The New York Herald Newspaper, July 9, 1876, Page 4

4 THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, U0 LY Society and Sentiment in New York in the Last Century. Seeguereticetncehanciokienin THE DECLARATION HURTFUL 10 THE CAUSE. The Declaration of Independence was received in this city July 9, 1776, with instructions to have it r to the army. At that time the main body of the Con tinental troops wag encamped in the vicinity of New York, Washington be in command. As soon as the declaration was received, the Commauder-in-Chicf issued an order directing the brigades then in and near the city to bo drawn up at six o'clock the same evening to hear the document read. This order was writien by Major Samuel Webb, the father of Genera, James Watson Webb, whom Washington had chosen as his principal uaide-de-camp a few days before, Major Webb participated in the battle of Bunker's Hill, and after the evacuation of Boston he Accompanied the army to New York. He was wounded at the battle ot White Plains, and being subsequently captured on Long Island he was not exchanged until 1781, when he was made a brigadier and given the com* mand of the Light infantry which Baron Steuben had just resigned. General Webb the elder died in 1807, five years after the birth of bis son James Watson Webb, who still survives as one of the few connecting | links with the men of the Revolutionary era, It is not e to obtain a succinct narrative of that ceremony, but the order was implicitly obeyed throughout the entire coin: mand, Washington himself bemg with whose “parade’’ was ia what was then known as Phe Fields,” but is now called the City Hull Park. ach brigade was drawn up ina hollow square, that which was graced by the presence of the Commander | In Chief being formed on the spot where the old foun- | in used to stand, now the site of the new Post office arson Greene, who died at Hempstead, Long Islai about twenty years ago, was probably the last rvivor of those who were present in the on that memorable joccasion, and many ns still living had accounts of the cere. | mony from his lips. According to bis account Wash. ington was within the square on horseback and the road in a clear, loud voice by one of his claration wa aids, In historical interest this scene is not interior even to the reading of the charter of our liberties from the State House steps in Philadelphia on the Fourth of | July, and it isto be regretted that an event of such profound significance has not found somo fitting com- memoration on this hundredth anniversary of the | military Declaration of Inde- pendence. INCIDENTS OF THE READING OF THK DECLARATION, ne of the incidents growing oft of an event of meh starthng importance at the time are worth re- peating now that we are contemplating anew the episodes of a hundred years ago. Three bearty cheers went up from the troops on the “Common”? when the reading of the Declaration was finished, and a general Jail delivery with respect to debtors was immediately ordered, That night the leadeo statue of King George IIT. in the Bowling Green was torn down, broken nto pieces and sent to be made into bullets with which to proclamation of the slay the King’s troops The work of melting the | Btatue was performed at Litchfield, Conn, by & son and two daughters of Governor Wolcott, assisted by three other ladies, and it is said that it contained lead enough to make 42,000 bullets. Tho statue equestrian in form, both man and horse being of the natural size and gilded. The horse was poised upon bis hind legs something after the fashion of Clark Mills’ celebrated equestrian statue of Jackson, and it was the first equestrian statue of George IIL ever erected, The king wore a crown and in his right hand he hetd the bridle reins, while ms lett rested upon the handle of a sword. It was the work of Wiltua, celebrated — statuary artist, of London, and was erected in 1770 Many jokes were lovelied at this remarkable work of art and at the King in consequence of it, It was a common saying among the soldiers that “the tyrant,” as King George was universally called by the patriots, “ought to ride a trotting horse without stirrups,’’ the allusion being to the fact that the artist had failed to afllx these Important appendages to the elligy, and in speaking of its destruct Ebenezer Hazzard wrote to General a Gates that “the troops will probably have meited majesty fired at them.” The pedestal was used tor a while as @ tombstone for Major John Smith, a Brush oflicer, and still later it made to serve as a doorstep for the Voorst mansion in Jersey City; but it is now pre- served in tho rooms of the New York Historical Society, Stephens, m bis ‘Travels in Greece,” says that at the house of a Rassian major, at Chioll, he saw a picture representing the destruction of this atue, The populace seems for the most part to have been engaged in its destruction, but some of the soldiers also appear to have taken part in it, for the next morning Washington issued an order command- ng them to desist from such rigtous acts in futore. Asa matterof course the British attributed | the responsibility for the act to the Commander-in- Chiet, and ia a coarse tory drama called “Lhe Bale of Brooklyn,’? which was published by Rivington, A servant girl of Lady Gates is made to say of Wash ington, “And more, my lady, did be not order the n and the eading of the Declaration of Inde ps it Was also read to the people at Wi street with results only less re. which came from its proclama- King’s statue to. be pulled ¢ fen « atter the cw Lo the tre Hail in Br markable than those Hon to the troops. ity im the city fellowe the Council chamber being taken into burned and the Briush arms removed Seat of justice in the court room. NeW YORK SociTY IN 17 . the King’s picvare in the street and from over the ‘The effects of the publication of the Declaration of whd politically, were im w York city was loyally © iy Independence, both soe! mediately feit in this cit: Inclined, the province being one where family influenc Was stronger than im any other part ef the count This is not surprising when we consider the exc Honal relation which New York feld to the other col- onic In none of the provinces were there pat- Toons, as in this, possessed of large landed estites and With a loyal and obedient tenantry. Nowhere else Was there #0 much class feeling, backed by actual wealth And absolute power, nor so much disposition to sta On the part of wealthy proprietor " e Vau Cortiandts, De Lan. order.” The families of t teys, Livingstous 1 Phill mong others, ap: proached as nearly to the ar scoeracy of feudality as wis possible in a bew and undeveloped country. | | putroon was almost a feudal lord, and Mary Phillipse, fo whose hand Washington was said to bave aspired before he mot (he pretty widow Cu to be calied Lady Maury than Miss Mary. — Histori tally attairs is tull tough, but given Us few Pictures of these singularly esting phases of social iife. We catch gi ot it het and there in the writings of Irving and in the chronicias of the time, but peer poetry bor fiction, which alone are capable of reprodueing ito the i andertaken to deal with it. Fren au was toe bald and OUrse & Satirist to catch thé meanrng of su delicate a theme, and Cooper was betier at inventing benign In- raps than jn drawing reai characters upon bis bold canvas, The ony worthy attempt at making the 7 ple of that age walk wnd talk aud act as they we the record of this condition of has interature ur rt and talked and acted im ihe Revolutionary epoch was im Theo Winthrop'’s “Edwin Brothertol,” where we have getbing more than a glinpse of society in those hazardous days THROVORK WINTHROP'S PICTURE OF THE TIMH Both by birth and ecucats Winthrop was peculiarly fitted to make a study of the time—to payne the picture we ull louged so mach to § His © Broteroft” is but asketeh for tbe novler vase he wight have painted, a shadow of the grande substance w which be might have imparted ite meant He died too young—died lor itber\ his country a cemwury later than the umes he was point in the days of peace in bis duil law oil New York, grown to be @ ccat city in the hundred years which had intervened. as it is We accept bis picture g revelations Of the part aod tts fine touches of patriot of seniment and of society. None know rthan he that the element we jacked in our new incked from the veginmiug and lack in some de- pow-—is tbat Which is described by the grand word, “Gentleman.” His sory is the story of a gen Henman, and the Brothertof who is his bero was the ich diy—accet it for 1s Compecr and the equal of the patroons—a pa- troop himself, except that bis estates were lost—the lifth in direct line from the one who’ bad first mede America tis home. To the first of them, Winthrop, of Connecticut, had | written —""We Lave conquered the Province of New Netherlands. The ian goodid dthere isa great, | brave river ranning through the midst of 1% | Seil thy manor, bring (hy people amd come to us We need | ilicers In red coats, hight Colonel or Sir Harry,” Win- the brigade | dd cut olf"? | rhe obliterat.on of ail the insignia | d by their | as more likely | gination, has | by blood and sympathy, | j thee and the like of thee in our new communities. We have brawn enow and much godleness and singing of psalms; but geutlowen avd gentlewomen be te among us” [tis the fifth of a tine drawa trom sugh a source who is made to battle with the Livingstons aud Van Cortlandts among the whigs against the Puiiipses and De Lanceys of the torics. Tory is the name for treason now—then | the name was whig, Winthrop’s here came from his wasted manor in Westchester to open his | oyster im the city, and the Livingstons proposed to send bum to the Provinev! Aseembly to oppose the De Lan- coy. The De Lanceys in turn said, “Represent us and | talk those radical Livingstons down.’’ Brothertott’s oy Such As it Was, opened of itself, aud be found his pearl in Jane Biliop, the coarse daughter ofa cours fatier—Horse Beet Biliop, an army contractor in the French wars. She was a flashing beauty who talked to herself as if talking to Miss Mary Phillipee, ‘lm | handsomer than you end not almost an oid maid,’ but | she managed to break the Brothertoft boart before Sir Henry Clinton and Lord Howe and his brother, the Admiral, came to Staten Island—to drive bim trom ber house to fight with the patriots at Bunker Hill and come bac! ain as the too gentlemanly orderly of the coarse-grained “Old Put’? When Washington was reading the Declaration of Independence to bis troops in the City Hall Park and the mob and the soldiers were tearing dowy the statue of the King in Bowling | Green ‘Lady’ Brothertof: was sighing for the ap- proach of the red coats from the Lower Bay. They came in good time, and ‘red’? was the color in ‘society.”” “Supercilious officers in red coats, who were addressed as General or My Lord, insolent | Uhrop tells as, ‘arranged their laced cravats at the | mirror under the rampant eagle or lounged on the | sofue, re were pienty of such personages vow in | New York, aud Mrs. Brothertoft’s houxe made them all | ome.” Lady Brothertoit the next year gave a | grand dinner at Brothertoft manor after “Old Put” had | been sent tlyiog up the river, and Winthrop presents | us with a company whom everybody knows—Sir Henr: | Clinton and Admiral Hotham, Lord Rawdor and Jacl | André, the duli Major Emerick and the psy Major Kerr, ' Ybis dinner 18 a picture in its way, a little too aim and shadowy perhaps, bata picture which will | give us a clearer insight ‘into the tuoughis and fee ings, the manners and customs of the times; the in- | sincerity and social foolishness of the epoch, and of | the coarseness and baseness, the simplicity and beauty | | which are sure to be commingied with the uncertain. | | ues of war. ‘Edwin Brothertott”” as a whole is a | study rather than a picture, but it enabies us better to understand the times we are now celebrat- ing with so much fervor, and to appreciate the ad- verse elements of | y tothe drown and loyalty to freedom with which Washington was thrown. in con- tact when he caused the immortal Declaration to be | proclaimed in ‘the Belds,” just outside of the old city of New York. | KPPECTS OF THE PROCLAMATION. | It need not be surprising that in a society so consti- luted the immediate effect of the proclamation ot the Jaration of Independence should be in a meusure | disastrous. The tukewarm and the indifferent at once took the Tory side, while some even of the Whig partisans became lukewarm or in- different. A notable example of this waa the case of | General Oliver De Lancey. He was aman of large | property aud great intluence, and before the war he leaned toward the popular cause, but aiter the Declara- tion went forth he espoused the loyalist side because he deprecated separation, This Do Lancey, aided by | his son Oliver and his nephew James, raised a battalion | of loyalists in and «round New York, and for a long time afterward) they committed 'so many dep- | redations upon the cattle in Westchester ‘hat they will always be known in history asx the “Cow Boys” Could there be a more interesting | fact than this, that the famous and infamous “Cow Boys” had their origin in the pique of old Oliver De | Lancey over the adoption of tue Declaration of Inde- | pendence? While we are rejoicing over it as the | | charter of our hbertics, we are forgetiul that it was as | | hurtful to Washington's cetenco of New York as would | have been a proclamation of emancipation in the first year of the war for the Union. © have seen what powertul enemy it created in Oliver De Lancey, doyet he was only one ot the leading men of the province whom it seut into the camp of the | royalists, The women, too—that is, the women of ion—were even worse than the men. All tho vady Brothertofs’’’in the elty, or near it, were pray ing for te coming Of the redcoats, that there might be | bails and dinners and tirtstions with “My Lord” or “Sir ” or, failing these, with Colouel This or At ‘the same time, too, Washington was y the jeulousies which existed in his own cainp. Southern troops looked with something | very like comempt upon those trom New England, especially those from Connecticut, whose peculiarities | of deportmment were even more marked in that day than in this, ‘The scariet and bull uniorms of Smat!lwood’s Maryland battalion contrasted vividly with the rustic | attire of the ‘hasty levies of husbandmen”? from the Eust, and the contrast was often expressed i words as wel! as in appearances, Theu the Pennsylvania | regiment promoted balls and other entertainments, in contradistinction to the fast days and sermons of the | New Englanders. So rife did these sectional jealousies become that Washington was compelled to issue a general order in the very face of the enemy asking his troops to sink all distinctions and — differences {in the common uname of Americans. And | | we need not despair of the Republic now | when we recall the condition of the country | July 9, 1776. A powerful army aided by a powertul | fleet was below the city. Opposed to these was a mere | handful of raw levies, badly equipped, badly officered und weakened by sectional jealousies and bickerings. There was treason in the camp and couspiracies were promoted in the city, Dvsaflection was rile in New | York, on Long Isiand and in Westchester. Spies’ thronged even the headquarters of the Com- mander-in-Chief, and one of Washington’s own guard wus banged for having treasonable correspondence with the enemy, while a number of citizens were sent as prisoners to Connecticut for plotting tor Washing- ton’s capture and delivery into the hands of Sir Henry | Chinton, The city was practically anforuBed, and there were few facilitics for tts fortification. With such sur- roundings avd with the certainty that the Declaration | of Independence would add to his complications and dangers Washington read that immortal paper to bis army 100 years ago. THE BRIGGS OBS {QUIES. The funeral of Daniel D. Briggs, late President of the Brookiyn Police Board, took place yesterday morning | at the Middle Reformed cbureh, corner of Harrison street and Tompkins Brooklyn, At ten o'ciock the funeral cortége entered the church, preceded by Rev. BE. P. lugersoll, reading the burial service. The remains were enciosed in a fine casket, covered with black cloth, and were deposited on a catafalque in | } front of the pulpit. | | Among the floral offerings was a large shield with thie | inscription “Brooklyn Police.’ A beautiful pillow of | | lowers surmounted by a dove, with the word “Father,” | was placed at foot of the coffin, Rey, Dr. Ingersoll spoke in high terms of the de- | ceased, both as an official and a Christian, At the con- clusion of the services the police filed into the church and viewed the remaina There were in attendance | 800 men under command of Chiet Campbell and In- spector Waddy, the Latayette Lodge of Freemasons, a delegation trom the Thirteenth regiment, and several members of the Tammany Society. The following gentlemen officiated ax pall-bearers:— | Mayer Schroeder, Alderman Freneh, Isaac De Forest, Russell Irish, Drs, Otterson and Watt, and Commis: | sioners Pyburn and Hiurd, Tne hearse was preceded by | the poltee and Lutayette Lodge, and tollowed by car- | riages. The Twenty-ihird regiment band furnished the music. Many protuinenut politicians were preseut at the funeral. FUNERAL OF OFFICER SCOTT. | Yesterday Superintendent Campbell issued an order | directing the off platoons of the Brooklyn police to at- tend the faneral of Officer Kaward Scott at noon to- | | day, from the residence of deceased, No. 205 Fulton | #treot. It wilt bo remembered that Mr. Scott, who was } one of the most faithful officers attached to the Fourth died on Wodnesa , trom injuries » Hollow Gang,”? which is Known to the police ne of the most des- perate criminal organizations existing in that city. HEARTRENDING ACCIDENT. inet, Aman named Heincke, a carter, was on Friday en- | gaged on the embankments at Stemway’s settlement, at | Bowery Bay, Long Island ity. About noon two little children of Heincke’s brought their father’s ainuer, | They all sat down, and the eldest child bad just | asked her father for some food and was stretehing out her band receive it when the bank ove! | head suddeniy fell, burying the eldest child, cover- ther’s body and scattering youngest, whom the father, with great pr ot mind, threw from him into the road. The neighbors and Uilicer Keegan were soon on the spot, and the lather Was released in a few minutes, | severely injured Ibe poor man retused to be moved, but lay om the ground to | ing the lower part of the stone and dirt over th pposite where bis child was buried under (he earth, and tore at the dirt and stone with bis bugers, His wile, who by this time had a rived at thes followed bis example, but famted trom the Lerrivie exeitement of the scene, It took the Workimen over an hour (o release the cbild, when she | found quite dead, ber litte hands covering her | The mother, to add tw the horror of the oce gave premature birtn to a ebild, sion, shoruy ater, | VOICE FROM AN EX. whieh die SONV i st. | | To THe Epitor ov THe HeaLo:— | IT write to you as ove lately released from a confine. ment of twoand a half years in Sing Sing Prison. I have nothing to say respecting the fearful suffering of a man branded a8 a convict doimg penance to the law of man for its vio.ation, | paid the penalty the law require’, aod was turned loose again among men whieh to seek either an houest life or succumb to circum. stances of want and risk my former Ife again, Lsoughs the Prison Assveiation and received five five-cent rmegis and about $3in money curing the jour Weeks, and Was at last advised to is about t ¢ jor a hom n Sag Sim uw. Th ) Usual extent of the uset Prison Associat They know it to be om obiata situations jor ¢ | convicts, anu, Like trae busipess ten, take the mousy 10 theif bands useful in other tions not intended vy (he kind-hearted peopic who donated it 1 trast you | Will print this so (hat the public eye will be directed In | that directio: or tf scemes bard for aman who wants | | to be honest ad industrious that there is not enough | wisdom with those wbo recvive the means to help those W ‘ed it JOHN HARGRAVE, No. 119 Sullivan street, | Board THE IMPEACHMENT. YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE SEN- ATE AS TO EX-SECKETARY BELKNAP—TESTI- MONY OF ADJUTANT GENEBAL TOWNSEND— EVIDENCE AS TO CAPTAIN ROBINSON, OF THR TENTH CAVALRY. Wasuixatox, July 8, 1876. ‘The Senate this morning resumed the consideration of the articles of 1mpeachment against W. W. Belknap, late Secretary of War. TESTIMONY OF ADJUTANT GENERAL TOWNSEND. ‘The examination of E. D, Townsend, Adjutant Gen- eral United States Army, a witness for the prosecu- tion, was resumed by Mr. Manager McMabon. Wit- hess testified that there were two copies of the letter of army oificers at Fort Sill recommending Johu 8. Evans for appointment as post trader there; one copy ‘was travemitied directly to the War Department and the other came to the department through Caleb B. Marsh; there were two letters from, Evans accepting the position of post trader, one dated November 18, 1870, and tho other November 25, 1870; did not know if these letters passed through the hands of Sec- retary Belknap before they came to the Adjutant Gen- eral’s office. Witness then produced the order of Jan- uary 14, i871, of tho Secretary of War to General Gri- erson to remove all traders from Fort Sill except J. S Evans, and testified that the manuscript came to bim in the handwriting of the Secretary of War; witness also produced a letter from General Grierson, commandant at Fort Sill, acknowledging the receipt of the order of January 14, and testified that that order applied only to Fort Question by Mr. McMabon—Do you know of any similar order having been issued to any other specific post? A, I do not recall any other case; there may be some, Witness then produced the circular of June 7, 1871, defining the status of post traders, ‘The managers then proposed to offer testimony to the effect that charges were made against Evans by the Solicitor of the Treasury of introducing liquor into the Indian country. The Chiet Clerk read a letter from E. P. Banfleld, | dated October 18, 1871, ad- | Solicitor of the Treasur. dressed to the Secret. f War, with two enclosures signed by J. 8. Huckelberry, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, charging that quor had been introduced in the Indian country by ‘ans and others, Witness, resuming, testified that he had no personal knowledge of the persons; having been considered by the Secretary of War he could only judge by the office marks upon them; the papers came to his office to be filed . Witness then produced the letters of the Secretary of War in reply to Mr, Bantlels; the first, dated November 2, 1871, stating that Evans had authority to take ien gallons of brandy and ten gallons of whiskey to Fort Sill for the use of the officers there, and the second, dated November 8, 1871, stating that Mr. Evans denied having taken liquor to Fort Sill without authority, that ne complaint had been made by the officers of the post, and requesting that no proceedings be com- menced against him until after a full investigation of the charges made against him. He also produced a letter trom General Grierson, dated February 19, 1872, relating to the post trader Evans, tating that h’s character as a business man was good, but that he was absent from the post, and left it charge ot J. J. Fisher, who was associated with him; that repeated complaints had been made of high prices charged by the post traders; that he (Grierson) had investigated them, and was told by Fisher that they had to pay $12,000 per annum to a man in New York for the appointment as post traders, aud that he (Grierson) had requested them to make the statement in writing, that he might lay it before the proper au- thorities, but ihey would not do so, tor fear that the license to trade would be taken from them, In regard to this letter witness testified that it camo to his office ‘on the 9th of March, and was submitted to the Scere- tary of War on the 11th, Cross-examinod by Mr. Carpenter—W itness oxamined the letter of Marsh, asking the appointment of post trader at Fort Sill ana that of Hon, Job Stevenson, re- commending Marsh, heretofore put to evidence, and testified that (hey were tiled officially by the Secretary ot War; the letter of Marsh had written on it, “File officially. W. W. B.’? Mr. Carpenter then had read and offered in evidence a letter of General R. B. Marcy, President of the to Revise. the Army — Regulations, addressed to Judge Advocate ‘General — Holt, duted March 16, 1872, ax to the status of post traders and the reply of General Holt expressing tho opinion that post traders, | paving been established for the convenience of emi- grants and others, were not under exclusive control | of the military authorities. He also had read tbe per- mit of General Schofield to Evans allowing a certvin quantity of liquor to be taken to Fort Sul, and a tele- | gram of the Secretary of War to General Sherman, requesting information of him as to the permit given to Marsh, Mr. Carpenter then offered to submit a circular issued on the 7th of March, 1876, by order of the President, directing the Cou.cil of Administration to examine the post traders throughout the country end report any abuses found to exist. He stated that he proposed to show that in pursuance of that circular the Council ot Adiministration did meet at Fort Sill on the 11th of April, 1876, and every officer of the Council recommended the appointment of John 8, Evans as post trader. The managers jected to the admission of the cir- cular and recommendation on the ground that they were dated subsequent to the time when Mr, Belknap retired from the War Department, ‘The objection was sustained by the Senate, ‘The Sepate then, at a quarter afer two P. recess for filteen minutes. ARTER RECESS, Upon reassembling the cross-exammation of Adjutant General Townsend was resumed by Mr. Carpenter, ‘The witness knew Captain George T. Robinson, for pth cavalry, Who Was courtmartialled m the army. Mr. Carpenter then ciered to put in evidence tho finding of the courtin the case of Captain Robinson and a letter written by him to the Secretary of War to the eflect that he (Robinson) knew of the abuse in the Fort Siil post tradership, and threatencd that if the M., took a Secretary did not disapprove of the tnding of the | court he (Robinson) would expose the whole matter, Mr. Carpenter said he would follow this up with testi mony to show that the Secretary did «pprove of the finding of the court; (hat the officer was dismissed and his threatening letier placed on file in the War Depart- ment by Secretary Bei knap. * Witness testified that he received the letter from the Judge Advocate General of the United States on the 3d of March, 1876, after Mr. Belknap left the War Depart- ment. The managers objécted to the admission of the tes- timony, After argument the objection Ww was ordered that the evidence be nays 18, itness then testified as to the court martial of Cap- tain Robinson, date ot bis dismissal trom the army, ke. The letter of Captain Robinson was then read. “Tt was dated St, Louis barracks, Mo., April 18, 1875, and directed to the Secretary of War, marked ‘personal.”’ ‘The writer stated that he was preparing a charge against J. 8. Evans & Co., post traders at Fort Sil where be (Robinson) was stationed before ho was tri by court martial; that one of the charges against’ Evans was one of gross and = ma- licious slander, im stating, in the presence of the writer, General Gricrson, neral Hazen and others, that be paid to the Secretary of War $15,000 per annum at one time and $12,000 per annum al another for the privilege of trading there; that he could not sell his goots cheaper because he was obliged to pay the Secretary of War this sum monthly in ad- vance, Tho writer further stated that every man and officer at Fort Sill had been outrageously swindled by these traders, and if he (Robinson) remained in the army he would transmit all the evidence to Secretary Belknap. Witness, resuming, testified he had served as Adju- tant General under taries Stanton, Grant, Raw- ling, Seholleld, Belknap, Taft and Cameron; Secretary Belknap impressod him'as person who took great care to understand all the business that came before him and transact it efficiently and justly, The other witmesses examined were Mr. E. V, Smalley, of the New York Tribune; Mr. Barnard, pri- vate secretory of Mr, Belknap, and clerks of Adams Express and Western Union Tele,raph offices, but bothing of importance was elicited. The Senate then, at a quarter to five, sitting as a Court of Impeachment, adjourned until Monday, at twelve o'clock. . overruied, and it imitted—yeas 21, AMERICAN INSTITUTE EXHIBITION. ‘The American Institute of the city of New York will hold its torty-fifth exhibition this fall, opening on the 6th day of September next and continuing until late in November. ‘This exhibition promises to be unusually interesting, inasmuch as special eflurt is being made this centeumial year to have tho loading industrial operations carried on upon the premises. A special uward of a gold medal is offered for this year, to be known as the “Centennial Medal.” AMEKICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, A special meetiig of the American Geographical Society will be held in Chickering Hall on Monday evening for the reception of the Emperor of Brazil, Dr. A. Petermann, of Gotha, the German geographer; Dr. A. E. Nordenskjold, of Stockholm, the Arctic explorer, and Dr, ©. H. Berendt, the Central American ethnolo. gist. Dr. Berendt will read « paper on the ““Geographt. cal Distribution of the Ancient Central American Civ. | jiizations, ” ana addresses will be delivered by the Rev. De. Adams, Dr. 1, 1 Hayes, Bayard Taylor, Judge Daly and others, AMERICAN PHILOLOGICAL ASSOCIA- TION. The eighth annual session of the American Philologi- cal Association will begin in the Chancellor's room of the New York University at Uiree o'clock in the after- noon of Tuesday, the 18tn inst. The annual address, by the President, Mr, Albert Harkness, will be deliv- ered at eight o'clock on the evening ot the same day, 1 of Fourth A ue Presbyterian urth avenue and Tweuly-second streos held in tho same pl will meet in the Chancellor’ M. on Tuesday, July 18 requesting his opinion | THE LIBERAL REPUBLICANS. 4 HOPELESS SPLIT IN THIS STATE—COLONEL CONKLING'S WING FOR TILDEN—GENERAL COCHRANE’S WING WAVERING—STRONG LaN- GUAGE BY THE FORMER, Vhe part that the hberal republicans are likely to play in this State, where they maintain they hold the balance of power, is a matter that uow, when we are on the eve of an exciting campaign, becomes of inter- est. Itis no ret that a large number of liberal re- publican leaders attended the Cincinnati Convention in the interest of tho respective candidates, but the pol- jey of the hberals as a party has not yet been defined Within the organization it 1s kvown that a number lean toward the republican party and Jong for an op- portunity to return to its ranks that they may divide with the other republicans the oflices in the gift of the administration, That the party is hopelessly divided has for somo time been notorious, yet the following —irter- views with the leaders Messrs. Conkling and Coch- rane, show that the split is of a more serious character than the public bave been led to suppowe. When vis- ited by a reporter who asked him for his views, Colonel Conkling answered :—*‘I had intended to: pluce myself squarely on record in a speech Tim preparing, but as you make the requesv I may as well do it now, Colonel Conkling shen sai he Cincinnati Conven- tion was divided very materially between the friends and opponents of General Grant, the latter of whom gathered around Blaine as their loader and candidate. ‘Yhe large attendance of liberal republicans was in the interest of James G, Blaine, who assured them that he was as much opposed to Grant as they were. This is true as Gospel, aud I know it! Blaine was deteated, Hayes, us you know, and Wheeler were nominated ip the interest of Grant. The Convention also adopted resolutions idorsing GRANT, COVERED OVER WITH CORRUPTION as the beggar Lazarus was with sores; resolutions indorsed the admimisiration of Grant as well. Now, | sir, tere may be a few men who, hankering after the Neshpots of Egypt, may return like the dog to his vomit or the sow to her wallowing ip the mire; bat my oonviction iy there are very few. The liveral re- pubiucans in 1872 separated trom the dominant party in the plenitude of its patronage, because of 118 mani- fold corruptions, 1ts Hagrant violation of the constitn- tion and its daring assaults upon the liberties of the people. It has proved recreant to every principle of the party under the lead of Greeley, Lincolu, Charles Sumner and Trumbull, that those men laid down as fundamental to republican organization, U: der these circumstances I canuot concerve Low hore: nen of the party can think of returning to an organi- zavon which” rallies under the bauners of Hayes and Wheeler, For myself, I shrink from all contact with them as I would from the touch of contagion =~ or the embraco of de:th.”” | Colonel ( onkling added that he proposed to enter into the campaign und by speeches And otherwise do all in his power to secure the election of Tilden and Hendricks, who, he velieves, embody ALL THE ELEMENTS OF REFORM and will purify the iederal administration, He appre- hends that the great body of the liberal repubhicvns Will be tound supporting the democratic nominees. Colonel Conkling has several engagements ulready made for the campaign, mcluding wudresses to the muners of the Pennsylvania coal regions. General Jobn Cochraue’s position is not fo clearly defied, and he is evidently leaning toward Hayes and Wheeler. ‘To the reporter he said:—“Ia my mind I | think there 18 sufficient dijlerence of opinion among the liberal republicans ip this State that if aserted in action will entitle it to the dignity of a division umong them. From observation | judge that gener- ally the liberals are inclined toward Hayes and Wheeler, yet there are unquestionably doubts prevatl- ing among them as to their eventual choice, doubts proceeding from their suspicion lest Hayes’ nomina- tion may have been the product of a combination be- tween Morton and Conkling to such an extent as to render bit and his administration subservient to those representatives of Grant, Should there be suflicient reason to confirm these suspicions, they will not uct finally with Hayes; but should they be relieved of theso suxpicions they would remain inclined to support him with their votes and influence. If they tind Hayes a supporver of Grant’s policy, I think they wiil be ACTIVE POR TILDE I think that no considerable number will be inactive or attempt the nomination of a third ucket, The hb- erais, simply ag an organization, do not number more than Irom 30,000 to 50,000 voters mm this State; but out- side of them'i8a mass of independent voters, who, though not amenable to their action, are ag indepen- dent of parties as the liberals themselves are. These men contribute as many more Votes; #0 you get from 60,000 to 100,000 independent voters in the State. General Cochrane, in answer to a question, expressed his belief that Tiiden’s affiliation with Tweed and Con- nolly in the State conventions will materially damage him with that class of indepeudeut voters reterred to above. Mr. Tilden’s ciose intimacy wita mombers, and other things are among the reasons which inchne them to Hayes, The thought 1 that the campaign this fall would be a sharp contest in this State, and #closo one, which will be determined as the hberal and independent voie 1s cast. As yet the former are undecided which ticket to support; but they propose to hold a State convention at Saratoga simultaneous with the convention of the republicans, and, IP HAYES DEPINES His POSITION for or agamst the polcy of Grant’s administration, they will then announce their preferevces and the ticket they will support, Regarding the soldiers’ vote, General Cochrane expressed the belie! that Hayes wiil secure it and that it would be solid for bim. While 1 aim not tp favor,” said be, “of shaking the bloody shirt and keeping open the ghastly wounds of the war, I tel that if we let certain men get control of the govern- ment we will not save the fruits of the war.” STATEN ISLAND DEMOCRATS. The democrats are now busily engaged in forming campaign clubs throughout Stuien Island, A Rich- mond county club has been organized, with the follow- ing officers:—President, Willam C, De Nyse, Sheriff; Vice Presidents, Nathaniel G. Wyeth, Lawrence Seaver, Michael Delaney, Billop G, Bennet, and Richard C. Latretto; Secretary, David H, Cortelyou. ex-County Clerk; Assistant Sceretary, Henry A. Heyer; Treas- urer, Joon W. Goddard; Sergeant-at-Arms, Franklyn P. Littell, The club met last evening to receive mem- bers, In the First district, the town of Middietown, a ‘Tilden and Hendricks campaign club has been formed, with the following — officers:—President, Frederick Hower; Vice Presi , Alfred Noruan, Lewis Young, $. [. Weyant, Jacob Ganin, Nathaniel De Nyse, C. Kuliman, Edward Finnerty and Frederick Heinsyshoy; Secretaries, Frank ©, Vitt and William West; Treag- urer, Peter Tieman, Sergi Arms, Jeremiah i don. A large bi as raised by the club last evening on ickory pole at Anton Weil's hotel, ‘Tompkinsville A ciub was formed at the house of Mr. Charles Morgan, Bay street, Stapleton, last evening, tor the First ward of Edge- water. Speeches were’ made by Messrs. Theodore Frean, Nathaniel J. Wyeth und Captaiu F. R. Butle the Campaign Club tor tue Second distriet of South- field met at Whilihan’s Hotel, Ciiitou, last evening, to pertect their organization, “A German Democratic Cawpaign Club bas been organized at Stapleton, with the following officers:—President, John Bechtel; Secre- tary, Gustavus Schoenke; Treasurer, H. Widmeyer. A club bas been orgamzeu for the First, second and Third districts of Castleton, with the following officers: President, RK. B. Whittemar; Secretary, G. G. Feathe ston, Auother club for Castleton is to be organized ut Ford's Hail on Tuesday evening next. GERMAN REPUBLICANS, A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Ger- man Repablican Central Commitice wus bold iast eveutng at Kbheinbvold’s Hall, Bowery, Mr. M. Friedsam in the cbair, It was resolved that ali Germans, repub- licans of democrats, be invited to participate im the gratd ratification meeting of the Hayes aud Wa eler nominations, to be held on the 12th inst, at the Cooper Institute. ANTI-TAMMANY DEMOCRACY. A large and enthusiastic mecting of the anti-Tam- Many organization of the Nineteenth Assembly di trict was held op Friday evening at Prior’s Hall, Mai hattanville, Mr. Herman Fox occupied the chair and Mr. George W, Oaki ected as secretary, Resolutions were passed indorsing (he nominees of the St. Louis Convention, and piedging the power of the organizauon for the success of the candidates and the cause o1 re- form. Speeches were made by Messrs. Jeremiah Ait- kin, Herman Fox and others, alter which the meeting adjourned. ANTI-TAMMANY RATIFICATION. Tho Anti-Tammany Executive Committee met yester day afternoon to make arrangements for a grand rai cation meeting to be held wt Irving Hall on the ever ing of Monday, July 24. Three sub-committees were appointed to carry out the arrangements. as follows :— On Resolutions, Thomas Costigan, C. H. Swan and James Hays; on Mecting—Wilham P. Mitebell, M. Healey and Louis Levy; on Finance—D, McMahon, P. W. Piunkitt aud D, O'Reilly, THR WHISKEY FIEND. An Englishman named William North, a shoemaker of Factoryville, early yesterday morning cut his throat from ear to ear while in the shop of @ Mr. Clark, on the shore road. North was thirty-tive years old and was suffering from delirium tremens when he commitiod the act, At last accounts he was sull alive, but with ho chance of recovery. POOR LITTLE FLLLOW. Adam Schrader, aged turtesn, of No, 154 Graham av- enue, Brooklyn, while seiiiog papers yesterday morning on the Meserole street cars, fell trom the platform and was caught by a passing track. He tell under the wheels of the truck and was so badly crushed that, even if be sives, he will be crippled permanently. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 9, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. ° AT THRONGS OF VISITORS TO CENTRAL AND PROS- PECT PARKS—MUSIC AND AMUSEMENT. The intensely hot weathor yesterday drove thou- sands to the Central Park in the search of a possiblo | breeze or even @ breathable atmosphere. There was | another inducement—Dodworth’s music in the pavilion on the Mall, T'bis pavilion is constructed on princi- ples eaiculated to neutralize effectively any acoustic qualities which open air music may possess. Instead «of the roof being partully open on the queerly built pagoda and the sound being thereby distributed on all sides, it is a close, il! ventilated affair that keeps the sound of the instra- ments within its walls and gives little breathing room | tothe band, Yesterday alternoon the Park was crowded to excess, and it would seem agifa legion of children and their nurses had taken possession of tt. ‘The want of rain is soreity®telt in this garden of tho metropolis, The foliage droops and becomes wilted under the pitiless rays of thesun. A few showers would be welcome and woulf restore to the grasa its wonted emerald hue. The shades of evening were falling before the visitors left their favorite summer re- sort AT PROSPECT "PARK. The extreme heat of yesterday drove an immense number of people to #rospect Park, where the cooler Atmosphere was as woticeable ag it was acceptable. Fully 700 carriages entered the broad highway between the hours of one and six P. M., and at least 15,000 pedestrians sought there the comiort aud shade that could not elsewhere be found. There were o!d men and matrons, youths and maidens, boys and girls, and even infants with proper guardians, wo opeved their wondering eyes upon tho scene. There were players in gala attire, who dotted the croquet ground aud who handled their mallets with remarkable grace and { vigor, despite the fact that the — thermometer stood at 90 in the shade The Dairy and Farmbouse were thronged with visitors and | waiters skipped actively about with cooling creams and {ced drinks. The carriage borses were allowed to lng Jazily on the drives, while their owners louvged on the cushions and derived tho full benefit of the gentle, breeze irom the Bay. The pedestrians sauntered leisurely through the wooded glens, The picnic ground was a favored resort, though the band grove was the centre of attraction to the majority of the visitors. At the latter place a concert was given | between four and six P. M., in Conterno’s best style. | ‘There are seats for 3,500 people in the grove ubout the pavilion, and every seat had an occupant, Verdi's “La Traviata’? and Kuner’s ‘Beatrice di ieude” were | especialiy suited to the occasion, and their rendition | won merited applause. ‘Home, Sweet Home’? was the | signal for general dispersion, although numbers lin- gered in the vicinity and wandered through the grounds until warmed by the watchman’s “Time’s up, sir, Nine o'clock !”’ to leave the Park. ST, ALOYSIUS’ ACADEMY. The graduating pupils of St. Aloyslus’ Academy, Jorsey City, in charge of the Sisters of Charity on Grand street, held a meeting yesterday and discharged adebt of gratitude, which was very touching to those who proved so kind tothem during the past year. Next to the good Sisters, Madame De Berry, the teacher of music, received a full meed of praise. Her song, “Columbia's Flag is Waving a Welcome to All,” elicited | Joud applause. Mutual congratulations took piace be- | tween the graduating pupils. SEASONABLE CHARITY. | ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SICK CHILDREN’S SANITARIUM. To tux Evirox or THe HERALD:— ‘Tho following additional sums of money have been received for the Sick Children’s Sanatarium, at Sea Side, Long Branch Railroad: Francis Leggett & Co, Stern Bros . 10 00 Johngon’s, Broadway, 10 00 Judge Henry Hilton 100 00 William Orton. 25 00 | Frederick do Bury 10 00 | Mr. Duryea........ 10 00 | Bronswick Hotel. 10 00 Winusor Hotel 10 09 Gilsey House... 10 00 Mrs, C. lL. Spencer (tl 300 00 This mite for the little ones at Morgan. 100 Wiliam P, Powers... eri 50 00 Hass Bros, (through Mr. Bergh), 10 00 | Mr. Tilfany . & 00 Mr, Nelson . 100 | J. B Nickels 100 William Demuth 100 | Strouse, Bianchi & Co. 500) Julius Kayes. 200 Wentz .. 25 Bartlett & Reed 10 00 From ‘Little Elsie” 500 | Spelman & Sons..... 3 00 | Lewis Brothers 4 5 00 Mrs. Shipman. 50 Mr, Teftt, 10) D, Kohns . 2% | Cash, Broadway 10 | Wil 25°) Prei 5 00 | Robert Laughliw ,., 200 | Ca-h, Churen street, 100 | D. B. Babcock ........ . 6 00 Gien Vove Starch Company. 5 00 | Haines, Bacon & Co, 500 Cash, Church street.......... 100 | Tweedy Manufacturing Company 5 00 Cash, Leonard street 100 Wyman Byrd & Co. 10 00 Mr. De Coppett 1 00 Cash, White street 1 00 | Mr. Grosvenor. 200) Mrs. Johnson, Washington square. 5 00 Mr, Hermon Koencbirs, 100 Mr. Etlis..... 25 Mr. MeCreery 10 00 W.D.R....... 200) John Spohr. 1 00 | Through the ; 20 00 Mrs. 8. A. Beekman, 5 00 Smith & Taylor. 20 P.M. Robinson 9 00 F, C. Jenning: 10 00 Ww 500 Mr. Tomlinson, 200 HH. Cammany 10 00 | Weill & Uo....... 100 Case & Wetmore 2 00 Dents & Bros,... 200 Grand total... ee... es Contributions for this humane object aro earnestly solicited, and may be sent to Henry Bergh, Twenty- second strect and Fourth avenue, COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE. + +91,006 80 Comptroller Green signed warrants yesterday on the following accounts and transmitted the same to the Mayor for hiv countersignature:— PAYROLLS. Construction Engineers, Department of Public Parks, tor June, $218 71. Mechanics and laborers, repairing pipes, stop cocks, ‘&c,, for halt month ending June 30, $1,649 37. Mechanics and laborers, on repairs to stone pave- ments tor half month ending June 30, $8,050 84. | Mechanics and bsgcr heen on repairs to wooden and | concrete pavements, for baif mouth ending June 30, | 22,076 75. Mere) erest on the city debt, $1,255, New York Society for the Rehet of the Ruptured Crippled, $6,507 78. . oo Judgment Fund, $304 70, Printing, stationery and blank books, $164. Crovon Water Main Fund, $300. Street Improvement Fund, 63,684 34, Public Cuarities and Correction, $3,272 Public Instruction, $586 82 Lamps and gas, $1,182 Fire Department Fund, $3,831 39, Aqueduct repairsand maintenance, $73 90, ‘The Comptrolier aiso paid yesterday the roll of the laborers on roads and avenues aud sprinkling to July 1, amounting to $060. On Motiday he will pay the laborers on the foliowing rolls to July 1:— Repairs to stone und wooden pavements, $10,117 59, and repairing pipes, stop cocks, &c., $16 50, JEFFERSON MARKET CCURT HOUSE. To Tus Epitor ov tar Hi I wish to mquire, through your valuable columns, ig tho Jefferson Market Court House isa job? Will it cost as much or more than the Chambers street Court House? It was started by the Ring ('weed) as a job. 1s it still one? These inquire the way the building drags its slow and wearied length along. There are not more than two or three men em- ployed on it at a time; it reiminds one of the days when the Chambers street Court House was erected, when from twelve to twenty-five men were on the payrolls who never worked an hour, the city pard millions per annum for nothing. Please Investigate and let an over- burdeued pubiie Know the merits of the case, WILLIAM J. FRENCH, Taxpayer. PURE WATER FOR JERSEY. A proposition has been submitted tothe Newark and Jersey City authorities ior a pure supply of water, It 8 proposed to draw the supply from the Passaic River at Dundee dam, four miles above the Newark water works and five miles above the Jersey City water works at Belleville, In this way the sewage of Newark would be avoided. It would be necessary to construct a conduit for tue sewage of Paterson to a point just below the Dundee dam. It i contended that while the supply would be ample for all the cities in Hudson, ee Essex and and Passaic counties the coxt would be far less than that of any other scheme proposed, THE PARKS. MINIATURE YACHTING. muoaTta ov tHm Pnospxct Pauk cLUB—Pnos PECTS OF AN INTERNATIONAL RACE, The Prospect Park Miniature Yacht Club held its rege ular bi-weekly regatta at Prospect Park yesterday af- ternoon, Which was witnessed by a jarge number of tpectators, The sport evidently 1s growing in pope larity, Early io the afternoon there was little wind When the breeze dia apring up, however, there were only three bouts ready to start, bat as these were all large schooners their movements were closely watched, ‘These three boats were as follows :— Nam Owner. Little Gat. -L. G. Wella. Republie J. D. Coukii Pioneer, W. Smith... ‘The Pioneer is a new boat and was sailed yesterday for the first time. Her periormances did not meet the expectations of her owner, but it must be remembered that she was sailing against two of the flectest models on the lake, Commodore Conklin offered, as usual, two pieces of silver plate as prizes, the race to be decided by the best two out of three heats The course was {rom Club House Island to the cove on the south shore, and the time taxen when tho boats were gotten off on the first heat was as follows :— HM. 8. HM. Pioneer. . 5 29 BO Little Gat...... 6 30 % Repubiic........ 5 30 00 ‘The boats went away on tho starboard tack, thy Pioner leading, but their relative positions were soon coanged. The first tack was a short one. The Pioneer was first put around and headed for the Black Path, and this move seemed to be a good one, for she at once made a stride for first place. But the other bouts were made to follow her exam- ple, Betore another tack, which was made rome fiity feet from the Biack Path, the three com- petitors ‘were abeam and the race became exciting. The Little Gat and Republic had a cose stray tor supremacy. the Pioneer did not drop very tar astern of her rivals at any time in this hext, put seemed unable to lessen the gap between herseif and them. When within about a dozen yards of the home stake the Little Gat had the luck to obtain @ lead on the Republic, and finally crossed the line a Winner in Sm. fs, The Republic's time was 9m, 16s, and that of the Pioneer 4 In the second heat the boats started in the same order as vetore, but the Pioneer tell away te leeward, the Kepubiic and Little Gat again having the contest between them. Again the race lay between them. ne Republic gamed the lead, maintained it and won in 11m. 258., followed by the Little Gat in Lim. 47s. ‘There was no little eathusism displayed at the start on the third beat Tho same order of starting was held, and the breeze had freshened wheu the third start was made, This contest was ag close as either of the others for balt of the course, when the wind siuckened, Thon the Little Gat had the best of tt, went slowly to the front, and it looked for a moment a8 though she would wip. But the Republic, by making several short tucks, again took the lead, and came in winner tor the second time in exactly 12m. The Little Gat was 47 seconds later. The Pioneer pluckily did he: best, and made the course in 13m, 268, Thus the Republic won the frst prizo and the Little Gat the second. The Pioneer will undergo some aiter- ations before she again competes ina race, On next Saturday the American Model Yacht Club will havo a regatta, AN INTERNATIONAL RACER, ‘he purser of the steamship Holland, of the National line, is the owner of the model of an English cutter, forty-eight inches 1n length, which has been beatin. all the miniature yachts tn the vicinity of London, and he has sent a challenge to any of the clubs which sail their boats on the Prospect Park lake to compete with bis yacht, He stipulated that the race shull be sailed on Commumipaw Bay, and states that he is willing to wager a dinner for a party of twelve on bis boat. The Prospect Park Club intend to accept the challenge, and the American and Long Island clubs will 1m ail proba- bility do the same, The race with the rst mentioned club is likely to oecur in less than a inonth. YACHY. A NOVEL For several days past there has been on exhibition at | the rooms of the New York Yacht Club, Madwon ave- | nue and Twenty-seventh street, the model of a yacht embracing so many new ideas that it has attracted much attention, It 18 the result of extended experi- ments made by Mr. Henry Bergh, Jr., on the Hudson River at Staatsburg. The model shows two distinct voats, each 54 inches jong, 5 mches beam, 3 inches hold and 1 inch sheer at the vows, These are con- nected by cross beams 36 inches long, which trussed beans, it is held, combine it strength with ligot- ness, and they are arranged in sueh a way that the supporting rods of the centre beams hold the centre bourd trunk in position, while they also form a solid support for the mast aud shrouds. The cabin is placed | aft, between the two boats, and it contains a wheel which éperates both rudders, ‘the cross beams are heid by braced supports, that raise the former and also the cubin xbove the reach of the water, being counected to the supports, which are fastened to the boats by @ series of hinge juima, ‘These enable the bow stern of cither boat to rise on @ wave without lining the other. The shrouds pass through pulley blocks so as to allow of this mo- tion of “the boats, while she arrangement also equalizes the strain upon the shrouds 0! each wull, und, therefore, prevents tue bow of the leeward buat from being lorced under water, The modeller of the | yacnt bas (ound that the boats are so far from each other that wedging of the water between them is pre- vented, The rudders are provided with drops similar to the ordmary centreboard, which gives additional steering power, The draught of water of the boats is but one and a quarter inches, Diagonal rods brace the | framework in u manuer that keeps the boats level with each other, Mr. Bergh has been experimenting with boats of this principle since 1864 That irom which the present model was constructed was made 1m 1873, but being only three feet im length 1 attained no high rate of | Speed. Experiments have proven that the larger model can sail (ully eight miles an hour. YACHTING NOTES, Tho following yachts passed Whitestone, L. L, ye erday :— Yacht Leatha, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Smith Ford, from the eastward for New Yor! Yacht Palmer, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. R,. Stuyvesant, from New York, cruising Soundward, Yacht Meta, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Wilham E. Iselin, from New York tor New Rochelle, ‘The Columbia, N.Y.Y.C.,.Mr, Lester Wallack, which has been at Whitestone tor the past few days, would have proceeded for Stanitord yesterday, but is detained hy acatm. The Fleetwing, N.Y.¥.C., Mr. George A. Osgood, was towed through Hell Gate yesterday alternvon and came to anchor off the HERALD telegraph station, where she will remain tor the present. The sloops Bunsby, tormerly H.Y.C., Mr. Clark, and the Undine, B-Y.C., Mr William Byasher, will both for the time being m ke Long Isvand Sound their oruis ing ground, with Whitestone for their station, CENTENNIAL RIFLE MATCH. The chailenge issued by the Centennial Rifle team, ot Jorsey City, to tue Zettion Ritle eam, of New York, has been accepted. The match will come off on the 25th inst., at Ditmar's Park. One of the Centennial team, J. J. Collins, scored twenty-cight out of « possi- ble thirty, Several others scored twenty-six, The range will be 200 yards. A PLEASANT JAUN One of the most pleasant and interesting spots in the Vicinity of the city for excursioniste to visit 1s Gov ernor’s Island, ‘The restrictions having been entiroly removed pleasure seekers have tull liberty to roan where they choose and do hkewise, so long as they keep within Lhe bounds of propriety. The cress paradt of (he whoie garrison on Sundays is @ great feature, the entire bani participating, New Yorkers are begin: ning to appreciate it, and hundreds take advantage o the pivasure to be obtained every Sunday. THE NEWSBOY MURDER. An inquest was held yesterday vy Coroner Eickhoft on the body of John Dolan, aged nineteen, the news- boy who was murderea by bis companion last week. The jury brought in the verdict that “John Dolan came to his death by a stab wound in the \. iicted with a kotle the bands of coma titty Michaei Nolan, ou Washington street, near Vesey, June 30, 1876,"" “Rocks” has not yet been captured.” THE CART-RUNG MURDER. An autopsy Was made yesterday by Leputy Coroner Custiman on the body of John Smith, of No. 509 West Thirty-ciguth street, who was killed on tho 4th inst, by Robert Gerity. "It revealed ecchymosis of both eye. lids and fracture of the inner table of the ski right side, with large extravasations of breve poy ihe brain beneath the iracture. Death was caused by com- pression of the brain from (racture of the skull, due 6 =e The inquest will ve veld by Coruner Eick: otf, THE HOUSE HOMICIDE. The office ot U. A. House, who was shot by Irene Anderson Van Zanat, the mistress oF reputed wite of the notorious divorce lawyer, at No, 104 Broadway, was yesterday delive ed by the police author possession of Garrett Z Hous he brotuer pie ely kin, who has reectved authority trom bis father aud the heirs of Uke estate to take out '+, th ers of adminis 1H “