The New York Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1876, Page 5

THE LATE ASSEMBLY. Mr. Andrew J. Campbell on the Last Session. aA Rime General Husted Elected Speaker. Why Was BEVERE CRITICISMS ON HIS ACTIONS, Mr. Andrew J. Campbell, the representative ip the Aasembly trom the Ninth Assembly district of New York, was visited yesterday by a represeutative of the Hsza.p in order that bis opinions in regard to the late Session of the Legislature might be obtained. It will Deobserved that in many instances he takes entirely | different views ot questions and acts trom those expressed | by Mr, Speaker Husted, and to acertain extent criticises the action of that gentleman. The following couversa- ton, however, will explain itself:— “Mr. Campbell, the Hzxaup, and through it the pub- Mo, would be glad to have an expression of opinion from you tm regard to the character of the last Legisia- ture.” “Well, L can only say that within my political recol- lection New York bas at no time had so good a Legisia- ture as this Inst one, It is well known that o vad Measure could not be passed by it if kuown. If any qmember knew of avything of a doubtful character con- falned in bill under consideration it was only ueces- ®ary to expose the fact to the House and it.was at ouce ‘etricken out, It was an Assembly composed of men who did their own individual thinking, although it was ® common thing to cee members conferring with each olber, comparing opinions and exchanging sentiments in order to arrive at a clear anderstanding of matters ‘under consideration. I consider it a most unfortunate cifeumstance that such a House did not have the Proper man within itself for a icader. It bas been said thet the House would vot follow ‘any man’s Jead.’ My opinion is that the members of that body would gindly have hailed the presence of “se man of true metal and capacity as a leader, but it is a weak conclusion that a would-be leader comea to when he assumes ‘Vhat because a body would not follow bis lead it would mot recognize any leadership. The fact is, a majority of the Legislature were men tructo themselves ang ,denlous both of their rights and reputation, Thoy did not have full confidence in the men whom circum- stances and their own early actions placed in tho posi- tions whore they became leaders, so far as the routine of business made it a necessity. 1 think a reorganiza- tion of the House at the middle or latter part of us Session would have been quitea different affair from that of the first organization. Had the acknowledged ability of the prominent figures been in full harmony ‘and accord with the temper, character and tone of the Mouse much more good could nave been accomplished. It was not, however, the kind ot house Mr, Husted bad been accustomed to associate with. He recognized to the {ull the difference between the late Assembly and those with which he had had previous experience, tor on every occasion when he left the chair to take the floor in favor of some measure under discussion it 80 Dappened that the side he advocated was badly beaten every time. It was evident im the beginning that the ‘attempt at leadership on the part of some of the mem- bers was not clearly for the best purposes, and for that reason they jailed, The Houso was too quick of per- ception for their purposes,” THE POWER OF THE SPEAKER. “The Speaker, then, in your view, has the power to advance or retard legislation, and to his Ynfluence in a great measure mest be attributed the passage or defeat of legislative measures?” “My observation and experience have taught me that most of tho results of an Assembly rest with the parties behind the desk—that is to say, with the or- ganized power vested in the officers. I am confident, im my own mind, that had there been in the last hours a true carnestness on the part of the Speaker to aq- ‘vance the bills that lay upon bis desk, and that were in the interest of New York city and should have been passed, he would havo found no difficulty in advancing them to a final passage. 1 mean to say that the man who, by his position, experience and perfect knowledge of all parliamentary rules, could push a rapid transit bill from its introduction by a committees to a vete upon its final reading within a space of three or Tour of the closing days of the sossion could most cor- tatnly have procured the same results with those other measures had he been so disposed. ‘WAYS THAT ARE DARK.’ There aro many ways known to the quick and com. prehensive mind how to oppose measures while seem- ingly in favor of them. For illustration, I introduced g@ bill for the consolidation of the District courts in New York city. With the press and taxpayers it was @ most popular measure. I said on one occasion to the Speaker, when in bis room, ‘I should like you to aid 1m passing my District Court bill.’ ‘I am going todo Mt,’ was bis reply. When the bill came up the first Aime on {ts final passage it was beaten, receiving only Iny-eight votes, sixty-five being necessary. 1 found ‘hat absenteeism was the cause of defeat, I instantly moved a reconsideration and to lay the motion on the table, which was carried. Thereafter 1 watched for a lavorabie opportunity, when there should be a full re- publican vote, to take the bill trom the table and re- tonsiaer the vole vy which it had been lost Tho right time did not soon come, for I am pbliged to charge that the business of the House was very much interfered with by absenteos 1: destroyed confide and caused the frittering away of much valuable time. The last bours of the sestion were tat ing. Atlast, on the Tuesday, i think, detoro the adjournment, I saw the first 1avorable time, and 1 moved to take ‘the bill from the table. Oppo- titiog on the part of the democracy immediately com. menced.. The vote to take from the table was renched sud carried. Then came the question of reconsidera- on, 1 saw there was only ten minutes to elapse be- fore the hour of Ciosing the morning session and ft would not do to risk @ vote, because meny members aad already left the House, so 1 had to kill time Bpeech of that length. After recess the House was @gain convencd, with a less number present than at the morning session. [ was, therefore, agsin obliged to talk away the time until members came in. After con- suming some time [| moved the roll call, and finding not sufficient members present Lasked Mr. Foster to move a call of the House. Shp yeas ee erane ree to reconsider was carried, baving ty-une votes. Then came the question of the final pasuage, requiring sixty-five votes, MR, HUSTKD WAS ON THK FLOOR ef the House, voved for the reconsideration, keew what gatruggio 1 was having, being obliged to have another call of the Rouse, and, notwithstanding his promised aid, when his name was called he had departed irom the House. The bill was passed by sixty-six Votes, all the republicans, except Mr. Hoffman, that wore present, lu afew minutes alter Mr. Husted was again in the House. Could it be marntarned that Mr. Husted favored that importent retorm 1” “What was the gencral impressica as to the leaders tm the last Acsembly, and who would have, in your pinion, secured the confidence of the members geno- rally?” “Judging from conversations with several members, tam pond ‘of the opimion that the genera! esumate the would-be leaders of the House was hke my owa, out the whole proceedinga there seemed to be tm underlying disposition on their part not to have Any Dill pass that they did pot bave some particular feasen for or iuterest in. Had Judge Hogeboom, of Columbia county, chairman of the Cummitice on Gen- not been go til, and, withal, #0 Iyerd worked, session, I have no doubt in my min been a leader on the floor whose ad- counsels would have been closely followed. he at any time have [elt his own force and wer for good in the House with full confidence of feeling, as ho apparently did, that be sh pov mherag wag iat it of ban bd a y coe cor ave worked that Assembly up Tull weasare of ite neglected and omitted duties. there was another the House, the force of par ir. poses did more good, I R, SLOAN, OF OBWEGO. “The selection of this g T mean entieman ax chairman of the ‘Ways and Means Committee proved to ve most oxcel- lent. I can see, tm reviewing whole work of the wi made not one mistake; cer- He took no position he oral i | tore the vot « NEW .YORK HERALD, FRIDAY. MAY 19, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET the defeat oF te “It is the merest folly to charge the lobby defeat of the Rapid Transit bill, troduced in days by the Speaker to the Committee on Railroads as. @ substitute for a former bill introduced in the House by bim and referred to that bow gorge Bat it had failed to report upos. There were other for the defeat of that bill which the Speaker, with his osti- mate of an Assembly based upon bis experience of former years with houses of entirely different charac- teristics, never counted upon, That was not the house to driven bill, through pell mei] before a Speaker's prt regardiess of merits or dewerits. The lobby, ad no means of knowing ad that till woald fare was being taken, ‘This remark gave me to infer at ouce that the lobny had no control of i, J could tell Mr Husted in very few words why his bill was defeated, and name (ho proofs; ane it was pot money. [| am well convinced that Mr. Husted was so soured uw. the defeat of that bill 4] he cetermined to jet all otber matters ri iT aad, through bis indifference, defeat whatever be could of the desired pending measures. I had no int mation whatever that there was any effort made on tho part of the lobby to feat otber billy, There was some fecling exhibited by them against THE RAPID TRANSIT WILL; bat they did not fatter themselves that they had thing to do with its defeat, Ido not believe that such sum as $35,000 was spent to secure a vote aj it, or even a dollar. 1 was opposed to it for the reason that itto my mind, covered such @ multitude of | ipiquities that | could not support it Agreat many | country members consulted me on the question, and | they signified their intention not to vole for the bill T would have hiked to have voted for that portion of it referring to the Elevated road, for I consider that to be an enterprise which should be fostered; but the other sections of the bill were such as J could not con- giatently support. Then, agam, when the bill was in- troduced it was not sufficiently explained, Mr, Husted | simply asserted that if the bill was not passed there would be an end of rapid transit, The idea scems to have been to rush it through on the strength of the first’ ciause referring to the Greenwich street road without giving time to members to considor the effect of the remaining portiona In the Committe on Rail- roads Mr. Husted mado soveral amendments in his bill according to suggestions by the committee, and it was afterward bandied very roughly by that body, and | was pronounced by Mr. Loo Cozzens very’ bad | bill.’ “You bave perhaps read Mr. Husted’s reagons as to why the bills affocting the New York city charter fed to pass. Will you givo me your v: on this ject, a# also on the Extension and other bills?” ‘L cannot understand Mr. Husted’s conclusions. All the republicans in the House showed every interest ible in their passage. While it was not considered hes, one after the other, of five minutes in longth, the time to which we were limit there was not lack of interest shown for the passage o| those bills Of the republican members, Peabody, Graff, Fish, Foster and myseif used our beat efforts to secare the success of all bills offered in the House which were for the true interests of New York city. No oneis more responsible for TRE ACTION OF THR MINORITY in the Jast hours of the sessiou than the Speaker him- self. Ho seomed to me to be over courteous. I thought, ip the closing moments, when the eulogies un the Speaker were being pronounced crcl A by democrats, 1¢ was entirely befitting the occasion. He gives as his reason why the bills to which he refers were defeat that it was because of the motion which was adopt to have each and every bil) read through on its onal passage. Tix practice did not last bat one session aud part of a second, when he, as Speaker, ruled that it ‘When it was tirst beguo I was un- | was not necessary. it Was @ constita- ight and could nol be taken away. The follow- ing session I understood he ruled otherwise, and the Practice was abendoned to some extent; consequently very little business was delayed on that ao- count, With regard to Mr, Husted’s re- marks that the time consumed prevented the House trom reachiwg the of oral orders I can only say it was not the Hou 1ts own motion, could have gone special business, apparently in hope th: orders would be reached in ys ey og ‘way in its reguier order. Ho seems to forget that he opposed emphati- cally any extension of TUS TIME OF ADJOURNMENT in bis conversation with members. If the time had been extended to the end of the weok all the business might have been gone through with. Many of the bills which failed to pass by reason of the time expiring | could have been reached 11 the special business had been done with; but so many parliamentary tactics were resorted to on the part of the minority that pre- vented tho special business from being concluded, With to the Park, Salary and Green Extension bills, L am givon to understand that they were on the Speaker’s desk ull the time when his Rapid Transit Avil was being discussed; but that after its defeat he left the chair and wanes, therein Mr, Sloar, and him- self disappeared. The House got into such confusion and became so uproarious that it was a subject of re- mark, 1 was afterward told by a member that he had | gone in search of the Speaker und bad foand him in an ment, looking out ot the window, seemingly indifferent as to what was going on. I know he came in shortly alter and took ton of the chair, 5 d several rulings and s0 straightened ‘out matters. to any combination of democrats and republicans fur- ther than that produced by the inertness of some of the latter, who were indifferent to the question th: the defeat of some special measures in which they ‘were interested and that it was understood to be an act thas would be acceptable to the democracy.” THE DESTITUTE CENTENARIAN. In yesterday’s Hxnraup a letter from a physician was | printed, stating that Mrs..Margaret Walker, aged 101 | years, jay sick at No. 220 Wegt Eighteenth street, and | that she was without relatives or triends able to give her the necessaries of life, A Henan reporter called yesterday on tho physician who had sent (he note and was directed by him to the physician attending Mrs. Walker, Dr. Phillips, of No 47 - West Four. | teenth streot, Dr. Phillips accompanied the re- | porter to the residence of Mrs. Walker. war found in a room, about Ove feet by ten, in a rear tenement house atthe above number. Of fur- nitare there was next to none in the rvom, which was vory gloomy. Mrs. Walker and thank the doctor for She her right hand, which was badly burned six weeks ago. Dr. Phillips assured the reporter that Mra Walker would recover if she had proper nourishwent, though she would loge two bones of the index finger of hor j Toads. rough | ment THE RAILROAD WAR. HOW THE EFFORT TO LOWER THE PRESTIGE OP KEW YORK MUST INJURE ITS MAKERS. Brooxtrs, May 11, 1876 To tas Eprrox ov ras Heraty:— ‘The time has come when New Yerk should begin to take care of herself It is worse than premeditated folly for our business men longer to close their eyes and ignore the various attempts which have been made and are now making to destroy the commercial supremacy of this city, to divert away from us apy portion of the trade which ought paturally to come hither, whigh belongs legitimately to us, and to turn into other chanpels a thousand little rilis which should flow in one volume and find its home hero ‘Throe great factors—if I may use such a term ae de- acriptive of what | mean—enter into the solution and nolve the problem of our greatness as a commercial centro—the New York Central (Vanderbiit’s road); the Erie Railway (through its connections with Union Pacific), and Colonel Scott's road, known as the Penn- sylvanis Central. The two former are secure. Com- modore Vanderbilt especially has, in the management of the Central, proved hig entire loyalty to the city of New York and suown his appreciation of the vast su- periority of New York Harbor over all others on the continent whence to reach the markets of the world. A stuptd, narrow-minded policy might have suggested, or some personal spleen might have dictated to the veteran Commodore, and induced hink w make Albany, ingtead of New York, the terminus of his quadruple road. Tho facilities are in all respects as great if not greater than Philadelphia possesses. Freights and_all that is known unser that generic name could have as easily been transterred from the cars to English and other foreign bottoms at Albany as at New York; Dut, as hag already been said, such a course would have been in violation, mot oniy of all the natoral and reasonable LAWS OF TRADE, Dut would have been in conflict with good sense and reason also, And Commodore Vanderbilt is no fool, Something like this, however, absurd as it must ap- pear to reasonable and intelligont business men, what tho management of the Pennsylvania Central faeem intent upon trying to do. So long as the lato President of that corporation, Mr, that he could, from force of circumstances, or would from chotee, alter or amend the provincial policy by which he was governed and by which the road was controlled. Like that apocryphal Hebrew maiden, of whom we have read, who Patace-prisoned from her birth, Came to think the hills around ber Were the boundaries of earth, he know, cared for and regarded no interests save those of Philadelphia, Wise, good and, in some respects, ay as ne was, Edgar Thompson regarded no horizon ut that which has for its centre Independence Hall, In thiseven New York may pardon something to his memory, tor Philadeipbia is pre-eminently ‘a city of homes,” Quiet—in most of the side streets there is much of the calm which lends a lazy charm to the mansions that lino, the banks of the Schuylkill aud Delaware, and ever in Chestnut and Market stroets, the princrpal thoroughiares of this historic city, itis but seldom that even a blind man falls a victim to the crufh of passing venicles, jut Edgar Thompson did ope thing for which he de- serves our lasting credit. As Sir Humphrey Davy Broeaiy: claimed as his greatest honor ‘the discovery of Mike Faraday,” so Edgar Thompson could demand with equal satisiaction that “he had discovered Tom Scott.” ¥ Bo long a8 Seott was subordinate to Thompson he accomplished by quict but effective means much that resulted to the good of the road and of benelit to the whole country, Scott was never slow to urge upon its directors a broader and more livera! policy tor Pennsyl- vania, Tho lease of the New Jorsvy rouds was con- summated through Scott’s instrumentality, although others, in the contiuence of Mr. Thompsun and moved by fears that Philadelpbia was about in some remote way to be injured, since the movement was regarded ag “a New York idea,’’ expressod gravo and serious doubts as tothe propriety of the acquisition. The © sums of muney, alnounting to many millions, which have already becn expended in improving these roads accords with Scott’s early and far-seoing F paler Bat since he has assumed the presidency of syl- ‘Vania Scott seems to have LAID ASIDE HIS FORMER CHARACTER and to have gathered about him the tightly fitting robes jn which President Thompson ciothod himself and which he persisied in deg be the hour of bis death, To-day Scott lies a railroad Hercules poisoned by this “shirt of Nessus."’ He is becoming more ‘*Philadel- phian” than Thompson was. He has acquired, ata Cost of $1,000,000, the old dismantled navy yard with the double purpose of shatting out Garrott and the Bal- timore and Obio road and at the same time of secking to placate the fears of Philadelphia with the promise that the navy yard is to be the terminus of ali bis On the other hand New Jersey may be leasta debt to him than that little State has admitted, The Harsimus Cove property, im Jerscy City, purchased at a cost of '$b001000° aud admirably adapted as it is for the transfer of all the cercals for ship- to the markets of Europe, has, it is contidently asserted, been dedicated to abatwir purposes 1% to be turned ini a vast and vulgar ‘slaughter house” to becomes perpetual nuisance to the tants of twooities. If he desires to go into the “‘aheep-killing aud bone-bosing business” et him move over and beyond Bergen Heights. Hursimus ‘Coro lined and crowded on all sides with storchouses and grain elevators, and should bo allowed to furnish t 2 the bas gone for brine opty oh gelr wie of theecontinent, su a ty ating whi ub can, if he ts not swayed by loval ideas, control. The reference to Hursimus Cove und the object to which it isto be devoted may seem of small moment. But it demonstrates the tact that Colonel Scott is at tions,’ when he should rise cqual to the occasion and grasp the broad emporium of the continent, The attempt to stop be- for ing bh or to divert olsewhero irom New York what Sicase to New York, ought te prove as fu- tile as the effort of Senator Windom and bis committea, These jtlemen concocted a brilliant scheme, at an estimated cost of $200,000,000, for connecting thi es and the interior of the continent with th sippi and St. Lawrence, and thus drain away i erp commerce from New Y But it was long agb discovered that all adtecnr: bea theories bat So ae practicable. To say ing of time required by either of these routes to Europe, it is certain that groin right bund. eeper, stated that before the old lady received ber injury she coula both read and | thread a ncedie without The reporter asked | Mra, Walker when she arrived New York, and she | answered when she was nino years of age. ‘Where | were you born?” continued the reporter, Mra | Walker rambled off for a few minutes in | an incoherent way, and Mra Hoyt, who has beon taking care of her since she has been sick, ox- plained that, though sensible at timos, she often raves | and loses ber memory al rr. irs, Hoyt, how- ever, volanteered to say t] Waiker came to ber | house five yeurs ago; that she was then ninety sx sent by the way of the Missiasipp! and New Orleans wou! ‘heat’? Tong betore it reached Liverpool, while, on the other band, the St. Lawrence route, by reason Of ioe, 1s practically clased for halt the year. All attempts, 1t may toen be said jn few words, to ignore New York as the monetary and commercial centre of the continent have failed disastrousiy. It re- mains to be seen whether the desire to drive Colonel Scott into asinilar attempt will succced. Let us eup- pose that it does—what will be the result? First of all, the moment it is known in London that it ia bis Intention to seek to make Philadelphia and not New York hie terminus, the bouds of his road will de- years of had come to this cou! when sho was about nine, and was born in the county Armagh, Ire- land. Her husbund was n seafaring man apd died | twenty-three years ago, and he and four children were buried in the Baptist cemetery. The five years that Mrs, Walker bad lived in her houve her rent, $46 month, was paid by Drs. Gallaudet and Beach, but for the necessaries of - lifo sho was jent: on $1 ek irom the Industrial Sewing Soc! and the charities irom herself and a few te Yn the house, Up to the time ot hor injury was able to get around and provice for herself somehow, but then she has had to rely altogether on those i a ly surrounding her, who, on account of their own poverty, are nut je to do mach. Mrs. Walker expresses a decided objection to to the bospit and once, wher an ambulance was prey to ib house, though snffel with erystpelas, she jumped out of her bed und drove tho men out of the room, As the physician's letter stated yesterday, she 1s cer. tainly daslevens of charity at this, ber advanced age, THE HUDSON RIVER TUNNEL, The Court of Errors has decided against the appeal of Attorney Goneral Vanatta, and han sustained the action of the Supreme Court im favor of the Hudsop River Tunnel Company. The appeal was ov the ques- tion of appointing a commissioner for the condemna- tion of jand in the room of the late J. di. Cornelison, The Delaware, Lackawanva and Western Railroad Com- pany bas thus been defeated in the cou! and the Attorne General bas now fighting ou behalf of the Riparian Commiss:oncra, While ox jor Williamson was delivering bis argument on bebalt of the Tunnel Company ip the Court of Chancery, on Wednesday, he was frequently interrupted by Chancellor Runyon. Mr. Willmmsop at last fw paper with indign: has made up his mind there ts with further a ‘The use in taking ap ti Chancellor took th A RAPID TRANSIT MASS MEETING, New Yoru, May 18, 1876. To tae Eptrdn ov tan HanaLp The article in this moraoing’s Hraanv in whieh it ts stated that “Nothing but a, strong expression ef the people will secure to the city what it most needs” — bamely, rapid transit, should have the effect of bring- ing every true friend of progress and of the city’s growth and to the front Let there be, then, a general rally of the iriends of transit at | tho bas tiga Veoh bgt w proved spent action as bao tg thought bost to brio 10 opinion relay jong iomannes poeta BL means of transit than we now have and crowded horse cars accomplishing the city, The horse rail ‘com Dest to defeat wank ing by Cr) faranosone, and Ino nstigatin; property owners Tnisrepresentation of the facts, Let the want rapid transit get up & mass much geal ot" bey Aon“ as Hhode do who Yon will be speedily overcome, 2 s | than Albany, preciate in value at least twenty per cent. Englishmen know the geography of America better now than they did a hundred yoars ago, and their faith in this continent is based upon their confidence in | New York. Again, should he do this Scott will never build MIS TEXAS-PACIFIC ROAD, Most certainly not if it is once understood that he means to stop at Philadelphia, Kuropo will have no more of his bonds, not if backed by the forfeit of the ib. greasional subsidy has, thus an emphatic “No,” But were he to rid himself of the narrow-minded and provincial 8 to be governed and make it known that N: to be the graud entrepot between Amefica and Europe, New York would respoud with bseription of enough millions to complete the ci racitic. Besides, Philadelphia has no money; New York hi but New York is not disposed to invest it for the ay. grandizement of any other city. To do #0 would violate nus only all the laws of ‘el rotection,” but would look lke assisting to stop tl and onward flow of @ trade which Buturally toward Mai hatian Island as tho waters of occan follow the moon. As woll might Disrueli be expected to contribute to a speculative %t for diverting from its course that current. of the world’s commerce which flows throagh the Saez Canal and finds tts way to the he: of London. No man knows better than Scott the unreasonable- nessa of his Philadelphia policy, From Philadelphia to Europe requires nearly two days jonger than {rom New York to the same port, while the time between the twa, cities ts less than three hours, Philadelphia, then, as 8 point whence to ship to Europe, is vo better With the Delaware filed with ive in the winter and a shallow, treacherous channe! at all times, it is for nearly six months in the year hard to tell with certainty what time it will require to go thence to 1d value of the trade which comes from the South and West must depend upoa the promptness, facility and chen Windom’s comm for the past twen' from Chicago to Seer creat evel % ul clvitiai ent, seam, thing fr lose than osestaif, io mone; a, 80 far time is concerned, in less hours than raver it takes wee! ‘Whatever the result, so loyal bas be oa ‘or! elsewhere be will put down here the grain of Chicago and the South at cost. So with Philadelplia as bis actual terminus, Scot come no nearer com- peu g with Vanderbilt than a canal can rival a railroad. mae element whicb no business man can aifurd wd |, and be is but short-sighted railroad pref ‘would hope im the trade of a con- tinent sopping at @ sido station, This question is one which Seott it settle for Bimeelf, Ifthe Board, of which he is chief, ts to be gov- erned by narrow minded interests, the sooner he ride hi ‘of them the better will it be for both corpora. yon ana 3 4n institution in which the whole na- possible that he with which it can be got to bea. dweovered that the average cost ty years of bringing a bushel of wieat jew York, he ounal, lakes and the di by Vau He represents tion fs interested. It is oth Edgar Thompson, lived, it was hardly to be expected _ dominated by narrow, local, “Philadelphia no- | moralization that New York is the | } | Par next to nothing. He cannot long halt between two opinions He must choose. Let bum but show tnat iow York, which nature points out as the terminus ofall bis roads, is to be made such, and New York men and money will hasten build his Texas Pacific without the help of either for- eign capital or Congressional subsidies, and thus re- store and make ire for an unlimited time to come NEW YORK'S COMMERCIAL SUPREMACY. Otherwise he must fai) aud his road will soon coase to hold its position of national as well as foreign and world-wide importance. Londen knows lis nnpertance now. The Englishman holds its bonds, He has paid his money for them and would invest still more largely if assured that his tavorite investment was in po way to be imperilied, and that the road which represents the larger part of a continent i# tobe neither limited in its capabilities nor yet hampered and circumscribed by narrow, local and provincial notions. England. Europe has faith in New York; for New York revrerents ip all its best aspects uot a Siate, a Province nor a section, butanation, Tho weaith of | the South and West wantato come hither, Through us their oxchanges are mi They set their clocks by the dial that shines from Trinity. Scott cannot much longer pos! the decision of | the question. He must either submit to be kept in a provincial straitjacket of burst at onoa tho eere- Ments in which the blockheads of his Board are wrap- ping him and eome out and show himself in his true character, as be is—tho foremost railroad man, with the grandest opportunities, to be found tn the wholo round world. PIGEON SHOOTING, MR. HOWARD 8S. JAFFRAY, OF NEW YORK, MEET- ING WITH SUCCESS IN ENGLAND. ‘At a reunion of the Hurlingham Club, of London, on Monday, May 1, Mr. Howard 8, Jaffray, of New York, Look part in'three sweepstakes and a match, in which he showed excellent form and met witn pleasant suc- cess, Tho first sweepstakes was of five birds each, eight of the thirty members engaged killing all, among these being Mr. Jaffray. In shooting off the. tie the | latter missed bis second bird and rotired, Captain Theophilus Gist being tho winn: In the ,second aweep, also five birds each, Mr. Jaffray missed bis third bird and rotirea, but Im a twonty-six yard sweep, with twenty-two entries, he divided ythe money with Mr, Dudley Ward, after bringing aown five each. Mr. Jaffray likewise shot a match with Captain W, 0. Dan- combe, the conditions being £10 a side, Avo birds cach, and (wonty-six yards rise. After an oxciting contest Mr, Jaffray wou by ove pigeon, killing vine to his op: ponent’s ¢ight. The following are the scores of tho two events :— A twenty-six yards sweepstakes, at 3 birds each; 22 subscribers, Killed, Mr. Howard 8, Jaffray Mr. Dudley Ward. } I parerey ~ cut jor Mr. Cholmondoley Comte do Galy Captain Sneile: Cuptain W. Forrester Leighton, Captain Aubrey Patton. Captain Theophilus Gis Hon. J. B. Roche. rh Pennell eococcors SOSCOOSC CCC HH EEE EHH Mr. Mr. Jaffray and Mr, D vided £22 after weoring 5 each. Match for £10, 6 birds each; 26 yards rise, Killed, Ties, Mr. Howard 8. Jaffray..... 1 1 O11 Captain W. 0. Duncombe,, 11110 11110—8 he best scores of the day were made by Mr. Jaffray, who killed 21 ont of 23; Cuptain Henry Bothune Pat- ton, 14 out of 17; Captain W. K. Duncombe, 13 out of 17;'Mr. Cholmoudeley Pennell, 10 out of 13, and Cap- tain Theophilus Gist, 10 out of 12, CREEDMOOR. r SECOND DIVISION MATCH--SHOOTING IN THOR BRAIN—THE SCORES, In spite of the beavy fall of rain yesterday the marksmen in the Second division, National Guard, of Brooklyn, competed for marksmen’s badges at Creed- moor. Thore were 180 men presont under command of Colonel Ruger, of the Thirty-second regiment. The troops proceeded to the range by the $:30 train, and at ing, continuing without inter. nce commenced sho mission until two pleted, and the di this ci Lieutenant Désch Lieut. Colonel Rueger Corporal Schunk. Ord. Sergt. Schneclech Captain Ritter, Private Klein. follows— | at Henley, @na be beaten not only by Dublin but aiso FRIRTHSYSS RAQUEUNE __. | dy a crew from ono of its own colleges, Should the | 300 500 Ga | Trinity team have that good fortane this time we will, ‘Weel | Yards. \mn| Yards. |rul7 | ator all, get probably as fast a four as Cambridge could Baivaie Jou “|34.445| 2014526 3| 10| 30 | From these fncte it will be seon that not only our LA Saved SB 3 428) Urld ooo 31 cel on | students, but all the fustor of our amateur crews, can. | Ttestenant sire: 4 4.3.3.5 1910 5 4 8 3| 15| 34 | BOt afford to be fdle, Jor they will find at Philadelphia faptain Parker. 455 4 2| 20/2 2 4 0 5) 13) 33 | exoeliout material coeotad yer mesians as Gfty years | Ser; 4 Mood: 44434! 19]0 0 6 3 5) 18! a2 | rowing have taught them how, and im overy way | ee Pak 238 4{ 15/3 3.4 0 4| 14] 29 | feady to row any mon iu tho world a very hot, hard Lieutenant Coffin SSR Er Tilo 4 oe Sai 38 | AR ly Sergeant 2} 14/0 2} 12} 26 Private Heoge........./3 3 3 2 2] 13/5 0 5 0 2] 12] 25 A NEW GYMNASIUM. FIFTEENTH BATTALION. 300 Gq | WHAT MB. JOHN WOOD PROPOSES FOR THE AC- Names. Tl) Yards. |7\|7"t | COMMODATION OF NEW YORK ATHLETES— | Adjutant Pape. j0l00442| 10] 99 | THE PLAN ON WHICH A NEW BUILDING 18 TO | Lieut Soh Ri eyonbor; Pi BE BUILT. i ha oS 21 | For the past twenty years Mr. John Wood, the well known teacher and professor of athletics, has occu- | Ga | pied the building in West Twonty-eighth strect, whero , Heduabensdal 1S iad tho mombers of the principal boating and athletic $394) 1915655 48 | clubs have kept up thelr training and condition during | B34 ¢ 18/5 ¢ 55 42, the winter months, In fact, Wood’s gymnasium has | oe ; 3 HY f 4 i v Lif | becoine known toand frequented by every one profess- goant De Fi 4433) 1714245 35 | Inga liking for gymnastic exercises. The gymnasium | Adjutant Frothimgham |2 4 3 6 4) 18/2244 35 | ‘was well calculated to meet all the requirements at the Eee wine i £ 4 $ * ae ‘ “ 5 | time whon it was first put into operation, but such is Lynes. 35344) 190622 32 | the increase in thé number of pupils, as well us of | Sergeant Frost. 43342) 164505 b) 32 | those who are desirous of becoming disqples of health. Private eae: [3 ; : ¢ H a (4 bt 5 bo | giving sports and pastimes of this kind, tbat it has be- Boreal Norris. 344 300 ap | come entirely too small to meet the wants of to-day. | Tw: nTH REGIMENT. — | In view of this fact it is proposed by Mr. Wood to oe5 a a | erect a building that. will be of sufficient size to | allow of a classification of the different kinds of exor- | pal | Yards, ml Yards (717% | cise and th paration of tho differont classex. 1 has | E E 3 38 | also been urged to Mr, hy @ large number of his Gabon Lt dame ag : . 4 i z H ; . $f % a | friends and clients that such a building is eminently | Lieutenant Bosseri..,.|42 5 3 4] 16/4 444 3] 19] 35 | Becded in New York, and that, whea put up, it would | Captain Reitche $3243) 15132448) 16] a1 | Breatly tend to the lostering and increase of the love Captain Hesse 52242) 18134335) Io] vo | for athletics which has veen steadily growing among Captain Heordt 44451 102 23.0 2] a] gg | the youth of this city for the past ten years ov moro, Captain Miller. 12.3229] 11/2 28 45| 16] 27 | 1 '8 argued, too, that of all large cities in the United | Sergeant Busch. 4.2342] 1515 3.4.0.0] 12] 27 | States New York is the only one which does not possess Tientenapt Scheilicin, .|3 3 4 2 3) 16|3 4 0.0 4| 11] 26 | SE¥muasium of any pretensions whatever, wiiio ail | + a 302 O04) 91532 42; 16) | others have buildings devoted .to this purpose more | . alg ial than sufficiently large to meet the requirements for | 4 23.3 0] 12/2 4 3 4.0) 13) 25 | Petry to come. | eee eos 2 ol ial & | ° tno pian tor a new gymnasium bas siready been | 2 hase. td Be. Dae. —— | drawn by Mr. Jobn C, Babcock, an architect, who him- THIRTY-SROOND REGIMENT. self is a well known athlete, and therefore calculated to — epee er | understand what is nevded. This plan- has been Peuid Gd | submitted to Mr. and his triends, } Lf has fg Vr babii e eae tor a ae | uilding 100 tee! square, ecordin, to the, Sergeant Miller,...... drawiugs tho basement will contain ag billiard | | | Seem om ams eeeoanrmanae Ceo eM eCOneD Sesoesuouns RIFLE NOTES. CONDITIONS OF THE IRISH-AMERICAN RETURN MATCH, The following arrangements and conditions bave been agreed upon by the committee of the Amateur Rifle Club to regulate the competitions for places in the | fm the great international return match between the American and Irish tenma, which is to take place at Creedmoor as soon as possible alter the close of the Centennial matches. The team shall consist of eight men and four others as a reservo, who shall be selected for thi merits as shown by three competi. tions at Creedmoor as follows :— Competition my to to all native born citizens of the United States, to take place Juve 20 and 21; fifey ; shots each day by each competitor; Altcen at $00 yards, fifteen at 900 yards and twenty at 1,090 yards. Competition m to sixteen mon making the highest je atthe preceding competition, this | latter to Jane 27 and 28, the distance and num- | ber of shots same as ioregoiny. The twelve men scoring the highest agyregate in this contest will constitute the “Competition S--Open only to team and reser ion on m an July 11 and 12 Hf imber of sea ye precedh Mp Tl dt it determi 0 procedi in wi 0 ot ihe competivors im order of merit and th all constitute the team, position, &c.. shall pe in ecquregnene uk Wan eretead vigniaweae of we netteant aces ¢ frat aight to bis Felie, They will | | Hickson leaving the four which bas been already made GH, Pentland and the two Barrinztons, to- | j rether with a fourth, Whatever doubt there may bo as to the crews coming from The scores of those winning badges were as | competitions, and no practice will be allowed by the competliors on the days of competition. The committeo reserve these if suck shall and Ox others + oped nec and may permit any competitor umable to potn' a able ta fur- finish his’ score on the day’ ay rsh satisfactory reasons for ao doing to complete said } power to alter 8c avother day. Competitors for places on the | ts * the “Centennial Internation: og Range | Mateh”’ will be allowed to stand on thei: ord in that competition provided they wish to do so and give the Secretary notice before the above competitions. The captain of the team shall be elected by a ma- jority vote of the twelve as soon as possible alter the second competition, and shall muuage the team and preseribe rales for its government and practice. The form for entrance is follows :—""l desire to compete for a place in the American Rifle Team to | represent the United States in the Irish-American Return Mateb for 1876, aud hereby agree to conform | to the conditions prescribed for the selection of said team. If Lam a successtul competitor, I agree to por- form sueh practi¢e und to submit to suck discipline and goverpment as the captain of said team shall direct,” Entries must be made by letter to the Secre- tary, Major, Joseph Holland, up to the evening of June 19, or in person on tho range up to ton o’clock A. M., on June 20 An early notification is requested trom those desiring to compete, THE COMING BRITISH CREWS. WHERE THE CAMBRIDGE FOUR STANDS—INTEB- | VIEW WITH A CAMBRIDGE GRADUATE, Tho British national amateur regatta, to take place shortly at Henley, on the Thames, will attract unusual attontion this year, especially on this side of the At- lantic, as doubtless several of tho crews will take part which purpose crossing to meot our oaramen on their own waters Tbe Dublin University oarsmen have already announced such to be their intention, and, Instead of trusting all to ono crew, will send two, Mr. up and tn training for some woeks past proparatory to rowing at Philadelphia, and joiuing with three others to, if possible, beat his former companions, Mr. Cambridgo or Oxford being representative, this Mop on tho part of the Dublin men_ will settle conclus:vely who aro tho best they can. furnish, and, very likely, who are tho best amateur four im Ireland, whethor representative or not, thus practically accomplishing the plan urged by President Leslie of sending a ua- onal team as they doin the rifle matchas, The above ohange may, by substituting for Mr, Hickson in the four nomed a larger and hoavier man, better balance the boat, as Mr. Croker Barrington now outweighs the heavier ofthe other two by nearly a stove, while th third man 18 ten pounds Hgater yet. It is reported to be not improbable that the other four may also © thus adding to the intercst of the contest even nore. y By tho late advices, while Cambridge will not send ae okt the University eight, President Close said pat Tr ity College would send a four, As is known ambriige University isnot, like the Amert> reity, a college with divinity, law, medical Hic schools uavexed, into one or opher of which the student goes on graduating from the college, but is made up of a nambor of coMeges, exch bearing & separate name, as at Cambridge, ‘Trinity, Emmanuel, Magdalen, Corpus and.otuers, and at Oxford, Exeter, Balliol, Brasonose and the hike. Each of these colle; has its own crew or crows, and so furnishes abundant material for the great crew which rows the famous | rival University annually in late March or early April. | Conversing yesterday with a Cambridge graduate resident here, who still takes a deep interest in the rowing, & member of the Hmatp staf’ was able to glean the following facts :— |’ Chosen eights from the numerous colleges meet in the | Spring for a series of contests, extending over a num- ber of days, to determine which can row down all the | others, and so earn tho title of ‘‘Head of the River.” This process of deciding includes the famous bump- | jng, which Tom Brown has made so familiar to all | young Americans jn narrating his experience at Ox- ford. While the “Head of the River’? crew does not of nocessity contain the men who secure scaty in the University beat, it 1s likely to bi soveral of them. At Cainbridge, for instance, this year, Jesus Collece headed the river and thero were five of bor men in the University boat, while Trinity came in sorond. Had Mr. Shafto, ono of that five and tho winning Uni- versity stroke, consented to come, we would this sum- mer seo an actual .University four—that is, four | out of the eight who. beat Oxford, But although | he declines, and ons his college crew | ao the same, Trinity is to come, thus iusur- ing the presence of one of the fastest crows Cambridge | ; can muster. Again Oxford also sends fours to Henley, | and should 8] © beat Cambridge we may have her crack four well. Nor has Dublin reason to bo ley, having occasionally | managed to defeat all competitors, It may happen, too, that a four {rom the Ply cae niveraity eight may enter | room, 43.2424, suilicient to give plac for tour tables; | a barber's shop, 13.4x17.8; bowling alleys, lauudry, | storeroom, collar for storage room, swimming bath 12x78, another room, 23.6x56.8, and open court and | area waya, The first floor will contain a club room, | 17x24; reading room, 18x24; hall, 21.6x20.6; vestibule, | 8x10; doctor's reception room, 18.4x18; parlor, 17.2x | 28; bedroom, 15.8x17; lifting and rowing m | room, 19.4x38; Tarkish bath im two sections, one | X20 and the other 17x20; Rassian bath room, 20x: shower and plunge bath roo 4.6x20; two | ing rooms, 14.6x7.11; and @ number of priv: ing rooms, each 4x8, a8 also innumerable closets. second floor 16 to contain A LADIES’ GYMRA! The 44x40.4; a schod@room, 44x36.6; bat nnd cloak rocm, kitenen, a parh 13 4x18; dining room, 17.2x20, anda nuinber of bedrgoms. is to bi fencing and boxing room, 16x36, and ‘ng rooms and lockers and a pl shower bath room. The fourth or top flour the large gymnasium, 90x$4, around which 1 formed a walking and run: track giving 173, cir- cuts to the mile. The whole arrangement of the differ. ent floors, judging trom the drawings already referred to, will be most plete and will much tend to the comfort of pupils. ‘The proposed mothod to be adopted to secure the erection of this building is as foliows:—In the first place, it 1s proposed to receive subscriptions of $100, which willenutle the subscriber to five years’ mem- bership from the date of the opening of the institution, It is also proposed wo issue shares im the sum of $300 each, the holder of each share to be entitied 1o membership in lieu of interest until the princtpal Shall be rejunded, each of such shares to transferrabie and secured by mortgage mn the entire property. All subscriptions to be pay. only when a sum not less thin $50,000 shall be rit Of this sum $12,000 has already been Promised. Mr. Wood, in his prospectus, says:—‘'it is my design to make the 1 strictly moral and wg every incentive to dissipation, my aim being to combine in on tab Hehment all the attractive features of wholesome recre- ation without tne attendant which at present surround many of them. The existence of @ properly conducted institution of this | aort would undoubtedly reclaim a large number of | young men who nigutly visit queMronable of ro- | sort and sitar Gent celta fen mt of their physical and moral welfare. [t would also servo as the headquarters during the winter season of all devotees of outdoor sports, while to gentlemen of letsare ald be ever-ready fesource to while away le hour tp profitable recreation.” Among the genilemen supporting Mr. Wood in his seterbeiaet diana st 5 exander, .. Sneilin | Rov. J. Hall, Rev. & G. Houghton, W, W. Astor, De. arlos Rifle Association. No sighting shots will bo allowed im any of the above Buda, D. 7 Kaownon, Dr. Chi Wright Colone! Win, Dr, Losk Dr. Stratior tunver of eohere si | Caliarity of American munufactare—shoddy, | ing were asked to comp IS PIPER’S STORY TRUE? THE MYSTERY ADOUT TUL LANDERGIN MURDER— 4 STATEMENT YROM CAHULL's COUNSEL— WHAT TRE DETECTIVES £AY-~PIPER’S CONDI- TION—-HOW HE Passes PIS TIME, {From the Bostot Globe.} Mr. John EB. Fitzgerald, couvset for Thomas Cabill, has beep intervivwod iing bis chent's alleged complicity in the murder of Bridget Laodergin, which murder Piper bas confessed, He is reported ay saying that Cahill 18 perfectiy ready to cone batk to America if he is wanted at any time; that Cail is innocent, and his counsel willing that any ove suould interview him. In regard to the clothing claimed to have been worn by Cabill, he saya:—°The clotv’ of which the trousers were made was of comm on doeskin; tho cloth of which the shirt was made is avery common pe Asta the uame found ou the trousers, which in alleged to be fo bis sister's handwriting, it was written thus:-+ m Cabil’—in homely gpripied characters and not in the handwriting of ‘Tom Cabill’s sister, It wus ingeniously dove by whomever who put the for the purpose of connecting Tom garments there | with the trousers and through them with the murder, The detectives carried the garments to the family i the country in whose service Thomus* Cahill was em ployed for about ten months, and asked the woman, who olten washed Cabill’s underclothing, if she had ever seen the shirt She was certain she had not, and neither bad the hired woman who always did the wash. ing, That THE TROUSERS WERE NEVER WORN BY CAMILLE was perfectly eviaent, for, according to the measure ment of the tailor whom Philbrick aud Pinkham tool with them, they would not ft Lim, The mortar on some of the bricks in the vault in which the garmeuts were found was tresh and nowly hud, supporting strongly the theory that the clothes were put tere.’ Cabill, Mr Fit *, never wore a lug’? bat, and his friends Jaugh at such ap idem Tho statement that the evidence in the case had mysteriously disappeared was pronounced false, as Mr. Fitagerald claims to, have seen it Saturday morning at the District Attorney's oF The state. ment that Cabill left suddeuly for Irefandwas also de- nied, the statement being made that he went in obedi- ence 0 soveral letters urging bis return, and his tickes was purchased several days previous to the murder, Tho tollowing accountof his movements on the night of the murder was given:—-He spent the evening of the murJer pertecting arrangements for bis departure, aud went from there to Dorchester to visit lis sixter, and ‘on returning was accompanied part of the way by hia brother-in-law and Bridget Landergin’s uncle, till bho came near Mr. Barry’s house. He then burried to hs room at the loot of Warren street, which le reached at about twenty ininutes past wine. We have abundant testimony to prove, Mr. Fitzgerald adds, that it would be physically impossible ior bim to reach the scene of the murder by twenty minutes past twelve, True it is that be was seen on the street at haif-past eleven or near twelve o’cloek¢ when he Went to Mr, Newcome’s bakery to purchase some bi Tbe baker remem: bers ihe purchase very distinctly, He bought the bread to help in THE JOLLIFICATION GOING ON IN 113 ROOM. In regard wv the blood on his hand the morning after vhe murder it ts absurdly ridiculous Lo suppose that if ho Lad murdered Bridget Landergin he would have allowed her blood to remain on bis hands, No; the blood came on his hands trom an injaty received while lifting bis bapgage from tho wagon previous’ to ite transier tothe Murathop. Mr. Fitzgerald will guaran- tee Caniil’s presence here it wanted on si, weeks’ notice, and in regard to action with the bope of ob- taining some remuneration for his client's trouble and expense, Ho'said his counsel intended to move for his unconditional discharge by the Court, ana to that end they hoped deposition would be obtained trom Piper. Mr. Fitzgerald thought that tho islature ought to grant Cahill some compensation, and in the event of nd trial of the case by the Court his counsel proposed to try it beforo the Legislature. Cauill, satd, was not Bridget Landergin’s lover, but merely apquaitance, and therefore disappomted love was not &@ Motive that might bave tempted him to commit the murder. WHAT THE DETECTIVES HAVE TO BAY. , On the other hand, itis declared that the evidence upon which Cabill was extradited was sufficient 1m the minds of District Attorney May and the foreman of the Grand Jury at that ting to make a prima facie case against him, and the astectives were instructed to pro-~ coed. Attorney Genoral ‘Traim was also shown the doposition, and gave the oMcors encouragement, tell- Ing them that they wero on the right track, The first intormation obtained of the caso by Messra. Pinkham av” Philbrick was from a subordinate officer of the Boston Police Departincnt, afer the City Hall force had abandoned it, Among the depositions taken was that of Mrs. Bancroft, who lived at the corner of tho street near where the murder occurred, Sho was kneeling at the front window, watching for the re- turn of her husband, who had gone to the fire, and, f “Murdor,"? she looked in the direo ich the sound came and saw @ man com. ing along by her window, whom she described minutely, and noticed particularly bis peculiarsbufling large blood stain on it, Sqgme four months alterward Mrs, Bancroft identified Cabill in bis cell at the jail, saying was very sure that was the man, but couldn't. swear to it. A servant girl living iu th vicinity of Upham’s Corner, also made deposition thi ashort time previous to the murder, when returning howe at alate bour with a female companion, she met a man who stepped directly in front of her, stared im her face and passed on; this man had his coat collar turned up, a dark slouch hat puiled well dowa over his eyes and carried 4 SHORT CLUB UNDER HIS ARM, The description which she gaye of the man and alsb that given by ber mistress (whom she called to view the strunge man afterward, when be had stopped at the corner of the street), tallied very nearly with that of Cabill both as regards beight and walk, as well a clothes. Mrs. Thomas C. Piper, mother. of the mun who bas confessed the murder, de ports that she noticed a man going into the collar of+ er house some few days before the murder, and having occasion to visit the cellar, saw the samo man doing something at the work bench, but just what, sho couldn't toll; she noticed him particularly, as be bore a close resemblance ty @ friend whom she had known Provinces; her description was very detailed, cing not only height and size and clothes, but lor of his hair and the style in which he wore it. description was almost an accurate description of 8 Cahill, ‘There were many oth prove that Cabill was seen in the vicinity of the mur- der but A FEW MOMEXTA REPORE IT OCCURRED, guzing into the window of Hall’s stable; thay ho offered Ww pay Bridget Landergin’s passage money to Europe ouly eight days betore tno murder if sho would go with him; bat she steadily retused to have anything whet- to do with him, mach leas go home with him. In regard to the trousers found in the vault, with Tom Ca- In” written on the waistband, seven experts in writ- the signature on the trou- that of Bridges Cahill on har deposition bo- oroner’s jury, und two of the seven suid that the two were identical, while the others were in doubt; the waistban was all torn of trom the prey except a small strip with the name on it, which hung by three threads. A taslor Of fifteen years’ experisnce in pants culling Was requested to measure Cahill, atter his extradition, for a pair of pants, which ho dit twice; then he was asked to measure the trousers found in the vault and to compare the two carefuily, and tell the difference, Tho cutter did this, and said the trousers in evidence wore one-half an inch smaller around tho waist and one-half an inch shorter in the gs; this difference, he said, wee just about the change that washing a pair of trousers would have upon them. Thero were many other smailer: links in the chain, which the English courts said waa the detectives wanted. PIPER'S CONDITION. Piper, reports him as being in good health and sound mind, not the slightest traces of insanity being Visible; ppears very nitent for bir he has told all he as to tell and 6 sors will fore the strong enough to satisfy them thas Cahill was the man The latest information from tho condemned he eats well and sicops well, and likewise a) PARK IMPROVEMENTS. To rus Evitor ov THe Herat Upon inquiry made at the Department of Publi¢ Parks I there learned that the appropriation for labor | was insufficient to cover the proper keeping of the saddie paths ia the Central Park; as I cannot cons nect ‘the insufficiency” with the fact that I sewe quantity of stones actually thrown by laborers upon a bridle road, 1 appeal to your columns to elicit from the Commissioners of the Department of Public Parks am answer (o the following queries;—First, what would be the expense of removing these stones from the pathe and planting turf? Second, removing the dangerous and unsightly wire fencos borderiog the paths and planting Ledges, which would be far superior both for security from pedestrian trespassers and the danger ol lacerating our horses when they shy over them, nearly killing the ridors, as they invariably do whea thrown by wire? In Bi itis @ertininal offence should be so here, Jand, or some parts th construct wire fences Lt What would be the expense of these changes, and while they are making them why not grant a few hundred feet of turt off a litic from the patos, with a picturesquo brook, a hedge, sheep burdie or two tor young iadica or gentiomen Ww indulge their love of the equestrian art of cross-country riding? All thease im, and if tl Vements surely could not cost a great deal; Com! 18 re have valu: 6 Centrat Park to equestrians ua the rtahity—merel: to reot or “tvaligensdibur semen miatine m that a, Beimoat, isan, Che improvements be made by a domi well known horse a8, for, instan: Mr. Purdy, Captains Lioyd, Kiwes, or Biuasom~ IDLE EXCISE COMMISSIONERS, The new" Excise Commissioners ag thi thambs waiting for the Board of { “take an uppropriation. eee