The New York Herald Newspaper, May 25, 1876, Page 4

ee sab THE ROLL OF HONOR MAGNIFICENT AWARD TO FIDELITY. | Three Hundred Names on the Record of Remembrance. Nearly a Quarter of a Million of Dollars Freely Donated, Names, Length of Service and Amounts Paid to Each. H ——_-+___——_ For some time ithas been known among the em- ploy of Alexander T. Stewart & Co. that Judge Huton | was busy investigating the records of the house to certain the names of those in the Service of Mr. Stewart | atthe time of his death, and who had been thus for | the periods often years and twenty years, referred to | am the letter to his ‘dear wife.’? Of course many claims wore investigated, and we are assured that whenever there existed a doubt as to the time of service, arising trom missing payrolls or other- wise, and inquiry had to de resorted to, instead, in every such case, according to the directions of Mr. | x. Stewart, the employé had allowed him the benefit of | any doubt, A few instances of this kind occurred where two or three months determined whether tho party was or was uot entitied, but in each instance the amount was awarded, On application for a list of the recipients under Mr. Stewart's letter, Judge Hilton expressed doubts whether itshould be given out, but finally and on reflection concluded that those who had so long and faithfully sérved Mr. Stewart were entitied to a public as well as private recognition, and he has permitted a copy tobe taken, which wo print below, giving the years of service, the names of the recipients and amount paid to cach, Where sums are paid beyond the amount which the years employed entitled the person, it was because the services of the party were regarded, for ome reason best known to Mr. Stewart and Judgo Hilton, as entitled to special consideration. The rec. | ord-is called by Judge Hilton the ‘Roll of Honor,” and It certainly is suen—honorable alike to the long list ot games upon it and to the memory of the merchant to whom they were endeared by yours of business inter- tourse. The payment was in every case made by the | theck of the firm of A. ‘T. Stexart & Co. $o tho order of | the party, inclosed in a beautifully engrayea note from | Mrs. Stewart, as follows :— “Mra Alexander T..Stewart takes great pleasure ta recognizing the long and faithful services of Mr. B. C. Hardenbrook, In the employ of her late husband, and presents the inclosed check for $5,000, with her best wishes. “New Yor, May 20, 1876.7? The foreign employés will have their amounts sent out by the next steamer, and those at the various dranch houses of the firm in England, Scotland, Ire- ‘and, France, Prussia and Saxony will receive equal tonsideration, as Mr. Stewart intended. Every em- ployé for the periods stated has now been recognized | and rewarded ; every given by tho will has been | paid and satisfed; the’ business progresses as was In- | tended, and all moves on in order, The Women’s Ho- tel, the Garden City Water Works and improvements, the completion of the Grand Union iiotel at Saratoga, | the construction of the great carpet mills at Glenham, the Memorial church for the merchant's tomb, with parsonage and school house, all progress silently, as it | were, but, ns we are assured, none the less surely, and one by one other measures and purposes will be de- veloped, as time will show, THE “ROLL OF HONOR."” ‘The following is the ‘Roll of Honor,” and, as will be teen, it embraces the names of about 300 employ és who had been for over ten years in some capanity engaged in any of the stores of Mr. Stewart in this city, or in the branch hovses in Manchester, Paris, Lyons, Berlin, Chemnitz, Glasgow, Beltast or Nottingham, The total amount of money necessary to pay the legacies men- tioned by My. Stewart was $205,750. This, with the legacies speeified in the will, swells the grand total to $305, 750:— WHOLESALE DEPARTMENTS. Yrs. Mos. Award. Atwater. W. I 13° 7 ~ $2,500 } Alden, James F we 2 2,500 Ackerman, A. H. 12 1 500 Ackerman, D, H. 13 10 500 Allen, A....++ 10 7 500 Atkinson, B. 122 9 600 Bleecker, Henr; 7 500 Blockley, Jaho 1 4 1,000 Bogari, J. A. 2 530 Birch, Edward, 5 500 | Buil, Edward ae 1,500 | Berry, J. H 9 7 500 Barker, Dy. D 13 3 2,500 Barnett, H. W. 10 10 Browne, Jobn 10 6 Combes, H. 139 Crook, William. D3 Clair, Henr, ob ¢ Canggrbur, . ou Corley, B. F.... 127 Crawford, John. lw 3 500 Creighton, R. lo 3 500 Vonnor, . 12 8 1,500 Caldweil, § 10 8 500 | Daily, James 2 8 500 Drysdale, A.. 1 3 500 Douneils, 6 3,000 Dobie, R. B 4 4 1,000 De Bevoise, V 10 10 500 Donoghue, Joun. 0 3 500 Foley, James 16 8 1,000 10 4 500 | wo 1 600 30 — 2,500 Fenton, F. H is 7 500 Savitt, John 10 3 500 Slackmeyer, 9 8 500 Gannon, Jam 1 — 500 | 1 500 | 8 500 | 9 500 | 10 500 Hardenbrook, 5 uo 8 5,000 Haverty, Thomas.. 1 8 1,000 Hollenback, Theodor ll 6 500 Hicks, Roland. . 10 11 50 Howell, W. L. Ls es 500 Hillyagd, John. 12 68 500 Autchinson, $ 10 3 500 Hawes, James E. “2 500 Husted, J. N. w 8 600 Haviland, J. H. 20 IL 1,500 Hillas, William. lo 3 500 Henry, Richard.: lo 9 500 Hutchinson, John, Jr. -=- 1,000 | Hogan, William. ee 500 Jones, R. C. 3 4 1,000 | Jenks, Goorge W- ueo3 2)500 «Kirby, John..... M6 1,000 | Keppel, H, H 10 7 690 Keil, 0.5. Te Aa 500 Louusberry, J. H. 3 7 500 Lewin, M. J. . - 1,000 Montgomery, R. G.... Moore, William... .. =- 500 dontgomery, Jame: 10 — 600 fledary, M. B..., 7 500 feGrath, Jobin. 1 3. 500 foore, W. Jo... 10 3 500 durray, J 10 1 $00 fateer, M. HL 10 10 500~, cCneane, J. u— 500 | fedtuilin,’ E. 0 3 500 foran, M 2 7 S00 Munroe, R. - 1,000 deTiernan, T 13 9 600 | Pos 500 as 2,500 - ‘800 » 500 Sons 800 1 500 6 4 Ps 2,500 7 500 3 500 00 4 500 7 1,500 2 600 3 500 ~ G00 9 1,500 4 00 6 500 7 1,600 8 boo 3 500 10 500 | 10 400 | 6 500 | 2 1,500 } 2 500 | 7 2,500 | 2 600 | 3 300 9 300 | 6 600 | . | Usher, H. a | Flanagan, Edward... | Vibert, Henry | Murray, Henry... Wheatcrott, Mari | NAMED IN Aw! Yre Mo, Award. Whitford, J.C. 10 re SEECEEREREREESEEEEEESEES SESEEESES Alderson, J. R, Noble, George, Andrews Eihott, Margaret, Folsom, H. 8 Francis, Fisher, James J... Farrell, Elen, Farrell, Loretta... ps SSSESSSESESESEESES Farrell, Margaret. Fitzgerald, za. . ley, Washington ham, R ndon, Bessie, erin, Kate Harrison, U. H r Hughes, B. F Hughes, B. 9 Hill, William 9 Hackett, Miss Jenkins, B., Jones, S. La M1. Kennedy, Eliza... King, T. P. Lynch, Alicia Lenhay, Bridget. Leonard, Catharine. ea Lambert, Henry. owin, Marga h, Margaret, ~ 600 pe eo) aSeslewlacl IES! Sol |i SSalesa! sel | Sel al loth SHal Saml al! Sal aleol lolol lHEEal aseBoSal 111 lal Si onl scol Feoceta! ol SEESSESESSESSTETES ‘Carthy, Ellen, McCabe, Rosanna, . Major, B. M. MeCormack, MeVombie, 'P.... McLaughlin, M. J Maher, Jolin Miles, Jolin, Mahon, William McKensie, James McNulty, William, Mauoney, Mary... McDermott, Charlotte. .. Maguier, Elton.. Morris, Margaret'E. Neill, Walliaim. .... O’Brien, Michael, O'Meara, James, O’Connell, J. J. Palmer, Jobn. Provost, Nelson. Powell, Paul, W. W Price, Wi 383 2 & rs ESSESSSETESESSSSSSSESESSSSESESSESS Ryan, Anna, Rogan, Ellen. Regan, Mary Reardon, Mary.. Ryan, Ali@’ Ryan, Mery. Reilly, Annie, Roche, Mary A. Sheridan, Mary Smith, Annie, weeney, Mary’ Sammons, J. Schouten, C. A. ‘Thompson, Mar; Tobin, Jane. . Treaéy, Martin.. Tiernan, T. PS 8 bre yo Waring, Agnes. | MANCHESTER. triage pr a Bellefontaine, Auguste... Lemoiue, Gustave Sylvester, H. C., tit Pps Bouchet, M Bardot, M. Mayet, M Peyracho, M. Rozet, M wl litt Berger, Ernest Fuchs, Outo Kisteriman, Gustave, tid CuRMNITZ, Becher, F. A...sssesseseseversevee GLascow, 8 828 S285 888 SESSES § SESSSEESSESTE y Anderson, James Georg RELVAST, NOTTINGHAM. r SEseeseseses § Butler, Ann..... Rostock, Alice Caryer, T. G Carver, Wilham Henry Carter, And......... Jenuings, Frederick. Palmer, borsey Peon, Lucy R Roberts, be Walker, Samuel. Herddetbriat Total 3 z PROVIDED POR BY MR. STRWART’S WILL. | | | | Ahearn, . Ambury, Mary A je Aylmer, Ellen, 1 | Agnew, Sarah, 8 Aull, Elza J, = i Brown, John T 8 Brown, William, . 0 Bowman, RB. 2 1 Brady, Jobn. lo 6 Batler, -n 9d } Bruen, ©. T... gn Burke, Johann: n-— Bradburn, An 3 7 Burns, Mary. lo ! | Bramek, Jane 8 i | Cleaves, A. C. n \ | Cooley, Willa: pe | Cullen, Paul J 8 Campbell, C. 8 10 1 Carr, Vaul J. lo 2 Cushing, Josep! oa Cullen, ( -10 600 | Clark, Davi +10 — beo | Carroll, Kate. 8 500 | Clanton, Maria. 1 500 Chute, Vary [9 10 500 | Canavan, Kai 210 500°} Cannon, Johi + ~i 600 ; Corrigan, Catharine. 13 600 | Culain, Sarah, 10 500 | Carson, Annic. - 10 500 | Charles... 10 500 | dali, Elizabeth, 500 | Bridget... 500 | Darcey, Honora, 500 | Derwin, Patrick 500 i Duyckinek, J.T. 1,000 Doyle, Mieba 1,000 500 0g Dempsey, Patrick. 500 ® Everington, Matildi “ 500 yan, Jane.... 750 | emphatic manner that Mr, A. | and that she hopes her portion of his wealth will | ) Speedily bo remitted. | before the death of Mr. Stewart, and since bis fu > the late Mr. A. T. Stewart, were about to tustitate legal proceedings iu order to secure what they regarded as their proper share of his estate, a representative of the Herat called upon Judge Hilton yesterday after Boon with the view of ascertaining whether the story was true or false. The reporter found Mr, Hilton im bis private office at the wholesale store, down town, and after introduc- ing the object of bis call the Judge conversed with bim | as follows;— } JUDGM HILTON’s STORY. | “I never knew that a ‘combined attack’ of ‘pre- | | sumptive or presumptuous heirs’ was about to be | made upon the will of Mr. Stewart, or upon myself, | until I read it im the columns of ono of our morning news} to-day, nor do ] know anything about it | now. [have referred all who have called upon mo in | relation to it to the newspaper office from which the — rumor sprung.” “But,” said the Hxrap reporter, ‘have you not, ‘Since Mr. Stewart's death, been in receipt of letters | rties claiming relationship with him ?’" ers!” exclaimed Judge Hiltoa, laughing heart- y, “Why, certainly; Ihave received them by the | dozen, it is safe to say that they came from almost | every quarter of the globe, to arrive long mn they have been pouring in upon me in a steady, un- broken stream, 1 received three only this morning"? “Please tell me more definitely where the letters came from r" said the Heap reporter, “I canmot, They drift in from ail points,’’ responded the Judge, ‘From the East, West, North and South;- | from England, Ireland, Scotland and America; from Manchester, Liverpool’ and London; from Peoria, | Louisville, Chicago, &e.”” ‘hat is the character of theso letters ?’’ “They are of every variety. Notwoarealike. Yet in each, the writer essay: rove beyond the shadow ofa doubt that he or 5 a relative of tho late Mr. Stewart, and is consequently entitled to some share of his property,” “Do you keep these letters ?* “Yes, of late I bave been keoping them, Formerly thoy were all destroyed.” ‘Have you any convenient now??? fos, a great many." Heroupon the Judge picked up a huge mass of lot- ters, There must cortainly have been at least ffty in the parcel, They were of all sizes—some enclosed in hugo envelopes, with imposing stamps of business | fre eee them, some in. oer of rose, orange and javender timis; some ene! in wrappers closely re- | sembling the bosom of a o 4 DOLLAR PRRCALE SHIRT, exposed for gale along the Bowery, and ojhers, daiutily white and, considering the long distance over which they had traversed, marvellougly clean, “All these,” said the Judge, “may be rogarded as | comparatively recent arrivala, They have come in | since the fuperal.’”” “How do you regard their authors ?’? “As perfect swindlers." “But the letters are very funny, You have no idea how ridiculoua the majority of themare, Neither Mark Twain nor Artemus Ward ever wrote richer things than can be poipted out im this most peculiar and extraordinary correspondence, '? “Won't you please read me a few of them, In order that I may catch an idea of their purport??? roquestea the reporier. “With pleasure,” the Judge answered, untying the tape and running his hands through the letters. ‘‘Let me take them as they come, I have them from > nephews, nieces, cousins—in fact, {t would seem from relatives both near and remote,’” | ‘Tho Judge then proceeded to open a square envelope. | which bore a foreign stamp, and about the edges of which there was a heavy band of mourning, It was from Manchester, England, and was addressed to Lady Stewart. It was couchad in language of regret, From | its lugubrious verbiage one would cortainly be led to imagine that It must havo been written in sorrow and | in tears. In its opening paragraph the writer cn- , deavored to oxpress her sincere grief at the demise of | HER UNCER. | “I have never seen him since he left Manchester,” | she wrote, ‘and was in perfect ignorance of his where- | abouts until I read the news of His unfortunate death.’ | She closes her sweet epistle ki 4 announcing in the most . Stewart was her uncle, | The next letter was from the West. The writer gen- | | erously enclosed ber photograph, and her private char- | | stern visitation of Providence, and graceful) acter was Indorsed by the Postmaster and cashicr of | the bank of her native place. There was no necessity | for this indorsemeat, however, for the portrait clearly | indicated that the woman was over ei ighty years of age. | She, too, was in *‘sackcloth and ashes” because of the | supple- | | mented her commiseration by the pertectly natural | that was due her, query concerning the exact amount of dollars and cents | The next letter was from a nephew, a gay young | man residing in tho State of Liinois’ He wrotea | terrific hand, and expressed himself in the most con- | whose property was swept away by the | his associates in the Panama Railroad Company. Batler, George B. pags $20,000, Hopkins, Jobn M, oe 10,000 Higgins, George H. -_=— 10,000 Cooper ‘ALK. pee es 10,000 Rice, Reary 1 ~~ 5,000 De Brot, John,. -— 5,000 Protheroe, Robert -_-— 5,000 Denning, Edmund J -_— 10,000, Connor, Hugh.... ae 6,000 Armstrong, William. . = 6,000 Dodga, Av Sis. ~~ 5,000 Green, Joba T.. -= 10,000 Total ....... $100,000 | Grand ape 4 ow Approved ana payments directed as above, May 1 1876. CORNELIA M. STEWART. Since the bequests wore paid Judge Hilton has been | receiving communications from those to whom they were made expressive of the appreciation in which the gifts aro held by the employés in A. T. Stewart & Co.'s stores, I¢issaid that the award’ of these moneys to the clerks of long standing in the fitm’s employ has | produced a strong feeling of confidence among the em- ployés generally, and that it 1s especially noted by heads of departments how quickly has been dispelled the ol) and long-used idea that Mr, Stewart's clerks were not tho best paid and in a general way the best lo- cated clegks in the city, It is said that Judge Hilton has a still further duty to perform im perpetuating the memory of the deceased merchant prince in ways which shall be alike beneficial to the community and & lasting monument of his own personal respect and affection for Mr. Stewart, THE STEWART ESTATE—HOW A MILLIOWNAIRE’S POOR RELATIONS ARE FOUND ASTER HIS DEATH—AN AMUSING BATCH OF LETTERS PROVING KINSHIP, Owing to the rumor which bas recently been circa- lated that cortaim, parties, claiming to be relatives of cise and business like manner imaginable. He speaks to Judge Hilton hke this:—“Push my claim forward as speedily as possible, collect all the money to which I | am legally entitled, and Pll give you just half the sum total for your trouble.’? | Tho fourth letter which the Judge read to the writer | was from Alice (somebody), who resides in “Old Ken- tuck.”’ She 1s not a relative exactly, but suc has such | etartling fact# within her possession concerning tho business affairs of Mr. Stewart and! his partner, that Unies a satisfactory sum is immediately settled upon her she will at once make a ri tion tha wiil be sure to forovyr blast the future pects of the firm, — ‘This lady lives in Bourbon county, and hence the cause | of her pecull mtg savage and erratic letter the average | male reader will readily understand. FROM TRE NORTH. And then there has come to the Judges filth lettor. It comes from the north and ts cold and severe. Iu it are no tears, The writer has consulted with his lawyers, | He “knows his rights and knowing dare marntain.’? | He’s a “relative on the wife's side,”’ and sternly insin- | uates that he cannot possibly receive his money soon | enough. Judge Hilton must certainty ret the sum due this pugilistic. young gentleman at once by tele- graph, otherwise he will fall a victim to the vengeance of provincial lawyers—a vengeance, by the way, which rg occasion Mr. Rice a great deal of trouble to ward o . | And then there are numerous other letters—as, for example, ope-from tho destitute relative; another from | ® cousin who lost ‘both legs in the civil war;” another | cago fire, | and another who ought to have been wrecked on the | White Star steamer Atlantic, These statement! exaggeration, Had Judge Hilton kept all tl tiers | which have irom time to time come into | bis hands from partres claiming relationship with Mr. | Stewart they would in number excced a thousand. | Not only do letters of the character given above reach | him, but they are also daily received by Mra Stewart. | Judge Hilton, very properly, gives them no answer. Though daring business hours they are an annoyance | to him, their extreme ludicrousness amuses him when | he is at leisure, “Mr: Stewart,” said the Judge, ‘failed to find these | 2 relatives while he was living, although he was exceed- ingly earnest in his endeavors 0 to do, All these par- ties are swindlers and will receive no attention whut- Consequently those other 10,000 or 15,000 individuals who are now engaged in framing their arguments to prove that they are relatives of the deveased had bet- ter abandon their undertaking, as the will of Mr. Stew- art ts to stand as its author seemed to intend it should, THE PACIFIC MAIL FIGHT. Nothing could moro surprise tho speculators who | procured yesterday’s Heratp than the announcement therein that both Mr, Trenor W. Park aud.Mr, Rufus | Hatch were left out in the proposed direction of Pacific | Mail. Mr, Park's position was tersely defined by him- | self inthe quotation that “it was better to be king | maker tha king;” but it seemed hard that Mr, Hatch, | who had been the representative rebel against Gould both im Wall street and the courts, should not profit by the adage that “to the victors belong the spoils.” That gentleman, however, expressed him- self as pleasod with ‘the programme as Iaid down, so that nobody else should complain, One ot the gentlemen named for election by the Park combination as director was questioned, and expressed himselt tothe reporter as follows :-— “Or course I shall only consider myself eiected when & proper vote of the stockholders is had. 1 ama prac- tical Steamship man, and shall in the new board—it I hold a piace there—discountenance all stock jobbing | tricks and speculations, which have mado Pacific Matta | scoff and a byword among business men,” Mr. Trenor W. Park told the reporter that he was | entirely satisfied with the sivuation of affairs, as were am going now to my home,” he said, “in Vermont, to be absent several days, but you may depend upon it | everything is working harmoniously between the lately conflicting interests, As to «ho | storics started in Wali street that the cause of the decline to-day in Pacific Mail stock is owing to sales to the ‘bear’ or Twenty-third strows pa y by the late combination, or to law proceedings | Dstituted to obstruct the new arrangements, they are all entirely without foundation. As to Gould, 1 know | nothing of his movements outsido of racitic Mail, and | would not like to express an opinion whether he can | unload his Union Pacific stock or cover his ‘short? contracts in New York Contral."” JAY GOULD'S MANIPULATION, A member of a Broad street firm went into the marke y and purchased 1,000 shares of Union | Pacific stock at sixty; it almost immediately sold at fifty-nino, and when the gentieman was questioned by bond fide owners he explained his conduct by saying:— “Tod nobody was in the crowd and I sold them and sent the report over the stock in- on Bacon,” replied a broker. “Nice hed to the public as to quotations,” remarked an- “No wonder we have no business,” eaggested WHAT THE VANQUISHED SY. A broker was visited who fas been prominent in the | late Pacific Mail fight on the Gouid side, He satd:— | “Jay Gould has oot lost so much moncy as is rumored, | He jound he was on a sinking ship and deserted it, When of the Goadiivmn. 6f the company be- | comes known to the stockholders they wili wish they , had pot been made catspaws of by Tronor draw bis chestnuts out of the fire, Iam doubtful af they will got a board composed of any business men, | and think 1 ly that to quiet the bellowing bull Rutas Hatch they will make him managing director - again. BURGLARS AT WORK. Tho residence of Mr. Michael Doyle, in Wayne Street, near Henderson, Jersey City, was entored at ai hour I bur ‘ho say Sree cae a es as a to cover bimsecit, “Hotrance wus ‘tne treat door, | upon the door steps. | represented were twenty in number. | which paraded 5,301 scholars and teachers, was under wry. iis BROOKLYN SUNDAY SCHOOLS. PARADE OF FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND CHILDREN— 4 MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE. ‘The forty-seventh anniversary of tho Brooklyn San- day School Union was held in that city yesterday, and in point of numbers and display was unequalted by any effort of the kind in former years. The namber of children and Sabbath school teachers who took part in the parade was between 45,000 und 50,000, The Prot- estant churches represerted were 150 The sthools were divided into eight divisions, each section being. led by exporienced men in these ceremonies. The | weather was fine, As agreed upon, at eleven o'clock bells of the City Hall and on Lookout Hitt, Prospect Park, were rang twice as a signal. The flags were displayed in profusion from the City | Hall and County Court House, while thousands of pri- vate residences also displayed bupting in honor of the | occasion, But little business was transacted either in the public offices or in the stores after one o'clock. All the public schools of the city enjoyed a holiday, At two. o'clock services were com- menced in the respective churches except those of Prospect Park and Bedford avenue, The latter two di- visions went through their exercises im the open air, their programme commencing at half-past two. The order consisted of ginging, Scripturat reading, hymn, prayer, psalm, address by, the pastor, simging and ben- ediction, The exercises being concluded, the line was formed, and with bands playing, banners waving and Scriptural guidons flying, the children marched forward, PROSPECT PARK DIVISION, This division, which numbered 9,600, paraded on the lawn at the park, under the leadership of F. D. Blake, assisted by E. M. Barnes and G. H. Stiles, twenty- | seven churches being represonted. The parade at the | park was the most attractive and beautiful of the day, Thirty tents wero erected on the long meadow, The meadow was enclosed by ropes, and none others than the children and teachors were permitted on that site. Near each tent refroshment tables wore spread. In the centre of the ground a stand was erected, from which several prominent visitors viewed the scene, The Twenty-third Regiment Band played a good selec- tion there. At two o'clock the band marched to the | right of the stand and 600 children, carrying small silk flags, took up position in line behind them. The other schools toll into line and marched three times round the meadow. After the march they formed about tho stand and sung @ centennial hymn and other airs THE HMIGHTS DIVISION marched through Clinton, Montague, Pierrepont and Joralemon streets, the route being densely thronged, and frequent applause being given to the little ones and their teachers, Thero were twenty-nine schools in line, mbering about 10,000, souls, Several of the classes were composed of adalts iir this division, The presen § of flags on the houses along the route was iberal Th y G. W. Brush and Frank Healy. delivered at Plymouth church by Rev, J. Hyatt Smith, and R. R. Raymond read the Scriptarai lesson. As the Plym- outh schools pasged the residence of . Henry Ward Beecher they paid the honors of a marching salute to the residence of the tor ‘and cast floral tributes 183 Florence Tilton walked with the school children tn the ranks of the Church of tho Pilgrims, CARROLI, PARK DIVISION paraded on Clinton street and Union street, and pre- sented @ very fine appearance, The crowd of specta- tors was great. Captain Ferry and thirty officers pre- served order, The schools in line, oumbering twenty- six, were marshalied by Daniel Wadsworth, assisted by Joseph Haselburst, G, B. Forrester and J. T. Tower. | Handsome arches were erecte. on the line of proces- sion. A boy dressed asa Continental, carrying a cen- tennial banner, and two little girls attired as the God- dess of Liberty, was an attractive feature in one of the, schools, BEDFORD AVENUE DIVISION. This division, afier the exercises in the churches, repaired to the place of parade on Gates avenue, where the sections wore formed into line uuder direction of Marshal William Adams, assisted by Deputy Marshals H. J. Redfold and M. W. ‘Brigham. The churches This division, the care of Captain Rufus Craft and forty patrol- men. The line of march was Gates avenue and St James place to Greene avenue, The routo was handsomely decorated with flags, and the windows and door steps of the houses and ,the sidewalks were crowded with people. Tho line was headed by thirteen hitle girls of the Greene avenue Presbyterian Sunday school, who were attired in the colors of the country’s flag, red, white-and blue, in representation of the thirteen original States of the Union. There was also a child representing the Goddess of Liberty, seated 1n a lifeboat on a wagon decked with colors and flows | ers, drawn by boys ol tho infant class of the Marcy avenue Baptist school, The Ciasson avenue Methodist school had the honor of the company of George and Martha Washington (brother and sister representing them) in the costume of 1l0Qyears ago. Another at- tractive feature of the ) poser was & representation of Colambia, seated in a decorated wagon, drawn by boys of the Frankliu avenue Presbyterian church, who were dressed in the uniform of the soldiers and sailors of 7 WASHINGTON PARK DIVISION, which was marshalled by EK, ©. Parkinson, numbered twenty-three schools, representing 7,100 children and teachers, and was guarded by Captain Leitch and thirty-five patrolmen, TOMPKINS PARK DIVISION A was led by Marshal McLean and numbered thirteen Sabbath schools. The numberof children on parade ‘was 3,400, An elegantly decorated platform was con- structed in the centre of Tompkins Park, from which the musical exercises wore conducted by Mr. L. W. Beasely. An address was delivered by Rev. Matthew Hale Smith and Mr. Thomas Payne, NEW YORK AVENUE DIVISION, NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1876—TRIPLE Monet aN eoet ') a denis igre, GENERAL ASSEMBLY, PRESBYTERIAN LAST EVENING. At the opening of the session yesterday morning = motion was made that the session be devoted to prayer and praise, under the direction of the Moderator, The motion was not sustained. The standing Committee on Foreign Missions re- ported that the Board has missions in Africa, China, Siam, India, Persia, Syria and parts of Europe and islands of the sea, It has its missionaries also in Mex- tea, Brazil, Chili and other countries of Central and South America, ‘The receipts of the Board from all sources for the year onding April 80 have been $517,688 the ox- Penditure, $515,593 62 The debt of the Board on April 30, 1875, wan $38,283. The debt on April 30, 1876, was $36,187 93. ‘This statement shows that the income of the Board exceeded the expendi- tures proper of the year by the sum of $2,085 07. In the missions aniong thedndian tribes of this Con- tinent there are 1,595 communicants and 283 pupils in their day and Sunday schools. In THE MISSIONS IN MEXICO the communicants number 2,300 and 40 pupils are in the schools. In South America there are 771 commu- nicants and 402 pupils; in Africa, 483 communicants, | 281 pupils; In Asia, 769 membors, 7,910 pupils in the |, mission schools; in Siam, 62 members, 104 pupils; in China, 1.157 members, 781 pupils, not including the missions to the Ubinese in Culiiornia In Japan tho communicants number 118 and the scholars 195; in Persia, 760 members, 1,102 pupils; in Syria, 498 mem- bers and 2,282 pupils. Thecommittee suggest that it 4 time the Charen gave to this cause an average of one cent for each baptized person in the Church. It reo- ommends also tbe establishment of women’s boards of foreign missions within the bounds of every Presbytery. Every church should be required to contribute to this cause; montbly concerts should be sustained and mis- sionary conventions held, More than 2,000 churches in this Assembly had not given a cent to this cause, ‘The committee suggest that tho missions to English- speaking Jews in the United States be discontinued and the money be oxpended in some other field. “Phe missions among the be strengthened as lily as possivie, that this race dic not out without having heard the Gospel, The committee, in this connection, also ask the Board of Foreign Missions to protest against the transfer of the Indiaus from the Interior to the War Department of the government Such a transfer, they say, would be | unjust and cruel. Dre. Lowery and Rankin, Secre- taries of the Board, addrevsed the Assembly in a very bopetul manper tor the present and prospective condi. | tuon of fereign missions. ‘ihe venerable Dr. Simeon Calhoun, of Syria, also addressed tho Assembly on the question. For forty years he bas resided in the Turkish Empire and thirty-two of those years on THB. GOODLY LEBANON, whence he can see the chiet places o/ note mentioned in New Testament Seript the land was dark, You could not find a woman in all that iand who could read. Now they have churches in Gulilee, Lebanon and other places, and, as the trasteo of this Board, he holds the deeas for sixteen parcels of land, including one in Jerusalem, adjacent to the tomb of David. Thirty years ago he founded a seminary in the village 6f Arbas, whore be resides, for the train- ing of young men as teachers and preachers in the Arabic tongue. They have had pupils there from Sidon and Galilee and Nazareth, &c., and these have gone out. to teach and preach the Gospel cf Christ among other denominations than the Presbyterian. They give one hour a day to the study of the Bible, and they do it ‘without dictionary or concordance. Dr, Calhoun read extracts from letters of missionaries: in the Sandwich Islands and from Dr. Jessup, lavoring among the, Maronites, and giving an account of relig- jous awakenings in those flelds. ° Dr. George W, Coan, of Oroomiah, Persia, who has been twenty-seven years in that country, addressed the Assembly on his work in that land. The only paper published in all Persia ‘a issued trom his mission press monthly, pastors, directs schools for teachers and prepares books and tracts, &c., for the ego and the people. During the famine there recently $175,000 passed through Ins hands, the British Minister and Sir Moses Montefiore sending large sums to be distributed by him and his Christian helpera, and not a dollar was misappropri- ated. He hoped no such word as retrenchment would be sent to that Leo lla Assembly then adjourned till evening, when os wero nade on this generat subject by Revs. Chamberlin, of Brazil; mega, ed Oregon; Lowery, secrotary of the Foreign Commi x and others; but, as the question could not be finished, 4t Was agreed to hold a public meeting in the Taber nacle next Sunday evening iu this interest, The m sions among the American Indiaus will be considered this geet The roiation of the Presbyterian Church to the Gor- mans will bo considered on Friday, una representatives: ag correspoading bodies will be received this even- ing. > ee METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE. Batrmrorx, Ma., May 24, 1876. Bishop Haven presided in the Conference to-day. Majority and minority reports of the Committee on Lay Delegates, providing for lay delegates and tay rep- resentation im district conferences, were taken up, dis- cussed and without decisive action laid on the table. A report of the Committee on Missions, recommend. ing the organization of annual conforences in Chi paced Norway -and Italy, was debated an ado} iv report of the Committee on Education, recom- mending and providing tor the establishment of free \ycoums and evening schools, was considered and lopte Hh Revels. D. D., was elected editor of the South- western Christian Advocate at New Orleans. Dr, Revels is the colored ex-United States Senator from ‘Missis- marshalled by Henry Heath, who was assisted by W. Barnett and H, ©, Ostrander, represented eight Sunday schools. They pai about 1,400 children. ONVILLE DIVISION, which was th ith and last, and was not mentioned on the general programme, consisted of the Protestant churebes of the Eighteenth and Twenty-fifth wards, and was under tho marshalship of A. M. Earle. Acting Captain Dunn, of tho Twellth precinct, and twenty-five men represented the police in the order of the parade, The children in this division numbered “4 ttor the parade the schools assembled in their own churches, where they partook of refreshments, and alter r brief prayer the fatigued children wero dis- misee THE FRIENDS. A preparative meeting of Friends was held yesterday in their place of worship, Rutbertord place, previous to the annual assemblage of the mombers of that ac- ! nomination, the first public session of which is to take place Saturday next. A considerable namber of Quakers have already arrived in the city in anticipa- tion of that event. ‘The meeting was attended by the boysand girls of the schoul close by ander Quaker control. A number of veneraole ladies and gentlemén occupied seats on an elevated platform at the end of the floor, All remained at last a quarter of an hour wrapt im apparent decp and silent meditation, The stillness was com- ed At length Eider Thomas Foulke arose le repeated the first words of the Lord's Prayer, and sald that it was the design of infinite wisdom to rogard mankind as His offspring and children—a relation most tender, and which must cause & aver ceasing feeling of gratitade. Whatever We may profess the nearer we approach the Eternal the purer is our Christianity. The speaker counselled resignation to the will ot God. Whatever cup the Father presents to us, whether tiled with joy or grief, ja equally good, Whatever our station in life is we should cheertully accept it, and make it the best wo cap. Obedience to aad love of earthly parents was urged, The relation of clild to father is a precivas } and holy one, and if wo love and obey our carthiy ther bow much more should we love and obey our her in heaven. . At the close of the services two business meetings were lield—one by men and one by women. They are called the Lord’s work. Iu conversation with mem- bers of tho society the writer was informed that it was vory difficult to keep the younger members of the de- nomination up to the simple and unadorned habits and ature of their parents, They succambed to the intla- ence of the vain follics of the world, and many of the outhful Quakeresses would insist, despite all, in being fh the fashion. There was a growing tendency to re- lax the rigidity with which the Friends adhered to mere outward peculiarities and to conform more and More to the general custom in dress, language and manners, They still, however, thought that in a cor- rect walk in lilo there should’be nothing for show, nothing for pleasure. The yearly meeting will be at- tended principally by Friends from Long Island and New York in addition to the city congrogations, » ASCENSION SERVICES, Christ's ascension into heaven, which occurred on the fortieth day after His résarrection, will be to-day celebrated in most of the city churches. At Christ church there will bo service, with an orchestra and a chorus of fifty voces, At St. Ann'schurch, Eighteenth Street, uear Fifth avenue. thore will be services at | seven and halt-past ten A. M., four and eight P. M. Dr, Osgood will preacn in the ever At Trinity eburch there wiil be tnree services. At seven A. M. holy communion; nine A. M. Fir d nig 4 a eleven A. M., second celebration of the boly com- manion. The choir has been strongly reinforced tor the occasion by a band of thirty-five peces, Mr. Henry A. Carter will direct the orchestra, with Mr. A. H. Messi- ter, organist, as leader of the choir. be o’clock service Mr. Ayliffe will ring appropriate imes. THE LATEST ROMAN CONSUL. Charles McMillen, Medical OMeer of the Fire Depart- ment in this city, yesterday offered his resignation to the Board, and it was accepted. He hasbeen appointed Consul ieueral to Rome Prict to the | remainder of the day’s session was taken up in rout ‘business. (ETRE 4D HEBREW COLLEGE CONVENTION. A THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY TO BE ESTABLISHED. The Convention of delegates for the foundation of a Hebrew theological seminary met yesterday at the Harvard Rooms, Forty-second street and Sixth avenue, The original call proceeded irom a number of Jewish rabbi in this city and elsewhere, and a committee was appointed representing the different shades of Judaism. The committee sent a circular throughout the country faith, to which answers wore solicited as to the best imeans of establishing an educational institution for the | diffusion of Hebrew theology ,and science, Tho Con- | vention yesterday included delegates from Philadelphia, ; Balumore and Brooklyn, among those present being | L, Haas, D, Marks, Ignatz Stein, D, Dinkelspiel, Moritz | Ellenger, H Berhner, L. May, A. Limberger, f.. Rosen- | seid, A. Bonjamin, 0. 8. Isaacs, A. RB. Moses, G. Na- | than, H. Gomez, H. Harris, Solomon Furst, J. Coleman, | 8 Silvermann, A, Addler, David feller, Louis Mayer, ' Simon Rosenfeld. and H. Felsenthal. Mr. M. 8, Isaacs called the meeting to order and nominated Mr. Lewis \ May as temporary chairman, + Mr. May, in retarning thanks, said he had the fullest confidence that this temporary organization would re- sult not only in the formation of a permanent union for the foundation and matutenance of a Jewish insti- tation of learning, but in an orgamzation which would, for all time to come,‘be the nucleus of Jewish life, Jowish ideas, Jewish civilization on American soil, tho Zion of the Western Continent, They had with them the representatives of the most influential congrega- ‘ tons of the country, the ministers, whose learning and zeal had bronght Americuu Judaism to that bigh position of oe and vitality of which they were all proud, They had with them the good will, the en- thusiasn and tlie sacred zeal of men whose determina. tion was almost a guarantee of the success of any ‘enterprise. The United States congregations, pre- senting @ united frout irrespective of their diffor- ing views dogmatically, bad taken the initiauve in calling them together tor the accomplishment of a grand work—grand because upon it rested the future of Judaism in this country They haa correspoaded with neariy all the emiaent Jewish ministers in this” country, and their views, with other corresponden would be laid before the meeting, It was lor the rea to take up the work in earnest. In the pame of the United States congregations be bade them wi come. He hoped God would inspire them with wi | dom, that their labors might be productive of such re- sults as sn the wise pegs my tiny ot Providehce would be most conducive to the laying of the corner stoue for the grand temple of learning, wisdom, humanity and — ligion which tyey were desirous to erect. . M.S. Isaacs was appointed teroporary secretary, and read several responses to the circular which had been sent out. Messrs. Felsenthal, of Chicago; Rosenfeld, of Bal- timore, and Limberger, of New York, were appomted & committee for the election of permapent officers, | with the following result:—President, Lowis May; Vice President, lL Seberman; Jans, 8. Hosentolu’ M. I. Isaacs and M, Berliner, 8 L. jecretaries. On motion Messrs, Eri Meyer, Felsenthal, | Nathan and Coleman wore inted a Committee on | Resolutions, and the following gentlemen wete chosen asa Committee on Organization and. Laws: —Messrs, Haas, Siivermann, Rosenfeld, Benjamin and Aasbacher, | ie nd committees retired for deliberation, to report } ter on. | Mi. May anpounced that in caso it should be de- % Temple Emanuel | termined to erect a Hebrew college would contribute $2,000 a year to its support. | The Convention then took a recess, o'clock. Mr, Ellinger, on behalf of tl | Resolutions, sated thes) been taken. Mr. May satd that it was his dosire to select the, ; Members of the various commuttecs from outmders Jor | the purpose of obtaining the sentiments of all the dele- . trom New York wero pretty weil | "the. Convenuen adjourned | o'clook thus evening jorth American Indians should { ure. When he went there | He superintends the native churches and to the most eminent and beat known men of the Hebrew | A LIGHTNING TRIP. From Ocean to Ocean ix Eighty-Four Hours. Jarrett & Palmer's Fast Trans - continental Train. The Fourth of July, 1875, was made epecially mem orable by the inauguration of what may justly be called & great revolution in railroad travelling. ‘The Human, desirous of supplyitiz the Sunday wants of ite namerous Teaders in the country districts of New York State, de- termined to gratify them at any cost, and the result was a lightning train tom New York to Suspension Bridge, leaving the Grand Central Depot at a quarter to three A. M. and arriving at Suspension Bridge at half-past one o’clock P, M. The enterprise ‘We reproduce the articte here:— ‘THK NRW YORK HERALD TRAIX. The experiment of running & Sun newspaper tral between New York and Niagara Pallas distance of than than 470 miles, in eleven for nine couseentive Sundays, an sated, out suecesstully last summer, ‘ Fat eed about fifty miles au hour, more Se re ne a malin aes Gho'traln them Ryrgecnee to Ballatos eitalaed ihe sstonlal ing speced of sixty seve! ‘and seventy-five miles an hour. Tt must be coufexsed that the railroad officials at viewed rhis experiment with somo feelings of uncasiness, treplantion: “but discovering, that with stanch an co engineers and steel rails there was not teat train beeame very popular: The Arar rip wes probably tho mow inierening, at ou malty oN Sy A perl of thi ont. j. It the if the Fourth of July, na airanrymemineg eal ait eal | ered a party of ladies and gentlemen. numbering 100, waiting the opening of the doors to take thelr xeats om train that bad just backed vn the H River track, | Scone eeceates ious paints on the route, ai were also two passenger care. Tt wae the Inanguretion ti sy gr eg RT considering thi rullar conformation of the Hudson River Bor ikely ta tnepire co not tneed traveller An old wyer, was in churce of tl Henatp wagon hed ite load of papers in the bageage swung his lantern, Say train ed. Jon, ted. ‘The long blouse stretched along the sent on the ri | Qges peering. ous suto the clyela of Itai throw | the nonatt it of the locomotive, his hand on the rush of the train through the Fourth aven: the gradnal increase of | 5 I the form: the dash across to take on an incandescent Harlem bridgo: then skirting the bo (os | ter county: the quiver of the tron monster when the speed of a mile & minute was attained—all made up an experience which cannot vasily be forgotton by the one that rode om that eventful morning on the locomotive, : 1 the lights on the The speed ine: i road and on the river seemed to, blended into one corus- eoting cleam. On the platform of the rear cur sat a news agent flinging out bundle after bundle of papers with inz accuracy. He had to calculate for the wind of the srmnz osherwise half the bundles would have been deposited in the river. At Albany some time was lost, and when the train reached Syracure it was over half au hour behind time, ere ‘were met Jom Woods and his ‘ine, No. 110, A tier and a taster engine was m oo upon any en- Feit redid y yoars of age, and has been wenty three yenrs in the service of the New Yurk Central Railroad Company. He is rather shy and ret ‘and thiuks only. of doing hia duty faithfully. He fv tle- voted to hik engine, and on one occasion 6: rs that the Heratp drain would be at least quarters: wn hour behind time, so that he could “give his pet a chance to show herself,’” he certain! ont to <a Dates Bement ta be ou lay steron ted ee. le rain into jot only made up time but he Buffalofive minutes ahead of his ‘seventy-five miles an hour, at tho ae ‘rain trom w digeh or i hi the rail The cou various stations to seo farekable fostubs aboet Syrucune to'Hualo was it suujoct to heated. journal, while ifored from that Thi suis be accounted for uy the porfostion of ie naschenism: ‘THR FAST MAIL, and reducing the, time between the great metropolis and the Lake City to twenty-six houra Those postal w “havo been running for eight months, and not an t has occurred to mar their eflictency, ‘A COLOSSAL BNTERPRISR. Messrs. Jarrett & Palmer, managers of Booth’s » Theatre, following. the example of the Hxraup, have determined to run a special train to San Francisco, leaving Jersey City on June 1 and arriving at the me- tropolis of the Pacifigon June 4, making the trip in about eighty hours, The following prospectus will givo an idea of the colossal nature of this enterprise:— UNPARALLELED RUN ACROSS THE CONTINENT, JARRETT & PALMER'S. Special Fast Trans-Continental Train, NEW YORK TO SAN PRANCISOD. Leaving New York on Thursday, June 1; Arriving at San Francisce on Sunday, June 4, Having tho Right ot hate en ‘the Continent, Carrying the United Sites i, Wells, Fargo & Co,’ xpress AND THURSDAY'S EDITION OF THR NEW YORK HERALD. Jarrott & Palmer are enabled. to announce the com: pletion of arrangoments with’ the Pennsylvania Rail- ; road Company, the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Company, tho Chicago and North. wostern Railway Company, the Union Pacific Railroad | Company and the Central Paci Railroad Company ; for ranning a special fant train, to be formed by one ) combination pagset ty gg ere car and one | Pullman palace hotel car, leave foot of Cort { landt street, Now York, on Sgr sag, June 1, at one | A. M., and will run through to San Francisco on ex- press time, making but a very limited number of stop- pages en route, and it is confidently anticipated that the guests on this trip will dine in San Franciscoon the following Sunday, thereby assisting in the greatest and most remar! railroud ADCO OVOF at tempted. bety een > unique workmanshi} These are limi bound in covers of wolld atetjing silver, of ind in covers of sol aad superb finish. ie in number to sixtcen (several of hile pare already been engaged), and each entitles older— 1. To passage to San Francieco on the special thes train. & Seats cn route, Ou the pasce Golal can ald a feals en fe, OD 1e lace hot car, - . ke S How Ban 4. One week’s board at the Grand Palace Francisco, en 5, First class return ticket from San #ranciseo te New York, gooa until used, *,* A limited number ef passengors will be taken te Chicago, through by daylight, arriving the evening of the same day they leave New York. For passage and all further information apply to | RENRY C. JARRETT, General | Pennsylvania Railroad, office 526 Broadway, New 1 [ TOMB TAWLE. | gto rhiladelphle, 90 willes Set Jersey City, 1 hour beige a pape Pet Frye Rca Oe f Ours 5 U a gis ralles, a4 houras, River at Coenen cago, 918 mij hours; cross. Cimon, dur elon Omaha, 32 hours; | Cheyenne, 1,932 miles, so Seat 4365 miles, { rye tes woncie a hid ud ' clays of engines Foute, | the entire signal @oree of a taltronds over whe the train will ram, about 6, Will be on special duty. during the Fings by day, lanterat by night and a number of will be brought into requisition to keep cloar. et ae pondents of the London Times and New os ERALD, and Mr, Lawrence Barrett, the tragedian, w It of the Pennsylvania, Pittsburg, Fort 1 th along the Hines Wayne and Chicago, Paetiic and Ceutral Pacific, railroads, by sendi as fel dition ot the Hueato, that wil : FIRST MINISTER FROM PARAGUAY, ‘The Paraguayan Minister to this country, Sefior Jost Machain, will arrive in this city within afow days om board the French steamship France, from Havre, He. ‘Js the first Minister of the Republic of Paraguay to this country, and {3 reported to be a man of very great im telligence and expericnce. In addition to his diplo- matic functions Sefor Macnain ts also accredited as @ Commissioner to the Centennial Exhibition, Hele — Buenos Ayres ou the 10th of April for this country, by way of Europe. 7 + A TIMELY RESCUE, At four o'clock on Tuesday morning the pilot and watchman on board the Long Branch steamer Crystal Wave, which was oo her return trip from Sandy Hook, | discovered two men chnging to the bottom of a capsized sailboat, a little below the hospital ship, A lifeboat ‘was at once sent to thoir relief and they-were oy \