.) A gentleman well kuown in business circles, whose name, if given, would of itseif bea guarantee of his veracity, aud who is ready to appear when wanted, | was yesterday visited by a Times reporter, who ob- tained from him the following statement :— Orville Grant and Casselberry were in business to- gether before the summer of 1874, having been engaged in an enterprise at Bristol, Pa, called the Franklinite Company, started for the purpose of smelting zinc ores. The concern soon fizzled out, to the great loss of its creditors, Then it was that Urville suggested to Cassel- berry the trading post business, and, at Casselberry’s instance, Bonnafon was taken in with them. Not- withstanding the separate denials by the trio of their visits to the President at Long Branch in the summer of 1874, it is a fact that they did all visit him there at least twice, and it 18 betleved oftener. It was shortly alter this, as acknowledged by Orville Grant to the Times reporter on Monday, that Durfee & Peck were deprived of their posts on ihe Missouri River. The Times’ informant coatinued:—‘Aiter that Bon- fon went once that I know of to Washington to see conscientious Caleb managed this affair would ha doue credit to the shrewdness of a Joyce well matured | and pruned of his superfluities, At any rate, it was in- | f unscrupulous cratt, which was sufficient to pared Belknap from exposure if Marsh had wanted to, The suddenness with whieh this whole thing has cOme to light in ail its maturity shows how well the secrets have been kept. Marsh's transactions ith the Be 8 were known only to them and him- vif, and the were successfully carried on tor si years, And yetaman with @ grievance, this Major Armes, comes to the front and tells a Congressional Committce that a certain Caleb P. Marsh can tell strange things, and on invitation Marsh dogs tell with a Vengeance. Rerorter—You say that Evans & Co, nover had any- thing to do with Mrs, or General Belknap. Wouldn’t this part of ‘arsh’s statement seem to assume the contrary : ther Mrs. Belknap or the Secretary told me that the present trader at the post, John 8. Evans, better see him, be being in the city, as it would not bo fair to turn him out of office without some notice, as he would lose largely on the buildings, merchandi &c., if the office was taken from him, and that it woul be proper and just for me to make SOMP ARRANGEMENT with him for their purchase if I wished to run the post myse| I saw Evans, and found him alarmed at tho rospect of losing the place, | remember that Bovgald that’s Grm of Western post traders who claimed a good deal of intivence with the Secretary of War wished to have him appointed. He found on coming to Washington this firm to be entirely without | influence, Evans first proposed a partnership, which L dechnod, and then a bonus of a certain portion of the profits, if I would allow him to hold the position and continue the business’—wouldn’t it be fair to pre. sume from this that the Secretary or Mrs. Belknap had secn Evans and paved the way tor Marsh? InvorMaxt—Weill,.that would be the presumption, possibly, if Marsh’s statement was to be taken as tho exposure of the whole plot, But I happen to know the contrary, Evans came to Washington and found that under the act of Congress passed in 1870 Beiknap had made Marsh master of the situation, Evans was alarmed, and he had good reason to be. Nearly hi entire property, as well asa good deal of money from his partner, was Invested in the trading post at Fort Sill, where he had been doing business for some time, some arrangement could be fixed np to save their trade it Was utter ruin to them. In the evidence you quoted above Marsh says Belknap or Mrs. Belknap’ suggested to him a compromise with Evans. It is possiple they did; but it was a suggestion which came first hand from them. Marsh met Evans, and his ability for that kind of work was at once manifested in the manner in which he forced Evans up to the highest notoh in his contract to pay a rovalty for the trade of the post, Marsh made it $15,000 a year at first, but came down finally to $12,000. Evans wert back to the post, and in consequence of this silent partner in his proiits was forced to | They had a large stock of goods on hand | somewhere about $30,000 or $40,000 worth, f | think, and there they were, at that time | miles fromthe railroad, Unless INCKRASE HIS PRICE LIST. He carried the loa¢ about eighteen months, when on the one hand a trader authorized by the [aterior De- partment opened bis store just off the narrow military reservation, and on the other complaints at the prices charged at Evans’ store began to reach Washington, The result was a visit of one of the partners to New York, where he had several interviews with Marsh, The latter held out against any reduction in the royalty, pleading the necessity of the party. The rep- resentative for Evans & Co. finally laid down tho alter- native of “reduce or we'll quit the post,” and Marsh acceded to $6,000 a year; but as before the terms had been cash quarterly invariably in advance, so they continued, with the exception that the payments were made semi-annually. Rerorter—Apparently Evans & Co. had little to do with Belknap directly. InvorMANT—No. It was all throngh Marsh. When 872 one of the frm went on to see Marsh the ter told him that he and the Secretary had been talk- ing over the contract entered into between Evans and Marsh, and it was deemed best to annul the contract, it was ostensibly abrogated, bat under the new ment the payinent of tribute went om just the ting and peremptory InrorMant—He 1s now at Fort Sill, He will be here in a few days, and will probably go to Washington, The conversation turned upon the letters from Marsh; and the prediction was made that the post traders would be able to lay betore wherever the investigation might go on, some interest- ing documentary evidence, r THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER. EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOPMENTS ABOUT CON- ‘TRACTS—WHAT ORVILLE GRANT'S DENIALS ARE WORTH. The Baltimore Gazette of the 7th inst. states that Or- ville Grant has for the past eighteen months held the nominal position of a solicitor for a Baltimore firm and used his influence for a money consideration to secure | to that house the inside track on contracts. Itisa weil known fact that for many years the large Balti- more firms engaged in the manufacture of steam-heat- ing apparatus have been active competitors for govern- | ment patronage, and among some engaged in this branch of business it is claimed that one largo house here enjoyed a monopoly of government contracts | prior to Mr, Bristow’s appointment as a member of the President’s Cabinet. The bouse alluded to, who have at this moment in their employ the President's brother, is that of Thomas C. Basshor & Co. (ThomasC. Basshor and Wallace Stebbins), engineers and manufac- | turers of heating apparatus, and, while they acknowl | edged that he is regularly on their pay roll at the rate of $2,400 per annum, they explain that owing to the manner in which government contracts for this | class of “work were let prior to Mr Bris- | tow’s appearance on the scene of action they | were compelled in self-defence to have a “so- | licitor’? to keep them posted and _ protect their interests in the matter of government | lettings, In an interview, to-n Basshor “Mr. Grant has been in our ¢ mouths, We employed him just ploy any one elve vo solicit business, legitimate busl- ness, for us, The fact is, before Mr. Bristow became a member of the Cabinet and we were unable to ma bid for government contracts, one iirm in Bal- timore monopolized the business and secured all the | contracts for such work. That firm was Bartlett, | Robbins & Co. Grant's salary was $2,400 por annum. | He is still in our employ. Our transactions through Mr. Grant have been perfectly fair and square, If he roves to be dishonest he cannot remain with us. Ve have nothing to fear irom the investigation of any trausuction arisibg Out of any contract we have re- ceived since he entered our employ. He toid us when | we employed him that be had no promises to make, | but that he would exert himself legitimately im our inverest, just as any other solicitor would do, We were bidders for the Post Office beating contract, aud Mr. Grant gave as what legitimate aid he could, We failed, however, to get it The sum of $66,000 was ‘appropriated for i. Our proposal was } say, was | | & Peck, even alter their dismissal from their appomt- was an applicant for reappointment, and thav 1 had | ut | the President, but Casselberry went there frequent! and in addition corresponded with the President pe sonally. cause of these visits and this correspo' dence was a hitch of some kind in getting rid of Durt | ments, That the Presi Casselberry trequentl t wrote autographic letters 8 Well known to ail who visit ! nis office with whom he was on terms of intimacy, he be- | ing naturally proud of being on such close terms with the head of the government, and he appeared to be on even | | more confidenual terms with the President than was Orville, on whose discretion the President appears to | have placed but little reliance. Still Casselberry some- | how couldn't get things arranged, and got very much disheartened and talked of throwing the maiter up, when in the early part of 1875 he received a letter whic, with more than usual pride, he exhibited to bis contreres, It was signed by the Presidenv’s own hand, wag headed, ‘My dear friend Casselberry,’ and requested Cusselberry to come and see him at once in reference to “that busimess in the West.’ “Casselberry at once started for Washington, and on his return was highly elated, saying that now the mat- ter was all fixed. ‘In the’ spring of 1875 Bonnaton visited St. Joseph, Mo., for the purpose of finally fix- ing matters with Durfee & Peck, but returning without accomplishing his mission, he, with Casselberry ard Orville Grant, subsequently started West and finally made arrangements which resulted im their obtaining | the control of the business at Fort Stevenson aud | Standing Rock. During the trip the party visited the | other posts on the Missouri River and Fort Sill and j others, having their hats chalked, travelling at gov- | ernment expense, drawing government rations a using government transportation.”? The statement by | Orville Grant that he had no interest in the Fort | | Stevenson post, being mentioned, the gentleman | } laughed heartily and = said:—“That_ is simply | j He and Casselberry and Bonnafon are ted in both posts As w bis having put several thousands of dollars with Casselberry in the | Standing Rock agency, that 1s ridiculous. Why, he | pever bad a cent to put in, Why, bis notes are all , over town, J. Alexander Simpson holds one for $500 | that be was stuck with, and I could name a dozen | others, To tell you the truth,’ he continued, “Orville | Grant is a good, jolly feliow and full of horse talk; and | when you say that you say all. He has had the chance since his brother has been President to make a dozen fortunes, but everybody who takes him soon drops him, because he 1s 80 indisereet that he would get any- body who held on to him in trouble. He has certainly | been making more money out of these trading posts than he ever saw before in his life, His statement to one of your reporters on Monday about his poor profits is simply absurd, for | know of a gentleman of this city offering $30,000 to be let in with Casselberry and Bonnaton, in the summer of 1875, but was refused. ”? This much was obtained from this gentleman, and yet there are still fields to be reaped, THE CORPS PURVEYOR. To THe Eptror or tux Heraup:— Perhaps {t may not have occurred to you, as it hasto me, that the ‘post trader”? is the legitimate—or illegit- imate—offepring of the ‘corps purveyor, function- ary called into life by the political generals of the wé of the rebellion to filia need which could not be sup- plied by the old regimental sutler, The corps pur- veyor was Jaunched in general orders when the Army of the lotomac lay in winter cantonments before Fredericksburg in the winter of 1863, Each army corps had one, or at least one could have been appointed by its commanding general, Our corps had one, and bis stores at the headquarters of the corps were nightly thronged | with the dissolute officers, of which there is always no | lack in an army of that size, At these nightly orgies | ‘wine and liquors flowed freely under the shadow ofthe commanding general and his staff, and the purveyor ‘was also steward of the staff mess. Free transporta- tion in the government supply steamers and trains were afforded him, and the game went on merrily ough. The sutlers remonstrated in vain, jor this state of things deprived them of a large share of ) profit, | L met our purveyor in Washington some years after. He was still jn the same—oflice—should it be called, for it was unkoown to the law. I said to him :— “C—, that was a nice and profitable winter wo had before Fredericksburg.” “Yes, sir,”? said he, “I mado fifty thousand clear that winter.” “Indeed!” returned I. “I congratulate vou on hav- ing a capital with which to begin business when you go back to civil life.” “Oh,” replied ho, “I did not keep the money. Gen- eral Gorrowed it of me, and Iam now here on my return South, where he is im command, haying freighted a ship in New York with Ftores for tnat secuon, and hope to recover myself on this venture. "’ Under the old sutler arrangement the colonel of tho regiment only could have participated in the pickings, so that the general could not profit by the sales, an the corps purveyor was the result of much study and reflection, no doubt, The war being finished, the sys- tem was continued, and now we have the “post trader.” Ingenious, is it notY How easy ‘tis to castigate ancient Lucifer around the truncated cone of the piu ary sake &e., 11.£T0, THE CONKLING POETS. | | ONCE MORE INTO THE BREACH, DEAR FRIENDS, ONCE MORE. The poets remain unterrified by the failures which we have published, They are resolved to fill the walls up with “the English dead,” and out of the numerous rhymes to Conkling which we have received we give the following as specimens :— A ROSSIAN RAVI, Porphyogenitus in Moscow Is Czarowstz, anglice a monarehling. Now, there you have a bang-ap rhyme for Roscoe And not so very bad an one for apenas A PRESIDENTIAL REFLECTION Thus spoke the great Senator Conkling: — } mast to the very best ton cling. I long have liked Grant, Bat stick to bim I can’t If] wish to be President Conkling.” w. B. CONKLINGIANA. The way the poets of the Press, to hackneyed subjects on cling. i Is shown throughout the nation in the saintly name of Conkling. It now seems more than probable the theme will bo perennial, | And that the volume will not be complete for the Cen- | tennial. | Of late, in rhymes so ausecrine, the foremost is the | | Hetano, | | ‘They jingle on my tortured ear til! reason is imperilied, | Methinks the wild geese flying by, in their peculiar | honk, sing, | The President when we go north next year will sure be Conkling. NO “PONRIANG’ IN SHAKESPEARE. A playor on words shonld never misquote, Nor make SEs hakespeare a pitiful shote. ‘A shote isa fish, though not very big, And also a bog, when young, call’d a pig. Neither hog, pig nor shote could be so mistaken, h other “poor shotes’? mistake him for Bacon. ily the actor would be i! be makes Pierre, enice Preserved,’ a creation of Shakespeare. A UTICA vor. As closely to his cow! and hood AS doth & Moscow monk cling, 80 Sift pent-up Utica, » Stand by Roscoe Conkling. DOMINION NOTES, Unitea States Consul W. 0. Howells delivered a lec ture on Presidential elections before the Literary and Historical Society of Quebce on the 2d inst. Some of our own citizens might listen to lectures on the samo subject with benefit, F. N, ana H. A. Ritehie have recentiy returned from acariboo hont on Grand La Bostonais, and succeeded in stalking two very large animals. An Ottawa telegram says:-—'A number of American lumber dealets aro in town to-day making arrange- ments for the purchase of several lots of choice sid- ings and stock Jumber. Lumbermen are asking an ad- vance of about $2 per 1,000 feet, and will provably get iw” ‘A new horror in the bods snatching business has cowe to light in Montreal, It appears that the sexton of a country graveyard near the city has been selling corpses trom his deadhouse to the Montreal students, they going over to his residence in the dead of the to do it for $64,000, or at a prone of teen por tent, equal to abont sum. The contract was awarded to Bartlett, Robbing & Co., of this city, at the same rate—fifteon per cent protit— through the influence of the Supervising Architect, A. B. Mutlett. Tho same firm, through the same infin. ence, obtained the contract for the Distret jail, Treas ury Department and other work. The first contract Mr. Grant secured us was to supply the Heating apparatus for the Cook County Hospital in Chicago. That is to e acquainted us with the fact that the contract to be let, and we bid for and obtained it, Our bid the lowest and the transaction was cl It waa worth about $20,000, Mr. Gr. ob. ined us, abouta year ago, acontract for stip ko Philadetph It was worth $8,000 or $9, We jso obtained a contract through him for about 1,000 knoes for the New York navy yard, in the fall of 1875, worth about $10,000. It was his business to let us kuow when contracts were to be let, in ofder that we might bave an opportunity of bidding. As to the Bat- timore Post Office contract, before we employed Grant we made every effort to get ip a bid. I saw Mr. Denison, and was by him introduced to the architect omployed im making the repairs. He said he would give us an opportunity to bid, bat we were prevented from doing #0, We found that Bartlett, Rob- bins & Co, would get tho contract and saw no use in attempting to obtain it.” | Mr. Bassbor having stated that bis , Mr. Stob- bins, made the arrangements with Grant, a rep- Bentative of the Gazefle called upon him." A conversa- tion ensued substantially as lollows:—“Please state the circumstances wader which Mr. Grant entered the employ of your house?” After some hesitation—“L don’t think the Gazette should inquire into the private affairs of a business house.” “Mr, Basshor has ro- } Jerred as to you for this information.” “Not knowing what he has said 1 don’t care to answer the 1 will say, however, that Mr. Grant entered ploy at my solicitation.” “Where did y ‘In New York, whero Tee ‘ee “For what partictlar business were with him him ?" purpose,’? night and getting bodies, Tv created a great sensation, ‘a8 no one knows how far the trade has spread, The toHowing iadies and gentlemen received invita. ti to @ dinner party at Ridean Hall on the 4th: 0 Hom, M. and Mine. Cauchon, tue Hon, M, and Mme. Fabre, the Hon, M. and Mme, Tradell, the Hon. Mt, Wilmot, the Hon. Mr. Cornwall, Mr. and Mrs. Dewdney, Mr. and Mra Howell, Mr. Mrs. Seriver. Dr and Mra 1D). St George, Mr. and Mra | “Is the promise of God for salvation fulfilled | But, said Mr. Moody, the promis | had to redeem us. ‘Th | of our redemption. ; the conclusion of the SHEET. Pettes, Mr and Mra Donahue, M. and Mme. La’ Sir Charles and Lady Young, Colonel the Hon. M 8. Lieutenant Colone! and Mrs. Buell, M It aud Major Hamilton,—Ottawa Citizens wfoundiand Legislature was opened last week. The revenue of lust your exceeded the expenditure The government proposes to exiend the telegraphic wires to the north shore ot the island. MOODY AND SANKEY. Messrs. Moedy and Sankey were present punctually at noon in the Madison avenue ball of the Hippodrome yesterday, but the assemblage present was smalier than usual, After the singing of the second hymn— Rev. Dr. Kirkpatrick read requests for prayer from a be- reaved mother for her children; from twenty other mothers, for the conversion of their offspring; from Brechenville, that the Holy Spirit may descend onthe people there and teach them to know God; from five congregations, that they may have renewed light; from a lady who has been seven years an in- valid, that she may be restored to health; from a mother in Albany, for her son, that he may be induced to attend the meetings in the Hippodrome; from a Christian worker passing through a severe trial, that he may have strength and that the weak faith of his wife m be mereased; from a Brother, for a dear sister, that sbe may be brought to know God, and from Gira TI a bedridden young wife tbat she may be able to hve the religion professes, and that her dissipated hus- band may be converted. MR. MOODY'S ADDRESS. Avery effective prayer was offered by Rev, Charles Harris, and Mr. Moody then spoke on the subject of the day, ‘Promises ?” He said that there was once a in London that took out all the promises in the little book. A gentleman in the country sent up fora copy of the book and they returned word that the “Promises” were out of print, 3 of God are never outof print. From the beginning to the end of the Bible it ts full of promises to wan, some of them con- ditional and some of them unconditional; but none of them ever were broken, or ever will be.’ What ts the most precious promise? It is like a man’s children— one does not know whieh he likes best, AFTERNOON SERVICES. ‘The four o'clock meeting was crowded to the doors, principally by women, Both platforms were filled and the choir numbered 100, at least, Service opened with the singing of the fifty-fourth hymn, and Mr. Moody then took up the second part of his subject, “Blood.’’ Yesterday he spoke of the New Testament altogether, while the day previous he alluded to the Old Testament only. He said that there are some men who believe in the Now Testament but will not believe in the Old; but there is not a part ot tho Old Testament that is not confirmed by the New. We are redeemed by the precious blood of Christ, and by nothing else, said Mr. Moody, Christ 18 more than man; He is more than our Saviour, and when He came He dought us back from justice. God gave all that Ho is the joy every Christian has, t back and belongs to Christ. ‘The first Adam sold us out to hands of justice, and the second Adam bought us back. Christ came down and found and redeemed us with His own blood, and more than redeemed us; He justified us, The man that bas beon sheltered by the blood of Christ always speaks the same language. Christ washed us in His own blood, and if He did not wash us how can we be pure and clean, There was no man who until he was washed by His blood could see Him nor desire to seo Him. The meeting concluded with the singing by Mr, Sankey of the hymn “Iam a child of Jesus now.”? that he has been bo EVENING SERVICES, An immense audience assembled at the evening ser- vices, Notaseatinthe Hippodrome was vacant. At half-past seven o'clock more were admitted at the Madison avenue entrancé, anda few minutes later the anbouncement was made by the police at the other entrance that the whole building was flied to its entiro ‘capacity. At 8 o'clock Mr. Moody made his appearance upon the platiorm and called upon his tén thousand hearers to sing a hymn, At the conelusion of the singing Rev, Dr. Armitage offered up an eloquent prayer, Then Mr. Sankey sang the fifty-seventh hymn. The gentie- man seemed to be a little hoarse, and was consequently not. #0 effective as usual. Mr, Moody then procevded = with — his. discourse, which he announced as_ Blood, the blood’ of the New Testaments,” His main argument was that tho blood of Christ was shed exclusive for the purpose He also contended that the Old and New Testaments wore so closely allied that one could not be separated from the other in matters of doctrine, Mr, Moody gave a vivid description of the death scene at Calvary, which had a visible effect upon his attentive auditory. Mr. Sankey sang “Sweeping throagh tho gates” at rmon. ION TELEGRAPH COM- PANY. WESTERN U ANNUAL REPORT OF ITS PRESENT CONDITION FROM PRESIDENT ORTON, Yesterday at noon there was a meeting of the West- orn Union Telegraph Company in its main office, at the corner of Dey stroetand Broadway. A quorum of the Executive Committee was present, and the following report from President Orton was given to the commit. tee and adopted:— Dividends were resumed for the quarter commencing Apri 1, 1874, since when there had been paid seven quarterly dividends of two per cent each. On the Ist of April, 1874, there was a surplvs on hand of $614,5842% ‘Tho net earnings trom April 1, 1874, to December 31, 1875 (one year and nine months), were $5,730,577 53, making a total of $6,245,161 76. The seven quarterly dividends amount to $4,729,188. During the same time the interest on bonds and | accrued amount to $842,328 67, and the sinking fund 1s $87, balance of vee making a total of $5,669,016 67, iva Cy 3080, 135 09. To ‘we teen N pocla be added the proceeds of the sale of bonds issued in 1875 in excess of tae amount required to redeem the bonds which matured November $302,202, making a total of $8 During the period covered by the above statement there has been expended in furnishing of the 1, 1875, amounting to 88,347 00. . the compleuon and new buildin, Construction CTY see ee $825,327 Total......+ o om Deduct from this the surplus as above... Leaving a deficit on the Slst of Decembor Inst of.. Mem bea rarsesee ON ‘The business of the current quarter, based upon the official returns for the month of January, nearly com- plete returns for the month of February, and carefully estimating the business of the month of Marcb, will show substantially the following result Receipts... Expenses. NUON sie. B65 cgcea devectvess, SUING ‘The Interest on the bonded debi ac- sa cerning in one quarter amounts to $117,000 Sinking fand........64. teeeee 20,000 ———— _ $187,000. Deducting this amount from the net profits of the quarter, ax stated above, would leave applicable to dividends... - 683,014 Bul, as already shown, there wi the first day of bs choget b 1876, of. 549,387 Which, deducted trom the above, 33,626 All of which residue will be luring the quarter upon construction, which it has been deemed advisable to authorize, Whi refore, the business of the current quarter, in spite of the severe depression in all branches of trade and the reduction of rates by our competitors, will be nearly up to that of the same period of last year, it will be seen from the foregoing exhibit that after providing for ¢he interest and sinking fund, pay- abic on the Ist of May next, there willbe no fands on hand wherewith to pay a dividend. In, view of these f the Exeeutive Committee have adopted th lowing resolution for the consideration of the Boar Whereas this company has during the last two years ex. truction and new pr Hiqnidate the er will be sufliciant to entire! n free irom float. nit a0 expended and leave the company ing debt; therefore Hesulved, That this committee recommend to the diree- tors to postpone action upon the question of a dividend until the next quarterly meeting of the Board, MUNICIPAL NOTES. Comptroller Green advertises the Inase for two years of a number of buildings and other property belonging to the Corporation, This sale will take place on the 14th inst, Some fifty-six employés have been discharged from the Department of Parks, They are all men who were engaged in the parks for several years, Unakilled Ja- baborers, itis said, employed by Messrs, O'Donohue, and Marto, bave been retained, A meeting of the Board of Aldermen takes place this afterooon, when it is expected that the Brooklyn Bridge matter will again be called ap. Alderman MeCarthy is engaged in preparing another speech on the > abjeot, The announcement of City Marshal John T. Stewart's death by suicide was made atthe Mayor's office yes- terday. Mayor Wickbam has the appointment of a successor, Alderman Bryan Reilly lies dangerously sick at bis residence in Madison street, CUT WITH A RAZOR in altercation yesterday afternoon between Isaac Mayer, of No, 130 West Thirty-third street, and an unknown man, Mayer received a severe scalp razor in the hands of his antagonist WHAT BECAME OF A MISSING MAN. The bedy of Hermann Sebmersahl, aged forty, who bad been missing since December 21, was yesterday sound in the North River at the toot of pier 40, | old colts will be run. 5 TURF NOTES. The entries to the stakes for the spring meeting of the Louisville Jockey Club are most certainly in- dicative of excellent sport. In addition to the fixed events the usual number of outside races wil! be mad¢ up before the 15th of May,when the spring meeting will commence and continue six days, The following isi list of the stakes, with the number of entries to cach :— On the first day of the meeting the Kentucky Derby for three-year-olds will be ri dash of a mile an¢ ahalf. This bas thirty-four entries, among which are Vagrant, Parole, Durango, Creedmoor, Bengal, Berlin, Madrid, Bombay, Red Coat and others that have great reputations for speed, which they exhibited during their two-year-old form, in their various engagements, On the second day the Alexander Stake for two-year. It will be a dash of half a mile, for which there are seventeen entries, On the same day the Kentucky Oaks, a dash of a mile and a half, for three-year-old fillies, will be rum. There are twenty- three entries for this event. Among them Mr. P. Lorillard’s Tigress and Faithless, A. B. Lewis’ Lady Clipper and other fine performers as two-year-olds, On the third day the Louisville Ladies’ Stake will be run, It ts for two-year-old Gillies, a dash of half a mile, For this event there are twenty-one entries. On the fourth day the race for the Louisville Cup will take place, This is a race for all ages, adash of two miles and a half, There are ten entries, comprising Ten Broeck, Ballonkeel, Captain Hutchinson, Verdigris, Monmouth, King Alphonso, Wetherby, Ventilator: Stampede and Ozark. Should one-half of the above come to the post a grand race will be the result. Ten Broeck and King Alphonso will bo strongly backed, one against the other, by the Kentuckians, while nota few will keep an eye on Ballenkeol, Ozark and ono ot two others of the starters, Ten Broeck, however, will be the favorite, as he is said to be a better borse thas Longfellow was by Frank Harper’s people. Mr. San ford thought of buying Ten Broeck at ove time to send to England with Preakness and the others. When he asked Frank Harper what he would take for the colt the latter said $25,000. Mr. Sanford was much surprised and concluded he woulg not purchase; but by way of a joke he inquired of Frank if be would not take $24,000, when the latter replied, “No, not adamn cent less than $25,000; and he didn’t care about selling him for that."* Mr. Swigert, however, thinks that King Alphonso has claims on the cup, notwithstanding (he great reputa- tion of Yen Brovck, They are both grand specimens of racehorses, On the same day of the Cup race, tho Fall City Stake will also be contended for. This is for three-year-olds, mile heats, and has nineteen nominations, As this event is for untried three-year-olds, It will, no doubt, create mich speculation, On the fifth day the Tennes- see Stakes, for two-year-olds, a dash of three-quarters ofa mile, will be run, and for which there are thirty. flvo nominations. Two stakes will be ran on the sixth day, the first the Galt House Plate Stake for four-year-olds, a dash of two milea and a half, for which Ten Broeck, King Alphonso, Ozark and seven others are nominated, The second event is the “Clark Stake for 1876,” for three-year-olds, a dash of two miles. Parole, Vagrant, and all the noted threo-year-olds of the Southwest are engaged for thie event. Those that are near the front at the finish of this race will be most likely brought over the Allegha- nies to run at Jerome Park, Monmouth Park, and Saray toga, as the distance will try their racing capabilities to the full. Tho Louisville Jockey Club course is one of the fastest in the country, It fashioned after the form of the Saratoga course, and the soil is full as good for racing on. It is an uncommonly safe course for training purposos, and many stables have been there during winter, At last accounts trainers were busy at. work preparing their horses for the engagements for the approaching campaign. THE INTERCOLLEGIATE REGATTA. BOATING AT WESLEYAN—NEVER HAD 80 MANY GOOD MEN IN TRAINING-—DETERMINED TO ROW AT SARATOGA—NOT THR GHOST OF A CHANCE FOR A NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION IN '76—WESLEYAN RESOLVED TO MAINTAIN HER PAST RACING RECORD. Mippietowx, Conn., March 7, 1876, To tae Eprron or tHe HeRatp:— The letter in the Heraxn of March 5 certainly contained many things before unknown to the boating mon ot Wesleyan, It was eminently calculated to do us much harm among our alumni and friends, By reading that article any one would conclude that boating was dead at Wesleyan, and that we were about to follow tho ex- ample of some of our sister colleges and ‘‘bolt,”? both of which assumptious are very far from the truth. ‘There are a few things waich, out of common justice to ourselves, I will attempt to refute :— First—Y our correspondent informs the anxious pab.« lic that we are doing and have done nothing in boatin matters this winter, and that there isa peobatniie ee our not sonding a crew to Saratoga. The fact is that we have never velore had so many and sucn good men in training, and at no time in our boating bistory have our men done such honest work in the winter torm. There are at least twelve men in training, trom whom wo will select our crew. With reference to out ing to Sarat I can say simply this, that at ey York mvention the Wesleyan dele- gates voted because they thought Saratoga that Saratoga was the place for the Centennial regatta, and because they did not wish to break up the association ths year, a8 @ resolution to row at Now Loadon surely would have done, This being the case itis very improbable that we should hesitate about rowing at Saratoga. Furthermore, at a college boating mecting a voto Was enthusiastically passed to row at Saratoga, and our captain was immediately sent to that piace to select quarters for our crew. When Wesleyan ‘votes to support the association she will doit, leas assure you that those who have had sach ‘high hope of Wesleyat future” will not be “sadly disappointed,” but the “plucky oarsmen” which the years 1873, 1874 and 1875 have produced will not be wanting in 1876. Second—‘Thore has been one notable instance of high training in Wesleyan, which is too notorious to make it necessary to mention dates, Dut it was excep- tioual.’’? Se notorious, indeed, was that famous in- stance that no one of our oarsmen knows who that un- fortunate overtrained individual was, We have always had one system of training, and that system is on¢ which is calculated not to “overtrain’? men, but sim: ply to keep them im working condition. Surely that ned’? oarsman should be happy to receive able sympathy of your enthusiastic corre. spondent, Third—Captain J, W. Whitney “undecided as ta whether he will be able to participate, for private rea- sons, in the race.’ Mr. Wh y is Dot captain of out crew, but is simply ‘‘conching” the crew. Fourth—*'There 1s sume discontent with the man- | agomen: of previous Saratoga regattas.” This is sim ply a reportorial nightmare, Wesleyan oars have always received the kindest treatment at Sai We have had for the last two years a member on the Regatta Committee, and bave been satisfied with the work of the committee, The only cause of discontemt connected with Saratoga Lake wasa purely physical one, common to all the crews—the extreme roughness 01 the water. Fifth—Wealeyan does not believe that there is the ghost of a chance to form a New England Association in 1876, nor would she have anytning to do with it after she has voted to row at Saratoga, Whether there will be a New England Association next year other question, hether Wesle; enter snch an association I r. only reason for discontent in the present association 1¢ the extreme latitude which some colleges enjoy in se. Jecting men for their crew. In other words, the article of the constitution relating to those who are qualiied to row in @ regatta ought to be much more explicit and confined, Wesleyan pects fora crew at present are first clase, It will Imost wholly composed of new men, that is, new to the Unt ity crew. But many of them have had considet experience in class crews. T make these sta only out of justice to ourselves, Hitherto Wesie: kept out of wanes Dicker i ratisfed it they aro of little benefit to any one. We ciaim to have the best record of any col- lege in the country, and we do not mean we is] Cy ASSAULT AT ARMS, At the Lyceum Theatre, @ evening, an assault a arms will take place under the direction of Colonel Thomas H. Monstery, The entertainment will consist of fencing with foil, sabre, rapier, bayonet, against bayonet, lance, knife-play, cane, quarter &' and knife against sabre. It is promised that the members of the New York School of Arms will be pre. seut and will be assisted by tho leading pi ‘and amateur experts of the city and vicinity, PEANUTS ON THE STREET CARS, To tHe Eorron or tax Hewaun:— Permit me to call your attention to the “two-legged bogs"’ who are to be found on our street cars, 1 refer to persons in the habit of eating roasted peanuts while travelling, to the great discomfort of their fellow pas sengers, Tho atm in the cars is often bad enongh, and, when the horrible of peanuts boing nated. the air is sickening. let the managers of the cars have it in a conspicuous: Dey? that nO peanut cating 18 allowed on the cars an ane condactor is authorized to pat off the car any #1 “hog” who still insiste, hewn” & . New eas. March 6. 1874,