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pleased, perhaps, to find Mr. Peak a sharer, continue in officenntil the expiration of their term or LAND. GRANTS. premium for seats were B. F.

Hobbey, H. R. Thompson, W. W. Witson, Kobert Gowdie.

M. J. Bird THE ALDERMEN. PEW RENTING. large Attendance at the Tabernacle last Evening.

A iSf Pt i flftlu Pniinp liny fltn I.urnoht Ctrr.tila iSUon ol any Evcnln: Paper Published fey ln Uio United kmuo. lin value at ifi ta iberuiure atlN im Tcnt. Democratic Politics in Hie Board or alive the memories of the harrowing struggle. Since hia death his party has had time to. move forward in the direction of the point which he occupied so far in advance, of them, and yesterday Mr.

Cox's bill for the repeal of the iron clad oath passed the House with scarcely any opposition. The Times fitly describes that oath as "a cobweb against disloyalty, a temptation to perjury." We are one people again, acknowledging the law of a common destiny, and the distrust in which this oath had its origin no longer exists save in the cooling passions of a few political valetudinarians. Tho Brighton Reach It is not very hard to account for the partial failure of the Brighton Beach Railroad Com paiij. Every factor oqunted upon at the oat set, except intelligent management, remained and remains to make it prosperous. Coney Island has not lost its attractive power.

The people of Brooklyn were quite as eager to go tothe8casido lost Summer as they ever wore and there were more of them than when the railroad was first opened. Instead, however, of a liberal, wideawake management, the patrons of the road found themselves in the 5. of, and canmakaan intelligent fore cast as future. Certain tendencies have already began to manifest themselves in this country, as in Europe, as might have expected, though naturally upon a muoh larger scale. It is now dear that, even with our vast rin oeonpied acreage, wo though more remotely, in danger of the same land monopoly that is pressing Europeans and more especially Englishmen to a reorganization of sooiety upon some other property ba b5s than that of land.

The Uvwb tinder which the unoccupied lands of the United States are distributed are found to fafor this tendency to a dangerous degree. There, is a constant increase in both the number and the dimensions of the larger holdings, and when one begins to understand the ill significance of this fact, through the conception of farms and grazing grounds of 50,000 acres owned by individuals, the danger is at once perceived to be imminent. We are not yet prepared to so radically ohange, onr ideas of property as to exclude land from it, and so nre still profoundly interested in fending off that unmixed evil of a land monopoly. This can best be done by a more minute distribution of unclaimed land, by a constant increase of the number of land owners and a corresponding ditnunition of the average of individual ownership. In order to bring about such subdivision it is proposed to abolish all means of acquiring title to these lands other than the Homestead Act, which will secure uniformity and at the same time facilitate supervision.

In view of the rapidity with which these large properties have recently expanded the remedy can be applied none too soon. It is not a subject requiring profound thought or lengthy debate. Indeed, both bills should bo drafted and reported within a. week and passed while other and more complex subjects are under consideration. Reforms of such magnitude are seldom to be secured by such Bimple remedial legislation as will suit these cases.

Aldermen. After three weeks of dickering ami wire pulling ton of the Democratic Aldermen suc ceeded yesterday in so far agreeing umnng themselves as to vote unitedly for etiucus for the presidency of the Board and ihe persons whom they would like to see fill the various minor positions subject to the Board and the Mayor. In carrying out their programme, however, tliey had to face the opposition of Aldermen Nichols, Scott, Quia tord and Corwin, four Democrats, who not only enjoy the confidence of their fellow citizens, but are in a position, by acting in unison with the Mayor and the five Kepublican to make the victory gained worse than barren To a dispassionate observer these ten so called regulars would seem to have paid rather more for their triumph than it is worth. They have sown seeds of dissension which are pretty cer tain to take the form of crop of dissatisfied voters next Fall. Mr.

Olena's presidency and Mr Shanlcy's City Clerkship will be fruitful of good to the party beyond all precedent thoy offset the discontent produced by the men to whom thoy owo their electiou. Wheth er tho minor places shall be filled in the manner resolved upon by the majority yesterday depends upon the Mayor. Ha has the power to veto them, and we nssume he vvj will exercise it. If he does this the aforesaid ton regulars will have rather more to regret than to rejoice over in the mutter of patronage. They will, in that event, have gained place holders in the person of Mr.

Shanley and his deputy, and lost others, big and little, to the number of a score. Patting out of sight alto gethor the question of fitness on the part of their favorites, it must be allowed that this is not an outcome creditable to them as practical pohticians. Almost any fool could do better Jhan this. They had an opportunity by in Yoking the aid of a little common sense to have Becured for Democratic party men the whole list of places for which they presented caudi dates. As it is, their utter contempt for the rights of their more independent colleagues, as Iroll as for public opinion, has put them com pletely at the mercy of the Mayor, the Repub lican members and the Democrats whom they undertook to override, except in the ease of Mr.

Shanley and his deputy. Nor does the damage to themselves stop with tins. Having shown the cloven hoof of jobbery at the outset, they must expect to be treated from this time forward with sus picion, if not with animosity, bv the four in dependent Democrats, who ore almost certain to act henceforth in harmony with the Mayor, This means that the power to override vetoes is gone, and with it the influence which makes Lt si. i i ft Beat in the Board of pecuniary value to men easy conscience. Any one of the ten regu lars can, by deserting his confederates, leave Shorn impotent for good or evil; while they, to become formidable, must gain over either three of the antagonistic Democrats or threo Republicans, which is a thing not likely to occur.

Upon the whole, these persons, without intending to do so, have, we think, done the city a substantial service. They have fixed nttcntimrapbn themselves Aldermen who vmi ur uiiHi Hie urat aay or January, 1885, when the Mayor shall appoint their successors for tho year legs. Assemblyman Taylor wiU to morrow introduce a bUl to amend an act in relation to certain assessments for sewers ln.tlia Olty or Brooklyn, it provides that one third of tho assessment for the construction of the Third Avenue sewer shall bo placed on tho city at large. H.F.O. THE CONSTlTinriOS OfcOB Indulging in a Discussion on Tunnel Roads.

A meeting of the Constitution Club was held tn: their rooms, No. 371 Fulton street, last evening. Henry Heinta presided. It was nearly nine o'clock be fore the meeting opeued. Daniel A.

Boody, E. 3. Granger ahd William G. coomba were oleoted members. Josiah J.

Whito said it was nocossary to have a num ber of uew members to make it possible to run tho association and urged those who belonged to bring in their friends. He moved that a committeo bo appointed to go to Washington to act with the merchants to advocato Judge Reagan's Interstate Commerce biU against disenmiuatiou in charges. S. B. Duryea raised a point of order that tho bylaws called for regular business to be transacted at half past eight.

The time was past and they could not expect gentlemen to come to the meetings unless business was commenced on time. The Chair hoped tho objection would tie withdrawn, wos, and the motion was adopted. I be regular business was then taken up. It was tho comuaeration of tho rapid transit question in connection With the Bond Mr. Penipaey wanted to know whether it was worth discussing after the Mayor had settled tho question by approving the resolution relating to tho Bond road? wiwuu, uuair saiu, especially roiaiea io ue trunk line.

SIB. WHITE'S REMARKS. Mr. White said the Kings County Elevated Road would have to receive the approval of the Mayor aua or iaty works. Thoy were in a quandary as yet.

They were iroinB to settle the ouestinu of compenbatiou belore thoy asked for approval or put in a cent. As yet they had not presented uuy security to the municipal government. The whole question came up as to whether it was advisable to give this concern a monopoly of business avenues, when they did not to build, and only blucked others who would uunu. oo was not opposed to rapia transit, lie ma pot behove rapid transit would be Btarted until the city started the road. ttesulved.

That it be recommended to the Mayor to take professional advice as to the feasibility of an underground system of rapid transit. WHAT MB. DOUGLASS THINKS. Mr. Douglass Bniil it waa certain the city was suffering for the want of rapid transit, as any one knew who took tho street cars in the busy hours.

The present mode of travel was daugerous to health and ruinous to wearing apparel. He knew a lady whose dress hid been ruiued because crowded and compelled to sit next to a rutnau, who spat upon it Brooklyn wanted her thousands of lots occupied by taxpayers. Now thero was no inducement to bring tnom here. Tho question had been agitated for years, but was no nearer its Bolution than five years ago. What was the hindrance It was that the citizens wonld not allow the road to ran past their houses, without compensation.

MB. S. B. DURYEA. Mr.

Duryea agreed that they wero not so near the solution of rapid transit as ton yo.trs ago, when Mr. Kiugsley received the right from the Legislature to run a road any way or in auy place, without the consent of tho city authorities. He thought, in discussing the question, thoy hnd learned a number of things. One was that it must be a road with a solid road bed, that would give tho city a good return for the money invested. An underground road was the best one that could bo built.

Wheu it reached tho outer part of the city it could come above ground. COLONEL HEMSTBEET SPEAKS. Colonel Homstreet said anyone riding along the greasy, noisy, reeking roads of New Vork would see how the streots wero damaged. Thoy wero right, for New i'ork, with its rock bed and narrowness. A system adapted to New York was not adaptod to Brooklyn.

The ferries wero the natural outlets. Thero wero ten ferries on six miles of wator front. What proportion did the bridgo bear to the ferries7 Ho thought it was a monstrosity and a white elephant, which they would have to feed. It was good for the wards out toward East New York, and would, in timo, bring Jamaica in as a ward of Brooklyn. OTHEE KEMAHKS: John H.

Clayton Baid Rapid transit would havo to oomo eventually. As to tho city building a trunk hue, he believed it was a ridiculous absurdity. It would be a political job. It would cost millions. It would bs a New York Court, House.

It would be led by politi cians. It would be delayed like tho bridae was. It would not follow that a trunk line would be used by the roads. Would Mr. Corbiu use it? No ha would go to the Legislature and spend onough money to go through Flutbush avonue to the bridge.

It would bo a monstrosity and a delight to politicians for years to come. Mr. Duryea said thevhodno idea of fUcHmr amirl like a sewer. Thoy would dig ns engineers did through mountains. Tho tunnels, under rivers were built well and substantially.

Tho bridge, according to Mr. 8tranauiin, was built to transport heavy freight cars over it. It will be, in time to couac, used for steam cars to cross it, instead of little cars shifting back and forward. What they'wanted was b'cht given bv engineers. Mr.

S. M. Parsons suauested the rantd transit nrnh lem could be settled by a sunken road shielded by a gauge. This could be done on Atlontio avenue and Fourth avenue. Tho resolution was good so far 08 It wont.

Whb.t they wauled was to extend the briduo mad to the center of the business part of tho city, aud have the rapid transit roads radiate all over tho city from it. He had no iaith in tho Kings County road over being built, because of the expense. Richard B. Leech said Mr. Corbln would not hnild a road through Atlantio avonue, although tho property owner would give him the right of way.

He wanted a road one hundred feet wido direct to New York, aud he would havo it if he had to buy the property. The Bpeaker favored a trunk line as the most feasible. Alter considerable further discussion Colonel Hem street's resolution was adopted. The committee to wait on tho Mayor are Messrs. Heinz, Fleemau and Parsons.

The committee to go to Washington will be selected by the Chair at his leisure. ENTERTAINMENT BUNDIAN BOYS. Annual Mcctinn of tbe Brooklyn In dian Association. A largely attended meeting of persons in terested in the Indian question was held last evening. under the auspices of the Brooklyn Indian Association, in the Bedford Reformed Church, on the corner of Bedford avenue and Madison street, Eloren Indians from tho train lug school at Carlisle, were present.

Among the tribes represented were the Kiowns, Iowas, Comanches, Eaws, Grorana and four bands of the Sioux. ''Seven of the red men were sons of chiefs, and two were captured by Captain Pratt when young, while their parents were fighting against United States troops. They have abandoned their tribal language, and speak English as if they were uto the manner born." They are able to read and write, and at tho meeting last Dipht gave evidence of the excellent training which ia given them at the Carlisle institution by performing upon brass instruments a number of very difficult pieces of music. Among them was a medley of sacred airs which was rendered in a harmonious manner. Among tho prominent persons present upon the platform' were Captain Pratt, Superintendent of the Carlisle Training School; Judge Birdaeye, Rev.

Spencer 8. Roche and Rev. Walter Griffin, pastor of the Bedford Reformed Church. Judge Birdaeye presided, and in calliug the meetiug to order said: The National Indian Association, of which the Brooklyn Indian Association is an auxiliary, has a twofold object. First, to awaken by every means in its power a Christum publio sontlmeot, which shall move our Government to the abolition of all oppression of Indians within our national limits, and to the granting them" the same protection of law that other races enjoy among us; second, ourselves to aid educational and mission work for and among Indians, The association works for this reform, because there in imperative need of a change In our national Indian, policy.

This need is revealed in official records and in the reports of Congressional committees appointed to investigate the workings of that polioy and in many other ways. This polioy has involved us in almost CONSTANT WAS WITH THE INDIANS at a vast cost of suffering and of life, and of many hundreds of millions ot dollars. It has exterminated whole tribes; makes the will of the agent in charge de potio upon the reservation. It falls to give proper protection to Indian women and their homes, and confines Indians upon reservations without giving them adequate meanB or motives for civilization and independence, making them more like prisoners and slaves than freemen And citizens. Reform In the Indian policy can only be radically and permanently wrought by the will of the people, whoee agent, only.

Congress is. Republican freedom and protection rather than the despotism of the reservation system should be adopted to evoke the manhood and insure the independent and development of the Indian. In conclusion Judge Birdaeye said that the plan advocated by the Indian Association was the simplest, speediest and most economical way out of tho cost, complications and evils resulting from a wrong polioy. Captain Pratt then explained the workings of the institution under his charge. The Indian children are taught to manufacture their own clothing, and the girls, in addition are taught to sew and bake, etc.

The boys make all tho tin ware that is used in the United States Army and, together with a good common school education, taught all the useful industries. Rev. Spencer S. Roche said that, as Christians, all men were bound to labor for the universal prevalence of Christly principles, not only in the home and in business, but in national affairs also. At the conclusion of the speeches, the Indian youths gave examples of their skill upon several large blackboards' which were placed upon the They wrote a very handsome clerkly hand, and, what Is more essential, spelled each word correctly.

Before the gathering dispersed the young Indians regaled them with several choice airs from their brazen instru ments. The officers of the Brooklyn branch of the association are President, Mrs. George Stannard secretary, blfo xu. Tli uuuiitjKJu ticuauxur, miht, UOUKiin, COBIPANT A'S ANNUAL BECEPTIOJf. Bright Scene at tbe Academy IWnsic Last.

of The annual reception of Company Twen ty third Beglment, was held last evening in the Assembly Booms of the Academy of Musio, wbioh were with ladies and gentlemen. Nearly every com pany in the regiment was represented, and Colonel Ward and bis staff also dropped in about the time the festivities were at their height. The costumes of the ladies wore beautiful and picturesque. Each chandelier was profusely decorated with smilax, and Eban's baud was almost bidden from view In a garden of lilies and palms. Abont half past 9 o'clock, after the over ture was played, the dancing commenced, and among those who participated were: Colonel Bodney C.

Ward, Colonel John N. Partridge, Major Fincke, Arthur M. Guy: A. 8. Barney, M.

E. Bobinson, C. O. Blossom, Lieutenant 0. Burd, H.

BurroU, Dr. H. L. Coohran, T. C.

Overton, E. A. Wfison, J. V. Kinsey, W.

Olavka, W. B. Stuart, Mgb, Bobert Kel ler, E. Burton Hart, A. W.

Perrino, F. Fr Leav ens, H. T. Escnwege, it warden, it. u.

Mac flonald, H. it Murray, Henry E. Ide, Charles A. Colson, G. E.

Ide, Charles V. Crofts, O. W. Bowen, 8. Hendriok, O.

O. H. dates, H. Keller, H. Hordy, Franklyn B.

Tarrey, William O. Hough, Samuel MoLean, William H. Hawes, E. J. Stebbini W.

B. Lubby, Captain. D. W. Van Ingen, Eugene Snben, W.

D. Baker, Joseph J. Bytrs, W. B. Gellotte, Arthur B.

Ravmonfl. C. W. Churoh. A.

L. Beebe. E. B. Terry.

James A. Eliot, Colonel G. Story, Charles E. Waiters, O. Connor, 01rarle8P.

Duffeo. Valletta, 8. Tal lelte. Lieutenant A. A.

Thompson, Lieutenant Colonel Frothingba'm, O. E. Blrges, 0. Grant, F. W.

Stan bough, F. W. Stroller, R. Stroller, E. Verity, A.

T. Brietow, W. K. Houghtaling, John H. O.

Kevins, F. H. Bidwell, .8. Osgood, Cyrus P. Smith, William V.

Hester, Henrv Blossom, Edward A. Mason, A. A. Frederick W. Knapp.

Arthur B. Hart, i. F. Plpley, J. M.

Martin, W. H. Lyon, Daniel T. Bansher, William P. Cook, a B.

Denny, H. L. Hall, J. F. William B.Dudley, A.

D. Keller, G. B. Bretj, William Woodrow, Lieutenant W. H.

Greenland, John M. Corvere, Alexander Milne, E. M. Anger, W. H.

Green, Thomas Cochran, F. P. Palmer, L. H. Arnold, J.

8. rocEham, William H. English, V. Looser, J. A.

Buckingham. William K. Frothingham, Frank. Nix dorrf, Edward L. Snow, John Alien, Mr.

Schenok, Milton Green, F. W. Kintzer; William K. Knox, W. Nichols, O.

HIcholflL. P. Eider, George B. Moffat, H. M.

Peokham, F. C. Williams, A. H. Van Sln doron', 8.

Quaokonbos, H. L. Fenton, James N. CoUeu der, W. v.

v. Held, Lesiia wmoertw. E. iane, Fnuv ifafO Pintdi OparlaaP. Donnell, George Blatchfordf H.

Bniienohmt, Henry Bnow, Join EUOc, GBttfaa 107 G. M. Skene, G. W. Brousou, James A.

Day, A. S. Han iora, rf. u. xuauveic, joun l.

urown. N. a. Butterfleld Forguson, Mrs. Farley, Alvord, T.

H. Wood aud w' H. Hutchms. Tho Bev. Goyn Talmage, brother of T.

De Witt aumage, pastor oi tue pnnoipai cnurcu fort Jet vis, N. was present in the evening. The sale continued uutil 11 o'clock and when Dr. Talniage was asked by a reporter or the Eagle how he felt about tbe success of tho evening ho said "I liavo no language sufficient to express my deliglit. The regular congregation did splendidly and a largo number of new and elegant families have taken pews.

Tho results of tbe evening are glorious aud my heart ia overflowing with gratitude to aud everybody. I feel like going to work as never On Saturday evening tlie Pew Committeo will be present at the churoU to rent individual ttittings, as applicants may desire. 'As room is left free for thousands of strangers, plato collections are taken every Sunday amounting during the year, to about $8,000, mo that tho income of tho Church for tbe coming year will be $29,482.60. CURRENT EVENTS. Half of the business portion of Clio, was burned yesterday.

The loss was $40,000. The New Jersey editors held their twenty eighth annual gathering yesterday at 'fronton. The Philadelphia Internatioiinl Exhibition has voted to dissolve. The Pdterson, N. Bilk weavers held two largely attended meetings yesterday.

It is likely that their difficulties will be settled by arbitration. It is announced by the secretary of the National Prohibition Central Committee that a National Prohibition ticket will be placed iu tbe nolo in 1884. No news had been received couct rninfj the overdue steamer Germanfo yesterday. It was thought she will reach Qneenstown to day. Mr.

George W. Childs, of Philadelphia, yes terday sent Mayor Edsou a check for $500 for tho Peter Cooper mouumeut fuud. E. Harper Jeffries, City Controller of Philadelphia, died yesterday of pneumonia. He eutered office only two woeks ago.

Notico of ten per cent, reduction of wages was posted In the workshops by all the corporatious of Lowell, yesterday. Benjamin Boville, one of the famous 600 who participated in the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, died in Troy on Sunday. Dr. John Lee, a graduate of Yale College, in the class of '20, and afterward a practising physician in New Britain, Conn. died yesterday at the ago of 80.

At a special meeting of the New York Dock Commissioners yesterday a resolution was passed calling upon tho Sinking Fund Commissioners to issue $250,000 worth of bonds for the uso of the department. Mortgage foreclosure proceedings have been begun against tho Bound Lako Camp Meeting Association by the bondholders. Tho indebtedness aggregates The President left Washington to day to at tend the reception of the Union League Club, which will take placo this evening. He will be accompanied oy several members of the Cabinet. Ibe ice companies of New York have or ganized and elected a president, whose business it will do to regulate the supply and fix the price of ico.

Tho companies aro storing enough ice to last until 1886. The New York Inspectors and Captains of i onco gave their annual dinner last evening at Del monico's, and 212 invited guests enjoyed it with them, All but three of the Police Inspectors aud Captains were presont in fun uniform. James Dowling, of Brooklyn, was found dead in his bed, with a pistol in his hand and a bullet in his head, at tho Lafayette Houso, Philadelphia, yes terday morning. Ho had been suffering from malarial lever. Judge Harry E.

Packer, president of the Lehigb Valley Railroad, 1b very 111 at his home In Mauch Chunk, Peun. Special trains carried physicians from New York and the University of Pennsylvania to the sick man's bedside. The Chamber of Commerce of Cincinnati yesterday voted to ask the National Board of Trade to memorialize Congress and the Executive Department of tho Government to take prompt retaliatory action iu re gard to the prohibition of tho importation of American pork into France aud Germany. Navigation waa obstructed by ice in the Harbor yesterday, and ferryboats, especially on North Kiver, wore greatly retarded in their movements. Should the weather become sevoroly cold much difficulty would bo caused to shipping.

The ice in the Hudson, at Dobb'8 Ferry, was frozen solidly over yesterday. Heron E. Butler, president, of tho Sixth avonue Railroad Company, New York, died at his home, No. 433 liftta avenue, of apuplexy Saturday night. He was born in Poughkcepsie seventy one years ago, came i.m civy wueu quite young auu accumulated a for tune in the dry goods business.

Ho became tbe presi dent of the Sixth avenue Railroad in 18G5 aud was also a director in the Erie Railroad Company. The Court of Common Pleas in New York yesterday rendered a decision in the suit of the People upon tho relation of Daniel JackBon against S. Hast lugs Grant, Controller, upon a writ of certiorari. The question involved was whether tbe Controllor bad ex ceeded his powers in removing Jacksou from his posi tion as Auditor of Accounts. Judge Vau Brunt decided that the Auditor was not responsible for the frauds.

James Miller, one of tho life saving erew at bpermacetl CoTe, N. found in the surf off the High lands four batcheB painted blue and white, a cabin door and the stern of a yawl boat, with the name William Butler. He also found two trunks, on one of which was a card stamped "George P. Baker." There was a book in the trunk marked "Treasury Depart ment Document No. 236, Lighthouse Board." Commodore Timothy A.

Hunt, United States Navy, died yesterday at New Haven, aged sev enty nine years. He was on duty on the ship Narra ganaett, on tho Pacific coast, when the war broke out and was detailed for shore duty as inspector of ordl nance at Boston and other Eastern ports. His promo tiou to captain was made in 1862 and in 1863 he was created commodore. A bill was presented in the Virginia Senate yesterday which has for its object the establishment of a Confederate soldiers' home in the Southern States similar to the homes for Union soldiers at Hampton, aud els. where.

It is proposed by this biU to es tablish a permanent home by Government aid for dis abled ox Confederates in the Southwestern States. In accordance with the agreement reached between the trunk lines and tbe Iowa railroads the sale of tickets over the Chicago, Book Island aud Pacita and the Chicago and Alton roads was resumed by tLe trunk Hues in Now York yesterday. Tariff ratos in the Northwest were restored also and tho Rock Island road ceased the sale of its own ticket issues. The House Committee on Appropriations in Washington yesterday decided to report a bill for the appropriation of a sum necessary to fit out a Greely relief expedition. Tbe measnre authorizes tho President to fit out the expedition, whioh will consist of three vessels, as soon as possible.

The bill was subsequently reported to the House. A bill introduced in the House to day by General Slocnm limits the time for presenting claims against the Government arising out of the'late war, with the exception of pension claims, to two years Irom Its passage. Claims hereafter accruing must be presented within six years of the event from which they originate. Charles Handy Russell, one of the oldest members of the New York Chamber of Commerce, and formerly a prominent busiuesB man in New York, died at bis residence in Fifth avenue, last evening. He waa one of the original directors of tho Bank oi Commerca in New York, and later was its president.

He held many other positions of trust and honor. In 1824 the Society of the Cincinnati selected him to receive Lafayette, aa uiu ttisu iiiti iux.tu jrroviaence, x. The treasurer of the Hospital Saturday and uunaay Fund reported at the nnnal mooting of the association at St. Luke's Hospital, in New York, last evening, that he had so tar received $40,082.03 of con. tributions.

So far 210 churches have reported against a total or 04 last year, and contributions are expected from a hundred more. It is believed that thiB year's fund will exceed $45,000, and be the largest ever col lected. The cap finishers of New York held a meet ing yesterday, and nearly all who belong to that trade wero present. They have been receiving sixty two cents a dozen for finishing caps, and now thirty ono cents a dozen is offered them. They say they cannot live on that sum, even if their wives aud children helped them to work, and they repeated the offer.

The reduction has been made by Marx Brothers, of No. 80 and 82 Greene street, New. York, who control the trade. Mrs. William Astor gave a ball lost evening at her residence No.

350 Fifth avenue, New York, and entertained 900 friends. Tho bouse was superbly deco rated with flowers. The dancing was in tho picture gallery, at the west end of tbe house, and the orchestra was stationed in a.balcony over the door of the gallery. Mrs. Astor wore white satin, embroidered with noblets of floss and, silver, and ornaments of diamonds! The snpper service was of solid gold and silver and is valued at $175,000.

The New York Chamber of Commerce Committee, whose mission is to prevent the further destruction of the forests of the Adirondacks, held a private session yesterday to consider campaign plaus. The result of the meeting was not made public, but it is understood that tho committee will prepare a bill of its, own, which be much more satisfactory than, the measure reported' by the Senate Committee. The committee is much dissatisfied with tbe bill reported the Legislature by tho Senate Com. mittee ou the Adirondacks, and ia said to be disgusted with the treatment its, delegates received at the hands of Senators. Judge Cowing, in New York, yesterday denied the motion to quash several indictments in the case of Charles R.

Beckwith, who waa convicted of embezzling from his employer, B. T. the soap mannfactnrer. Eleven indictments were fonnd against Beckwith, and he was tried on two of them and sentenced, to ten years' imprisonment. After serving his ternvjie applied, through hia counsel for tho dismissal of the other charges.

The Judge said he regretted he had not the power to grant the motion, but that the new Code prevented" the practice of the court in former Beckwiibtold to be in Mexico. Captain Baker went froj New Bedford, Mass, to day, to Gay Head, io organize a pa)d force to patrol the shore of Martha's Vineyard in search of bodies from the lost ship. Eoh man will bare a strotoh of coast three miles in extent, and two men will walk in opposite directions around the island. It la honed that all the bodies will be recovered. Thir teen, bare been recovered and aro now in the morgue at New Bedford.

Much dissatisfaction is felt toward the steamship company because of its failure to make any efforts to recover tbe bodies. expense is, met by: those whose friends 'were lost. The people of Now Bedford do not believe the story that the vessel struck" SUtstde the Gsptain Wright is in a sad condi and his nhvstclan has advised bim to go away. He cries constantly and boars the shrieks for hlpj wjucn ne neani rrom ins Drowning. iAK BTErTINO WITH OTHER.

mmtoSS Mr. Crarreti Berries wiH delrVer an illna traM aatronomlo lecture on Tueadajr evening the Ling Island: Historical Society HaB. A Diunber at. i Dut even this ought not to discompose them There to, however, one consideration which ought not to escape tho attention' of some of onr country members at Albany, name ly, that the; rustio person unfamiliar with the wickedness of cities ought to be pro tected against deception by men who do busi ness under a' trade mark. The word bank has oome to possess a epeoifio moaning it actually implies that to the banker the State has given a certificate, and that the State su perintendent had inspected and indorsed his mode of doing business.

It is true that it has a general significance also, but in such a case the public is to bo pardoned for assuming that a man who opens a bank does it in accordance with State laws. This is a proper presumption consequently the banker who does not so proceed is actually guilty of obtaining money on false pretenses, It seems as though legislation were required to moke such a "banker" as Mr. Peck, who operates upon system of his own, without making that faot known, liable to criminal prosecution. He is equally criminal with the quack who practices medicine without a license. Tonus Nutt's Acquittal.

As was fully expected the jury before whom young Mr. Nutt wob placed upon trial rendered a verdict of not guilty and the gentle youth id restored to his admiring lady friends. The aotnal defense made by him was justification, but since the law declines to accept such a plea, except where the assassin's life ifl in real danger whioh, in this case, it manifestly was not the claim of emo tional insanity was substituted in order to give the jury an opportunity to acquit him without being ridiculous. Inasmuch, however, as the young man was openly applauded and his murderous deed was approved in almost every known accent of hysteric utter ance, there iB no doubt that tho jury permit ted local public sentiment to rule. Technically pronounced insane, he was practioally justified his insanity was of kind to merit enthusiastic approval.

The real verdict therefore was justifiable insanity. The in tellectual condition of the community in which the trial took place was for the time being abnormal. Under the influence of great emotional excitement, carefully pro duced by friends of the prisoner, intelli gence and the moral sense of the community, expressed in its adoption of the law against murder, were subordinated to feeling. In tho face of a recorded adherence to the usages of civilization the community decided to suspend for a moment the compact by which it was held together. It is needless to follow this practice out to its ultimate conclusions.

Emotion is the guide equally of the savage and the male factor. It is the destructive agenoy of our natures. Morality orystoUized into law is the conservative element. It has been slowly, painfully, and at infinite expense, developed through the world's history, and t'o its existence we owe society as a possible thing. Morality, we are apt to boast, has been brought to perfection here and now.

It is supposed to be so firmly established that we can afford to take liberties with it. The fact is that we cannot. For each failure of the law there is a corresponding distrust of the law; for each relaxation of the morality which forces us to the performance of an unpleasant act in the line of duty, there is a corresponding relaxation of the morality which restrains us from doing that which our emotions impel us to do. For every criminal who is pardoned by a community a private wrong is privately redressed; for every murderer acquitted through the cowardice of a community and through a base surrender to hysteria, there is a man lynched and put to death in defiance of law. It is the baseness of cowardice that Bhrinks from fulfilling the law that prompts people within twenty miles of New York to make full preparations to hang an innocent man by recourse to mob violence.

It is the bouquets, the hisses aimed at the distriot attorney, the smirks and ogles and handshakes and tears that turn a judge of a criminal court into a mountebank and a jury into a collection of amatory idiots that debauch justice and stain great States with, such exhibitions of law less passion as we narrowly escaped at Oyste: Bay. Wo are apt to denounce the South for its mob murders we are not whit more moral. And the root of the evil is manifest to anybody who will take the trouble to observe. If the law of emotion is to take the place of the law of reason and mo rahty in court, thero is no reason why it should not be paramount in the street also, and speak through the pistol in full settlement of all grievances. Vignaux, the great French billiard expert, scores another victory over Schaefer, and his success again demonstrates his superiority to the Chicogo champion in respect of nerve and steadiness.

Schaefer plays as brilliant a game as his antagonist, but he is not his equal in a prolonged contest. We are glad Lafayette is dead. No Ameri can, with a particle of pride or gratitude, would be willing for him to learn, that the Bartholdl Art Loan Exhibition, held for over six weeks in the great city of millionaires and Metropolis of America realized only $14,000. The Rochester Democrat and OhronieU car ries the protectionist argument to a legitimate conclusion in discussing the tariff on works of art. It says Let the tariff stand and so put an end to tho excatrl ation of those who desire to study art.

If wo do not go to Europe, Kurope wiU come to us. A better way than this would be to require Transatlantic steamship companies to charge all American art students going abroad double fare. If the degrading Bpectacle of the open bar gain and sale by which a notoriously unfit word politician has been raised to the presidency of tho New York Board of Aldermen quickens the determination of respectable cit izens to deprive that body of its power to cor rnpt the various departments of the municipal government, Kirk's sucoess may be a blessing. The sting of the disgrace is onough to pene trate the thickest hide. The argument that the restoration of Gen erol Porter would be a reflection on the mem ory of Abraham Lincoln is, as the Buffalo Courier very justly observes, an implied slan der of the lamented He would have been among the very first to.

move for the redress of the wrong which his adoption of Judge Advocate General Holt's review of the case inflicted. There was not a drop of gall Abraham Lincoln's nature. He was too magnanimous to harbor any bitterness and too just to refuse atonement for an injury. It won't do to drag the memory of such a man down to the level of the little Congressional brigade, of mud slihgers. Facts are severe task masters and their logio is hard to controvert.

Tho Newark Adverti ser, the leading Kepublican newspaper of New Jersey, and a journal of very decided Protec tionist views, somewhat reluctantly confesses that the tendency to overproduction is one of the evils of the system which it advocates. For the loss of employment, pov erty and wretchedness which overproduc tion entails, it has no remedy to suggest, since an morease of the tariff would not deserve the name of a remedy, and to reduce the tariff would be to withdraw the "protec tion." What to do exactly it is puzzled to tell, and meanwhile the laboring rifan who has beenl relying on the tariff to protect him 'is turned adrift with a family to support and no prospect of earning anything to support them; The ball given by Mrs. William Astor to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the departure of John Jacob Astor from Holland seems to have attained the ne plus ultra point of brilliancy and sucoess. The toilets of the ladies, the profusion of hospitality, grace, eleganoe and beauty. that tripped lightly on the floor of the ballroom, which was tho noble picture gallery in the rear, tho splendor.of the family plate, and the tempting display of delicaoies of the season that gave magnetio charms to the supper table, were all worthy of the ancient regime, as well as of the courtliest of modern aristo cratio society.

Tho fproo of fashion could no further go. Tho crowned heads of Europe, the bejeweled autocracy of the Orient, cannot eolipso the magnificence of our New York high families in entertainments of (his kind. Indeed wnat does this world pro duce to please. the senses and' satisfy, the mot rehned taste which our American dollar has not transBhinted and domcstioated The Railroad Companies to Millions of Acres to be Restored to the General Government Talk About the Tariff General SJocnm's Bill on Claims. The Fitz John Porter Case to be Elabor ately Discussed! Speoial Correspondence of the Eagle.

VfAflHmoTOH, January 21. The gentlemen who will shape this year's tariff legislation have their hands fiilL If thoy have any fleflnita views as to what will be tho final resnlt of their deliberations thoy know how to keep them from coming to the surface. A Texan statesman's name is teeoud on the Ways and Means Committee. He startled his friends by venturing to anticipate a little, going ao far as to declare that no radical recommendations would be Bttbmiltod to the Bouse. Mr.

Mills, the gen tleman alluded to, is a free trader of the undiluted type, bnt his antipathy to protection does not cloud his judgment as to tbe expedient, and be frankly concedes that some considerations altogether foreign. to the principles involved will luflnouco the course of tho commit tee. It would be Inferring tho advent of political millennium to suppose that the elect oral votes of Fonnsylvana, Ohio, Louisiana and othor States ore not factors in the problem. As an abstract proposition the duty on wool and the Presidential succession make au Incongruous combination, but they are so closely oonneoted in reality that the most unqualified free trader respects the Union and becomes as conservative in consequence as if his views were principally significant for their moderation. Mr.

Mills says he is Juet as staunch in principle as before, but less aggressive in practice, and it may be reasonably assumed that he speaks to some extent for ms coueagues on the ways and 'Moans Committee. Tho arms of THE PBOTEOTIONIST CUTTLEFISH cannot be severed at a single blow, and where the ten taolcs are tenderest the ax will be guided with' adroit ness. It is 'almost superfluous to fay that Onrlislo himself will more thou any other single individual influence the attitude of the committee. Some very absurd rumors are afloat in Washington ooncern, lng him. It is claimed that ho has modified hiB views because at a dinner given in Philadelphia recently Mr.

Mills, in the presence of tho Speaker, acknowledged that the "taiff question would have to be delicately handled. Such claim a as these have less foundation than Mahomet's coffin is supposed to have. I could not Induce the' gentleman from Kentucky to take any notice of them, but Mr. Blackburn undertook to Bay that tho Speaker's notions had undergone no change aud that, without reference to political consequences, ho stood for such revision as will not bo too Violent in its consequences on the country's trade. When General Slonum was asked what he thought would be the result of the work of the committee, ho replied that he believed a moderate and general reduc tion would be recommended.

As to specific articles ho bad no opinions. Whether or not a shearing of the duty on wool would bo attempted he had no idea. It is not often that the House manages to become excited on the first Congressional day of the week. Monday is given over to tho INTBODUOTIOK OP BILLS, and the call of the States usually takes up tho wholo legislative day. Hnlman, of Indiana, was responsible for an exception to the rule this afternoon.

He called Bome of the Republican war horses to the front on tho Land Grant question, submitting a resolution directing the Public Lands Committee to present a bill of a very Bweeping character. It ia to provide for the forfeiture of all publio lands granted to railroads where the latter have not complied with the conditions upon, which the grant was made. Holman is rather a aour looking gentleman, with a capacity for speaking which could not bo materially lessened and justify tho application of the term. His silence is a boon hich, like other blessings, is appreciated most as soon as it 1b lost. The consolation is that he seems to share the general discomfort which he never fails to create.

Ho rambles from his desk and back again, and as it ia impossible to catch the drift of what he BayB no one knows whether ho rambles from his topic or clings to it tonaciously. Hia purpose yesterday afternoon was one, however, the accomplishment of which baa been too long deferred. Not only docB he propose to make' the railroad iheu disgorge, but to bring to terms tho cattle kings who fence in acres by the thousand at their own eweet will and keep ofl those who look for locations under the Homestead Law. Mr. Holman's motion was to SUSPEND THE BULES and he was given fifteen minutes to advocate its passage.

He had judgment enough to yield the floor to Belford, of Colorado, a moBt determined foe of railroad cormorants and a gentleman of vigorous delivery when excitement iuterveuos. Mr. Belford did not ininco matters. He d. clared that the cattle dealers should not with his consent own the whole West, as the railroad monarchs owned the whole, East, and pleaded for tho hardy pioneer in sentimental terms.

Tom Heed, of Maine, took up six of the fifteen minutes allottud to the other side. He4ias a.voico like a trumpet aud is the, master of a pollBhed and very pleasing Btyie. He saw nothing but beneficence in Mr. Holman's purposes but had an insidious suggestion to Bubmit in the direction of delay. It was too iuapb tant a matter, ho behoved, to dispbso of at a moment's notice.

Many of the railroads, it was true, might have failed to comply with the stipulations' of tho bond, but some of them had done so.for exoeUont reasons, and it would 'bo a moat arbitrary couraa. to givo them no chance to say a Mr. Beod is iplansible, persuasive and insinuating, but he could not raUy a score of i Republicans about him, A member pulled tho princi pal prop from beneath his oratorical edifice by reminding him that the House was not definitely settling the matter by referring it to a committee, and Mr; Heed' verbal Btructure tumbled to tho ground. The rules were suspended by AN OVERWHELMING VOTE. and the resolutions adopted, only eighteen members recording themselveB against it.

It is fair to tho Com mittee on Publio Lands to Bay that they had already dono rauoh to involve the forteiture of millions of railroad acres, having presented reports upon seven gronts and having already decided to recommend at the earliest opportunity the revocation of the fifteen mil lion sere grant of tho Texas Paciflo Railroad. it lias ueeu utuiea. iuac an enort will Oe made to cur. tail tho discussion to which General Sloouin's IfitsfJohn Porter bill will give rise. On this point Goneral Slo cum declares that no attempt of this character wiU bo made and that a full opportunity for speecbos of indef inite length will be afforded.

Tho indications now are that nearly all of the most famous battles of the Rebel lion will bo fought over again before the fate of the bill 1b decided. At the extra session held last Saturday nothing bnt, the Fitz John Porter bill was talked about, andhere is a remote probability of half a dozen other similar extra sessions for the vontilatlon of Fitz John's deeds upon THE TENTED HELD, General Biocum is the author of another andmueh more important measure. This afternoon he introduced a bill limiting the timo for the presentation of claims ariBing out of tho war to two years from tho date of the passage of the bill. The measure also stipulates thaljno claim of any other character shall be entertained by Congress if six years have elapsed since tho occurrences which provoked it. The passage of this biU will consign to their resting places many of tho phantoms which have floated round the Capital olnce the late unpleasant ness.

These shadows seem toincreaseand multiply as the memories of the war Iobb their distinctness. Thero aro in Washington more seedy and tattered looking gen tlemen than can easily be oounted. They have sought for the good offices of overy Congressman, who would lend a willing or unwilling ear, and have Uvod mys teriously on with no possibility of success, but with undying hope. It is doubtful whether even tho pas sage of this bill will dissipate their faith in eqory In stance, out In a majority of cases it WILL BE EFFECTIVE, and they will disappear. Secretary Folger is in sympa thy with the purposes of the bill.

Ho says that olaima baaed upon occurrences of half a century ago are stiU pending in the various departments. Statutes of lim itations, he adds, aro not in the nature of a refusal to pay a juBt and admitted claim. If vindictive at all. they are the penalties of sloth and negligence. Their true nature Is, ne urges, protection froma second where payment has once made, oragalnst an unjust demand where written evidence of its illegality has been destroyed.

Speoial statutes, ha concludes, are known to congressional legislation and one general in its character would be healthful. G. P. D. GROUND FOR A NATIONAL CEMETERY.

ItEeasnrcs In tbe Slate Iiegislature Wlilcli Affect Brooklyn Fartber Powers for the Mayor. Special Correspondence of the Eagle. January 21, The beaming countenance of "Deacon" Richardson was seen in tho Senate Chamber this even. ing. He Informed mo that ho is hers in the interest of the New York pilots and Bhall appear to morrow before the Senate committeo to oppose the passage of the bill to reduce the fees.

The first bill considered to night in tha Senate was the'one introduced last week by Eenator Jacobs. It was ordered to a third reading without opposition. The text of the bill is as follows The jurisdiction' of this 8tate over, a certain piece or parcel of land situate partly in the Town of New Lots, Kings County, and partly in the Town of Newtown, QueoDS County, containing fifteen and thlrtv nioe one hundredth acres, an accurate description and plot of wuiou, swuru iu uv au omcer 01 mo oxaie or new vorjr. is hereby ceded to the United States of America for thn purpose of establishing a national cemetery whenever earn iana suau oe acquiroa oy too unitea states Provided that this cession is upon the express condition that tne mats oi new xpr, snail retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United fitates in' aud over said land when acquired as aforesaid so far as that all civil and crim inal process iBsnlng under the authority of this State JDB7, do exooDiea on sua. una in fne same way ana manner as if this act had not been passed, and exclusive Jurisdiction shall revert to this State whenever said land Bhall cease to be the property of the United States.

(The land aforesaid when acaolred Shall bo forever ex. ompt from all taxes and' assessments so long as the' same shall remain the property, of tbe Doited States. The Government plot in Cypress Hills Cemetery is now completely occupied and fifteen acres of land adjoining is desired by the United; States for the purposes 'of a national burial ground. The Government cannot take tho land unless first ceded to 'it by jurisdiction of the State, Senator Jacobs said the Federal Government would expend about $50,090 in purchasing the land and Improving it for cemetery purposes. SEALERS OF.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Senator Daggett introduced ajiill to night giving the Mayor of Brooklyn still further powers, namely, to appoint tho Scalers of Weights and Measures. It is claimed that during tae contest for tho organization of the Board of Aldormon the sealors have an opportunity to rush in and levy tribute by reselling Tbisi Mr. Daggett says, can bo avoided by tho appointments being mads on the first of the year by tho Mayor. The text the bill Is as follows Hereafter the Sealers of Weichts and Measures in and for tho City of Brooklyn shall 'be appointed by tho Mayor of said oitv alone, on the first Mondav of Jann.

sry next succeeding each election by a mayor iu said city, and tuoh Sealers of Weights and Measures shall hold office at the pleasure of tluv Mayor for the term of two years. See. 11. On and aftar first day. ft January next succeeding theoleotion ota mayoVih ttie'Oili' of Brooke lya tne duties and powers, of dealers ot WeWhts an'd thfr Twraona aonnt nlnA ah mrnviiliA in, this nh G.

Three Electric Light Companies Asking for Franchise. Business Transuded After the OranlM. tion of the IIoard A Proposition to Hold Evening: Sessions Increase of the Tire Department President Olena Makes a Brief Address The Rejected Slate." The proceedings of the Board of Aldermen yesterday afternoon subsequent to the organization and the putting througu of tlio slate of pointinentH wero of uo interest to most or the sjm tators who filled tho chamber and the crowd melted away to small proportions. Tho points of the balanco of tho session are appended. THREE ELECTRIC LIGHT FRANCHISES WANTED.

Tho following petitions wore presumed by Aldermen Bimon, MeCarty and Conner respectively snd will bo considered by the Lamp and Gas Committee to bo ap. pointed To tlie Honorable, As Common Council: The undersigned company respectfully petition vour honorable body for pei mission to er. ct poles and wires for illuminating purpi scs and to maintain the same subject to and under tho supervision of the Commissioner of the Department of City Works, tliroujjli and upon the following streets ani avenues Fulton street to Flatbush avenue, Hatbush avenuo to Atlantic avonue, Atlautic avenue to Furniau street Furman street to Fultun, Slyrtlo avenue to Bedford avenue, Court street, from Fulton to Atlautic avenuo. Iu coiiB dorotion of said privilege as anpl.ed for we will furnish tlio citv freo of cost mip lifl.t onn die power for eaeh filly lights furnished by us to patrons also fuur lights of candle power to bo placed where deeiunated by tl.e city authorities. The company is prt pan to enter into a bond satisfactory to tbe ty for the fidibful erfoimance of its contract, tho tame to he approved by tho Mayor nnd Corporation Counsel.

Tub CrrizEss' Electric Illuminating Liberty street. To the Honorable thr. Common Council; Tbe People's District Electric Liuht finmiimn limii ed, Incorporated under Chapter till. Laws 1875, State of New York, do hereby ask peruiis siou to erect poles and maintain wires for furnishing oliwtrie lights within that portion of the City of Brooklyn known as tin EaBtem District and within the boundui ii of Find street. Division avonue, Graham avenue and Nortb Second street, inclusive, upon the following conditions nisi.

Aiiai. saiu company snail covenant and atrreo with tho city that aa Holes luav be used ttv thi. and Fire Departments of said city for tho.r telegraph Second 'Chat said comoanv shall covennnt mid nnwn with tho city to I uruisli the city with four (4) arc electric lights of 2,000 caudle power each and to place aud maintain the same at such poiuts as may be fixed or designated by tbe Commissioner of City Works, without chargo or expense to tho city. xiiira bbiu company rurther covenants and agrees to uruiBh to the city for public uso freo of cxnensn mm aro electric light of 2,000 candle power for every fifty Km ii 3 Fourth That tbe said compauy shall enter into an agreement witn tho city embodying the foregoing conditions and such other aud further regulatious as to the dotails of the work of erecting such poles, etc. Fifth That said company shall enter into a bond with the city for the faithful performance of saldagrea meut and ail parts thoreof, said bond to be executed by two or more securities to bo approved by tho Mayor aud Corporation Counsel.

Geohge f. Swift, President, H. C. Buckuout, Secretary, J. W.

Newbekq, Treasurer. To the Honorable, (he Abler men and Common allt of the Ci of Brouk yn The petition of the Kings County Electric Li lit Company or corporation duly organized under tho Lat of tho State of New York, and doing business lu sai6 County of Rings respectfully shows That iu acourdauco with and pun uint to a resolution duly adopted at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Baid company, your petitioner pmis That tlio petitioner may have granted to i tho right aud privilege of erecting aud maintaining poles in the streets, avenues and lanes of the City of Brooklyn, and running wires thereon for the purp of electric lighting, or of placing said wires underground in salt streets, avenues and lauea at your petitioners optioa for the like purpose or both. And your petitioner in consideration of tho granting of such right aud privilogo will furnish to the City oi Brooklyn one light free of charge for every fifty lights erected by your petitioner ouch lights for the city to be placed in such a position as your petitioner's circuit may be directed by tbe Mayor and Superiutendeut ot Public Works of the City of Brooklyn. And your petitioner will ever pray Chables Coopeu, President, Kings Conuty Electric Light Company. INCREASING THE FIRE FORCE.

Fire Commissioner Partridge sent iu a communica, tion sottlug forth that su increase of the force was about to bo made, and that it was his judgment that tho locations of tho company hoiues should bo as follows ono engine house in tlie territory bouuded by Broadway. Third street, Grand street and the East River; ono engine house lu tho territory bouuded by Patchev avenue, Putnam avenue, Jacob 8tet. nnshwiek aveuu( and Kossuth place; aud a hook and ladder truck houst in the territory bounded by Sixth, Atlantic. Flalbusb, aud Third avenues and Warren Blreet. The requisitt amount of money for the erection of the houses ha been raised.

Tho Commissioner requested that tin Board take action to acquire three lots of at least aixlOt each. Bererred to the Fire Department Committed when appointed. EVENING SESSION. Aid. Bowers offered a resolution providing that the regular sessions of the Board horeafter bo held at P.

SL (excepting in July, August aud September, wlion they shull be held at 2 P. and adjourn at 10 P. 1L unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the member presents Beferred to the Speeial Committeo ou Bulei already appointed. Aid. Dimou is chairman of the committee.

JUSTICE KIEHL'S REQUEST Justico Kiebl sent in a communication asking thi Board "locate a court room within the con fines of the district to which had been elected," in accordance with chapter 221, Laws of 1883. This law provides that tho JiiBtices of the Peace must hold court iu tho judicial districts for which thoy wore elected. The matter was referred to the Lands aud Buildings Commute when appointed. PRESIDENT OI.ENA SPEAKS. Just before the Board adjourned Mr.

Olena took occasion to express his thanks for having been elected president of the Board. Ho added It is certainly very great honor to be chosen to preside over a body like this, and I esteem it as suclu My aim shall be on aB occasions to act impartially on all questions of pub. lie polioy and use my best efforts to promote tho interests ot the City of Brooklyn. I call only say, gentlemen, that wo are all iu common uuisou, I presume, for the good work beforo us, aud as far as I am concerned, I will carry out my pledges so far as I know how, to do my best to promote the interests of the city. I again thank you, aud have nothing further to say.

TBE REJECTED SLATE. The appointments proposed by Aid. Collins (Eepnb lican) lu the resolutions ho offered as au amendment those of tho regulars early iu tbe session, wero follows E. W. Price, clerk to committees Pnlaski O.

Wilso assistant clerk Francis Svroll, sergeant at arms; Joepl Wagner, keeper of Truaut Home Mrs. Wagner, niatroi of Truant Home Charlea Studdard, night watcbiual at Truaut Home Andrew Coleman, watchman at Trw ant Home; Michael Farrell, farmer at Truant Home: John Noouau and James Bridges, sealers of weights and. measures for Second Congressional District James Fagau aud Francis Carolau, sealers of weights and measures, lor Third Congressional District; Edward Seiiwindle and John Bender, sea'ers of weights ancj. measures for Fourth District Zachariab SinimoUB and John H. Fisher, sealer of weights aud liieasuros for Fifth Congressional District Thomas O'Hearn, keeper, Mrs.

O'Hearn, matron, and Frank Eberth, watchman of tho Twelfth Ward bath John Gettens, keeper, Mrs. Bose Gettens, matron, aud Patrick O'Hara, watchman of the bath heretofore located at tho foot of Bridge street John J. Reed, keeper Mrs. Caroline Beed, matron, and Wiliiim L. Henuinger, watchman of the Eastern Hfr'ct Bath.

The resolutions were rej.cled by a vote of 11 to 8. those in the negative being Aldermen Scoit, Olena, Con, ner, McCarty, SterUng, Cnrran. Kane, Black, Boesch. Mathls and Eualo. aiie appointments that were mads (as published yesterday) were carried by a vote of 10 to 0.

those in tbe affirmative being tbe Aldermen lust named with the exception of Mr. Scott TO BAKE NEEDED REPAIRS. Tlie Stockholders of tbe Academy of ratulc Decide to Declare No Dividend. Officers Elected. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Academy of Muslo was held lsst night in the directors' room of the Academy after the annual meeting of the directors.

Judah B. Yoorhics acted aa chairman and Charles A. TownBend as secretary. The president, Henry K. Sheldon, in making bis an nual statement said that the capital stock was $200,000, that all the liabilities were paid and that there were no debts against the corporation except those incurred by tbe actual running expenses.

THE TREASURER'S REPORT. The treasurer, Mr. Frothingham, thenread his annual statement which was aa follows Receipts Dramas, $4,725 operas and operettas. 92. 660 mati.iees, J325 concerts, $2,870 Philbarmonlo concerts, $1,950 lectures, $2,505 exhibitions, $1,415 receptions, $450 fairs in auditorium, $1,650 balls in auditorium, $2,200 fairs In Assembly Booms, $1,830 Assembly Rooms lectures, $1,027.14 pnblic meetinEs.

$2,505 Sunday services, $1,100 rent of directors' room, $105 extra gas, $180.50 interest, $583.01 consolidation of stocks, $200. Total, 28,227.25. Balance on hand, $4, 340.0a Total, $32,507.33. Expenditures Insurance, $2,250 taxes, $5,870.78 coal, gas. $1,391.36 gas linbtlug and labor, carpenters' work on the ball floor and lumber, $802.99 painting and decor ating, scenery, $623; carpets, curtains, upholstery and dry goods, $122.58 salaries, $2,402.60 cleaning aud labor, nshers, plumbing, furnaces, $591.29 hardware, $18a41; advertising, stationery, telegrams, postages, $10L77 repairs.

total, dividend, $8,000. There is balance on baud in Nassau Bank of $3,914.45, in Dim! savings imui oi frj.uuu; loauea on can making an aggregate of $11,944.43. Mr. Hcufy W. Maxwell moved that tho llialanca in the treasury be expended iu repairing tbe seats of thi Academy aud auy such other improvements as waa necessary to keep the building on a par witb the otber large places of amnsement He said tho seats at pres.

ent were very uncomfd.lable, and it would be a good thing to brlug the Acad jmy into better repute bo far aa theatrical entertainmel.ts were concerned, than it baa heretofore been. Mr. White seconded the motion and said that It vu better to apend the money on improvements than to mako a dividend. Mr. Tucker said that tbe scats should be numbered on the front as well as on the back.

Judge McCue said that ho was inclined to agree with the majority of the trustees. I he motion of Mi Maxwell was carried. The foUowiug gentlemen were elected directors fol five years Messrs. Alexander M. White, Josiah O.

Low, Samuel McLean, Houry D. Polhemus and E. R. Lyman. mi mooting then adjourned.

Crazy Palcbworh Send to the Yale Silk Wobks, New Haven, for a dollar! package of their beautiful silks for patch work. BUSINESS NOTICES. TWELVE MILLION BIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS (13,000,000.) OF H1GGIRS' GERMAN LAUNDRY SOAP DURING THK YBAB 1883 Ml IPYO'U ABE HOT ALREADY USING IT. TBT AND YOU WILL BE CONVINCED OF ITS SUPB RIOBirT. 8EE THAT EACH WRAPPER AND OAKS BEARS THE NAMEOP OHAS.

6. HIGGDJS. TRADE MARKTHE COLORED WOMAN AT THH WA8HTUB, HITCHCOCK'S POPULAR MUSIC STORE, Ban Budding, 106 Nassau New Vorlt, QpPita City Hall near Brooklyn Bridge. ONE THIRD DISCOUNT ON ALL MUSIO. Household Sayinia stop on your way ion at Hitthcock's." get me tbe latest Opera at Hitcbonck's," 'Srother, remember my Music at Hitchcock's." 'Jte, in Duylngat Hitchcock's weesve inonm, SJyaon.

youoau get all musio at oyeryjiublisber'smusioisat The moat accessible music store in Neir York." WR. MONCK'S AFFIDAVITS iteiABTlAGBf TQibAY'S Eagle rHundrd ol "Tasteri i KHUnuKKB on ven vi.auouas ireawai JABLKS, UMdi 'and the apparently DYIrW: The Annual Sato A Gratifying ExMMHon and an Increase in Premiums and Rentals of 4,800 Orer Last Year's Flsrures Dr. Talmae's Introductory Address. The third annual sale of the pews of the Brooklyn Tnbernacle took place last evening and was' very largely attended, not only by the members of the' congregation, bnt also by many ont eiders. Among tlio prominent ropresentativea of tha church present wero the pastor, the Bev.

T. DeWitt Talmoge, Mr. a NioholB, Dr. H. A Tanker, Mr.

Charles M. Stafford, Mr, B. Burroughs, Mr. John Wood and Mr. John Besaon.

Prior to the opening of tho sale Mr. Henry Eyre Browuo rendered a choice selection of mualo on grand organ with admirable effect. Much Interest wa manifested in the proceedings, and there waa some rivalry among those desirous of securing1 the best seats In the epacious edlflco. The total amount realized by the sale was $31,482,60, which inoluded both rentals and premiums! The premiums were $3,952.50, and the rentals were $17,530. Tho advance on premiums was $700, and on rentals $3,600, making a total of $4,300 in excess of last year's figures.

EEMABKS OF DE. TAIiMAOB. Shortly before 8 o'clock, Dr. Talmago ascended the platform and called the assemblage to order. Ho said Another revolution of tho wlioel has bronKht us to the annual pew rental.

We are only two years old iu this mode of doing things. It bus begun well and unto what it may grow iu ten or fifteen years I cannot prophesy. As a religions institution we never knew so uritsummneasmis. wo aro one in purpose and ono in hopo. We aro all trying to build au organization that will lost long after we are gono like Surrey Chapel, London, at the ninetieth anniversary of which I preached uujwYuiu jjut a mnsiiroom out a Xieoanon cedar.

Asleep in his cradle to night, on tlio banks of the Hudson, or tho Susquehanna, or the St. Lawrence, or the Alabama, is one who shall preach on this platform when our lips havo taken the sacrament of tho dust. I have entire confidence In the ever increasing et.u,.iimt.jr ui fcue iieupie. mis cuurcu lias a multitude of friends who are always ready to flock to us standards aud movo in solid phalani. As pastor, I am not a uew broom that sweeps clean.

It is almost fifteen years since I came here, and there is no need that I te ll you what kind of gospel will bo preached. Vie aro trying to make this the brightest, happiest, healthiest church possible. At peace with all other churches wo havo ouW this ambition: to beat ourselves we want want 1884 to eclipse 1883 and all its pre uctsouiB. vur iiieume now luuy meets our out go but we want to advance into wider work, aud add every possible attraction, and that we can do if you will run up the receipts Irom the pews. Do your best I know you will.

What wo do for Christ and the church will bo pleasant to think of when wo are on the pillow from which wo shall not ourselves havo strength to rise. Our regrets then will not be that we did too much, but that wo did too little. Wo should remember that we provide uot only for ourselves, but for the multitude of sirsugers wno come here Sabbath by Sabbath from the four winds of heaven. Wo are metropolitan. Yes, we are cosmopolitan, and all denominations aro welcomed hero.

If we bad in onr views one drop of sectarian blood wo would take out our penknife and open the vein and let the accursed droD oa capn. We bate biROtry as we hato the devil. While wo noja witn ineradicable grip to the great vital truths of ChiL tianity wo are so indifferent about tho uon essentials that if a Presbytoriau come in we give him a Westminster Catechism, aud if a Methodist come in wo have an aujrious scat at which he may kneel, and we lot him cry Amen," In the prayer meetings, aud If a Baptist come in wo lift the platform of the pulpit aud show him the deep wafers of tho baptis iry, and if an Episcopalian come in we have chanting, while against all our sins we cry out iu the words of the liturgy, 'Good Lord deliver us," and if a Lutheran corao iu we vis with him in admiration for the broad cheeked, great hearted fouuder of that sect, and then when a revival, comes like that Which now blej.Hrvq onr nhm nl, a mighty current of hallelujah sWoeps away even tho memory of ecclesiastical preferences. If a man prefer artistic auu oxquisue music we tell him to llslen to tho trained QUartet aud PrufeX.W Rrnwnnn mntnhtoa i fin Rcriug of the toys find treading of the pedals, while if oue prefer congregational singing wo hand him a hymn book aud expect him to open wide his mouth, throw buck Ills head aud join tho thunder of chorus which at every eorvico rolls out on nil tho surrounding avenues, Glory to God iu tho highest and on earth peace, good will to men. I now introduce Mr.

Ford, who will preside at this meeting. Mr. Edward E. Ford, the auctioneer, stepped briskly to tho front of the nlatform as the Rev. I.r.

TulmiuiA concluded his remark's and after reading the terms of the sale announced that he was ready to begin the business of the evening amid much applause. Mr. B. Uui roughs and Mr. John Wood recorded the numbers, mimes and premiums as the announcements were made.

Dr. H. A. Tucker, treasurer of the Board of Trustees, secured pew No. 229, the same seat which he had last year, naviiut a rental of son and of $260 for tne privilege.

Tho next best seats wero taken by Uharlos M. Stafford, John Wood, E. H. Branch, iu. i ucuuis, itiarsuun anu Lirapor, J.

A. (Jatiiu auu The details of the sale are as follows THE SALE OF PEWS. Name. 4 229.. 332..

310.. 230.. 311.. 410.. Dr.

H. A. Tuoker Cimrles M. ctufford Wood E. H.

Branch O. M. Mamhal). Uraiwi and Ri.llh inn. S'JO 80 $260.00 2a0.00 110.00 llo.OO 110.00 10 i.OO 1011.00 85.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 70.0J Co.UO C6.0I) 67,00 60.00 60.00 61).

(10 60. U0 60.00 45.00 40.00 40.00 35.00 85.00 82.00 8.5.00 31.00 29.00 29.00 28.00 23.00 27.00 25.00 26.00 25.00 46.00 25.00 25.00 20.00 20.00 18.00 17.00 20.00 16.00 16 00 16.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 75 90 80 J. A. C'atlin T. A.

Swan 100 1UII 85! 100 73 CO: (30 60 75 60 60 CO 90 100 SO S. H. liverett Kginttn A Co H. D. Dmmmt.

228.. 407.. 232.. I 231. John Besson H.

Ferguson. Mrs. H. iStrybing E. B.

Merritt i John Wobb 301.. 312.. 331.. k. ti.

roiiion F. M. Lawrence Moflrfc and Harper H. 8. Amber.

329.. 165.. J. M. White.

Jr. T. E. Lathrep B. Burroughs 316..

60 90l 76 227 409.. A. 207.. lE. W.

B.nnjm 164.. B. F. Webb 184. Iljtinnarri Unodv 75: 100 95 80 60 75 60 50 167.

and Hambiin 180.. J. B. Newton Johnson 185.. A.

K. 182.. JW. Ktonthoff and Mrs. X.

rj. jora 428.. Hall and Kearn 233.. James E. TncJcer 168..

it chard Eeils Si SO 60 60 50 60 314.. L. W. Pennington 828.. P.

S. Smith 313.. W. H. Wa.ton..

414.. Bemrer and Cummings. 408. Hendricks snd Kerr W.J. Furl ugh 146..

W. B. Mend. Do 80 "85 50 80 50 411.. J.

T. Holman 429.. O. W. Miller 426..

JantesS. Swan 300.. James N. Mills 127.. G.

B. Oartwright 412.. W. E. Oapen 315..

George O. Sexton A 430.. E. W. Taylor 150..

and Shnrman 60 60 60 60 75 "60 80 75 224.. William Sloan 447.. H. 448.. is.

D. Brown 253.. J. Randall Alden Wattles 803. Hubert Thompson 804..

John Csssidy 10.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 14.00 14.00 15.00 14.00 14.00 13.00 15.00 14.00 13.00 13.00 12.00 14.00 13.00 11.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 10.00 11.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 1100' 10.00 10.00 11. 00 10.00 11.00 11.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 8.00 7.U0 7.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 7.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 7.00 6.00 6,00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 5.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 1 6.00 5.50 6.00 5.00 6.00 6.00' 5. 00 6.00 6.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 5.00 6.00 ,6.00 S.OO 6.1 6.00 6.00 "so 60 55 35 48 40 60 60 40 50 40 35 40 F. A. FiBnor 84.

220.. is. Sterling 122. Wil liims und Blakelv 200. George M.

Anderson ltt.to. Dnrling H. Evans 33.. IH R. Rrnwn.

214.. I. H. Jensen 63.. N.

B. Killmer. 17.. C. E.

Bluckwell 68.. A. Coker 25 35 751 40 40 48 55 430.. D. Merritt 144..

GeoircL. Avers Edward Hsl 50.. 1. A. Ketcham 235..

L. W. Pennington 01.. John Burnll O. W.

Hart 40 40 60 25 30 143.. J. O. Ohadwick 15.. A.

B. Christopher Ruland 163. Dnbey and Delaney 101 IWilllun Bntcher. 60 20 60 833.. Captain Jenkins 481..

I Chamberlain and Garter fe 40 60 234.. J. A. P. Fisk 601 "0 tl.

326.. 467.. i 67.. 325.. i 450..

I 408.. 468.. I 148. 452.. I 42..

62.. 151.. H. A. 60 w.

jHcuonongh Peter All Hartshorne. Jr. 40 35 35 40 60 O. E. Brown H.

Wood A. Harnsv P. Sargent 60 60 76 40 60 40 35 SO 60 25 50 40 35 J. wumsrtu ar James J. Matchett.

M. E. iCornell and Stryker J. H. Phillips F.

H. Rainhridn William Josepb S. Lookwood K. K. M.

Mubarren, 179.. 558.. 451.. 170.. 191..

68.. 71.. 444.. 139 55.. 401..

317.. 61.. 100.. 128.. 43..

16.. 152.. 31.. 422.. 134..

454.. 14,. 590.. A. B.

Lindaley. I. D. Tyson. D.

M. Souls SO 60 IA. W. Shsdbolt 30 Benjamin F. Kelly 401 and L.

h. I ver. SO J. B. ttowyer 40 Dr.

J. 80 25 30 25 35 26 65 40 20 60 60 Adoloh Rouaret. O. F. Thompson B.

Whitney 4 Co John Jenslns W. Uakley O. H. Bhken Baker and Sproule Mrs. D.

M. Talmage A. Polhemns Thomas I. Cboley Junn itamsay J. M.

Sawyer 25! 30 25! F. w. Ames Mrs. Bletoher 30 J. O.

D. Polhemus 20. 36 40! 30! 3. u. ueonwitn A.

M. MUler. J. A. Dewey G.

W. Harris Mrs. E. O. Ohisholm; 40 25 85 30 60 48 601 100.

H. Newman and F. C. Mead J. Vanderveer.

637. G. 321! B. H. 47 Joseph W.

Downing 72.. Mrs. S. H. Knox B.

F. Wells 402.. 305.. Lattridge and 416.. G.

W. Diraock 73.. J. Mo Lure. 42..

Mrs. 75. O. E. Sporerl 318..

O. Oollyer 26.. H. Fletoher 190.. L.

Robertson 433.. W. W. Wotmoro 77L. E.

432.. Bobinson and Brown 172.. William Smith. 46.. Mrs.

Ki.csim 215.. Q. Whitson 189.. O. H.

Courtney. 153. B7. 45.. Farley aud Galway 5..

John I. Alston 49.. H. A. Tucker 171 W.

H. Bodnelland 35 20 25 55 39 35 80 30 .21 25 40 35 50 80 60 85 25 80 50 15 60 85 40 35 464. I J. W. O.

D. WynkOop F. Voorheea John G. Bohlen F. H.

E. Wells'. 177. 203. 25 40 35 35 324..

O.IHI 6.00 802.., U. I .0. 50 35. 128.. 41..

38., 133.. 54.. 678. w. j.

lienor) ckb Dr. H. A. Tucker 60 40 BO 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 S.OO 5.00 4.00 6.00 4,00 Mrs. O.

W. l. H. Hendriokson W. M.

Gray A W. 8. Rinlevand 0.cott....... J. T.

Pearson. W. Hhrraand 423.. 486.. I 4.00 4.00 6.00 6.00 4.00 3.0Q 8.00 8.00 3.00 8.00 8,00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 3.00 8.00 8.00 2.00 2.00' 2.00 a do 2.00 a.

oo 2.00 ffi. 405. 674. Jehu Britton L. H.

Smith and Frost J. H. P. Laird J. Leonaid 605.

11.. 522.. 400.. 92.. IU.

J. I. R. Stateabury W. H.

Edward Genung F. O. 0. N. Porter.

1. O. Bimonson Pryme and Sniff en B.F. 102 223.. 222..

217.. 1H2 835 1I1H 310. 460. 204. 18.

G. Noycs. O. H. Daniel urana.

Mrs. E. Caldwell. 20 230. 461.

4 J. T. J. L. A.

B. Evans and Soatt. BlgolowA Mrs. Jennie Alexander 30 10 60 45 76 60 40 212. 472.

221. 407. 471. 2 00 1 uo SOD 963 336. 178: Ulradlev A .801 15 .601 u.uu 2.00 Kn OcK.

129. 466. wmtneysuo. G. Morton A.

a. a (to livfWmrr SWells JohriV. as 35 :20 30 11) 443: jotrnson. J. hands of gentlemen who seemed to regard the cheese paring syBtem as the art of arts the fares were neurly twice as high as on compet ing lines trains were run loss frequently than on competing lines the terminal facilities in Brooklyn were reduced toa conditionboth awk ward and dangerous the hotel arrangements at the beaph.whichusedto be of the first order, Sunk to un exceedingly low estate; thegroands were given over to neglect or patohed up in a' manner suggestive of the country cobbler rather than of the landscape artist's hand, and the music, which in times gone by hod Deon delight to innumerable multitudes, beoamo of that dismal order at which dogs howl and sensitive people swear when it is made by strolling bonds on city streets.

The wonder is, not that the travel fell off the amazing thing is that there was any travel at all. So far as the.f nture is concerned, we see no reason for doubting that the company can do well under proper direction. The road iB among the best in the country. It is soundly built and excellently equipped. It is the shortest line be tween the center of Brooklyn and tho beach and every advance in our population must in crease the number of those who would patronize it.

It has a further and exceedingly valuable ad vantage in the fact that it has no taint of theft or rasfelity upon it. The men who invested their money in it, under the presidency of the late Judge Lott, put in good, honest capital, paid squarely for every foot of land they took, se cured the good will of every farmer through whose ground their line ran, and expected no return on any species of bogus stock. So long as Coney Island continues to be the natural seaside resort for tho great mass of people in the two cities, who have neither the time nor the money required to visit moro secluded places, this joad must have in it the elements of prosperity. Indeed, it has come to be so related to Brooklyn that its collapse would be a popular misfortune. To shut it up or curtail its usefulness would be an act more severely felt in the heat of Summer than the laying of an embargo on i'ulton street.

For these and similar reasons it is much to be hoped that the present diffi culties will soon be overcome. Recovery and Distribution of Public In the course of the correspondence between Mr. C. P. Huntington and his "friend Colton," recontly published and scattered throughout the country, the amiablo writer and corrap tionist expressed his opinions frankly both as to the character of the Congress he had to deal with and the members who ran up the price of their favors in proportion to his bids.

Among other candid expressions he applies one to the House of Representatives at one time which indicates its entire opposition to him and his railroad schemes, thus satisfying the coun try that the National Legislature was not utterly corrupt. Mr. Huntington's hatred was equivalent to a vindication and his favor to a condemnation. Nevertheless Mr. Huntington succeeded in securing legislation favorable to his schemes and hostile to thoso of Colonel Scott, though, owing to the combinations of salable members and Senators he was forced to pay rather dearly.

By an odd coincidence Mr. Huntineton has been in Washington lately; indeed, it is not improbablo that he was thero yesterday when notion concerning him and men like him was taken in the House with much suddenness and significance. Mr. Huntington is reported to have cheered his great soul with tho reflection that he had nothing to fear from the present Congress. If sound, this assumption would have boded ill to the country, for what is favorable to Mr.

Huntington as a railroad man is hostile to the country, and vice versa. What ho had most to fear was action in volving the forfeiture of certain lands which he was anxious to retain. By an astonishing vote which clearly indicated that from this Congress Mr. Huntington has everything to fear and the country much to hope, preliminary action of that very kind was taken and further aud immediate action ordered. The resolutions presented by Mr.

Holman.of In diana, relative to the subject, aud directing the Committee on Public Lands to report hills expressing the views of tho House as to the futuro disposal of the public domain defined beyond mistako a polioy which tho railroad pirates cannot view without consternation. Two subjects were considered in these reso lutions. The more urgent of the two had ref erence to the railroad lands. As is well under stood some years ago Congress subsidized a number of railroad corporations by gifts of public lands conditioned upon the accomplishment of certain specified work. For every milo of railroad built a certain amount of land was ceded in case of failure to fulfill these conditions the land was to lapse back to the Government.

The law of forfeiture, however, was not self operative. It required an act of Congress to declare the land forfeited, and has been the objoct in chief of tho corporations interested, through such men' as Mr. Huntington, to block such legislation as was necessary. Efforts have been put forth in the House from time to time to declare and thus legally complete the forfeiture, but they have been successfully met by the friends of tho railroads. The means employed Mr.

Huntington has kindly made known through his condemnation of Senatorial greed and the communistic spirit of the House. In the face of the figures expressing the interests at stake one is appalled by the utter recklessness with which the public trust was betrayed by Congress. To fifteen railroads some of acres of the public domain were conditionally ceded. To threo alone tho great bulk of this gift was made. Happily the roads which were to hove benefited so hugely have not taken advantage of their opportunity.

They have earned by fulfilling the conditions but 21,000,000 consequently 100,000, 000 acres are yet actually owned by the Government and by the passage of a bill declaring them forfeited, will bo rescued from the pirates who have employed the most desperate means that unscrupulous men have yet ventured to make use of in dealing with Congress. The almost unanimous vote by which the new pol icy of the House was defined gives encouragement to the belief that the present session will see this matter settled in spite of Mr. Huntington's ingenuous threat to "litigate the lands for twenty years." second proposition involved in the resolutions was inevitable. It has, of course, kinship with these forfeited railroad lands, but it contemplates a larger matter, since it dealB with tho entire unoocupied land of the country. Hitherto, in providing for the settlement of these lands, Congress4ias proceeded upon the assumption that the acreage of the United States was practically inimitable.

It was so difficult to form a conception of the area of our share of the continent, and the unknown, compared with the familiar territory, was so vague and vast that it seemed as though no deduction made anv appreciable impression upon the mass. This, no doubt, in a measure accounted for tho prodigality with which it was surrendered by Congress to the railroads, and to tho lax legislation by which it was allowed to be seized by pre emption. It is now apparent that vast and magnificent as the tillable acreage of the country is, it has well defined limits, and that of the whole surface of the country, while there is enough to prevent overcrowding for to come, a considerable portion is not of a character to mpport human life. Wohavo now reached a pretty accurate general under standing of tho amount of land then la to dispose can, with great advantage to the public, be kept under constant surveillaace, and they have so treated their neighbors in the Board that the latter will, with real pleasure, discharge the duty of holding them in check. Referring to this complication, the Tribune of this morning falls into the mistake of saying that the present Board is no improvement on its predecessor.

It had been hoped," adds the Tribune, that with the reorgauizo tiou of the Board, by doing away with rep rcsentation by wards, reducing the number of members from 25 to 19, and abolishing salaries, the disgraceful dickering over the limited spoils within the Board's control would disappear. Such hopes have proved futile, and therefore the outlook for the last Brooklyn experiment in municipal reform is had." This is utterly erroneous. We linve had no Board of Aldermen for a long bme in which there were so many men worthy of publio trust as there are in the present Board. We cannot recall the time before when the Spectacle was presented of four Aldermen re Bating the dictates of a party oaucus on the jiuple ground that the thing proposed was incompatible with their duty to tho public. have been times without number when Aldermon bolted because they were not given hat they conceived to be their proijer share Of tne patronage, but that is not this case.

Hie quarrel was not about shares. It began and ended with a determination on tho part of Iho four independents to vote for any man who might be presented, if they had reason to regard him as coming up to what they believed to be the requirements of the service, and not under any circumstances to vote for any other kind of men. Tho people of Brooklyn, therefore, instead of having cause to take tho Tribune's view of tho situation we Hunk, with great propriety, look upon what ins been accomplished as a decided advance in, the right direction. Tho bill reorganizing tho Board was expected to put the balance of power in the hands of the eight Aldermen at Large. As the districts are laid ont, one is sure Kepublican and two almost equally snro Democratic.

As each district elects four members and there are eight Alder maruc members in addition ohosen by the city at large, it follows that the people, by taking care to vote for no candidate on the general bokct who is not of known good character, can, under this arrangement, give themselves a security against mere partisanship which the ward system did not admit of. That they did not succeed completely on the first trial is not to be wondered at. Not only was the mode of election new, but attention was somewhat diverted from the Aldermanio ticket by the exceptional interest taken in the contest for the Mayoralty. The source of as tonishment is rather in the fact that so much discrimination was shown. Ono of the eight Republican candidates at large was choson and tho others ran so close a race ns to make it plain that thero is very little margin for nicro partisans to count on nowadays in Brooklyn.

It is noticeable, also, that tho Democrats who received the highest votes in the last election have inm.njflltexunr.erconsideration acted opposition to the caucus a fact which shows aSsA the people did not greatly misjudge their men. In view of what occurred yesterday wo do not believe that any of the ten men ffho voted for the "slate" will give the people an rjpportunity to pass judgment on them two Pulpit Changes. Although some members of the Bedford avenue Reformed Church were hopeful that Dr. Duryea would accept the offer of the pastorate made vacant a few months ago by Dr. Porter's resignation, it was not believed by those acquainted with Dr.

Duryea that he would consent to leave Boston. Dr. Duryea, although a logical and able preacher, is not what would be called a pulpit orator. His strength lies in the depth and consistency of his pastoral work as a whole. He is a man who infuses his own steady going characteristics into all the branches of church work, including Sunday school administration, week day lectures and theological and literary studies.

He does not draw crowds on the Sunday, but his influence is felt all the week by his congregation and he has the power of retaining those whom he attracts. This kind of pastoral relationship acquires strength as it goes on, aud makes both the pastor reluctant to part from his people and the people eager to retain their pastor. In his letter of declinature Dr. Dnryeft candidly tells the Bedford avenue Reformed Church that the injury his leaving Boston would do the Central Congregational Church there could not be repaired in a long course of time. "Every consideration," he says, "based on tho need and demand of the peo pie of the Central Church and the people associated with it in its various relations, "holds and cannot be released." The Bedford avenue Reformed Church, therefore, remains in statu quo, so far as finding an acceptable successor to Dr.

Porter is concerned. Socio other pastorates aro vacant in Brooklyn, mostly of the Baptist denomination. The Hanson place Baptist Church has now been for many months without a regular pastor. Since tho Kev. H.

O. Pentecost left the Baptist denomination as well as the Marcy avenue Church, no successor to him has been chosen. It is understood that there is a difficulty in finding a pastor, owing to the divided state of this church on the subjeot of or close communion. At tho Washington avenue Baptist Church, tbenRev. Emory J.

Haynes has resigned the pastorate, but as the resignation has not been formally accepted by the church, we presume that Mr. Haynes will continue to occupy the pulpit until further action is taken. His position is not so desirable a one as that of some other ministers with ragard to going or staying. He agreed, it appears, to resign within a given time, at the request of some leading members of the society some months ago. He received calls from some other churches elsewhere, but none of them seemed to him as desirable as the Washington avenue pulpit.

It is five years since a considerable number of the con gregation found fault with his ministry and, as he then refused to resign, withdrew and formed another congregation tho Emmanuel Baptist Church, This did not restore unanim ity, and it is claimed that the discontented mi nority which then remained form now a ma ority of the members. At tho close ot last bunday morning ser vice, fllr. xlayncs tendered his resignation, having, it is alleged, made all possible efforts that it should not be accepted. He asked that a vote should be taken then and there. and called a friend of his to the chair.

Another friend moved that the resignation be not accepted. ThiB was objected to by several of the members as on attempt to get "a Bnap judgment" when the majority of the mem bers were not present and had no knowledge that the church was to be asked to take action so suddenly'. A regular meeting will therefore be called shortly to oonsider the resignation, If tho phBtor desires to stay out of zeal for the good of the church and attachment to its mem bers, it is a creditable feeling. "But if he is not in harmony with the majority of tho congregation, he would probably consult his own interests as well as. those of the Church by seeking another field of usefulness.

Without any" desire to probe the reasons of the decline of the Washington avenue Baptist Church during the seven years of Mr. Haynes' pastorate, the former secessions and the present dis content are proof that he is not the man fully suited to the place. It sometimes happens, how ever, that a minister who does not meet, the wants of one congregation is just the man for another. Changes in the pulpit are sometimes made with the best results on this ground, Meanwhile, tho usual practice of having a change of preacher every Sunday for a vacant pulpit, in order that the congregation may have a large number of ministers to chooso from, seems to us open to objection. A man may preach most acceptably for one Sunday who would not maintain his power.

A three months' trial would be better. Mr. Peek's Second Failure. Mr. Peck, of Patchogue, seems to be about as unskillful in marksmanship as in finance, His bullet was as unsuccessful as his bank, and his attempt to wreck his life was no more brilliant than his effort to avoid wrecking his and his neighbors' fortunes.

That the cow ering financier intended to put an end to himself is not unlikely, though his logio is not of the best. He attempted to commit suicide in order to escape the danger of being lynched by his plundered fellow townsmen. There is no reason to doubt his fnll recovery. Unsatisfactory as his methods may have been so for as the case of his depositors' money was concerned it is clear that Mr. Peok was not without prudence in his own behalf.

After making a schedule of his accounts for the benefit of his oreditors, which resulted in the exhibition of scarcely any assets, Mr. Peck, under the personal of a finger and thumb upon his nose and another on his throat suoceeded in developing about $2,000 more, just as a casual hat in the hands of a necromancer pours an abundance of feathers, rabbits, gold fish and beautiful bouquets for the ladies. Subjected to still further pressure at the hands of a powerful person it is not improbable that Mr. Peck would have yielded a few hundreds mors. Mrs.

Peck, it seems, has parted with her property in favor of the editors and a dividend at least may be declared by and by. By this time, no doubt, our excellent friends of Patchogue and thereabouts have discovered that the word bank has more than one meaning, and that there may be ns much difference between a Peck bank and an incorporated banking institution, as between a sand bank and a faro bank. For this little bit of information they havo been called upon to pay, some of thorn dearly enough. They have the consolation of knowing, however, that their misfortune will be the means of pro teo ting thousands of other people ngahisfc loss, and that, while apparently viotuns of a doep and; Mb injury, they are really benefactors in dis cruue. it tins bow relation they will he.

dia i years hence. It is not crediting the Demo cratic managers with any abnormal amount of wisdom to assume that they will not accept any sort of responsibility for yesterday's performance. When the time comes round for them to make nominations again they may be depended on to inform the "regulars," who raised Mr. Shanley to the dignity of an issue, ithat they made mistake too serious to be Overlooked. So far as the presidency of the Board is con Jerned, the person who has most to regret is jllr.

Olena. That he is a courteous gentleman of good character will haTdly offset the effect on his political standing produced by bis having received special favor from men whom to be praised by is to be smirched. It would have brightened Mr. Olena's prospects very much had the jobbers of the Board singled lam out for vilification. Meanwhile the familiar question recurs, whether it would not be more profitable for the Democratio organization to pension its political dependents than to suffer them to figure as paupers at the publio crib; If they must live at the expense of the party, why not provide them with stated incomes out of the party's coffers? It will, we judge, be found difficult to harmonize" the rising generation of Democrats on the basis of putting the lame, the.

halt and the blind forward every turn as the only persons who deserve the support of party men. If thiB thing continues, Democrats who are to cast their first vote this y6ar will be gray headed or bald before there will be any opening for them in the offices of tho city. Among the best proofs of the real greatness of Charles Sumner were the feelings of tharity which ho entertained towards the conquered South and. the philosophic wisdom ith which he resisted the of keoping mi 11 mi iMiinwumwi im 1 1 1 i i mini i i i i im ii ii mil hum ii him i mi i i wii i mi iaMiM iMii aiwiisiww.