The New York Herald Newspaper, March 14, 1877, Page 4

4 SENATOR CAMERON. A Glance at His Political History and Characteristics. HIS SENATORIAL CONTESTS AT HARRISBURG CR eae Men and Parties in General Cameron’s Time. _—— | HarnisucnG, Pa,, March 13, 1877. ‘The retirement of Senator Cameron from public Mfe—or General Cameron, as he is generally called in this State—is an event of the greatest political signill- cance in Pennsylvania, and its announcement has caused a ripple of excitement about the State Capitol and in the hotels unknown since the battle era of the Senator's life when he was fighting his way to suprem- ucy im the councils of the republican party, Wherever two or three politicians are gathered together this un- expected action on the Senator’s part 1s the theme of nopyersation, and on every hand the episodes of a rev markable political career are recalled and discussed, Few men in political hte made such bitter enmities or auch lasting triendahips among the rank and file as well as among the leaders of both political parties, and uo politician, not even Jefferson or Jackson or Clay or Suim- | ner, ever held acompleter political supremacy, When, | asa boy, I began to take an interest in political affairs— and I can assure the Heratp that 1 am no mere lad now—General Cameron was already known al! over the country as a politician of astutenoss and ability, He Js now in his seventy-ninth year, aud bejore 1 was porn he bad been appoited an Indian agent by Presi- | dent Van Buren and acquired bis title of the great Winnebago Chief. That name is @ peculiar illustration of American poltical nomenciature, It has clung to him for nearly forty years and is used in character- jzing him by people who probably never heard ‘the story to which it owes its ort- gin, At the time of his appointment as an Indian agent, in 1838, he was the casnier and principal owner of the Middietown Bank, at Middletown, a vil- lage on the Susquehanna River, a tew miles below this city, His principal duty under his appointment was to settle and adjust the claims of the Winnekago Indians against the United States, and the charge against bim was that he paid the savages in Middle- town Bank notes instead of gold. Whether tho issues of the Middletown Bank were or were not as good ag gold may be a mooted question, but, nowever this may be, his idea that the kind of money that was good evough for the Pennsylvania “Dutch’’ and ‘Scotch. Irish would be good enough tor the savages with whom he was dealing Jaid the foundation tor much of | the political abuse which followed him throughout hig Jong career, From 1838 to1877—almost one-balf of his nearly four score years—he has been known as the great Winnebago Chief, and be will continye to hold | the name as long as he lives, even though he should prove to be the oldest man of the epoch. GENERAL CAMEKON'S FIRST GRASP AFTER POLITICAL POWER, When I was a boy, slowly climbing up toward my majority, General Cameron made his first attempt at securing the political power of the State, I write to you thus in the first person because that attempt, if not the earliest political event of my recollection, wus the first movement in which I took atively nterest, and 1 think I shai be avleto relate the story more | vividly by reciniming it from the storehouse of my own political memories, At that time Colonel McClare, now the editor of the Philadelphia Zimes, was the editor and proprietor of the Franklin Repository, at | Chambersburg, and the incipient foe of ail General | Cameron’s political pretensions, Cameron bad already been in the Senate of the United States, baving been elected in 1845 to fill the vacancy im that body | occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Buchanan, who | had accepted the office of Secretary of State under | President Polk. He had previousiy been a democrat and he cuntinued a democrat until 1864, the year when | he again came prominently forward for the United | States Senatorship. Althougn twenty-three years | have elapeed since that memorable contest I remen ber it as well ag if it had been yesterday, and no Penn- sylvanian could fail to remember it, tor with it came @ bew era in the politics of the State and new dynasties among the political factions which rule this Common- wealth as with a rod of iron, William Bigler was the | Governor of the State and Cameron’s antagonist for the United States Senate, Charles RK. Buckalew was State Senator and the rising :nan of the democratic party. Andrew uw, Curtin was a lawyer practising bis | proiession in the village ot Bellefonte, away up in the Bald Eage Valiey, and com- Colonel McClure waa a rural nd ambitious, but without any paratively unknown, journalist, talented Wistinction except that of having been beuien as the whig candidate for Auditor General of the State, Mackey, Quay, Errett and the other Cameron leaders of the present day and McPherson aud the young men who now lead the opposition, had not yet come to the front. [twas a trausidion period’ for men as well as for parties, and to that lamous struggle—the starting point of ail the polttical complications in this State— | all the mov. ments of the last quarter of a century owe their dir son aud impulse, L CAMNRON BECAME & * clot tue politicnl aspect of that time cu Senator, whose carcer was due to the ten ex tade of parties, has retired from the political position if pot the politica: control he tuereby gamed, The | | Accordingly every precaution was taken to prevent | vigor wh'cn made him so conspicuous in the councils NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNES which elected him, It fsa refinement of political in- ‘ity which bad pot Deen learned even so late as 1507, and not only were these men charged with cor ruption and their bames made infamous, but General Cameron was accused of bribing them, and one-half of the allegations urged against bis integrity tn public I have no better foundation than the unproved charges incident to this prolonged and terrific outcry. THE ONE MAJORITY SCARK OF 1863 After General Cameron had resigned his place in the Senate, accepted a position in Presideut Lincoln’s Cabinet, gone to Russia and returned, thore was a curi- ous and almost laugh: 4 by bis name. Again a United Stat be elected and agam the was so elizht that any defection might elect bis opponent This was in 1863. Charles R, Buckalew was the democratic candidal and General Cameron bis antagonist. ‘The democrats had a majority on joint ballot of only one vote, and tbe previous experience with Caferon six years before had taught them that a democratic majority of one was Apt to go astray when Simon suid “wiggle waggle.”? democratic avy such untoward result, and even assassination was threatened if any democrat should prove recreant to the party. The excitement ran high all over the e, Politicians rushed to the State capital to asvist in holding the party reins tightly drawn, Un the day when the vote was to be taken men carrying arms con- cealed on their persons were in the capital, Buckalew's friends were thoroughly alarmed and Cameron's par- tisuns not entirely witnout hope. But Buckalew was elected, and the result probably was the same as it would bave been without any such wild and appar- ently unnecessary demonstration. Cameron's power, his povularity and his puteacy excited in the demo- cratic leaders the most extravagant fears, and they seemed astonished even after Buckalew’s election that his antugonist had not grasped the prize from bis | bands, General Cameron was again elected to the Senate in 1867 and re-elected in 1573, the term which he has just resigned expiring in 1879. SOME OF GENERAL CAMKKON'S CHARACTERISTICS, Few men bave been able to command so much at 80 little personal sacrifice, For years, bis power over the party in this State bas been at solute, and since McClure and Curtin left ti republican orgavization no one bas dared to ques- tion his will, Every politician who wanted anything was apxious to gain or to preserve his favor, and it i8 an axiom in political circles im this State ‘that no man ever yet lost anything by being the friend of Simon Cameron, Al) his promises were faithiully kept, and he Was never siow to promise where it was possible for him to perform. ‘These traits of character had their weight with ali classes and cemented the poner which he gainea by his bolaness und courage. ven in the democratic ranks be has always numbered his friends by bundreds, while with bim to make iriend was to keep him, On the other hand, his enemies were alwuys bitter alike in their hatred and their vituperation. Ho is disliked for his adroitness, his success and his ower, In the cage of a man less resolute or iess absu- ate such early peccadilioes as the introduction of the Middletown notes among the Winnebago Indians would have been overlooked or forgotien. In the mouth of bis enemies he 1s a living illustration of the maxi that nothing 18 $0 unpardonable as prosperity. On the other hand @ very strong argument can be made ja his favor. He hus always been a politician pure aud simple, who, like Tilden, learned his political maxims trom Jackson and Van Buren He belheved simply and sincerely that to tye victors belong the spous, He ulways sought to reward bis friends and | punish bis enemies, aud he never disguised either | bis notions or bis actions in this respect. In regard to the political accusations against him only two ure | of apy imporiance—the charge of getting into the Know Nothing Order irregularly and the offence of being elected to the United States Senate by the aid of democratic vowes. General Cameron, no doudt, bas long been ashamed that be ever had any afliliations whatever with the Know Nothings, und it has become | fashionable uf lute years among politicians to take | votes wherover it is possible to obtain them, and even to support both parties at once to get thein, a thing which General Cameron never did, At any rate, he has retired from public life, and bis son, Mr. J. D. Cameron, 13 likely to succeed “bim tn the political di- rection of the State as weil as in the Senate. SENATOR CAMERON’S SUCCESSOR. | HIs sON ‘DON’ NOMINATED BY THE PENNSYL~ | VANIA REPUBLICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUcUs— UNLIMITED FEALTY TO HAYES. (wy TELEGRAPH 10 THE HERALD.] HarrispurG, Murch 13, 1877. Don Cameron was nominated to-day for United States Senator by the republican members of the Leg- islature, without organized opposition, The scheme to muke him hig father’s successor was sprung so sud- donly that the anti-Cameron element had no tme to inaugurate a coanter movements, Many mem, bers really opposed his pretentious, but the party lash was so vigorously applied that | they flocked into the caucus like sheep, | Searcely half a dozen were suiliciently independent to absent themselves. In the caucus but one member had the courage to vote for another man than Cameron, | and he proposed bis caudidate and supported hin— Morton MeMichael—trembiingly, After he had done so he speedily, as if repenting of his independence, moved to make the nomination of the caveus unani- | mous. Senator Horr, in presenting the name of Don Cameron, temarked that Senator Cameron had re- | signed because he was pot jully in accord with the policy inaugurated by President Hayes, and that the venerable gentleman desired a successor who woulu give the new administration his earnest support, Such a wan, the speaker declared, was Don Cameron, iu whose election the President was greatly Interested, having informed the Secretary of War, be- fore he vacated his position, that nothing would gratity him more thar to hear of his success in the Senatorial | race, The nomination was followed by applause, but it was conlined to comparatively few. INDORSEMENT OP HAYES AND CAMERON. Resolutions were adopted pledwing the eurnest supe port of the republicans to the principles outlined in the President's letter of acceptance and inaugural address; complimenting Don Cameron for his unwavering faith | in and devotion to republican principles and lor his ed concurrence in the policy of the Presi- dent, and expressing full confidence that he wil United States Senator, bring to the support of the ministration ot President Hayes the same ability and ot General Grant. Senator Jones, in the caucus, endeavored to get an indorsemeut of the Electoral Commission, but it evoked only ridicul THE COMING SENATOR'S PLATFORM. A committee was appointed to inform the Senatorial nomimee of his succ After the Chairman had introduced the subject, Mr. Caineron addressed the committee, In the event of the ratification of the vote of the caucus by the Legise lature, he said, he would hold it to be bis highest duty so to uct as to bear bis full part in sustamming the just Whig party had fought its last national contest | two years before, und, although many “old | line Whigs’? were still batthug to retrieve | its falien-lortunes it was dead lorever, Out of its grave rose in hideous proportions the spectre of Kuow Nothingism, and it glared menacingly alike upon politiciaus and partes. Ou the morning of the State on ol 1854 nobody seemed to suspect the exist of the new quantity in the political cntuties of the abd even General Cumeron, astute as he was, ue a rabid democratic Speech in this city on the Around me as I write are a hundred mies of both father and son, who remember hb, and recall it with as much bitterness 11 tt had been directed against their cherished | Sin the jate campaign. It was a mistake wary politictan was quick (o repair and the ot that coup d'état told vy these enemies of the yhe Of the most amusing things 1m history. If he wanted political pre- lain to him that be must look for it in Y orgauization im which the people had so un- ctedly reposed all political power. To most men les in the way of success would have been inzurmountable, tor the Dew organization was a inyse m: night previous. men, eu tic Order, with Aigns, grips, dark lanterns and secret sessions,’ Bailled ax he wad been even in gaining so much as a knowleage of its existence be was quick to show that for its ways that were dark he had tricks which were far from bemg vain, Within a month after the election he wos a completely equipped Know Nothing, with credeutials antedating even wis rabid democratic s on tue eve of the election, Within apotber month he was the caucus nominee of the so- called American party jor United States Senator, aud the contest began which was not to bave an end atihat ses8.0n of the Legislature. The democratic party had | Temuined compuratively uucorrupted by the new moves ment, ane if shorn Of part of its proportions it was still intact. The old whigs had pot all been gobbled into the Know Nothing lodges, and some ot them had even got into the Legislature, Where they fought Cameron and Higler with equal virulence, MeClure’s village #heet bristled with epituets, threatenings and denunciations, | and (0 MeCiure’s ‘fluence and that of his newspaper more thav to any other cause Cameron owed his uefeat. | From that time up to the present the enmity between | the two has been unce: az. In that opposition what | for fijteen years was known as the Curt faction in the Fepublieab purty bad its imcepuion and nearly all its Vitality, and (he pluck and courage it showed tu its jong and gatant fight with the stronger “Cameron wing” it | owed to MeClure’s ability aud daring. Not tora mo- | ment since 1 has this opposition, always able | apd virulent, ceased to distract and disturb, if not | overturn, General Cameron's schemes, and the | auii-Cameron faction, which is muttering to-day against the election of Dow Cameron to the s the legitimate child of the opposition organiz three years ago. “LEO, MANBAR AND WAGONSRLLEK,”? Although beaten 1m bis Senatorial aspirations in 1854 18 iwenty+ Gewerai Cameron was again elected to We Senate in | 1866. This election, tuough not productive ot such | widespread or such lasting political cousequences as | the tinsuccessiul contest of two yeurs belore, gave * to still ‘gro scandals, ‘ihe ity in © festion tts either deivat the nou naut party, a8 bad been done with Caineron in the previous contest, or elect bis opponeut. The later conungency actually occurred, and General Cameron was elected by the aid vi democratic votes. Colonel Jobu W, Forney, long the editor of tbe Pui Vress, bud been nominated 1h recogution oF his ser during the campaign of 1 re Was consider. vices to Mr. Buchan: Immediately apon b18 nom ation (be able grumbling, and when tho vote was iT Legislature it was foand that three rep. arrest ony from Schaylkill two irom York aud on: verty, bad vod for Cameron The how) whicu foi- Jowed Was terrific. Lebo, Ma gunseller, the three recalcitrant ited once doomed me ormetd rr tbe esteem accorucd to they had betrayed Wists | armed enemy ( coul be eosied se areuter Lid By sor ‘traitors’? to their party. ce ch Mieacherd” has taken tho name of Independence, ind the politician who wants to be const 4 than the rest invaria Oe ee tes paler and the mon of the party | country into the bacds | nate their candidate for United States Senator. | John French, confirmed as permanent President; and | ningly devi authority of the federal government in whatever con- flicts may arise concerning that authority. He prom. ised his cordial, hearty and earzest support of the administration of President Hayes, ard said te was unable to see a saier iuturo for our country | unless it be secured by the appheation of the princi- ples of the republican organization to the administra. tion of our federal affairs. Broad and liberal as these principles are, a8 the beveficent policy of the adminis tration for restoring concord and prosperity illustrate them, we can scarcely go wrong when insisting that they Shall be fairly tried, Cameron closed by pledging | his steadfast support to legislation in the interest of American labor. In the afternoon the ex-Secretary of War left for Washington, DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, The democrats will hold a caucus to-morrow to nomi. Tho compliment will probably be given to Senator Dill, BROOKLYN'S DEADLOCK. THE MAYOR CALLS FOR DAILY SPECIAL MEET- INGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL—THE ELEC- TORAL COMMISSION, The excitement over the method adopted by the Brooklyn Common Council for the settlement of the long disputed question of the Presidency by the ap- | pointment of an electoral commission, was the subject of general conversation in political circles yesterday. Mayor Schroeder sent outa notice to the twenty-five members of the Board of Aldermen ordering a special meeting of that body “on Thursday, the 16th inst, av | two P. M., and on every day thereafter, except on | Sundays and legal holidays, until a rresident pf the | Board shail have been elected, or until notice to the contrary shall have been given’? The Mayor, who ig a republican, does not believe that “the commission”? will succeed in doing anything wore than make their labors ridiculous; but the charter gives him authority to call spectal meetings of tue Common Counell, and it is Lis intention, should the Aldermen fail to elect a President, to apply to the courts for a mandamus to | compel them to do so. It 18 suid that the Mayor was desirous of having the acting President of the Board, the failure of the Aldermen to coincide with his wishes jn that respect led to bis adoption of the plan of per- | petual sessions, Alderman French, who would vot have a ghost of a chance of election at the bands of a mixed commission, 18 opposed Ktrungly | to the measure, With the exeeption dt | Alderman Dovovan, of the Twelfth ward, anu Kane, of | the Sixth ward, it 18 undersiood that the democrats are in favor of giving the “electoral uribi ed, a tur trial, The Aldermen uated suy ivcan result only ima waste of time; while each | party can reaujly select seven members euch, there will be & deadiock over the fifteeuth man, The demo- cratic mem ers of the commission Will probably ve | Aldermen Sterling. Phillips, Murtua, Reardon, Duane, | Jennison avd Kasvon. The republicans will be Arnot, Burnet, Cottrell, Fritz, Baird, Wiliams and Acker. Shannop, of the Fitin ward, ts still regarded ay 101 moet in the race for the high houor of giving the cast- | ing voto im the tribunal wheo the latter shall bave | beon organized, Tt seriously among the demoe: r the Mayor can | force the mewbers ot the Board vo neglect their priv | vate business and attend to tie work of President making as « daily duty, When the prospects of an agree- ment wre so slim, it may be, tuey say, a little trick to ensnare them, Should ove or two of the Avwermen be absent at any time the appointment could ve made, and the republicans would then step in and control the patronage, Certainly consitlerable sneritice of self. wulerest would necessarily have to be made vy the Al | | Mr, | tor which the city received $1,154 57. for an indefinite for may see tit to m tO appoint « dermen were they to meet dail; period or until such time as t obtain a mandamus compellipg President, DONOVAN? CHANCE. ”> McLaughlin, the leader of the democratic regulars, expresses himself as bighly pleased witb the appointment of the commission, as it isin opposition to Donovan, and ‘takes the wind out of the sail” of the latter gentleman’: political craft. 1t ts pretty gen- erally conceded tbat the “stubborn representative of the Twelfth ward’? will not be the choice of the com- mission, Should the election be thrown back again upon the full Board of Aldermen, he might, pos- sibly, be chosen by the republicans, and in that event, with the aid of bis own vote, which latter is 61 would be elected President by one majority, Such a majority has recentiy been recognized worthy of great effort to obtain in a higher place than the Brook- lyn Common Council. A DOG CONFERENCE, PRESIDENT BERGH BEFORE MAYOR ELY—HIS PLAN FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF OUR CANINE POPULATION—ALDERMANIC WISDOM INVOKED. The question as to the proper disposition of our strag- gling dog population during the summer months seems just at present to give city officiais considerable trou- bie. An ordinance was submitted threo weeks ago by Alderman Cowing providing for a licensa fee of $5 and the speedy ending of all unrecognized canines, This ordinance was referred to the Law Committee of the Board of Aldermen, but that body submitted adifferent plan, by which the license tco was abolished, no dogs to be allowed to run at large except under the control of achain or string some tev feet long, and ull unfor- tunate animals found in the streets without owners to be impounded and killed after a certain time if not reclaimed, TO MUZZLE OR NOT TO MUZZLE? The members of the Law Committee seem tobe divided in opinion as to the practicability of muzzling ail dogs $u order to prevent their making away with superfluous leg covering or indulging in a lunch on the calf of some well formed leg, Mr, Cowing’s ordinance did not provide for this muzzling process; neither did the resolution reported by the Law Committoe. Alderman Morris bas now a resolution in his pocket which contains several amendments permitting dogs to go at large either with @ strong chain or muz- zie. This important point is likely to be solved at the next meeting of the Board, Alderman Sheila does not understand what Js the use of dogs anyhow, and favors their wholesuly extermination, Alderman Morris bas been the champion of dog law tor several years, wil fight his batties on this line ‘uf it takes all mer, jum- BERGH TO THK RESCUER, Mr. Heury Bergh, President of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, accowpunied by Gerry, called upon Mayor Ely yesterday in relation to this subject, Aldermen Lewis, Cowiog und Morris, ag udvocates of dog legislation, wére invited to be pregent at the important conlerence, Mr. Bergh submitted written propositions for the consideration of the city authorities relative to the government and care of dogs. He asked thut the city Appropriate a lov of ground and erect a small und tn- expensive building thereon, to be used forthe temporary conliuement and destruction of dogs by a speedy, mercilul and noiseless process, This building should bo arranged as @ lodging place for tho custodian and separate kennels provided, such building to be fenced in where dogs shouid be contined pending their recog- nition by the owners, or failing im this, when value- Jess, their destruction, Mr. Bergh furcher suggests that an ambulance should go utound every day for the purpose of capturing stray dogs’ with the ‘aia of scoop bets. fhe Society lor the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will undertake vo do the whole of this work {ree of all remuneration if the city wil supply tue premises mentioned und reimburse that organization tor its actual expenses in employés, Which cun be estimated and agreed upov, Mr, Bergh algo states that this plan ig now 1p operation in Phiia- uelphia, During the pase year 3,212 dogs were cap- tured, of which 2,559 were destroyed, 60 sold, 18 given away, afew died or escaped, and 577 were redevined, A public pound might be added to the building, in which the society would undertake to look after struy cows und other annals, They would also undertake to provide for cats in the same way. 4 DOGGED DEBATE. Mr, Bergh supported his plan in a conversational way, remarking that he was opposed to the mauner in which the lormer dog ordinance was carried out Groat cruelty wus practised by those appointed to cap- ture dogs fhe poor auimals were di id long dis- tunces with cords attacbed to their necks or legs, He promised that if the Society tor the Prevention of Cruelty to Autmals was authorized to attend to the | work it would be dove mercifully and effectively. Alderman dlorris was not particular as to who should carry out the provisions of the dog ordinance long us all wanderers were captured. These animals were iithy as well as danyerous, and restrictions shuald be placed upon their novemente. Alderman Cowing spoke 1 favor of the taxation and licensing ot dogs. He understood that dogs were taxed in England, Ireland and Scotland, and there was luw in the statute books to tax them in every pounty of the State except New York, Alderman Lewis considered tho sum of $5.as too high tor the tuxation o| dogs, Mayor Ely thought $2 or $3 would be suflicient, Mr. Bergh bad received a letter from a lady in oppo- sition to the imposition of a $5 dollar tux op her pet dog, She could not alford to pay that amount, ‘Alderman Lewie favored the ordinance prepared by the Law Committee, It provides for a general capture of canines {ound at large, Mr. Bergh was opposed to any discrimination in the capturing of dogs. ALDERMAN MORRIS’ LATEST PLAN. An announcement was made by Alderman Morris that he bad prepared several amendments which would protect the public, the owners of dogs and the dogs themselves iu all the rights enjoyed by otner aul- mais, Under these amendments it would be neces- sary to have a license taken out for each dog, at an expense of $2 for the first year and $1 for every sub- sequent year. All dog catchers should be commis- stoned by the Mayor, and should wear a badge in conspicuous place Dearing the pumber of their licen: They are prohibited trom a ag any dog whose owner complies with the liconse laws, Alderman Mor- ris handed bis amendments to Mr. Gerry, who will consider thew, After some further conversation it was i.greed that Mr. Gerry should submit an ordinance on bebaif of the Society for tue Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to the Board of Aldermen at its next meeting. ‘The solemn conference, 8o important to the-fuiure well-being of our cat and dog inbabitants, was then terminated, CITY SANITARY AFFAIRS. ‘yhe usual weekly meeting of tho Board of Health was held yesterday at the Central Oilice, Outside of the routine business nothing of any great importance transpired. The ‘ollowing is a synopsis of the weekly report of Dr. John Lf. Nagle, Deputy Register of Records to the Board ot Heaith:— During the week ending March 10, 1877, 526 deaths were reported, being @ decrease of 31 as compared with the number reported the preceeding week und 163 less than were reported during the corresponding week of 1876. Tbe actual mortality for the week ending March 8 was 501, which is 24.4 below the average num- Ver of deaths for the past five years and represents un annual death rate of 26.72 per 1.000 persous living, the population estimated at 1,072,088, COMPARATIVE MORTALITY, —-Week Ending-— March3, March 10, Measles., 2 2) Scariatina, 22 22 | Diphtheria 21 26 | Memprauous croup. 16 13 | Whooping cough 12 & ‘Tyyhoud lever. 4 2 Puerperal diseas ve 6! Diarrhoval disease 2 9 | Cancer...... 5 6 Phthisis puimonalis, 89 Bronchitis, 28 Pneumoura 66 | Heart diseases, 29 All diseases of the brain and nervous system... 55 60 Bright's dis 20 2s Deaths by suicide... 2 2 Deaths by drowning... 2 2 ‘Ul the total number of deaths roported for the week | 100 occurred 158 in houses containing three families 52 In tenement houses, 6 in | hoteis and boarding houses and the balance in the streets, rivers, on canal boats, &c. From the record of the work pertormed ip the Sani- tary Bureau for the week ending March 10, 1877, the following comparative statement of cases of conta- disease tha for the two weeks ending March taken :— —-Week Ending-— March 3 March 10, Typhord fover: 5 Scarlet fever . ave 90 Cerebro spinal moningitis. 3 Measles . i Diphtheria 67 Smallpox .. . +00 1 Dr. Nagle reports that during the year 124 people died from fatal surgical operations, THE CILY OF BRUSSELS. ‘The steamship City of Brussels, of the Inman line— New York, Queenstown and Liverpool—was thrown open to the puvlic yesterday at pier No. 45 North River, A large crowd availed themselves of the op- portunity to inspect this magnificent craft, as since Ler Jast trip to this port, nine months ago, she has Veen thoroughly repaired and refitted, She bas been supplied win bew englaes of the compound type, new voilers and additioual staterooms. Many of the latter are very large and contain wardrobes, while every room in the ship is furnished with hot and cold water aud electric bells communicating with the steward’s quarters, Several bath rooms, ladies’ sitting rooms, gentiemen’s sitting rool and barber shops bave been added, which, together | with otucr improvements, mukes the City of Brussels one of the most conventent steamers on the Atlantic. After snspection yesterday the {invited guests sat down to a pleasant collation. The Brussel | the Mccoy 3 Del | place ‘have 1 seen such accumulated filth as there ts in INUNDATED WITH FILTH. SHAMEFUL DELINQUENCY OF THE STREET CLEANING BUREAU—-THOROUGHFARES OF THE CITY BLOCKADED WITH ASHES AND GARBAGE. The shamefully filthy condition of many streets in this city, owing tothe criminal neglect of the Street Cleaning Bureau, was referred to in the Henao of yesterday, coupled with suggestions #8 to the danger which would arise, in @ savitary sense, from the accumulated filth should the warm spring sunshine be permitted to coax miasmas from its foul masses. A tow of the thoroughfares which most needed looking after were indicated for the assistance of the bur Yesterday a reporter made a survey of the town, trom the Battery to Twenty-third street, and the condition of many of the highways, not to mention the byways, was found to be simply horrible. ‘The ease aide of the city, fromm Second avenue to the river, is fairly inundated with liquid mud, dotted at intervals along the middle of the street with mounds ot mingled ice, street dirt, garbage and general refuse, heaped together in unsightly and highly dangerous masses, To match these advance guards of epidemic ‘p tho middle of the thoroughfare the ash boxes on the ed; of the sidewalks have been Gilled up until they over- flowed, aud, lying there unemptied, have been lost out of sight under the constantly accumulating mags aud superincumbent heaps of ashes and garbage which serve to mark their burial places. That portion of the city lying between West Broadway and the North River is im little better condition, suave that ap the tenements in that section are not as large as those on the east side the masses of filth are not so high by afoot, ‘The section bounded by the lines of Second and Sixth avenues, irom Twenty-third street to Cortlandt street and Maiden lane, has been less neg- lected than the rest of the city; but even there, aside from the main thoroughfares and car routes, there 18 pressing causo of complaint, From Cortlandt street down to the Battery, rght across the island—-leaving out Broadway and Wall street—tno streets aro simply sloughs of filth, In some places the merchants doing | business along a block have carted the dirt away them- selves from time to time, and so havo kept some wlerably clean spots, but they only serve to render the adjoiming’ nastiness more disgusting by contrast, Alter sevicg somo of the thoroughiares in that section no one would hesitate to say that there 4s not another city on the civilized globe where such an appalling exbibition of filthiness would be per- mitted, Washington street, along 1t8 entire tength, as it stands, vividly recalls to the miud of the be- holder Marco Polo's descriptions of the thoroughfares jn Spanish Town before the introduction of sinks and draips, ‘The street is one vast trough of liquid mua, which rises above the level of the sidewalk and would flow over upun it but for the fact that a continuous bulwark of ashes, garbage and {ilth of all kinds, breast high, extends aloug the curb and keeps back the sludgy ude. NOT CLEANED FOR MONTHS. Not since iast tall, the unfortunate residents has there ¥een u shovellul removed, and they have grown 80 accustomed to the sight of these miniature moun- tain ranges on either side of the street that they have come to regard them aga matter of course, Rash, in- deed, would bo the pedestrian who should attempt to cross from one sidewalk to the other with a pair of ducking boots on, In the vicinity of Rector street the state of affairs simply beguars description, Tne ashes and filth hi been piled as high as its com- the miserable deni- of the locality have tired of climb. over the ridge to throw therr later coi ons into the strect, und have contented then with throwing it from the doors upon U sidewalk, where it lies un obstacle to be surmoun by the passing pedestrian. As for vehicles there is barely room in the iniddie of the roadway for a single wagou to pass in @ narrow defile between the two Low- ering ranges of sludge, and when two veliclos meet one 18 obliged to back out to the next street and le the other pass. The mud, lying more than fetlock deep along the whole road, aod the frequent quagmires of unsounded depth, however, keep ular all drivers who are not absolutely compelied to enter the thorough- lure—if such it can now be called, It 18 bo exaggera- tion to state that in front of sip tenements there are heaped up fifty cartloads of this putrescent mutter. Along in front uf Nos. 57-63 the residents bave managed the incuvus so doitly that the sidewalk Is quite free, but, tn order to do so, they bad to heap the stuff up in @ perpendicular wall to the height of six or eight feot. 1t is safe to say that if the sickening accumulations in Washingten, Carlisle, Albuny, Greenwich and adjacent streets should sud- deuly liquify the houses there would be flooded up to the second floors. No New Yorker, with any pride io his native city, could, without a blush of shame mant- ling his cheek, stand in one of those streets—not a stone throw from Broadway—and gaze along the bo ribie vista of filth, with a heap here and there sur- mounted by an Italian chiffouler engaged raking into its pestiferous depths, while miserable, begrimea jitule children draggled the filth below. RIDGES OF HARDENED GARBAGE. ‘The west down town portion of the city ts almost | equally disgracefal, Inthe lower part of Pearl sireot the merchants, in order to gait a passage for their ovelled the accumulated flith all over eet ip a ridge several feet high. ‘The way left is a course So narrow thut wagons cannot each other, but that is considered vetter than e whole way blockuded. Atthe corner of ure mountain of mingled garbage and ashes which has evidently been accumu- Jating for months. Having been apparently thrown at uw contiguous telegraph pole ag a target, it bas assumed such large proportions as to not ouly flow out into the street, but bas tumbled down from the top, upon the sidewalk which it now encumbers. From that point up to old slip thero is an absence of these mounds over the grave of cleantiness, but the street js Iterally flowing with semi-liqauid mud four or five inches deep, Ip the victnity of Wall street, however, mounds are “thick as leaves in Valombrosa,”’ and eatin is gained by the addition of bali a dozen heaps of Belgian pavement dlocks scattered among them. Meaowhile the holes in the street from which the sald blocks were removed are fillea with water and mud, forming regular traps Jor horses tect, and render- ing the sgrect impassabie for vehicles, Stone strect is in an almost equally deplorabie condition, and seen not to have been entered by an employé of the Street Cleaning Bureau for months. Heaps of ashes, sur- mounted with broken vottles, discarded tloor matting and rubbish of all kinds, stretch along its entire lengtu, and afford a tleld for the exertions of the men with the bags and hool who scatter the unsavory accumul: tions ou all sides in their search for something sal able. Dey street, below West Broadway, also uce attention sadly, | Even Bowling Greco, stretching along the Battery, has not becn kept in decent condi- tion, und heaps of filth swept up aro lett standing as monuments of the Street Cleaning Bureau's de- linquency. position would admit, and zens 1g A MOAT OF LIQUID FILTH. Going up town the oye 1s offended by the disgusting state of Thomas, Lisp.nard and York streets, aud with the flithy condition of Ca tract adjoining Hudsoo, The latter thoroughture needs a thorough purging, for, while the car companies have kopt the middle of the street clean, the mud and offul have been swept close up to the curb on the west side, aud there forms a sort of moat, which repels those who would venture to cross, Iu this sink yesterday were the carcases of several defunct cats to add further beauty to | the scene, Charlton, Morton and Clarkson streets should be seen to ut once by tho authoritics. East of Second avenue the most disgraceful filthiness prevails in Kleventh, Tweitth, Thirteenth, Seven; teenth, Eighteenth aud Nineteenth streets, where the e to be found in almost as great profusion as in Greenwich street Along avenues A and B, in Seventh, and in Fourth, Seventh, Eighth ana Ninth streets they’ also disgust the visitor and make the sale of sticking plaster to children a profitable trade in Among the most dirty streets might also be named lancey, Hester and Kssex. Some portions of Kast Broudway ure as bad us Washington street. A CITIZEN'S PROTEST. New York, March 13, 1877, To Tux Eprror ov tHe Heraip:— Availing mysolf of the opportunity afforded to the public by your generous action in giving space for the ventilation of the abuses and outrages to which it 1s subjected by corrupt and unprineipled politicians, 1 beg leave to say a fow words in relation to the present filthy condition of the streets of the Seventh ward, I | have resided in the ward nearly forty years, and during that time have never seen the streets 80 outrageously | filtpy and dirty, Ltis enough to breed a pestilence, and 1 fear will, it the Street Cleaning Bureau does not attend | immediately to the removal of the innumerable heaps | of filth and decomposed matter obstructing the streets, | Of those more particularly unclean I will mention Monroe, trom Catharine to Market, which has not had a broom or shovel upon ft since last October ; also Hamilton street, which ig in the same unhealthy con- dition, Ihave travelled a great deal over the worid since having my permanent home in the Seventh ward; but in Constantinople, whieh has the | reputation of being the dirtiost city jn tho world, in Cairo, in Rio Janeiro, or no other the above named sireets, We contribate to the rev- enue of the city as much, proportionally, as the kid glove gentry of Murray Hill, and it is an’ outrage that our crowded streets, where cleanliness is a great necessity, should be neglected as they are, while Mur- cots ure cleaned. Hoping this, combined with the other numerous complaints, may have the effect ot waking the som- nolent Strect Cleaning Bureau ito doing their duty in cleaning tho above named streets, Lam P. F, HARRINGTON, No. 25 Hamilton stroot, THE PORT OF NEW YORK, The following memorial was numerously signed at the Maritime Exchange yesterda: To me Hononanin 5 ‘The undersigned, the government sveks ty ald our © tree that this Collection district Bort Johnwon and Elteabothport, are obliged to gain clewrin ing with con rehandive again entering at New York betore DAY, MARCH 14, 1877.—TRIPLE SHEET. RAPID TRANSIT. THE WORK ON THE ELEVATED BAILROAD—THE OPPONENTS OF QUICK TRAVEL AND THE GIL- BERT ELEVATED RAILROAD—SCIENTIFIC EN- GINEERS INDORSING THE GILBERT PROJECT. In all probability the work in progress at the lowor end of the New York Elevated Railroad will be com, pleted and cars running over the tracks within ke, ‘It was the intention of the company to have every- thing in readiness by last Saturday, but the con, tructors interfered with this arrangement in not supplying material in time, The work Is, how: ever, by moO means suspended, Yesterday work- men were busy at the extreme end preparing for the few additional beams and other material trom the foundries, so that when they are received they can be | immediately placed in position, Tne chances are that by Monday next everything will be in order and the route from Whitebail street to the present terminus will be ready for the rolling-stock. On Monday a new dummy engine was used for the first time over the line and it gave great satisiaction. Another now dummy 1s In course of construction and will be deliv- ered suortly. The Elevated Railroad Company is work- jug quietly aud earnestly in carrying out the plan of rapid transit which it sot out to accomplish, ‘THE GILBERT KLEVATKED RAILROAD. The public ting On Monday night, hold by a number of Sixeh avenue property owuers and others interested in obstructing the rapid transit scheme on that avenue, does not seom to strike the projectors of the Gilbert Elevated Ruilway ag a very formidable op- position. ‘The value of assessed property cn the line of the route on Sixt! onue amounts to about $13,000,000, Several large estates and valuable inter- ests le aloug the route. Among some of those who are largely mterested may be mentioned the Astors, the Rhinelanders, the Remsens, the Pells, the Enos, the McCormicks an@ the Sherwoods, and the reports of that meeting fail to show that any of the vast in- terests which these names represent were present to sweil the opposition to rapid transit, WHAT WELL KNOWN ENGINEERS THINK. The description of the Gilbert road by one of the speakers atthe iate meeting “a bogus, Latunecioys fraudulent structure” only provoked a quiet smile o! contempt yesterday from those interested in the build- jug of the rapid trunsit road. The engineers who have indorsed the plans and works are among the first 1 this country and ia Europe, The names ot J. H. Linville, Keystone Bridge Company; Clark, Reeves & Co., Phe- nixville Bridge Works; B, Baker, of the London Un- derground Railroud; R. M. Ordish, a London engi- heer of note; August Lecog & Co., of Antwerp, Bel- gium, builders of the otterdam docks; 0, Chanute, Engineer of the Erie Railway ; Walter K: i] Resident Engineer of the St. Louis Bridge, and Gexeral Q. 5, Gil- more, are selected trom the many who approve of the plans for the construction of this road, Dr, Gilbert, who, by the way, is not a Jerseyman, but a New York pranenty has devoted years of close and attentive study to engineering and to this great problem, When in London some time since, making tnveatigatio: cerning the carrying out of his plans, he ascertained from the engineer of the London Underground Railroad that over the road proposed for this city on Sixth ave- nue and with the engines intended to be used he could “conduct the tages teufflc on the Metropolitan Road of London at the present rate of speed.” The rate of speed accomplished by the London road Is about forty miles an hour between stations, half mile apart, or at an average of fiiteen mi! our over the whole line. OPPONENTS TO RAPID TRANSIT, Every opposition that can te made to rapid transit ig made by the horse car companies and a small pro- portion of property owners. Public meetings and legislative action interpose to delay this great want of the people to reach their homes in the uptown dis- tricig in anything like decent time. Though work for the present 1s suspended along the line of the Gilbert Elevated Railway the company feel satistied that betore the snows of next winter the road will be in full operation. HORSE NOTES. The Spirit of the Times has just issued a very useful book to all persons interested in trotting and pacing horses. The book isa ‘Trotting aud Pacing Record for 1876,’ comprising summaries of all the trotting and pacing races tbat have taken place in the United States and Canada during the year, with the pedigrees of the horses engaged so far as known and numerous statistical tables carefully compiled trom official rec- ords. The book is tn convenient form, and can be carried in the pocket for immediate reference. ‘The association which controls the Charter Oak Park at Hartford met last week and voted to reduce the capital stock forty per cent, or from $89,450 to $54,000; also to cauce! the 100 shares in the hands of the Treas- urer. It was then voted to raise the capital to $75,000. The effect of these two schemes will be to wipe off the floating debt and put the finances in good shape. James Golaen, Lon Morris, Norcross & Morris, Hiram Woodruff, Luther Eames, George Hicks, D. W. Beckler and W. B, Buicher will train their horses @uring the coming season on the Mystic Park track, Boston. % The well known trotting mare Annie Collins is offered for sale, She has a record of 2:23%,. Annie is a well bred mare and as a campaigner bas few equals, HANDBALL AND RACKETS, ‘The indoor exercise at handball ana American rack- ets is fast growing in popular favor. McQuado’s Court yesterday was crowded with admirers of the games, Tho first event was a match at handball, in which Profeesor T. 8, Ryan, of Newark, and Wiliam Mollay, of New York, pluyed against James McDonald and John McDermott, both of Long Island City, the game being best three in five. The first game was won by Ryan and Mollay, the score betng—tirst, 21 to 13; the second by McDonald and McDermott, the score being 21 to 18. The third game was also won by McDonald and McDermott, the score being 21 to 12 | Then Ryan and Mollay went in with a vim, and by ef- fective piay won the fourth and Mith games and match, Scores, 21 to 19 and 21 to 10. ‘The second game played proved to be a highly inter- esting one at American rackets between David Buckley and Peter Woods, of Pottsville, Pa. on one side, and James Boylan and Samuel Miller, of New York, on tho other, best two in three games, fitteen aces up, which resulted iu the latter named players being deteated, Buckley and Woods winning two games out of three, | Score, 15 to 13, 11 to 15, 16 to 10. ‘A four-handed match’ was then played at handball, in’ which Joseph Taylor aud Henry Banks play against John Maguire and James Keegan, ail the players hailing from Poughkeepsie, The game was decided in fuvor of Taylor and Banks by the following score:—I7 to 21, 21 to 20 and 21 to 13, The day’s sport ended with a single-handed match at American rackets, in which Thomas Curry, of Wasb- ington Market, and James Dugan, of Jersey City, were purticipants, vest two in three games, fifteen aces up, which resuited in Dugan being defeated, Score, 15 to 11, 11 to 15, 15 to 9. BASEBALL NOTES. Tho annual Convention of the National Association ot Amateur Baseball Players will ve held at Cooper Institute (room 24) to-day, at four P. M, ‘The Hartford Club wili play their opening game at Prospect Park on Thursday, March 15, if the weather 4 fair, Manager Butler, of the Lowell Club, of Lowell, Mass., has engaged nearly all bis players for the coming som son, and expects to put (hem in training In a few days The plavers under contract are as tollows:—Wright, Foley, Sullivan, White, A. and F. Whitney. Thomp- son, lormerly of the V. B.’s, of Bridgeport, aud Hib- bin! of the Montaguos, will probably be engaged, if they are tt will add materially to tho strength of the teain, both in batting and felding. The League championship season opens on Tharsday of this week, and femains opea until the 15th day of November. Rake deel ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADES. Gilbert, of the Kings County Supreme Court, yester- day, by Counsel Mathew P, Breea, of this city; aiso an order to show cause why it should not be made perma- nent, restraming the St Patrick’s Mutual Alliance Association of Kings County and James Tierney, Presi- dont; T. F. Murray, Treasurer; John C. Hodges, Sec- retary, and three trustees of the said association from carrying out a contract by which they agr to pay & certain sum of money for @ band of music to accompuny the procession in the St. Patrick's Day parade. By a vote of 11 to 9 8 resolution was recently passed by the Executive Council of the association authorizing the payment of the band out ‘of the agsociation’s funds, The application for the in- jon ig made by Michaci Traynor on the part of those opposed to the resolution. It is claimed that the association is for benevolent purposes, that sick men receive Weekly aid, deceased members are buried, and that the mitiation tee and monthly dues go for these purposes, According to the constitution of the Mutual Alliance the payment for bands of music fs not authorized, and itis alleged the purade ts merely got up for the purpose of subserving political ends, ‘The order to show cause is returpable this morning, FUNERAL OF A JOUR.ALIST. ‘The funcral of Michaol G. Yates, journalist, whodied on Saturday last in his fiftieth year, took place yester- aay afvernoon from his family residence, No, 80 Henry street, Brooklyn. ‘Tho services, which were weil tended, were conducted in the house by Rev. C. H. A. Buikley, of the Congregationalist Church of Fort Henry, N. ¥. Deceased had been connected at various periods with the New York Sun, the Kvening Post, Commercial Advertiser, Democrat and other journals, Acnong the mourners at the services were Mr. Moses Beach, the former proprietor ol the Sun. The floral under the command of Captain Fred Watkins, wil sail bence to Queenstown and Liverpool, on Savarday, 17th int, at balf-past six A. Me and other me finally clearing for their port of destimation, causing great jos and delay to commerce without compensating udvan- tuge to the covernmont Kad as iu duty bound. aN were very hundsom jub acted as pall bearers. interred in Cypress Hill Cemeovery. Acommittee of the ‘Tho remains were A temporary injanction was obtained from Justice | A NCBLE CHARITY THE NEW YORE HOSPITAL AND ITS EVENTFUL HISTORY—THE NEW BUILDING IN FIYTEENTR STREET. When George 111, was still king, and the fires of American liberty yet slumbered in the breasts of our forefathers, ‘The Society of the Hospital im the City of New York im America” was incoporated and chartered, Tho charter recites the names of James Middieton, John Jones and Samuel Bard as the ‘loving subjects” at whose instance the instrament was conceded; and the reason given was that ‘there had been a subscription set afoot by them for the purpose of crecting @ publio hospital tn our said city of New York,” &c. This curious document concludes in these words:—‘‘Witness our right trusty and right well beloved cousin Joho, Earl of Dunmore, our Captain General and Governor Chief, in and over our said province of New York andthe territories depending thereon ia America, Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the sam our fort in our city ot New York, by and with the consent and advice of our Council tor the said province of New York, the thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord 1771, and of our reign, the eleventh.’’ THE OLD HOSPITAL, In the days when the Society of the New York Hos pital received its charter there was hardly a house in the city north of where the Hzra.p office now stands, The far-seeing trustees of the corporation wisely pur- chased a block of land bounded by Broadway, Thomas and the contiguous strects, Here the frst hospital buildings were erected, but being diverted from the original use during our Revolutionary War it was occupied by the Britith and employed as a barrack. In 1775-6 \t was burned to the ground, and the site was not again built upon until the year 1786, when the stracture, which finally took the sbape of the old hospital that remained standing an- til 1871, was commenced In the meantime the hospital keeping pace with the almost upprecedented prosperity which has marked the brief history of our commercial emporium, had, under the judicious management of its elective Board ot twenty- six Governors, acquired a widespread reputation as well ag great wealth. From the 1st of February, 1792, when the hospital was first formally opened, till the 19th of February, 1870, there were admittea into the hospital 144,137 patierts of all nationalities, In 1869 the Board of Gov- ernors determined to demolish the old edifice Tho Board ot Governors Paving urchased the well known Thorne mansion, which ts built upon a choice site, fronting on Sixteenth street, and now running through to Fifteenth street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, moved the offices of the hospital there some seven years ago. THE N&W BUILDING. ‘The new hospital on Fifteenth street will be formally opened on Friday morning. The structure is at once the most complete und best appointed of its kind that is known to exist anywhere. It {s six stories high aud has a breadth of {rent measuring 175 teet on Filtcenth street, The vuilding is constructed of pressed brick, ornamented with brown stone facings, It possesses every facility for the treatment of disease, and new appliances for the comfort and convonience of the patient meet the eye everywhere. THE APPOINTMENTS, On the Fifteenth street side ot the building thore is ‘& roomy arched entrance for the use of umbulan wagons and tradesmen’s vans, while a short distan to the east of this entrance is a broad flight of steps which lead into the well venti! and extenzive dis- pensury. This is flush with the fine suit of rooms used by the governors, offices and other apartments, which are enterod from Sixteenth street. The next floor of the new structure is flush with the library, museum and pathological cabinets of the old one, an containa the offices, reception-rooms and apartments ulty. On each of the next three floors above two wards, each having twenty beds. As structure is fire proof throughout, it will not be insured. ‘The walls ure hard plaster fin- ished; the wamscoting is of polished marble, and the flooring consists of colored unglazed tiles, laid out in pleasing designs resembling mosaic work, A double revolving fan, turned by steam, drives through the different waras a current of fresh uir that keeps the apartments well ventilated. An electric annunciator at each bed enables the pa- tient to communicate at pleasure with the nurse, station is in @ room adjacent to the ward. the bed is abrass bar supported by an arm out from the wall, to which a handle isattached the sick person may raise or move himacit A semi-cir- ent where! 1m bed, The beds are nearly ali of tron. cular bar, pierced with holes to receive an iron enables the nurse to raise the bed to any conven’ angle for the comfort of the occupant. The under mattresses are of a flexible web of double wire. The laundry ie on the top of the building, in the apart- set out under the Mangard roof, furnished with new and improved machinery for washing, drying, mangling, tron- tng, &c, Under the laundry is the kitchen, which ts a model for convenience, n ments and is been employed by the archi- go as to provent, if possibie, an accumulation of poisons from lodging in the walls and floors, ‘THE PATIENT'S PARADISE. Over the root of the old hospital, and connecting with it by a glass lighted passageway, is a beautiful conservatory contatuing rare exotics. This tastefully laid out space is 120x60 feet, and is furnished with tive quaria, One side is devoted to male and the other to female specimens of the differeut species on view. This “solarium,’’ or convalescing room, is on the filth floor, and admits a flood of lite-giving sunlight which only requires to be transmitted through “blue glngs”” to make the place perfect as modern art and science can make it. The childron’s ward, with beds for twelve littie sufferers, looks out through immense, weil lighted windows on Fifteenth street, The medical horary, in the old wing of the hospital, contains some 15,000 volumes, and 1s supposed to be the most complete and extensive of its, kind in America The dissecting and lecture rooms, the dead house and colls aro most appropriately appointed. Next door to the dead hou: an office fur the use of the Coroner. ‘The hospital ts not a freo one. Board and attendance will be churged for at the rate of $1 50 aday, except- ing in specially interesting cases, when the patiunt may be admitted without charge. Spectal rooms and attendance can be had at from $20 to $50 a week, The furniture in the apartments 1s made trom a fine quality of birdseye maple. The following medical staff has been appointed by the board of governors :— Medical Superintendent in Charge, Dr. Francis M. Weld; Conguiting Physicians, Drs. Willard Parker, Al- fred C. Post and W. H. Van Buren; Attending Physi- cians, Dra. William H. Draper, 1 homas F, Cock, Charles B. Hackley, James N, McLane, Governeur M. Smith and Woolsey Johnson; Attonding Surgeons, Drs, Charles M. Allin, George A. Peters, Robert F. Weir, Henry B. Sands and Thomas M. Markov; House Surgeons, Drs. C. H. Knight, Holt C. Wison and 8. 8. Kabn. The dis- pensary will be under the charge of Drs. 8. F, Morris, George F. bach hag Frank P, Foster, Gustayus 3, Winston, Beverly Robinson, Thomas A. McBride Francis P. Kinnicutt and Allan McLean Hamilton. NEW YORK OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, The twenty-fifth annual commencement and recep- tion of the New York Ophthalmic Hospital was held last evening in the lecture room of the institution, at the corner of Twenty-third street and Third avenue. ‘The exercises commenced avout eight o’clock with Suppe’s “Poot and Peasan then followed the open- ing prayer by the Rev, Dr. Kinnard, Vice President G. W. Clarke succeeded, and in a few introduc- tory remarks gave a brief history of the institution, Established in 1822, he traced its progress down to the present day. At first the only diseases treated by its staff were those connected with tho eye. In 1869 the charter of the hospital was alterea and diseases of tho ear were included among tne cases treated. A bill is now before the Legislature to admit of it treating poor | oegrcted suffering trom affections of the throat. ‘ho average attendance at the hospital at present ie | about 124 The institution is not only a hospital, it is also a college, and the reason why there 18 not a greater number of gradu. the commencement—there being only two last t—the Vice President re- marked was because of the thoroughness of course and the severity of the examiaation, The hospital ia in a prosperous condition and is out of debt. President Thomas C, Smith then called up the grad- uates before the platform, on which were assombied | the faculty and trustees of the institution, and awarded the Ss er Tho names of the succesaial graduates aro J. N. Anderson, M. D., of Simeo, Cal, and F. P. Lewis, M, D., of Buffalo, N. Y. ‘The closing remarks were made by Colonel Thomas an appropriate and witty ad- ing weil deserved compliments to of the city, he t the New York Ophthalmic Hospital received no aid from the State and but little assistance from the city. The inatitation is evea com- pelled to pay taxes, though it has proven itselt to be one of the most worthy charities of the city, BROOKLYN'S SICK HORSES. Two new stables havo been erected on Gates avenue, Brooklyn, for the accommodation of those horses of 0 Green and Gates nue car line that have so far japed contagion from the disease which has pre- vailed among tho car horses during the past two weeks, Since the transfer of the horses from their old quarters no new cases have manifested themselves, and as the new ound itis thought that stables aro built on higher from the terrible hyd they can be kopt entirely f ease, Up to tue prosont ti bout sixty horses ol the above line have died, oa gs loas to the Brook- lyn City Railroad Company of about $9,000, Since the rst breaking out of tho disease about 160 horses have been aflicted ettoer with influenza or cerebro spinal health thoy will be remov: ; bul + sick ones begin to im- | meningitis tas the present sic! a yyy p~4