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14 SlWMll MST Progress of the Grand Centennial Exhibition Building. 1 DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING. 1 International Co-operation and List of Commissioners. TBOMJSINiJ MOSTKlTS OF SUCCESS. I rali.adki i iii a.

Jan. 27, W5. On the Fourth of July. the Qrst spade Ml of dirt was cant op irom the future Joutidation of the centennial bunding, Honor, Mavur Stonier, being the party who broke the sod. The ceremonies upon ft'ie occasion wsre of a rer.r impressive order, and kindreds of people assembled on the where id ihih are be e.tulbited the choicest mechanical, artistic.

literary and scicntiflc products of the entire civilised world. THEN AND NOW. At this lime the vast area of territory in Fair- i Mount Park. set aside by the highest officials of oar national government as the locality moat deniable for the becoming celebration of our one hundredth though naturally presenting superb outlook, was but Utile else than blooming waste or landscape, showing only those features characteristic ofitsluce the, flood. But new how great tue change, only a few months have eiapsed since the shovel penetrated the tnrf.

tint where before empty nothingness the vish tor witnesses the gradual uprising 01 turrets aud towers, graced with those superb architectural adornments catcuiatea 10 reuuer mcui wueu tumpieted tbe of one of the hannsomest atructuree ever reared. UunUreUa and of workmen, shaping tbe stones) in the quarries, piling up brick opon brick, fashioning the iron and carving tn a thousand graceful forms and shapes tbe pillars and cornices, even at tins early hour have given us an insight to their future achievements and euabied us uraup some idea of the tent and beauty of their work when the last stone hail have been laid. To any one familiar with the Centennial (rounds a few months ago the extraor- i dinary change of the interior seems to be more than human hands could have wrought, and ap- 1 pean rather like the efforts or the genii of tfce ancient Arabians, for the art gallery of the structure has gone up almost as rapidly as the tabled castle of Aladdin. THK ART GAI.LKRT. The building devoted to the exhibits ot the differcat la being pushed rapidly forward, and is entirely paid for by aoptopriationa received from State.

It will be the great architectural trramph of the occasion, and will remain as a permanent memorial oi tbe exposition. ltsarchltec- I tore to modern renaissance, the materials used in Its construction being granite, iron aud glass. Mo wood la naed In its make up, and hence in the lullest aenae ol tbe word the building Crept oof. THR rniNCM'AI. STRt'CTl'KB.

The main Exhibition building is located immediately east of the mtirsection of lieimont and Elm avenues, on the Lands-do wne plateau, it will 1 atand 170feei back irom the nortn side of Kim are nue, lue ares ueiwccn iuc uuiiuiug aim uu t- i Doe being used lor special products, winch may be exhibited In the open air. There wi.i also be a pace 300 feet In width between the nuil iing and tne art gallery on the north side, wnu Will raamentall.) treated asground lor special The building In the lorin of a parallelogram, exteiidiag east and west ieet la and Bortb and south 404 feet tn width. The larger portion of the structure is one story 1 in heignr, and shows tbe main cornice upon trie ntmde at 4o feet above tbe ground, the interior height being 70 feet. At tbe centre the longer aides are projections 41G leet in length, and in tho ecntre of the snorter side? or enos of tue build- ing are projections jio in length. In these projections, in tbe centre of the lour sides are tbe malu entrances, wnicb are provided with arcades upon tbe ground door, and central facades extending to the heignt ol 9u leet.

Tbe eaat entrauce win lurm tbe principal approach for visitors being allowed to alight at tbe doors oi the building under cover of the Arcade. Tbe aoutb entrance will be the principal approach rrom street cars, tbe ticket offices being located npon tbe line of Kim avenue, with covered ways provided lor entrance into tbe building ItaeU. Tbe main portal on the north side communicates directly with the Art (ialierj, and the main portal on the went side Kites the main passage way to tfce machiuerv and agricultural balls. Upon the corners 01 the building there are tour towers T6 feet in height, and between tne towers ana the central projections or entrances there is a lower root introduced, showing a cornice at 24 feet above the ground. In order to obtain a central feature for the building as a whole tue root over tne central part tor 184 leet square has oeon raised above the surrounding portion, an1 lour towers, 44 leet square, nxing to 120 leet Height, have been introduced at me corners of the elevated roof.

Tiie areas covered are as Sqtimr' Frn. ifM Oronnd floor 2I.U2 floors ill .44 .04 I pper In 2ri 344 .60 Total 21.47 GROUND PLAN. The general arrangement of the ground plan hows a central avenue or nave 120 leet in widtti, no extending 1,832 ieet in length. This is the longest avenue or that width ever introduced luio an exhibition building, on either side ol tins Bave ther" Is an avenue 100 feev oy 1,832 leet In length. Between the nave and side avenues aro Aisles 48 feet wide, and on the outer sides of the building smaller amies 24 leet in width.

in order to break the great length of the roof lines three cross avenues, or transects, have been introduced of tne same widths and in tne same relative positions to each other as the nave and avenues running a central transept 120 feet in width b.v 41? leet In length, with one on eltner side oi loo feet oy 416 feet, aud aisles between oi 43 leet. The Intersections of these avenues and transepts In tue central portion of the building re-nit iu dividing the ground floor inro nine open spaces free irom supporting columns, and covering in the aggregate an area ol 418 feet square. Four of these spaces are loo leet square. Tour too feet by 120 leer, and the central space or pavilion 120 leet square. The intersections ot the 48 loot aisles produce fwur interior courts ieet square, one at each corner of the central space, 'ine main promenades through the nave and central transept are each 30 leet in width, and those through the centre of the side avenues and transepts li ieet each.

All other walks are 10 leet Wide and lead at either end to exit doors. The following table gives the principal dimensions of the ent parta of the DIMENSIONS. Measurements taken from centre to centre of aupportiug columns. r-n length ol bniidmK l.sso Width ul Omriil 1-eHK'li Wldtti Height to toti Hetglit 10 rtdie ut 1 Central Length MltU lS Mr glit to top ot 'iiumria Height to 'u i Hide aveDOea. I Width Height to top mlumna Height to nU(je iot I)J tranaepu Wl.lth Melgt.t to lop o.umtil.

Heignt to the ri.J<e ol rool Central aialen i length at etvl i Lergth it end to root ftltie i-chfft-li at fn1 JT4 Length at end Height to 24 Centre or pavilion. i.r'-uad plan tect Height tc the top o(tuppurtiug coluiuut Height ol ridge root over eottrti plan neet iqaarei Iieignt to root IJu Corner uround plin iteet 24 Height rool lb of pierg or masonry. The soperatructure ol wrought iron which support wrought Iron ruuf IfttlMH. Alt Kenerai rule, the are placed length wiee of 'he building, at the uDiiorm amtance apart Of rwentj-lotir leei. and the of tne building, Mr the of neven leet ircm tue ground, are flaunted with timber i rained in between the and above the geven leet wnn glaxed oi the aaah are uiovaOle for vn'lUtln.

The wrought Iron cnittmni are composed of relied cbaouei bare, with piatea rivetied to the ItMM. Km uryjiMf wo iimuar iorm to tbos? la NEW YORK ft renerai use for depots and warehouses, and eon- I mi of raiti-rs witn strum and tie-barn. The I'uiinintrs now in process 01 erection lor Hie Exhition 1. The Industrial nail, 31.02 acres. 2.

Art nailery, '2 acres. 3. Machinery Hall. 14 acres. Agricultural Hall, 10 acres.

a. Horticultural Hall, 1.0J acrcs. 1NTKKNATIONAI. CO-OPKR ATION. 1 No sooner had the foundations of tne Art Oallery been laid than oreijru governments, one by one.

tieusD to recoirnise the wholesome effect sure to result iriendly competition with America and thereupon signified, iiiiousrti our Secretary -taie. their wi lioftneu to participate in the and pr uiptiy appointed their official commissioners. Below will be found a list of Uio-e ifovernmen's which have already announced to Timed states Centennial Commission intention to be A ARRAY. Argentine Oonlsdcra- Honduras, Japan, Belmum, Uberia, ltmzii, Mex co Chile, The Netherlands, Ecuador, Nicaragua, France. Peru, Uieat Britain and Colo- Sweden and Norway, mes, spaiu, Germany, Hawaii, Guatemala anl Saiva- 8.

ot Colombia, dor. Venezuela. Hayti, THE POKKION COMMl.SSlOKtRS. The following wiu show tue nations that Dave already appointed tue.r Commissioners and their names mmi CKRMANY. Dr.

Jacobl, Rea! Privy Counsellor a art Director In the K0V41 Ministry of Commerce. Dr. Stuve, Privy counsellor or same Ministry. Dr. Wedding, Counsellor or Mining.

Mr. Reituer, Koyai Bavarian counsellor of Legation. Mr. Von Envoy Extraordinary anu Milliliter Plenipotentiary of ttie ot saxony. Baron Von Spltzenberg, e.

E. and M. P. of the King of Wurtemberg. Dr.

Neidhardt, Counsel of tbe Grand Ducal Hessian Ministry. Dr. KautTmaun, Iioyal Prussian Counsellor of I Commerce. Dr. Kruger, Minister Resident of tbe Hanse towns.

I Mr. Von Hoiloben, counsellor of Justice of tbe Royal Prussian Supreme Court. FROM SANDWICH ISLANDS. S. M.

F. Odell, Charged' affairs aud Consul General. New Hon. s. O.

Wilder. Minister or the Interior. Hon. J. U.

KawatnuL FROM fPAIM. President M. Castelar (since resigned.) Commia loner Don Fraucisco de Paula, and sixty- tbree otbors. FROM THE NETI1KRLANPS. K.

11. iiaumhauer. Honorary Pro feasor at Haarlem. F. de Rear Admiral ut the Haitne.

J. P. Iiartpen, President of Board of Commerce ana Manuiactures at Amsterdam. J. K.

Von Heemokeiclt Vau Beest, artist at the Hague. Dr. W. J. A.

JonckblHet, at the Flacrne, President of Committee ol Academy ol Imitative Am at. Amsterdam. De Van der Rellen, member of tbe administration 01 tne Society M. M. de Monday, President Board of Commerce and otuera.

FROM BRAZIL. President? His Marsnal of tbe Army, Gaston D'Orleaus, Coude First Vice Preside De Jaarnarry. Second Vice Bonn, Ki tiro. i souza Franco. Juaijuln An- I tonlo De Azevedo.

FROM EQCADOR. SMppen. Obanlo and others. FROM FRANCE. M.

A. L. de la Forest, Cousul General, New Torn. m. Ravin' de Elpeux, Vice Consnl, New York.

FROM MUX ICO. Kubio. Commissioners? K. Y. Aleavaz, Tnacio Altlmlrano.

K. Marv de la Jurez, Luis Malanco, Arn'io del Castillo, Julio Gabriel Mancusa. E. Z.lrate. FROM TKMA1.A, SALVADOR.

VUicenta pardon, Minister Plenipotentiary. J. L. Payne. Edward o.

Mario. KROM PKRTT. I Manuel Freyre, Minister i Plenipotentiary, Washlnirton. com L. Barreda, Edward Villena, Charles FKOH SWEDEN.

Berjfstrom. o. Trotllns. F. L.

Von Pardel, C. O. Charles Dickson, A. II. E.

Fock and I eeven others. J. Paunfelt. IHuM NORWAY. Herman Haas.

Wiiliam carunopherson. krom uno la nt). Liord Derhy. under date of December 3, adUresiKJ Mimaier schenck aa l-'ORKiaif Dec. S.

1H71 Dbar reference to my letter of the 23th of 1 hare now the hunor to lniorin you that Her Majenty'i government accepts with much pleasure the invitation of the I'nfted to take part In the IntiT national E.XQHUUOI1 u. uc ueiu av ruiiaucipma 111 I have the houor to acquaint you hereaiter witti the which will made In order to carry thin decision Into effect. Her government triutu thai thin exhibition will fully realize the obtecu which th" irovermn-nt of the United states and the pro- ot ihe undertaking have In view, and they do 1 not doObt that It will ten.l to a further development of the nnixirtant commercial between (ireat Britain and the United I have honor to be, with the highest consideration, air, your obediunt. humble servant. ObKBV.

To General Ac. A copy of the furejjolnii recalred from Minister Scheucw, and secretary Fish is also informed of the acceptance by letter irom sir Kdward Thorn- ton. who makes use of substannally the game expressions. an i Rays be is instructed to nrey the Information to Kisn. wim a request thai me President of the Lulled states be uiaJe acquainted witn the same.

OTUKK NATIONS. In addition to mentioned above other loreiijn I'owers nave appointed their official commissioners, among winch may lie named J.ipan, cauada, Austria, iuore. SPACE. From official pipers nag been compiled the following wuicn indi ates the amount 01 ailutcd to each Hiam S.wti ivr-ni fcfypi 7 7m Tnrki'y 7,176 KutMa Sweden and Norway I0.1144 Austria 23.fJS German Empire Netherlands aiwi Itenuiark 7 770 I hwitxerlaiid 6 l.Vi Italy 11. Spam ami colonies ranee, Algiers and other 27.J64 Great Untaiu, Canada, India, Australia and other colonies 4A.74I I'lilted States total) lAi.it*) Mexico Honduras 3.8*1 Salvador Mi arairna Venezuela Kcutdor nlUd ol Colombia 7 776 I'eru 11.6 4 (hill Kra7.il Argentine lie public 15.

51 Hayti Islands iberia Japan nm? Reserved apace Total Tilt CBN TENNIAL llOAKU UK FINANCE. Taere can ljH but little that tae American Centennial hxpo.si: ion will be a lin.mcial aucceas. aa over have been contributed iroin auch 1 aourcea (lie donors ol wuicti will Dot participate in or are auy part of the proceeds. Una is the money given by the citj and State. Numerous tics, oy giving balls, anl ial entertainments every conceivable kind, in uifferent '( t.ons iNe country, luve raised many tnou- 1 Bands 01 which, instead 01 being used for the purchase of stocH.

have been handed over to the Board 01 Finance as voluntary contributions. In addition to tms the Commission has issued a lianosome set of memorial medals, li are already ine- una with extensive sale, and Irota wiiich it is expected that a proilt of at least can oe made tteiore tne close of the Expo on. If tin turtM oat its original intention to pay ti working expenses of the Comuii-sion tne outside resources and receipts will tully adequate to restore tne entire capital to the ong'nai contributors. 1IIK OPKMSll DAT. It is the to open tue great Exposition on the 191b ol April, and the only question now is.

Will tne be lu time? Toe contractor, Mr Oobbiua. assures me that there is not the stigntest out tnat the entire structure wiii ms completed'ully sixty days before (lie date in tils contract, and from the astonishing rapidity with wnicii the work is now ROLUX on there is every reason to believe that ids expectations win realized. It, therefore, is only neces-ary lor the people of this country to awake to the dunes ol the hour to reader the display a 1 wonderiui one. THE PRESIDENTS BALL IN PARIS. M) corresponded of London MaudIard.j The great event to-nifln is the President's ball: invitations have been issued, and the rooms avi therefore to be somewhat crowded.

To acco'Mmodate the guests the rooms of the expanded by wooden structures outside which win open into 'he several ballrooms. All the regiments 01 the thirty-two of tne line, five battalions of Chasseurs and toe tist.al proportion of cavalry and artillery, win be represented by deputations from their officers. The military schools, the Polytechnic and St. Cji we to oejtigeij tcpresemta. HERALD, JAN ALL HAIL ANDY! New York and Other Opinions on His Election.

TI1E REPUBLICANS TACITURN. The Democrats Generally in Andy's Favor. Tie epigrammatic utterances of our In Washington in reference to tbe election of Andy Jobnson to the United States Senate were subject of much humorous comment yesier! day among politicians and otter leadiag men or the city. Andy Johnson Is one of public men whose very mention somcnoar or other I nrnvnL na a amilA Hl? hlS ideas, his great force of character, his remarkable stubbornness are still impressed upon the mind or the puulic despite tho six yeirs that have eUpsed since his retirement from the political A great many people In Mew York love Anuy, a great many hate him, although the majority are certainly in his favor, bat everybody is amused at the meattoa 1 O' him. and laughs good-naturedly when hearing 01 him.

There is another important impugns his hone-ay. The writer conversed yesterday with many of the most lnduentiul men of this city, and though some derided i were but very lew, acknowledged nis integrity. DIKKEBENCBS OK OriKlON. The republicans were extraordinarily taciturn on the subject of Andy Johnson's election. Men who usually are glad to give their opinions for the enlightenment of the public, when requested to stute what tney thought of Ills election tiled to laugh the matter off and exhibited great unwillingness to tell what significance they attributed to this remarkable event.

The democrats. as will be seen irom the subjoined opinions of ilistiuiiuiritieu members ol tUc Manhattan Club and the Tammany Society, applauded bis return to the political arena almost unanimously. In lact, the opinions generally expressed about Him in this city seem to be much more favorable than those given in the national capital, where bis peculiarities of manner and temper are probably remembered more vividly by members of Conffre-s and other officials. At all events, people here should be grateful to him lor affording them a mo- meat's fleeting amusement by the mere mention his name. a REnrri to thk administration.

August Belmont, President of the Manhattan think it Is a good thing for the couutry and the party, and an additional rebuke to the administration." A GRKAT I if PROVE HE NT. Mayor election a good thing. He's a great improvement on hla predecessor, Urownlow. Almost anybody would be an Improvement on him." HONESTY DESIRA ILK. Judge w.

E. Curtis, of the Superior have alwavB regarded Johnson as a man of honesty and upright character, and these are very desirable qualifications in politics just now." 1 THE BUST MAN, President S. A. Lewis, of the Board of Aldermen? "I don't thiuK the people of Tennessee could have made any better selection. One excellent feature about his election Is that by reason of his great experience bo will be able to put bis flngy upon the frauds and wrongs of the administration." 1 MO ESl'KCIAL SIGNIFICANCE.

John Kelly, Sachem of think f.e will be a very useiul man to ills State. He has always been a very vigilant, active man when be pat before in the Uouse of Representatives and In the Hcnate. Beyond that I think the event has no especial political significance." IT'S WELL ENOUGH. Joseph N. Choate, President oi the Union League 1 suppose It's well you I think he will make things lively In Washington.

One thing Is never stole a cent. It looks as though the democracy Intended to ran 1 him lor the Presidency." WILL BE A VERY GOOD SENATOR. S. L. M.

Barlow, a prominent lawyer and a member or the Manhattan tfcink he'll be a very good Senator. He 1b a man of far more ability than the majority of those elected to the Senate. What I like about him Is teat he was educated In the old school of politics, and has the Jetlersonlan and not the Calhoun idea of State rigiits." A DEBATABLE POINT. Mr. LAvi P.

Morion, a great financier and still greater friend of the hia election is a good thing tor the country rather a debatable point." ANDY'S rSKFTLKEES. Sidney Webster, the from hts I opinions on the great questions of the day, which I do not know, 1 should say that a man of his vast experience, who has been a Representative, Sena- i tor, Governor, Vice President anrl President, must prove 01 great use to his future colleagues.u HE'LL MAKE TROUBLE john McKeon, the gad he's there, for he'll make trouble. He'll have chance to get square with the President. That he is an able man there is no VALUABLE OPINIONS. Robert Lenox Kennedy, President of the Bank of never give my opinions," ANDY'S CORRECT IDEAS.

James Thayer, the well known democratic 1 think It's fortunate that he has been returned to the Senate. I think thtt be has the most correct political Ideas of Bute rights oi any mau in this country." A FIRST RATH MAN. Charles P. Leverldge, President of the Bank of New am a business nan and don't know much about politics, but ay Impression is that tie is a first rate man in ever; respect. Almost everybody witii whom I have conversed seems be pleased at his election." NOT ALWAYS rOLISHID.

Wtr.tam N. Nellson, President of the Board of think be Is a gocd, honest man, who means to enforce the laws according to the constitution, of coarse, he is not always the polished statesman." DIDN'T ENOW HI WAS ElBCTCT. Judge John Sedgwick, of the Superior Court, the oest looking Judge in this city, and one of tbe didn't know he wu elected. It's shameful ignorance on the part of a Judge, I know. Was it in Tennessee A novcreign State, I believe rr's QrFBR.

Mr. Richard O'Oornun, ex-Corporation Counsel of tbe queer, and shown lowntrange the wheel of politics turns. However, I regard It as a welcome cnange for the better, although he la a man who will do some unwise ihmgs while be stands on his own feet." WOCLDN'T FOR HTM. Mr. W.

Jenkins, President of the Bank of don't think my opinion would be of much Interest; but I wouldn't have voted for him." TOO BUST. Judge Van Brunt, ol the Court of Common have not given tne subject a moment's thought. I nave had as much as I could do to I think about my business here." ou, won't I I Senator Cameron, me lor an opinion, for, while it is a very great victory for the man, I don't like him and never did, and opposed his nomination for the Vice Presl! deucy." BWKItT, CONSOLATORY THOUOHT. Senator C'nandler, happy memory for the future, lor, though not re-eiecteci to the senate myself, consolation comes me in the thought that 1 win escape Andy's benatorlal company." CONDKN3RU SRNTIMRNT. Senator McCreery, 01 la good thing." ooon IN HIS WAT, senator liamlln, Maine jwiw wuu gravity UAET 81, low voice) is a good man In bis war.

and if be will keep out or oiber people's way 1 see no objection to bta return to the Senate; but jou caunot expect mncb Irom one so erratic." "TUB fcTKRN Al KITNK.HH or TBINUS." Senator Ketley, is not my choice; yet it does one good to know thai he will be the peer of those who seven years ago attempted lo Impeach him." A TARTAR FOR '70. Senator Merrlinon, North Carol.na has no interest in it one way or another. JoiuiHon may give the democratic party iroub e. especially ue auu run irieuus nave rreFiueuuai 1 aspirations tn 1870." KKN8WAL Of HIS OLD TRADK. Senator Logan, 18 just tbe man we want.

1 think he will rip things. He la not going to let Thurman be the leauer of the democracy la the Senate." TBNMbUKR'M BE3T srKf'IMBN. Senator Morrill, or guess he will do well enough. They could not have sent any better Irom tbe state." VOETFC JC8TICB ACHIEVED. Senator Bayard, of election Is a piece of poetic justice.

He will not affect legtBla; tion. He Is ioo old, and will nor be in with any one on tbe Senate 0 or. He never did affect legislation." MOPERATK1.Y IOYOOH. Senator Allison, of am pretty well satisfied." "NOT OF OCR SET." Senator Anthony, or Rhode was always a Union man; rather have him than a general, though he was not the Kind or Union man we were." OCR NEIGHBOR'S SHOK PINCHES. Senator Sargent, of election is a problem.

Don't think tbe democrats uke It or find any consolation in it." A MAILED WARRIOR. Senator John B. Gordon, or will depend on what whim Mr. Johnson takes. His i election may do a great deal ol good.

He may do tne democratic party a great deal ol harm. He is a powerJul man. 1 do not agree with many or my brother democrats In their apprehensions ol him. ne can say wnat he chooses to the otner side wuuuuif icux ui iueir mtacKS." NOBLY VINDICATED. Representative Husk, of am vejy glad ol it.

It Is the best thing that could happen, and, without regard to his po ltical sentiments, every man who believes In justice to his lellow man (eels that, alter all his trials, he has been nobly vindicated." "ALL THE BOTS AND 1IT SHOEMAKER." Senator Matthew W. Hansom, of North Carolina, Is aiming at the Presidency in 1876. He is a very ambitious man. He is a power. While we politicians In the Senate are taking different views of it, the people are looking on it as the triumph or an honest man.

They are In sympathy wltn him. All the boys aroond the hotel and my shoemaker to-night exhibited their exultation about Johnson's coming oack to pablio life. Johnson Is In sympathy with tbe people." THE SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY. A NEW BTTILDrNG IN REGIMENT DISGUSTED WITH TOMPKINS MARKET. A movement is on foot for the building of a new armory lor the Seventh regiment, which Is now ntiartered.

na in known In Tnmnkina Market. As a large majority ol the officers and members of the regiment reside above Thirty-fifth street they find it exceedingly difficult to attend the ireqaent drills which are necessary to maintain the military efficiency of the command. With an armory so distant from the residences of the members there must always be some delay in assembling the regiment wben called upon to aid tbe city authorities in tbe peace and good order of tbe city and In protecting public and private property. Tbe present location of the armory also renders it difficult to obtain tbe recruits or new members whlcb are constantly necessary to tlie continued efficiency and prosperity of tbe regiment, and tbus Its luture welfare and its ex lstence, as a large, thoroughly drilled and well disciplined organization, are endangered. Tbe central point lor tbe assembling of tne resrlment is moving northward every ye.

and the difficulties ana embarrassments of tbe regiment above referred to are constantly increasing. An an additional reason for requiring a new armory it may be mentioned that tbe regiment can never reacb tbe desired perfection in drill until the drill rooms are on tbe ground fioor, bo that it can have an opportunity for tbe practice of military evoln. ttons in double quick or double time with safety to its armory and its members. A new armory. In a proper location, has become a positive necessity to the welfare and future prosperity of the Seventh regiment.

In his first message to the Common Council Mayor Wickbam used tbe following The Seventh regiment, which is one of the best, la virtually without an armory. The premises occupied by it at iompkins Market were mouths ato iniured by fire ana rendered unfit for use. ami the daui.ine has not been rep ilred. The butldintf 1st owned bv the city, and should ions have been repaired. No private property ol such value would have been allowed to remain to many in a damaged condition.

A has been executed by ilie Commissioners ol the Hinkxnit Kund of the block ot ground belonging to the city bounded by and situated between Sixty-sixth and sixtyseventh streets and Fourth and l.exington avenues for the ere' tlon ot an armory for this regiment. It seems butinstto this regiment that a prouer building should be there erected for it without further delay. A bill was recently introduced la the Assembly by Mr. Campbell "enabling ttie city authorities to provide the necessary military accommodation for ttie Seventh regiment." The officers of the seventh claim that the taxation of the city of New York would not be materially increased by the erection of a new armory lor their regiment, as the Tompkins Market Armory would thereby bo vacated and could be assigned to a regiment whose members reside in Its vicinity, thus relieving the city from the expense of an armory and drill rooms elsewhere for such regiment. With a new to obtiln accurate uad reliable information as to the cost of a large and commodious and the necessary drill rooms for the eeveuth I regiment, upon the plot ol ground already leased by the regiment for this purpose, preliminary drawings hare been made by a competent archltcct and submitted to practical builders, and i the cost has beeu caremlly estimated in detail lor 1 every part of the work.

The interest upon the sum required lor the erection of the armory and drill rooms, as proposed, will not exceed per annum, a sum lean than Is now paid annually In some cases the rent of armories in the city ol New York for regiments ol much less numerical I strength than tne seventh. This does not include the necessary furniture and decorations which would be required; but the Board or Offlcera of the regiment la prepared to stipulate that the city will not be railed upon lor any expenditure for that, purpose. All tnat is asked of the city is that it shall luruMh the walls, roof and flours of the i building, with necessary apparatus lor heating and lighting, and the regiment will guarantee to so furnish and decorate the building so that it will be an ornament to our imperial city. SLAVERY IN MADAGASCAR. The Leeds (England) Mercury prints, from Information on whlcii it can place full reliance, a recent proclamation Issued by the liueen of Madagascar, ordering the liberation of all slaves imported inio her kingdom since the date of the treaty of 1865.

entered into with Great Britain for the suppression of that traffic. The following la a translation of this flanovaloinanjaka, by the grace of Ood and i the will of the people, yueen 01 Madagascar and I defender of the laws of my uountry, have made an agreement wito my relations across the seas that there shall not be allowed to be brougnt into my coun.ry people rrom across tbe seaa to be made slaves. And on account of this 1 command that If there are any lately come into my country since the 7th of June, whiah was the year of tne completion of the agreement with my relations ncross tue seas, then tliey to become "Isan ny aubaniandro' (a phrase applied to the free inhabitants of Madagascar) and if thuy wish to dwell in tills land they may do so, and be of the number of free people; and they wish to return across the sea from wnence they came, i then they are at liberty to go. And ii there are any i who conceal lately coine to be slaves and do not set tiiem at liberty to become 'isan ny according to my command, they hall be put lu chains lor ten years. KAN'OVAIiOW AN'JAK Queen of Madagascar, Ac.

Ibis is the word of Kanovaloinaujaaa, Queen of Madauascar. says, RAfNIf-AlAUIVONy, Prime Minister and Commander-in-chief iu Madagascar. AMTAVANAaiyu. fA uaobcr. LE SHEET.

"BUCKET SHOPS." Scenes During- a Tour of Excise Inspection. "VELVET How and Where the Multitudes Are Demoralized. UNLICENSED LIQUORS At the distance of about a block rrom the Central Office of Police, and almost immediately opposite the Cathedral, id Mott street, Is a "bucket "distillery" or drinking saloon, known in i the neighborhood as the "Morgue." Although tt Is a place where people drink a irreat aoea not come wumn toe rnut 01 iruai is I known as "saloons;" and although the proprietor, like many other owners or similar placed, ostenta! tiously calls It a distillery" In large black letters I on a wiMte board running from the front wall I some distance Into the street, it Is not a "dlstllj lery;" but, (bough few persons use the title sneaking or the den, It is a "bucket shop." A "bucket Is a large or small open store, piled up with barrels, wuere poor people go to urlnk alcohoL There Is no bar or flxture ol any kind within the least there used not to be. Lately, under a pressure from the Board or Excise, some are being put up, with a view to giving an Improving character to the appearance of the place, a plain piece of board laid across the main row or barrels in the centre or side of the store, with several large, thick glasses resting, waiting on it ror use, serving the purpose or the ordinary counter. The size of the glass prompted the name given to the shop, the idea In connection with it being that the customer gets a bucket" or stimulating liquor at a low flgure.

There are nearly a thousand or these "shops" in the city, and they are spread all over It. Attached to each "bucket shop," at the rear, is a place partitioned off, which is called the "velvet room." The li it mo is name tiiu uiuii iciiucu uuiuuj, lui notolrn: Use velvet ever approached the unless it may be some very thread bare relic of a grand lady's finery or the wornout skeleton of a theatrical skirt. Sleeping drunkenness and WILD BLA9PUEMOUS RIOTING I and quarrelling are frequent enough in tho "vel- i I vet room," and they are accompanied with ver. mln, rags, fllth and sodden sawdust. The "velvet room" cannot be is, can It be Imagined by a decent person; It must be I seen to be understood.

Mo difference or distinc- tton la made there between age, size, sex or color. The "bucket shop" Is a leveller of every degree, and the "velvet room" Is the even piano Into which It rushes them. A most absolute and perfect lreedom reigns there, the Inhabitants being the Judges of what is offensive and wnat is not. Habit brings indifference, and the result is that everything is permitted and nothing is looked upon as out of the way. The sexes are on a moot equal footing there, a woman being as goou as a man as long as she has money to treat.

Many of the frequenters of the "bucket shop" live In the "velvet room." The only time they spend 1 out of It is while they are about the "giubI bing" the money to buy "drinks." On entering the "shop" they never say whiskey or alcohol or gin; only, me a drink." IT they were to use any of these names It would be merely as a pleasant little Joke or a matter of fiction, lor there Is but one material In the place, although that variously colored to crlve some foundation lor tne cliaugc ot name, according to the mood or temper of the drinker. The "velvet room" Is used as a 1 Bleeping apartment, dressing room, batbroom, laundry, kitchen and reicctory. Undergarments removed and washed there are dried upon tue I stove and again resumed. Breeding of a most 1 equitable poise has attained there, lor 1 no one notices the movements or presence of any one else, and each acts entirely independent of the other. If two or three are quarrelling in a corner no one else lnter! feres.

A sleeping drunkard never objects to be sworn at or walked over. When the "velvet room" la filled to its greatest extent the drinkers lie down upon ihe "shop" floor, on the barrels or 1 anywhere they can find space. With a generosity not to be found among the upper classes of LiqroR SKI.I.KRS. the "bucket shop" man raroly turns his customers into the street when they are drunk. as they enter his place Is at their disposal, and they counts fur the abundance of flltu In all of them and the affection they seem to reel for lr, as they rarely attempt to remove It.

Tlie "bucket shops" are supposed to be under the autnority of acveral departments, but they are In reality under none. A sort of I general government of their own has grownup among them, ana that is the single voice the owuj ers listen to. It usually urges them to continue and sell all they can, and they obey Implicitly. None ol them are licensed, and tne Hoard of Excise I Is endeavoring to crush them ont, bat the police are Inactive. The Commissioners or Kxclse keep up a general supervision over them.

In tnu work they employ seven inspectors, each of whom Is alloied a portion of the city, inspector Wendoner has charge of the Fourteenth, Sixth, Tenth Fourth wards. He began one of his regular visits, accompanied by a representative of the Herald. The "Morgue" was the first place tbat came in tne line of Inspection. It had been in mil blast for a couple of honrs when the luspector went in. and t.nn result was all ovar the floor.

The difference between It and the other Morgue was that It was much more crowded: the recumbent figures gave out strong evidence of life, and were passing through a sort of preparatory school, rapidly getting themselves Into condition lor exposition up town. The inspector stood a moment In the middle of the "shop" contemplating the scene and marking Its most prominent features for hui companion. There were some very prominent and characteristic features observable xat the time. Presently a tall, stout woman marched boldly in, I and, stopping In front of the counter, said, "Gl' I mo a then, turning to a hair sleeping man sitting on a box beside the counter and with hut head leaning against it, she added? "(Jet up, Rill, and take a drink." "BiiP did not get up, lor he was not able; but he I i held on to the counter and lilted hiuiseK into a sort or half-standing position In obedience to the 1 invitation. While he was doing took some time, altuough he was a young and VIGOROUS LOOKING MAN, and the barkeeper was filling the woman walked over to another, sleeping on a ptie of barrels against the wall opposite the counter, and slapping him soundly on the back, went on.

in loud, hoarse again, Fritz 1 That's the third time to-day I Well, I'm sorry for it, I'd like to have treated ye, I've got a quarter." She turned irom him and to tne counter. that 1 time the barkeeper had deposited the two "drinks" oi alcohol aud put down beside the glass another huge glass containing water. The womau grabbed one of the "drinks," looked at i who waa tremblingly reaching Tor the instant, and said, "Bore's to ye, BUI," and tossed down the drink, without a wink. She then touched her lips with the water In tho huge glass. "Bill" declined It altogether, with a shake ot the bead, never vouohsaisd a word to any one and quietly and slowly settled himself down again upon nts box.

as he had risen Irom It. The woman suuntered out as she had entered, the barkeeper resumed his dogged, imperturbable air and the sleepers continued their snoring. "Thai's tne way it goes," ssAd the Inspector; "always the same thing; no change until they drop otf altogether. They're all alike, too. Nationality makes no dllTerenco.

one after another I they come to it; aud once they come they I never leave until It kills them. That don't take long, as you could see If you were watch one of these places. This is oue or the worst in the city. Kignt opposite the church, too. Kverv morning you can catch them here in dozens, some that have pussed the night here, men and 1 girls and )outns, makes no difference so long as they've got the the others who Just come to get their morning nip.

Lord how tney filiate, and how dull aud red tiiey look in their eyes and head. Awful stuff, 1 can tell yon, to keep pouring into a man, and the tricks they play to get it. They'll send the ontidren for tt, with jugs and bottlos, thinking they'll get a little more that way, and then they'll go themselves and drink It la tho ifooi)," mo purjwH of pausing Ue difference, it one child nsppens to mori than another on any occasion hey'll continae to end that one. The neignburs wilt even borrow hi in from hu own family to buy their Uqnor fofl them. 1 knew the case of A nic! young gih1.

np the street who nad an iutlu-nce on the barkeeper reason 01 her iiooij looks, and all the ward, so to speak, were alter ner to buy lor They pay for it just wiiat they centa at drink" they nave that much, but the barkeeper will take three ll he'can't net any more, or for that matter. Wherever you see two or three) or these "bucket shops," you may oe sure a pawn- i broker is not far off. f'lrst the money goes lor 1 then the clothes, until uone are left. 1 olten need tney arc like the Chinamen in tha Sixth ward. It lias almost the same lect upon thetn aa tae opium has oin tue Chinamen, nnd tney take it, too, in almost the same way, with the difference of the pipe.

I They drink it until ihey are upid, and then aowu just where thoy have drinking and sleep off the effects. All the effecta don't come off, though, bv the sleeping, lor tuey wake with 4 hunger lor It, aud go on breaking, breaking till they crack aitonetuer nom its influence. That. was a respectable woman, so to speak; nothlnc out of the way except in this respect. She probably a husband and three or tour aud occasionally works hard to get a living them.

But she comes here and ao does the hum tMtnd, aud or a surety so win the children, until tliey are all swept off by this All they earn goes into talis man's pocket. and the more of tnu they drink the! I les.s they want to work, and by degrees they dropi down aud down and dually turn unt beggars and 1 worse. 01 a (Sunday morning this place ts tall 9 while the are suing to and in cbnrcb oven the way. these ucre are going to another place la a state ot drunkenness as last as they can. Here you can see tue two pictures? ihe church people neat aud clean, and sober; there foul and lllthy, drunk and noisy, caring nothing for anything but a drink, Tuere is a side door these leading mto tbe hallway, through winch they come lu aua go oat, and you'll find heaps of them lying drunk in tbe backyard any Sunday.

1 need not tell yon the ward is mil 01 these shops and almost the same tilings go on In all ol them. Down the street nere I'll show you anotner very bard place." The one "down the rtreet" was in every respect the same kind of bouse. It was 1 larger than the bad more barrels in it aud a more lnvmug "velvet room." It wad crowned too, in the shop and In tbe "velvet room," showing tliat business was in a thriving condition. Three or lour men in the room'' were treating tbe same uumoer 01 women, giving them drink irom a large glass which seemed 00111nion to tbe party, lu their midst was a blHCIt Dottle, containing Ilniior and ON TUB FLOOR was one or the women already drunk. Two ot the others seemed well on the way to the sanu goal, the lourtli, being nout and strong, young too, and not yet much weaueued by tne liquor, and appeared likely to last out to the end of tho course.

Around tne stove seven or eight nieu lounged heavy aud silent, looking as if they had but one business lu life, aud that was to inhale the smoke and ste.im from that stove. But one man was asleep in the place, aud he was on top or a huge pile of barrels against the side oi the wall. Tuey nad all the same peculiarities, the same vixioie stuns 01 nard drinking. Their clothes were about the same la tne progress of decay or falling from their ks, and all seemed to leel the same want of warmth, nourishment uud seau and water. A hail rubbing together movement of the Hands was noiioeaoie in all of them, aud tliey were all bunt in the shoulders and had the same slouching, cringing, hang-dog carriagg of the iHMly.

one sioou erect or boldly like a man or lifted his eyes to meet those of another man. They had every one of them some feeling ot betug tkere on sufferance. They all iowed their conviction of the Knowledge on the part of the barkeeper that there was not a cent among them, or he would soon kave it, and they hung about mat stove, witn an air tkat plainly begged they should not be tnrnst into the street. Aa soon he entered a "shop" the Inspector walked straight to the counter and asked lor a "drink," took it, paid lor it, and on coming again into the street made an entry in a little note-boek he carried in a side-pocket 01 bis overcoat. When asked why he did this and if he was not afraid, he answered, "1 am on duty now, and my duty la to get proof against these fellows.

There is a great difference between dnuktng liquor to satiny an appetite and testing it in the way or business as I uo. In the first esse, it makes a man drunk; in the second, it does uot. 1 am not arraid, because 1 am sarerui that quautity take shall never amount to an injurious degree. Alter going into or tlx other places In tUe name street, iu each or which the Inspector took a drink, and at the door ol which he made an entry, Hester street became the poiut inquiry. the gas house, on the corner of the street, the opposite block, just out ol llie Bowery, presented a striking panorama.

At least, a hundred women hovered auu buzzed around it, going into the "shops" and coming out wiping their mouths With the backs of their hands. Almost every shop and basement in tue block is devoted to the sile ol liquors, and the customers ol eaoit are "uaiortunatea." in the basement there Wore S1XTKKN WOMKN, and in a shop even witu the sidewalk there were i ieven wueu Hie inspector entered. Five or the eleven were standing driuklng at a counter, from bemnd which a woman was serving them, and tbe 01 her six were in the back room being waited ou by her husband. They stood in groups on the sidewalk, with a man occasionally in their midst disputing, swearing and shouting. It being early iu the evening, they were ouly about uali (trunk, out they were on the way witu all their might to entire lorgettulness and th? station house near by.

From Hester street Inspector turned into Moit street, examined sev to Bayard street. He went into two Immense places tn tnat street, nearly opposite each other, llotn were doing a thriving business, and the customers in both were the same poor, bloated, ragged, snlver.ng, miserable wretches. Standing in trout 01 one, lie pointed to a house on the norm side ol'the street, aoout three doors irorn Baxter street, "That," tie said, "is a private establishment, Let's go iu." The "private establishment" consisted of two rooms on the first floor, but was not so easy as tlie luspector's invitation seemed to imply. When ne pushed the door it wnuid not yield, ami alter lie had knocked several times It was only pcnud a-iuvv inches by a young woman who held in her hand the heavy bar that secured tne place irom unknown visitors. Alter a good deal of pushing aud demanding on the 01 the Inspector the youuir woman Anally opened the uoor anu admission was obtained.

In the trone room Wit- a kind 01 counter, behind it a counter containing a tew bottles ana glasses, and on it three bits of candles in brass candlesticks that gave light to the place. Agaiust the partition that 1 divided oit the rear compartment, in whieh tne family lived, were three huge casks of alcohol, and at a table near one oi the windows at the other end of the room were tour children, seated around a taole, playing with a pack ol carus. A child just able to stand, was at the tieaa ol one of tne enormous i casks, with its hand upon the wooden spigot, and with the other It caugnt up some ol the drops that were tailing Into oucket and brought them (It was a girl) to her mouth. 1 he mother of tue chliuien was In the Disk room wlieu the Inspector made his appearance; but she quickly came forward and took her evidently accustomed place behind the bar. "Tula said tho Inspector, "is irequentei br a set oi quiet people, who 1 re to play cards, get drunk aud sleep." There is no sign out, no evidence ol wnat is going oa within on the trout, and the npper part of tne house is inhabited by tne usual occupants or tenements.

liere they nave it on the premises, ilo necessity to go out. hight or ten other 'Chops'' ended the inspection for the night, and at midnight Mr. Weudover fiuislied his tour, still auve and sober. RACING AT THE ANTIPODES. The first Melbonrne cup was rnn In 1861, and was won by Mr.De Mestre's Archer.

Tnc sauie horse curried off the cup ugain In lNttt. In 18(W Banker was the victor. The year 1S04 witnessed the double victory of Hurtle Fisher's Lautern In Derby and cup. This was a fine young horse, lie was never defeated, but died of mischance In his third year, as Mr. Usher's Charou did atterwara.

Two of the grandest animals that ever ran In Australia thus perished in a similar way, aud both were owned by tbo same gentleman. In 1865 that little surprise, Grey Torboy, came to the iront and won tho cup, landing a heavy stake for bis owner, Mr. Marshall. In 1866 the black Demon Barb won for Mr. John Talt his flint cup.

In Tim Whitller gave Mr. Lie Mestre a third Melbourne cup atter the lapse ol live years, in 1868 every one thought the liarb was to do it sgsm, but Mr. T.nt had another notion. lie quietly scratched the Uarb, reserving mm lor the weight lor age events tu which the light division could not get ac him. Then Mr.

Talt saddled the chestnut louryear-old Glencoe, with his own hands, and secured the cup wltu his second best. In i860 Warrior was made a lavorite, alter winning the Essendon stakes, aa Don Juan did In 1873, and Diver la 1874. Warrior won the cup and brought to his new owner, Mr. HaquU who had purchased him irom Mr. Unde, of Sydney.

Winch's Circassian, on the strength of winning the Sydney Metropolitan, had been made favorite for the Melbourne Cup this year at 3 to but worullr disappointed bis backers. In 1870 the Metropolitan winner, Croydon, was iavorite for the Melbourne Cup, nis backers being undeterred oy toe fiasco of the previous year. Croydon ran up 3 to 1, snd ran fourth, Nimbleioot being the winner, with Lapdog second. It is necessary to do more ttiftn recall the startling in. cident of Craig's dream, or the annrecedented bet ol to live drinks, duly honored itnat is the bet) by Mr.

Black, the Leviathan. I It is strange, but true, that among the fancy tips In pencil op the doors ol the scraping sheds bj the tan at Course, Nimbieioot was set down beiorehaud as the winner by two tipsters, although none of the literary touts spotted him. In 1871 came John Tait's third victory, with the Pearl; aud in his fourth, with the Quack. Before 1871 people had said Tait's day was over. They do not say so now.

1873 was Bon Juan's year, of which no more need be said, except, perhaps, that Don Juan Mouse, in Kant Melbonrne, will soon be ready tor occupation by lu owner and Thompson..