The New York Herald Newspaper, October 5, 1877, Page 5

BOSTON'S COMING SCANDAL. Will Anna Newell, of New York, Get Bordman’s Four Millions? 4 LONG TRIAL IN Startling Charges of Fraud Against Mayor Prince and Others. PROSPECT. peel Bostox, Oct. 13, 1877. It will not be many days before the community will be supplied witu the abundance of exciting episodes \ud circumstances comprising and surrounding the gatter popularly known as the Bordman will case. fhe suit will be tried before the United States Circuit Dourt, and trom the eminence of the parties immedi- ely concerned, as well as the amount of money at take and the distinguished counsel retained on either nde, the progress ofthe action will be likely to awaken \nd attract more than ordinary publicattention. Mra, Apna Newell, the plaintiff, belongs in Now York, and ieeks to recover the handsome amount of $4,000,000 trom the estate of the late William H. Bordman, of this uty, which, sbe alleges, was bequeathed toher by the lvceased, but bas been fraudulently withheld from her oy the men against whom she has brought suit, Tho milonuaire ordman, it should be atated, was one of the Boston “blue bloods,” a brother of that eminently sood woman, Mrs, Harrison Gray Ous. The plaintiff {before she married a Air, Newell, of New York) was brief Anna Tilton, and it was while she was @ maiden \hat Mr. Bordman made the will bequeathing her the yulk o1 bis vast fortune, The defendants, whom Mrs, Newell claims have fraudniently deprived her of hi just rights, are Hon, Frederick O. Prince (present Mayor of Kosten), George 8S. Cushing, Mary Hayden, Patrick Grant and Henry ©. Brooks, all of this city, The counsel retained on either side are also somewhat temarkable, the piaintiff being represented by General Butler, ex-Secrotary of the Navy Roveson, of New Jersey, and Judge Fullerton, of New York, and the lefendants by Sonier & Welsh and Judge Thomas, WHAT MRS, NEWELL ALLEGES, ‘Mrs. Nowell, iu her declaration, 1s very definite and explicit in the grave charges which she makes against \he defendants, ‘and in her allegations are furnished what purports to be the last will aod testament of the Jate Mr, Bordman, and tour codicils made mauy jubsequent periods, The following is what she claims to be w copy of bis Inet will:— L give und beqnoath to Miss Anna Tilton an annuity of 1,800 a year during her lifetime, tho sume to be pal to DY my executors avsho may require it (meaning thereby the plaintii, whose maiden name was Anna Tiltou). ‘to N now residing Iu Paris, wile of L. D. arate ase, fre rt husvand, and to her aud her aasigi I or sum of $500,000 to be applied to ¢ establishment. «nd support of au institution in the form Of w howe tor thy benefit of the working women of Boston, and, h full confidence in her and in her good judg Bent as to the establishment and distribution of tho charity herein named tor she benelit of wating women IL is iny Ww: it ahie execute the sumo as to suid charity herela bamed scovrding to hor best judgmous, having tull faith that it will be doue necording to my intent berein sou forth, and I du hereby charge ts, Aunu Newell above Bumed with the trust und duty of carrying out the same In her sole judgment ana di ai seek she advice of Henry ¢ Temainder of my Newell above named, and to forever, tree frum tue control of ber thut Andrew Jackson, my former boatman, now tthe oallors’ smug Harbor, shall recelve care and ussist ance as heretofure shown ‘im by me; and dirs, Avus Newell, heretotore named in my second eedieil to my sald lust will wud testament, is bereby charged with tue duty of earryiug out this trust. i ‘THE FIRST CoDICIL, In the name ot God, amen. 1, William H. Bordman, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk und Couumonweaith of Massachusetts, morchunt, being of sound mind and memory, Knowing my Hability to deuth, do make tuis my last will aud testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me maa Item First.—It ts my will that all my just debts and fun xpenscs be pald ont of my estate, by my ex- herelualver nomed, as avon ay may be after my ‘tein Second.—I give and bequeath tomy friend, Stephen ‘H, Wusiams, the sum of $10,000. item Third.—I give und bequeath to the Sailors’ Snug Harbor the sum oi $10,000, Item Fourth, —] give'and bequeath to Mary Hayden, my housekeeper, the use of the house where 1 now live, t0 be eceuvied and used by ber, free from rent, #0 loug'us she Bball live. item Fifth.I give aud bequeath to Miss Anna Tilton an aunuity of $1,800 & year during ber lifetime, the same to De paid tu her by my uxecutors us she muy ire it; and it fs my wish that she shall ue her studies, a8 1 buve heretoture aided her to do. pecially that she may be- queach to William Jarvis Katon nd it {s my wish, in case he is uble, that je periortmance of bis usual cutie oilice during the time iy execuiors shall be eug settling my estate wnd be paid thersfor ay he is now paid th.—To my sister, Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis, T ath all my right, title and tnterest in the “2 me,the tithe to which 0 wil iny shares of stock in the q m. herevy nomiuate and uppoint Charles Homer, John D, Bates \the husband of my sister) and Geurwe wulden to be executors of this my last will and testament, In testimony whereui Ihave hereunto set my hand and seal and pubiish and declare this to be my last will and testament, in the presence ot the witnesses named below, this— day of Deceimber, in the year of our Lord 1403, A D Lie Xie Li.Ls. SLRONO T. THAYER, ‘THX SKCOND CoDICIL. » 1, William A. Bordman, of Boston, in the county of Buffolk ana Commonwe: of Masbachusetts, make this eouicit to my lest will aud testament heretofore made 8. Cushing, m: ade curried rf iver hail become and ve ; In testimony whereof seal, and declure this to ve @ codicit to my lust will and testa: ment, in the presunce of the witnesses named below, this of —, in the year of our Lord 1571. Ww. {Seal.} H. BUKDMAN. |, Sealed, published and declared by the said William apd for w codicil to his and testa Hous, who wt his re wand in ais préseuce of euch other have sub- itnesses hereto, GLORGE 8. CUSAING. Tx THIRD coDrcIL, I, William H. Bordman, vf #ostou, in the county of Sai folk, and Commouwenith of Massachusetts, do hereby make this second codicil to my lust will and testament. I, on account of the change, by ui und otherwise, do sisters made nnd contained rt thereot L . ice and Mra. ir y uepl tes, I ive and bequeath thi id for him in rust b; ton, wou T Who yball pay over to Blin ovly tb thereof semi-annually, except In the Judzment of suid Hardy it spall be thought proper by hin to Allow suid Bates to invest of use the name. or # part of the Bai to me, as capital in business. Tou ae jase, my former elerk, I give and bequeath be sum of », YOU. tees Wiltem, Jarvis Baton 1 give and bowseathy, iu 10m to sum named in my sald last will testament, the sum of $5,000. ‘to Wiliam the son of William Jarvis Eaton, [ vive and of $5,000, ‘0 George w, Ousl I give und bequeath the . Prine I give and bequeath the sum of $10,000 'y C. Brooks I give wad bequenth the sum o- in audition to the amount of his indertedness tof ii 10,08 Sean of which Tistena wp nereey lecuarge aed relones and it is my desire that ne shall advise Mra. Auna Newell in ry id out by tore advised her, trusting in dminiatr: 1 bis aid ‘4, Anna Newell, now residing in Paris, wite of L. D. T give and devise my house in Mount Vernon strees, id to hoid the sume to her sole and sepa: the control of her husband, and to ler irs aud assigns forever. I give ard devise the sam of $600,000 to be applied to the establishment and support of am institution, in the form of the benetit of the working women of Hoston: aud ing ber and in her good judgment establishment and — distribn- of herein named the ing women, it is my will that she execute id charity'herein named according by her javing full twith that it will be done ac- tent lerein set tort: aud I do hereby nn Newell avove named with the trust and ying out the same in her sole Judament and discretion, recommending her to week the advice of Henry ©. Brooks heretu named. 1 id bequeath the 0 i“ duty of ainder of my estate, both ewell above named, and to tree from the control of ber cy ber heirs ixua foreve: Regnaud. reby nominate anil appoint Chas. Homer, Geo. Hol- Henry C. Brooks to bo the executors of my lame will an Qn In testimony whereof 1 bereunto set my hand and seal, and deciare this to be the second codicti to my Inat will and festament, in the presence of the witnesses aamed below, this 13th day of March, in the your of our Lord 167. WILLIAM H. BORDMAN, (Seml.) Signed. sealed, published and declared y the said Witl- jams i, 8 ind for bis second codieil to his Inst will and te in presence of us, who, at bis request in bis ibecribed id in the presence of each other, have ur HAINES AS Witnesses hereto. ULOKGE S&S CUSUING. HENRY ©, BRUOKS, FO, PRINCK. THe FOURTH copter. I, William H. Bordman, of Boston, in the county of Sat- folk aod Commonweasth ot » by make this thir? couicli to my last will and testament, Item.—To Mary Hayden, my housekeeper, I ive and be queuth, in addition to the provision for ber in my suid las testament, Huity Of $1,000 # your during her secure the samme to her Massnchusetts Hvspitai Lite insur. life; and I do direet my executor, by purchase trom NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1877—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘ouse wi new ji An suid house during her liecim o Mise Juliette Wyman, whom I have sided im Item. obtaining ber education, | give and bequeath the piano in the house, where T now live and the suum of 8000.) Item. To the two girls, serv: dow employed im my house, I sire and bequeath tbe sum of 800 each. Ieom. Gesire that Andrew Jacksua, my turmer boat- 5 at the Sailors’ Snug Harbor, shall receive care and assistance as here wn bim by me, and Mrs, Anua Newell, heretofore named in my second coidicil to my id lust will’and sestament, is bereby eharged with the uty of carrying out this trast, In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto ses my baad and seal, and declare this to be the third codicil to iny last resence of the witnesses testa the pi ed below, this 20th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1N72. WILLCAM H. BORDMAN, (Seal. i Signed, sealed, published aud declared by the said Will- jam H. Bordman as and for his third cudicit to bis last will nee of us, who, at bis requei repens in the presence of each ot subscribed our names as witnesses hereto. F PRINC. 0. MARY HAYDEN, THE CHARGES AGAINST THR DEVENDANTS. Mrs, Nowell asserts thas all ub iracy, they un- Jawiully bad Mr. Bordman piaced under guardianship a8 an insane person duriag bis ist illness, and pro- cured the ime of guardians in ibe persons of Charles omer, Patrick Graut and ‘bee s. Cusuing; that on of about the lob of June, 1872, they fraudulentiy took possession of ihe testamentary papers given above, and have since concealed, suppresecd or destroyed them; that they fraudulently procured and bad probaied in Suffolk county what parported to be the last wili anu testa: meotof Mr. Bordman, made ip or about the year 1841, and which they knew was not his lust will, aud that 1 was of no idity whats ; thai Batos, Grant and Cusbing, together with C! Homer, were appointed administrators of the of Bordman; and caused and procured Prince, pate) and Grant to be appomted trustees under the aileged will; and Bates, Grant ond Cusbing, together with Homer, have acted as the administrators o! the estate of Bordman, and bave distributed the same; ana that they have not distributed the same in accordance with the terms aod provisions 0! the will, but in a manner nore different from that pre- Bc d by 14; and that said Prince, Cushing and Grant acted us trustees under and by wirtue of the alleged will; and that the defendants, Hayden aud Brooks, were attesting witnesses to ce bulb of said testamentary papers made, executed and Jeft by said Bordman, and that they bay y ono uf them denied that they witnessed, asthe attesting wituesses, be testamentary instru. ments and papers, or any testamentary ivetrument whatever, made and left by Sordman, as and jor his last will and testament; that the defendants, with other persons, in iurther pursuance and execution of said conspiracy, have hidden, concealed and secreted facts, tesiimony, ov dence, witnesses and prools of the due Contents of the testamentary papers at testament of Bordman, and of the depositing and leaving of the same by Bordman at the time of his decor as and for bis last will aud testament, aud of the taking, Concealing. suppressing or destroying of the sume, as beruinvel alleged and wet forth, whereby the plalnuff bas been uinderod, prevented and deieated in ber efforts, duly made, to discover, produc, prove and provute the instrumeuts and ibe Jast will’ aod testament of Bordman; aud the plain- tuff says that the facts, testimouy, witnesses and proofs so hidden, conceulea ana secreted by the defendants, a3 aloresaid, were sufficient vo bave proved and probated the tustruments aud last will and testament of Bordman; that heretofore, on or about June 8, 1874, the plainuiff duiy petitioned the Judge of the Probate Court of the county of Suffolk to allow and probate the iast will and testament of Boraman, which petition was, by means of the false and frauduleat acts, representations and state- ments of the defendants, disallowed by tho Judge of the Probate Court; aud the plaintiff thereupon duly appeared, and duly entered ber appeal ip the Supreme Judicial Courtof Massachusetts, (hat through and by means of the false apd irauduient acts, representations aud statements by the detend- ants, hor petition Was dismissed, and the proof and probate ot the last willand testament preveuted and deieated; that the defendants, in further pursuance and execution of their conspiracy, have (rauduiently disposed of the estare and property of Bordman. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPKARANOE OF THR TRSTAMENTARY PAPERS, Mra. Newell, in her declaration, goes on to say that Mr, Bordman, is lifetime, deposited each and all of the aforenamed and descrived iostruments, his last will und testament und his firay named godicil, and nis second named codicil, and his said third numed codi- cil, In a certain piace, in his compartment of tne saie iu the Union Bank, in guid Boston, where the same was kept and remained unt on or about the 15th of June, 1872, the day of tne decease of Mr, Bord. man, when the ame was fraudulently ana untawtully taken possession of and removed from the vy the deteudants, and by the hanas of George 8S. Cushing; that the papers were so taken possession of and removed without the knowledge and against the will oft Mr, Bordman, THE GUELPH ABDUCTOR. CURIOUS DETAILS OF A WELL ARRANGED PLOT OF ESCAPE—MISSIVES TO BIS CONFEDERATES WRITTEN IN ONION JUICE—TBE FORTUNATE DETEOTIO The Guelph (Ont.) Herald of the 29th ult. contained an interestiug account of the plot laid by Frederick Sturdy, the abductor of the daughter of Sheriff Carr, to escape from prison, Tne atrocious circumstances of his crime ought still to be fresh in the memory of the public, as Jor audacity and outrage it was uppar- allvied, The following 1s the narrative: Sturay’s cell, which ts in the second story, opens into a corridor, the windows of which face the east, and iooked down into a yard in which was stored, till ‘Thursday, the gailows upon which White was bauged. Immediately Lenewth are the cells occupied by the hard-labor prisoners, who are in tne yard, divided from the galiaws og yurd by a higd stone wall, Through the medium ot Jeifreys, Sturdy, who was not allowed outside Lis own corridor, made the acquain' ance of the bard-labor prisoners, Prisoners uave a natural fellow feeling for each oth and these wen received packuges which were tossed over the wall, secroted them in their clovhing, took them into their corridor, and the Windows being open, shoued, “Hello!” Sturuy, howare you?” Whereupon Sturdy would lower a string from his corridor window, the package was tied on, and up it came tosturdy’s bunds, ‘Tuese packages Were Bumerous, and some containing tobacco were appropriated by tue jower wer of risovers, & proceeding which led Sturdy to write tho following nove, Which Was found upon Jeffreys, and which is in Sturay’s writs “Always look out at four o'clock at nigat, It might come any day or every day. Be sure and uot open any parcel except tobacco, there may be something | don’t want any one to A COMPLETE OUTFIT, Friday evening, at ualf-past ave, the men velow reported tne ‘it’? as huving arrived, and Sturdy low- ered asiring and brought up aw package, which be opened. 14is parcel contained two saw bows, such as are used by mechanics working 10 fine metal work, ten Gucly tempered saws about the sige of a large Mainspring 0: a Watch, some putty, 8) brown puint, a quanwty ot lamp! camelbair palit orush The painting material was evideotiy intended to cover up the work of tae saws, 1n the event of failure to complete tbe cutting Of the grating 10 one night. With the saws the bolts of the cell door could have easily been sundered, avd the pesuiiar coustruction of the grating of the outside window admitied of its being easily cat to permit o tue passage of @ man. This successiully accomplished, Rothing was ensicr than to lower ones seif ito ibe gallows yard, where the old gailows would ist the person to the top of toe wall, Or, after the femoval of the gailows Th an ouwide friend coud readily pass @ rope or ladder over the wall, and tho trick was dove, But there’s maay a slip vot} the oul! and hiberty. Discovering irom Jeffreys tne existence of the tools Mr. Merver Institated a search tor them. Beds were examined, baseboards torn off, foor wken up, and every coucervablo hiding piace peered into. Finally, underneath a small table in the corridor was touud @ smuil shell, wane from the board upon which the jail regulations hud veea posted, and which shelf was kept iu its piace by means of pi On this shelf Were found the paints, putty, brasnes, saw haudics, und ‘argo package of churcual, which later had been telegraphed up the string, piece by piece, sturdy tuld two sturesabout the charcoal, Yne—and the most likely—was that 3 intenued to be used ih Yewpering tho suws in case they required it, Vhe other story was that, sbould ail tail, he would put ® blauket over the cull door, light the charcoal, retire to bed and become smotuered by the charcoxl fumes, Alter searching tor some hours the teu diminutive saws were found in a little dust whieh bad Ventilating reg: SEOKNT AGES WRITTEN IX ONION JUICR, Sturdy bas been removed to @ stronger ceil oa the ground floor of the jail, where he will propavly ro- main anti bis trial comes of, Among other articles found was & boitie of onion juice, whicu the prisoner bad expressed trom the ouions given him as food. The Gndiog Of this bottie threw light on his mode of ccumulated behind the communicating With bis outside iriends, He was in tue habit of making out accounts, which he said were due bim for paiuting, and sending them out, after i- spection by tue juiler, to bis usual plan sheet of mily for colleciiou, Iie to write these accounts on one baif iscap, with cous ie space between In this space he wrote in ouion juice to bis cealed writing. Sturdy offered Jefire: to assist him to escape, and itis quite hkely the latter would have done so had the piut not been discovered; al- though it is improbable that Jeffreys would havo escaped himself, as his term of imprisonment will be up in a couple of weeks, Qne of the maw gates to the prison yard is 80 sprung as to par. cel, pnd it 1a Said that outsiders have veen iu the Labit of ‘furoishing preven, vi obacco, newspapers, kc, through this opening, The plot was ext ely well laid, aud, if 16 Bad not been for its aimost acci- dental discovery, Would up edly have bevwn suc- cessful The authorities pretty good idea of where the saws came from, and there will probably be in arregt or two in a day or two, GRAND LARCENY. Robert Dochet, a negro rvcenily arrived from Louisiana, and out of work, sneaked tuto the residence of William Wright, of No, 262 West Twenty-second street, Wednesday evening, between nine and ten o'clock, and was in the act of leaving with about $200 worth of clothing woem he Was arrested by Oilicer Thomas, of the Sixteenth precinct, Justice Bixby, of the Jeflerson Market Court, yesterday committed Lim in $1,000 valk, THE MABEL LEONARD CASE. FILING OF INTERROGATORIES IN THE CON- TEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HER MOTHER, The Society tor the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren, through its counsel, Mr, Lewis L. Delatield, bas Prepared a pretty searching string of interrogatories | requiring to be answered by Mrs- Mabel Rogers, mother of Mabel Leouard, the child actress, These interrogatories were filed’ yesterday in the County Clerk’s OMece, iw conformity with the direction of Judge Donvbue, and by the Judge’s further order the answers to them have to be made to-day, There are twenty-seven imterrogatories, the answers to which, as will be seen, demand from Mra. Rogers au epit- omized history of her career. Alter giving her name, age and present residence, she is asked to state her former reaidences, Tne next inquiry touches upon ber Marriage to Mr, Rogers, and whether such marriage did not take piace pending the preseut babeas corpus proceedings, and with the view to assist in getting abel Leonard beyond the jurisaiction of the court. The th ‘d interrogatory i significantly suggestive, being, “How olten bave you veen married and io whom?” fo this connection she is asked to give the date of such marriages, who performed them and who are the Witnesses, Sbe is next to tell whether she bus ever been known by any aliases, and then follows an inquiry as to what property she bad when she married Rogers, und bow much money he has sinco given her and for whut purpose it bas been applied. Coming down to more recent evenis in connection with the procevdings to punish ber for contempi she 18 asked Whether sbe did pot visit, on June 12 last, the resi dence of Mr. Harriott, the husband of Clara Morris, and whether the result of such visit was not tho de arture of abel from Mr. Harriott’s cure to Hoboken, ben succeed inquiries tracing the wanderiogs of herself and Mabel from that time up to their arrest a few nights since at tho Academy of Music, who induced her to come to Bruoklyn to play with Clara Morris und with whom the engagement was made. Among the closing questious 18 this one, “Did you go with rf vel one nigut toa bovseon Fulton bireet? Give (he number 0 the house and oame the keeper, Who did you see in that house? How many men’ How many women? Dic you know tue cuur- acter of the house? How long wero you tuere? Hav you had proposals of marriage tor Mabel? Was Mab laced at the Shoitering Arms about 1872? Was she piaeod in the Cuiidren’s Folu? When you were abseat trom the city did you joave Mubel in the care oi a negro woman? THE SOCIETY FOR THB PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN CRITICISED, To Tax Epitox ov tax HxgaLy:~- The law throughout the ages bas over been the special guardian of infancy and imbecility. It has beon reserved, however, tor the present period to dis- cover that children most need protection againss their Darents, especially if the pureuts are well todo, in order to more effectually secure the protection of cnil- dren socicties have been created whose agents undor- Stand it to be their duty to penetrate every nousebold to assure themselves that parents are not cruel to tugir chilaren, In case no cruelty is found to exist the society immediately tak @ to effectually pre- Vent it, for as yet there exist but societies tor the “prevention” of cruelty to children, the management of which, with great sagacity recoguizes that it has no busiuess to interiere where cruelty actually does ex lt i8 wo be inferred Ubat they believe that it measures are to bo devised for the cure of cruelty to chiidren Some other set of philuutnropists should secure 1 churter for the purpose. Ihe Society tur the Preven- tion of Crueity to Cuildren ig distinguished for is eminent respectabuity, Its maoagement shuns all contuct with the vile or the unfortunate vaigar, Un- less it may be that when the agents of this society be- come soiled by contact with the vulgur classes the preserves a disore ‘sil The So- jor the Prevention of Cruelty to Cnil- hus evidently mingled in Just pro- poruons & proivund philosophy “with — ite Philanthropy. Lt is easily to be perceived why this society is never published as having with impertinent zeal Violated the sanctity of pauper’s nome or in- sulted w vulgar critmipal vy rebuxing his crime, The wretcbed little waits that throng tbe thoroughfares, gouded to motion by parental cruelty, the iutant vic- tims of social crueity that infess tue nuxious dens of iniamy 10 Many O1 [he streets Of Luis great metropolis do nut vecome subject to their authority. Long and pers stent cruelty have made them impervious to ius ‘og lu their cases the cruelty actually @ fact They are born to cruclty, become subject tu cruelty on the taresbold of their birth, and ure daily overtaken by crueity. Ciearly uhis society, controlied by its own philosophy, reserves its miuistrations for such cases wuere cruelty is to be prevented; in these cases 1t hopelessly exists, Acrobats and actors wre persous over whom the Mmauagement of this socicty exercises a rigid vigilance, especially when they associate too intimately with ‘heir progeny. It seems to ve w cardinal rule, estab- hisbed by the aforesaid philosoply, that there is oo telling how $000 an acrobat or uctor may inilict cruelty on bis chiidren, If litte acrobats or embryo actrosses are ailowed by their pares to disport themselvess too trequeutly in gumes and pleasures. that little girls apd ‘boys most covet their tate immediately enlists the sympathies of this society. Here clearly are justances Where tuis society, by active measures, can anticipate the perperration of cruelty and thereby revent it, Such w case, tor instance, as littic Mabel Leonard, The zeal of the humane officials of this society deserve public recoxuition. [hey dedicate their time when they think it necessary, doubtless without recompense. Especially should some token Of recognition ve given tue, us it 1s oLly accidentally that the puvlic become informed of the great obliga- tion it is ander to these zealous phiiauturopists; for were it not tbat occasionally an opporiun'ty 18 presented to press to publish the hu- Waue acuievements of tuese otiicers the world would never discover the ,ood work of the society and coptributors of money would not have the sweet solace of reuiizing the uses that their dovatioas were upphed to, Perhaps benign fortune plans such cases in order that their sensation should be felt vy those who have money offerings to bestow. a py it is that for the purposes of the society the pret should not give greater publicity to the case of litte Mabei Leonard. EE P. ANOTHER PROTEST. New Youk, Oct, 3, 1877. To THe Epitor oF THE HERALD;— 1 notice in your edition of to-day a protest from “Dp, M. @.”” inst the decision in the Mabel Leonard cuse, and I would add my hearty indorsement to his remarks, If this case is to be estabiished as a prece- dent where can the bounds be set which shall deter. mine the extent of this society’s intervention and ju- risuiction? Why shoul they not take from the factories and stores many girls as young and younger than Miss Leonard, who, like ber, have to depend upon their daily sabor for their support, but who, unlike bh kept from enjoying the pure wir and sunlight, and, as a eneral rule, work teu per cent haruer with brain and body ? She hada very simple part in the play of “Miss Multon,” absolately nothing upon which this society could ground their complaint, aud itis my opin. jon that the matter is purely ove of malicious iuten' against the happt peace of mind of the girl and her mother, I agree “DM. G.” and anite with himin asking, has aot this socicty overstepped ite authority and intent? lt was crouted, I bolieve, to protect young children from the persecu- ons of craocl parents or guardians, and to prevent the siavish treatment of them custom. ary with brutal circus actors und others of that stamp. Aud now this society deigns to intervene and prevent @ young giri from earuing Ler living ip an honest, rep- utable mauner, No cruelty, 19 compulsion, uo’ per- Secon used In the matter, but permitted to act ac- cording ‘0 her own free wili and showing berselt a It He women and vo child, 1t is indeed an outrage upon the uaine of justice, GAT. THE HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIO: Rain and mud on the outside, bat inside of tho American Lustitute building all was brightne nd flowers, Muachinory whirled, the bund played and the fountain splashed. Interestod visitors stood in admiration around the cases of silverware, and chil dren and old folks rested themselves in the patent rocking chairs, But the patenis aud the machinery were not the attraction at the Industrial Institute yos- verday ; 1t was tho horticultural display that brought the people out m their waterproof cloaks and over- Shoo, All down the centre of the main building were jong tables spread with fruit aud vogetabies, and around the fountain were ranged ferns and vases of cut flowers, Om the table nearest the door were grapes of every variety—great, big purple grapes, almost black, and small red grapes so lussious-looking that one was sorcly tempted to taste the many varietics, Thon came the Apples that looked so han iT u ebourd, and the plain green appl 80 delicious in pies, large apples with alternate streaks of red wnd yellow, and little golden appies that look a8 though they would burat with their own juico, Then came tne long yeilow pears aad little brown ars, and pears with such high sounding titles as juchesse d’Augouléme, Louise Bon de Jersey and Vicar of Wakefield, Apd there were plates of dark purple plums and bright red cranverrics, Further dows the hail were tables Spread with specimens of the uastylish Irish potato, #0 plain in personal appear- ance, but so good when cooked, and eurs of white corn and yellow corn. Then there was wh! wheat aod winter oats, The flowers desigaos around the ceuire of the hail There were some beautiful cut flowers, foses in every Vurioty und of rare ira: gtunce, and flowers made up into auchors, crosses, lyres, &G One very elaborate piece is an case! with a frame on it and tuside the frame the portrait of « Veurdivss youth. The easel and frame are made of solid flowers. Another design represents an case! alone with 4 palette banging gracejully from its flow: ery peg and the Word “colleague”? worked In darker flowers across the top. ‘There is a very pretty display of ferns around the fountain and great rough, red leavea plants, The exibition of trust and flowers is but it is abd attractive, To-day is he second series Opeus On Weanesduy, the 17th ings, THE RED MEN. VISIT OF THE INDIAN DELEGATION TO THIS CITY—THEY ENJOY SIGHT SEEING AND RE- CEIVING OLD FRIENDS. Red Cloud, Spotted Tail and their trusty braves who have lately been paying a visit to the Great Father at Washington arrived in this city yesterday morning on their way to their resevatioa, The [ndian bend num- dered about thirty and wore under the charge of Lieu- Venant Clark, United States Army, and ral inter- Preters from the [ed Vloud and Spotted Tall agencies. Besides the two great chiefs tne band included some other celebrated indian warriors like Young-Man- Afratd-of-His-Horses, Touch-the-Clouds, &c. Having travelled all nignt from Washington our Indian guests arrived in a rather siecpy condition The party stopped at the Grand Central Hotel, where rooms were assigned them on the seventh floor, They partook of a hearty break!ast, and it was funny to see them bundie those artificial implements of our civilization—koives and forks. The indians like to have al! meats well cooked, and hence they sent back some “‘rare’’ steaks, which, as Friday, of the Arrupohoes, afterward said, always ‘made them sick.” In honor of the great metropolis, which they were about to astonish by the sight of their novel presence, toey donned their picturesque uative costume, familiar no doubt to every reader vi the HxkaLy. GOING SIGUTSEKING, Carriages wore ordered, aud the strange sight-seeing party drove to the Aquarium, whose wonders elicited some deep grunts of satisiaction from them. Lieu. tenant Clark was anxious that they should take away with them trou the metropolis the true idea of edu- cating Deir daughters, and he then drove tuem to the Normal School, Touch-the-Clouds and sume others of the younger lngians re much ghtea by the sicht of the rosy-checked, fresh school girls, at whom admiring glanvea, but ginerwise the school mtomake ueariy so grbac an impr upon them as the strange dishes at the Aquarium. ‘The Park was the next point of iniwrest, out ib did Rot appeur to advantage under the drizaling rain which feild ig she afternoon, The ludiaus did not display a Of laudscape beauty, but ines a ‘ded it all as very wondertul, and were especially pleased by their visit 10 the menage: ‘Tue movkey@ aflorded them vast delight, and sharp Nose declared tuat one old monkey which’ puckered itwelf up in a funny way to look straight im the Jaces ol the queer visitors re- minded Lim ol au old Indian at nis agence: this there as some laughter on the part ui & which seemed to go tnrough the very marrow ot every civilized Visitor standing near by. Ag to the Park, the idea expressea by must of these cluidren of nature was that it would serve as an excellent cump- ing ground, aua they seemed wo think it a great pity | that it should be wasted as it 18 now, OLD COMRADE. ‘The Indians were now driven back to their hotel, and seemed glad to return to their rooms, lie down Upon the floor and stretch themseives upou their beds, smoke a pipe and to tuke it eusy generally, A stream of visitors poured in upon them aud guve them but little rest, Some of these were army officers und others who bad passed some ti 1 them on the YI ud were glad to shake ther former hunting comrades, Friday especiaily, who was the ouly Kaglish- the party, wus in great demand, iD amusing chat With him, Friday did not seem to relish our civilized mode of living at all, A cut of nicely ‘jerked? buffalo eaten sans fagon with his fingers would give bim far greater pleasure than Mise Corson’s most delicious dishes, Otherwise Friday ueciared that he would not be averso to living tn New York, Ho liked the city and found the ladies even more attractive thun the squaws of his native heath. A geutlemea who had been hunting with Friday in years gone by came and brought bm some pregeats tor bis four papooses, among them tue figure ol @ little negro girl dancing by means of me- chanism, and Friday took the toy with manitest gratification, Friday, when asked about the result of their tulk with the Great Vather at Washington, ex- pressed bimself as being pleased with the upshot of their conference, “Wo'll catch it cold whim we get back now,” he suit ‘tho snow must be already on the ground” Touch-the-Clouds, who seemed to be by far the Jauntiest and joliiest of the younger Indians, kept Jooking out of the window io the afternoon and gur- Veying tho vast mass of roofs beneath. He said to tue writer, “Ol, Ota” (plenty). He was asked bow ho liked New York, but shook bis head and replied in the negutive, Wny? Well, he explained to tno inter- | iepad he would like New York well enough but he felt imselt isofated, Wedded to one of the pretty girls, ho said, be could get along in Now York well enough. Touch-the-Clouds is evidently a great admirer of the fair sex, and beside that he 18 a bachelor, Lieusenaut Clark bad arranged that his amiable wards should visit Gilmore’s Garden Inst evening, but they were too tired and preferred to remain quietly in their rooms, his morning, if the weather is iair, they are to enjoy asail down the bay und sce tho shipping of New York, und to-night they will leave for ome, OUR INDIAN POLICY, ViEWS OF A PRIEST WHO HAS LIVED AMONG THE SAVAGES—SUGGESTIONS FOR STATES- MEN. (From the Baltimore Gazette, Oot. 3,] While the President aud his Cabinet are engaged in finding somo solation of the vexed [ndian provlem all testimoay on the subject will be of interest and importance, For hundreds of years, as ia well known, there has been no class of nen more success{ul in treating with the Indians than the Catholic priests. Rev. Father Ravello, of St. Dominick’s Uhurch, in this city, a priest of French extraction and well known piety, passed three years of bis life not long ago as missionary among the Sioux. In conversation \o-day ho expressed himself, without the least reserve, on the Indian question, and made some statements in the way.of a plan to civilize them which are worthy of general circulation. “Of course,” said Father Raveille, ‘we can begin with the admission that the past treatment of the Tndians has veen very misguided and brought the very worst of results, The work is not done by people sufficiently disinterested, and hence bad faith, or rather no faith at all, has been the result, The Louian, for instanee, moves or is driven to some reservation. He begins to feel a littie like home there and culti- vates the land, and along comes the white man, fences in some of this land, and then forces a treaty, granting this land, which has beon already seized. Vast amounts of apnulty money are squandered or stolen, 80 that the Indians are not given even the consolation of beg paid for what we take, All this is wrong, ’” “What would your idea be?’ we asked, “Well, thero are two very simple rules:—First, find out the indians’ tastes and inciimations second, lead thom up to civilization by methods that do not conflict too violently with these tastes and inchuauions, Let me illustrate irom my own cure- ful observation, While 1 was atoong the Stoux I saw that oue great step would be gaived if we could do something to break up their tribal organiza. tion—that is, make them forget the authority oi (heir caiots or warriors aud 01 all neighboring tribes into some such Awerican brothernood of feeling and pursuits as we enjoy in our citizenship, So long as (hey retain obstinately clannish it will be bard to teach them the principles of MoOCFatic civilization, ‘They must drop all his, Just as our foreigners do when they Vecome uuturalized, They will not entirely over- come thetr warlike instincts while they have these tribal divisions, ruled by chiefs woo are elevated on account of their prowess on the warpath, I (ried the experiment at Devil’s Lake, where there were thre tribes Laving thoir agency. Lite Fisu, one of tb Sioux warriors, believed in the plan, and lent me val. vable assistance, It worked to a cliarm, and these difereut tribes gradually forgot to draw the wibe lincs closely and miogied on & level !n everything, | un- the trival but | am equally confident that it i# of the very urst importance to accomplish this result, and I believe it could, with Judicious management, be reached inside of Mfty years, oF WO yeuerations, 60 poriectly that scarcely a vestigo of it would remain,” “What, then, about the religious education of the tribes ?? “lL was about to mention that,’ said the father, “You Know that for three hundred years thi tholie priests bave been employed in that Lndian feld. They have 80 conducted themselves as to win the coufidence of the people, and you will Gnd in most of the tribes a tradition to that effect 6o strong that they ask for prieste of the Cutbohe taith. Personality | buve the greatest regard and aflection jor ali missionaries who go there to labor, and many of them, Bishop Whippie ineiuded, are my Warm friends, 1 do tuink, however, tat the Indian should ve as unfettered in the choice of his religion any white citizen of the country. Much tl feelin, been engendered awoug them by their Wishes in these matters being disre- garded, 1 Cannot see what right the government tas to force the India ny agency Lo accept a spiritual adviser they do not Cuuterence, hb. made @ particular req lie priests to be their teachers, and they will uaturally foul disappointed if others are sont them. 1 this respect sould ve changed, ”’ “Wha [ey would you adopt,"’ we then asked, to re- duce the ludian to & domestic creature t" “That { will auswer by an anecdote :—One bitter cold night, While | was with the Sioux up near the Canada line, & well known cuief, uamed Left Bear, came ino T bad sent for bim 10 try an experiment. I said W bim:—'Look at me here in this room, Left it civilization cau do, The wi the ; Wie snow 18 deep, but b Here is @ bed, who my table, with boo! The policy and not treeze, Hero Fead aud learn, about witbout a home!’ Ho repeated all tuese advau- tagesaporovingly. ‘But,’ said he, with a splendid avout Lim, ‘you aro not tree, You cannot pus your house of your back and go Lo somo new place When you wanta change.’ Th tho Indian instiact in a nutshel, It so | can Is this not much better than roamiag is twscinatio; a centur But there can be no progres Vaation Wil that pomaaie spirit is gone The aud Creeks have lost il, and so muse the ocner tribes, Give them reservations on good land and lot them wn- derstaud they are to bi abiding bome ‘They will soon learn to stay tu one place conte: if toe goverument lets them, but we cannot expect them to grow dowmesiic if we drive them to pew quar ars.” that the right sort of treatment bring about these results ¢ jubt of it im the world, for we know it would certain! nave no hes been successiuliy tried With ali his nateral pride the Indian realizes by this time thas bis only comfort and prosperity cau come through peace and civilization, He bonestly wanteto settle down and keep peace civilly, and see his children learn, He would only be too glad to improve if the opportunity was giveo bim and bis children in the rght way—not vy violence and vreaches of faith, but by moral suasion and seusbie, honest management.” “Whatdo you think of the present complications with the Sioux?!’ ip the face of ali the fucts im the case it would not surprise me at all if by = sprinj we sbould see a general uprising and au oensive alliance of many tribes of tue Nortuwest, That would bea most se- rious calamity, as you can see, for it would oni, strengthen tuose very tribal organizations which have said it should be the part of a wise Indian policy to overcome. It would retard progress many years,” “Are you familiar with the Nez Percé tribe und their grievances?” “L never lived among them, but! kuow they are the most peaceful and cullivaied tribe of the whoie Nortb- West, and their grievance simply is that they to be forced to resign by treaty the lands Ui as preseut war Was precipituted by agents who bad nothing to lose and everything to gain. I look upon it 1 only another illustration of our miserable Indian policy ” Fathor Raveilie is a young man in the vigor of life, and tulks in the earnest manner of one who thor- oughly knows the facts, THE MEMORY OF CHARLES SUMNER. JOHN W. FORNEY ADDS AN EXPLANATION TO THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF GRANT'S ADMIN- ISTRATION—VINDICATION OF THE NOBLE DEAD. (From the Philadelphia Press, Oct. 3.) ‘The ex-President’s charge that Mr. Sumner was un- truthful, says the Boston Commonwealts, bad its rise in the matier of the annexation of St. Domingo, The story Of that misunderstanding is an interesting ona Mr. Suwner was dining ove Sunday evening at his own house, with Johu W, Forney and Ben Porley Puore, when the President wus announced, with the message | that he very much desired to confer with the Senator | On am important watter, The diower being nearly cou- ciuded, the Senator sent word he would see the Presi- dent atoucea Upon this Mr. Poore rose and retired. Mr, Forney was leaving the room us the Presivent was ushered in. ‘Don’t go," said the President, “1 should like to have you rewain and bear wuat | Lave to suy. ‘Tne Colonel accordingly rescated himself, and the nd hitnselt composed themselves to bear the Ov’s communication, General Grant then suid he bad beon thinking « good deal about the annexation of St. Domingo to tue United States; the country bad been offere to the United states; 1t was Iruitiul in many Products that we needed, und, moreover, it was emi- Utter for a mavai aud coaling station. lt would P in important outpost in case of war; and, in short, the udvantages were all in favor, us be louked tit, of ite acquisition, “Now, Lam told,” continued the President, *ibat you are chairman ol the Judiciary Committee, before whow such matters come, and that Mt you will aid it the thing can be accom plist The Senator interrupted by suyimy he was chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, not of the Judiciary, aad that that committee would have such a master ia charge. ‘The President accepted tbe correction (though he subsebnently several times made tue same | mistake), and continued the guvocacy with mack ear- Destness, fually appealivg to tue Senator to personally aid bim. The Senator auswered these strung ati- treaties with, ‘Well, Mr.Presivent, | am a republican and au administration man, and | wilt do all tf can proparly to make your administration a success, I | Will give the subject my best thought, and witido all L | can rightly and consistentiy to ald you.’ Ihe tnter- view soon alter ended anu the President withurow, ‘True, all true, as far us it goes; but the omitted fact | ts that both President Grant and myself believed that Mr, Sumner imteuded to support the S& DV mingo scheme alter the conversation here reterred to. I’! wrote In thet belief tn my paper, the Washiugton Daily | Chronicle, on the Sunday night’ when I Mr. Sum- ner‘s house after this inierview, and continued to do 80 1p that paper and the Press. ‘bho President culled | on me, when Mr. Sumner subsequently attucked the St. Domingo project, ior my opinion of his underatand- ing with the senator, und J sustained Generali Grant's view over my own nume, But this did not prodace auy diflereuce iu my relations with Mr, Sumner, He simply explained that he bad been misunderstood by both of us, and we remained ag intimate as ever, That explunation ought to have been sufficient for Genera! Grant, us I more than onco said to bim, There was no bad taith about Sumuer’s course, Ithought, with the President, thathe tad agreed to support the St. Domingo acquisition, but Mr, Sumner Wok the ground that he bud only con- sented to consider the suvject, With a little more moderation on both sides the two men could have been reconciled; but they were coutrolled, especially General Grant, by some poilticians, who wanted 1o produce a rupture Letween the Presiden and the Seo- ator, Ltried to compose tho trouble, but failea—the quarrel haa gone too far. Lt is not pleasant to reopen these wounds, now that the grave has ciosed over the illustrious Senator; but I solemnly believe th: never lived a purer, beter or more truthft than Charles Sumuer, Ho bud his taults, but be never vio- ed @ promise, deeertod a irieud oF uttered » hood, WwW. THE NEW COMED VULUAN. To Tuk Epitor oy tHk Heraup ‘The scarcity of comets seems to be at an end, for that announced in tho HxRaLw this morning is the ith discovered during the present year, As it will probably be visible with a stall telescope, and pos- sibly even with am opera glass, aud as it will sink below our southern horizon in two or three weeks, I do not wait for an opportunity to look for it before giving your readers such facts us can be glenued from the official announcement, It is outside the earth’s orbit aud, to have @ “bright tail”? at that distance from the sun, must be a body of considerable size. It can be found most readily by the aid of the planets Mars and Saturn, The bright red star in tho south, about ten o'clock in the evening, is the planet Sars, the recent discovery of whose satellites hus created so much excitement in scientific circles, A littie to the left, aud somewhat above it—the nearest bright star— 18 the plauet Saturn, now especially tnteresting trom the position of ita ring. Toward this planet Mars is now moving, and on November 5 they wili be very close together, ihe comet is now avout three times as jar from Murs, toward the» left aud some what below il lt moving Fapily, noarly in w direction of the bright star Fomalbaut, below Mar, aud will pasa near that star in about «fortuight. lis distance Irom the earth is small—how small we cannot kuow until after further observations—and whatever change there may ve in the brightness of the comes duriug its visibility here will be wholly owing to its coming nearer or receding (urther trom tbe eurch and not to any change in the actual brightness of tue comet itseit, ‘The lust comet I bave learned very little about. lis distance was so great and Lhe direction of its motion Was such that, aiipouga | have seen no accurate ob- servation of 14,1 coasider it wlready far beyond the reach of smail telescopes, and 1 think it is receding from buth sun aud earto, With your permission I will take this opportunity to say w word with regard to the planet Vulcan, whose principal defender cun now no longer speak tor it. According to my bypothetcal orbit, published in the Henato of December 24, 1574, it should buve beou in transit upon the sun’s disk on September 20 from about six A. M. to ten A. M., subject 10 an inaccuracy of several bours (rom the exuct orbit not being known, 1 carefully observed the Sua during the wuole of that day witb uive inches aperture, und although there were clouds in the morning and alternoon, It Is sate to was not upon tho sun’s disk be- M. tg still @ and that possibility that the hypoth the period may ve a little less th Leverrier, iu which case tho planet may be March or September, although every failure to find 18 Adds Lo the probability that wo such planet exists. NBY M. PARKHURST. H New York, Oct, 4, 1877. OUR WALTER SUPPLY. The raintall yesterday dissipated whatever possibil- ity there bad been of a water famine for the present, Chiet Bogineer Campvell bad, however, devermined to resort to anew method of increasing tno supply, and had forwaraed the frst sypbon used for such a Purpose in Patnam county, which was intended io dram Barrowt’s pood, where the water bad already deen drawn off to the depth of the pipes now in use, This pond covers about sixty acres, and contains in its depths a great volume of the purest water, Tho sypnon, six inches in diameter, being the largest pipe now obtainab.c lor the purpose, Will be in posie tion ready tor use to-day should it bo required. By sunilar process it was proposed to connect Croton River with Lake Gilead, which covers area of 10u acres, Tho use of the sypbou by the Croton Depart- meotis not an experiment, having been tried belore, though not in the jocalities named. By its means the water supply can be materially increased at short no- lice Whenever necessury. THE ROE DIVORCE, In the Supreme Court, Kings county, before Justice Dykmav, counsel for plaintiff! im the action ior divorce brought by Mary 8, Roo against W. J, Roe moved foran additional allowance for the feos and disbursements, ponding the trial belore a referee, Tho particuiars of tue case have been published in the HenaLp. ‘Lhe parties, who jo in Newn in the highest circles of society. i the def: 4 LO be possessed Of an incor of $30,000 per recently granted the plainti, RAPID TRANSIT. TRIAL OF RUFUS STORY'S SUIT AGAINST THB NEW YOLK ELEVATED RAILROAD COMPANT BEGUN. ‘The opposition to rapid transit becomes more per- ib every day. Old suits whieh have been for months dormant are suddenly brought to trial and the ball is keps constantly roiling, Foliowing close upon the heels of a motion for a stay of proceedings in the suit brought by the Sixth Avenue Kailroad Company against the Giibert Elevated Railroad Company is the trial of the suit for injucction brought by Rufus Story against the New York Elevated Railroad Company, Which was commenced yest y before Judge Robins 800, in the Court of Common Pleas, This suit, which, as will be remembered, wag begun last spring, is brought by Mr Story, whe owned property on Frout Street, to prevent the defendant company from butid- ing thelr proposed structure on the east side, io tront Of bis premises. Ou the opening of the case yesterday Mr. John H, Parsons and exJud) peered jor the plaintiff, aud David ©. Delafeid ior the vad company. ‘The case for tue plaintifl was opened by Mr, Parsons, who explained at length the cause of uctios yd injury to the property of the plaintiff, given tantially ove, He dwelt at length upon the different grav! and conveyauces ander which Mr. Story claimed title to bis property. He then Went on to Btate the differs eut preliminary orders of injunction obtalued from Judge Larremore jast spring, on the argument of which he said the defendants denied apeeihealig Mr Story’s title to the portion of the street in front of bis premises, aud claiming that the grant irom the city opeuimg Froat street ia 1773 ex- ressly covevanted that the street should be jorever Toe (0 ihe citizens passipg to and tro, Mr. Parsons Jurther contended that Mr. Story wi titled tc com- pensation it the street Was appropriated by us intended, aud he would produce witnesses to show that the ay Att the Court, afier some Little pari ex-Judge Comstock, adjourn ext in orger to allow the latter geutieman to atten the Episcopal Convention now in sessign at Boston. HOW THE GILBERT ROAD WILL AFFECT PROPERTY, The original cesign for the Gilbert Elevated Railroad contemplated the erection of the supporting pill on the line of the curbstone, vo that the span of the road would bo equal to the evtire width of the stroet be tween (ue sidewalks, [t was ovjected to this design ‘hat ite immensity on a thoroughfare like Sixth avenue would keep dayligut from coming below and cause darkuess to reign eternally om the street, It Was @n0 @ very expeusive design, and perhaps, by reason of the cbormous span given to @ single fron be Streichead over a wide street, it lacked the ential element of strength and security. Anyhow wheo the law of 1875 kuown as the Husted act was passed authorizing tho appoint ment of commissioners by the Mayor to locate routes aud Ox upon the plan of railroad construction, the Git- bert Company was allowed to modity its design so at to permit it to erect the supports for the cross beams in the roadway on eth: jae of apy horse car track where the space was adequate to allow the passage of Avy ordiuary vehicle between the pillars of the Ble vated road und the curbstone, This modification, it te claimed, was in several ways an improvement to the road aud w convenience to the public aud the property boiders, Tne duuger to be apprehonaed from an exira wide span was avoided, Wuile there was po ine ferruption to the light, and the approwches to tho sidewalk from the street were left uninterrupted by the presence of heavy iron columns, which might certainly be accused of infringing on the property of private owners, A8 the Giivert road 18 pow dasigned to traverse Sixth avenue it ts said that to the horse car rulroad 10 will prove u positive sheiter in tue win- ter montha The road will be uo eyesure, but, on the contrary, AD Ornament and, above ail things, a greab utility, 1b which the thought of ornameut will be fur- gotiew. 1 will afford abundant room on Sixth avenue for carriages and all sorts of vehicies to drive up aud down on ejther side of it lt will be hand. somely painted und rendered even more sate for passengers tuan the horse car road beneath it As it stands far out (rom tue lige of hi 4 on oitber side of Sixth avenue, and as the locomotives must consume their own smoke, it 18 difficult to see how ladies who come to promenade and make purchi ou the avenue can be incommoded and driven to make their purchases and take their airing elsewhere, On the contrary, the rapid passing and repassing of trains, iu contrast to the lazy, soporific motion of the prosout street cars, will muke an enlivening spectacie and rene der Sixth avenue doubly popular. Vresigent Butler, of the street car railrond hereby affected, cuntinues to express the conviction that it wil damage property to the extent of $30,000,000, ‘This i8 ap assertion easy to mi auc extremely bard to prove, Nobody, it 18 claimed, will be disposed to leave his business on tue avenue because of rapid transit, but, on the contrary, its whol uccount of its central location, must with lined with fi wil stores, and the owuers advantage 1@ rapid transit road to make their dwellings higher up tue island. It the Gilbert Company choso it is suggested they could, in accorduuce With the terms of their charter, PUt Up B structure on tue avenue that would really give cause for some complaint to property owners, Dut the desiga they have in hand can be offensive to none but tue horse car company, and tuat app have iufluence enough to stir up by misrepresentation anu the grossest exaggeration u hostile feeling against rapid transit on the part of several wortuy resideuts of the avenue, But the latter will come to see very soon. Uuat they Lave veen iong under a misconception in re- gurd to tho Gilbert Elevated road, PROPERTY OWNERS AND RAPID TRANSIT, The Secretary of State, Mr. William M. Evarts, said yesterday be had heard nothing of a Conference to be hold between him and certain Sixth avenue property owners for the purpose of taking measures to counters act the effects of the decision lately made by the Coart of Appeais in the matter of rapid transi, Lt was pos sible, be said, that tbe property owners were contem- plating some steps in tuat direction, but su far they bad bad no consultation with him, ft is certain, how- ever, that several impulsive residents of Sixth avenue are striving bard to arouse a public sentiment against rapid trapait, and especially the Gilbert roaa, but ther eflurts do not appear to ve particularly successiul. THE ELEVATED RAILROAD, An adjourned meeting of the Board of Directors of tha New York Elevated Rajlroad was beld yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, for the further considera. tion of the bids tor work received on Tuesday inst. After examining tho bids the Board adjourned antl Tuesday, woen it is expected that the contracts will be warded, The multiplicity of th quirements of the work ne ‘The company will soon put in running operation thirty or forty waditional trains during the busiest parts of the morning aud afternoon, STEAM TRAVEL FOR BROOKLYN. The Brooklyn City Railroad Company will shortly mako application to the Common Council for permin sion to run steam cara from Twenty-filth street and ‘Third avenue, along the latter line to Flatbash avenue and thence to the City Hall. From that point passens goers can be conveyed down to the ferries on the borse cars. Aproject to run the steam motor cars on the Fulton avenue route to East New York is also being dwweussed by the same company, It ts hi that the horse cars will, before long, b perceded by steam in Brooklyn. xXperiments during the past few months made With the steam motor, from Twenty fifth str to Fort Humilton, have prove 'y the company and all the horse cars bave been with drawn. WOMAN SU ‘The heavy rain last night prevented a large attond- ance at the New York Woman Suffrage Society, No. 238 West Fourteenth sireet, Mra. Clemenee 3, Lozior celled the meeting to order promplly at eight o'clock. Miss Jeannie Lozier read a very inioresting paper on “The Cause of Our Country’s Disease aad the World's Misapprebension and Violation of the Naturai Law.’* Human nature in mankind, she said, should be recogs nized 4s more essential than sex. Woman being, like man, buman it was asin against God to treat her as an inferior. But she was torced to toil on for unequal pay and with unequal liberties Her 0m was in antagonism to the fundamental principle of the American government—no tamation with- out representation. (Applause) Woman can hold property aud convey tities, but cannur vou or re- Bist apy podlic swindling of ber own 1 Bi car of progress Weuld not turn backward, and soon woman Would be eulragchised all over the world This ‘paver was followed by & discussion, AM address to the Voters ane legisiators of New York, setuug fora the wrongs of women, was thea read by Miss Lillie Devereux Hiake. The returns (rom Colorado in regard to*the State constitutional amendment providing {or Woman suffrage, aud Voted on at the election just Tues- day, bi ot yet been received, but Mrs. Susan B, Anthony i# diligently eogaged there in collecting re- ports from all parts of the State, and returns will be AuuOUnCEd as FOon ns received. SAILOR BOARDING HOUSES. Commissioner of Sailor Boarding Houses J, J, Ferris, Dr. Hobersmith, of the United States Marine Mospital Service, and Dr, Henry King, physician in chiet of theSeaman’s Retroat, completed their inspection last wight of the sailor boarding houses of this city, The inspection, whieh has been going on for several days, was tnade for the purpose of abulisbing the low dens im whieh sailors lodge aud robved, many of them, strange to say, being licensed, The attention of Dis- trict Attorney Pueips, will be culiod to this class of rookeries within a tew days, The uumber of houses » $200 per month as bi grants $700 fees to counsel ) wand $200 for disbursements, inspected was 110, of which 80 were provided wah where sailors are known to lodam licenses. Many houses of low repute were visited. 4