The New York Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1879, Page 8

& WME ANDERSONS SUCCESS, The Pedestrian Accomplishes Her Stu- pendous Undertaking. PLUCK AND PAYIENGE OLRRY HER THROUGH. Closing Hours of the Great Walk at Mozart Garden, If it was only natural yesterday in Mime. Anderson to feel bright und gay as her marvellous task was fast drawing to its close, few people would believe that she could come down to such a stage of her work without showing unmistakable sigus of physical exhaustion. But, strange as it all seems, few who guw her yesterday as she sped along, lap after lap, could fail to be impressed with her positive freshuess, and her whole look and frame were s to justify the belief that if there were need she could keep on at her strange work for a fort- night more to cor Hers is just the sort of face— and figure, too—to show exhaustion but little. Her large cheek bones and broad face, her deep, well- rounded, thoroughly developed body and her calm aud equable disposition, all conspire to help ber to look fresh at the end of this, perbaps the most phenomenal physical feat woman ever accomplished. Her fest, so long troublesome, have during these later days grown more used to their work, and, as is not unfrequent among resolute pedestrians, she has actually walked them out of their blistered and pain- ful state into tolerably good condition, Her stomach, ® most important factor in such a tost as this, and one which, if erratic in its doings, might upset the whole business, has been astonish: ingly true to its owner and helped her to bear with equanimity the protracted and terrible strain. But with all her brave face and cheery ways, her good feet and her sturdy limbs, and notwithstanding that her work was so nearly done, there was one unmistakable evidence yesterday that, what- her looks might be, the protracted had told, and that she was indeed And this was the tell-tale scoring list. In- stead of the three minutes and a few seconds over the quarter during the first week, and the occasional spurting, until the 440 yards were recled off in less than 2m. 45s., many times _yesterday—indeed uniformly—she took ‘twice that long, and all could see that, jolly as she felt now, the end was drawing nigh. Blow ther tin horn as she would, touch the drowsy faces in the early morn as she liked with her pet burnt cork and play many another harmless prank, still she ‘was not going fast. VERY SLOW TIME, The last quarter of her six hundred and fifty- xth mile, made very early yesterday morning, uc- tually occupied over nine minutes and a half, which is highly suggestive, and renders it very plain ever effort tired, in selecting her now famous task ell w her powers and gauged with y about all she could do, Another week of such work would evidently give her uo sleep be- ‘tween waiks, at least in the e moruing hours, the ys it most, while it would ablutions, of which she off. These numerous bathe, general sionally in alcohol, have very naturally, notwithstanding her vigorous exercise, rendered her susceptible to the least draft of air, and the windows in the top of Mozart Garden were kept close h in conse- quence. Still, the bathing has plainly done much to Keep her up, and her former and varied experience at milar work, greater than that of any other woman @iring. love twught her just how fur .o go in direction. HER CONDITION. Dnrizig the morniny her pace was purposely slow, Dr. Rosiuan, who was with her several hours, advis- ing her to yo very slowly so that she might have Something to draw on when the crush came in the evening. ‘The Doctor pronounced her in splendid condition, and she is credited with sayiug that she never felt’ better in her Life. ‘As the morning wore on and the hall grew lively Bie with yood taste donned now one costume and now another. Shortly after high noon the Madame, not to be done out of her little song, mounted the latform and regaled the assembly with “Tis ut a Little Faded Flower,” and then, at the encore, followed with “Thy Voice Is Ever Near,” relerring doubtless to her tall ond bulky husband, whp, having got ridof bis narrow brimmed deer- stalker hat and cutaway checker-board suit, was now sailing around the track trom time to time in com- auy with his faithful wite. Generous applause fol- jowed the Madame’s endeayors, and she settled to her afternoon’s work with redoubled en- ergy. Meanwhile more ladies were constantly arriving, and now not only the front row ot seats ail around the track, but a second and a third, and, be- fore the afternoon was over, a fourth and a fifth were g,and ull prote . work of the game little member of their sex, Little favors were handed to her—somecomical, all tasteful and neat. Whenever any were perfumed she eyed them with suspi- mM an exquisite noegay, nought, had a strong fragrance about it, n, on closer inspection, was found to con- tain chlorotorm Late in th Stuart had a ernoon Drs. Watts, Griffith and sultation about her condition. Dr. at sixty-nine, ac- less to the minute than that of persons in ordinary health. he Doctor added, sical machinery is such that, if her mind , there is no telling how long she could keep this up. A little lull came with supper time, though even then nearly two hundred of the ladies stayed, foresee- ing the everng crush, and determined to see it through. Madame meanwhile toduled jauntily aiong. IN THE KVENING. At seven o'clock the garden bi Anderson trudged an jto fill. Mme. merrily along, and the little scattering claps and cheers or an hour ago now rolled out into a good square cheer. She sticks right to her work, Every lap she gocs now is cheered to the echo, and, as sho hears the joy- ful sound and secs wll tuces eagerly tntent upon her, her face grows radiant with delight. and, forgetting all about being tired, she spins uround Jap after lap till actually she is going sometimes as fast as five miles au honr, and $100 to $50 are bet that she doos the last quarter. A PEMVECT JAM. Standing room only gives no idea of the crowd that were pucked into the Garden, and although the price of adiission bel been raised to $1, ladies and yentle- amen cheerfully paid the extra tax and patiently endured the jostling of the crowd’ rather than miss the opportunity of getttng one limpse of the woman who had carned tor herselt, the reputation of the greatest female pedes- trian that the world has ever produced. Looking back from the stage, there was nothing to be seen Dut one vast sea of heads, with a varrow lane left on the outside, in which th purple velvet walking » plucky woman, din a was Making rapid time, ‘As soon as the Madam shed, the spectators ap- peared to shift from attention and stand at ‘ewe. Many of the ladies that wero packed two deep Ayuinst the outside walls took advantage of the in- tervals to obtain a Lit by sitting on the rail. Their repose was only temporary, as directly the Madame camo on the track they liad to stand back against the wall. ‘The spectators, like most crowds, w isy, but good natured, ‘and would vines by applauding wil the public men that ‘ain hope of obtaining m1 was wide awake all through the ved a nutub nt vinit- time she the tr A ome presents were made he nding & fet nurror set ning, in silver, a point lace pocket handkerchiet, « silver pocket Landkerchict box wud over a dozen handsome askets uf f he took refreshments nearly every time she ¢ lant in the shape of po p+ the track and some stimu- wine. rae RND. After finishing the with quarter Mme, Anderson turned up on the st wing her way through the crowd wa ai up to tha reporters’ tand, Whory sho wax given a seat facing the spec. tators, Arthr waiting for acouple of minutes im or- der to obtain quiet, Mme, Anderson suid:—“Be still, please. ‘The only thing I ask is quiets keep your plices and turu your heads toward me, T want jo sing youasony. They tell me that the betting against my accomplishing thiv feat has been very great, but I should be ashamed to mistrust the people of Brooklyn, who have stood by me through wy weary task; I should be ashamed to think ‘that an unkind thought to me would be barbored for one moment by any man, not- withstanding any anountof monoy he might ‘have Det against mo. Lara now goiug to wing you “Nil Despoerandum,'” Nae, Anderson then hinuued the air to the pianist, and when he struck tho plano, “ialt @ note higher, woh thas ke obit, that's right,” she then awdded apologett vo 8 &yood deal in knowing how todo " son then sang the song in wl ple and the spoctaters Listened rapt atter applaading vouiferously at the close ot each track Her tramp Atter finixiing her song she returned to th and started ou the last quarter but one, round the seven Japs wae made in dm. 124%, a continuous and almost de accom NEW YORK AERALD, TLESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1879.—TRIPLE SHEET. “Tam requeated by the m: t aud judges to announce that on the commplotion of the next quarter Mme. Anderson will have completed the task of walking 2,700 quarter miles in 2,70) quarter hours.” During her walk the following is the record of the fastest and slowest quarter and fastest and slowest mule :-— pes 5 jour. “y. Quarter. Time, H. M.'s PH. MS. Fastest quarter. 9 15 03 Doc. 16 6 2 #6 Slowest quarter, 4 15 45 Dee, 30 1,282 10 00 Fastest mile.... 12 47 59 Dec.17 17 10 17 Slowest mile. 3 55 96 Jan. 13 656 32 064% Shortly after the conclusion of Mr. Wheeler's ro- marks the first bell rang, and t the immense crowd appeared to quiet down as if yathering strength tor the final effort, and when the second bell tinkled aud the Madame flew prompt to the second, there rose one deafening yell that was kept up almost continuously as the plucky woman speeded rounded the track in the fastest tine that she ever sho ‘Lhe first lap was made in 16 seconds, with the attendants running ahead to keep everythi clear; the next showed 17 seconds by the watch, an the third was covered in 17 seconds also, ‘The crowd still cheered and yelled, and the mob tht thronged the streets on the outside also caught the enthusiasm, knowing by the hour that the plucky little woman who has cari dyn by storm was on hex last quarter. ap wis, covered in 20‘ seconds, and though it was plain that at last the gallant pedestrian wus beginning to succumb to the terrific strain she had endured for twenty-eight days, she still struggled bravely on, walking the fifth lap in 28seconds, the sixth in 31 sec- onds, wud the seventh and last in 28 seconds, The place was in such an uproar that almost 4 minute elapsed before the time keepers couid make any announce- ment, and when the time of the last quarter was given as 2m. 37 448., the fastest made curing the walk, the euthnsiasm of the spectators was bonudless. Handkerchiets were waved, hats were thrown in the air and the people shouted thenselyes hoarse. In the meatime Mme, Anderson was escorted to a sout in the centre of the stage, and Captain Simuels being too hoarse to talk he iniroduced Corporal ‘Tan- ner, 8 well known Brooklyn politician, Corporal Vannor commenced by ‘reading a humorous letter from Corporation Counsel Clinton De Witt and thon said:—“I say now to Mme. Anderson that she has taught the women of Brooklyn what women are capable of doing, and they in return have shown Mine. Anderson how they can appreciate the gallant work that.one of their own ex hus just accomplished. I am not surprised at the statoment that she often slept on the track, as iors know what they have 5 done while P IT am happy to say that the Brooklyn people by their patronage enabled Mme. Anderson to bank $8,000 lust Fri- day night, und I really think that in this case the laborer is worthy of hia hire. I believe the saying inay be adapted to either sex. In conclusion, I trust that Mme. Anderson's visit may have been of more than passing benefit to the ladies of Brooklyn and teach them to wake move use of their limbs and take daily perambulations that may benctit their health,” Mme. Anderson then rose to her feet and said:— “{ thought, as an actress, I could make a speech, but this soldier has taught me a lesson. We women were sent into this world as heipmates to men. They are the stronger in muscular strength, but when it comes to a question of actual ‘endurance I bolieve that women are the stronger, The man can brave danger at the cannon’s inouth but in patience, suffering and endurance the woman will show the Boldest front. Ever since my girluood I have wanted to make a nume. Asa girl of eighteen or twenty years I had a really beautiful contralto voice, but that did not make mea name. I then tried’ the stage, and althongh I held an honorable and responsible position I was not chronicled on the banuers of tame, My uext effort as a clown in a circus was also 4 success in its way; but still the long looked for reputation was not reached. Ithen became # managercss, and got some reputation for losing money, -and, finally, on the 12th of September, 1877, 1 commenced my present business, I took the advice of Gale, the famous long distance pedestrian, nd when he told ine, ‘Go abroad, they will give you a namo,’ Ieame here, and now I will go back with the name for which I ‘have straggled since my girlhood. I sincerely trast that He who has given me strength to make it will sive me strength to keep it. ‘The lesson that F“have. to give the women of Brooklyn. is that they must learn to do their part in life. Do the best you cun and that will meun a great deal. Some people have blamed me for waiking on Sunday, but I think I haye only done my duty. Ihave done the work I contracted to do, the sume as the servants that cook their dinners on Sunday aud the car drivers thut drive them to church, I thank you all for your kind patronage and I hope that in a ycar’s thne I will be able to retire and live a quiet life.” The Madame then retired amid deafeni plause, and wus quickly placed in a car- iven t0 Mr. Shepherd’s Turkish baths, where she will remain for a few days. ‘ue following table will give some idea how the score has been kept since the commencement of the walk. THE LAST TWENTY QUARTERS. y Binish. WeMMBBE OEE MRA ASM, 10 05 10 21 10 33 45 00 10 47 37m THE RECORD, The following is a copy of the afidavit sworn to by the scorers and timekeepers : The undersigned scorers and timekeepers being each for himself duly sworn, depoxes and says, they have been individually and’ collectively engaged in taking the score of quarter miles as well as keeping the time of said score as made by Mie. Anderson, the English lady pedestrian, at Mo- vart Garden, in the said city of Brooklyn, and have been such scorers and timekeepers continu- ously from the beginning of said walk, at cight P. M. on the 16th day of December, 187%, during and throughout 2,700 consecutive quarter hours, day and night, ending at ten P. M. on the 1th day of January, 1879, and they do hereby swear and declare that the accompanying record of distance and time is true and honest in every particular, CHAS. B. HAZLETON, EDMUND K. ROGERS, J. BLAUVELT, N. NICHOLLS, Jr., ED RD Vox, THOMAS J. CORNELL, JOSEPH ‘THOMPSON, JAMES McDONOUGH, ISAAC C, LEVENE, A. JENSEN. ARTHUR T. HALLIDAY, Sworn to before me this 13th day of January, 1879, Joun J. Canpenny, Notary Public, Kings county. TEMPERANCE PEOPLE OBJECT. A communication was yesterday receiyed by the Aldermen from the Executive Board of the Brooklyn Women’s Christian Temperance Union, in which attention was called to the “increasing desecra- tion of the Sabbath day throughout the land,” and the officials of Brooklyn were requested to put a stop to “such sacrilogious spectacles us have been aliowed for several Sundays past in Mozart Gar- den in the pedestrian oxploits of Mme, Anderson.” ‘The Board referred the muiter to the Law Commit tee, ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN. At Flushing, L. L, yesterday, Benjamin Fowler, known as the “Westchester Champion” and the “Barefooted Yankee,’ commenced his walk against the time of O'Leary, the champion of England and America, Fowler undertakes to walk 400 miles in six days, and he says he will do it. Fowler isa man fifty years of age, slim built and weighs 135 pounde. He is supposed to be a novice in the pecestriun art, but twenty yeurs ago he used to walk matches at West Farms, Westchester county, and he was almost in- variably a winner. CURLING ATI PROSPECT PARK. ‘The Thistle Club, of New York, sent two rinks of players to Prospect Park Lake yos\erday, where they met the curlers of the Caledonian Club, of Brooklyn, inamateh game. ‘The pris was a vory handsome medal, ‘Though tho ico was dirty and “crooked” the playing throughout was keen and enjoyable, the result being an overwhelming victory for the Cale- donians, ‘The Thistles felt their deteat to be partien- larly divastrous, a8 their opponents at rink No. 2 only mustered three players, the fourth being de- tained at his place of business. Mr. James Aitchin- fon, who acted as wapire, announced the followin score at the termination of the game, which laste three hours, forty minutes: — CALEDONIAN, Ter. Renie 1 Rovk 1. G. B, Lewis, A. Campbell, William Laird, G., Bain, J. Nicol, Robert Mitchell, George Everett, skip .. 33 James Watts, sitip.... 13 Rink 2. Rink 2 K. Macpherson, R. Simpson, dames Erving, » MeCormack, Absent), C. MeKenszie, . Malthinan, skip..... 29 William Brander, skip 20 Total. ......6 Majority for OF Total ...c00se Caledonian, 29 siots, wee THE ‘The ball players took advantage of the flue weather Yesterday afternoon, and the return match betweon Barnie’s and Smith's sides was played, which re- sulted in a defeat for Burnio’s team, The nurvrous falls which occurred during the game occasioned Much langhter until tho last one ceourred, when Suith, of the Hudson Club of Brooklyn, got such ® | fail that adeep gach was cut in his i | bled profusely tid had to be removed BASEBALL ON ICE, which broke up tue game, ‘The close of the la | iuniug, wideh Was the seventh, stood—Buraiv’s side | 19, Sunith’s side whe | and fell headlon SLE'GHING ON JEROME AVENUE. ‘The sleighing was never better in this city—in Cen- tral Park, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, St. Nicholas and Jerome avenues-—than yesterday. These highways were crowded from early morning uutil lete at night. ‘The hotel men on the avenues, since the sleighing be- gau, have been well patronized. Some of the finest horses in the city were out, and the hard packed, icy snow yave thom an excellent chance to show their nettle. The trials of speed were numerous, and even the horses seemed to fee] that they were enjoying the chance of displaying their shapely muscles. ‘The second great sleigh race of the season, for a arse of $30, given by Gabe Case, for horses that ave nover beaten 2:40, distance trom Ormsby’s to Case's Hotel, in heats, best three in five, came off on Jerome avenue yesterday, in the presence of a large assemblage of spectators. ‘The contesting horses were William Gallagher's pay gelding Tommy Moore, J. Murphy's my mare Kelso, William Kelly’s bay gelding True Blue and J, Walker's bay iding Bay Vrauk. ‘The geutlemen that acted as Frazes in the race were Mossrs. Clark, Vandewater and Steve Dubois, The first heat was won by Lady Kelso, atter an exciting struggle with Tommy Moore, by one length, Lae second heat was captured by ‘True Blue, by two lengths, from Tommy ore. In the third heat True Blue crossed the score _ first, by one length, with Lady Kelso second, but the judges set back True Blue to tho last osition for running, and gave the heat to Lad; eiso, Tommy Moore second and Bay Frank third. ‘The fourth heat resulted in Bay Frank leading Lady Kelso at the finish by six lengths, which caused the spectators present to fecl confident of seeing one or more beats; but their ho} were quickly blasted on account of the two picked patrol men. As soon as they came in and reported to the judyes that Bay Frank indulged in considerable running the judges set buck Bay Prank and gave the heat and race to Lady Kelso, True Blue second, ‘Tommy Moore aud Bay Frank fourth, No time taken, SEAWANHAKA YACHT CLUB. SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING—THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES BEVENUE LAWS--ELECTION OF OPFICERS, ‘The seventh annual meeting of the Scawanhaka Yacht Club was held at Delmonico’s last evening, Commodore 8, J. Colgate in the chair. A fair num- ber of members were in attendance, ‘The Board of ‘Trustees, in their report, congratu- lated the club upon its growth during the past year and that it had no outstanding liabilities. ‘The treasurer reported that the balance now to the credit of the club was $1,250. REVENUE LAWS REGARDING YACHTS, Tho Flug Oficers’ Committee, appointed for the purpose of inquiring into the expediency of petition- ing Congress regarding the United States revenue statutes relating to yachts, reported that since the meeting ot the club in November last, the several amendments then suggested and pro- posed to be made to the existing laws had been simplified and changed somewhat, so that their passage may be hud without cavil or discussion. In order to bring the matter before Congress in the shape desired it was nocessary to seek the co-opera- tion of the yacht clubs throughout the country, and to do this cirentar letters should be printed and early forwarded sister organizations. The necessary per- mission was granted and authority given to expend not more than $100 tor this purpose. STKAM YACHTS. Mr. Stuyvesant suggested that it would be advisa- ble that the committee, now that they were consider- ing this vexed question of the laws governing yachts, also to take up those relating to steam yachts. Owners: of such» pleasure craft were bi beyond be- lief in complying with the revenue statutes, and if the unnecessarily burdensome and bother- some provisions could be — climinated —b: any action the club might take, the thanks of ull suc owners would be due them. On motion of Mr. C ter, the committee were instructed to make s' ch in- quiry as was demanded in the case, and report thereon at the next meeting, ‘The same committee reported in detail the result of their labors in revising the club book, Alterations and additions are proposed to the constitution, bylaws and sailing regulations. A signal code is to be adopted, uniforms sre to be modified, the dato of the annual reyutta changed and many im- portant provisions added to the various rules and regulations. On motion of Mr. Center the report was accepted and notice given that the several proposed amendments would be called up by him for adoption at the next regular inceting. ELKCTION OF OFFICERS. The club elected the tollowing officers for the ensu- ing year:— Commodore—S, J. Colgate. Vice Commodore—Oliver EK. Cromweil, Rear Commodore—Walter L. Suydam. 4reasurer—W. B, Simonds. Secretary—Charles H. Grundy, bs Measurer—A, Cary Smith, Chaplains—William Irvin, D. D., and George R. Vandewater, D. D. Regatta Committee—M. Roosevelt Schuyler, James H, Kiliott, C. Wylis Betts, H. de ¥, Weeks and Louis P. Bayard. Law Committee—John A, Weeks, Gerard Beekman and James M. Varnum. House Committee—William Foulke, Jr., Francis 0. De Luge and Thomas 8, Young, Jr. ‘The subjects and dates of the winter course of lec- tures on yachts and yacht building, as already pub- lished in the Henap, were submitted to the mem- bers and heartily approved of, On motion of Rear Commodore Suydam a commit- tee was appointed to draft resolutions of condolence respecting the deuth of Mr. Frederic G. Foster, an old aud esteemed member of the club. Adjourned. ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB. The regular monthly meeting of the Atlantic Yacht Club was held last evening in their rooms, corner of Court and Joralemon streets. The business trans- acted was entirely of a routine character. The roll of membership was increased by the clection of two new members, and the meeting adjourned. ‘The next regular mocting will be held on the second Mon- day in February. BOGARDUS AND CARVER. A mecting was held at the Astor House yesterday between Messrs. Bogardus and Carver, the glass ball marksmen, but no match was agreed upon between them. SOCIETE FRANCAISE DE L’AMITIE, PICTURESQUE BAL MASQUE GIVEN BY THE FRENCH WAITERS AT IRVING HALL, ‘The Société Frangaise de l’'Amitié, composed of gar- gons de restaurant, of Now York, gave its sixth annual bal masqué entertainment af Irving Hall last evening. This ball has advanced in popularity from year to year, and is looked forward to with great interest by a certain class of French residents, but people of all nationalities attend, as a lively time and @ very euperior supper may be always depended upon. ‘The visitors began arviving early, and at midnight the floor was weil filled, while later on the throng was almost too great for comfortable locomotion. ‘Tho boxes were draped with the Tricolor aud Stars and Stripes. Schwab's band furnished the music. Mon in armor stood guard within the entrance with visors up and spears at rest. Somo of the costumes, expecially amoug the ladies, were very artistic, aud one, of a maid of honor of the Court of Louis XIV., was particularly admired. The dresses had none of the cheap apy ce aud imeaningless character so noticeable at many inasked balls, and were consequently us interesting & study as @ weil denigned puinting. The maskers, too, made some attempt to look and act like the characters they assumed, ‘The representatives of the old noblesee were as stately and polite ax could be desired. The cuiraseiors and voliyeurs were as martial in bearing 4s though to the mauner bora, and the yarious types of French, and expecially Porisian life were portrayed with evident fidel- ity. As might be expected in an ase biago of Frenchmen, ‘there was | much - ety. of expression and vivacity of movement, so disferent from the funereal heaviness that appears to afilict our native undertakings in this direction, ‘The dance music was brisk and «parkiing, tn harmony with the temper of the dancers, and after supper the light fantastic was tripped with cecentrie hilarity. ‘Yio supper was contrived under the mantpalation of some of the best cooks in the city, aud wus duly ap- preciated, It was altogether one of the most audcena- fulentertainmcnts of the kind so far this season, aad the way in which it was officered retlected credit ou the members of the societ ALMOST A CENTURY OLD. A woman of eccentric habits and advanced age, exconded from a Knickerbocker family, died you terday from injuries accidentally recetved by falling down a flight of stairs at her residence, No, 210 Bast 1isth street. Her name was Frances Westervelt, @ spinster, aud her ago ninety-cight. She was born in English Colony, now Ridgefield, N.J. She came to this city forly years ayo, where she resided w to the time of her demise. She preserved through lifo the simple manners of her carly days. Her ine variable bait was to ative at fiveo'clock every morn- ing aud retire at a correspondingly carly hour in the evening. She was heard frequently to assert th she nover rode in a steam car, and during her long sojourn in New York city was never off Manhattan Islund, According to custom she arose at an early Dour yesterday morning, aud, in descending the stairs—her room Was on the second floor—she tripped to the bottom. A doctor was culled nries resulted fatally a few hours ner Fianagan viewed the remains ted # burial permit. but her thereatter, © yesterday and yg) OBITUARY. ANTOINE AUGUSTIN PREAULT, FRENCH SCULPTOR, ‘The death at Puris was announced by cable yester- day of Antoine Augustin Préault, the eclebrated and original French sculptor. M. Préault was born in Paris, on the 8th of October, 1809. His father waa an artisan, who at first destined him for a commercial life. This was so distasteful to him, and his artistic bent was so decided, that at the age of sixteen ycars the elder Préault placed him with an oraamental sculptor. From there he went to the studio of the celebrated David d’Anger. He threw himself with characteristic ardor into the romentic movement™of 1828, and his work was characterized by ex- uberance and passion. He made his début at the Salon of 1833, with “Famine,” ‘Gilbert Dying in the Hospital,” both bas-reliefs; a group, “Misory,” and several medals. Though ex- cluded from the Sulons for the next fifteen years, from 1833 to 1848, he nevertheless produced many works, notably ‘Lhe Massacre,” ‘The Pariahs, enormous medallions of Roman Emperors, a “Head of an Armenian Jew” (1931); “Undine,”. two large bas-reliefs, “La Rivitre des Amazones” and “The Queen of Saba: "Hecubs, reclining statue (1835); “Charlemagne,” a colossal statue (1836); ‘*Carthage,”” (1838); a bas-relief, “The Adora- tion of the Mag! a ‘Christ’ (1839), now at the Church of St. Gervais; ‘Abbe de l’Epée” (1844), tor the fi le of the Hotel de Ville, and ‘Sor- row” (i847), for the Jewish Cemetery in Paris. Admitted uguin to the Salon in 1849 and given a good place, he exposed each year with the exception of those of 1855 and 1867, He executed, further, “Clé- mence Isaure,”’ now at the Luxembourg; ‘st. Ger- yais” and “St. Protais,” conjointly with Antonin Moine, his triend, for the Church of St. Gervais “Ophelin,” o bas-relief (1849); “Abbe Liau- a bust in I'Pglise des Carmes; the ‘Tomb of l'Abbe de ]'Epée,” at the Church of St. Roch (1849); “General Marceau,”” now at Chartres (1850); “The Human Comedy,” @ statuette; ‘Dante’ and “Virgil,” medallions—the property formerly of Na- poleon ML; “callic Soldier,” on the Bridge of Jel “st. Vulérie,” at the Church of St, Clothilde (185%; ‘Aristide i “Death Culling a Flowe “Mansard” and ‘Le Notre’ ror Versailles ndré Chéniver,” “Peace,” * War’ and “Wi an allegorical stat | in the presences of his sorrowin Genii,” for the Louvre (1858); ‘“Hecuba,”” Murder of Ibycus,” “Destiny” and “st. Catharine,” forthe Church of St, Paul (1563); “Portrait ot a Woman,” medallion (1865); ‘La Vierge aux Epines,”” medallion, and “Hope,” @ bust (1466); ‘*Adam Mickiewicz” (1853), Portrait of a Child” (1869), &e. In 1875 he exposed a statue of “Jacques Cwur,” for Bourges, and in 1877 4 mortuary bas-relict, on a bronze placque, which belongs to Caroius Duran. Last year he was not represented in the Salon or at the Universal Exposition. M. Préault received a second class medul in 1849, and the cross of the Legion of Honor in 1570, The sculpture of Préault, says Jules Claretie, is pussionate, splendid and ieverish. He sometimes thakes mistakes, but gencraily his works are muster- pieces. He likes to represent the tortures of the fiesh, the ravings of passion, grand and deep sorrows. Micheiet said of him, in speaking of Michael Angelo and the sculpture of the futur “A now art will come which nobody dares attempt; the sculpture of colossi tor the open uir, under the clear sky, braving the light, climates and time. * * * An essay which stands alone in this linc, ‘Le Gaulois,’ of éuult, which will last for centuries, while its neighbors on the Bridge of Jena will have long dis- appeared.” ‘the “deceased artist had | pis sionate ‘love for all that was beautiful and noble, disdained everything vulgar, snd was full of faith. As he said, hat I neod, in the pot-au- Jeu, ave a few leaves of laurel.” Again, Claretic says of hin :—*Préuult; intellect personified, originality in- carnute and possessed of the most individual and rare taste.” His face was a striking one, full of lite, en- ergy and bubbling over with the emotions of the mo- ment. Ho was expert in all things, he knew every- body and went everywhere. He had studied and talked well of Hterature, the fine arts, politics, the theatre and poetry. His ‘mots were renowned. It was he that said of Pradier, his brother sculptor, “He started every morning for Greece and arrived every evening at the Rue de Bréda.” His studio was ‘at G8 Rue d’Assas, near the Luxembourg, in the vane building with those of the sculptors Fuiguiére, Paul Dubois, Delaplanche, Réne de Saint Marceaux and Charles Degeorge. GRIFFITH THOMAS, ARCHITECT. Mr, Griffith Thomas, one of the best known archi- tects in New York—the mau, in fact, who, in the lan- guage of the leading property owners of this city, “as more than any one else helped to build up this city during the past forty years’—died at ‘his resi- dence in Fifth avenne at sboyt midnight on Sat- urday. Mr. Thomas wus born in London in 1520, from Welsh descent. He studied there the first prin- ciples of the profession to which he devoted his life, and urrived in this country when only eighteen years of age. His firstefforts were in New Haven, where he erected @ magnificent row of houses of peculiar and original design, which stamped the young Englishman as one whose talents would not be lost in this country. Eager for a larger field of operations he moved to New York, where his father, Thomas Thomas, had al- ready preceded him. Mr. Griffith Thomas, how- ever, took charge of the business, and soon counted among his patrons tho Wolfs, the Bishops, the Bar- nums, the Ciscos, the Johnsons and Marshall O. Roberts, for all of whom he erected mansions in dif- feront parts of the city. Moses Taylor and the Astors, pleased with his work, also gave him their patronage. A believer in the value of iron fronts, he soon induced many owners of business property to change the mode of architecture and to uso different material than marble, which, until his innovation, had been generaily adopted in the construction of large warehouses. It will be remembered what « novel sensation he created in Broulway when he first erected Lord & Tuylor’s building on the corner ot Grand street, which has since waesod into other hands. Not much time deport before other architects followed the example of ‘Thomas; but the leading iron structures in New York to-day are his design and his work. The Domestic Sewing Machine Building, at the corner of Broadway and Fourteenth street; the Potter Building, at the corner of Kighth street and Latayette place, and Arnold, Constable & Co.'s warchouse, on Ninetventh street, extending from “yee to Fifth avenue, were ‘all erected by Mr. Grifitir Thomas. Among otuer prominent buildings standing in our public thoroughfares as products of his skill are the Park Bank building, on Broadway; the New York Life In- surance Company's building, at tho corner of Broad- way and Leonard street; Bre Spring’s well known Brick Church, Duncan's building in Union square, the Madison Avenue Baptist Chureh, the ‘Twenty-third Street Baptist Church, the Greenwich Sayings Bank, in Sixth avenue; the Chemical Bank, in Broadway; the M Sinai Hospital, the Woucn’s Hospital and otuer structures of more or less note. It was through & period of forty years of active life ‘ns un architect that the wed lett his mark ou almost every load- ing thoro' apes in our metropolis. He designed and planned for Mr, Amos R. Eno and his associates the Fifth Avenue Hot Mr. ‘Thoms began the ec Hidtiig, and carried it on successfully until the fourth tory had been reached. The Eno family, appreciating tho vast expense connected with the erection of the structure, began t look out for a tenant, and finally secured Mr. Paran Stevens. ‘The latter made it a condition that the building should be finished to suit him, and for that purpore insisie! that all those previously engaged on the work should be removed, the architect cided. Mr. Thomas, desiring to throw no obsta in the way of those who had undertaken the rprive, surrendered his work to Mr. Stevens’ wawt ew architect, who changed nothing of the ground plan or the original design of the structure, He had the satisfaction, however, afterward, of being cn- gaged as the wrchitect of the Stevens family, and con- structed the fine Fifth avenue mansion’ for Mra. Paran Stevens. In the language of a brether arcui- tect Mr. Griffith Thomas had “tne cream of the | business in New York.’’ Domestic ailtiction, how- ever, saddened the last few years of his active lie, Two bright sons, Faulkner and Grifith Thomas, ‘wore carried away by sickness, the one at thirty, tho other at twenty-#ix years of aye. The father, ever these ailiictigns, in 1872,was no more like himself, Nevertheless, he kept on working steadily, onl passing occasionally afew pleasent hours with inti- inate friends. On Friday morning last he was seized with a rush of blood to the head, lort consciousness and expires peucofully at about midnight on Saturday, widow, a lady well known in New York society. The funeral will take luce from the residence No. 92 Fifth avenue, when tov. Drs, Duryee aud MacArthur will ofticiate, and the ag be conveyed to the fainily vault at Groen- Woo GUSTAVUS POZNANSKIL Gustavus Poznanski, who died on the 7th of this month from the effects of @ fall occasioned by being knocked down by a passing vehicle on Broadway on tho 27th day of December, was born in the town of Storchnest, Duchy of Posen, Prussia, on the 34 of August, 1803. His parents were poor, and at the ago of twelve he left home to become # reader, or chanter, in the synagogue of the neighboring city of ‘Yostin, He afterward was # student in the gymna- sium of Sissa, where he attracted the atten. tion of the celebrated Charastas, His pro ficiency in languages was so complete that he was called to Franstadt by the Cirouit Judge to All the important position of interpreter and translator at Court. After a visit to Berlin and Leipsic he re- Shee ha from Hrs ee aa ~y he oficiated for several years at one ot the principal synagogues. Tn 1829 he arrived in New York, and was imanediately | Offered the porition of assistant minister in the Por+ tuguoee synagogue in Crosby street, one of the only two synagogites at that time in this city. His fame spread to the Beth-Kloheim congregation of Charie: ton, 5. C., and he was invit to its pustorate, Ho accepted the call, and was installed in 1895, He was well versed in rabbinical, ‘Talmudical and Mosaic lore, was familiar with general | acionce, @ master of the dead aud ~ many | of tho modern languages, By the geniality of his ai 2 and by his many accomplishments he pan erg aud affection ot his congregation and of the citizens ‘ally of Charlestou, and his residence in that city he was successtul in introducing reform in the Jewish service, ery for atime very bitterly opposed. The peal of organ had not been heard in any synagogue in Anierica until it was sounded in that of Rabbi Poz- nunski, in that Southern city. Out of this poem} @ lawsuit us to the right of the majority’ of the congregation to introduce organ music into the service, This suit was brought to a conclusion, after a four years’ litigation, with a victory for the innovators. In 183) the deceased murricd Miss Esther Barrett, a young lady who was & member of one of the best families of Charleston. He resigned his ministerial position after a valued austorate of fifteen years. At the funcral services, eld on Sunday at “his son’s house, the Rev. Drs. Adler and Gottheil id glowing tributes to his memory. ‘The brothers Poznanski, of this city, violinist and pianist, are the only surviving children. PATRICK DUNN, Patrick Dunn died of cancer at his late residence, Third avenue and Fifty-third street, Brooklyp, on Sunday last, in the fifty-cighth year of his age. De- ceased, who was a contractor by occupation, was an old and respected citizen. He was devoted to the cause of Irish independence und was a warm advo- te of Feniauism, At one time he represented this section of the State in the Executive Council of that organization, He leaves a fumily and many personal friends, The funcral will take place from St, Michael's Church, Fourth avenue. PRINCE HENRY, OF HOLLAND. Acable despatch from the Hague announces the death yesterday of Prince William Frederick Henry, of the Netherlands, brother of King William. He was born at Soestdyk June 13, 1820, He was, at the time of his death, lieutenant-admiral of the Holland nevy: a lieutenant of the kind in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. He was married May 19, 1853, to the Princess Amelia, daughter of the Duke of Saxe-Weil- mar-Eisenach, J. K, PRYOR. J. K. Pryor, an old newspaper publisher of Mauch Chunk, Pa,, died in that city yesterday. THE CROPS, REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR DECEMBER LAST, WasuINGTOoN, Jan. 13, 1879. The report of the Department of Agriculture for December, just issued, shows the following condi- tion of crops:— ‘The corn season closed with a marked improve- ment in the condition of the crop. ‘The condition ro- turned October 1 was %6—not quite so high as October, 1877. The average, us found by the June returns, shows no material change, Being. in round numbers, 51,000,000 acres in 1878, und 650,300,000 acres for 1877. Compared with 1877 the South Atlantic States show a falling off in production, the Guif States increased slightly, the States of ‘Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, four of the largest pro- ducing ‘States, declined considerably, while all the other States north of the Ohio River and in the Northwest make a decided increase, thus making the aggregate crop for 1878 larger than that of 1877 some 30,000,000 bushels, This result is the more remarkable as it is the fourth of an unbroken series of large crops. OATS. ‘The oat crop is somewhat in excess of the very large crop of 1877, constituting it the largest crop ever raised in this country. The rate of increase, however, is less than that of the acreage, showing that the average yield per acre on the whole is somewhat less than last year.- The Atlantic slope, north of the Chesapeake, showed @ decline, especially in the large oat producing region ot the Middle States. The Southern coast States, trom North Carolina to ‘Texas, uniformly increase their product, but tho Southern Inland States, as a whole, fell off. The West, Northwest and Pavitic States show a increase. The Territories also indicate an @ product. The quality of the yrain in most of the States is inferior; only Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhede Island, Connecticut, Alabama, ‘Tennessee, Ken- tucky, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas reporting a full average. ‘The minimum uatsty appears in the neigh- Dorhood of Chesapeake Bay, though portions of the Northwest also note # deficiency of weight and other merchantable qualities. BARLEY. ‘There is no material change in the barley crop for the year 1873 compared with that of 1877, except thé great product of California, which will be double that of its predecessor, The large producing States of New York, Wisconsin and Dlinois each show a de- crease in the number of acres sowed and # slight de- crease in yield per acre; while Michigan, Minnesota and Kansas show an increase in both acres and yield. ‘The State of Califoruia, which is the largest produc- ing State, increased her act trom 450,000 acros to 650,000 ucres and almost doubled her Are Tr acre, ‘The total product for the year 1878 will be in round. numbers 42,000,000 busheis, while in 1877 the crop ‘was 34,500,000 bushels, #- = RYE, ‘The rye crop turns out about one-sixth larger yield than in 1877, ‘The Atlantic slope, north of the to- mac River, shows an increase of nearly a million bushels, The small crop of the Southern states shows a tendency to decline, though West Virginia and ‘ennessee report increased yields, The other sections of the country report increased yields. The total yield amounted to nearly sixteen million bush- els. The quality of the crop is Lelow average in New England, except Connecticut, and above average in all the Middle States except Delaware. The croy of the South, on the whole, is inferior, while in the States of the West, Northwest and Pucific slo] the quality is superior, except in Illinois and Ne- braska, The crop shows very little change from last Your. Iu mnauy parts of the country there were com, plaints of injury from the extreme and drought. POTATOES. ‘The returns of December of the potato crop show no change from the estitmates made in November, and there is a large decline in the product for this yoar as compared with 1877. The acreage piauted was, within a small percentage, the same 4s last year, the difference being less than one per cent. The New England and Middle States fell off in production nearly one-third; the Sou:h Atlantic States increased their small yield of 1877; the States north Ohio River declined about one-quar- ter; the States west of the recog Ktiver show a decided increase in production. Tho leading complaint was the extreme heat, which especiully affected the late plantings; in some places it was combined with drought and in others with cx- cessive moisture, causing rot. The average yield of the whole country will be 69 bushels per acre, against 94 bushels in 1877, thus making ai roduct in round numbers of 124,000,000 bus! 7s, against 170,000,000 in 1877. The crop is 20 per cent greater than last year, hum is receivi ny in sronsed attenti rielly Sorghum ing inet jon, especi in the tran-ALienissip| States and Territories, where tho results of the year's culture are noted by the dif- tereut correspondents as very satisfactory. On the Atlantic and Gulf coasts there is, on the whole, a coa- siderable increase. Virginiu reports a product forty- one per cent greater than in 1877, The eastern slope of the Mississippi vi y shows adectine. A varicty, called the *Rethead,” is growing in favor with the farmers of South Carolina, In the West the Minne- sota amber cane has produced the most satisfactory results, In Stearns county, Mimn., this varicty is re- ported as yielding as high as 300 gallons of syrup per acre. Delaware county, lowa, manufactured 100,000 gallons of sorghum syrup during the year and found estemly home demand tor the whole, ‘TOBACCO, ‘The tobacco crop of 1878 has been secured under exceptionally wuspictous conditions of weather, the bright days of September favoring the growth, while the unusual delay of severe frost enabled the plant to mature thoroughly before the knife was applied. Of the large producing States Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut and Massa- setts report an improvement in quality. Twelve Siates, repreventing the balk of the total production of the country, report the production compared with last year as follows:—Kentucky, 60; Virginia, 73; Missouri, 56; Tennesece, 63; Ohio, 90; Maryiand, 84; Tudiana, North Carolina, 0; Pennsylvania, 86; Hilinois, 50; Connecticut, 86; Massachusetts, 95, ywurT. ‘The conditions of fruit growth during 1878 were quite unfavorable. The grape culture of the Atlantic s.ope was Very Unsnecexstul, espectally in the region of the Delaware aud Chesapeake bays. Many whole vineyards in this section tailed to bg anything that might be called # crop. In the South even the hardy Scuppernong succumbed to adverse climatic conditions und withheld its usual abundant product. South Carolina, Floride and Texas report an increased production, but this branch of culture is very limited im those States. All the States of the Mississipp! Valley ro port reduced production except Nebraska, where vine culture is still in its infancy. California, how- ever, reports & tly increased yield of her peculiar production, which embraces mostly the varieties of the grape. ‘The apple crop shows an incteased qiala in all of the New England States, New York, Texas and the Pacitic States. In all other States it ‘shows a falling off, Missouri reporting less than half of last year’s crop. xh the States yield leas ira than last yoar Kansas, Nebraska and California, ‘Ihe crop suffered most severely inthe Middle Atlantic region, where ‘the yield ranges from halt to two-thirds of last year's THROUGH FREIGHT TU EUROPE. Tho committes on through freight to Europe, which consists of Mr, W. H, Melihinney, of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company; Mr. i. 1. Hopkins, of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company; Mr. A. J. Rose, of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, and Mr, Townsend, of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Lad & consultation yexterday with Mr. Jacob D, Sniull, freight agent ‘of tho fumes steamship line, ‘The plun for the equalization of through froights from the Wess to Kuropo was discussed, but no av- tion was taken in the premises, It was the opinion of prominent steamboat mon who were visited yes. terday that the experiment of the railroad companies would not be successtul, and that the proj plan oe the equalization of export fetes was impracti- Cables READING RAILWAY REPORT EARNINGS AND LOSSES IN THE OOAL TRADE DURING THE LAST YEAR—THE COMBINATION REPUDIATED, WITH HOPES OV BETTER SUO* CES8 WHEN FREE FROM ITS RESTRICTIONS, (Bx TELEGRAPH To THE HERALD. } PutapeLrut, Pa., Jan, 13, 1879. ‘The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Philadelphia aud Reading Railroad Company was heid here this afternoon, The managers submitted their annual report, which showed the result of the year’s business to be us follows :— Receipts over cost of workil the road, $4,220,227 15; udd profit on istonmn collicre, $232,425 58; balance of sinking fund, consolidated mortgage loan, 1871 ($1,911 for the year 1876 not used, now credit back), $199,364 45, “Total, $4,652,017 15, Less depreciation in value of materials and draw- on.trafic of prior years, loss on line of Rich- mond coal barges, &e., $186,024 52; leaving $4,465,992 36, from which deduct loss upon the business of the Schuylkill Canal, $13%,324 94, less —_— profit upon business — of Schuylkill Canal transportation line, $39,642 43. Total, $98,682 51, Loss upon the business of the Sus- quehanna Canal, $179,926 79; total, $278,609 Bu, leav- ing $4,186,783 U6, Interest on bonded debt for tho your, $4,576,576 54; interest for year on bonds and mortgages, $111,694 74; debit balance of interest ae- count, $390,559 12, Total, $5,018,830 40, Debit bul- ance for x ty ang November 30, 1878, charged to profit and loss, and appearing on balance sheet, $832,047 34. The cash surplus earnings for the year were $894,014 66, but the cash surplus is much more than absorbed by the payment to the Coal and Iron Com- pany of $1,088,036 46, annual’ interest account, and the of the company for the year, $752,049 14, IN DEBT TO EMPLOYKS, ‘The cash deficit of the operations of the two com. auies tor the year is $824,950 94. This deficit has n supplied by withholding for three months the salaries and wages of the Reading Railroad em- ployés. ‘Che managers say that owing to the failure of the coal combination to get the good prices antici- pated, the floating debt has not only not been de- creased but has been increased by the amount of wages outstanding. LOSSES ON LEASED ROADS, With reference to the loaxed lines there was a fall- ing off of $103,210 84 in net earnings on the Catu- wi-sa branch last year and the Germantown branch, $51,006 93 decrease. The profits of the express department were $52,000, as against $55,000 in 1877, The steam colliers have made a net peony: ot $232,425 54 during the year, ag compared with last year. COAL PRODUCTION AT A LOSB, With a reduced out put of 1,355,848 tons the com- pany lost, after making allowances for depreciation and bad debts, $752,049 14, as against $755,478 37 for the Leyte year. Tho actual cost of and delivering coal into the railroad for the year was $1 23 17-10, as against $1 03 9-10 for the previous year, an increase of 19 8-10 cents, of which about eight cents was caused by the payment of such increased wages as were due under the sliding scale to the increased price of coal and higher rates of toll and transporta- tion, and the remamder 118-10 cents per ton is due entirely to the decreased production, necessitating the division of certain total fixed expenses by a greatly diminished production. EFYECTS OF THY COMBINATION, 'The report reviews at length the workings of the coal combination, and says the injuries sutfered by the company, owing to the combination of last year, Sicecieoael felines independent position of previ- ous scusons, Were an increase in the cost of m.ning coal, large decreuse in the railway recoipts from merchandise and passengers owing to diminished output. of coal, an increase of: accidents in min- due to the condition of the mines being ected by the frequent euspensions of mining, an unsettled feeling of discontent among miners aud laborers in coal fields due to want of employment, which was not at all compensated by the increase of wages; a feeling of opposition among iron and other manufacturers ut the froquent interruption of mining, resulting in a disposition to resort to other fuels rather than sub-, amit to arbitrary interference with the regularity of their uccustomed supply of anthracite; an absolute failure to realizo increased prices for coal, or in¢ creased rates of transportation sufticiont to overbal- ance the increased cost due to restricted productio: all involving a loss of net profits to the two companies ‘4s comp! with the previous year of $382,173 96, On the other hand, the benefits resulting from the combination have been, the actual consumption of all surplus coal and the ability to secure fair prices in the tuture, which it was impossible to obtain so Jong es the large production kept the market over- WHAT MIGHT BE. It follows, therefore, that if the company could obtain its proper quota uf the entire tonpage, aud if pores good faith and fair hear | could ‘be secured in any future compact between the several interests this company would have nothing to lose by continu- jug as @ member of any properly o: usso- ciation. It must be confessed, however, that the mapner in which previous compacts have been kept by one of the parties, rather than the act of as- sociation itself, causes the managers, to finds aay future agreement that is not atply protected in: the essential parts in which the last two have unfor- ‘tunately proved defective. In open competition for the market, with the admitted excellence and yreat variety of Schuylkill coal, and no restrictions im- posed upon production, the managers have no fear of the ability of the company to meet ail of its casn fixed charges but they cannot cont late without a der the prospect of iy tying their hunds by agreemenis such ag those made in 1876 and 1578, under which it was in the power of one interest to render abortiyg say tempt to secure increased profits, and they guilty of gross mismnagement if they consente@> any iurther restriction of production that was not accompanied = practical and effectual guarantees: thut the reduced output ehould yield at least as great @ profit asthe increased quantity which could be mined and transported in open competition, CHE MANAGEMENT ENDORSKD, At the conciusion of the report resolutions were adopted by the stockholders ting and adopting the report aud thanking and supporting the maua- gers in their efforts to re-establish prosperity and Success to the affairs of the company. ‘The following officers were elvcted for the year:—President, F. B, Gowan; Managers, H. Pratt McKean, A. E. Borie, J. B, Lippincott, John Ashhurst, Henry Lewis, and J, V. Williamson; ‘Trcasurer, Samuel Bradford; Secre tary, David J. Brown. FINE ARTS. 3 a WARD'S STATUE OF WASHINGTON. If a man publishes a book or exhibits a picture he is sure to find some one to abuse his work and often himself, Lot him produce a piece of statu- ary in this country at the present time, when our parks and other public places are disfigured by so much weak sculpture, and he is all the more certain to have it well written down by somebody, ‘Lhe faults will be looked after more sharply than the good points. No matter if the latter largely predominate, the former will be exaggorated and made extremely good use of to show that the whole work is bad, We have no doubt, therefore, that J. Q. A. Ward's latest statue, a “Washington,” will give rise to as much discussion pro and con as did his “Shakespeare,” now in the Central Park. The statue, in bronze of heroic size, is uow in the ware- rooms of the Gorlam Manufacturing Company, pre- vious to its removal to Newburyport, Mass., where it will be inaugurated on the 224 of February, It will be presented to his native town by Daniel J. Tenney, of this city. Washington is represented standing in his uniform of a general and addressing his officers or other audi- tors. His head is turned slightly upward to the left, his right arm is raised, his left rests on his sword, held upright on the ground, and his left leg is ad- vanced. ‘The pose is « good one, though not remark+ able for ease or grace, and the action is natural, The costume, trom the high coat collar down to the long boots, is made as picturesque as pos sible. ‘The coat is carclessly fastened at the middle button and sweeps on either side well up to the collar, showing the ruffled shirt, and down away from the thighs. Many will find that the head seems rather small, and it will look smaller when the statue is in position on the eight foot ite pedestal. In expression the faco errs slightly on the side em throughout the ids of the cos- bare hands aro small details are such points to as the sory 4 & the Kare | bor hen the epaulettes, caused by wtion as Washin ses hie arin and turns to spoak. On the wi it isa sulid and consciontious piece of work and a better statue than tho “Shakespeare.” Discussion may arise as to ite suceews as & portrait, but we are satisfied that the seulptor has given us the results of careful study, end his reudition should command respect, LOOKING FOR THEIR MONEY. Anumber of the depositors of the defunct Home stead Association, & savings institution of Hoboken, mot last night at Gerdts’ Hotel, on Hudson street in that city, to consider what steps should be taken to compel the receiver to pay them their money, Mr, Michael Sanford was appointed receiver of the insti- tution by Chancellor Runyon in October, 1876, and since that time the depositors say they have never been intormed of his actions in connection with the » The meeting was presided over by Major Herman L. Finken, and Me H, D, Gerdts acted a4 secretary, After considerable discussion & motion ‘was adopted to appoiut a committee of three to wait upon Chancellor Runyon and request him to direct the receiver to furnish the dopositors with a state. ment of the condition of the institution. The chair 7 appointed ~— MeCaun, Budenbender and user to Berve aa ‘omutaittye, movtiag adjourned for one wi “ bay Ani