The New York Herald Newspaper, March 5, 1879, Page 4

4 “THE ELECTORAL COUNT pa ESS Lae ee Concluding Reports of the Potter In- vestizating Committee, | ' | GENERAL BUTLER’S POINTS, pe Hayes Counted lo, Tilden Defrauded, the Elec- toral Commission Prejudicial. eetanndenaineiciees ANOTHER MAJORITY STATEMENT. Democratic Views of the Cipher Despatches. Wasnincton, March 4, 1879. The views of General Benjamin F, Butier upon tho Potter investigation, as embodied in his individual report submitted to the House last night, cover gearly two hundred pages of legul cap, In commenc- ing Mr. Butler begs leave to put upon record the re- sults at which he has arrived upon some of the most important matters submitted to the investigation of the committee, and the matters pf fact and process of reasoning which have led him to the following results. That he might not be biased in his opinions by the views entertained upon the topics treated by his associates on the committee he says:—I haye purposely abstained from any discussion of them until they are put upon paper. It has not seemed to mé neceasary to spread out here any considerable extracts from the evidence or any extended qnotations from documents, because when closely examined, so far as I think the facts are of any value, the evidence stands substan- tially undisputed and uncontradicted, although in many of the details of the evidence there is a most painful, perplexing contradiction of facts sworn to by some witnesses, each of whom seemed desirous ef contradicting the other, and generally ended by contralicting himself, Perhaps this was to have been expected in the investigation into alleged frauds and wrongs produced either by partisan feel- ing or bribery and corruption in the several forms. Fortunately for the examination I have to make, all this contradictory testimony can be laid aside, and is not required for the elucidation of the main facts upon which my mind rests in reaching my conclu- sions. THE VOTE OF LOUISIANA, Ido not intend to examine the disputed elections or their results in the States of South Carolina or Florida, or the bearing upon them which the tele- graphic communications known as the “cipher tele- “rams” might have. The vote botween Mr. Tilden and Mr. Hayes was so close . that the loss of any one State to either or both would have changed the result, and the lessons to be learned from the election of 1876 can as well be taught to the intelligent student of political history by the examination of one State as of all, Ihave chosen to examine only the political and party action of both part their leaders and their nanipulators of clection in the State of Lomisigua, where it would see: every form of wrong, misconduct and outrage porsible.to be done in an election is alleged to have been comunitted on the one side or on the other, ‘Cue report then continues in its review of the que tions treated by General butier and concludes as fol- lows:—"From the evidence produced before the committee,” he niy mind has been brought to several conclusion’—namely, First—That in 1876 there was no full and free election by the whole body of the electors of the State of Louisiana, and that the electoral vote of that State ought not therefore to have been counted in favor of either candidate for the Presidency, | Scond—That it any legal election was held in Louisiana then the majority of the votes actually cast in the State were for the Tilden electors and for nor Nicholls. Third—That in case the vote of the State is counted at all th of the “bulldozed parishes,” as they were called, were within the fair aud just exercise of the jurisdiction of the Returning Boad, to be re- jected in the proper exercise of their judgment, with the exception o1 some few polling precincts not ma- terial to the result. - Fourth—Vhat in the parts of the State, other than said bulidozed parishes, where a fnil campaign was made by both political parties, the majority ot votes we t for Packard for Governor and a portion of the Tilden electors, leaving two or more Hayes elec- tors unelected, Fifth—Tvet such acount and return would have (for which alone there seems any authority in the Board) given full ¢ xpre ion to the will of the people in such parts of the State as were not effected by co- jon and violence, in favor of Packard and against two or more of the Hayes electors, which would have exitency to Tilden, and would have been the whole yote of the State had been re- es. OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION, ution by both heuses of Congress umstances, the State of Louisiana uid not be counted for either candidate would been the best possible result to the country, ase it would lave tanght a lessen to over zerlous partisans that elections cannot be carried, either by force and intimidation at the polls, or by fraud, in the returns so as to avail “the snevessful candidate; and if so carried by either the votes would be rejected by the final counting tribunal. On the contrary, under the rings of the Electoral Commission, it they are pted as the rning law, every en- is given to reckless, strenuous par- ry their State either by force or by fraud. Serenth—That the Hicetoral Conimission, as consti- tuted, has afforded no practical solution of the con- stitutional difficulties attending the count of elec- toral votes in disputed States, and that an exigency ugain arising like that of 1876 will surely lead to revo- lution. Bigith Commi ppointment of such Electoral uything to do with cou evident and Vico Pr vor, is, in #0 far, an a’ two hoares, is Supreme Court upon sue litical formation has done great harm io the £ justice by impair- ing che reveronce iuat the people have always justly had for the integrity of the decision of that court of causes between purty and party, andin undermining | the popular estimate of the stern impartiality of the | court that in all qu wil do equal and exact justice nuder the law to every ciMizen, and in view of ite Jil success the experiment ought never to be tried again, Tenth—The reeuit has shown that it is against pub- lie an‘ tends to bring elements of corruption into political methods of action, to send semi-oiticial partisans of large political influence on one side or | the other, or both, into 8 for tho purpose of | coutroling or advising ¢ in regard to glectory slall vote or to advise as to the the votes of States shall be r Dt, HATES COUNTED IN, | Eleventh—That the in of Mr. Hayes obteined by a series ud unjustifiable irreg- ulurities a Is, Which cannot Le too strongly couiemned and repeobated, Twelfth—i bat siana resul le to the Governorship of i the late election in that rnor Packard, who ¥ qualified aud inaugurated, ihad as right to the support of the general gov: 1 nd insurrection, were eqnully de: | st political rights. the act of Me, Hayes, as President | in appointing and sending the down to Louisiana for the | instruction to act. under an aet wholly unauthorized nd vot within the power or pe of the Execntive, ond especial.y reprehensible, as ate pary i inotive was to carry out a coreuy politica, by vent, sgreement sid compact uo his part, mid ie friends with his knowledge and aequicwer ascent, the brutts of Which he is « Yiog without right and agalnet law. Fourteen Puat © peither is nor ought t pasible tithe tu any utive offee whieh reached, teeoxamined and decided by itize | by Congteas to be before the Supreme Ja. ma ler the Which it was sen Uy the Coustitution was be any inde b in he House sana | avewtiqation of the cipher telegrams, and the way in which the toleyrdins first came into public not 6 the report siys:—The Western Union Leleeraph Company seem to have exercived dio cate iu respect of the preservation and privacy of their | pot bes, and the theft aud publication of certain | fratcluen did not m to be their fault. At the etme tine they could not but enapect that Mr. Oreo, the president of the company (since | teceae who was an earnest and active | repolietn leader, forwarded the deapatches in the custody of the company to a republican com: | mittee of the Senste rather then to 4 democratic committee oF the iow ie lad also show vise by allowing certaia of mie despatoliey tu ly | aut Dickson, prosidents ot the Peonsylvania € NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDA withdrawn, On examination of the Indiana de- spatches, im which Mr. Z. Chandler was asked by Mr. Tyner — to ppoint two Indian nts," one could see how very “naturally the telegraph officials should have failed to recognize these most improbable cipher despatches to have any concealed meaning, but regarded them rather as corrupt despatthes. That they could recall them so well was a credit to the efficiency of the company and suggests that nothing in the protection of de- spatches by telegroph would be gained by transfer- ring that business to the government. It was not for the cominittee, however, to suggest whether any legislation was requived to prevent private telegrams from being purloined or exposed or for their produe- tion in proper cases, considering the watchful, com- petent and intelligent partizan custody of the de- spatches for fourteen months. WHITEWASH FOR PELTON. It was to be expected that nothing would come to light not weer by the parties in charge, and it wonld have been too much to expect that any mes- sage reflecting seriously on the conduct of the repub- lican party would be found among these bundles, ‘The translations of the cipher despatches disclose negotiations, on the part of certain near friends of Mr, Tilden, after the election, to secure the electorai yote of tle States of South Carolina and Florida, These persons seemed to have apprehended that the electoral vote of those States, which they believed belonged to Mr. Tilden, would be declared for Hayes, and to have re- garded themselves as justified in endeavoring to de- teat this corrupt and fraudulent action by submitting to the payment of moneys, which, they. were informed, the canvassing boards demanded by way blackmail. The com- mittee did “not im any way justify their action, and consider it a gross wrong. Hut these negotiations were not authorized by the National Democratic Committee or any person entitled to speak tor them. Ail the persous who had been con- nected with the nexotiations, so fur as the committee had sceured their testimony, declared that in no way were they authorized by Mr. Samuel J. Tilden, whose particular friends they were, and Mr. ‘Tilden had himself yoluutarily appeared to corroborate that statement on oath. i No charge from any source whatever had at any time attached to the name of Mr. Hendricks, STATEN ISLANDERS SCARED. of TERRIBLE EXCITEMENT CAUSED BY EXHUMING A YELLOW FEVER CORPSE—VILLAGERS APPRE- HENSIVE OF THE PLAGUE. . An express wagon containing a coffin covered with acoarse cloth was driven from the burial ground at Seguine’s Point, on Staten Island, about two o'clock yesterday afternoon, to the lower landing of the Staten Islend ferry, when the driver applied for pas- sage to New York. The gatekeeper, knowing the stringency of the law in relation to the transportation of dead bodies, demanded to know if there was one in the coffin, The driver said there was, and the gatekeeper de- manded to see his authority for removing it. Upon this anYelderly man who sat with the driver in the wagon produced a written permit from the Quaran- tine Commissioners, signed by J. E. Colville, Super- intendent, authorizing him to exhume the body of one Louis Livingstone. Together with this he pro- duced also a permit from Stephen Nagle, Register of Records in New York, authorizing H. Frankel to re move the body of Louis Livingstone, who had died of yellow fever on September 22, 1878, from the burial ground at Seguine’s Point to Machpelah Come- tery. The elder man declared that he was H, Frankel and that the driver was employed by him, SCARED VILLAGERS, While these papers were undergoing examination Marshal Frean, of Edgewater village, a young man who has béen employed in the Quarantine Hospital, approached the wagon, saying:—“That is a yellow fever corpse. I know the smell.” The words were spoken with indiscreet distinctness, and a number oi bystanders who heard them were stricken with panic. All declared that the efluvium from the cothn was most offensive and nearly all at once left tho spot. The news spread rapidity in the little village, and ere long a great excitement ‘was stirred up. Ladies shuddered with horror at the thought of the terrible disease being sturted afresli, aud several of them visited a drug stove in the neighborhood to purchase disinfectants. ‘Tho wite of one of the most prominent citizens of Richmond county had stood in a doorway as the wagon passed and she declared that the stench was somethin, terrible, Her name and words were quoted far an oer in a short time and the panic grew proportion- ately. NO THOROUGHFARE AT THE FrERY. In the meantime the oe) keeper atthe terry, doubt- ful of the efficacy of the documents and not alto- gether uninfluenced by the manner of Frean, de- Clared that he would not allow the wagon on’ tho ferryboat. Mir. Frankel was bewildered and the driver was at his wits’ end, Frean added to their distress. by calling ana constabie who stood by to arrest the two men and take them before Justice Garrett and he would make a charge, This the con- stable did, and wagon, horse, corpse aud all wore driven through the village to the court room. In the meantime Justice Garrett was sitting com- fortably in a cosey saloon nearly two blocks fram his court room, chatting with « number of village dignitaries over sundry glasses of beer, Frean sought him there before going to court, and burst into the saloon in great excitemont. ite told his story rapidly, and the Justice listened, “Where are’the men?” be inquired. “McDempsey (the constable) hus taken them up to the court,” replied the excited man, ‘on, pwhaw! tell him to Lring ’em here," said the Justice, “L can't yo up there.’ A STATEN ISLAND COURT ROOM. Accordingly the two men were brought to the saloon, and, finding that the Justice was holding court there, looked more bewildered thau ever. They produced their papers, however, showing th.t thy exhumation had been regular, and that they had the suthority from the Board of Health in New Yori for transporting the body through this city, “That ain't the ground I wake « charge on,” eatd Frean. ‘‘They were creating a nitisance in the village by standing’ in the street with a yellow fever corpse.”" ‘Yue justice examined the papers and then said, “You'll have to yo to Dr, Vanderpoel and get b authority to remove the body. hen come b. here, and if you've done anything wrong you'll be locked up.” He then calmly resumed his beer and his conver- sation, aud the two men got Into their wagon again und drove to Dr. Vanderpoel’s ott They were accompanicd by the constable, who, Lowever, refused to get into the wagon and went on foot, preferring to be at a comfortable distance from tae cofin, though no objection was made to its being driven around the village. WAS THE PERMIT DOGUB? An hour later they returned. ‘The Justice was still in the saloon and again opened Court th “Judge,” said Coustable MeDempeey, “Dr. Thomp- son says this hero permit is a bogus one they ot , ‘Never mind sbout that,” said Justice Garrett, “trean, you're the complamant in this matter, ain't you?” “Yes,” said that individual, and the Justice accord- ingly wrote ont a short affidavit, which Brean swore to and signed without reading it, Whgt the contouts of the aflidavit was not made known, but it is a part of the official record in the Justice's coat pocket. Constable McDempsey was then extanined aud vaid that he had accompanied the two prisouers to quar- antine, when Dr, Thompson, tu Dr. Vanderpoel’s ab- sence, ordored them to take the body back and bary itagain. “He said, though,” continued the witness, “that ic they'd get a casket, all seeled up, it would bo all right.” “Did he say these papers were bogus?” asked tho Justice, “Yes,”’ suid the witness, unhesitatingly, ENCE. Mh Mr. Frankel was then exami: Louis Livingston was a Polish ft svid thet acousin of jew York from ‘Texas last rand had been taken ill in a hotel in the Bor whither he went on arriving in this city; the case was reported to the Boord of Health i the dee;siou was promaptly given that the disease was yellow fove removed to Quaranti: here on September 22. Your Honor, I ain @ poor man,” continued Mr, Frankel, “but he was @ relative ot iny wife and I wauted to do what was right. I went to some others of his friends and we made up what money was neceseary, unt Lapplied to the Quarantine Gommis- sioners tor permission to remove the body and bury it according to our own religion in the Jowisa Cemetery. ‘They told me to wait until cold weather, so i waited. Now Lhave got their permirsiou, and they told me to go to the New York doard of Health and they gave me thelr periuit, and I thought that woe wil that was necessary,” “1 will order this body to the Morgue for the prey- ent,” sald the Justise, “ond you will stand cor- initted in charge of the constable until to-morrow at the untortn te man was on September 20 and died “Lpresntine T shall feed some money,” said Mr. Frankel weet ‘ious irony, “and 1 shall have #t,”” rrange all that with th briskly, and he sigued the ordor of committal, aud the two peiaoners thanked him without cxplainiug why, and weut out with the constable. WILL THEY All sorts of rumors prevailed on Wall «treot yestor- COMBINE? day in relation to anew combination of the various | | coal companies, It was ascertained that President jowen, of the Philsdelphia auth ling Coul Gom-+ | Pony, haw reopenoa pilations with Messrs, Hoyt Company aiid the Delaware snd Huda pany, to have them agree to a Linit of the produc of coal by reducing the siumber of uiisting Gays in tie month, The Lehigh Valley Company nas made ite third reduction im the prive of com and it ix down now to the lowest price reached in 1877, Judge Avs Packer, president of the Lehigh Valley Rujlrowl Company tits frequently stated, it ia claimed, that when the price of coal pot be r per ton (whieh, he thought, was the iowest possibile price at which coal can be mined except at & lows), ho would be im favor of a combination to advanse the price by Lubitang the productiva. THE ASTLEY BELT CONTEST. ARRIVAL OF MR. G, W, ATKINSON—THE GATE MONEY AND THE CHALLENGES—TABLE OF BST RECORDED PERFORMANCES, Mr. G. W. Atkinson, of the London Sporting Life, the representative sent to New York to be present at the comipg international contest at Gilmore's Gar- den in the interest of Sir John Astley, arrived.at this port yesterday in the steamship Bothnia. When Mr, Atkinson reached the Ashland House, where his headquarters will be while in New York, he was met bya Henacp reporter, Mr. Atkinson was glad to sec that Rowell, the English candidate, was looking well, and he had no fears as to the satiefac- tory settlement of all arrangements when the sev- eral parties interested came together. Mr. Atkinson proposed that such meeting take place this morning. The provision, he seid, in the articles of agreement brought over by Rowell, thatacompetitor should go 450 miles or not receive any portion of the gate money, was due to the objections made in the New York papers that too many indifferent performers were allowed to enter for the belt, Mr. Atkinson had received a HeERatp of yes- terday, while coming up the harbor, and was therefore conversant with the character of the new clause asked to be incorporated in the articles regarding the division of the gafe money. He did not see anything objectionable to the plan proposed, and if Rowell wae suited he certainly would not interpose any. obstacles to the satisfactory settlement of the matter. As Rowell on Sunday last said that the division proposed was fair and definite he was willing that it should become binding. The new clause was published in the Heravp of yesterday. Itis that if only oue man goes 450 miles he is to take all the receipts; if two go 450 miles the winner is to take three-quarters of the whole amount and tho loser one-quarter; if three men go 450 miles the winner is to receive one-half, the second thirty per cent and the third twenty per cent of the remaining half; if four yo 450 miles or more the winner is to take one-half, the second twenty-five per cent, the third fifteen per cent and the fourth ten per cent of the remaining half. ‘THE DATE AND CHALLENGES, Mr. Atkinson said that they had hoped to have three English candidates in this competition, but the date was fixed so early that it was found impracti- cable to prepare the other men. peeing this point O'Leary claimed some time ago that by the published rules he could not be forced to compete tor the belt more than twice in one year, and that the coming contest should not take place until June next. He won the belt originally March 23, 1878, and again October 8, 187%, and thus held that he need not entertain any challenge until March 28, 1879, which, with the three months’ allowance, would make it June 23. O'Leary says that hi wanted more time from the beginning of the pres- ent controversy, aud would have been glad had he gotit. Mr. Atkinson claimed, further, that the chal- Jenge of the English representative was the first for the belt. The money John Ennis deposited in New York was not in accordance with the published rules. In answer to this Ennis quotes from a letter writien him by Mr. Atkinson under date of London, Novem- ber 7, 1878, wherein there is the following :— Your challenge being Mona fide aud accompuniod by a de- posit you have, the first claim to make a mateh with Mr O'Leary; but so soon as you sizn articles Mr. ©. A, Harri- man may join in and make a sweepstakes, as can anybody clao, by depositing the required £100, the belt being open to the worid. ‘Lhe competitors yesterday took their usual amount of exercise. Ennis and Rowell were at the garden in the morning. O'Leary and Harriman walked about town and through Central Park out into the country. All are well. AN INTERESTING TABLE. Mr. William 3B. Curtis, who has been requested to make arrangements for '& correct scoring of the dis- tances that will be made in the coming contest, re- cently prepared a table offthe best recorded ‘per- formances {or every hour in tho six days’ competi- tions, “to go as you please,” walking of runnin; the ing, and is as follows:— Hour, Competitor, 1—W. Smith. 2—W. Smith 3—W. Corke: took place in 1878, The table is worth preserv- Miles, Date, 13—“Blower™ Brown.. 14—"Blower”’ Brown. 15—"Blower” Brown. 16—“Blawer” Brown 17—"Blower"’ Brown 20— 21—"Blower”’ Brown. 22—W. Corkey... %—Daniel O'Leary 4—Daniel O'Leary 35—P, Crossiond 86—W. Corkey 56-—W. Corkey. 57—"' Blower” Brown. . 58—“ Blower” Brown. 69—“Blowor’’ Brown 60—""Blower" Brown. .....October 30, 245 5-28 61—W. Corkey.. October 40, 249 15-23 62—W. Corkey. 66—"Blower” Brown 6i—' Blower” Brown —W. Cork 73—Dauiel O'Leary 7A—Dantel O'Leary 75—Daniel O'Leary 76—Daniel O'Leary i7—Danie' 1 1 85—W. Corkey.... 1. 86—W. Corke; rol. 110-=W. Corke; IHW, Gorke; L2—W. Corke, ai a7T #} Poul 117—W. Corkey. 1iaA—W, Uorkey 219—W. Corkey 1W0— W, Gor! LW. Cor WwW. oe oven ber Yoveinber LHW, Corkey. 13L—W. Corkey. IW. Corker Lh We L W 1i6--W, Corl 187—W. Corie ovetuber «November ovember oven ber jovember 148 W, Corker: 1)9--W, Corke 140--W. Gorke Y, MARCH A WIRE WANTED, + Bnivaxporr, Conn., March 3, 1879, To rae Eprror oy tae Henaup:— ‘Will you be kind enough to try, through your val- uable paper, to induce the Western Union Telegraph Company torun a wire into Gilmore’s Garden for the use of their patrons during the coming walk, as it is not very convenient to go to the Fitth Avenue Hotel of Ashland House in order to send 4 message? CONVENIENT. YACHTING, INTERESTING PROGRAMME OF THE SEAWANHAKA YACHT CLUB FOR THIS SEASON—REVIEWS, RACES AND REGATTAS. Ata meeting of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club, held on Monday evening at Delmonico's, the following programme for 1879 was adopted :— May 30 (Decoration Day}—Review of the fleet by the Commodore. Starting from Tompkinsville, 8, L, at half-past ten A. M., the yachts to pass in review before the flagship, then gail to and anchor off the Beach House, near New Dorp, for refreshments; re- turning about four P. M, June 21 (Saturday)—Corinthian race, open to all yachts of recogn: clubs; ied $150, to first, sec- ond and third class sloops and second class schooners, Prizes also to be given to members of the winning crews, ‘Two or more yachts to start in each class, Annual Corinthian Cruise.—Yachts will rendezvous at Glen Pr L. 1, July 8, starting next Pioreing for Oystér Bay, and trom there, as may be decide: upon, to Thimble Islands, New London, Greenport, Stonington, Newport and New Bedford. Lightship Regatta—Open to all first class sloops of recognized clubs, for Conter Cup, value $700. Race to take place between the 15th and 20th Oc- tober, as appointed by Regatta Committee; course from Sindy Hook Lightship to Cape May Light- ba return; three yachts to start or no race. ‘The pressure of business obliged the meeting to adjourn to the 12th inst., when matters of impor- tance will be taken up. The club is considering the establishment of a station at Staten Island, near Tompkinsville or Stapleton. COLUMBIA YACHT CLUB—ADOPTION OF THE » CORINTHIAN RULES FOR THE REGATTA OF 1879, An auimated discussion took place last night, at a meeting of the members of the Columbia Yacht Club, held at the residence of ex-Commodore J: 8. Baker, No. 304 West Fifty-first street, over the proposed adoption of the Corinthian rules for the regatta of 1879. Commodore McWhinney presided. The sub- ject came up in @ resolution which originated with the Regatta Committee, and regd as follows :— Resolved, That the regatta course bereaftor be a tri: gular one; that open boats be allowed one man to throe feet of boat, with the exception of the owner, an ono man to every sovon fovt of cabin bout, with the excep- tion of the owner; that noone but a momber of the club be allowed to sail a boat. ‘The resolution was accompanied by a communica tion from Mr. John Frick, secretary of the club, and which was an argument in favor of its adoption. He claimed that the interest of members in tho pleasure of yachting culminated inthe annual re- gatta and that the day which was looked forward to as the one of reatest enjoyment had come to be @ day of labor from the practice of hiring crews, overcrowding sail and Toadig down with ballast in order to win a race, ‘Che object of the association was to inspire a love and create a knowledge of yachting among the members of tho club, and the habit of hiring crews and sailing mas- ters for regattas was in opposition to this idea, Ex-Commodore Joseph Nobles, the owner of the Nettle, responded, opposing the resolutions on tho ground that the first object in view was to bring out of every yacht its utmost speed, and that man- ning a boat with an inexperienced crew would be like hitching # fast horse to a lumber wagon and éx- peeting the animal to make good time. It was con- tended on the other hand that the first thing to be considered was the interests of the association, and that the success of the Seawanhaka Club was due in great measuro to the use of the Corinthian rules, ‘The resolution was adopted, Mr. Nobles alone opposing it. The regatta course for 1879 will be from the club house, at the foot of West Kighty-sixth street, to and around a stakebost off Edgewater and another off Guttenberg, the course to be sailed over three times, making the distance about twenty-two miles, After ¢ distribution of the prizes for 1878, Monday, June 23, was fixed upon for this year’s regatta, and the com- mittee instructed to make preparations for that day. The ladies’ regatta will take plice in August and the champion pennant race in October, but the exuct dates were not determined. {t was resolved that in the ladies’ regatta every competing bout must have at least one lady guest on board during the race, ‘he April meetiag will be held at No, 304 West Fitty-first street, and the mectings thereafter at the club house, HORSE NOTES. Clingstone has been one of the fastest snow and ice horses in the city of Hartford, Conn., the past win- ter, although not yet four years old, He is by Rys dyk, son of Hambictonian; dam Gretchen, by Chos- roes, out of Lady Fullis, by American Star. The Lady Fallis family prodnced Socrates, 2:34 at four years old; Iago, 2:33, and Xantippe, rated 2:25, It promises to become famous through the stallion Norwood, sire of the two five-year-olds, Tommy Nor- wood, 2:32)s, and Norwood Chief, 2:34. The whole tribe have the open stride and gamey Nes tractable temper that distinguished Socrates, and they all like a distance. Clingstone trotted in 2:56% as a three- year-old, six weeks from graes. Stonyford Stud wil; be represented in Kellogg’ special combination sale at the American Institut nilding, March 25, 26 and 27. It was thought some weeks ago this would be prevented by symptoms of colt distemper that promised to extend through th growing stock, but not becoming general, its di pearance adimits a liberal draft for the catalogue. Its aimission thereto was facilitated by the withdrawal of another considerable lot that became atlected by distemper. The ‘number will, therefore, not’ be materially 1 sod, but the cataloyue will be delayed » few da; Orange county will be Melee | reprevonted in the sale by Mr. Backman and Mr. J, D. Willis, and Dutchess county by Edwin Thorne, THE RIFLE. MONTHLY MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION—PROGRAMME YOR THE SPRING MERTING. The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the National Riflo Association was held yesterday at their office, No. 23 Park row, Messrs. Jones, Cowperthwaite, Ward, Holland, Ful- ton, Casey, Scott, Storoy and Litchficld being pres- ent, with General Wingate in tho chair. The Commit- tee on Prize Meetings reported a programme for that to be heid in ‘the spring. They recommended that a number of prizes ‘in kind” be offered in the various matches, and that in the case of prizes offered from the funds of the association the winners be allowed the option ef accepting trophies or their cash value, In the subscription watches they thought it judi- cious to approprinte seventy per cent of the entrance money to be divided into four prizes, and thet in all military matches cinbracing the 500 yards range | competitors be allowed to shoot in any position whatever, instead of the “military position” now The skeleton programme, which the: ‘0 the meeting, was prepared in accord. ance with these ideas and was the subject of consid- erabie discussion. It was finally approved as it stood, aud referred to the Prize Committee, with power to fll in the description and vaines of tho prizes in proportion to the ability of the association, ‘The matches will bo as follows: — At 200 yards—1, Dirootors' Mateh; 2, “Short Rango”* Mateh for stated wo: #, weh for teams ef fonr, inn: itary Team” Mate, tonms of ning worth $100" and otbor bse bh for earbine teams of four jubasription Match for any military rifts, wt any riflo, stated prites; 8, team embe four men from any club ards, Subscription weeription Mate! yar seription for toons of ALO 8 h for any rifle; 10, for niilitary ritles, any position 11, mon, #tatod prizes, any position u hands bree f men, stated pri 3, Mani ription h toy itl eription Mateh for intfitary rifles as 800, 800 and 1,000 yards, Hive “Leoeh Cap" Match. Ronning Deer Match, any number of entries allowed. A resolution was adopted recomimending # change in the constitution by which clubs of fifteen men from the National Guard may become ameimbors of the National Rifle Association at the annual foe of $2 per man, and clubs of twenty at $1 50 p man, A special meeting of the association will consider this mattor on Tuesday, the 18th inst. at four P.M, at the office of the association. The Secretary was om- powered to prepare a programme of competitions to take place at Creedmoor during April. General Wingate aud Mr. A. H. Weston prosented respectively nd second prizes for the “Champion Marks ge" Match and received the thanks of the d therefor, A comnaittce co sherinerhorn, Story winted to Make arrange: J Long Kenge Mateh in con the team of 1878, “Lhe luceting then adjourned, HAKLEM PEDESTRIANS. The twenty-five mile walk of the Independent Athletic Club, of Herlem, was rather a hollow affair, The pistol was fired at twenty-two minutes past eigut P. M., and nine starters left the post. Of these ‘T. H. Aematrong, H. A. C., the short distance eb: AW. O'heete, ¥. A. ©., have excellent recorda, good ree was expected, but O'Rocfo was seized with cramp atter the sixth iile, lost six laps beture he got to work again aud Armetrong came in wu ousy whiner ip Sh, Suma, 90s, 5, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET. THE LECTURE SEASON, BEV. DR, NEWMAN ON “CHINA AND THE CHINESE”—WHY AMERICA SHOULD KEEP uP | @dvantages of education snd roligion, 0 COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE WITH THE FLOWERY te EINGDOM—RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY— TELLING RAPS AT THE OPPONENTS OF CHINESE TMMIGRATION, Rev. Dr. Newman lectured last evening in the Central Methodist Episcopal Church on “China and the Chinese” for the benefit of the Drew Theo- logical Seminary. The Doctor commenced by eulo- gizing President Hayes for his statesmaniike and courageous veto, which, he said, covers his adminis- tration with enduring lustre. After speaking of the geography, area, climate and resources of China tho lecturer considered the civilization of that Empire. He said:—Some master mind is yet to give the world such a definition of civilization as cannot now be found in our lexicons. To what posi- tion shall we assign the Chineso among | the nations of the earth? They are not barbarians; they dwell in towns and walled cities, What shall be the standard of civilization? Shall it be organized government? ‘This they have had for 2,000 years. Their code of laws has excited the admiration ot European statesmen, who heve trans- lated the same into English, and in their methods of administration they excel us, They combine in their government the despotism of an autocracy with the freedom of a democracy, Their system of education is compact and thorough. Their Imperial College at Pekin is their pride and glory, From “all the provinces students come to compete for the college prize, and they have improved on New York and Washington in this, that no Chinese can be a government official who has not graduatod from the Imperial Colloge. WHERE THE CHINESE ARE SUPERIOR, It is true they do not study our Western sciences, but the classic sayings of Confucius and Mencius on moral and political economy. They are the greatest road and bridge builders in the East; their temples and palaces are magnificent; their silks and ivory works are epparior They produce nearly sll the necessaries of life and many of its luxuries. They are the most religions people on the globe. They are tolerant to allforme of religion and faith, and a future state is a greater reality with them taan with us. Compare our civilization with theirs, Boston rationalism was born in China 600 years before Christ came into the world. Do wo boast of our Spiritual- ism? We borrowed it from the Chinese, who have their spiritual manifestations in rappings and in oral and written communications. For a given stun their chief ician will bottle up all the evils that come to trouble men. . And in the use of opiates they are more tem: eo than we. «We expend $616,000,000 a @ year tor rum, while they spend only $60,000,000 a year for opium—the exact amount which New York annually expends for Pearce gs Givo the Chinese Christianity and they will have the glory of our civilization. CHINA AND CHRISTIANITY, It is not true that the Ciinese were unknown to Western nations, and that they have always been an exclusive people. The Jews hed a colony in the Province of Honau, where thoy had their synagogne and ancient manuscripts. Virgil, Pliny and Tacitus speak of the rich Chinese garments of silk and gauze worn by Roman ladies, and each garment ‘was worth its weight in gold. As Confucius has foretold, ‘A sage will come from the West.” So in the year 60 of our cra the Emperor of China sent an embassy to Judes to invite Christ to his empire. In the early part of the sixth century the Nestorian missionaries were welcomed, and for a thousand years their missions ex- isted. Successive em} received the pel und churches were evérywhere planted. In 1274 Marco Polo was cordially received and there resided twenty-five years. He speaks of the teeming popula- tion and refined customs of the people. In the four- twenth century Xavier and Matteo Rici opened their mission in China, Churches were built in Pekin and in many other cities, and the mother and son or the Emperes Shunchi sent letter of thanks to Pope Alexander VII. Commercial intercourse was com- menced by the Portuguese in the sixteenth century and for two hundred years the English East India Company had the exclisive monopoly of trade, But rejudice was created against foreigners by the dis- onesty and lawlessness of European merchants, ‘ince then the Chinese have been exclusive and all treaties since made have been made at the cannon’s mouth. a AMERICA AND CHIXA. In 1887 the English forced the opium trade w the Chinese by force of arms. compelled to yield, the noble Emperor said:—“‘It 16 true, I cannot prevent the introduction of the flowing poison; yain- seeking end corrupt men will, for profit and sensual- ity, deteat my wishes, but nothing will induce me to derive arevenue from the vice and misery of my peaple. Under the pretence that tho British flag ad been; insulted, in 1860 the English forced upon China a new treaty and carried the war into in. In view of such facts, no wonder that the Chinese call Christians “foreign devila.”” Americans, how- ever, are the tion, and we are called the “people of the flower jag.”’ Our trade with China com- menced in 17%4, when, on the 22d of February, Cap- tain Greene sailed from this port. Here the Doctor Pronounced a eulogy upon Cushing and Burlingamo tor the honorable and masterly treaties which they formed with the Emperor of China, Ly those trea- ties, he said; they secured for American citizers the right to travel, to reside, hold property, trade, freedom of worship und the right to trial’by our own consuls, It is not too much to say that America needs Chi and that China needs America. need a foreign market, and China is that market. AN IMMENSELY WEALTHY COUNTRY. Look at her immense wealth. Her annual revonne is $330,000,000 for government purposes. Half of her population are in comfortable circumstances, while the other half are day laborers. She bas coal mines in the north covering an area of $4,000 s.qnare iniles, Sho spends $157,000,000 on one branch of work+hip. Her import and export trade amounts to $620,000,000 a year, which does not include the vast trade of ant Kong, at whose port 30,000 vessels are entered an: cleared annually ; $259,000,000 of this trade is carried in nig bottoms and $213,000,000 under the Ameri- con . Chinese revenue from foreign ships is $18,000,000, $10,500,000 of which comes trom English bottoms and $4,600,000 from American vessels, Onr treaty rights in the treaty ports give us access to 203,000,000 of people. China aanually imports cotton ods to the amount of $36,000,000; woollen goods, $7.000,000; Metala, $4,500,000, and sugar, timbor and raw cotton, $105,000,000, A BAP AT CONGRESS, In view of these great commercial ddvan' ewaiting our fuller acceptance, it was @ crime against our national commerce for Congress to pass that enti-Kmigration bill. It was because Western nations forced themselves npon the Chinese that the Chinese im turn have become emigrants for trade and pleas- ure. They have gone to Java, to Malacca, to India, to Cubaand Pern. It is true that many of those in Cuba and Peru are coolie slaves, but it is not true that such is the oharacter of the Chinese on the Pacific slope. Mr. Blaine showed his consummate ignorance of great historic facts, which every Ameri- can statesman should know, when he declared that ,the Chinese in America are coolio slaves. The gov- | ernment of Portugal, in 1474, made it a ponal offence for Portugese vessels to carry Chinese covlies, and from that time the lave trade at Macao has been abolished, The British colonial government at Hong Koi has made the most vigorous and successful efforts to suppress tho coolie traile. Aud Sir | Charles Win, dl, ina speech in tho House of Com- mons on May 28, 1873, declared that the omigrants who go from China to California yo of their own free will, and said, ‘lo immigration thas condugted I disclaim all opposition.” TREATY VIOLATIONS, Bnt how have we treated these free emigrants? We ourselves have violated at least three of the arti- cles of the Burlingame Treaty. We agreed that there Chinese “shall be exempt from all disability or per, secution on account of their religious faith or wor- ship.” But Mr. Blaine objects that if we permit them to comé wo must choose between the religion of Confucius and the religion of Christ, We agreed | that “Chinese subjects shall onjoy all the privileges our edueational institutions, under'the control of the government of the United States, which aro en- joyed In the respective countries by the citizens or subjects of the m favored nation.” But Califor. nia has violated this article. She has compelled the Chinese to bs A @ school tax, while she has closed her public schools against them. We agroed that the Chinese residing in this country shall enjoy ali the privileges and immunities enjoyed by American citi- zens in the Chinese Empire. But California has vio+ lated this provision ot the treaty by cinas legisla tidn, ‘The Chinese havo no rights which white men are bound to respect. ‘Chey are received by a mob when they land; they aro taxed when they land and taxed when they depart. The Chinese hickater is taxed $10 per quarter, while a white man. pays but $2. AUhinese laundryman must pay $16, while » White man pays only ee 50, BLAINE AND SARGENT ANSWERED. Both Blsine and Sargent complain of the Chinese social evil, but this complaint is only « epasm of virtu Neithor Blaino, Sargent nor Thurmen have doue anything to wipe out the disgrace of Mormon isin. They know that these Mormon women sre brought to ‘ie country to be ruined under thy dis guide of poly my. ‘These gentlemen know that the Mormons have theit agente travelling all throngl Europe to induce these poor creatures to come here to be the slaves of lust and passion, Itis a fact that the Chinese merchants have opposed the social evil in California, They paid the fare of thowe women to China, but a Kearney iawyer, to inake # fee, obtained # welt of habeas corpus, and after trial the girls werd set free by a white man's court. CHINKAK y LABOR, Our vost area between the Missouri aod the Pa- cific demands the cheap labor of the Chinese eni- grant. ‘They do the drudgery of toil which witite men would have todo were it not for them, White men there hold property to the amount of $290,000,000, the product of Chinese labor, aud 500,000 Americans are engaged in higher employment which the Chinese have furnished them. California ol ater to-day because of nig@tion slestiols, Her great pithlic works could not lave been completed without their labor, and it is in testimony that out of 40,000 Chinese employed on there works, not six were discharged for intoxication of for other causes. In view of these facts, we must be true to our national honor im the treatics that we make with other coun tries—for “a name is to be preferred above riches.” By Ley teerintis of our congiatiny we have assimilated the worst eats of European emigration, and we are a failure as a people if we do not transform the Chinese. Let us give them the an ungest and the oldest empires of the world shall great and glorious. Above all, let our public earns one es honor Recs Lo pe ions Edy 5 3 Buy ambition for the country’s ns ag Mr, Blaine and others remember that no man can ride into the White House on Balaam's ass, for the Angel of Liberty stands ip the way and will yebuke the Presidential rider, cE LS KEJOICING. . During the lecture nine Chinamen, with long qneues, entered the chapel trom a side room. Five of them, named, respectively, Lee Quay, Tom Lee, Eng Him, Mog Jinkee ‘and ¥o Tong, had peculiar looking musical instruments. After the lecture Dr. Newman int the Celestials, and Ye Tong, in 4 short address, proved himself to be quite an orator. He said he knew that the instruments were peculiar, but that they would make fine music. “Now give us something for the glory of God,” said Ye ‘Tong, and the Ce struck up a lively air, after which Eug Him played a solo on an josismnent iat much resembled a clarionet. was followed by in his native tongue by Tom Lee and the tatertslament closed ‘with the playing of a religious tune by Lee Quay on an instru- ment that resembled a cheese box cover with four strings drawn across it. REV. W. H. H. MURRAY ON DEACONS, The Rey. W. H. H. Murray, of Boston, lectured last evening in Dr. Burchard’s church in Thirteenth street. There was a large attendance and tho audi- ence evidently appreciated Mr, Murray's sketches of the deacons of New England, The lecture is very cleverly arranged as between some humor- ous and sargastic sketches of the different types of church deacons the speaker had sandwiched some plain common sonée Christianity, that compared favorably with the pharisaical hypoo- risy of Deacons Slow Up and Sharp Face. The audience were convulsed with laughter at the de- scription of Deacon Slow Up. making his, famous rea before the members of the Conyregational Church of Fossilville when @ debate was started on the respective merits of ham and beef sandwiches as the proper food at the church picnic. The sketch of Deacon Good Heart formed a refresh- ing conclusion to Mr. Murray’s lecture, picturing a whole souled, generous Christian, whose life was (le- voted to acts of kindness to his suffering fellow crea- tures, instead of seeking to be held up a8 a-shining light of austere and orthodox sanctity, THE SIX NATIONS, A most interesting lecture was delivered last even- ing before the New York Historical Society by Mr. Douglas Campbell. The lecturer’s theme was ‘‘Lhe Six Nations and the Western Territory,” and for nearly two hours he held the attention of a very large sudience, The discourse was a most exhaustive one, covering as it did the his- to of the Iriquois, Tuscaroras, Onondagas, and other Indian tribes. The various treaties made by the United States with the Indians were consid- ered from a legal standpoint, and @{r, Campbell not only did full Sastice to the Indian character, but severely criticieod the violators of the treaties between the natives and the whites. ‘Che lecturer showed by numerous quotations from history that the neglect to describe bonndaries had led to various contests between the Indians aud tho colonists, and, as arillustration, instanced the war between France and Great Britain, which, Mr.Camp- bell claimed, was for the Northwestern territory west of the Apalachicols and Alleghany mountains. < fe ae Ba a A LECTURING CHINAMAN. » CHAN POY KWAI AND HIS LEOTURE ON THE CHINESE PROBLEM. {From the San Francisco Chronicte.) Chan Poy Kwai, the most advanced of the Rev. Otis Gibson’s Chinese graduates into Christianity, and who leaves for the East this morning to delivera series of ready made lectures on the Chinese prob- lem, rgbearsed one of them last Saturday night atthe rooms of the Chinese Mission on Washington strect to about a dozen invited guests, that they might per- sonally know of his efficiency. Mr. Kwai, who is about thirty years of uge, is remarkably intelligent jooking for a Chinaman. He was dressed in Chine: court costume, which consists of a blue sack reache ing from the neck to midway between thé thighs ana knees, and underneath it a still bluer sack, the visi- ble part of which, reaching to the aukles, is very elaborately quilted. ‘The customary queue and a silk skull cap completed the costume. Chan speaks Eng- lish almost perfectly, eo nearly so that if one heard him without seeing him he would suppose he was listening to the speech of an educated American, it it were not for an occasional slight difficulty witha final “3” and a distinctness of pronunciation that in any but agoreigner would be considered au atfectw tion. Chan is of quite a SATTRICATL TURN OF MIND. Said he:—“It has been gravely charged that Chine men come to this coast calculating only to go to work and make inoney out of the white people, I admit the truth of the charge that they come hers to work and earn money. There may bo some witless ones who come here to do otherwise, but there aro very few of them. It follows bps, the very necessity of the reasoning that the whité people on the other hand abandoned pleasant homes and all the comforts ot an established civilization, and at the datiy peril of their lives forded turbul€ut rivers, foughi ireach- erous sayages, climbed over groat ranges of moun- tains and crossed arid piaihs soicly and alone to get— religion. It is to be regretted that the Chinaman has succeeded so much better than the white man.” Of one of what Mr. Kwai calls the persecutions of the Chinese, he says:—"Piatoous of white policemen in the deadof night burst open with battering rams tho doors and windows ot Chinese tenements and arrest heathen Chinamen by the score, because each one is euppoded not to have 500 cubic feet of air, and for the violation of this Christian law they are thrust into A CHRISTIAN JAIL, Nine they have far less than one ih Kner boil ut then i suppose they proceed upon the theor: that it is more than ilVe times harder to exhaust the oxygen of Christinn air than of Chinese.” Say Kwai:—* ‘The Chinese must go’ is the slogan of the Cwsar of the San Francisco hoodlums, «d is echoed by all the bummers, de: ogues aud politicians who are seeking place; but the decent and respec! able portion of the community even on this coast are more temperate in their opposition.’’ He con tredicts the idea that the Cuinaman cannot be Christianized. China was forced into the great family of nations, and now it is attempted to drive it out again, He claimed that, while ot all European immigration s very large per cent is ignorant in the last degree, there is hardly one in @ thousand of that from China who docs not know at least how to read* and write his native language. AN ANSWER TO CATHOLICUS. To tux Eptron or Tux Henaup:— In last Sunday's issue of the New Yorx Hrnarp I read an article on “Priestly Discipline,” which the writer, who calls himself @ Catholic, thinks bag shockingly degenerated. To the average mind—that is, to all who are not in the least faniilior with the clerical life—some of the statements set forth by my editying friond would appear highly misleading it not actually scandalous, Lo be able to view things in the ‘tee light ouc should frst cudeavor to piace himself in those circumstances which may render the object iu as striking @ manner as possible, whether our meutal or moral vision is concerned, Lo say that my amiable aud critical friend has so would be to have no respect whatever for devo- tion to the sublime and fundamental principle of morality, truth. Oh, how great is human fraiity! Still, we dare to erect Ourselves into a pompous judge of those aifaireabout which we know nothing, of dictate to our superiors, who, not like their uali- cious revilets, make the profession of their anxiety about the weltare of Christianity bat the cloak for their hostility and pride. If “Catholicus" would overhaul the Bible vecasionally his ignorance of a very svlemn injunction, ‘“#udge not and thoa shalt not be judged,” would never have placed him in the ecritie’s chair, But Seneca wrote, ultum est ynaynam ingenium aliqna mixtura insciente,” “Tam With you all days,” says the Saviour ot maukind, “even unto the o muuation of the work.” 30 that if discipline sho I o its grasp on the clergy that could not, under any shape or form, affect di- vine faith, whieh os = tnchangeable ae God Himeclt. Trae ristianity doves wot de pend on man for its existence, but on Him who is the origin and source of its ‘aacrod doctrines, who is Hylt itself, aud, therefore, where there is Jight there can be no darkness, “Catholicns” labors iuder-a wrong fmpression whon he attributes sordid wnd selfiah motives to the clergy when they appeal to their congregations for the purpose of raising money, Ido not dispute the point that we often hear vppeals for the purpose alluded to, but why aro they made? “Cuathohious” kuows as well as 1 do that the Church has expenses to meet, has debts to pay off, schoolhouses, churches and residences to erect, o8 Weil a8 humerous othe? ways of contracting debts, The money raised qoes back to the peopia aud their cbildren in the shape of churches, school houses, &¢. Nor is this dove to the detriment ot @ single individual, The salvation of the soul receives moutly ali their attention. This is their mission, aud no chance is allowed to pass, as “Catholicua”’ dares insinuate, when the salvation of i becomes known. Although apperis are constantly heard for money, for every miserably small pittance deposited within the church door over five times the nt Crosse the Conte A » With your vile tmputations! sheer at whit you do not midersta iug critics allow projudiew and igi their judgments then it is about time for abe. "Us tholiens’” and many others to bewail Ute lack of a suticiontly keen poreeption aud to lide their brazeu faces 1m shame wd contusion, CATHOLICUS NO. 2. “ALWAYS WITH YOU." ‘Tho Henary has received the following contribu tions: —From “IH, McC." for No. 37 Kaaos vtreot, $55 for Fourth avenwo and 116th street, $5; for No, 17 Monroe street, $5; for No, 242 West Nineteenth street, 6, and for Nu, 842 Second aventio, $5; Also inoue on L, Succumbe, $10 for tho general fund, Tow,