The New York Herald Newspaper, May 12, 1877, Page 6

6 RUSSI The War Feeling Petersburg. BEACONSKIELD = ©AND —- GORTSCHAKOFF. Muscovitish Opinions of Ameri ca’s Opportunities, St. Peteasncra, April 24, 1877. Diplomacy, which since the Crimean War has come to be regarded as competent to furnish ao anodyne tor | every angry tbrob between Ottoman and Slav, bas failed dismaily, The Andrassy note, the Berlin Con- ference, the Constantinople Conterenee and lastly the London protocol have neither awakened the Turk to a sense of his anomalous style of government in Europe nor enabled Kussia to avoid the war forced upon her by circumstances, ‘There is a limiteven to tne power of the Actocrat of all the Russias, and this would have been rudely broken through had Russia crushed down the sympathy of the people for their brothers of race and religion undergoing such oppression across her borders atthe hands of the hereditary enemy of the orthudox Russian, The government realizes most keenly that war meaus to Russia woree than mero waste and bloodshed, It means a retrogression In tho prosperity of the country which has made such gigantic strides under the prosent Emporor, It moang hushed factories, an empty treasury, and, porhaps, digaflection in those parts of tho country vot yet weidod into the inass, and beyond these severe costs it means, so far us can be foresecn, outside complications likely to rock the Empire to its centre, Yet Russia cannot hesitate She feels that in tbe concessions al- ready made to the whims, to the procrastinations and to the political jealousy of England ber own honor has barely escaped tarnish, and Leyond this lies the con- victioa that a war has tO come sooner or later on this same issue, and that, meanwhile, the condition of the Christians in Turkey is not being ameliorated, ACCRETING THE WAR, The result of this feeling :$ a quiet, resolute accept- ¢ of the conflict, and a set determination to lose no Strength im vaporing cnthusiasnt und to waste no force :n talking about it The Russians realize that the Turks will fight better than ever before, and, although confident of ultimate success, they antict- pate hurd knocks and temporary reverses, There is something of the same fecling manifest as was dis- played {a America tn 1863; a hulf’ regret that the work bas to be done, but a determination todo it if de- struction should bo the price to be paid. RUSSIAN VIEWS OF BNGLISH POLICY. A large party here bold as a matter of faith that the dominant English party's obstinate obstructivouess, nuwillingness to seo facts and decided support of Tur- key bas not arisen from mere stupidity or from ultra- conservatism, but 18 the result of a deliberate plan, hatched by Lord Beaconsfield, to bring about war, and then to take advantage of Russian exhaustion to se- cure Constantinople and the Bosphorus for England, This hypothesis would explain in a logical manner England’s policy, and would, if worked out, add Con- stautivople—that coveted buck door to the Indian pos- gessions—to such geographical triflys as Gibraltar, Malta and the Straits settlements, AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA. But in tho present instance as Mr. Bull will not help to pay lor Whe music he 18 not likely to be allowed to dance, 111s au open secret here that Austria and Russia are completing a distinct agreement, if not indeed a secret treaty, and hat tts terms embrace an occupation by anda cexsion tu Austria certainly ot Bosnia, and probably of more territory now classed as If, as 18 aiso Understood 10 be the cuse, Ger- her reward for encouraging Turkey the pleasure of socing the Bosphorus the bands of a leas triendly and amach stronger power than tho broken down Mussulman, KUSSIAN ANNEXAT! Altbough the Czar was, beyond fn disclaiming any idea of conquering territory for ADneAation he 18 not above the logic of circumstances, and i may, aud probably will, occur that he wail be obliged to rule in part of European Turkey, and should Austria conpive aud Germany consent it ts difficult to seo bow England can do otherwise than grumblingly assent, for she could only ally with France, thus giving Germany tue chance prayed for of renewing tho Franco-German war, or With Italy, who 18 Luo (reshiy flouged as a “great ' Power?’ to make such nations as Germany and Russia inimical to her. Moreover, Russia could, and doubtless would, give England an entertainment io the direction of India which would Consume most of that Power's spare time, A KOW IN THE BRITISH EMBASSY, There is considerable comment made in political Circies concerning a discussion two evenings ago ut a dinner given at the British Embassy, The disputants were Lord Loftus, the English Ambassador, und Baron Jomini, the later being Prince Gortschakol’s right faujutant. The topic was tbe prospect of kug- "s reaping any benetit trom the war, and the tem- per of the controversy became more acrimonious and open than diplomatic rales prescribe, If cach ono of the distinguished opponents fairly represented his government England is determined that Russia shall derive ho benellt of a material Kind from the war, and Russia is equally determined tbat England, having lomented the difficulty and declining any responsibility in it,shali be yfnored in aay future concern of the Balkan peninsula, This is the wore surprising when it ts re- Inembered That the jewlousies and rivalries in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Afuirs are so great as most to forbid harmonious action among its mom- vers. Prince Gortschukof has held the reins so long that a faction has grown up among bis subordinates, who anticipate increase of power from the retirement which advancing age and, his detractors add, failing mental Vigor 18 sure to £090 Indue THK COMING MAX. The rising man is Ignatiel, who beyond being trained diplomat is a distincuively Russian after tho true Kussian heart. Capable of grand ideas, ol generous impulses and of enorinous sell-sacritice, his altar contains beyoud self ouly one god, that ‘ofa ambition to see bis country dictate everything to Etrope and a perfect willingness that the United Stat@s shali dictate everything to America, He 18 @ gfana cevtralizer, and bis xpparent concessions ingland iu the late conferences and joint actions toward arranging the vexed Easterp question were simply to give the Dvsraeli-Derby party the rope be felt assured Would be used to Ue their ysefulness and power to a floating Wreck of misspent opportunity. n this big judginent bas proved corr issue the present difficulty may have asa inentor, guide and arbirator im the affairs of Europe is weakened past repair. AMBRICA IN KUS! optlar in Russia said yesterday :—"Of course stroyed that of the United aud the unbroken fricoa ates during the ship between Russia and America needs even a less | excuse for our dear friends, whose land the Atiantic AG oceans separate from ours, to mid Us in & which Amorica cab appreciate as Europe ‘4 por: Absurd as this opinion is it seems to li classes, and even English residents in {From tho Salt Lake Tribune, May 6.] ‘The Sultan makes things lively once in a while by shreatening to unfurl the standard of the Prophet. | This flag 1s a tremendous power in bis bands, and should he throw it to the breeze, there would be a perfect storm of blind Janaticisim unloosed, for in , that sacrea emblem the followers of Mohammed seo | an appen! to their devotion to rally to the defence of thir altars and their fires, and should the green ban- nor ever be raised alott, farewell to all hopes of local- izing the war, as turbaned Warriors would rush to the®reecuo from all quarters—Sonthern Europe, Asia, Northern Atrica—where the name of the Prophet is wored, and alt the terrible features which mark every religious struggle would = form part of the present contest, Our own Prophet, Loo, the lenger of tie hosts of Isracl, seems to be pre= paring to uniurl his biood-drenched rag. He ia arming And drilling 18 followers with great activity, and ape peaix to their fapaticiam are being made in the res hearsal of the story Of “our persecutions.” We do not wish to lart the feelings of His Imperial Majesty the Suitan by saying there are many points larity between the two leaders of the fattht Ditoman yovernment bas become a’ pub! ance— away behind the age, his people unassimilative, crucl in their instincts, impure in theit morals and statned with many crimes, among which the Bulgarian atroct- ties are the most biood eurdiing. Brigham’s title close corporation, set up tn the heart of freo Republic, bas aigo become a public nutsance, and the voice of the American people 16 revty unanimous th demanding that it be overturned, Poiyxany fs an abomination 4 Christian community fanvot away With, and his obstinate miscule s in the Way Of progress and devesopment that it ean no jenger plead & reason to be. The brutal excesse wreaked by the fanaticnl Turkish goldiers upon a de- fencelees population produced a thrill of herror Throughout the civilized world. Ana so the treacher- Jion of the Arkansay emigrants, with the ede of blood done in this darkened laud, “ ‘ame of God,’? bave caused such a horror in me dyecricas people that they demand jastice upon te hens of those Who are responsible for the erin we, ask that this dangerous vecle etuaily broken Up. 3S et the. Oxmunlls und are hh to give them a rude shaking And 89 the officers of the jaw are faling soul of this Utah tostivation and will be Nikely to roe jt down before they get through with it, Im both ¢ any oiner ae 8, having infailibiliiy to guide sents to this agreement, England will gain as | Il question, sincero | a ial | to | nds #0 | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1877.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. them, no concessions can be made to the present age, po departure from the assumed will of the Lora. Hence the tasue will have to be fought out—in Europe with rifled and battering trains, ig Uiab with judicial forma ana criminal processes. If the conflict grows 60 botas to be uncomforiabie for the Turkish ruler he can let fly the flag of the Prophet and stir up fanatic rage of his followers in ransom of b throne. And if in Zion “the damned, cussed bounds of the law” become too familiar in their attentions 10 Brigham he can crook his historic little finger, unfurl that red bandanna of his, ard unsheathing bis bowlc- koile hide in the last ditch. These unco gude folk are guing to make ® valorous defence of tneir harems in both hemispheres, but the car of progress will roll cn, and any bovine that seeks to hiuder it will experi- ence ® terrible upheaval for his obduracy. THE FIGHTING SIXTY-NINTH. Livrem Rock Banracks, Ark., May 8, 1877, To tux Epitos oy THE HERaLD:— I ask the privilege of correcting through your col- urpns some of the mistakes and inaccuracies which are found in am article that appeared in one of your con- temporaries of a recent date, entitled The Fighting Sixty-ninth,” &e The writer of that article ts igno- rant of the subject or designedly incorrect in several of his statements, The Sixty-pinth New York Volun- | tcors, First regiment of tho Irish brigade, and the Sixty-ninth New York State militia were two separate and distinct organizations, The Sixty-ninth New York State militia was organized {n 1851, and on the break- ing out of the late civil war enterod the service of the United States for threo months, not for thirty days as the writer of tho article states, Alter the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, the regiment returned to New York and was mustered out Of the service of the gen- eral government, its early history 1 will pass over with the remark that !t was organized under the com- mand of Colone)] Charles S. Roe, Its subsequent com- manders were Colovels James R. Ryan and Michael Corcoran, Colonel Corcoran {so well knowa that Tl need say notbing of bim, but Colonols Roe and Ryan were buth good disciplinarians, and ander them the regiment attained a high 81 of discipline, I joined the regiment in 1853, and was its lieutenant colonol at the commencement of the war tn 1861. Colonel Corcoran was in arrest at this timo for refusing to parade his regiment tn honor of the Prince of Wales. L made a tender of its services to Governor Morgan through General Sanford, then commanding the First division, New York State militia, The General refused to accept of the tender uniess some assurances in writ- ing were obtained trom the olllcers of the regiment that they were willing to take the field, 1 assured him that such assurances would be easily obtained, but remarked a'so that there was uo resemblance between the present case aod the Jate reiusal of the regiment to parade in honor of the Prince of Wales; that every man of us Was willing to defend the flag of his adopted country, The regiment was finally accepted for treo months, aud left New York ior Agnapolis op tho 23d duy of Apri, lt fought at Bull Rua, where Colonel Corcoran was taken prisoner, and returned to Now York, and was, mustered out of service, as already siuted, August 3. It immediately resumed its State organization, which it has continuously kept ¢ present time. The present colonel is Jam hagh. Colonel Cavanagh was major of the Sixty- ninth New York Volunteers, under my co:n- | mana, and was in service, being distingtished tor bravery aud general good conduct, until alter the battle of Fredericksburg, in 1862, when be was severel; wouuded aud forced to retire from active service, now proceed lo give you the bistory of the organiza. tion uf the Sixty-minth New York Volunteers, ‘Tho Tegimont was recruited by me irom my Irish fellow ‘ntrymen in september and October of 1861, and I s commissioned as its colonel on the 1st day of November, The Sixty-third ana Kighty-eighth regt- mente were recruited atthe same time, The sixty- niuth joined the army on the Potomac Novomber 21, and the Sixty-third on the Ist day of December. The Eigbty-eghth followed a few days after. The Irish brigade was organized on the day of the arrival of the Sixty-third, and I was, a8 the senior colonel, placed in command by General Sumner. General Meagher joined in February, 1862, on veing commissioned a brigadier general, ‘The writer of tho article referred to speuks as if the Irish brigade was ¢ Fair Oaks, Such was not the fought that day on the right of the Filth New Hampshire, while tho Sighty-eighth was on avother part of the field, the Sixty-third paving been ordered back to the Chickabominy to ussist the actillery in crossing. The story of General Meugher spiking two guns of a Virginia battery is incorrect, Nothing of the sort took place. General Meagner was not even in command at the time, being im arrest. I was in command of the brigade at the tight at Savage Station. The day following General Meagher was re- leased from arrest and commanded bis brigade in the battle of White Oak Swamp. During the battle of | | Malvern Hill, July 1, General Meagher became | separated {rom the’ brigade and tho com. | mand devolved on me. it was night. and j the enemy by a flank movement was seeking to get to the rear of our position, At this time the brigade was in columus of regiments, the Sixty-ninth being sn front and the Eighty-eigith forming the sec- oud line, On discovering the intentions of the enemy 1 threw back the left wing of tue Sixty-ninth and or- dered the Eighty-eighth to form on its left, The two regiments made a successful charge, repulsing tho enemy aud capturing a number of prisoners, among them Lieutenant Colonel Waggerman, of tbe ‘Tenth Lousiana, now Sheriff of the city of New Orleans. ihe writer so ofven referred to leaves the impression on the reader that Genera! Meagher commanded durin the entire engagement at Malvern Hill, and 1 have stated hese facts in relation to that battle to estab- lish my own claim to having been in command a por- tion of the time. The writer alludes to an affair which, had it occurred, would bave becn on the 17th of November, 1562, the day on which the Second corps arrived at Falmouth. He sayst—‘Near Hartwood Charch the Irish brigade was ordered by Sumner to advance up the road toward Falmouth, to gce it any of the enemy was there, As they did so the enemy revealed a bat- tery across the river, and Sumner ordered them to charge on jt, They plunged into and through the Rap- pahannock, and, charging, at once captured the guns. AS they dashed into the camp they gave one Insh | cheer aud kicked their way through the camp fires, scattering pots, kettles, trying pans and coffee pots in deligbuul conlusion, and the enemy, taken by gur- prise, fled without firing « shot. General Hancock, Who withessed the scene, cried out in delight, ‘Gen. eral Meagher, [have never seen anything so splen- did.’?? No such affair took place. The brigade did not | Cross the river until the 12th day ot December, the duy before the “big fight”? The order to croxs tho | river was given by Generai Sumner to General Han- | cock to take his division across the river, but the order wag couniermanded when the division was o: its way to Faimonth. On this occasion General lian cock, Whose praise was always bighly prized, did com- pliment the Sixty-ninth on the alacrity with which it | obeyed the order, At the moment of receiving the command the regiment was engaged in putting up its | tents, but within three minutes it was under way and on march. General Hancock said, “This is quick work, sir.” In bis reference to the battle of Fredericksburg | the writer quotes from the Joudon Y'imes, which guve | to Genera! Meagher tho honor of haying commanded | the Irish brigade in the charge ap Marye’s Hoights. It thie writer Know anything personally of this battie he could hardly have dared to venture on an 1adorse | ment of such a statement, General Meagher was | | suflering trom a surgical operation and was una- | ble to tend his brigade on foo, Ho In- | tended, to bave commanded mounted, but an | order from General Hancock directed that all mounted | | officers should yo into the battle on foot. ‘Ths de- | prived General Meagher of his commana and the sane {| devolved on me as the next officer in rank, All this | | General Meagher states in bis official report, now on file in the War Department aud woich was pablished by him in the New Yorn HxnaLp in December, 1862, Ii is an Listorical fact beyond dispute that | aid com- | mand the Irish brigade in the battle of Vredoricksvurg, December 15, 1862, aud am entitled to whatever credit attaches to that tact, So much that is Incorrect has been written im relavion to the Ireh brigade that it would seem to be adnty on the partol persons ac- quaivted with its listory to give the publica truthful version of it, Oslleial reports of regimental and brigade commanders in the archives of ihe War Department, personal meioraada and recolicctions of olticers, logether with the war correspondence of the New | York dailies, would turmish sufficient material for a | correct history, and if | was not aware that Colonel | James B. MeGoe 1 possessed of suificiont data and he | day, a reliable history of the services’ of the Iristt | brigade, 1 shuald be disposed to ask aoino surviving member of the command to perform for it that pious duty. but Colonel MeGee is highly competent for che task which, to hin, would be adaty of love, and to Lim st shonid be inteusted, In that history justice will be done to tie brave and eloquent Meagher, who needs ho fictitious exploits to endear him to the hearts of his surviving comrades or give him a brilliant page in the annals of the great rebellion, Respecttully, your obedient servant, ROBERT NUGENT, Major Twenty-fourth infantry, late Colonel Sixty-ninth New York volunteers, Irish brigade, A CARGO OF DESERTERS. The echooner Fothon, Captain J, R. de la Mar, arrived tn this city last night from the Cape de Verde Islands, bringing nineteen deserters from Atnorican whaling ships, who bad shipped principally at Now Bea- ford. The nationalities of the men are American, Portu- guese and Spanish, The wages paid some ot wo de. serters, notably tho foreigners, were ridiculoagy low, Among the batch was EK. A. Smailey, a Chicage ook. keeper, who, it is alleged, loft that placo to avoid | being summoned in the crooked whiskey suits, and | Who shipped ag a “green hand’ in the whaler Metropouls w Bedford, and desert Cape de Verde Isinnus, As soon as the ¥ vo her moorings be sprang ashore, and is now doubly less on his Way bome to Unio, Another individual With a strange story was ‘Captain’ £, W, Gates, Who claims to have commanded one of Moners, Yates & Portersficld’s vausels, of (uss city, trading with Africa, He says tho natives stole his ship und cargo near Lagos, and stripped him of nearly ail bis clothin i resides on Staten Island, Tho transport to New York of these worthies costs the United States their keep in the Cape de Vorue Islands as more, United States Condul Thomas M. Terry of plaice was forced 10 pay $3 50 « week board mol cach, Some of the party bad been on his han months, Captain De la Mar informed a Hwnasd re- porter that some of them on the voyage to this port ‘wore too lazy to tura round.’ | | it in contemplation to give the pnblic, at no distant | |THE NEW BERGEN TUNNEL. COMPLETION OF AN IMPORTANT WORK—THE ENGINEER'S BEPORT—A COSTLY UNDERTAK- ING—THE OPENING TRIP TO-DAY. ‘The new Bergen tunnel of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad is at last completed. To-day it will be opened jo traffic, and thore who live along the line of the old Morris and Essex and the Boonton | braneb will bave cause for rejoicing. Owing lo the constant delays of traing on this road at either end of the Eric tunnel it was found to be absolutely necessary to the development of the traffic controlled by the company that anew and a shorter route should be, established, The increase of traffic on the Bric Railway nas beon so great that at certain hours of the day the Dela- ware und Lackawanna trains are subjected to voxatious delays at the Erio tunnel. From tne day when the celebrated “frog” war was Inaugurated at the west end of the tunnel to the present time there have becn end- Jess disputes between the two companies regarding the right of way. The pew tunnel will not only aftord spcedy accommodation, but will ehorten the | distance from Hoboken to the Huckensack meadows | two-thirds of a mile. The present route has a very abrupt curve at either end of tho Erie tunnel, whereas the new route will be a diroct line from the depot in Hoboken a distance of three miles, This will effocs a saving in time of tem minutes, besides avoiding the wear and tear incident to curves, i! As tho new line starts {rom tne Hoboken ferry only a few feet above tide water mark i$ hag been Jound necesgary Jn order to cross the Erie road at tho west end of the tunnel, to ie the new hine up a hoary grade, The summit of this grado he west end of ne new tunnel where fcrosses the Erie 200 tect from the entrance and at angle of about sixiy acerecs. Tho line crosses three streets and a branch of the Erie Ratlway, oast of Sergon Hill and two streots and two ralilroada west of the opiil, ‘The marshy character of the soi! and the great depth of mud rendered it necessary, especially a: the eustern side, to use a large quantity of filling. ‘The piers of one bridge had not been completed more than ‘a fow weeks when half of the immense pile of masunry disappeared, The broken rock taken from tho exciva- tion disappeared in the mud as fastas it was “dumpod"? for several weeks, forcing the soil up on cither side to a height of nino feet above the former love! and ata distance of 100 feet from the embankment, Karsh filling would have been superior, in the opinion of the engineer, but earth filling was scarce, while stone was plentiful on the route, ‘THK ENGINKER’S REPORT. Mr. Archibald, chief eagiweer of the Deiaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad presented his re- port of the completion of the great euterprise to Mr. Samuel Sloan, Prosident of the company, yesterda and the latter gentleman Kindly furnished it to a re presentat ithe Hxxap. The report, though not lengthy, is very comprebensive, Aiter setung forth the difficulties encountered in the work tho report states that the new route Is fully completed and upen for traffic, Shafts Nos. 2, 3 ard 6 and the pocket’? aro yet to be ‘lined,’ but tho work will not interfere with the ruoniog of trams, Tho survey was made in the spring of 1873, aud tho con- tract Was awarded on the 26th of August in the same year to Mr. John McAndrew, of Scranton, There was ‘considerable delay in the progress of the work, arising trom the panic aud from several strikes, The tunnel js straight aa well as the main line, three quurters of a mile west and halfa mile east, The grade on the east ts thirty feet from the river, ascending to the bridge over the oil track on the Eric, fifteen teet to the mile ‘through the tunnel to the summit over the Erie, where ft attains an elevation of thirty-eight und a ball feet above nigh tide, The grade then descends west, on both the main line and the Boonton branch, twenty-six feet to the mile. There are eleven miles of single track !u the new improvement. DIMENSIONS OF THE TUNNEL, The tunnel is 27 feet m width and 4,219 feet in length, exclusive of the arch of 35 feet at one end and 25 at the other, making a total length of 4,279 teet, or et shorter than the Erie tunnel, ‘The shatts are seven in number, giving light and ventilation and con- etructed on @ plan surpassing & of any similar work in the country. Nos. 3 and 6 shaits are the full width of the tunnel, and all are surinoanted by a brick wall rising to a height of sixteen feet above the surface and open ou top so that the smoke may freely escape, CUTTING THE TUNNKL IX TWO, It was at first designed to have an open cut at shaft 4, which is about midway, to the extent of 300 fe but this idea was abandoned, and there was con- structed instead a large sbalt, 27 by 18 feet. Here a signal station may be placed, so that two trains may be run in the same direction at one time, thus doubl- Mng the capacity of the tunnel. A SOLID STRUCTURE, The masonry inthe side walls is two feet thick and ten ana a hall Linhoight, This is surmounted by a brick arch twenty-two incbes thick, covered with felt and asphaitum where thero 1s a chance of water leakage, The space between this and the rock is filled with broken stone and concrete. The arching $s carried three-fourths of the: length of the tunnel, the remainder being a solid mass of rock, 80 that no apprehension may be felt in regard to the lall- ing of fragmeuts of rock. A better idea of the extent of the great bore muy be formed from the fact that 94,000 cubic yards of rock and 76,000 cubic yards of earth were excavated therofrom. In bridging the tan, nel 10,000 cubic yards of rock and 500,000 brick were laid (though the contractor estimates the number of brick at millto! ‘The track is of sixty-eight pounds stecl railand the ballast consists of broken stono. rock was found to be difficult to drill but easy to frac- ture. THR COST IN HUMAN LIVES, The number of men employed i the work waa 600 on av average, working in two gangs night and day of ten hours each. Thirteen men were killed, either by failing down shafts, by prematuro explosions, by being struck with pieces of failing rock or by being rub over by cars, and about a dozen moro or less tujured, An instance 18 related of one man who was injured and narrowly escaped death. He was removed to another part of the tunnel, where he was killed a few days af- terward, OUTSIDE THE TUNNEL, The bridge over tho Hackenenck River {s second only in importance to tho great excavation itself, It con- tains two spans of 198 feet each and one draw span of 196 tet, the length of the bridge over all being 600 feet. The masoury and iron work Lave won the ad- miration of all railroad men who have inspected the struciure. A canal and dock are being constructed in Hoboken, which will be 600 feet in length and 90 fect in width, so that vessels may be loaded from the tracks on either side, COST OF THR WORK. Engineoring department Land, right of way, &c Hackepsack River bridge. Other bridges Stoel and iron. Contingencies, . Approaches, ea Approaches, west, iy jock this forenoon a special train, containing the President and directors of the railroad company and some invited guests, will | leave the depot in Hoboken and make the opening trip through the new tunoel ou to Morristown and return by the Boonton branch, At Patersou the party will Be the guests of the Hourd of Trade, by invitation of the President, Mr, Barbour, The train will reach Hoboken, on its return, by tour o'clock, OCEAN TRANSPORTATION, Atthe April meotinzg of the Cheap Transportation Aociation attention was called to what is considered 4n unjust discrimination in the matter of otean freights to New York, The case was stated inthe following way i Recently a New York bouse was engaged in negotia- tions for the gale of « iarge quantity of goods ior ship- ment to Toronto. Being low-priced goods the qu tion of Ireighis was important, It was iound that the lowest rate that could be obtained over the Erie or New York Central roads was Sic, to 0c. per 100 unds, while from Liverpool by Inman steamer to New York and thence over either road to Turont the rato was only 12% Ud. per tou, or 8c per l pounds, The goods, over 100 tons of second viass merchandise, were purchased in Liverpuol and shipped through, Tue froight from Liverpoolgo Now York 1s 20s, Od, per ton, inaking the cost of shipment trom Liverpool to New York by the Liman Line, and then | from New York to Toronto, over the Erie or New | York Central roads, 88¢. per 100 pounds, To discuss ibis question a commitiec, consisting of Mesars. Ambrose Snow, Harvey Farrington, R. J. Cortis, of the White Star line; W. H. Wiley, A. B, | Miller, Theodore ¥. Leos and B. Lichtenstein, met | yesterday, but came to no practical conclusion, ' The Tailroad representatives were not present and the meeting Was adjourned to give them time to attend or Bond memoranda to a future meeting. A LEA! On tho i4th of July, 1876, Maurice H, Blakemore, of No, 484 Classon avenue, Brooklyn, gave Robert Co!- HER SPECULATION, | well $2,000 cash, and promised to give $3,000 more, Yesterday at the Filty-seventh Street Court he ac cused Colwell of obtaining the above money under false pretences, Ho says that in July, 1876, Colwell advised him toepter the New York Loather Manufac- turing Company, assuring him of its yaluable stock, whieh bad aready sale. Colwell represented himsell us President of the company and told Blakemore that sho ‘Treasurership awaited his accepta' Blakemore on the assurances of Colwell purchased stock, handing over $2,000 in cash and $3,000 on a promissory note. Blakemore became treasurer, bat was soon discharged, without explanation, The money was not ed. to him, He, moreover, claims that the company has been insolvent and ina ruined condition, and that tt was so when Colwell indnced him to venture in, Col- well, on the other head, says Blakemore went into the company knowing overything und running all risks. ‘The case was set down for further examination and Colwell was paroled. POLICE AND POLICY. A raid was made by the Brooktyn police yesterday on a policy shop at No. 1,671 Pacific street, and Wille jam Vanco, twenty-eight years o! was arrested for 1 age, selling policy slips, jnglish abd Richard Fur- Tell were arrested | Madrid, or the Liberty of Creed, FE. Long, A. | Rachel Russell, KE. M. | The ART MATTERS. EDWARD MOBAN'S COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS. Under the compreby title, ‘Land and Sea,” the distinguished painter, Edward Moran, bas placed on exhibition at «ne Kurtz Gallery a repre sentative collection of bis wor! Whatever the finnmetial result may be this exhibition cannot but increase the estimation in which Mr. Moran is held vy art connoisseurs, Very few artists could afford to invite comparison between their own works, as bas been done In this collection, where some one hundred and twenty canvasses represent Mr. Moran ip THR rICTUREA, Very tew of these werks have ever been seen by the public, having gradually accumulated in the artist’s studio or been specially painted with a viow to just such en exhibition as tho presentone. The imme- diate enuse of the present sale is the intended depar- ture of the artist for Europe, re be intends re- aiding for some years, but the desire to vindi- cate bis claim to a first place among American artists, bas much also to do with th's exhibition, Al- though one of the most highly esteemed of our Ameri. cap artists, Moran has never received at the bands of the Nationa! Academy of Design that consideration to whieb he thinks himself entitied, and his treatmentthis year, when one of his finest piotures was consigned to the cold cbarity of tbe cerriaor, completed the break between him und the Academy, #0 he came tot! conclusion to have an exhibition of bis own where 1! ablic could se: @ judge his works for themselves, ery naturally a good map; of the pictures now exhibited ure smell, and aro of no very great importance, but — they by no means numero! Most of the small works interesting and Vigorous, being in many instances the original dosigos ior larger works, which have been bape ftoished. Thoy aro excellent ex- amples of the artist’s sty and are quite as diverse in subject and treatment as the larger works, Entering tho guliery there 1s yory little in the pictufes to suggest that they are the work of ono man, fact due no doubt in great part to the judgment with which tho pictures are arranged. THR FIRST KXAMPLES, Best known as a painter of marine subjects, Mr. Mo- ran appears to best advantage mw bie purely marive subjec: So great is his sympathy with the sea and with shipping that it requires little strevch of tho 1m- agination to beneve that he must bave been born on the ocean, Certainty vo other American artipt-—end tew of any country—can paint the motion of water as he can, of the driving of a sbip before the wind under full gail, Atmong the pictures in this collection are several ad- inirable examples of this, to as; Nis best class of work, Observe the canvas to which the place of honor hus been given, “The Victorious Madeleine.” It re- gents a yacht under a full bead of sail cleaving thrqugh & heavy foam-fecked and looking at the picture we can instinctively feel tho rusb of the wind ble craft strains under the load of canvas as the that threatens to topple her over. This picture 18 in- stinct with motion, the ship moves and the waves roll along angrily with a sense of power. Rverything about the canvas breathes of salt water and one can almost catch the smell of the trine, PICTURESQUE SUIMKCTS, On either hand near it are two works differing widely ip manner and treatmont—*Coa Fishing in Gardner's Bay,” which is a good cxamplo of what may be called the picturesque style of the artist, and ‘Discharging Cargo’? South Beach, 8. 1., which ts something ofa compromise between the picturesque and realistic. In the former work we have @ charming guneet effect with a lumbering boat in a calm sea, bathed in warm shadows of Venctian richness, and tn the other a somes what Duteh-looking lugger lies om tho straud from | which the sea bas retreatet. Both are mung and eflective pictures, In the “Burning of the Phila- delphia in the Harbor of Tripoli” and the “Sinking of ‘the Cumberland’? we have two spirited oxamples of dramatic treatment. The artist’s power of detecting the picturesque side of natnro is geen in his “Daybreak at Orient,” #0 full of subtic twilight charm and inystery o! lading shadows. Many, no doubt, will prefor “Moonlight on the Bay,” in which a phantomlike ship is seen, with loosened Jooming up against the sky, while the moon struggles Among the pictures by otber-art is a One view of “Luke Como,’? by Thomas Moran, aud u very effective landscape by W. Velten, of Munich. ‘*Music for the Million,” by Story, and a fine example of Feleadé Schneider cailed “The Bird’s Nest,’ a most attractive work Mi an artist whose pic- qures seldom fin their way across tho ocean. This interesting collection: will ve placed on exbibition to-day, and will be free to the public, Ou Thursday and y, LTth and 18th, tt will be sold by auction at Association Hall, SALE OF BARON GRANT'S PICTURES, At the concluding day’s sale of Baron Grant’s plo- tures there was again a crowded attendance of picture dealers, their patrons and the general public, ;who watched, with absorbing interest, tbe dispersion of a collection which 18 said to have cost Mr, Grant over $750,000. The first day’s sale reatized $210,065, and the second $319,835, or $529,950 in all. Only two in- stances occurred in which the price at which works bayo changed hands previously was exceeded. One ot these was The Temple of Osiris at Phile, by W. Maller. This, when sold among the Cope collec. tion a few years since, inthe same room, fetehed $9,000, and on Saturday Mr. Goupil bad to give $11,000 for it, The other instance of an advance was in F, D, Hardy’s Wedding Breakfai which was knocked down tor $3,800, or $50 more than Jt fetehicd at the Eden sale, Sir (Edwin Landscer’s famous picture of The Otter Hunt fetched the highest figure reached at the sale, bemg knocked down to Mr Agnow tor $28,250, W. PP. Pritn’s picture, Betore Dinner at Boswell’s Lodgings ia jond street, for which there was such a competition at the Manlcy Hall Grai bid nearly up to $25,000 betore he was successful, fell to Mr, -Agnew jor $15,250, The following are prices realized for the chief pictures in. Saturday’s gale, with the name of the purchaser:—vohn Linneil’s elsn Scenery, trom the Manley Hall collection, $7,250 (Agnew); Milking Time, by the same artist, $6.650 (White); Tito Melema, by Miss Elizabeth Thompson, tho subject being ‘rom’ George iot's Romola, $1,850 (Agnew); A Classical Landscape, by Sir A. W. Calcott, R. A., last from the Hargreaves collection, $3,050 (Avnew); The Venturesome Robin, by W. Collins, R. A., from the Farnwortu collectton, $4,000 (Agnew). The samo artist's Lo Bon Curé, which was bought at the Knots sale for $3,750, went to Mr, Agnew for $2,350, Haddon Hall—Rook Shooting, DV. Cox, $1,900 (Palmer); sir D. Wilkio's’ Penny Wedding, for which at’ the Gillot sale Mr. Grant gave $3,500 wont for $1,710 to Mr. Martin. T. 3. Cooper's The Guardian of the Herd, $8.100 (Agnew); Dutch Pinks (or fishing boats), on Scheviningen Beach, F. Cooke, K. A., $2,800 (Agnew); A Rainy Day, Peter Graham, A. R, .A., $8,800 {Wawa ; A Highland ‘Croft, Peter Grabam, $3,050 ( ela; $3,000 '(Winte); Si Francis Prenches to the Birds, Marks, $5,500 (Agnew); The Last) Moments of Raffaele, H. 0. Neill, A. BK A., $5,050 (Agnew), Outside the Cover, R Ansdell, Ro A., $2,700 (Har. land); The First Glimpse of the Sea, 7.’ Creawiek, R, ‘A. $5,250 (Agnew); Hopes, and Fears (two pictures), Mr. i. Frith, B.A. (purchased by Mr. Grant tot ! $4,500), $3,050 (Pope); Goutherds—Bay of Gibraltar, R. A. KR’ Andsdeil, R. A., $3610 (Agnew); ‘The Virgin's Bower, 2, H’ Cai R. A., $4,350 (Fostor); No- vember, T. S. Cooper, I. A., $3,260 (Agnew); St Michaci’x Mount, Cornwall, T. Creswick, BR.’ A. and R. Ansdell, R. A., $6,750 (Agnew); The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple, W. Holinan Hunt, $6,750 (Agnew); Lo Spozalizio, Bringing Home the Bride, Keoiey Haiswelic, BR. 5-4. (purchased tor $7,500 by Mr. Grant), $4,000 (Grindloy); The Emperor Charles V. at the Convent of Yuste, A. El- more, R, A., $6,000 (Agnew); Charics Il. and Lady Vard, KR A., $4,000 'Agnew); Hunt the Shppor, F. Goodell, R.A., $2,650 (Folack); Sea Earnings, J. OG, Hook, KA., $6,300. ( Pinto carrying off Proserpine, W. Kuty, RA. (pur- | chased at the Grilott sale tor $5,000), $3,550 (Rhoder) ; Opium Denier, W. Peaches, J. Sant,’ ReAy phino Siguing — the M. Ward, RA, $4,750 the Pomegranate, F. Leighton, KR. 'A., $8,825 ( Colnaghi); Winter Fuel, J. K. Milla, i. A., $8.00 (Agnew), Scotch Fire ‘and the Kaight Errabt, Vie~ | tory, U Lord, by the same artist, were also bought by | Mr. Agnow for $8,750, $7,260 and 65,250 re: vely. A portrait of Sir Walter Scout, by Sir Kawin Landseer, R. 0 (Bartlert), 50, and bis The etm tists Pros ‘s hack and a cab horse, Miller, $2,360 (Hogan); Jow $2,000 (Agn Act of yt (Agnew); ‘A., Which has nevor been epgraved, ay ‘ho same artist's a Highland Lassie, Outer Hunt $26,260 (Agnew). perity and Adversity, » lad, were bought by Mr. White for $7,050 and $7,150, ctively. Then followed ‘a dozen of Landseer’s drawings, purchased by Mr Grant ats the —sartist’s— gale = for. mach higher res, Which now foalized sums varying from $2,860 to $200. The Inst lot was Sir David Wilkie’a famous picture Of Napeleon |, and the Pope, whore Pins VII, 1 signing tho Concordat securing she re- ligions liberties of I rance—a picture famihar, (brough J. A. Robinson's line engravings, to every one. This was put Up at $5,000, and knocked down to Mr, Agnew for $9,000. BOOK SALES. The sale of valuable books at Bangs’ was concluded yesterday before a large attendance, The Irish books in this collection have eo far fotched the largest prices, and the princtpal private purchasers during the week have been Rev. Father O'Farroll, Bishop Spaulding and Eugene Kelly, There were nearly $,000 Looks in this collection, most of them rotating to Irish literature and the Romun Catholic religion, Tho sale was quite successful, shough a number of books sold below their valuc. MOR HOOKS FOR SAL. Jogued fer cariy sale, The first was bogua last even. ing at Clinton Hail, und ie the library of the Hon. J. 8 Trimble, of Tennessce, It inclades standard K lish and American vooks, such as Waverley nov {Abbotstord edition), Allison’s Europe, works, Milton's worka (Pickerin, B51; works, Knight's (origipal) pietorial edition ton’s ‘writings, Baylo’s Dictionary, Grote's Balzac’s complete works, a large paper copy ot Burton's Anatomy of Melanchviy, Rabelais’ works, large paper copy, printed on vellum paper; apward ol seventy artist prool engravings. Added to these are a number of fine art and iilustrated works, Including Hogarth’s works, 153 plates, atlas folio; lugram’s Memoriais of Oxford, three volumes, | tended, 1 3 | ‘The Messrs, Leavitt nave three largo libraries cata- | op per ; hd Portraits, four volumes; Mich: ani Rainy North American Sylva, 300 colored plates, Ove volum ’s Modern Painters, four | volumes, royal octavo; Soost’s Provincial Antiquities, 4wo volumes, large paper; Walton & Cotton's Com- plete Angier, two volumes (Pickering), 1836. " On Monday evening next the vale of the libraties of | two well known col embracing dearly threo thousand jot Part of this collection one and other Spanis: standards, with au extensive collection of works 0 the horse and borsemanship and on cookery. The rest of the collection was made by a Brooklyn genti man, and includes works on the history and geography ‘arth America, voyages, travels, &c, On Tuesday, the 22d, and following evenings, will be sold six hun- dred odd lots of illustrated books received trom Havana, comprising galleries of paintings and sculp- ture, architecture, picturesque voyages, econery, costumes, collections of eugrevinas and a valuable collection of works on nataral history. ‘ CREEDMOOR, THE MARESMEN OF THE SECOND BRIGADE, STATE NATIONAL GUARD, AT BALL PRACTICE, ‘The qualified marksmen of (he Second brigade, First division, N.G.S°N.Y., had falr weather yesterday for their first mocting this season before the butts of Creedmoor; The Ninth regiment vurned out 141 offi- cers, nop-commissioned ofMfcers and rank and file, under the command of Major Pryor; the Eleventh had fifty officers and mon on tho ficlu, commanded by Captain Keifer, and the Seventy-first placed on the gtound 127 officers and enlisted men, under tho orders of Major McAlpine, Lieatennnt Colonel Chad- i dock, of the Seventy-first regiment, was field ofticer in command; Major Urvis, brigade inspector of rifle practice, directed the firing, and Staff Surgeon Yowell, | of the Seventy-frst regiment, was on the fald to look after the sanitary arrangements. General Vilmar, on agcount of delicate health, was not on duty; but among the officers of his staff were noticed Colonel Van Wyck, Major Karle, Captain Webb, Captain Gilsey and others. The officers and men went through their fring protty oreditably at both the third and second class targets (200 and 500 yards) and the porcentago of those who again won the distinctive badge of marksmen in the different corps was very satisfuctory. The Ninth regiment qualified 101 men, the Kieventh 36 and the Seventy-Nrst 56 men. The following aro the totals of some of the best scores that were mado: NINTH REGDIENT, Corporal Englo........ 43 Sergeant Engle. Lieutenant Kennedy 39 Sergeant Keifer Lieutenant Beauman.. 87 Captain Auld, Lieut. Col. Montgomery = Lieutenaut Hertz. Colonel Hitches : 3h Captain Hardin, 3 31 Bergeant Knocland. 35 aL Sergeant Maury 35 30 Sergeant Nordbroo! 36 Sergeant Tocliner, 20 Captain Japtha. Private Bunte. , Private Frank, Private De Groot Surgeon Broos, Captain Hamans Captain Mulligan Private Weyrich.. Lieutenant Springer, Private Daring. Private Brennan, , - 33 RLEVENTH 36 Private Jones Private Gultman Private Ebler, Colonel Umbekant., Surgeon Nigiutsch Captain Lindauer Private Bapghi Drum Major Subr, Private Sobricnet : SEVENTY-FIRGT REGIMENT, Corporal Magee, Sergeant Smith, Sergeant Gilli Private Gorahty. Lieut. Col, Chadd Captain Clark Private Addison, Private Lindsay. Private Willtama, Captain Hofinan, Corporal Davis. , Cay Orson, Corporal Wilson, Priyate Young, Private Duke. Private Stone. Drummer Cochrane, Under the new regulations published by the General Inspector of Rifle Practice a marksman who fails to qualify on hia tirst score 18 permitted to make uno or more new trials the samo day, It was noticed yosterday and the gay before that officers and men—especially the former—adopted a liberal interprotation of this rule and fired away for bours together, in order to get ‘A good score to atand upon, many Of them neglecting other nocossary duties and burning a great deal of am- munition almost azelessly. Volley Oring was again tried, this time on a larger scale thau the previous day. Ten squads of eight men each were distributed in front of as many targets, and they fired a couple of rounds at 100 yards distance, but with success and giving evidence of bad dis- cipline, as many of them came to the ‘taim’? when given the word “‘ready,’’ aud, when ordered to fire, obeyed at their leisure, so that it sounded more like file firing than a volley. ‘i At this point a diMculty arose with Range Superin- tendent Brauer, who was much the worse for liquor. He attempted to drive tothe butts almost in the line of fire, and, on being remonstrated with by Colonel Chaddock, blew his signal whistle, whereupon the markers camo out of their bullet proofs and refused to mark any further, The Colovel ordered Brauer under arrest, Which Was accomplished altera struggle, It ‘was a palntul and discraceful scene, NW YORK V8. LONG ISLAND, A long range match, which has been much talked of, takes place to-day betwoen a tein of six riflemen Tepresunting New York aitd viciuity and an equal number of men from Brooklyn and its neighborhood. The contest is only itor the sory of winning. The team representin, Row York on this eventful occasion is composed ol Colonel H. A. Gildersiceve, Major Henry Fulton, Qolonel Jono Bodine, Captain R. C. Coleman, Lieu. | tenant Colonel EK. H. Sanford and L. C. Bruce, and Brooklyn is strongly supported im the persons of Generat T. 3. Dakin, R, Rathbone, Major H. 3. Jowell, L. 1, Allen, C. E. Blydenburg and L, Weber. Shooting will commenco at eleven o’clock, The Brooklynites’ stock is at a premium. THR IRISH AMERICAN KIVLE CLUD, The Irish American Riflo Uiub had an initi- atory meeting last night in the Ashland House, Fourth avenue. it was resolved to have & match at Creedmoor among the imombers next Saturday. The President, Lieutenant Murphy, was inthe chair, Major Daffy, the secretary, and Mr. Brown, tbe treasurer, rendered progressive reports. The following resolution was adopie Resolved, That the first match of the season be held at mour, on Saturday, May 18; distances, 200 and 500 all bore rif_les, 800 yards: seven shots. with two 4 shows at each range; entrance fee, twenty-five Prize, the Arst badge of the club. This match 1 Sergeant Aunet Sergeant Haupner. yards sight cents; ‘open to all members of the club who have scored forty points or over, Asecond badge for those who have scored under forty points under the saiwe conditions will be shot for @ lollowing oullcers were elected General F, F, Milior, President; nd Major tho same day. Th for the ensuing year Lioutenant Wiliam H. Murphy, Seeretary Kdward Duty, Treasurer. The meeting then a till Friday night next in th ne place, THE BENCH SHOW. LAST DAY OF THE EXHIBITION AT GILMORE’S GARDEN. It te estimated that nearly forty thousand persons ‘visited the dog show at Gilmore’s Garden. Fully sixty per cent of this aumber were ladies and children, and perhaps much 1s due to the fatr sex for the great suc- cess which attended the exhibition, The Rey. J. Cum- ming Macdona, the eminent English authority on all matters appertaining to the canine race, said last night that the sbow was tho grandest that he bad over at, and that the inteross taken in 1 by the citizons of New York was a gratifying sure Prise. He also bore testimony to the great number of magaificent and weil-bred dogs exbibitod, and was of the impression that the day is not far distant when tho United States can say that they “whip all creation jp bench shows.”” Mr. Macdona will remain on this side, of the Atlantic until the 26:h inst., meanwhile visiting Washington ana points of imterest in t South. It was nis intention to make a flying trip to but, finding that the time at bis disposal would not admit of such a long journey, he reluctantly at doned the idea, tho eyes of the intended visitors last evening in the shape of large piacards posted at the entrances of the Garden, which announcement had the eflect of materially reducing the night’s receipts, The man- agement in their desire to treat the public fairly opted the precaution alluded to They could not prevent exhibitors taking their property from the place alter the third day, but did all was possivie in th direction though their eflorts were in part fruits ‘Two thousand or more, however, took the risk ol ge ting ‘boir money's worth end entered, though the number of ompty stalls tar exceeded those with occu- pants At ten o’¢lock the show was announced at an end, and before midnight she last dog was removed. Great praise is due to the Westminster Konnel lub for giving New Yorkers this grand show, and the re- sult of it will be that all dogdom in this section will heroafter be treated with moro respect than in the past, The burden of the labor fell npon tho shoulders of Messrs. Wil M, Tillston, C. Dubow Wagetal, B. Walter Webb, Dr. W. S, Webb, Lois Wright und Dison, the bench Show Gommitiee, and credi they. caused the undertaking to move along, LICENSING THE DOGS, The Permit Boreau granted yesterday 660 additional dog Hcenses, Among the gentiomen who procured tags were U. G, Havens for a bulldog which took a prize at the Bench Show; John T, Raymond (Mulberry Sellers), a pug; Justice Wandell, iwo dogs; Aucusiin Daly, « 84, Bernard; Bessie Sudiow, » spitz ‘The total namber of licenses granted up to the clos. wily and t4 ri¢h in valua- | Ep, Herat.) {Fam willing to make ap affidavit to the above, ‘More tbau hall she dogs have been removed"’ greetod | OUR, COMPLAINT B OOK. » {Note.—Lagters intended for this column must ‘be accompanied’ by the writer's tui! name and address to Insufe attention. ‘Complainants who are unwilling to comply with this rule simply waste time iq writing!—~ .| PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ DISCIPLINE, To mux Eviton or THK Hknanp:— ' 1 noticed a letter signed “Babion,”” stating the pun- jebment and wiongs of little cbilaren in the, public schools, My little girl bas often been made to stand witb her eyes shut in the aun; also puttin, 7 Dehlad her back ior balla hut ava times also Renee ing her legs on the desk almost as high as her eae $- BERDUE, 4 GOOD IDEA To tas EpiToR OF THK HERALD: Will the retai! stores close on Tuesday, May 15? 1 think they should to allow the working class to wite ness the carnival STREET CAB LIVE, To tnx Epiton oF THE HERALDI— land my young nephew took car No, 91 on the Third avenue line, at thecornor of 117th street and Third avenue, to go to Seventy-Crst si 1 ,oceupied a seat inside, he taking an outside berth op the front platiorm, On our arrival at Seventy-frst strect the conductor stopped the car to allow me to get of; my young nephew, not noticing that we wero at Sov. enty-frst street, remained on tne car. Tf called to th: conductor to notify bim (my nephew), and he aeltb. ely walked to the front platiorm and pushed him bead foremost to the street, completely covering him with mud and filth, Canuot railroad companies seture more gentiomanly conductors, or if the passen; are to be treated so brutally what redross is there INJURED PASSENGER, F VEGETABLES BY WEIGHT, To Tae Epiror or tae HeRALD:— Tam an old grocery man and have sold vegetables all my life by measure, and now Jam finding out that the more *1 put down the less 1 take up’ in that line, Why can’t all grocers combine und sell those goods by weight? Take, for instance, the articles of potatoos, turnips, sweet potatoes, spinach, eggs and many others that wo are constantly dealing in. lam sure tor our that by weigning such goods it would be as fi customers as for ourselves. Every ono woul fied and # great many unpleasant controversies avoided, GROCER, SMOKING IN THE STAGES, To tae Epitor or Tax HeRALp:— Most of the car lines of our city hayo signs forbid. ding smoking. This is enforced on the lines naving conductors, Tho stage lines having no conductors this fact 1s taken advantage of by constant smokers, Ladles being in the stage makes no difference to them, Tthink this should be attended to by the compaties in some way, as there 18 @ cisss of constant emokers, calling themselves gentlemen, | suppose, who make 9 practice of smoking in the stages, CONSTANT SMOKER NO. 2, THE SALARY QUESTION. To Tae Epitor or THR HERALD:— Stick to the complaint columa and espocially the office boys and tired saleswomen, Mine also is a case, one of many. May 1, one year ago, I wasen- gaged in a leading wholesale house at $150 the first | year ($2 88 per week) and led to believe that the salary at the endof tho timo stated would bo increased, inatead of which two weeks before the time expired, with a frivolous excuso, 1 was discharged, I was aguin compelled to begin at $3 per week. [am sev- | enteen years of age. My car fare (living in Harlem) is | Seventy-two cents per week; luach Ove cents per day; can mortal eat less? Yes, somotimes I save five cents and cat nothing, which, as my parents are poor and we have bread and coffeo for breakiast, ing all day comes mighty hard work. It loaves mo just exactly $1 per week lor clothing, shoes, stockings, &c, Being salesman in a Broadway store I must be decently dressed, elgel would again be discharged. 1 now need a suit and how on earth to get it 1 do pot know and dare not ask for more salary. Speak out, boys, the Heratp will help you, If we attend to our duties a whole year we are worth keeping 4 second year, DEPRESSION, RAILROAD TRACK REPAIRS, To tne Eviror or THE HERALD:— Is there any possible way to compel oither the Ninth | Avenue Railroad or the city authorities, whicheyer is responsible, to repair and put in order the track and pavement on Fulton street, between. Washington and Greenwich streets? Its condition is nos only disgrace. ful but dangerous, and if you will kindly inform me who the responsible parties are I will eudeavor to weq it they canuot be obliged to attend to the matier and no longer endanger the lives of the public. A SUFFERER, DISPENSARY DENTISTRY, To tax Epitog oy THe HERALD :— Have the poor, hard-working class no rights which dispensary officials are bound to respect? Being @ poor man I cannot afford to pay a dentist to extract my ebildren’s teeth when that operation becomes necessary ; 30 1 sent my daughter, aged twelve years, to the Eastern Dispensary, corner ot Grand and Essex streets, to bave a tooth drawn. My daughter informoa me on her return that the individual who performed dentist, but a sort of (the usher) may be termed an immense success, as he not only pulled my daughter's ailing tooth, but aiso @ sound one in addition, and sept ber homo witb a lacc- rated jaw. Trusting that tne Heray will thoroughly illaminate the subject of “city dispensaries” and their workings, | remain, very respectiully, CHRISCOPHER BOKE, No, 656 Wat BOGUS EXTRAS, To tnx Eprtor or tHe Heraup:— Can not some method be devised to stop the sale of evefing papers as “bogus extras?’ Yesterday after- noon two or three big loafers stood in a group crying out, “Extra! Loss ofan ocean steamer!” and suc- ceded in selling quite-a number, as many feared tt might be the missing City of Brussels, ‘The extra colump Was ap account Of a vattie on the other side, and the only thing in the paper approaching an ocean disaster was the wreck of a Norwegian bark. A VICTIM, “THE WRAPPERS WERE TORN OFF.” To Tae Epitor or THe HRRALD: — 1 have advertised in your paper our book called tho “Poultry Yard and Market,’’ many copies of which are every day sent by mail, securely packed, with an illustrated catalogue enclosed, To-day we got a notice from the Post Office that a package was retained which belonged to as. Upon applying for it we found that tour of our books were returned without the cata- logues, and with the simple explanation that “toa wrappers were toro off.” The persons who iu tallied us ffiy cents each for these books will pro’ find fault when they discover that no book 1s received ; Dut the fault hes with the departmeut, which shou! be more carcful, a8 we do not know which address to remat! the books to. Respectfully yours, PROFESSOR A, CORBETT. ve A GENERAL INDICEMENT.. To fax Eviton or Tux Hrraup:— We are residents, business men and property own. ers in West Nineteenth street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, ana respectfully solicit a mail place in your mighty “Complaint Book”? (esto perpetua), in order to raise our united protest against an intolerabic nuisance which has been permitted to exist tor years in the block above referred to. We ailude tothe heter- ogeneous array of ash carts, express wagons, milk wagons, trucks, &¢., Which are to be found there day and wight, more especially at night, When the denizens of the rear tenements issue forth in solid phalanx and secure seats on thoso vehiclor, where they remain unui the “wee small hours,” making night bideous with their yells and profanity. We ask, Mr. Editor, by what right are (bose unsightly caris ranged in front of our property, residences and places of business? Wo have appealed in vain to Ube ponce, and now we ap- peal to you aga last resort, Owing to the above nti- sance property bas depreciated, our rooms remain un- let, our stores are not patronized, oar wives aud daughters are ingulted, all of which ills we have borne until patience ceases to be a virtue. MANY CITIZENS. WILL COLONEL MOONKY TAKE HEED? To Tur Epiror or THE HeRaLpi— Can you inform as (residonts of the upper end of the istand, west side, between junction of Tenth avenue, Kingebridge road and Kingsbridge) why the proper authorities do not give us a road over which We cau travel with pleasure and satety? ‘THis piece of road, about three anda half mies in extent, between Car- maoaville and Kiugebridge, 13 in a shamolul condition, worge by Jar than it w Tam told that Colonel Mooney has that be t« doing so by day’s work, eight nour system | (instead of by contract), at $1 60 per diem. 1am aiso | Informed that suMcient remains of the appropriation to make a good job of it by contract, While skilled labor can bo had at $1 25 per diem of ten hours, wity | is this Work procecding at the ‘snail's pace’? of tho | “Boulevard quickstep?” 1, is said that the Colonel is fond of a good horse. | Will he not, therofore, take pity upon us and thoroughly | and expeditiously menu our ways, so that we may) enjoy what would be, if in good order, the romantic | drive from Kingsbridge (via Yenth avenue and Boul vard) to Central lark? Now we puss over, if use the road referred (o, at the risk of injuring horses and vehicles and of necessity have to ure the Hudson | | | \ for which the ing ten cents ing of the Buroad yosterday was 2,51 amount of $5,271 was received, incl cach tor tage. River Railroad, The want of a good road 1s depreci- ating the value of all bag pats 4 il een Carmansville) and Kingsbridge, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS,