The New York Herald Newspaper, November 6, 1877, Page 6

6 “WASHINGTON. The Bland Silver Bill Rushed Through the House. GENUINE SURPRISE TO ITS OPPONENTS. Disastrous Effects of the Contemplated Law. A LONG LIST OF ABSENTEES. Mr. Ewing’s Bill Given Over to Debate. THE FISHERIES COMMISSION. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Wasuixoroy, Noy. 6, 1877. PASSAGE OF THE SILVER BILL—A GENUINE SUBPRISE—EFVYECT OF THE MEASURE AS A LAW—IHE PROSPECTS IN THE SENATE— ANALYSI8 OF THE VOTE. ‘Tho silver men made a genuine surprise to-day. 1t as not generally believed that they could force a bill upon the Honse, and very few suspected the over- whelming voto it would get of 163 to 84. There were nearly a hundred absenteos, most of them paired. Among thoso absent were General Butler, Gen- eral Garfield, almost all the New York delega- tion and @ great many Eastern men generally. ‘The silver men were, of course, greatly elated—un. Teasonably so, indeed, for itis considered very doubt- ful by the best injormed men that the bill can pass tho Senate, and, at any rate, both in the Finance Commit- tee and in the Senate, which is a deliberating bouy, there will be enough delay to give the hundreds of thousands of depositors in savings banks all over the country time to think whether they aro ready to agree to a swindle which will rob them of at least cight or ten per cent of their deposits. If this silver bill were a law to-day the savings banks depositors in New York alone would Suiler a loss of over twenty millions of doliars by it, and as there are savings banks in most of the States it remains to.be seen if the depositors in these i cutions are ready to welcome a hage loss which would Jeave every one of them poorer. The strength of the silver sentiment, it ia evident to-day, lcs im resentment atthe Demonetization act ef 1573, Probably half the men who voted for the Bland bill to-day would more readily have voted for & moderate measure, What they aimed at was to Please their constituents by # vote condemning the Gemoueuization jaw. Of this prejudice the wholesalo silver men adroitiy took advantage in tho House, where tne rules allow of chok- ing off debate and amendments, and cram- ming en ill-advised and extremo measure down its throat Even ip tho midst of the silver ex- itement to-day there is good reason to believe that such a Dill as this could not have passed after debate. And if the Senate snould send it back amended into gome reasonable shape it is not unsafe to predict that Most of the vow infuriated silver men would gladly accept the amendments, To-day many of the steadtest and best informed ™men in the Houso went with the current Buch men as Charles Foster, General J. D. Cox, of Ohio, Hunton, of Virginia, Knott, Lynde, Mills and Reagan, of Texas, Morrison and Waddell were carriea slong. Of the men who voted againet the bill twenty-iour are republicans and ten democrats; kwo are from Micbigan, two trom Louisiana, one from Missouri, one from Texas (Mr. Schleicher), and one from Georgia (Mr. Stephens), The rematnder were from States east of the Alleghanies. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury was somewhat sur- prised at the vote by which the bill was Passed, but he i8 not seriously alarmed, believing that both the Biand bili and the Ewing bill Will failin the Seoat» Experts here say tbat prac- Weally silver could not be coined at the Mint rapidly enough to gratily the unlimited silver men, and that merely to substitute silver dollars for the small bills Would require very much longer time than tue sliver fanatics imagine. The President remarked the other day that this Struggle about silver and againsi resumpuion, with the Wotul threats of ruin which are used by the infla- Wouista, reminded him of a boy who nung by nis Oingers to a window sill, and cried out with all his Jungs tor belp, and whea taken down found that be had all the while been hanging with his feet about two inches and a half from the ground. Ove of the aptesilver m in the House faid to-day that these silver fanatics are like the old “forty acre and a mule’? demagogues 1a the South, who got the yotws of the negroes on a promise that every colored faintly should have forty acres and a mule, By and by, when nobody got his share, the blacks began to turn against them, and so the Western People will abandon these demagogues by una by, Bad be, ML, EWINO'S ANTI-RESUMPTION TILL. Mr. wing finally surrendered at discretion to-day, He found that be could not get out of his ‘nine hole,” And at jast gave his bill up to debate und amendment, Fhe discassion begins w-morrow, is to last five full days, and thero is a prospect that some-ot the ablest men in the House will be heard oa tho question, The success of the stiver men would prob- ably somewhat strengthen the vose for the Ewing vill if = could be taken at once, so little do members comprehend that tho two measures are exseutiudly antagonistic. But the debate will enlighven a good many men, and it is a questiou wheiher the bill can pass the House, Its not unfair to say that probably hulf of those who now favor Mr. Ewing's bill do so in honest ignorance of its meaning and effect. They have Dring back good tit how they do not kuow and cannot tell and they aro likely to hear some impres- Sive truths in the course of the dobane, A great dovl of the present inflitioa zeal 1s for efiect at home, tor buncomba THM NEW COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH SPAIN. At the State Department to-day thm Jetter of the Hikkatv’s Madrid corregpondeut, detailing an inter. view with the Spanish Muster for Foreign Affairs, was 45 by the govern: of the United States, 1 is further agreed tout a commission shall be appoiuted to de’ mine, having regard to the privileges ac. corded by the United States to the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, us stated in articles 19 bf and 21 of this treaty the amount of any compen: tion which, in their opinion, ought to be paid to the governwnent of Her Brittanic Majesty tp return for the privileges accorded to the citizens of the Unned Staves under said article 18 of this treaty, aud that any sum which the said Commission may'so award sbull be paid by the United States government in a gros sum within twelve months alter such award Bhail bave been given, The commission nave proceeded leisurely, giving an abundance of timo for the presentation of testimony and arguments, There has been some feeling in a quiet way among the counsel and witnesses for the re- spective governments, but as a rule the arbitration has been a good bumored one, the great grievance and source of trouble among the fishermen having been settled by the treaty under which the trial is pro- gressing. Tho granting of the right to the fishermen of cach nation to fish and to cure their fish and dry their nets upon the shores of the other nation seems to give more general satisfaction than the old three mile rule, with its attendant subjects of diepute. been persuaded that it will | fead with great interest; but it appears that Sesior | Mantilla, the Spanmn Minister here, bas not so far Riven any notice of the desire or Intention of tis gov- troment to propose ¥. more liberal commorciul treaty, U1 ho has instructions to that effect, as would seem to be agverted at Mady id, he has not disclosed them, MR. COM AND THE PARIS EXHIBITION, Mr. Cox, of Now York, intonds to oppose any ap- Propriation for the Paris Exulbition, and will speak Against it in ties House, —_——_. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Wasiingtox, Nov. 5, 1877. THE YVISHEK(ES COMMISSION—CHARACTER THR PROCEEDINGS AND or THE EVIDENCE TAKEN—AKKPORT OF PROFESSOR BAIRD. Professor Speocer F. Haird, United states Com- missioner of Fishers, has just returned to Washing- ton from Hahiax, where he has been for some ume | past, by request of tho Secretary of State, in attend. | ance upon the Joint Fisheries Commission, which We sitting to determine tue disputed point relative to the vedue of rights conceded by the Beatish and United States goveraments in tho Washington Treaty 1871. He says the proceedings of the connmission bave been quite interesting though protracted. About fix borsired fishermem avd others have given testi« Mony Concerning the extent of iehing that has been parried on by the citizens Of Ove country on the shores of the-other and rice -versa, and the arguments ol coun- sel are now vrogremsing, The section of the weaty @ader which the commission sitting doos not imit the time that the commiesion shall occupy nor ‘he seope of its ing. uiry, except ina goucrai way, fis as follows: Inasmuch as itis asserted by the governmont of Hor Britannic Majesy that the privileges accorded io tbe ——... Professor Buird suys ho is entirely at a loss tur an opinion as to the probable action of the commission. One point ts quite certain, and that ia the arbitrators will experience some trouble in sifting out the exact state of aflairs from the large volume of contradictory partisan evidence before it Wit nesses scom to have been chosen on account of the character of the evidence which it was previously as- certained they would give, and the result will be that botn sides will make strong cases betore tne Commis- sion, as based upon the showing of their respective Wwitneeses, Tne cases will be closed by the 15th of De~ cember, and then will commence the deliberations, which will end the jong disputed and vexutious Gsh- eries question between the two countries, THE MEXICAN CLAIMS COMMISSION—DAMAGES AWARDED 10 BE DISTRIBUTED IMMEDI- ATELY. It is probable that the first instalment ($300,000) of the amount aworded as dumages to American citizens by the Mexican Claims Commission will be distributed some time this week, The exponses of the commission, amounting to about $6,000, have been deducted and appropriated from this sum, There seems to be a difference of opinion between Secretary Evarts ahd Secretary Fish, touching the authority of the department to dis- tribute the award among the claimants without on- grossional action, Mr. Fish decided tnat an act of Congress was necessary, and a bill was consequently prepared at the instance of the State Department aud introduced in the House. It passed that body, but the Senate failed to reach it, There are many small claimants awaiting the payment of the award, to whom the delay thus far has been a hardship, and the determination of the Depsrtment to hand over the sum without further deliberation will be highly satis- factory to this class at least. A second mstalment of $800,000 will be due within a short time, +. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, Wasuinaron, Nov, 5, 1877. IMPORTANT BILLS INTRODUCED INTO THE HOUSE—IHE CHINESE INDEMNILY FUND—THE BEVENTEENTH ANMENDMENT—IHE BANKRUPT LAW. A vill introduced in the House to-day by Represen- tative Ward, of Pennsylvania, provides that ection 5,799 of the Revised Statutes of the United states bo 80 amended that the directors of national banks and bauking associations shall have authority in their discretion to declare quarterly dividends oat of the net profits of txid banks and associations, The bill introduced in the House to-day by Repre- sentative Hewitt, of New York, supplementary to tho act carrying into effect the convention between the United States and China, and to give the Court of Claims jurisdiction in certatn cases, is the satue bill in- trodaced by Mr. Hewitt lost Congress, The bill pro- Vides tuat any persen or persons, or body corporate, holding and making any claim upon the balance of the fund usually designated and known ag “the Chinese Indemuity Fund,” under the control of the Depart- ment of State of the United States, and now appropri- ated for losses sustained by the plunder and de- struction, in the year 1854, of the bark Caldera, and the property on board of said vessel may, Qt any time withia twelve months alter the passage of this act, commenee proceedings in the United States Court of Claims against the United Stutes in the samo manner as other sults are brought, pursuant to and in virtue of tho Statutes of the United States ana the rules of said Court; and that the said Court of Claims shal! have fuil jurisdiction to hear and determine such clains or demand according to the principles of jastice and {nternational law, and that the proceedings, trial, decision and judgment of the said Court sball ba bad in the same manner as in all other cases before the said Court of Claims.and have the same effect, aud tat either party, plaintiff! or defendant, may appeal trom the decision or judgment of said Court of Claims to the Supreme Court of the United States in the same man- her as now provided for ip other cases, The bill further provides, that if any final judgment be found in favor of a claimant or piatntif, the sume shall only be paid and satisfied out of the balance of said Chinese Indemoity Fund. shall be in favor of the defendant, then such ciaim- ants shall be forever barred, in Jaw and equity, trom horeatter making any claim upon or against sald fand A joint resolution introduced in the House to-day of u new constitutional amendment, as follows:— AnvicLe 17.—All of that part of tno fifteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States which provides that “the mght of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be demed or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of olor oF previous condition” shall only apply or ud to, comprehend or include persons who were zens of the United States on the S0th day of Mareb, when smd amendinent was adopted, aod their The purpose of tho above Is understood to be to | prevent Chinese or their descendents in this country from becoming voters. | Tho bill introduced toeday by Representative Hard- | enberg, of New Jersey, “To relieve cortarn ships und vessels irom compuisory pilot tees,” provides that No owner, agent, trustee or consignee of any ship or vessel duly eurolled aud heensed aud engaged in the coasting trade or tisbery shall by virtue of the laws of any State be compelied to uke, employ or pay a pilot not voluntarily employed, on ‘entering or departing | from any port or barbor, or entering, passing through or leaving Auy ‘cuaauel, passage ve’ strait within the waters of the United States, It was referred wy the Committes on Commerce, The bill introduced by Repres Feye, of Maine, to-day, ‘to amend the Bankrupt law,” pro- poses to repeal the Bankrapt act of March 4, 1567, and 1 the supplemental acts on that subject, and to enact in heu thereof the following: — Bo ‘t enacted, ke, that whenever any debtor, in- dividual, Urm of corporation 1 failing cxrewmstances shuli make @ Voluntary surreuder or wes.guinent of wil their property, assets, estate and elects for the benelt of their creditors, without preference or wih+ out having given auy preterence ” con. tomplation of bankruptey, under the lawe of the State in which such de the principal office of the corporation is located, such for debts existing at the ime of such assigument or surrender, provided the assigned estate and c shall be sufficient ja amount to pay ol such debis, and provided further that this act sill not apply.to any devis owing in any fiduciary ca- pacity, Second—Tho evideneo of discharge shall be the cer- Uifleaie under seal of the Court having jurisdiction of the aceounta It was referred to the Commuitiso on the Judiciary, The bill inwodacea by Kepresontative Springer, of Hiinovs, in relation to the Venezuela Mixed Commis sion, directs the any distribution of the money that is now of may hercafter be in his custody under awards of the corm- Mission Of 1800; recommends to the President to pro- pose to the Venezuelan government a new commission for a rebeariag of the claims which were laid before oF passed upoo by the commissioners and arbiter un- der the former Convention, and also for the examina- Hon of such other international cliims as may be presented; provides that the new commission shall sit in Washington instead of Caracas if desired by tnis government, and alvo provides, that the commission shail have power to cancel ail outstanding cortifieates of award and to teste other certificates to such per- sons a8 may be rightially entitled thereto, Among other now meusures introduced to-day are bilis by Mr. Covert, of New York, appropristing $30,000 to deepen and improve the channel of Flasuing bay And if said juagment | by Mr. Buckner, of Missouri, proposes tho adoption | wor shill reside, or in which | debtor shull be discharged from all furtuer liability | relury of State to abstain trom | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1877--WITH SUPPLEMENT, twenty cents per cental on all imported barley, and by Mr. Willis, of New York, to promote education of the blind, proposing an appropriation of $250,000 to be invested in United States bonds to be kept by the Secretary of the Treasury as a perpetual tund, the in- terest on which to be paid semi-annually to the trustees of the American Printing House for the Blind, located at Louisville, Tho bill Introduced into the House to-day by Mr. Phillips, of Kansas, for postal savings banks, provides that at each offloe where the postmaster’s salary is $1,000, on application, a savings bank shall be estab- lished and deposits shall bo received at as low av amount as twenty-Ove cents; the account not to ex- coed $200. It provides that when $25 in deposited it shall bear interest at three per cent, when placed subject to ninety days’ notice be fore call, It authorizes the issue of 3.65 bonds in denominations of $25, $50, $100 and $200, with coupons payable every three months, which op demand shall be payable on amounts de- pomuted when called, Jt provides tor additional bonds for post oilices where such banks are establisned, and that the bonds may be lacreased from time to time, and leaves the execution of the provisions of the act with the Postmaster General, the Secretary of the Treasury to issue the bonds on the notification of the Postmaster General that more than $50,000,000 aro 50 deposited, that amount being held under tho control of the Sixth Auditor for the payment of account de- mands, THE PARIS EXHIBITION—THE SUBJECT OF AMERICAN REPRESENTATION BEFOKE THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, The House committee on Foreign Affairs hela a meeting to-day on the subject of providing tor tho American representation at the Paris Exposition. A communication was receivea from Secretary Evarts recommending an appropriation of $225,000 for that purpose, and suggesting also that the bill should contain a provision for transporting intended exhibits from the interior to the seaboard, Representative Hewitt aguin appeared before the committee, by invi- tation, and made some additional statements in advo- cacy of the legislation proposed by his bill on tnis suvject, He also suggested several amendments tn regardjto matters of detail. The committee will hold daily sessions until the completion of the bill, and will then report it for passage at the first opportu- nity, a: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, PASSAGE OF MR, BLAND'S SILVER BILL—THE AN'LI-RESUMPTION BILL OUT OF THE WOODS, Wasiinaton, Nov, 6, 1877. Mr, CaLkins, (rep.) of Ind., asked 1} to offer a resolution adjourning the House out of respect to the memory of the late Senator Morton, Mr. Keuury, (rep.) of Pa, objeciod. THN SILVER BILL. At twenty minutes psst one o’cluck, alter 190 billa had been introduced, Mr. BLANd, (dem.) of Mo., called for the regular order, the morning bour having ex- pired, and the Sre#akee announced the first business in order to be the motion made last Monday by Mr. Bland, of Missouri, to suspend the rules and pass the bill to authorize the free coinage of the standard silver dollar and to restore its legal tender character. Mr. ReaGax, (dem.) of Texaz, asked Mr, Bland to yield to an amendment. ‘The Srnaker stated that, under the motion to sus- pend the rules, an amendment was not in order. Mr, Eanes, (rep.)of R. L, asked Mr. Bland whether this bil! did not authorize the coinage of silver bullion at the expense of the government. Mr. BLaNnp replied that the bill was exactly the same as that which passed the House last year. Mr. Kuitey, of Pa. (to the Speaker)—Is debate in order? The Sr KAKER—It is not Mr. Keitey—Then I object, Mr. Lamrs—Will tho gentleman aliow a proposition to bo read? Mr. Kew regular order. Mr. ReaGan, of Texas—I desire to offer an amend- ment to strike out 412/, graing as the weight of the silver doitar, fhe Srkaker—The Chair cannot entertain an amendment under a motion to suspend the rules, ‘The House proceeded to vote on the motion and it was adopted—yens 163, bays 34. So the rules were suspended aud the bill passed, The following is the voue:— Lobject to any debate and call for the Yuas—Messra, Aldrich, Atkins. Baker ot Ind., Banning, Bell, Bucknell, Bland, ' Blount, Boowe, Bouck, Brentano, Bridge.Brogden, Browne, Buckuer, Bundy, Burdick, Cahill, aldweil ot Ky, Cavell of Teun., Vaikins, Candler, Cunweli, Chalmers, Olare’ of Ky. HK of Towa, Cunket. | 00k, OX, (ot * Cravens, Critpenden, Cal Cuminings, Catier, Daniord, Darrall, Davis of N. Josring,' Dibrell. Dickey. Duunell, Edon, Kits, Ellsworth, of 8, G.,’ Ewing, Felton, Finley, Forney, Pranklia,’ Fuller” Gurdner, Garth,’ Giddinis, Gi Goode, Hamilton, Hare 3 rrison, Hartridga,” Hartzell, tfaskell, Hugelton Bender . House, Hubbs on, Hewitt of Na 01 Dy Mackey, Muish, Mau ley. MeMabou, Mills, 4 Morrison, “Muidrow. Neal, Oliver, Puillips, Pollard, Pound, itandolph, Ray, Reagan, Rice of Obio, Kiddl Robinson of In Sheiley, 3h Springer, Stee Stone of Town, % burgh, Tipton, Townsend of Obid, Townshend of Il. 1 Vance,'Van Verhes, Waddell, Welch, White ot In lets, Williams of Miss, Willidms of Ala. gon, Willis of Ky, Wre NAvs—Messi Williams of Ore- Fovnn-168. and tenden, . Davis of bames, Field, denbergi Hewitt of ce, Leonard, Linds Morse, Norerons,’ Poddie, Powers, Reed, I Seulercher, Stephens, »wann, Ward'and Wood—34, The following is the text of the bil al. be coined at the ver dollars of the ‘That there United st. tes shail be the devices and supe provided by said wet, whi ns. toxether wit! ali silver dollars heretofore coined by the United states of like weight and fivouess, shail be w legal tender at their nominal value for alldetts and dnos, puvite and private, except where otherwise provided by contract, and any owner of silver bultion may it the same at any United StWLos COiNAgS TInt oF assay oifice to be colued into suck dotlary fer lis benetit upon the sume terms and eonditions as cold bullion is deposited for coinage under oxisting law. Seott0N 2. All acts aud parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this wet are hereby repealed, THK ANTI-RYSUMPTION Bit. Mr. EWING, (dem.) Of Unio, moved to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution making the bill to re= peal the third section of the Resumption act the special order for to-morrow, and trom way to day till Tuesday, the 18h inst, at three o’ciock, when th shall be ordered on \ aud on any ndmeuis then pending, the special order not to intertere with appropriation bills, but to be ex iT necessary, 80 as to allow five days for the cousidera- tion of the bil, All amendments meanwhile are U be in order, Oa a viva voce volo the Speaker announced that two- thirds appeared to have voied ta the aifirmative, Whereupon Ihe yeas and pays were called by Mr. Pacer, of Call- fornia, and were ordered. The vole was taken and the motion agteed to, by yeus 143, nays 47, as fol- lows — Yeas <M Aiken, Aldrich, Atkins, Baker of Indiana, | Banning, 4 HV, Bland, isiount, Hoone, Bouck, Brea- tan, Broxdeu, Browus, buekner, Burdick, Uabell, Gain, Caluwell Caiawell Candler, Car Clark of stisso Cha! kevins of south Vranalin, Fuller, Garam Giddings, Glover, Huu Harrison, iartridge, Martzetl, ascell, Hate Laycs. Henderson, Hewite of Alabam, | Herbert, Hooaer, Huose, Huo Hunton, Hum prey, Tituur, Jones ot Alabama, Jones of . Kelley. Kenna, Kimmetl, Kuapp, Kuotk, Lathr py Ly wekey, Martin, Mekoncie: Mutoh, MI wl Mil. Morgan, Moreton, Vries, Pridemure, Riddle, Kob- Jos, hexton, Sparks, Wright, Buon, Blair, Browor, Briggs, Ban Dantord, Dirrall, Davis of Oulitor « Fieid, Foster, Frye, Gibson, Haruen- > Hagelton, He Luttrell, Patterson, A istoo Powers, of . Stewnrk, trait, twins of Micivixan, Williams of Wiseon- Orexon—47 KRNOLUTIONS, On motion of Mr. Woop (dem.) of N. ¥., whe rales were suspended and (he folowing resolutions That the President be respectfully requested, if public interests sonse the correspunde anish vessels entering American ports, Ww 4 In retorence thereto us ue may deem neces olved, That the Se eby Fequested to ai the earl of Keprenentn- ent, copies of the act made wil of American and loveigu bunkers for Us be four per eonsems sof the with copies of all other papers rolebiag th with a stutens Aa Lo the present position of gue! viation, and whetber it remains in t or change. Mr. Huston, (dem.) of Va, introduced a bill to ro move the political divavilitics of Asa Wail Passed. Mr, Purutirs, (rep.) of Kansas, introduced a bill to create postal savings bauks, Referred, fhe SPEAKER aNbOUCEd that be Would be absent to« morrow jn Pennsylvani, aud that Mr, Sayler, of Onto, would act as Speaker pro tem, The House then, at a quarter of three o'clock, ad- journed, on motion of Mr, Cuikins, of Indiana, in re. rr ws originally mado without modifeation spect to the memory of Sonator Morton, whose funeral jad harbor, by Mr. Neal, of Ohio, imposing a duty of | takes place to-day, | spirit and tho prices obtained were very AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB, The races at Jerome Park are announced to come off to-day; but we sappose that will depend onthe state of the weather, The American Jockey Club will most likely pdéstpone if it 1s raining at ten o’clock with no prospect of clearing weather during tbe alternoon. ‘shree and perbaps four races will come off, but the great race will not take place, as the owver of Ten Broeck declines to run him, ana Parole will have a walk over, St. Martin, Vera Cruz and others will run inthe mile and a half raco, and this will beagrand contest, ‘he mile and a quarter race and the steepleobase will also be run. Both have good fields, and the club will add a selling race Mf they can get it up. It was rumored last night that Ten Broeck was plated yesterday and given @ trial, aud could not run better than 1:55.14, and this state of the horse’s condi- tion decided his owner not to run the race; but the backers of the stavle offered to make a race the same distance and same amount.of money for St. Martins and Vera Cruz to run against Parole. This offer, how- ever, was not accepted by Mr, Lorillard. The result willbe a walk over tor the ‘great race’ by Parole, and all the money bet tn the books that Ton Broock would win is lost without a struggle, the betting boing all play or pay. ‘The mile and a quarter race will bavo for start Messrs, Carr & Co.’s bay colt Viceroy, 4 years old, carrying 118 Ibs.; J, J. Bevins’ chestnat filly Hattie F., 4 years old, 115 lbs; J. H. Harbeck, Jr.'s, bay colt Bertram, 4 years old, 118 Ibs.; Mr. Belmont’s chestnut filly Susquehanna, 3 years old, 102 ibs. ; D. MeIntyre’s bay colt King Faro, 8 years old, 105 Ibs., and F, Smythe’s chestnut mare Madge, 6 years old, 121 ibs, The stave of the odds last night was 4 tol against Viceroy, 10 to 1 against Hattic F,, 4tol against Bertram, 13g to 1 against Susquehanna, 1 to 2 against King Faro and 6 to 1 against Madge. There are six entries for the mile and a half dash, comprising Vicoroy, carrying 118 lbs.; Hattie F., 119 lbs.; Bertram, 118 Ibs; Barricade, 118 lbs.; St. Mar- tin, 124 Ibs,, and Vers Craz, 101 Ibs Tho betting offered last night was 6 to 1 against Viceroy, 10 to 1 against Hattie F., 4 to 1 against Bortram, 6 to 1 against Barricade, 2 to 1 against St. Martin, and 1 to2 against Vera Cruz ‘The steeplechase has five entries, consisting of Dead- head, carrying 166 Ibs.; Coronet, 153 Ibs.; New York, 137 Ibs, ; Weasel, 130 Ibs., and Dandy, 112 lbs, ‘There was no betting on this race last night. WASHINGTON RACES. DISAGREEABLE WEATHER AND SMALL ATTEND- ANCE—IWO RACES RUN AND ONE POST- PONED—GLEN DUDLEY AND FIRST CHANCE THE WINNERS, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Wasuixaton, Nov, 5, 1877. To-day was the third and last of tho fall meoting of the Washington Jockey Club, The weather was cold and uncomfortable, with indications of an approach- ing snow storm; and the attendance, as on each of the preceding days, was quito slim, though the acoessi- bilty of the track even to Baltimore is easier than that of Baltunore to Pimiico, and less expensive if one wishes to bo independent in his movements, The whole trouble has been the seemingly apparent care which bas been exhibited to keep the public from knowing that the meeting was to tuke place, It was not advertised any. where, and not one-half of the peoplo of Washington and pipe-tenths of those of Baltimore had any knowledge that the meeting would be held. Shortly after one v'clock there was quite a. shower of rain, suilicient to drive the people from the pool stands, but the owners ol the horses expressed a determination to finish up the meeting to-day whatever tho state of the weather It possible. TH FIRST RACE Was a selling race, one aud 4 quarter miles. Horses to be sold for $1,200 to carry full woigut; for $1,000, allowed & Ibs.; for $750, allowed 7 Ibs.; tor $600, allowed 10 lba, aud for $300, allowed 15 Ibs, Vurse $150 Jor the first borse aud $50 for the second. The starters were D. MoDaaiel’s bay filly Lady Salyers, three years old, by Longfellow—Genoura, 87 ibs.; the same gentleman's bay colt Glen Dadloy, three years old, by Glenelg—Madam Dudiey, 90 Iba; J. Mc- Mahon’s chestnut filly Blondel, three yeara old, by Bonme Scotland, dam by Lexiagton, 85 Ibs., and H Gaffoey’s bay gelding Dailgasian, tour years old, by bblarneystove—Lucy Fowler. McDaniel had the call at the poois, gelling at $15 to $5 fur the field, Just be- Jore the start McDaniei’s entries soid at $40 to $20 tor the field) The sturt was good, with Duil- asian iu front, Blondel second,’ Gien Dudley turd and Lady Salyers last’ ‘They pussed the stand without change; but on the upper turn Gien Duaiey and Blonget ran up with Daiigusian, aod they passed the qaurter pole together. Ou tbe buck- atreten Glen Dudiey went to the first place and pussed the half-mile pole a bead w troat uf Blondel, with Dailgasiau third and Lady Salyers last, In that oruer the horses ran around the lower turn 4nd into the homestretch, whon Gien Dudiey ran abead and fn- ished 6X lengths io tront of Blo ‘who led Dail- gasian three lengthy, Lady Salye Jengtos be- hind. The race was Unisved Under a neavy raio and no official tame was taken, There was but one juage on the Stand, aud objection was raised on that ac- count, and there was considerabie delay, tho pool- sellers declinmg to settic until the matser was ad. jusied. Mr. ¥. P. Hill, tho proprietor of the track, und who offered the purses tor the meeting, was tho objector, but under the rules of the clab one Judge 1: sufficient, The matter was tually gatisiactorily ar- Tunyed and tbe second race wae called, THE SECOND RACK was tho Consolation Purse, one und one-eighth miles, for horses thut bad run and uot won during the meet- ing; parse $100 for the firat horse avd $50 for the second, The sturters were F. M, Hall's bay colt Dick Sasseer, 3 years oid, by Kugene—Lu Kosa, 96 Ibs. ; tue sume gentiemun’s bay tilly Kuterpe, ¥ years old, vy Vauxuail, dam by Bu 95 Ibs.; D. MeDauiel’s bay colt Mayor Burkor, 3 yeurs old, by Asteroid, dam Bal- jaukeei’s dam, 96 iba, and U, W. Medinger’s chestout gelding First Chance, 6 years old, by Bay woud—Dot, 115 Ibs. dn the pouis the fleid sold for $00 and First Chance tor $19 At the sturt First Ubunce ook the lead, with Euterpe second, Major Barker third and Dick Sasicor lust as the stand was passed, and as they ran into the uppor turn Euterpe wens tothe front, bat on the buckstretch First Chance secured the first place and passed the palt-mile pole « length iu frontot Euterpe, with Major Barker third and Dick Sasscer trailing wo lengths behtud, There was no change on tue lower turn hor down the home- stretch, ang First Chance fished two iengihs an of Euterpe, who ied Major Garker one length, Dick Sasscer tourth. Time, 207%. Atthe close ot the second race tho rath siori was so severe and the track so heavy that the remaining two races were possponed uatil to-morrow, 1 the day shall prove fair, whew two additional races will be rua. ‘The following aro the SUMMARIES. Wasuinctoy Jockwy Csew Racks—Tuinp Day— Nov. 5—Finst Ricw —A selling race, one wile and & quarter, Horses wo be sold for $1,200 to carry tull weight, $1,000 allowed 6 ibs., $750 uliowed 7 Ibs,, $500 aliowed 10 lvs., aud $300 allowed 15 ibs ; for a purse of $200; $160 to the Urst and $40 to Lue second horse, D. McDaniei’s v, ¢. Glen Dudley, by Glen Athol Maduine Dudley, 3 years, 90 tbs. esereee J. dieMuhon’s ch. f. Biondell, by Bonnie scotland, dum by Leamington, 3 years, BO Ibs .......... H, Gaffaey’s b. z. Datigasian, by Biarney Stoue— Lucy Fowler, 4 years, 90 D, MeDanvel’s b. 1. Lady Suly Geucura, 3 years, 87 Ibs... No time taken. Srcoxp Rack.—Consolation Purse, one mile and one- Ciguiu, tor uorses that bave run abd not won a tine of ontering; $100 to first borse und $60 Lo second. ©. W. Mediuger’s eb. g. Pirst Chance, by Bay wood— Dot, 6 years, 110 ibs.. F. M. ‘Hail’s b. f, Euterpe, vy gene, 3 years, 92 Ibs D, MoDunte’s 6, &. May bY of Ballankeel’s dum, 3 years, 96 ibs... F. OM, Hall’s b, ¢. Dick Sasscer, by Eugene, Rose, 3 years, 95 1bs.....4. Time, 2:07. RACE POSLPONED. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 6, 1877, Owing to the inclemency of the weather the trot between Smuggler und Groat Eastern bas been again postponed, No date for it bas yet been fixed, TROLLING POSTPONED. The firat day of the second fall trotting meeting at the White Plaiws Driving Park, which was to begin yesterday, Wits postponed on account of the weathor unul Thursa the 8th inst., when two races will be given, Tbe entries in ali the purses are very large fud the trotting will bo very imteresting, ALLY-HO! Vauxbull, dam by ka- BALE OF COLONEL DELANCEY KANE'S HORSES YESTERDAY, ‘An old custom prevails in Englana whoreby, at the end of the couching season, the borses that have been used for driving the couches are sold, In accordance with this castom Colovel Delancey Kane sold yester. dhy at auction all the horses that bave drawn his Tully-Ho coagh, The sale took place at the auction stables of Messrs, Van Tassell & Kearney, No. 2 East Tweaty-eighth street. A largo number of sporting gentlemon wero prosent, but the bidding was without jw. Worthe | & YOOTBALL eigutoon horses suld only $3,555 was obtained, an av- erage of $197 60 per horse, THK BIDDING AXD PRIC Pelham, a fine, strong chestnut geldi sold, The Orst bid was $50. He was finally $175 to Mr. Gilman. Countess, a chestnut mare, was sold for $100, this being the only bid, wo Mr. Norman Andrews. bay gelding, was sturced at $60, and was knocked down to Thomas 8. Duniap for $140, Daisy, brown mare, wae opened at $60 aud sold to |. el} for $105, Then toliowed Blossom, a very handsome and stylich skewald mare, who led off with $50, and went for $200 to Mr. Gilman, Smike, a pie- bald giigine. was started at $75, and also bought by Mr, Gilman tor $190 Huguenot, a tine, powerlul bav walang, Was started at $100, and wont up to 190; Mr. Edgerton L. Winthrop was the purchaser. jon, bay gelding, sturted off with $65 aud Onaily went for $200 to Mr. Dodge, of Dodge, Meigs & Co. Walter, a handsome bay gelding, led off with a bid of $100, apd inully went to Mr. Winthrop L. Thorne lor $300, Mr, Thorne bought Walter's mate, Prince, # magnificent gray gelding, lor $325, the igh pri id for any horse, ‘he tirat bid for Prince 100 aud the second $130, Lady Nora, @ bay mare, was started at $100, and was knocked down for $200 to Thomas 8 Dunlap. Lily, another ba, mare, went to Mr, Grinnell for $165, sho having led o| with a bid of $60. Rock, a gray gelding, led off with the round sum of $100, and was finally kuockea down to Mr, William Watson for $250. Biondin, chestnut geld- ing, WhO wus also startea at $100, went for $170 to Mr. Goorge E. Charles, Red Coat, roan gelding, went to Mr. A. bead i for $205, and Sheldon, a gray g¢ By weut to Mr. Pearson for $155; he was started ut $100, Pilot, chestnut gelding, was piloted to Mr, Taylor tor the paltry sum of $175, alter baving led off with @ smart $100. Gay, chestnut gelding, closed the sale by starting of with a fine bid of $110, and finding a pur- chaser in Mr, Willtain Watson for $300. Prince aud wane were bought for the French Miniter, M, utrey, was first id for PIGEON SHOOTING. A large namber of the admirers of pigeon shooting assemblea at Dexter Park, near Jamaica, L. 1, yea- terday, to witness the shooting for @ purse of $100, which wus divided into four parts, given by Charles Dexter, the proprietor of the park. There were tea contestants, who shot at filtecn birds each, Tho hooting was very good, considering the weather, the sky being very clouay throughout the alternoon. Charles Willams was the winner of the first prize by killing thirteen birda out of filteen in spicndid style, Alter the above shoot was over o sweepstakes took Placo, which bad twelve competitors at $5 entry, at five birds cach. Messrs, Gildersleove, Wynn, Dustin, Broadway, West and Johnson tied by bringing down four birds out of their five, Darkuexs coming on they agrecd to divide the stakes. be iollowing are the SCORKS. Dexter Park, Near Jamaiva, L. 1.--Picgon Suoor- ING, MONDAY, November 5.—Vurse $100, 15 birds cach, 26 yards mse, 80 yards bouadury; $46 to lirst, $25 10 secoud, $2010 third aod $10 to the lourth; H aud T traps, 14 ounces of shot ‘I'he Long Isiand rules to govern, Killed, Missed. C, Williams .. 110111111101111—18 2 Wyun.. +LIL111001111110—12 3 + Broadway... LILOLLLL olf iL li—i 4 t Burroughs. 110110%11111101—11 4 + 1LL110*1110101 0-10 6 101110011101010—9 6 21011110*001110—9 6 101110111011000—9 6 100110110111000—8 i: OOO11110°010010—6 9 * Felt dead out of bounds. + Divided third and tourth moneys. SAMB Dax—Swoepstake, $5 entry, at 5 birds each, 25 yards rise. There were twelve cutries; $20 to lrst, $15 to secuna, $12 to third, $8 to fourth and $5 to the bith, Killed, Mussed, TonNsOD....+66 «11011 4 1 Dusua Ollid 4 1 Gildersiecve 11011 4 1 Wynne .. lo1lil 4 1 Broadway: 1211° 4 L West. ~lLloll 4 1 Hughes, ~O0111 3 2 *ooil 2 3 11000 2 3 Blover... *1010 2 3 v o1l001 2 s +0000 0 4 ‘Yhe six first named gentlemen divided the sweep, Timo of shooting, 8h. 5m. * Foll dead out of bounds. HARVARD Vs. COLUMBIA, MATCH IN A RAIN STORM—THE NEW ENGLAND TZAM WINS BY A SCORE OF 81X GOALS AND FOUR ‘‘i0UcH DOWNS.” Smarting under their defeat of Saturday lust at the hands of the Princeton team the Harvard fittcen came on the St. George’s Cricket Club Grounds yes- verday with Lhe tull determination to do or die, Hall- past two was tho time set down for commencing bos- Ulitivs, No time was wasted in assigning the men their positions in the eld, which were :—Columbia— Forwards or rushers, Captain Cusbing, Thayer, Lit- tuuer, Holmes, Perry, Switt and*Cushing, of the Medi- cal College; the half backs were Holden, Bacov, Har- Tington, Austin und Houston; the bucks were Sbel- don, Lombard and Whitberby. Mr, Seaman, of Hur- vard, acted ag their umpire. ‘The Columbia iilteen Were dispOred ol as lollows:—Forwards, Pryur, Pots, Brower (captain), Kuodes, Briukerbull, train aud Laurence, The uall-bucks were Hammond, Burtou, Conover, Ruudall aud McCusb, The backs’ were Do Forest, Morgan aud Ledoux. Mr, Price, oi New York, filed the position of umpire for Coiumbia, und Mr. Cots, of Princeton, acted us referee. While the men were disrobing the rain came dowa iu worreals, and oon the ground was a quagmire, on Which anything like @ decent Joothuid voulu not be obtained, but stili the Hat was to go on. AB su0l 4s the WaterspouL Julled wlittle the teams went to their staions, Hurvard, having won the toss, chose the wortbern goal, vat luere was littie if any diderence between the pusitious, as there Was vo Wind surring at the commencement of tue game, Precisely at eight minutes past turee Brower, tue captain of the Columbia am, advanced und gave the opening kick, #eudiog the bali into Harrington, the Harvard hall-buck's, arms, He wos ijustuntiy tackled by turee or ivur of the Coluimvia forwurus und was forced to cry down. ‘The bull Was no sooner kicked out than it was tukeu by Hammond, who, getting ate ciuse quarters, pussed iL LO his captain (Bruwer), Who kicked it out of Loands, The throw in was nade by Hammond, aud some prowy scrimmages cnoued, The Harvard team were ull the while working \ue sphere nearer and nearer to Column- Diw’s Louch Gown line, aud, seoimy tue danger tal Lis party were in, Do Forest seized the bail and sua be- hind tbe gaol, wouciiny down for satety. The kick out produced some pretty play ail round, Which euded iu a Colambia forward rupuiug out of the bouuds with tho ball, THK VIKST GOAL The Columbia men fought desperately to drive their opponents back, and in Wolr endeavors to accomplish tis object they workod the bail direcsly in trout of the goul posts, and Bacon, a Harvard forward, seizing wb opening, Kicked the ball through the satringpiece. ‘Time, 6 minutes. Harrington showed some guile cent play, securing no less than two touch downs. Cushing, the captain, algo got a touch down, wud Holmes tollowed with another, The “tug at youl” re- suited in # failure, Cusbing being unable to get the Jeuthor through the poais. One of the Columbia team then kicked the bail out of vouds, Harringtoa got bis fingers ov the vail, and was making a vee fine for the goal, When bis career wus avruptly checked by Hammond, and a {ree kick was tho result, Cusping caught tbe DAU On the fly, avd, ruuuiug like a deer, got Velynd Columbia’s goul and secured un- other (ouch down, This Ume the captain's kick was successful, the leather whistling through the posts, ‘Yue secoud yoni was gained im ldm, 7s. The ball wus then taken to the’cenire of the Heid and kicked of again, Lt was caught vy Train, who mage 4 good run before he was licaded off, and then a Harvard rusher got the bail 10 418 clutches, aud belore be could bo stopped be hud fallen across the touch uown line. It ended in ‘another goal for the New Engiand team The Just goal wus gained 19 6 minutes, The game now stvod:—Ihree goals and sever touch downs for Harvatd; Columbia nothing. ‘rhe play was soon worked into the Columbia terri- tory aud one of the Harvard to wards gave tue ball a Mhagoiticont kick that all bus carned a goal Morgan was on hand and touk a touch down tor satety, Hur- Tington caught the ball ou the kick out and he and Hammond came down «cropper, Tue ball wus aguin worked up toward Coluinuia’s goal and a “maul in goal’’ ensued which resuited in Harvard getting ouch down, When tue ball was worked to the centre of ie field some desparate scrimmages took place, in the midst of which time was called, Five minutes’ rest and cnds were chauged. THK SKCOND INNINGS. The wind now begau to biow rather strongly and dead on Columbia's youl it was thought that Hur- vard would have au cusy matter now in securing gouls; but the volambia boys pluyed much better in the second inning (hau tbey did im the fist. Brower gave the kick off, The leacher was svon in closy prox. Imity to Columbia's goal, aud fually Holmes got a touch down; the try at Wasa iaiiure. Aller eiguicen minutes’ hard play Tuayer ran ip, gota touch down, which resulted in another goul for Hurvard Eighteen minutes more of hard figntimy and Harvard had se- curod anotber touch down, Houston successiuliy kick= jog the bail over the string) Just as it lacked fistuen seconds to the call of time Littaaer got an otver touch down and Cushing kicked tho ball through the goal as the refereo sang ous*ume.’? This mado a complete whitewash for the bume team. NEW YORK ATHLETIO CLUB. CLOSING GAMES OF THE SEASON AT MOTT HAVEN TO-DAY. Phe closing games of the New York Athletic Club for this season Willtake piace We-day, at one o'clock, on thew grounds, 160th street aud Mott avenue, Mott Haven, Their programme is very imteresting and varied, and all the games being timed there will be no needless delay in the starting They will be opened with a contest botween Messra Ing aod McNichol for the coampionsiip of America at pole loaping, they having tied at 9 ieet 7 Inolies In two previous competitions, The main contest of the day will be the one hundred yards ran, for which there are forty-three entries. heats, with six entries in each of the tir eo heats and Hye ja cach of the last Avo hoats, These iret ‘nis t@ divided into eight | trial heats will ast til] forty minutes past ono P. M. At ten minutes past two P. M. the second trial heats will De run with sixteen entries, consisting of the drat and second persons in each of the former hoata, These are divided into four beats, with four entries to each one, The four winners of these heats will con. test ina final heat at forty minutes past three P. M, to decide the contest. A burdie race of one-flith oj a mife over ten burdies will + be run, thero being fifteen entries in two trial heats, The trst, second and third in each of these trial heats will contest in a final beat to decide who ts the champion, A 450 yards run, with twenty cided iv u similar manner. Mr f. H. Armstrong, Jr., willattempt to walk eight miles in one hour, a feat never yet accomplished except vy the protossional pedestrian, Perkins, of Eng'and, A two-mile walk, with sixteen contestants; a half-mile run, with twenty six, aune-milo walk, a hall-mile steeplechase and a football game will cloge the list of sports, THE BRIDGE TRUSTEES, AN INTERESTING SESSION AND DISCUSSION 49 TO THE RESPECTIVE MERITS OF BESSEMER AND CRUCIBLE STEEL FOR SUSPENDER ROPES—STONS CONTRACTS, Whe monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of the East River Bridge was beld yesterday afternoon at the oflice in Brooklyn, President Murphy in the chair, Presont—Mossrs. Leary, Haswell, Hitchcock, Hall, Maclay and Davis, of tho New York trustees, and Messrs. Stranapan, Marshall, Carroll, Burrill and Kins sella, of Brooklyn. ‘The secretary, Mr. Quintard, read the treasurer’ report for the month of October, by which it wa: learned that tho receipts during tho month had been $1ui,485 33, und the expenditures $116,658 26, The secretary’s monthly statement of the (nancial condition of the bridge company was presented, The total cash receipts up to the date of November] wero $8,162,432 80, the principal items being rent, $73,247 06; materials sold, $63,115 77; interest, $43,138 39; city of Brooklyn, $2,750,000 ana city of New York, $2,959,500, The cash expenditures werd $8,096,553 77, of which $202,462 26 was for engineers ing sularies, $391,011 54 for Umber, $1,261,235 92 for consiraction, $124,279 72 for machinory, $1,093,086 0 jor labor, $3,149,736 97 for land and land damage, $623,561 82 or Limestone, $1,511,835 02 tor granite, cust steel cavle wire, $140,354 10, ‘The company have in cash in baok $65,879 03. Their labilities ut date were $55,053 6, s rresident Murphy read to the Board the report of the Exccutive Commitsee as to the specifications which they recommended to be issued for the bids for wife rope suspenders for the roadway, stating that they had adopted Bessemer stecl as the more suitable, BESSEMER AND CRUCIBLE STEEL, The question of the adoption of the report ot the Executive Committoe being before the Board Mr, Kinsellu mado a motion that advertisements should ve made for both kinds of steel, so tbat it could vo seen which was the cheaper, andthat, if the difference ‘Was not great, the better miterial could be used. The motion, being seconded by Mr. Burriil, caused a good deal of discussion, Messrs, Kinsella, Barrill aud Car- roll spouking in favor of the amendment, and Messrs, Stranuhan and Marshall, of the Executive Committe against. Mr, Marshall said it was wot a question ol discussion between the merits of two steels, but as ta whether the Board should adopt the recommendation of the engineer-in-chict, He knew from his owa ex perience ut his own establigument that there was n¢ ‘unilormity tn crucible steel, Mr, Kinsella stated that the relations of the trustecs and the chief engineer wei abit he had not seen the bridge aud could not come velore the Board and explain the matter, for if be could he might iufluence them. He would always vote for tho best material, so that ifany acondent should occur the trustees would not be biamed, He stated that be had asked the opin- ion of Colonel Paine, one of the bridge engineers, what steel should be bad, and be had answered crucible steol, ‘Tne question was then put to the Board on the amendment offe to the report to change from “Bessemer” to “Bossomer or cracible.’”? Moss: Hitchcock, Kinsella, Hull, Maclay, Leary, Oarroi! Haswell wpd Burrili voted ay and ‘Messrs, Murpby, Davis, Sursnaban und Marshall voted no, the amends meat being udoptod—8 to 4, ‘THK GRANITE CONTRACT. ‘The minutes of the Executive Committee and tho Teport on tue stone contracts for tae approaches wag read before the Board, It recommended thas the con- tract be divided, The bid of Pierce, Rowe & Co, of , Frankfort, Me., to be accepted for 3,310 cubic yurda of pier, pilaster aud jamb stove, for 2,14 cubic yards of ubutment pier stone, for 1,898 cubic yards of archface or riug stone tor side arches, tor 442 cubie feet of the gate stone for side arcues, und for 3,231 lineal feet of parapet stone, at@ total ammount of $290,631 JO. The vid of the Collins Granite Company, of Philadelpuis, who own the Blue Hill quarries in Mame, to be ace cepiod for 4,955 cubic yards of ¥1x-cut work at $222,979, and the bid of the Bodwell Granite Company, of Rockland, Me., for 1,601 cubic yards of rough pointed use stone, for 5,260 cubic yards of 1ock-iuced work aud for 83% cubic yards of bond stone, at a total of $156,548 60. The total contracts to be pluce amount to $669,154 90, Mr. 1 culnmittee Leck warded the contract for a1 base stone, eitber separately or together, at the prices he bad given in his bid for the whole work, but had declined. The committee reported that examinations bid been made us to (he capacity of the parties rece ommended {uililing their contracts, and everything had beea found satistactory. Mr. Kinselia, alter the roport had been read, wanted to know 11 16 Was necessary (0 be then acted upun; for Le coufessed ho did not understand it. ‘Tue president eXpiained that action was noccessary, Dr, Hall said he know nothing about the matter trom the reading, and tf necessary would beg to be excused irom voting, aud would wove to lay the matier ou the table, and to aujourn. Mr, Stranaban begged to say the Executive Commits tee did. Mr. Carroll granted the Executive Committeo the mwority of talent und brains, Lut it was not nice te vote for an expenuiture of $200,000 ou simply Nos. % 3, 4 and 5, The president then moved that the Board go inte executive session, whieh Was done, and tue report of the committee adopted and the contract awarded ag ubove. {he session way then opened, and the Hoard adjourned, at a quarter past live P. M., to meet on the first Monday 1u Deceuber. NEW YORK NEUROLOGICAL SOCIRTY, PROVESSOR HAMMOND’S LECTURE ON THE CERe« EBRO-CARDIAC DERANGEMENT. A meotivg of tue New York Neurological Society was hold last might at No, 12 West ‘Chirty-first sireet, the President, Dr, B. O, Seguin, in the chair, The Kremier portion of the evening was occupied by Proics sor Willam A, Hammond, who read an interesting paper on what was termed ‘A certain imperfectly known form of cerebro-cardiac derangement,’* Tho Doctor began by saying that his article wus not much more tiwn un abstract, vut he thought 1% presented a very = fuir account of typical cases, At some future time he would present a paper embodying @ more thorough stuay of the form of disease under consid- eration, He then gave ap account of some of the more promioent symptoms of the derangement, which was characterized, he said, by a suddenness of Gevelopment, and a8 tue disease advanced the patient would suffer trom pain the head, vertigo and would seometiines be troubled with double vision and dilli- culty m wrranging tho locus of bia vision. ‘Ibe heart way active, the gait Was uncertain, sleep interrupted avd atten by horrible dreams, A great degree of wakefulness Was almost @ Constant accompaniment of persons who suffered trom these cerebro-cardiue troubles, Illusions and delusions were also frequent aliendants, and the patients would arise after a night of broken rest in up unrelaxed aud feverish condition. He would M4 tt dificult to Ox bis attention upou any suvject, and probleins involving Mathematical calcu- lations were especially unwelcome A patient who had been a banker in I sireet experienced so much chagrin im this respect that ho was uoablo to transact busta: His doubt and uncertainty vouted hin from inaking investinents, aithough he was known to take $8,000 or $4,000 down town every day for weeks ata Urne, and he would come home i tue evenings complaining of having heard strange noes, curicus Sounds and Guaccountable vores, Another chupacteristic Was great apprehension of sume impending evil and tears of committing somo iniamous wok Patients were afraid to trust them- er might easily be which they might baru themselves, The lecturer knew of one who Was airaid to cross the river in @ ferry bout for fear that he wight be tempted to jump into the water, Otnera were afraid to go voar ralie roadt, thinking they might be ‘empted to allow the trains vo ruu over them. Another would not allow himsolt keep arazor, Oae was afraid to take a warm bath, dreading lest he might not know when tostop the running of sbe hot wacer. It was easy to enumerate maby more cases, but the doctor thought it unneces- sary. The patients did not sufler from an impuise to commit themselves bo danger, but from a tear that they Would have such an impulse. They wore also highiy pes avd their passions were very easily aroused, T'here might aiso be an involuntary moves mont of the muscles, and chills followed by paroxysms of fever, which might be wrongtully treated as inter- mittent fover. With regard to the cardiac symptoms, the Docior said there was @ continuous pain in the pectoral region which, if not relieved, would develop jnvo a very dangerous condition. The morbid anatomy of the disease must remain for the present a mater of speculation, One of the chief methods tn tho cure of the disease was to be found in mental relaxas tion, all efforts at prolonged mental exercise being, tor the time, entirely abandoned. Pieuty of outdoor ex+ ercise way also recommended, together with nourisn« jog diow = The doctor tuought amusement did as mach good as mericiue, and be said he read the theatrical advertisements to find out the beat places to gend hia suflerers to make them laugo. “BLOOD ON ‘HE BACK, At the Morgue, yesterday, an examination was made of the body of the elderly man found floating tn the Harlem Kiver, off Randall's Isiand, on Sunday, A@ both logs were founa to have beon badly fractared, addition to the head and body betng much bruised, is believed that deceased was the st 6 0 party who wae ran over while on the railroad bridge a fow nighia 20, When some clothing aud! 20d atal Were found) a tbe Ural, wd