The New York Herald Newspaper, May 15, 1877, Page 6

HERALD WEATHER SERVICE A Review of the System and Its Application, —_——_-+____. FAILURE OF EUROPEAN ATTEMPTS A New Field ‘Opened for Meteoro- logical Inquiry. FULFILMENT OF PREDICTIONS [From the Revue Scientifique, Aprii 28.) | Between the middle of February and tho last days of March the transatlantic telegraph cable bas trans- mitted at seven different times messages sent by the meteorologica! service ofthe Nuw Yorsw Hera, an- nouncing that atmospheric disturbances were about to bross the Atlantic in a direction from southwest to northeast, Tho American meteorologists further indie | tated the number of days that each tempest would take to truverse the ocean. Six times out of vho seven the warnings of the American journal appear to us to nave been verified, as we have stated in the meteorological bulletin which we publish datly in Le Temps, Furthermore, the New Yore Hxraup having ceased for eleven days to send any warnings of the approach of new storms, the En- glisb and French coasts during the lapse of that time Dave not experienced any considerable disturbance coming trom the ocean, The negative proof in this case appears to be as valuable as the positive one in estimating the value of the predictions, 4M. Le Verrier, to whom these facts have boen repre- | sented by the special correspondent of the HERALD, has dectared that be learns of thom with tho liveliest satisfaction, He nas directed M. Moureau, ono of tho astronomers of the International service, to prepare for lim a detailed report on the presumptive courac of the storms signalled, He has atthe same time deciared that the editors of the HeraLp can count on his earnest co-operation in the work which they bave undertaken, He has added that he will embody in the **Atias of the General Movements of the Atmosphere’’ the maps and papers which they will send him explaining tne prin- cipies on which the predictions are vased, and judge of the degree of exactness with which the said pre- dictions will be confirmed by future meteorological events, - AN EFFORT WITHOUT A SYSTEM ‘The greater number of storms como from the west, and as it is found that the station at Valentia is almost always the first reached, the importance of the foreknowledge of the departure has long since struck the English and French astronomers, From certain pointe of view, thererore, the idea put in practice by the HeRa.p cannot be regarded us entirely novel, In fact, there have been for some years negotiations with England with a view of utilizing the Atlantic cable tor the daily transmission of metereological messages from Heart's Content, on tho other end of the line, This Special service bas lasted over six months. Untortu- nately the idea, which occurred to the Hexatp only a Jew months ago, of utilizigg in the culcuiation ot the course of storms on the North At- lantic thagwhole of the meteorological observations made on the Amemcan Continent, did not present itself to the Anglo-French meteorologists. ‘They lim- itod themselves, awkwardly enough it must be said, to sending local observations. ‘The European meteorological service had only one Stution on the other side of the Atlantic, but it bus not changed or amended its methods, There wus not, striclly speaking, any connection between the Euro- peau and American meteorology. in uke manner, the intervational service receives meteoroligical teiegrams irom Aigiers, und has, conses quently, one foot on the south coast of the Mediter- ranean, But the work of the Algerine service, col- lected under w special system, is not sent to the me. tropolis, Alrica 18 still isolated trom Europe, note withstanding the possession of this particular station, THE COURSK OF NOKTI ATLANTIC STORMS. Experience proved that the greater number of Btorms signatied trom Newfoundiand disappeared tow- ard the north in crossing the ocean, te vast mu- jority not reaching our cousts, In place of securing un organization which would not have had the ob- jectionabie feuture of be1ug too restricted, it was regurded as useless and the English goverument h: cundemned it delinitely, even to thisday, Tho same principles were applied tothe study of the results of vbservations of storms at the siation tu the Azores, oh the establishment of which bigh hopts were based, It was found thet only forty per ceut of the atmospberic ‘disturbances signalicd from that station reached our Evropean cousis The British government drew from thas vircumstauce the erroveous conclusion that it was impossibic to de- rive any beneut from these notilications, und useless to employ the cuble, he idea did vot sirke the Engiis meteorologists of comparing the notideations received Iron Vaientia with those received trom the Azore: and that new station was suppressed, as that in New- foundiand hod been, Neither of these ukes can be attributed to France, who by her geographical and electrical situation uppears ty be intended to play a subordiuate part under the circumstances, ‘The éclat given to the telegrams of the Hrraip should forcibly direct the attention of the correspondents ot the Agricultural Service on,the becessity of recousider- ing a decision so regretuble, 1a fact the telegrams sent from New York can now be checked by the locai observations ab Newfoundland aud the Azores, The Villue of ‘hese stations is singularly imereused since, | aud, thanks to the intelligent initiative of a journal | that sent one of its staif'in search of Livingstone, they | can be reunited to cach other und to the American Continent, A METEOROLOGICAL QUADRILATERAL, Since the interest which attaches to Arctic explora- tions has begun to be understood we ure persuaded that 11 will not be Jong betore the recognition of ov- servations made at Julianshaab, at the southern ex- tremity of Greenland, as the magnificent crowning of the edilice of (01s grand oceanic meteorology, A cable connecting Julianshaab to the Orkneys and thence by the Shetland islands with the general tele- graphic Detwork would perimit of following the out- lines of storm areus, even when they disappear to- ward the North. The charts of the general move- ments of the atmosphere during the eighteen months when the Observatory had endeavored to trace the course of storms inthe North Atlantic, gave to this subject a series of prools which could’ not be more conclusive, Im the near future intercontinental meteoroigy can bo based on @ vast quadrilateral, of which we deom it important to give tue following ap- proximate geographical co-ordinates :— Longitude {west from Paris). Latitude, Degrees Degrees. Qulianshaab, Greenland, « 10 . 59 entia, Ireland . 12 62 Hearts Content, Newtoundland, LOTOB .eseee teens 30 3 As nay be seen by the preceding figures, nautical meteorology takes possession of un immense extent of | deep sea, traversed wilbout cessation by innumerable | siipa, and which 18 pot divided by any land or ai pelugo of a nature to modify mechanically the direction of the winus. Any local cause, any break to the unton of junds or waters, does not present itself to disturb the | equiivrium of the elements. Li the tragectory of Blorms 18 subjected tu regular and stable laws it ia | principally in these regions that the evidences will be | hppareat, THE GULF STREAM One circumstance from which the meteorologs: the New Yor« He#aLb have drawn an iogenio Of calculation goes to increase in @ noticeable tue interest which attacies to these research Guill Btream, wou obliquely traverses this district shouid Le cousidered as serving as tbe great highway of (he storms In their route across the Atlantic Ocean. Indeed the warm water which composes it cannot cool while passing to the northward without giviag of clouds of vapor and fogs, wuich cause a kind of ussure to be formed mM We alinvspheric volume along wich the cyc.oucs can direct their fatal courses, How pro- | digious must be the volumo of water in the oceuns, | and, above all, the vyoiume wir contained | in the a ot here, whea we understand tbat this river 'n the gea can perform such an important part. Indeed, tne demand of its waters hus not pee vaiued AL less than trom 30,000,0V0 tw 46,000,000 of cubic | metres per second, or about 10,000 times that of the Mississippl. Chis voiuine 18 subject trum one eeason tu another to couside, able geograpaical position and eveu tte toinperature, ex: perieneing variations of which it is Hot impossible to take account iv Ul ludeed, however ments of the watei thoy are ulwayas less so than | Woe of the air, which depeud more or less cirectiy upon them, The heat is supplied perhaps by submariue tires or other causes, of the uae ture ol Which We are ignorant, and does uot produce the | eilect of merely a sudden biaze, or does not ccase | alow days, Ls . north latiude, 8 than BOde | grees (centigrade) of heat. On reaching Newfound. land they retain sometimes temperature of 25 de- precs (centigrade), A loss of only 5 degrees (wouti- grade) 18 noticeable along the immense curve of 1,200 to 1,800 miles, and during & period of motion equal to about 600 boars. Tho cooled water falls to the deep- est strata, aud it is incessantly replaced by the moi cules inclosed in the liquid volume which have i their het It follows that this. poweriul ocean current can, Without ceasing tts course, Warm the alr over thi at, and by diminishing the pressure thereof trac a Kind of regular pathway in | advance for the storms, These considerations fustily | the assertion that the initiative of the Henauy com- pelt the readoption of the old works relating to the cecunic route, followed by American storms, and have ndered a service to Wexther ¢aloulations by re- 4 the solutions of the problem to their trae ex+ perimental bases, Instead of remaining isolated from terrestrial meteorology the meteorology of the sea | Observatory signals a ligat pre | had risen to’ statesuanship from culwure. | pawubrekor (Harian) made up tis mind to discover | & contederate, which cannot be completed before one year, will alone give a deiinite demonstration of the wentity of tl American and European storms, But tt is uot neces-al to wait so long for this to say that the wnee Jourvalists who Lave given the signal for these ri searches have deeerved wei! of universal science. 4 PREDICTION PULYILLED. We recall at this moment the meteo stances which appear to sustain the Heranp in a strangely sigaifcant manner. Ov the Lith of April hey trom America a telegram announcing that a svorm would arrive on the European coasts on the 2ist or 22d. On the next day, the 15th, a storm com- menced from the east avd oortheast which attained ap unususl force. The ports of Scarborough and Y mouth alone have lost forty-four fishing boats with seamen. On the 19th the storm begins to calm down and the ‘wind to gradually decrease in force, During all day to the 20th the cuzditions are ihe sume, the Weather is magnificent, the pressure 1s equalized ‘all over Europe where the barometer is everywhere high, The next day, or the 20th, the weather is magnidcent while the re ut Valentia with uw rough sew although the wind was gentle, an almost in- fal:ible sign of a distant storm. Ov the 2ist rain begins to fall at Paris with a southerly wind, and acotnpiete cuange of weather ts signalied by tho dleteorologica! Bureau in England. ‘The following 18 an eXuct translation of the bulletin of the 2ist muserted in the Times:—- A considerable change b s taken place in the distribution of pressures since yesterday, The light breezes trom the norsheast and the ineroased pressures have dieappexred ani a rapid duerease of pressure is manifesied at ah our Western stations, Since morning the change bus extended to uli parts of these islands, b greatest ti she south: west. The chine of weatier uas extended rapidly on the Continent, and the first depression coming from the ocean is ed, those tint tollow wi more oF leas relative wing & stoma on the eal clreum- On the 22d and 2 the weather ts bad, the tropical wind currents prevailing with hail storms as much in Franco as in England. it is only on the 24th that the wind returns to the north, The velocity of the wind had decreased and the American storm changed to a simple depression during its turther course, But it did not change in direction and had arrived at our consts at the expected time indicated eight days in advance, THE RUSSIAN FLEET. PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE, The day was spent very quictly yesterday on boara the flagshtp Svetlana and tho two other vessels of the Russian fieet. The Ascold took tn coal during the aay, and several live cattle were taken on the decks of euch ef the three ships, Though there seems to be an idea that the vessels are only going out for a pract.ce cruise, the preparations being made seem to indicate that the fleet are bound. on somo special serv: If they do retura to thw — port, will in a week or ten days after their departure. The ostensibie reason for their leaving is that they are going to have gun and torpedo practice in the open sev, but when they are once outside of the neutral | waters their orders may be made public. They have been welcome guests, and their departure, whether temporary or otherwise, will be re, retted. Captain Nazinoff, commanding the Russian war steamer Craysser, now iyipg at Pbiladelphia, came on yesterday morning and was On the Svetlana during tho day. He called on the Admiral and then visited Cap- tain Novossilsky aud the officers in the wardroorn, THUR GRAND DUKSS. Captain His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Alexis came on shore near eleven o'clock yesterday morning and Hipkt: the day and evening in the city. His Imperial High the Grand Duke Constantine went on shore twice during the da, BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOLS, SEVENTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOUTHERN NEW'YORK AsSSOCIATION—THE ANNUAL MEETI- ING. The seventeenth anniv ry and May festival of the Baptist Sunday schools of the Southern New York Association was held yesterday afternoon, The torty- two schools met at sovon diflerout places, five in the city proper, one in Molrose and one in White Plains. It is estimated that over ten thousand children met at the severul churches, there belng two thousand or upward at the Church of the Disciples and at the Tabernacle Church, while the otuer Baptist churches were crowded to their utmost capacity. ‘The puipits were handsomely decorated with banners bearing ap- propriate iuscriptions, while the Stars and Stripes nung conspicuously among them. fhe respective sciiool superintendents, and, in most instances, the pustors of the churches to which the schools are connected were present, The exercises commenced promptly at a quarter-past two o’ciock, aud were the same in every particular in cach church, “Addressos were made by the resident tministers aud those invited from Brook- lyn and other cities near lo New York. Alter the ex- | ercises the children were invited to partake ot the | “goodies” provided in each of the churches and curo | was taken that all wero neglected, Tho annual meoting of the ussociation was held last evening im the Pilgrim Baptist Church, West ‘Yhirty-thira street, between Kighth and Ninth ave- nues. The exercises commenced at a quarter to eight o'clock, and at that time the editice was filled. Mr. 3, BS. Constant, Mresidect ot the Baptist City Mission, presided. Addresses wore made by the Rev. Emory J, Haives, pustor of the Washington Avenue Baptist Church, Brooklyp, and the Rev, RK , Hull, pastor of the Taberaucle Bapust Church, Second avenue, be- tween Tenth and Eleventh streets, this city. The singing was led by the Sunday school of the Second Mission Church, under the direction of Rev. 3 Alman. Mr. Samuel Speed presided ut the organ, served aliko and none The ninth apoual report, just made public, of the Presbyterian Hospital sbowa that during the your endiug March 1 643 patients were treated; discharged | cured, 367; improved, 135; unimproved, 27; died, 43; remaining in hospital, 76. During the past year the bumber of treo patients was 661, nearly ninety per cent of the whole number treated. The increase In the bumbyr of patients over those of the preceding year Was hearly seveoty per cent, This necessarily in- creased tHe cost of muintaming and operating the hospital From March 1, 1876, to Murch 1, 1876, we current expenses were $23,424. For the past year the sume expenses Were $34,120, an increase of about one- i The report of the Ireasurer shows that the ceipts irom board of patients, interest upon invest- ments, collections tu churches and annual coxtriou- tions have been less than the current expenses by nearly $6,500. SUCCESSFUL STATESMANSHIP. Dr. J. G. Holland lectured last night at the Brick Church, corner of Thirty-seventh street and Filth ave- nue, on the “Remedial Offices of Culture,” The field oi Kuowledge was so large, sald the lecturer, that no human mind could cover 1t, The birth of a new art was hardly more surprising than the birth of a child. ‘Yo-day young and old were met by tne newspaper and the magazine with a demand upon their attention which practically left them no leisure at all, in| order to keep posted with the progress of society, | polities, art and letters, ope must read the daily record or become @ uobody, Atong true scholars the ecialats were always ina large majority. Courage, endurance and will were all good, but the bayonets that thought would win the batties of the world. Ratus Choate was ®& greut lawyer, but what dis- tinguished ‘him was bis culture. Gludstone, Disrael!, Guizot, Thiers, were all instances of Itterury mou who | Tue le turer concluded with a general retereuce to home lite ana the necessity of cultare to instil into the minds of the young the elements of refinement and future greatnose, AN EXCHANGE OF PAWNS. Marx Levy keeps a pawobroker’s shop at No, 57 | Graud street, and Julius Harlan keeps ove at No, 406 Hudson street Last September Julius Harlan took in his pawn office two silk dresses, two veivet cloaks, two Scniskin sacques and other similar property, on which be advanced avout $100, This property bho was obliged to deliver to the Property Clerk at Headquarters, as it Was proven Ghat it had been stolen. Levy r covered ‘he goods iu question on an order from Judge Kasimiro in the early part of March. The injered who bad pawned the goods with him, Investigation developer the fact that Frederick Levy, sou of Murx Levy, pawnbroker No, 1, und a friend of nis named dames Los id, were the sina Young Levy and Hoagland were arrested by tives Jyons aud King yesterday aud arraigned before Judge Murray, Levy Sr dit not wish to make any complaint, but wanted to compromise the case with Mr, Harlan, Both prisonera, however, were committed for examination by Juage Murray, POOR MAKKSMUN, Burgiars effected an ontrance into the residence of Mr. Charles Berking, cornor ef South Orange avenue | aud Fairmount avenue, Newark, One of thom opened the door of Mr, Berkiug’s sleeping apartment. The | latter was awake at the time aud the burglar fled, Mr. Berking enatebLod @ revolver be had handy and reached tho window in time to sve the burglar escaping with He fired his revolver twice, but neither shot took eflvct, A private watchman in the Keighborivod saw the tWo men scaling a touee, fred at and missed them, and #0 they escaped. Upon exami- hation it was found ¢ they had carried off ull the silverware aud had ff muselves in the pantry, The silverware was i beequently, ina vacunt Jot near by. Mr. Berks eves he con recognize tho burglar who opened tis bedroom door, The outiaw had with bim a dark lantern. LAW SCHOOL COMMENCEMENTS. The commencemont of the Law School of the Uni- vorsity of the City of New York will take pluco this evening at the Academy of Music, aries O’'Conor and Prolessor Theodore W. Dwight Wil deliver addres MMeucement Oxercises of the Columbia Cotlego Law School, which will be will be found reconnected With it by the closest bonus, ‘The Juture comparison of the records of both consis, BRE AEE em Teh UNC VEER eM i's FREE MANDO AUS ENON 5 SORTED EERO mae oes AERP RAI TREE MO en Oe Oe LCE E EES SME MESS ERY tek IRMIP DN SRE MIAN AMEE hold nt the Academy of Musio to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, | Amertcan, | Lancashire | Meebanics aud Trad- THE FLOW OF GOLD. EFFECT OF THE RUSSO-TURKISH WAR ON COM- MERCE AND THE SPECIZ CURRENT. The following communication has been forwarded to us by Mr, Wendel! Phillips ana is published at his request :— To tux Eprror oy tux Herary;— There ts war in Europe! The current of gold which @ little while ago was sotting toward our shores is turned back aud we are exporting gold im large masses every day. Stiil business is reviving and our mercbants are buoyant with hope, We expect, and without reason, to make money out of thetroubles of our neighbors across the ocean, Would this be so If our banks were to-day on # gold basis and our finan- cial method waa thus a part of the European system? We affirm that it would not be possible, If to-day our banks were required to pay gold our business houses Would. be crippled, and instead of helping us this European war would completo our ruin, The fact that our currency is non-exportable and that our banks are free from the old bondage to gold is all that saves us torday, The advantage of such monetary indepeudence of other nations was very clearly shown at the time oi the great Guancial crisis in Engiand in 1866, when hundredsof wnat had been considered the strongest business houses were ruiucd and widespread distress prevailed. that terrible dnancial crisis, our currency being a non- exportable one and entirely independent of that of Europe, our domestic operations suffered no incon- venience (rom tho trouble abroad. We were uble to ship goid to Engiand at a profit, and thus to con- tribute largely to tho safety of tho Bank of England itself. Now, again, we have another striking iliustra- Ucn of this same law in the effect which the present warin Europe i having upon the business interests of this country. It mast bo apparent to every onc thatif at the present time our fuanceswere upon a weld basis tho effect of the present war in Europe would be to disturb our fiuances to such an extent that the banks in sel!-defenco and for their own safety would be obliged to lessen largely or wholly witndraw accommodations to their customers, ‘his would derange ail of our business interests, making it neces- sury tor our merchants to employ all their efforts to protect themselves from ruin, Instead of tbis We see them to-day free and untrammelled and uble to tuke advautage of every opportunity for mak- ered them by their less fortunate the water. Does not this show that there 18 satety and profit in a currency uot liabie to be affovted by the financial movements of other nations? Let the clamorers (or void as the only legal tender compure our experience in 1866 and to-day with the disaster and embarrassment we should Lave ielt then and now it our banks had been on w gold basis, and in fuce of such facts let them deny If they can that tho walcty aud profit of aiargely debtor uation like ours consists in avoning entangling monctary allianes with other nations. Under the old gold system bu: ness Wus oftou interrupted, and to the extent of panic, whenever Englund had occasion to call on us for gold’ But twenty or thirty years ago our foreign in- deotedness was comparatively nothing to what it 18 ub the presenttime. 1f on the eame oasis now the flvancial disturbances abroad which have again turned the flood of goid toward Europe would compel the banks immediately to contract thoir accommodations in order to prevent the necessity of suspeusion, the result would be such business derangements through- out this great country that the loss would amount to hundreds, if not thousands, of millions bt dollars, We owe our present independent tinancial position to our aamirabje national bank system, which bas proved adequate to ull business requirements, is gound ib prin- ciple und provt against foreign dissurbanoces, What- ever change wo way hereafter mako in our financial arrangements one thing i# certain—pamely, that the business community unt people will never give up such immense advanta merely to adopt the old gold system again. The vonds deposited with the gov- ernment to secure the national bank circula- tion are worth a ifarge premium in gold. ‘The aw also obliges the national banks to keep their reserves legal tenders. It is the dishonored greenback which keops the bank bill below gola, Let the government resume specie pay- ja! tenders and the bavks will ave in The gold aluo of their bonds deposited with the go added to their legal reserves furnish thi: there 18 DO immediate necessity for their resuming specig payment. Should tho banks resume gold pay- micnt it would necessitate the dividing of the gold of the country into sinall parcels among our 2,000 punks, and leave each one too weak to meet any sudden demand for gold, Lt the government resumes on the legal tender, that would keep the gold in oue mass in the hauds of the government, which would then be able to meet such demands for gold, This would be substantially the present French system, which has worked so well and = put France ut the head of the commercial world in the fiuancial strength of her government and her monetary institutions, Resumption of tue legal tender by the government will settle the financial question, as fur as it is safe and practicable to do so, abvpresent. ‘This done contidence wouid be restored, and With a revival of business the banks Would require the Jarge part of the greeubacks for their reserve, and the government can easily keep the balance at par with gold. France, from the close of her war to the present time, has kept u much larger sum of legal ten- ders ut par by receiving and paying them out us gold, | and bas gradually accumulated gold during the whole period, Let our government do the sane. It is no experiment, France bas proved its pracucapility and sufety uncer much less favorabse cireuinstunces. In the present state of public epinion the national bank system must form jor a long time the basis of the future financial system of this country. jis strength 18 im the fact that its currency is national, as good in Texas as in Massachusetts; fully secured and proof Against foreign finapeial disturbance, While it admits 01 being increased or reduced with the demanus of trade, its weakness {is tho dishonored legal tenders. Once let these be honored by the government and the banks require but littie gold, leaving that in Une mass inthe bands of the government, which needs it must. The present reduction of our currency ts, made at too great loss and cost to the whole trading “community. This {s no time for hazardous experiments or fur pro- longed wrangling over theories. The course we pro- pene aeab 18, lor the government to simply receem its legal tenders and leave everything else as it stands— does not commit any party to any polcy. While it sat- isles the advocates of « gold basix by moving one step in their direction, it at the same time avoids offence to the greenback party by leaving the who!e question still open for final settlement by the people. Bostox, May 10, 187 H. M. BEARCE, THE BREAD WINNERS, MASS MEETING AT THE COOPER INSTITUTE, There was what was called a mass moeting of the “Bread Winner’s League” in the large hall of the Cooper Institute inst night, bat the “bread winners” mapaged to be too busy to attend, and out of an or- ganization numbering over fifteen hundred, more than two hundred persons were present. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Murcus Hanloa, the chairman of the Committee of Arrange- ments, who anuounced a wide range of subjects for tho consideration of the mecting, frum finding work for the tdioe to protecting the commercial supremacy of New York. Dlr, Denis Macmahon was made chairman of the meeting, and a long array of vice presidents and secretaricg was then announced. Mr. Mucmabon, who is a lawyer not without some local tame, made an claborate speech, in which he the national banks, railroad subsidics and “other ¢yils’” without gloves, and advocating a transcontinental rail- way, and a built by the general government by day’s Libor, in order to furnish work for the idle, It was the duty of all governments, Mr. Macmabon contended, to. pro- vide its citizens with the opportunity to earn a hivolihood, and these opportunities he would have the government supply by the undertaking of great public works, A series of resolutions alvocating State academies te educate people to hold tional improvements to be paid for with wa- ds; government control of the ratiroads, op- Posing ail subsidies; aavocating the use of greenbacks ouly, and approving of President Hayes Southern policy were then readg Subsequently speeches were | made by Theodore E Tomlinson and M. J. A, MeCaf- froy, anv the bread winners went home grumbling be- cause 80 Many of their number had forgotien the mass | meeting at the Cooper Institate, THE BROOKLYN FIRE, INSURANCE ON BUILDINGS AND MACHINERY. The foliowing is a list of insurance policies held on DURAIS es SES) eieertibary Cesweeyes Uy the Are AU tbe | co sowm, LRU TOR ol Carium was destroyed 10, | linseed of] works of Campbell & Thayer, Front and Water streets, brookiyn, ou Sunday Inst: London Assurance. New Ha ‘The San... St. Josopu's, The Peunsyivai American, The Relief, 2,600 The Etna, Hartiord, 6,665 In, Vo, of N. America 7,142 ol Pennsylv’a The Sterling, The Resolute Royal, Engiand., N.Y. Fire losurance Company Fagie, Will ‘S Northwestern Hoffman... Atlas of Hartiord. N. Y. Firemen’ Montauk THE BABLITT EMBEZZLEMENT. Thomas R. Lewis, who is charged with being im- plicated in the immense embezzlement trom Benjamin ¥. Babbitt and who was formerly a bookkeeper in his Omploy, Was tuken to the Distriot Attorney’s office Yesterday, it being generally understood that he would be arraigned for trai, Me was not, however, brought to the bar, not being y to plead, It was stated (nat Lewis purposes to make some disclosures that will shed Soine ight as to the disposition of the large suis of money which wero swulen, Lewis was sent back to the Tombs, Grand totay, Is will bo remembered that all through | not | handled | from the lakes to the Gull, to be | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1877.-TRIPLE SHEET. THE METROPOLITAN ART —.__—- ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CORPORATION AND REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS—-GMNESAL CES- NOLA RECEIVES WELL MERITED HONORS. A number of the more prominent supporters of the Metropolitan Museum of Art assembied last night tn the gallory of that excetlent institution to listen to the reading of the seventh annual report of the di- rectors. Mr. ‘Taylor Jobuson occupied chair and conducted the busitess of the meeting, which seemed to consist merely im tatening to the Teading of the directors’ report ot what had been ac- complisied during the year and approving i, Assoon ag this business was disposed of the new executive was bailoted for, with the result of re-electing unanimously tue old directors and trustees, Alter ad- dressinga few words of thanks to the meeting ior the honor done bim in re-elucting bim to the Presidency of the institution, Mr. Jobvson introduced uished discoverer, General Cesnela, who received vy the meeting, The General gave a suort account of the Gnding of the Curium treasure, He also took occasion to tutroduce Mr. Boker, our late Minister to Constantinople, to whose MUSEUM. support and protection General Cesuola ascribes bis success. Mr, Boker, im reply to a request from the Chair, made a few remarks 1m roler- lence to discoveries in Cyprus, and while Praising the tenacity and energy displayed by Genera, Cesnola took occasion to refer to tho supposed discovs ery of Prium’s treasure by Dr. Schieimana, in which he evidently does not put much faith, Indeed, be did pot hesitate to express bis opinion that the treasure never belonged to Priam, He stated that ne had made sev- eral requests to Dr, Schleimann to be allowed to examine wome of the gold objects of the supposed Priam treasure, but for somo unexplained reason the request ‘was refused. that ho had been authorized at ono time by Dr. Sebleimann to offer I’riam’s treasure to the Metropoli- tan Art Museum for the sum of £24,000 pounds ster- ltog, but this authorization was alterward withdrawn, THE ANNUAL REPORT. The trustees have great satisfaction In reviewing the progress of tho institution during the past year, Pounded with intent that it sould become an educa- Vonal museum, it bas already entered on its functions with great and widely spreading influences, The first institution of Its kind in America, it was necessary to expect that its progress would be slow and that many years would elapse before it could acquire that hold on the people which would lead them to regard it as an important addition to tho educational sysiems of the State and country. The trustees desire to make promi- nent the educational importanco of the institution, History may be studied in books, but the lesgons of history cum never be so well i ed as when illua- trated by the works of the men and the na ons who made history, All the reading which ® young artisun might do in the study of his trade, would not avail to make bin a successful worktcan in wood or in metal until be had studied ex- amples of the work itsel!, nor wiit be ordinarily pro- gress 1M any department of work beyond the oat simple utilitarianism until the study ot illustrations of ject to be attained is the anion of the beautitul with the uselul, and that it 18 quite as easy and far more profitable to make his work artistic, The collections of the Museum of Art are therefore of the utmost im- portance to the artisans of this country. Their in- fluence fs already telt, although they are but few. The eurmest examination given to thom on tree days by men of the working classes tg one of the most gratity- ing indications of their usefuines A LIBERAL POLICY, Itis with great satisfaction that th witnes ly politan Museum of Art, tho «stablishment in other large Gities of simtlar museums, Whose local and spreading educational power will have vust effect on communi. ties und countrys Recognizing tho manitest destre of the people to réccive these influences, the trustees have approved a plan, to be hereafter carried out, oi lending for exhibition in different cities seclections from the cabinets of the museum, in order that art education may be diffused among those pf the people who have not the ability or opportunity to visit the metropolis, By this plan, When feusible, the benelicial clfects of the Institution will be spread moro widely among a people, who, by their existing systems of schools und acade- mies, aro eminently fitted to appreciate aud be in- structed by exhibitions of the works of art of their fel- Jow men in countries und times less favored, ‘The centennial year was marked by a special exhibi- tion of works of art, for the Joint benelit of the Mu- seuin and the National Acadmy ol Design, under the direction of a committee of gentiemen, who very kindly took charge ot it, THY CASTRLLANI COLLECTION, After the close of the Centennial Exhibition at Phil- adeiphia the trustees nade an arraagement with Sige nor Alessandro Custollani, of Romo, 10 borrow bis col- Jections of ancient, medimval and modern art for exi- bition here. ‘The’ arrangement included a pledge on the part of the trustees that they would endeavor to raise funds jor the purchase of (hese collections, This Joan has enabled our visitors to study the interesting works of Greck ond Greco-Iialiun art, which enricu the trustees have ramtc work of Italy th the fifteenth and sixteenth centu- ries, very few exumples of which bad velore reachod Awerica, The collection, rich in specimens of many of the best bottegas’o! lialy, is expecially vaiuable in its Wilusiration of the lustred majenca of Gubbio, The namber of visitors tu this department of the loan col- lection has been large, and the trustcos entertain the hope that au appreciation of the importance of th rare specimens will lead to a liberal subscription to- ward the purchase. Should this be ettected, the Mus seum Will have reason to be quite content with its illustrations of this department of ceramic art, it 1s known to the members of the institution that after antiquities, purchased by the Museum iv si, and assisung in sts temporary arrangement In tho’ pres- resuming the duties of the United Stutes Consulate, and occupying bimself with further explorations in the isiand. General di Cosnola lost none of hi interest in the Museum, and trom ume tot O11 municated to the trustees the progress aud results ot his work, In the course of 184 he offered to the Mae | seum a fine collection of geld objects and gems, the entire results im that description of his excava- | tons up to that time. These consisted of tinger and earrings, bracolets and a@ variety of ornamented ub- jects, of Phoenician and early Greek workinauship, in- | cluding many articles of very great beauty and impor- tance, numbering altogether, by catalogue, 226 objects. ‘The Muscum being without tunus, the President ad- vanced the amount for the purchase of this collection and it was forwarded to America and las been received during the past year and the cost repaid. These ov- jects are now arranged in the same room with the Curium treasures, A RELIC BONANZA. Ploratious, made, at the site of ancient Carium, tue moat interesting abd important discovery of anciont art treasures which bas been effected in modern times On the site of a tempio in that rumed city os by his excellent judgment and keen scent of valuable suic pavement Here he found a vaulted passage whieh led to a closed doorway, on breaking through Which ho entered tho treasure chambers of the tempi. Four vaulted rooms iu succession contained severally ovjects in gold, silver, pottery and aiabaster aud bronze. The gold was mostly in the iorm of jewelry ud orbaments of the person, the form ou wh as im all times exerted tH highest abil | The sliver room presented, even tn the oxyd.zed 4 dition Which ancient siiver ussuies, treasures no le. important tn art view than the gold. Well preserved ebjects of ancient art in silver are exceedingly rare, and it Was therelore «highly valuable eoutribation Lo the possessious of modern times, When among masses of corroded silver Geveral di Cesnola tound sume pe fect cups and vases, suall but very beautiful in torn and # low ornament the silver, fhe bron: dinary interest, of pecuilar Value, as they go to Lill up the Vacant space jo ceramic history which lies Vetween the Eyy) toe Phoonician work, so fully {Hustrated tu our collection: upd the period of the highest Greck art. Among Wo objects im bronze were large calirous, with orua muntul Landies, vases of great beauty, mirrors, weap. ons of Various kinds, tripods, (be bit Irom a briaie, the candelabra of th ple, the hunuie of a sept or of @ Weapon set with enamels aud gore whi suine out of the green corrosivn, and many articics of domostic and religious use. PREHISTORIC TREASURE, While these objects in themscives were of great value as were gold and miver, and of more value us curiosities of antiquity, they rise into the highest Value as illustrations of a period of art history hitherto and pottory Were of extraor- siore Christ, The Jatest, was a timo lide information ex+ known history of cok art commences at this period, This treasure of ancient times therefore tilastrutes a Volume of Lisiory the last page of whieh ends woere the hitherto Koown history begins. When Geveral di Cesnoia opened the dyorway at the end of the vauited passuge he did not Ume of its oft whieh G) Greek history and the origins of Greek art and civilvition. If he had found nothivg else bul the engraved gems these alone would have been of priceiess value, as they slow, prior to the dates heretoture avcopted as times of rade wand archaic work, gems worthy the artists of the best later perio ‘This t not the time to enlarge on the unportance When they shall bavo been the study of arehmologisin their value will be more tully realized, General di Cesbola was now more than ever de- sirous that his later discoveries should be added to the Cesnola collection tn the museum, But the trasices were without funds, the depress state of financial affairs seemed to forbid any hope of accepting the liberal terms which he proposed, and they reluctantly abandoned for the time all idea of possessing th irium treasures, The Ge: eral accordingly irensferred his new cullecuion to England, and entered into negotiations with parties tn France end England tor their pare Vending these negotiations the trustees, impressed with the importance Of the object, determined on an appeal to the sriends of the museum to enable thom to add the treagures of Curium to their jormer colleciions of Cvprioie art. Soiadetermination was sudden, and tha the | General Cesnola tnformea tho meeting | ‘high art in his trade bas shown him that the great ob- | collection, and also to Lecome acquainted with the ce- | bringing to this country the collection of Cypriote | | ent building, General di Cesnola returnea to Cyprus, | Meantime General di Cesnolu, continuing bia ex- | jag lod | relies to sink a shaft some twenty feet below the mo- | with engraved goid overiaid on | In the latter were Odjects which are | | kuow that this door was the long desired entrance to an art history, and a history of man | and of civilization earliest in art history of the discoveries at Curium. | nge to the ap} few days the sum of of art, ladies who are was instantaneous, Within 000 was led: ud by the patron: of art leading ment for the par. sola by Aulantic hearty devotion of the explorer to the mugeum cannot be better shown than by quotisg the last tele gram, ip the brief series by which tue uegotianion wus eomploted:—"tAll right! turee hearty cheers far our dear New York Museuin.’" THANKS, The trustees record hore their thanks to the ladies and gentlemen Who $0 generously contributed to tho purchase of these treasures. It is to th that the Amorican people owe the posse: objects, exceedingly beauttiui, but because they exuibit ubistory of art manutactures, the work ol the Phunicuns who assisted Solomon, upd of their ancestors and descendants during a period of a thousand yours, aud of the Greeks, couceruing whom the extant Greek historians have written only traditions, Inportant TNS BRYANT VA The trustees have great picasure in stating that the Bryant memorial vase bas been placed in tue museum as a permanent doposit by the houored und venerable poet and patriot to Whose tiustrious memory it is con~ seerated, aud to whol it Was presented on elghtiet birthday by a large vumber of our ettizens, who desired to makes fitting memorial, in a wors of American art, to Mis great Aiaerican poet aud lover | of art, TUK FINANCIAL KEVORT. the year have been as follows: — ning of the ‘The receipts durin: Casi on hand at the bes: Subscriptions ty tuuds, p: Annual subscriptions, Ceuteouis! Loan & xhibitions, eatral stolluns eon E trance mone; ales of catalogues, mus ales of catuloguea, Si Si Loan Collection, 8: etolipys 21,416 43 Departmont of Public Park: count of appropriation, 1870 Department of Puolic P count of appropriation, U 1 86 —— 16,876 91 Receipts for the yoar, | The expenditures hat Rent....-. General expensos, taries. re insuranc X08. Gus and coal Printing, — catalogues, graphs, stationery, Alterations and repairs...... 758 OL ——-— $24,644 97 16,000 00 907 19 4,082 80 Bills payable Interest, Cosuoia collection... General di Cesnola, paid on’ ac- count of balunce due for first collection....... General di Cesnol ‘$4,464 3¢ Ss . sevens Castellani, pajd on bis account Signor A. Cash on hand May J, 1877....... Total.....0+.5 ‘The present Oi follows :— ‘Total subscriptions to fund, paid Donations of works of art, valuo..... | Balance at credit of Castellani Loan DIGOD. .cercececersrererereree $100,059 77 ho museum ts as nancial condition of +$310,65 06 73425 50 638 18 90,718 74 Total esses ae Paid for paintings, deawings, Kc $145,494 Works of ari, donations. Cesnola collections ( wold still due) Keusington reproductions Etchings. Showcases .... Furniture .... 6 General expenses and repairs (balance) Cash on hand May 1, 18 BUT ces cerseoeee Total, .e.eeee REMARKABLE: PICTURE SALES. Recent sales of pictures may recall a few other sales of tho samo magnitude; though a private collection has rarely produced so much. The forty days of the Stowe sale in August and September, 1848, produced £75,562, but this sum included the prices paid for china, plate, furniture, &¢, as well as pictures, It Was at this sale thatthe Chandos portrait of Shak Speare was purchased by Mr, Rodd tor 355 guineas, The famous Rembrandt, “Tho Unmercifui Servant, was knocked down to Mr. Manson for 2,200 guincus. Murillo’s “Conception of the Virgin” was purchased tor the Louvre at £25440, At the same time Titian's ‘l'ribute Money” was bought for our own National £4,500 The total sui realized was or nearly £60,000. At the sale of Lord collection, at Thirlestone House, Chelten- August-September, 1859, 1,851 pictures were A Carlo | Dolei fetched £2,010 and a Murillo £1,400, 4 sule of inuch Interest was that ot haries Dickens’ collection }, Which fetched, nearly £3,000, »? painted by the artist when. it was said, for £40, brought aud the portrait of the novelist by Mac- live 669 guineas, NEW YORK LAW INSPITUTE. Atthe annual election of the New York Law Iusti- am, | disposed o1, realizing @ zross total or £95, ing ticket was elucted:—President, Charics O’Conor; First Vice President, Charles 1 President, Samuel Blatchford; Third. V Joseph H, Choate; Treasurer, Cornelius Van Sant- | voord; Recording Secretary, Joseph 3. Bosworth; Corresponding Secretary, Benjamin Dp, Silliman; | Librarian and Assistant Treasurer, Auron J, Vandor- poel, CUSTOM HOUSE INVESTIGATION, THE CLAIMS OF THE NAVAL OFFICE ON THE RESPONDENCE. Mr. Jobn Jay, the chairman, opened the proceedings of the Custom liouse Co: ing the following correspondence ;— “The attention of the commission having been called to a Washington jetter in a worving paper, en- titied ‘Custom House Discoveries,’ which contains in accurate statements and suggestions toucuing the ac- Hons of the commission and unjustly reflecting upon the Collector of the Iort, the editors of tue New York papers are respectiully requested to avoid the inser: | tion of unauthorized statements touching the action and views of the commission, for the reason that such publications are calculated to mislead the public and to incrouse the difficulties of the investigation.” Several witnesses were thon examined. | them were Colovel Silas W. Burt, Special Depuy | Naval Officer and Comptroller, who testified that the errors discovered in liquidation of vessels and entries by the Naval Olllee nounted to avout $1,500,000 per afnom in tay overainent, The principal business of the day was the passing of the following correspondence between the commission and Collector | Arthur:— om Howse, s OFrie Way 14, Hon. Ad od iri a) ta this mornin ly false in its state tie attention t pen with carry Jay, Chu t Trifune from Wash ata wad insinuatioas The despatch Sinens in Fpart ta tely untras, if wuy evidence to wareunt come Knowiedge, The other of the disp concerning myseif, wishes and action with reference to me ure, ue you know, utterly taine, but having found a pines in # widely 1 whie! Ur way degree justib. vom it improper to ne hans " bt servant 3 4 To this letter the Commission replied as follows :— Custow House, New Youk. May 4, 1877, To the lion, G. A. AKruwn, Collector of the Pert ot Now Yorks — In reply to your note of t0-day addressed to the sion, Lhave to say in their bebalf that there atte eulied this morning to the telegram front which you re | opportunity to assure you of our tOsy with whieh you lave rston in the drities in sury Department, Appreciation om the drst f el upon them Lam, oir, vor, fail JOUN JAY, Chateman of AT IRKIBLE PATE. | at Sing Sing Prison, yesterday forevoon, Mary Me- Callrey, & Woman of middle aye, was struck and ine the Hudeon River Railroad hor son, Aconvict in the pr | tusea by the noise of the appronohing train, sepped | immediately in front of ft and was hurled wih terrile force against the rocky sidu of the archway, Deceased rosided at No, J87 Washington street, im this city, } { i At the sale of Marshal Soult’s collection tu May, 1852, | | be bad on pay ee OUR COMPLAINT BOOK. (Nors.—Lottere intended for this column must be aecompaniod by tha writer's full name and addzese te insare attention, Con:platgauts who are unwilling to comply with this rule simpiy waste time in writing. — . Hawany.) ADVERTISE YOURSELVES, Yo tue Epiror ov tHe Huratp;— SHeing 4 stranger in the city and, Ll suppose, not un. like thousands of other young men often feel that! should goto church orto a mesting of some kind t¢ spend on eveaing, but do not know where to ga Theatres and all places of amusements 1 notice ad Vertised io your valuable Now, why wouid ti not be weil forthe Young ristian Assocraliog to advertise theis places of inceting, When and where they meet, that young mea, strangers, perhaps, trom the country, need pot be obliged to sit around a hotel office ail the evening, or periaps be induced out by a Stranger to take the step Loward their rain? Gy insert. ing this {iagy be tho meaus of ebeattug our peniten- turies oF poor house Outlot one victim at le vst, aad perbaps thousands, A SPRANGER, WATER ON THE CARS, ‘To Tux Eviron ov rug Heratoy;— Iwas yesterday a passenger on the Emo Ratiroag frou Builulo ‘to this city, During the journey the drinking water, with 11s attachea cap, was repeatedly used for toilet purposes, those accompanied by ebil- aven especially making a tree use of it; one lady evea Went so far as to dipahair brush into the water ta sinvoth hor child’s hair, This is not a pleasant state of thin 1 would suggest us a remedy that every cur, or at least train of cats, be provided with a susall Closet in which the ase of water, soap aud towel may went of a small fec; they might be ¥ ed iu the care of the brakeman, There ts another point which I think requires attention, ln some of our railroad curs the tauk coptaimag the drinks water 1% placed in the accommodativn clot nd it vometines happens thore is no lid, or an il 1g oa0 at best, toi Tue tendency of water to absorb poison. ous gases is well kuown, and it does not require a greatstretch of imagination to suppoxe a cuse of typhort to result trom the use of such water, ‘The warm weather may be expected shortly, a time When cool, Wholesome water 18 a great boon ko the traveller, und Lirust by the medium of your excellent “Complaint Coiumn” something may be done io insuro it, WATER DRINKER, TINTINABULAI IONS, To tux Epitox ov tus Henatp:— Ob, those horrid old tron ambulances! Cagnot the nuisance be mitigated? As oue who bas to sleep in the forenoon, bow often have | been awakened by those stringed \estruments—cow bells, ‘jangled, harsin and out of tune!’’ And how tinposstble it is to get into wu retreshing slumber alter so rudo an awakeuiny. MATHIAS KAUT, GOOD FOR THE ‘‘COMPLAINT Boor,” To The Epivox ov tae Heranp:— Please allow me to Lnank you for publishing iu your “Complaint Book’? my communication addressed to ‘ou some time since in relation to the condition of ingabridge rond. [t has had the desired effect, the road is uow being rapidiy put im shape. 1 sure you will receive uot only the thanks from pro, erty owners and resideats, but ail who have to dsive over the road, J. HR BALL PLAYING IN THE STREETS, To ray Epitor ov tux HexaLp:— One of the imost positive evils in New York is ball playing In tho streets of this city. Oce of ity results ‘this day caused a valuable mare to run away, injuring herself badly aud breaking the buggy to pieces, in Seventh avenue, between Twenty-lirst and Twenty. second streets, It was fortunate that no person wag injured. ‘I'he police certainly ought to break it up. . Lf ‘A SUFFERER, FULTON FERE FARES, To tuk Epiror oy THR HERALD: — Will you spare a line in your valuable paper to ack what has been dono with the clock on the New York side of the Fulton ferry? Last night, on paying my fare of one cent, | wus told it was two; there being no clock to refer to, L of course paid, and ou ascertaining | directly atter, I found it wanted one minute to the | half hour. BRT B. | BASEBALL FOR WORKING BOYS, To tux Epitor ov tik Heratp:— Give the boys a show for exerc se. Why cau’t the city have a baseball ground for working boys? HUNDREDS OF BOYS, | DANGEROUS SIGNS, |“To tux Eprtok of rau Hewaun: | Did it ever vccur to the minds of the gentlemen who were appointed inspectors of signs of the insecurity of a large number of sigue, which are fastened ou the | edges of house tops—some of which protrude a num- ber of feet over the stoop lve? I myseil witnessed ihe | failing of akign es @ very stormy day Jast somimer, | Which fortunately enough did no further damage than being broken into splinters, Aad Dow that we ara | approaching summer, with :ts furious stoi itwould | be well to examine the condition of a tow SUGG A BLOCKADE ON FIFTH AVENUE, | To tax Eviton ov tuk Hrna.y:— tute, held in the library rooms yesterday, the foilow- | ond Vice | President, | SCORE OF ECONOMY—AN INTERESTING COon- mission yesterday by read. | Among | admiration. I would like to complain against the owner of four- | teen or fifteen cases kept piled up on the sidewalk and | in the front yard of a house in Fifth avenue, between Twelfth aud Thirteenth streets, For the last month | these cases have been in Jull view of all people walks ing tne avenue, A CILIZEN, A PERTINENT INQUIRY, | To rum Eorron ov tax Herauns | In November Inst La Favorita Dramatic Association | of Hariom gave a benefit, ostensibly for the Brooklyn | suilerers, which was well attended, many tickets | naving been sold, It was publicly announced at a fole | lowing entertainment that $150 had veen cleared and | would be sent to Brooklyn as soon as possible, Ace cording to the published statement by Mayor schroe- der this has uot beew done, Wout bas become of the money Quiz DISCOURTESY ON THE MORRISANIA BOATS, To tuk Epivok ov THR HERALD: Will you kindly suggest to some of the geutiemen (?) who daily occupy sents in-the space outside the ladies cabin and in front of the stairway, up and down which ladies mast go, to really read their papers, or in the absence of papers totakea nap’ They aro evidently so Wonk miuded, 80 ompty-headed, that home reilec- tions, business, art, sciouce and literature have no en- tertuiniment within, Every woman or girl who is already in oo tion of the cabin or enters the boat irom inte 6 lapdings 18 subjected Lo a surveil: lance oppressive and repulsive. The tmost objection- able purues aro middie-aged men, wio seem Lo be married, and should evince, nota Lair sense of the pro. prictics, at least a little poilte indiflerence toward wo men who have not auy desire lor their attentions or MODESTY. INTEREST ON TAX ARREARS. To Tax Eprrork ov tHe HetaLD: Having paid taxes on February 26 for the year 1876, I Hud that the interest is charged at the rate of twelve per cont from October 14, 1876. Several days ago L saw in the HkkaLy a notice issued by Comptroller | Kelly that the juterest on taxes which are paid before the 16th of this montn will be seven per cent, and attor the Lith will be twelve por cent, but as it 1 f bave alroudy been charced with twelve per vent, On inquir. the office they told me that the seven per cent ment Was not alluding to the tuxes of 1875, but to the years previous, Now, would it not be weil for taxpayers tu let their tuxes run in arrears fof wo years of 90, and then pay seven per cent? 1 SC. WABNER DOMESTIC SERVANTS, Whilo walking through the uppor archway, or tunnel, | 1 ¥ antly killed by the locomotive of an exprees train on | Sho had been visiting | trequentiy h n, and, becoming con- | o'clock w wart antl our empl To tHe Rook or THe TikmaLo:— Years gone by, when all commodities of life were not So choap as now, we Nousekecpers obtained good ratified [f you would state | @D4 trusty servants at from $6t0 $10 a month at mosh Why should we continue to be imposed upon by ser vants uny longer by paying them from $13 to $26 a mouth’ Mechautes? all kinds have been reduced from $4 50 to ' domes tics demand te most exior aes. is thie | riguey No, Let citizens at once act. Why should We rejolee at the reduc hanics’ wages wud | stl pd ut domestic sere | vants? JUSTITLA, 0 B Lot u# be up and doing. T THY SHADK TREES, PRoTe Is it nota great shame that so many shade troes dia every year by being girdlod as they pase through the sidewalk? Il those owning the premises on which 1 | they grow will not care for them by keeping their rovis clear, Why not give some ove antiority to ont the stone, and thas prevent (or te future sack A piay of lesflesy (ranks a% Dow may be soen iy many parts of the ouy PRO DONO #UBLICO, 18 A CLERK A SLAVE? To Trix Kotor ov TH8 HRRALO | 1 noticed in your issue of the Sth inst, a complaint | of au employs of the wholesalo and retail book trade, iid ike to mako & similar complaint ia regard to the wholesale and jobbing dry goods how which I hope will guin the hearty approval of all dry gooda clerks Some dry goods hones close up at hall-past ‘ive every evening aud throe o'clock Saturday, and we 19 stay WEIL seven and halt-past sevem, ra write (heir letters, and a4 We live Up town We cannot get the oecessaries of Ife until eight or half-past eight, and by we ume we get throagh it is time to retire, We did not come } plata ta the busy season, but now wo do, A CLERK,