The New York Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1876, Page 4

_ ment of all promises by the nation to the soldiers POLITICAL. Mr. Peter Cooper Nominated for the Presidency. HE VENERABLE PHILANTHROPIST DECLINES | The State Convention of the Kentucky Republicans. BRISTOW THE FAVORITE SON. Delaware Republicans Sup- port Blaine. Hon. Fernando Wood on Presi- dential Prospects, THE GREENBACK .CONVENTION. SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS OF THE INDE- | | PENDENTS — THB PLATFORM — MR, PETER COOPER NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT. | Inpiaxapouis, Ind., May 18, 1876. | The Independent National Convention reassembled at balf-past nine A.M, The following platvorm was | adopted ;— The independent party is called into existence by the ne eessities of the people, whose industries are prostrated, | whose lubor is deprived of its just reward.by 4 ruinous pols | parties refuse to » parties to furnish antry, thereby dis- | ug peo- ail independent movement lor f the tiny industries a plo: we deciure our principles aud. invite tad patriotic men to join our ranks in tl financial reform and industrial emancipati "i ate and unconditional repeal and the | rhment and & tions bearing a less rate of Interest, not t # day om each $100, und exchangeable | for United States notes at par, will afford the best circular. | i e ; sucll United states notes should | 1 purposes, except for payment OMIFACLS expressly wide such circulating medium and insist, | Thoms Jefferson, that “Bank paper ne circulation restored to the na- punt daty of the government in all 1 View tue full development of all | ricultural, mining, manufacturing ep Siness—ay 1 most earnestly protest old bonds. tor “sale We would be made for al ainst any further | foreign markets | period “uewers s, especially as the sake at par alt sell, ‘an people would gladly and pr the bonds the government may need t provided they | are made payable at the option of the holder, and bearing inte 3.05 per et fiyth—We further bonds for the purp substitue mi sti tonal cu which, slthoagh well ealcutat the owners of silver imines, yet in operation it will still | lurther oppress in (axation an already overburdened peeple. A subsequent resolution against railroad subsidies | was ndopted. | | | e for our a ‘The nominations on the first ballct were:— fur President—Peter Cooper, of New York. For Vice President—Nowton Booth, of Calitornia, ‘The Convention then adjourned sine die. MR. COOPER DECLINES, A Heratp reporter called on Mr. Peter Cooper yes- terday and found that he had just received a notitica- tion of his nomination by the Indianapolis Convention. | Mr. Cooper said, in reply to a question, that he had aiready sent a reply to the Convention stating that his | advanced age admonished bim to revurn a negative to their proposition. He also added that this devermina- tion was likely to be final, KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS. | THE STATE CONVENTION YESTERDAY—THE PLAT- | FOKM—KENTUCKY PRESENTS BRISTOW TO HIS COUNTRY AS ITS SAVIOUR. Loviavitiy, May 18, 1876, The Repedlican State Convention met here to-day. Hon. Walter Evans, of Louisville, called te Conven- tiom to order, General John Finnell, of Covington, was made temporary chairman and Hon. James Speed, ex-Attorney General under Mr, Lincoln, permanent President, The attendance was large and the proceed- ings orderly. Tue platiorm reaffirms the adherence of the repub- Icans of Kentucky to the principles of party. The | deciaration of principles speaks—fifst, for the fulfll- nd sailors who fought for the Union; seconds tor thorough retrenchment and most rigid economy in all depart- ments of the public service; third, for such reform in the civil service as will preveut the prostitution of public station to sellish ends, and make honesty abd capacity indispensable qualifications for fourth, favors in office who are hou have the courage to fight corruption; Hfth, repudiation in ail its forms is a Gational erie; sixth, payment of the public indebteduess according tos the letter and | Spirit of the contract; seventh. speedy return to the money of the constituuion—goid and silver; eighth, opposition to any postponement of a return to specie payment beyond the time now fixed; ninth, reduction | Of taxation as rapidly as the public tain will permit; | tenth, opposition to all schemes which tend to plavo our common schools under other than popular control; eleventh, equal rights betore tae law of ail citizens, The following Section was read amid great applause, band shaking aud hat throwing :— “As Kentucky gave Abraham Lincoln to his country | and to mankind for the great work performed by him, | she now presents Benjamin H. Bristow to com: | plete the correction of the ills ever incident to | war, His past conduct m olice is an earnest | evidence of lis tuture course, He bas been true to re- publican principles in war and peace, manly, calm and | courageous, and ever faithtul in the aischarge ot hus | duty. His’ persistent and suecesstul warlare against corruption deserves thé thanks of all the friends of honest government. In thus presenting and com- mending our fellow citizen vo the Re- ,Publican National Couvention we are not unmind- fui of the distinguished services and worth of other republicans. We trust tae Cinemuat: Convention will present as candidates such men whose allegiance vo the party has been proved aud who have the moral courage to enforce the law.” ‘The Committee on Resolutions recommended and the Convention elected the tollowing delegates {rom the Btate at large:— Jolin M. Harlan, of Louisville; W. ©. Goodloe, of Lexington; W. H. Wadsworth, of Maysville, and Rovert | Boyd, of the Mountain district. wo delegates irom euch of the two Congressional districts were then elected. | All the delegates are of one choice: ¢ DELAWARE REPUBLICANS, XESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS AT THE STATE CON- | YENTION—NAMES OF DELEGATES ELECTED— | INSTRUCTED TO VOTE FOR BLAINE, | Dover, May 18, 1876. | ‘The Republican State Convention to select delegates | to Cincinnats was beld here to-day, and the following | delegates elecied:—James Scott, R. E. Smith, New- castle county, Hou, James R, Lofland, J. H. Holfreder, | of Kent, ana Eli Sharp and W. D, Moor, of Sussex county. ‘The Convention passed two resolutions to the follow. | ing effect:—That the obligations of the government be fully and honestly paid in coin, according to the letter of those obligations, or in obligations convertible Into coin, at the de ol the holder; that the govern. | Ment be honestly administered in’ all its branches, and that the can te of the party tor President tn this Centennial year be an exponent of these doctrines; that by his faithful periormance Tol pablic duty and trust as « legislator, and his honesty and integrity, notwithstanding the most pe Malignant attempts to asperse his character, James Blaine is in ail respects the proper man vo nomination of the party at Cimcinuati, and w Our delegates to vow for hi as jong as they shall Judge it possible to nominate him, S s serious time J. 8. Pretty. to be the gale to ed to withdraw from the Couvention, but wero finally per- Sunied to remain, D. W. Moore being accepted in Dr. Protty man's place. Dr, Prettyman is a Bristow nau; ence the objection, x" MR, FERNANDO WOOD. an INTERVIEW ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELEC- TION—A DEMOCRAT LIKELY TO BE CHOSEN-— JUDGE DAVI8 STRONGLY INDORSED—WaaT NEW YORK 18 LIKELY TO Do. 4 Bavrimorx, May 18,1876. | Inan interview with a representative of the Balti. * more Gazette to-day the Hon. Fernando Wood gave bis | ‘views on the Presidential question. They are printed b se - ‘with bis approbation, and are as follows:— | other, | auimosities which | There is not an ‘i’ that I have not dotted nora ‘t? | color, | Mng, Morion and Bristow—the nomination will | will aw | spectable or tenable arguu } should not support § | the solid support of ti | every lover of hg count Tilden and is strong NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 19, cratic party in the approaching national contest, Ido not deem it possible that the people of this country will continue the republican party in power, as it hes Therefore, shown such tueapacity and profiigacy, I assume it is very improbable that they will give to the republicans the control of the next admumistration, There is a general demand for change of party and administrative policy. Ithink the general derangement of all the industrial arrangements of the country and the depression of every branch of trade directly traceable to the con- duct of the party in power. Nothwithstanding the many follies American, people occasionally commit, thero is a strong vein of common sense lying at the foundation of our social organization, and dis- sted, doubtless, as many are by the machinations and selfishness of politicians, this common sense will assert Itself at the polls in demanding and producing a radical change of government, In my long experi- ence extending the third of a century in public life I have frequently noted that like causcs to those which now exist have produced the results which I anticipated in this case, While I do not think that the struggle which ts to take place in the National Convention with reference to our candidate will pro- duce any evil effects'on the organization of the demo- cratic party, which will remain intact under all circum- stances, yet it will be politic to nominate with reference to the influences and prejudices which may exist HOW NEW YORK SWINGS. Although as a citizen of the State of Now York 1 naturally have an affinity with my State, yet I do not think that our success in New York ig dependent upon our nomination of any candidate from that State, Indeed, there are reasons tor believing in the present divisions which exist in the democratic party there that an unexceptionable candi- date not living in its borders would be more certain to carry the State than any one who resides therein. New York is debatable ground, Politically, tt swings like the pendulum of @ clock, from one extreme to the Sometimes we give from 40,000 to 60,000 democratic majority, and aguin at the ensuing election ag largea majority the other way. However strong we may be attached to our leading states- men, candor compels me to admit that the have beon engendered by their participation with the internal struggle within the orgamation of the party are difficult to eradicate, even at the polls at a Presidential election, ‘Theretore, m the interest of success, I think that if the St. Louls Convention will nominate as the candi- date one whose public and private life is beyond re- proach, and who will recognize the organization and the Platforms of the democratic party, as laid down in that Convention, we can do better with him If he lives outside of New York than if he resides within the State. It the West can unite on such a gentleman I will insure him New York by over 20,000 majority. SENATOR BAYARD stands exceedingly well. He is high toned, with a pér- | sonal and public life without a blemish, and would be as strong us any other Eastern man who could be named, It is folly to say of him that he comes from @ smalt State, as such a man as he belongs to the whole country. In conclusion I would say that if the West should present with any degree of unanimity the name of Judge David Davis and he should be nominated, in my opimion he would carry | three-fourths of the electoral vote of the United States, for the reason thi while he is cs thor- ough democrat im line with tbe democratic party, he is thoroughly unassailable. It will bo | the policy of the republicans to put our party on the defensive from tho start, as It has done tor the past twelve years, and they baye whipped us on that line of fight, ‘They cannot do that against Davis. I claim to ve a Bourbon— A BOURBON STRAIONT. that [ have not crossed in the democratic alphabet. I entered this House in 1840, thirty-six years ago, and I have never wavered nor never hesitated As sucha democrat Davis is entirely accoptable to me and to those I represent. In saying this I mcan no disparage- ment to Mr. Thurman, Mr, Hendricks or any other | leading man of the Weat, and certainly not of the East.’ THE POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE. THE AIR GETTING RAREFIED—CLEARER VIEWS— LANDMARKS APPEARING DISTINGI—CONKLING LOOMING UP, Over the plains which stretch out like a vast carpet from tho foot of the Rocky Mountains the atmosphere | is so clear that a peak which may be sixty or seventy miles distant will appear to be within a two hours’ walk, Its very ribs, as Brot Harte would call them, e distinct, and the contrasts of light and shade are plain. Nocloud flecks the almost painfully soft blue ot the sky; no knoll breaks the borizon into waves of Everything 18 clear, distinct, intelligible, To an Eastern man this appearance of whites and blacks is both arid and pleasing. It is disappointing and grand, Initsvery greatness there is minutiw. The immensity of background brings into relief the faintest details, ‘The atmosphere of American politics js gradually clearing. it bas been foggy and impene- trable. We have seen that only which 1s near by. But here and there we now sce a poak purnling above the mist. Very soon everything will be plaig to the most doubting mind, ‘The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Times says OF CONKLING. It Mr. Conkling is nominated at Cincinnati it will be the people that nominate him, There ia no better way under our present caucus system, ‘Tne whole republl- can party canuot go to Cincinnati, so we send our | agents thera, We have the power to instruct or not in- struct them. If instructed, those agents are a class of } men who will on that ground decline to go, or go and obey instructions, If uninstructed 1¢ is our own fault und we are bound to houor their judgment and indorse their political action, This is even a fundamental principle of the common law, and to adopt any other course is bad faith toward the honored and trusted delegates and a prolific source of party confusion. The St. Joseph. (Mo.) Herald, ono of the leading ‘Western papers that recognize the inherent strength of CONKLING 48 4 CANDIDATE, says:— The HERacp was the first journal in the country that was outspoken for Conkling fur the Presidency, and now ail over the West there appears to be a strong current setting m for him. The Rock Island Union says that thé indications are that from the four republhean giants—Blaine, Conk- be made, and closes an article on ‘Presidential Possibili- ties’’ with the following paragraph :— ‘The contest will probably be a close one, tates, and it Tilden will require @ strong candidate on our side State of New York, one of the Mr. Conklin choice weich of all aspirants and, sinsing mere personal preuilections, Roninate the than whose name and character afford the best assurances of victory. Says the St. Paul Pioneér Press:— * * ® The republicans of New York follow Conk- Ing with a more entuusiastic and devoted attachment than avy other icaver since the halycou days of William H. Seward. His candidsey for the Premdency 18 the spontaneous and unsolicited product of his popular- ity. * * * The truth is that there is not one re- nt advanced against Conk. Hing. The opposition to him in New York 1s personal, cuptiogs and unreasonin It resembles in spirit, pur- pose and method the liberal crusade against Grant four years ago. Perhaps, also, it will bo identical in ef- Tect, Unjust abuse always, in the end, redounds to the advantage of the mahgned. Tn discussing the question the Joliet Sun, of recent date, says:— This is a matter worthy of serious consideration, for though some may have personal preferences among the list of prominent nan mentioned, there dues not yet appear any valia reason why every good republican career has been unexceplionable and whose priv ecord is without a blemish. A true, honest, co sistent republican, an untiring worker and faithfal to every trust heretofore committed’ to him, Senator Conkling 8 surely one who wouldecommand not ouly xreat party with which he 18 allied, bat a very large, if not a larger portion, those who rank now as independent democrats, These are considerations of the very highest importance to of whatever party, and we commend them to the serious al ition they so well deserve. Says the Chicago Post and Mail :— Within a short time, however, as has been noticed by the Post and Mail, there has Veen a growing dispo- sition, in the West especialiy to admit. the claim Senator Conkling for support. Whiie many good publicans might prefer other candidates itis urged that there can be no objection to Sevator Conkling jor jack of ability, patriotism and tid principles, and, therefore, if it shail be found that he, as itis claimed, can bis own State as against in New York than any other ot the distinguished gentlemen named, while equally as rong elsewhere, it is further arged by his (riends that ud merge for the general good, Mr, Conk that if he 18 nominated at Cinei ogg a preterences f ‘ork is sure re to give the’ republican ticket an overwhclmmg ma- jority, while without his name at the bead of the Ucket the resait in the State would at least be doubtful, The Oswego (N. Y.) Pudladium, in a burst of enthu~ sins, says:— Our republican friends may mouths to hurrah for “Con! for his nomination at Cinernnatl are Grant has finally decided to w the full foree of the machine in favor of “the favorite son of New York,” and we are to have an atiompt to covtinue Grantisin under the reign of the immortal ‘Roscoe. Tho Cus- tom House chaps are in great glee at the fall of Biaine, and they rejoice in the revelations which are entangling ho Maine ma® in a network from which be cannot ex- cate himselt, Wall street has been secured for just ag well fix thoir All the indications sneer t 19 Conkling, too, and it is now cxultingly proclaimed that ~ 500, mae” a a Ree cecanetl ie hw Rerauaaiaerawelt ‘oberts and Evarts and “exotics” will endeavor to it the pet of Grant, but the legion of ers from all parts of the country will atl, and Conkiing will be nominat the race, It head oice’ swarm at Ciner | “E bave very little doubt of the suctens of the demno- | om the rst oallots isine is out of A patriots should cordially aequt- | nig accumulated a fortune ot $75,000, and that his or Conkling, whose public | ity to republican | had been dead Ove years he could not have been more completely done for. Hayes, -of Obio, and Hartranit, of Pennsylvania, mean Conkling, and they will a half score of States with them. Mortoa’s siren, was in the South and West, but the bloody sbirt ba: Jost its power and the machine will grind the Indiana man to powder. Grant is greatand Conkling is ae ol het! Inthe White House to-duy they are talking bm J and Wazbourne for President and Vice lent, The Indianapolis Journal, Mr. Morton’s organ, nays:— Mr, Conkling is aman of abilities and un - suilied charactor, but he ts lacking in the clemente of jar strength. If be could command the united of the New York del: he would have a ‘Due! of strength about which be t rally sstrong following trom other quarters’ But this be cannot do, and {tis hardly bie that @ candidate who cannot command the solid vote his own State on the first ballot should receive the nomination. if nominated, Mr. Conkling would deservo the enthusiastic support of the republican party, and would doubtless receive it with the exception of 8 few political dilettant: and un- appreciated soreheads; but be stands very little chance of receiving the nomiaation. THE FIFTH AVENUE CONFERENCE. Elizabeth (N. J.) Herald:—The entire (Fifth Avenue) movement 1s not calculated to have much weight, ex- cept in satisfying the public that the republican party is thoroughly corrupt, and the welfare of the country demands that its unscrapulous officials should be hurled from power as speedily as possible. New Brunswick (N. J.) Times:—It will not do for either party to poob-pooh this conference of culture and of brains as being a motley herd of professors and clergymen and theorists. It has, as we believe, a strong consftucncy, which will make itself felt this fall as it neveF has betore, and which it will pay both parties to endeavor to attract, Newark (N. J.) Advertiser:—No, geatlemen reform. ers, this sort of thing is leaky. When a,batch of men, nearly all of whom are for some reason out of office, get together to denounce office-holdera, we cannot help to be a little shy about the moti There is a limp in the best of human natures, and all such who hi stopped from dging a thing are sure that in tl they did it bett& than ever it was done before or since. Other people look at it dilfgrently. Troy (N. ¥.) Times :—The conference of certain emi- nent and reputable geatlemen in New York respecting the political situation is concluded. We do not seo that it hus shed a great volume of light upon the poli- tics of the day or that it has resulted in anything worthy of very special remark, Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin :—lt needs uo May confer- ence to establish the fact that the leading issue of the coming Presidontial carapaign will be administrative reform, Important as are the currency and constitu- tional questions, Scranton (Pa.) 7imes :—Tho meeting of Carl Schurz and those he invited at Now York on Monday wasa very slight ripple on the political waters, but one that proth- ises to create no particular commotion or play any im- portant partin the coming campaign. It seems to be the last feeble remnant of the movement that resulted in the nomination of Greeley four years ago, Reading (Pa.) Times :—It ‘is very funny to see these “Miberals,” after the repeated lessons they have had, presuming to dictate tho Presidential candidates and the policy of the republican and democratic parties, ‘he came squad, or one very much like it, tried to beat | Lincoln in his second term, and Grant is in his first and second, Washington Chronicle:—The recent meeting of the remains of the liberal republican party in New York looks like a deliberate attempt on the part of certain of its managers to kill off Bristow; because if the elforis of these su-called liberals result in anything it will be to divide the republican party. Providence Journal:—There is no reason why the ad- vice of the gentlemen who gathered at the famous hos- telry in the commercial metropolis should not be care- tion and the obliviousness of the thousands in official life who are performing their duties as quietly and as honestly as men ever did in any country, there is nothing in the address which might not be found in the columns of the republican press of the last year. It is good doctrine, and some of us have been preaching it | in a modest way a good while. AS a part of public opinion it wiil have its due weight, as it should, and all the more because it proposes to uphol@ those measures which the republican party imitiated and carried through in behalf of freedom, and which it, and it alone, conserves or desires to sustain. POLITICAL NOES. Indianapolis Journal:—Ther rowing belief that the Bristow movement is a Washburne movement in disguise, and that the independent journalists who aro now putting Mr. Bristow through his paces go indus- triously wtend, at the proper moment, to trot out the Hi fully considered; bating the eloquence, the exaggera- | | | } Iuhnois man and enter him for the sweepstakes, with a | grand hurrah and flourish of trumpeta Very hkely; independent journalists are mighty smart fellows. But their ill success in running the republican party here- tofore begets a well grounded suspicion that they will not do it to any very considerable extent this year, Utica Herald:—The Republic must not be surren- dered to those so recently im arms against it. The democratic party cannot now restrain its extreme men, with all the exigencies of the impending canvass weighing upon them. Give them power and the theorios of Tucker and the denunciations of Hill will frame statutes and echo in administration. With this upconquered sectional spirit combines the greed for a share in the national appropriations adequate to make | up for the losses of the war. Jacksonville (Ill) Jowrnal:—Ex-Governor John M. Palmer has lately been to Washington, for some pur- pose or other, and we already hi movement with whicn the entire democratic delega- tion in Congress from this State is said to be connected to make Palmer the democratic candidate for Pres! dent iustead of Judge Davia Davis’ old whig prin- ciples are an obstacle to his cordial reception into the | democratic bosom ; but the fact that Palmer was once a democrat will make him entirely accoptable, it 1# } thought. Now, neither of these worthy gentlemen needs to lose mach sleep in contemplating his prospeets for a democratic nomination. Neither would be sati factory to the Southern wing of that party, and it is from it that the electoral votes must come, Galveston (Texas) News:—Tho people are heartily | tired of the rule of this party. Hence there is a chance of democratic success. It isa bare chance, not a bril- | Nant one, Ifthe chance were broader and less fragile the whiskey thieves, the post trader thieves, and all the other denominations of thieves that have an aimost. infallible scent for the camps of victorious parties, would now be taking up their march behind the dem- | ocratic banner with whole-souled alacrity and unerring | precision. } Philadelphia Bulletin:—Tho timo has gone by | when a body like the Union League Ciub, or any set of | men in it, can injure @ worthy public mau in the esti. | mation of the republican party. It is quite certain | that the club will suffer more from the action of Thurs- day evening than the Secretary. EMPIRE BLAINE AND BRISTOW CLUB. A largo meeting of the Empire Blaine ana Bristow Clb was held last ovenng’t No. 141 Eighth street, and was presided over by William Hard. Spocches were made by the chairman and Mr. John Murphy, who ts organizing a similar club in Brooklyn. Much enthu- siasm prevailed and many new members signed the rol, One genticman trom each Assembly district in this city wes elected, the whole namber to torm the Executive Committee, as follows :—Jobn Jafond, Daniel Moore, John Foley, Michael Hayes, George Brigham, Charles Carrick, Philip Simmons, Michael Neville, Joseph Cantrell, James G, Kath, RM. Gard- ner, John Duke, J. G, Buckman, George McKee, With jam Mullgrew, R. Edgeworth, Jame: Smith, H. H. Keunedy, J, Cudlipp, Thomas Wallace, Henry , Robs inson, W. R, Harrison and Elbert Roberson, A DEFENCE OF MR. BLAINE. Bostox, May 18, 1876. The Repudlican Convontion of the Third Maine Diss trict (Mr. Biaine’s) toeday was marked by strong res- olutions indorsing Mr. Blaine, and also by the speech of Hon, Mr, Stevens, m whieh, as a fellowtownsman for the past twenty-two years, he reviewed his business | eareer, and particalarly | defended him trome the charge of having become — sudden | Tich since entering Congress, claiming that fi friends claim | 1863, when elected to Congress, Mr. Blaine in business: gains since that time have been greatly oxaggeratod and were far leas than many other inen of urdinury business capacity had acquired by legitimate invest- ment MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATES. Lows, May 18, 1876, ‘The Seventh District Republican Convention to day elected William A. Russell, of Lawrence, Ww { Groton, do} to the Cinein: Von tuo delegates are uuplodged, out are counted on aw ope for Blaine and the other tor Bristow. CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION. Terre Havre, Ind., May 18, 1876, The democrats of the Eighth district bave nominated Colonel William E. Mclean for Congress. REDUCTION OF RAILROAD FARES. Cixcismati, Oblo, May 18, 1876, have been made with tho following railroad lines for reduoed rates trom the Kast vo Cur } duet, by Arditi, of » Washington | cinnati for the transportation of delegates and others to the National Republican Convention, to be held io this cuy on the 14th of June:—By Ere Railway foes New York city, and from , the Bufalo and Jamestown Buffalo * by Railroad in’ connection with the ‘Western, and from all stations on the line of the Jaiter, and by the C e and Ohio from Hronmond, Va, atone fall fare for the round trip; by the Putt Ry Cincinnati and St. Louis live irom Pittsburg at one and one-fifth full tare; by the Marietta and Cincinnati trom Parkersburg at one full fare. FINE ARTS. BALE OF MARBLES AND BRONZES AT MATHEWS TO-DAY. The sale of the bronze, marble and alabaster statuettes, vases, receivérs, &c., which have been on exhibition at Mathews’ gallery, No. 67 Liberty street, was commenced yesterday, The prices were very low, some of tho articles being of bigh artistic merit, The highest price for a puir of bronze figures was $43 the pair. Vases of agate, alabaster and marble, with card mln Jewel cases, candlesticks, &c. brought from filty cents to $8 nome beautiful Grecian Hebe and Etruscan vases going as low as $1 and The ‘Greek Slave” in alabaster, about ten inches in height, brought To-day at noon the wale of the remainder of the arucles will begm and at ene o’clock the most important pieces of sculpture, five in number, will be sold; These are about ono- third or one-fo ufe mize and. consist of “The Capti beautiful group in alabaster “Innocence, ure of a child; the Batu,’? by Lazaarii ood News, young woman in pretty costume reading a letter “The Shepberdeas,?? by Felliceia, a young idence,” by Mancini, Jam» reating at Ler feet, and “ by the figures of a woman and child handsomely carved and between three and four tee! high, and four high revolving pedestals of Liga § three of them being of verde-antique A number ol small figures in bronze and alabastor aro also in to- day's sale. INSTRUCTING THE BLIND. INTERESTING EXERCISES AT STEINWAY HALL LasT EVENING, Tho anniversary exercises of the New York Institu- tion for the Blind, held at Steinway Hall last evening, proved of great interest to a numerous audience, The pupils, male and fomale, occupied the platform, the front row of seats being occupied by grown girls, dressed in white, and the larger of the male pupils, neatly and tastofully attired, Among them were some whose eyes, even to the observer only a short distance off, seemed bright and perfect, although totally lacking the power of vision. A few had what would be called remarkably fine eyes, which were discovered to be sightless only on aclose observation of their fixed and stony gaze, There were also not a iew bright, mbtelligent and handsome faces among these afflicted papils. Many of them held bouquets in their hands, tho gilts of friends among the audience. The exercises opened with a prayer by the Rev. Mr. Corey. ‘Then followed the interpretation of a pro- gramme, which bad been arranged with a view to — illustrate in miniature the werk- ing of the institution, First, the chorus, “Hail, Smiling Morn,’’ was given by the chorus clasa, and after that @ piano quartet, antitied **fne Four Friends.” The third exerciso was the vocal ‘Night in Venico,” whose rendition ‘was 80 accep! a8 to induce an encore. The manner of working the sewing and knitting machines in use in the tnstitution followed, and meanwaile some speci- mens of excellent work done by blind operators were ex- hibited. After some other choru-es there was a remar! able recitation in arithmetic under the condact ot the Jeading teacher of the institution, who is himseifblind When it was necessary to us« figures in working out problems a slate with movable type was used. But the mental exercises were the most remarkable, the class examined answering long and involved questions with striking rapidity, One pupil worked out the following question im mental arithmetic without any hesitation:—If five-sixths of a gill | wine costs seven and a half cents, what will two-thirds of two and two-thirds gallons cost? The answer given was $612 The class also in concert mul- tplied 97,532 by 5,864, no ono faltering until the an- swer 571,927, Was given, But these ure a few of the many questions put to the pupils aud promptly auswered by them, Some of the girls in the class tn mental arithmetic were quite young, but displayed more maturity of thought than girls with all their faculties in perfection. Other choruses by the class, | plano solos and @ recitation in geography concluded the exercises, A RIVER MYSTERY. | INQUEST IN THE CASE OF “JOHN DEITRICH KOHLMANN, FOUND DROWNED—WAas HE ROBBED AND MURDERED? An inquest wus held yesterday wy Coroner Ellinger | on the case of John Deitrich Koblinann, aged twenty- | four years, found on May 1 flouting in the North River, | at the foot of Fifty-seventh street, Ernest P. Horst, of No. 410 West Sixteenth street, | testified that the deceased was the husband of his adopted daughter, and that they were married avout a year ago; they lived in my house for several months | nd then moved to Suffolk street in last September; about nine o’clock on the 28th of March decoused left his house with the intention to come over to my bouse to ask mo to be a godfather to their fret child, who ‘was then about thi got to my house | | aboutiwo P.M. ands wo bours, and Jett vetween four and five. o'clock in the alternoon; ui | day my adopted daughter came to my and quired after her husband, informing me at the same time that he bad not come home thut night wt all; since | tuut time he was not heard trom until the Ist of % when a body was found at the foot of West Filty-seventh street, the description of which answered to the de- | coased; 1 went to tho Morgue and identified the body | as that of the hugband of my ado daughter by bis | ; lett hand, whieh was once injured by machinery tal Of the first joints of the fore and middie fiugers; sub- seqnaalty papers found on bis person spoke tor his identity; I have no idea how he came to be dro | he had some money when he k much Lam unable to tell; he had a very custly pocket- book, keepsake from a irend im Kurope, | which he valued very highly and never g: out of his hands, which was not tound on bis persot to guess | | at the amount of money bo bad with him I should say | about $100; there was only $1 02 found on his person, Officer Townsend, of the Twenty-second precinct, { stated that the body was found by Waylain, of tue same | | mpm and that he (Townsend) had searched the ody and found bothing bat what was given in the | official report to the Coroner. The jury, after hearing tho above testimony, ren- dered a verdict of accidental drowniny, UNITED. HEBREW CHARITIES, The annual mecting of this organization was beld last ovening at their rooms, No, 13 8t, Mark’s place, Mr. Henry Rice, the President, in the chair. The President made a longthy report, im which he stated | the workings of the association, sotting forth the | quality and quantity of support extendea to the needy | and worthy who have been assisted during the past ear, : Mr. J. F. Bamberger, Chairman of the Finance C mittee, reported on the financial condition as foliows | The balance on hand May 1.. $7,605 16 Received from various sources, including | wd 60 (rom the Bourd of Excise, through ff. A. H. Green, Comptroller....csere.e-. 94,800 44 | Total.. we sessassers non $42,408 00 | Disbursements for the year ending May 1, 075 38 | Balance oO Nand. ....-0.--seeseeeserevess GIA 22 ‘An election of vilicers resulted in the re-election of Messrs, Henry Rice as President; Morris Rindskopt, Firat Vice Pres! it; Heury 3 Allen, Second Vico President, Lewis 8. ‘reasurer, und Isuac Houl- man, Seoretary, by acclamation. The old employés Were reuppoited, Among the members present were | byorpe PW. feb Roig Hebrew Orphaa | jum; '. Frau |. Taska, Ignatz Stein, George Siktteis Jobe tas, L. Lowcngood, and others, Alter tho transaction of routino business tho meeting | adjourned, 9 VE neh nc j THE SCATTERED RENDROCK. | —— ; Further discoveries of rendrock cartridges were | made yesterday on Jersey City Heights, near Palisade | avenue, by the police of the Third prociuct, Fourteen cartridges Were found this time and they were handed over to Fire Marshal Farricr. About filiy haye been | | found thas far. Tho police are still m doubt whether | | these cartridges were taken by dishonest employés of | Coutractor McAndrew to be wold vo quar. | ‘ rymen m the vicinity, and afterward thrown | way to avoid detection consequent on the explosion, or whether they “were swept from the magazine by tue explosion of the black I der contained in the kegs on the terrible night of 6th jost, The latter theory 1s fodiay favor da mn" pod in mystery even amon jufacturers, some of whom tntend to ce oxperi- to test the eifectol an explosion of black rendrock cartridges. It is proposed to store th PS der rendrock hereaiter on the Hackeusuck River umul the | futinel be comp About 1,000 tect of brick arching | Js yet to be completed. NOT DEAD YET. Orrice oY Tix Soctwty yor Tik Prevention op Oni ‘TY TO CHILDREN, 860 KRoADWAYT, May 18, 1876, To rum Koiror ov tum Heaaro:— Please contradict that part of the statement in your edition of 17th inst., in the case of Brinsley, relating | to tho death of Mr. Aloxandor Gerner. be onder | | that fam well, and hope to reseue many We ones | j tortare aud assist in bringing 4helr unmetural i" 1876.-TRIPLE_ SHEET. | a fraudulent ormin, ng | respondence about it with THE BRISTOW MULE CASE. To tax Eptron ov tam Sexatp:—, ‘The air in Washington is full of ramors and asser- tions about what is known as the ‘Bristow Mule Case."” It will be remembered that this clam was for 876 mutes which John A, Thompson et al., of Kentucky, claimed to have had # contract to deliver to the govern ment st Nashville, Tenn., in the spring of 1586, and which the government declined to receive by reason of the war closing.- It was claimed that the mules fell in price from $167 50 per head to $42 50, entailing @ Joss of $123 0a each mule, or in all $108,750, and tho whole sum was awarded by the Court of Claime. It is sald that the case is undergoing avery thorough but private investigation by democratic members of the House of Representatives, and that the intention Js to keep tho results very close until it is seen whether Mr. Bristow, who was the principa! counsel in this case, is nominated at C'nctunati, and that, if he is, the whole matter will be brought out before the public, Whether this is true or not it would be well for Mr. Bristow to make public a complete, authentic history of the case and his reiations to it, and to explain clearly certain rumors which are current and the details which are here given:— Férst—That the case was originally presented as a claim before Congress and it was then tor only $80,000, and was based on an alleged ‘verbal’ contract with soe Snansbemaater's Depariment It was wee irawh from Congress =a reappeared in e Court of Claims, with a demand i $108,750, sup- peuet by a written order from Ss Apel Howland, who ad been depot quartermaster at Nashville, This looks suspicious, and purticulariy because it is said that Howland was a man of bad character, who was dis- missed from the army. Howland’s written contract ‘Was, it is said, never heard of until soven years after the war closed, and there is said to be no trace what- Bia of it on the Wiles or records of the Quartermaster’s ment. cond—That the case Was never present elther bolore Congress or the Court of Claime, until afer the death of Generai George H. Thomas and General Don- aldson, the two essential witnesses for the govern- ment. Third—That when the claim appeared in the Court of Claims, having thon somewhat grown, trom $80,000 to $108,760, the statute of limitations effectually barred its consideration. Mr. Bristow was then Solicitor General. He and Secretary Belknap had, it is ru- mored, some correspondeuce about the claims, und the result of this correspondence was that the statute of limitations was waived in this case. The precise official action of Mr, Bristow in this matter hus never ‘eon explained. Certainly it ought to be. Fourth—Soun alter Mr. Bristow resigned the office of Solicitor General, because connected with the Texas Pacific Railroad construction company aud approved asatiorney for the mule claimants in whose tavor the statute of limitations had been waived while he was Solicitor General. There is now a law, passed within a few weeks only after Mr. Bristow thus ap- peared, which prohibits any one appearing against the government fora period of two years after he has re- signed 4 government office, Mr. Bristow did not vio- fate this law, becauso it Was passed aftor he remgned and appesred on the mule case, but it was directed against just such acts as his, Fifth—Tue case wos tried in the Court of Claims when only three out of the five judges were sitting; judgment wus rendered by two, the Chief Justice, Drake, dissenting ina powerful opinion, which tore the case to pieces and exposed its weakness, Never- 86, and in the fuce of this, no appeal was taken to jupreme Court by the government; but it is said ve been pushed to tinal judgment within thirty the shortest ible time in which eveu the strongest case could be settled, Sizth— rum to account tor this extraordt- nary course of things, that Mr. Bristow wrote a lotier to the Attorney General's office asking that no appeal be taken 4 it 18 rumored that the index of letters in the Attorney General’s oftice shows the receipt of such a letter, or, at least, of a letter from Mr. Bristow at that time, but that tho letter fteeif hae disappeared from the tiles and eannot be found since the case has come under investigation. ‘This matter ought certainty fa be o lnoked into and cleared up by Mr. Bristow’s ren Seventh—aAfter Igment was entered against the government, and afier the Attorney General’s office had 60 curiously declined to appeal, it was discovered that there was no appropriation from which the claim could Jawially be paid. The usual, and, indecd, univorsal course in such a care, known to. lawyer and which Must have been known to Mr, Bristow, who had Seon tor the ant to wait until mad ppropriation to cover it or the general class under which it came, But tn this mule claim what happened? Secretary Belknap. with whom Mr. isristow bad originally corresponded about waiying the statute of limitations ip the case, now stepped for- ‘ward aud Grew his warrant for th jount On an ap- propriation made (or an entirely diflereut purpose. ith—! yns who profess to be familiar with the history of the claim assert it i@ rumored that it was entirely a manufactared one; that it rested wholly on falsehood, abd that the assertion $167 60 10 $42 50 per head is absurd. Instead of tall- ing, mules rather advanced tn value in 1865, owing to ‘the large demand created by the reopening of the cot- ton States, Ninth—1t ts said that in a cage tried not long since ia Clarke county, Kentucky, Howerson vs. Burbvridge, it was clearly proved that the Jown A, Thompson mulo claim was fictitious and frauduleat, The. testimany es- tablishing i's bogus character ig suid to be within reach ‘when any competent authority may demand it, and it ought to be goi if it is there, Tenth—Here, then, is a case which, if these rumors are true, is surrounded and tainted with all the signs of h was first brought before Von- gress tor $80,000 on rerbal agreement; which next sppears in the Court of Claims tor $108,750 on a ‘writ tep agreement; where the statute of limitations is ' the to days, 3 Congress had ; mysteriously waived atter correspondence vetween So- licntor General Bristow and Secretary Belknap; where the government Just as mysteriously declines ve appeal, though the decision was vy only two judges ia a court consisting of ve, with abe Chel ‘ Sustico open! ‘Against it, and where, y, ir. Hritow, “belug the counsel. 'and receiving the money, it is illegally ordered paid by > Secretary | Belknap out of an appropriation made fora different urpose. There are here certainly points which Mr. ristow’s friends ought to be in laste to explain and clear up. They ovght to produce the Congressional record of the clan; tbey ought to muke public his cor- ‘ecretary ikpap; they ought to explain why k was that he, bemg icitor General, did not insist on the ght of the government to bar the claim under the, statute of hmitations; they | Ought to produce any communications he had atter- ward about it with the Attorney General's office, or show that there were none; they ought to Lan per by | such u case what chauce he came to accept, payment tn from ap appropriation and in a manner which be must have known was not legal, It is pot pretended that all Ubese things cannot be explained ja a manner consist- eut with Secretary Bristow's integrity, But certainy his friends ought to see that they are bas ep Sim- ple denial i hardly enough. EMOCRAT. Wasuinatox, May 16, 1876. JOB PRINTERS’ TROUBLES. Sixty-olght compositors in the employ of Messrs, Lange, Little & Co, bave strack for Union bates, Ac- cording to the statement of the firm the men were em- ployed as non-Union printers and signed @ contract not to strike, ana were paid fifty cents per*1,000.oms. The ‘men, they say, worked in ap unsatisfactory manner, purposely set miserable proof, their purpose beng compei them to seek competent, men ip the Typo- graphical Union. They are ali seniars of the Uniou, ‘and io atriking ate carrying out orders of their leaders, The firm were compelied to yield to the men op account of some Ume contracts they have on hand, but claim that every Union man who signed the con. tract 18 liable to prosecution for conspiracy. RAID ON A NEGRO DEN. On Wednesday Mr. Philip Hanan, of No, 147 Thomp- son street, made a complaint to Captan McDonnell, of the Kighth precinct, against a negro den on the east | side of Thompson street, nour Prince, The Captain accompanied him to the Washington Place Police Court, where Justice Duffy issued wartants for ine arrest of everybody to be found in the houses Nos. 138, 144, 146, 148, 152 and 164 Thompson street. About balf-past twelve o’clock yesterday morning Captain MeDounell, assisted by his roundsmen and plawon of officers quietly surrounded the premises, At ‘a signal the olficers entered tue houses. In a fow seconds the eptire block was surrounaca with officors to pre- — vent escapes, The news o! the raid spread rapidly, and in wiew moments hundreds ot colored people trom “Alrica” aud the neighborhood assemoled im time to witness the march to the station house. After ait the | prigoners had been locked up in the cells it was ascer- | spon tained that the (otal number was forty-seven persons, At the Washington Place Police Court yesterday, as soon as the watch was disposed of by Judge Dufy, Sergeant Berghold sent word tor the prisoners to ve Drought up. Captain MeDonnoll wen placed the pris- oners between a platoon of officers, aud on Feuohing the court the prisoners were placed iv the spectators’ seats tu the court, they being too many to put iu the “box” or “pen.” Captain MeDounell aud Philip Hanan, with Officers Reynolds, McCabe and Larkin, made the complaints, the witnesses being James Brown and Patrick O'Shea, of No. 1456 Thompson street Jurige Duily disposed of his prisoners us tollows:—For keeping disorderly houses, Seg Sumpson, Lawrence Getberstem, Francis Fisher, Liasie Wheeler, Jobn | Moore, Mary Huting, Mary Latour, Laura Cisco, Joxe- phine Duroc and Margaret Stewart were held in $1,000 and $800 cach to answer at General Sessiona The otwer parties arrested were either fined from $2 to $10 each or heid in $500 bail tor thelr future good be- bavior, Five persons who proved good character were discharged. YALE ALUMNL Yale College Alamni Association holds its cighth social meeting at Delmonico’s this evening, Proiessor W. ©. Kingsley will read a sketoh of the early days of *Yale College, NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL. SOOIETY. The half-yoarly meeting of the New Jersey Historical Society was held yesterday in Newark. Among the | feported ions enid to: the ie oda ata Se Wodeaion With cegxakpen oxaxsa, | Bree dona was a of Hendrick YOCOMOTION IN PARIS, The Omnibus System of the French Capital. PLENTY OF ROOM AND NO CROWDING, Panis, May 6, 1876, ° In view of the movement which bas been commenced im New York to effect a reform in the abuses connected with its public conveyances, I feel that 1t may be tise- fal to the newspapers as well as to the public sptrited individuals who are taking the lead in it to forward you ‘a statement of the manner in which theso matters are managed here, and which never falls to excite the com- mendations of foreigners, bat more especially of Amer It is to Blaise Pascal, the celebrated mathematician, that Paris is indebted for the first {dea of her present com- venient and ecofiomical omnibus system. On the léth of March, 1662, the first line of omaibuses was started from the Porte 8t. Antoine (Place de la Bastille) to the Luxembourg. The second, which ran from the Rug st Antoine to St. Rock, was inaugurated on tho lthef April following. The third, from the Rao Montmartre to the Luxembourg, was opened on the 22d of May and the fourth on the @itn of June following, The carrmges of the latter started from the rue Ta~ rane (rive gauche), and from the rue Neuve 8t Padi (rive droite), returning to their polnt of departure after beving made the circuit of Paria The price of places yn those vehicles was five sous, When Pascal died, as if their existence depended upon his, they soon fel, into disuse, In 1828, more than a century and a half later, his idea was again taken up and acompasy was formed to run omnibuses on a plan similar to those existing in Nantes and Bordeaux. Its success waseo great that rival enterprises wero immediately started and a keen competition for the transportation of pas- sengers through the streets of the metropolis ensued, Tn 1855 a fusion between the different companies was effected with the approbation of the government, anda decree was published giving to the new soeiety, enti- tled La Compagnie Générale des Omnibus, a mhonoply of the public conveyances. " Since the year 1628 a number of useful modifications have beon introduced in the omntbus system, the most important of which is the ingenious one of correspond- ences, which enables passengers to repair from one point of the vity to another, out of the direct line, by the payment of the small tare of thirty centimes (siz cents), Since 1855 several other valuable improvo- ments have been adopted, the most popular of which ig the establishment of the Imperiale, or double row of outside places on the roof, for which the fare is only three cents, The advantage of this to the working classes may be readily conceived. OMNINUS PARES AND REGULATIONS, Interior, with or without cortpspondence, s!x cents; Interior, without correspondenc., thrce cents; for soldiers, with or without correspondence, three cents; chiluren over four years of age py full’ fare. if the omnibus which he taken cannot drop him at: bis destination the passenger who has paid six cents has the right to claim a correspondence for a second omnibus, which will leave bim at the nearest point to it. By paying a supplemental sum of three cents the | outside passenger also becomes entitled to a corre- | spoudence. ‘The second omatbus which it may be | necessary for bim to take is mdicated to the passen; by the conductor. In descending from the vebicle, passevger, under tho penalty of losing bis right to & correspondence, must at ovce enter the office at’ the station, claim a ticket with his number of a1 and reply to nis number when it is called. Paris 1# intersected by thirty-two omulbus lines. For the ular service of these lines La Compagnie Généralo des Omnibus plaved in circulation im the year 1875 667 solidly constructed, and well- horsed vehicles. Each omnibus since that time has travelled daily on an average filty-six miles, The omnibuses employed the company have travelled daily 35,253 miles, and 13,252,345 miles during the entire year. The omnibuses have conveyed a total ol 118,577,278 paseenzers, or 310,806 per day. 430 each Vehicle und 32 16-140 cach trip. ‘Out of these 113,677,278 passengers 65,684,069 occupied places in the interior, wnd 47,893,219 rode outsid 642 paxsenvers | made use of the correspondence tickets, | _ ‘The average receipt per passenger has been 3% cents. | Tho average patie realized for eagh kilometre or % of a mile ran by the omnibuses wenger. In the above returns are compriged the wer’ of the Banlicu or ihe mossageries of the environs ba Paris, and also the auxiliary services of the omnibus ines. In rondering an account of sho benefit conferred upon the population of this city by the admirable or- | gunization of the Compagnie Générale, I must not omit its suburban service, one of ite most important and le teatures, In order to give a clear idea of its i val | working I must enter somewhat into uetail. The | statistics whteh I furnish will suppiy usefal dita | those who. are interesting: themselves jm the reiorm | of the. mor ics which render the pabl | ances of New York the most inconvei | able im the world, OMNIBUS SERVION OF THE BANLIEU. First Line—From Batignolies to St Ouem and So Denia. Length of the line, 444 miles. i Rha Week, Sundays, | From Batignolles to St. Ouen and St Denis and vice versa 8 lo From St, Ouen to 5t versa, 6 8 | After tho 1 2 For so! 9 9 From Batign: vice versa the non- commissioned officers und suidiers only pay a fure of “six Cents, except in the case of their taking seats in the supplementary vehiciesy Phan ne hagerer ae Romitnville—Longth of the , 2% mil Fures—Week, 6 cente; Sundays and holidays, 6 cents. By paying a supplementary tare of 4 centsa ticket of correspondence can be obtained from this line with that running from Belleville to the Louvre. Third Service—From Maisons Allort to Créteil— Length of the 1 % miles, | On Tbursdays i Sundays a departure takes | Place regularly from the Cour d’Aldgre, Bight. This vehicle goes by way of the Rue de Rit Rue St. Antoine, Rue de Charenton, &o Leng! run, 7% miles,, ‘ 2 Week, | Cents, ber" | From Crétoj! to the Burcau at Charen- i : WOR... es eeeree seeeeeee From Créteil to the Barridre de Charen- ¥ tows... esses ise ovese 10 F,om Charenton to the Bureau of the \ Oid Barridre.............- Sees 6 Departure ay midnight from the Cour wal reteil..... ‘ Ld From Charenton to Créteil... Y sp hie Fourth service—From Gravelle, Length of the line, 4 miles. vaRBs. Week, Comte Coe | From Gravelle to St Maurioe.......++. & 6 From Graveile to Charenton, , Fron Gravelle to the old Barriéro | From St Maurice to Chareaton.. From St. Maurice to the old From Charentun to the old Barriére. .. AUXILIARY SERVICES OF THE OMNIQUS LINES, Fifth Servico—From Charenton, les Carriéres, a de Lage fe be Pont. Length ihrem 1% mi part Reem are conta, rT , on Mg N Paris, 6 cents, “4 aie Seven! rvloe” Vauves and Lang: To Iwy, 14 ues; to Vanves, 14; miles. Fates—' without noe, 4 cents; Sune | ; i 8 4 6 trom the Pont de Bei vey prada» tothe Vavi ae ag ha omg conte; to the Lge "a, by nee (,brom Pave rivey to. the, FoR ‘rom the Pont de Berey, 6 cents; vo vate From Pont Pont de Bercy, s cents; to Paria, nuance with Line, Seni, " ch Service—From Gravelle to the Avenue Charies—Length of the line, 14 miles, Fares—From the Avenuo 3t Cuntnen se eee | Cambronne, without correspond ‘2cenis; we | Avenue St. Ul led to the Place, Cambronne, Dy eof: ' nce Wittt the lines Y and A, 6 cents, | / | | | 1 i - Eleventh Service—From the Point da ayer a the ‘wut mer eatsodengae on tae line, 1% “tothe 2 Cemetery of Sc Ouen—Laugih of tbe hints 1% Fares—W 4 centa, Shuts rece iw: wikeer ‘an wah and in summer {rom aine A, M, to ais P, | $ Length of line ee