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BY WIRE TO DAY WARDEN GREEN i as srlvon to the prlsonera at this institution. Cora Visaionor Kissftmwai present on that day and earo muy looked at tho prisoners aud coinpllme iu their BiilouOla physical coutlltluii. At thnt timo opah ment was issued to tho prlsoni ra on four dnya THE OBSEQUIES. Meeting of the Aldermanic Special Committee. day, destroyed the stock of tho latter, valued at 15,000.

Wheolor'B loaa was covered by $3,500 insurance. Johnston's Insurance is $2,000, carried by the Standard and Royal equally. Shblbtvillb, I1L, July 29. Fire at McConnoll's Pariah's lumber yard yestorday caused damage of fully covered by Insurance. A livory stable adjoining belonging to M.

P. Barger was also burnod: loss, Insurance, $600. Incendiary. New York Republicanism cannot truthfully bo regarded as favorable. The indications are that the party must pass through a season of penance and a process of purification before it can be expected to utilize the best material at its disposal.

Until its members resolve to make the very highest possible showing, both in platform and candidates, the Republicans of Now York cannot hope for even a fighting chance of success at the polls. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1885. of a Commissioner who, with this record, encouraged revolt in' the prison hy his recent attacks on its management. The offense does not, that we know of, come within the purview of any penal statute, but for action of a much less injurious kind to the community there are a great many men behind the bars. Tho Warden's plain unvarnished tale as to this deserves to be considered apart from tho general matter of the report in which it is imbeded Ifirsl During tho administration of Commissioners Shipmnn, Henry and Uyan the regulation ot the task allotted to the prisoners was lolt in my discretion and tho tnskn had been by me reduced, as I considered, in the mtoresta of humanity and Justice.

Ono of the first acts ot Commissioner Kissam upon his accession to offlee was to doprivo mo of the oxor ciflo of this discretion, lie procured Uio appointment of a committee consisting of Dr. Bartlett and some of tho keopers of this institution, who wore to roport a3 to whethor tho prisoners could stand au increase of 10 per cont. iu thoir tasks. Tho committee reported iu favor of the increase and tho tasks wero therefore increased 10 por cont. and havo over since been rctainod at thut increase.

Second On Fobruary 22, 18S1, an entertainment was given to the prisoners at this institution. Commissioner Kissam was present on that day and carefully looked at the prisoners and complimented mo on their splendid physical condition. At that time fresh meat was issuod to tho prisoners on four days in Die week and the pordiem allowance perman was tcnounco j. Afow months later, in Mayor Tune, 1 was at the Commissioner's ofllco, when Commissioner Kissam (iskod me how often por week fresh meat was issued to tho prisoners. I told him on four days iu Uio weak and at tho rate of ton ounces per day to each mau.

Ho roferred to tho appropriation running Ion and the fresh meat bills largo, and wished to know whether I could not roduco tho uurn'oorot days on which frosh moat was given out from four to three por week and substituto something else in placo of fresh meat for tho fourth day. I told him that it was impossible to do so, as matters were run as close and economically as was consistent with the health and well being of tho prisoners. In tho latter part of August, 181, artor consultation wilh Commissioners ltcovo and Van Sicleu, and at thoir suggestion, I increased tho number of days on which fresh meat is issued from four to flvo por week, and the per diem allowance por man to twelvo ouiii.es. In November, 1U84. thorn was an escape of two lung term prisoners rohi the institution, which was followed bv an investigation by your honorable body Into the conduct of ilall Keeper Miehaol Connors.

1 liis investigation, in spito of tho strenuous protest and opposition of Commissioner Kist resulted ill the transfer of Connors from the hull iu tho long term prison to the shop. Immediately upon tho happening of this event, aiif! at tho same meeting of tho Hoard at which this transfer was decided on, Commissioner Ivissam commenced his public expressions of sympathy with the prisoners on tho ground of their boing underfed. lien his remarks and motion for an investigation were mudo public. I stated my apprehension that thoy would develop a spirit of insubordination among tho convicts in tho institution, as 1 well know them to bo of a class of men which cannot hear expressions of thut nature from one in authority without evil results. 1 say itwith all rospoctihat it does seem to me extraordinary that in fobruary, ltSl, Commissioner Kissam should express his appreciation of the line physical condition of the prisoners under my chargo when they were being fed on frosh meat tour limes a week, at tho rate of tea ounces a man per day, that in the following or he should think the allowance of fresh meat might be roducml to three ir suc por week, and that in November, Irish when the men wore receiving, as thoy now are, lrc sh meat ilvo times a week, at the rate of uvclve ounces po diem per man.

ho should consider and charge thut thoy were underfed. In the face of these facts Mr. Kissam still has the hardihood to talk about his reputation" and his "standing as a gentleman," and the necessity for a "thorough investigation of the The plain truth manifestly is t'nat he is a pettifogging lawyer who has been by the fortunes of politics lifted into a position for which he is utterly unfitted. What the duty of Commissioners lieeve Van Siclen is admits of no argument. They owe it to the community, to themselves and to Warden Green to dismiss Kissain's talk as tho mere rumbling of an irresponsible windbag, and without more ado close a controversy which should never have been opened.

Bri5tl ami the Piivsjejlite.s. One of the remarkable scenes of the present remarkable session of the British Parliament is reported briefly to day. and will probably be forgotten by the great majority of readers, even among those who are profoundly interested in the happy solution of tho ever present Irish problem. The scene was significant even in its superficial relations. A member of Parliament arose and made a motion equivalent, if passed, to a direct vote of censure upon Bright, charging him with a breach of Parliamentary privilege iu making uso of certain expressions at a recent banquet.

The venerable statesman, as those who have seen him recently can picture to themselves, rose slowly to his foot to answer the charge. He regretted, he said, that he had used language that was censurable, if. indeed, he had done so, but ho could not have spoken otherwise. His opinion was unchanged. Had he otherwise characterized those of whom he spoke he would havo been laughed to acorn as a fool.

Thereupon tho leader of the Ministry in the House of Commons declined that had Mr. Bright's language, a.s complained of, been used iu the House it would have been "taken down;" nevertheless he would not agree to a' vote of censure. The motion was put and defeated by a vote of 151 to 23. The eitict language that Mr. Bright made use of at tho banquet to Earl Spencer, the incident referred to, is not al hand.

Preference lias been made to it in general terms, but in the excitement following upon the death of General Grant, it appears to have escaped the attention of the news agents abroad. From what tho special correspondents havo said iu subsequent general comment and. indeed, from what Mr. Bright himself admitted, it is plain that he directed his magnificent oratorical batteries against Mr. Puruell and his followers, whom beseems to have charged with attacking and intimidating judges, encouraging crimes of violence, and in every way, lawful and unlawful, of harassing Earl Spencer in tho discharge of his difficult and dangerous work at the Castle.

This fiery denunciation, be it remembered, canio not from one of tho traditional foes of Ireland, an absentee nobleman landlord, but from a tried and trusted friend of Ireland, as of humanity at largo. John Bright hardly needs an introduction to mankind, still less an apologist. He was the most powerful and most chivalric friend this country had in England when the aristocracy and even Mr. Gladstone himself took for granted with something liko triumphant self satisfaction the permanent rupture of the Union, Ho lias ever been the champion of the rights of manhood, and has been distinguished for his devotion to the cause of Ireland in a party professedly committed to sustain Mr. Gladstone in the successive acts of justice to the Irish people with which his name will ever be associated.

It is not surprising that an arraignment by so unquestioned a friend of the Irish people should create consternation in the camp of the Parnellites, and that some measures should be discussed of weakening its effect and dis proving, if possible, some of its most damaging assertions. But the course pursued by Mr. O. Man on behalf of tho Irish contingent was not of a character to promise well in this respect. Wisdom would seem to suggest that the bitter attack should be treated as the unsound convictions of a mind weakened by great age and neces arily infirm and excitable.

But tho course pursued served actually to put the seal of parliamentary confirm, upon the great orator's indictment. While regretting that his language should have been censurable which he did not acknowledge he virtually repeated the substance of his accusation and the House of Commons refused by an overwhelming majority to find fault with it. In this, as in pouring out threats of vengeance upon John Bright, whose end cannot bo far off, tho Parnellites were guilty of a conspicuous blunder. The incident will serve to direct attention to a subject which has hardly yet been given its due measure of importance, namely, the complete, and utter dissolution of any moral alliance between the Parnellites and Liberals, with an implied indifference to all that the Liberals have done for Ireland, from the disestablishment of the Irish Church to the latest iunendnient to tho Land act. In point of fact we may include the Land Purchase act, which has already disgusted so many of the Tories, nmong Liberal gifts to Ireland.

Utterly ignoring these reforms and their vast sig "ui nwft ana mo por uium luiov.aucy per nmit ten A fow months ln'or, in May or Yn'o, I was at t)in commls jlonora' oftlcrr, when Coin i toner "Vsam askou mo uuw giwii por woo th mrt1 ws Issued to tho prisoners. I toM hlr (ln In tho wccK nml ni tin: rnio oi iu oum os V.inv each man. llo roforrod to tho appropriation in i. low nmlthc fresh niciit bills larKo.aiu! wirthwl ri uilnw wliothcr I could not reduco tho numb. of llrvva on which fresh meat given out from four in iiirw Mcr week nnd substitute HOiuothlnf; el in nim of froMi meat for tho fourth dny.

I told Mm th it It was Impossible to do ho, ns matter were rim ni'rlose ana economically as ww consl itenl with the health and well belnc ot tho priwners. In tho latter paVt of Ansur mi, fttter eonsllntm ytn Commf! olonora Ueovo nnd Van Helen, and at thoir guceestinu, I increased tho number of dnynon hich fresh moat is issued from four to five per week, and tho per diem allowance per man to twelvo ounces. Iu November, 1SRI, there was an escape of two lone term prisoners from tho institution, which was followed by an Investigation by your honorablo body into the conduct of Hull Keeper Michael Connors. This investigation, In spito of the strenuous protest and opposition of Commissioner rc mlled In the transfer of Connors from tho hall In tho long term pri on to tho shop. Immediately upon the happening of this at the came meeting of tho Donrd at which this transfer was decided on.

t'oinmis. doner Kl sam commenced his public expressionsof sympathy with Iho prisoners on the ground of their being underfed. When his remarks end motion for an Investigation wero mado pnbli 1 staled my apprehension that thoy would duvolnp a spirit of Insubordination among the in the institution, as I well know them to be of a class of men which cannot hear expressions of that nature from one In authority without uvil resulLs I say it wiljj all respect that it does seem to me extraordinary Hint In 'cbruary, 1S Commissioner Kis am should express his of tin line physical condition of the prisoners under my charge when they were Im ing fed on frosh meat fo.ir a at the rate of ten ounce. a man poi (lay, th. in the following Vny or ho should think the allowance of fn sh meal might bo rcii'iicl to three isMie per week, and that ii: Novemi 1KS1.

when Ihe men were receiving, as they nu nrc, fre.tlv nn live lime a week, at the tale of iwelve ounc per diem per man lie should c'oi ler cii. tric tba! ihey were underfed. If any invf i.s of the vigor oil phy ical eondUion of the prisoners. 1 puint to fact that of sixty rioters online i in open cell wilbou'. fe or water, from Fridge morning a' 7 clock until i SO M.

Sunday, in hot atel e.vlintisthi;: weather, not drnke d.o from ion. and that of llm twenty) locked four in dark ceils ihe same pe iod time, hly one, JMtd he a very becmie exhausted All ol tile were able to go to wo; on tie foll.e.ving ne rnin. If oniniissioncr Kis aui had rteo'i at tint institution In'tweon that 'riday morning and tin f.11 in night and ed the et.iid.i"' an I spirit liisobiycd hy tlie rioters iio woold hnve rcalUe the tif tlie situation, brought about, as believe, by hi remarks. 1 i.u'ojoin r. bill faro of the food i.s to the p.

ls In rito in: lit.t'i in. from il will appca that there ii littie .1 them from lack of ient nouri Very respectfully yours, Warden. 1IKOOKI.YN, HII, I. OI K.WtC. Oi UKKIN'i; CONTUACT.

MoylnY e. Ol Hreakfast Itr ad, limner 'redi one mart. eoiiioini'ig tlii'ee ef. and foui ti en ounces of iurutps all 1 nod or a quart to each man, I ers a oound of fc potaioes per man, onio e. irrots wh' iu reason biesd.

Supper llread, tea, one quart. 1 I'KSIIAV. As ou Monday. KbVKSn A V. Breakfast Iiroa 1, coffee, one quart.

Pinner Cork and bc. i es nine ounces of pork and eigot ef uealis perman. breud. Supper' itrcad. tea.

one quart. TlllillSDAY. As on Momie.y. FRIDAY. iireakfas.

bread, coffee, one quart. Itii Cedlkh chowder, containing about nlno oii'e es of salt eodlish, one and quarter pounds of pe.ai es per man aud a total of oighty llvo pounds of aliens; bread. supper bread, tea. one quart. 9ATltKU.IV.

As on Monday. SINDAY. Breakfast I' read, ofi'ec, one quart. IVef ten. one qimrt, boiled fresh beef, tbree of a pound, and mashed potatoes anil turnins, one nnd a pounds per man, bread.

Supper ihcad. tea. one quart. Thu supply of bre. id, vinegar, sntt and pepper is unliiiiite tne men are allowed all they call for.

)iene er. lor any c. turnips or carrots run out and cannot he inline, ilatelv procured, the samo allowance of additional potatoes is substituted. cnUiK.Yf KVK.N'TS. General will stt.il fur Europe to morrow.

The epidemic at Plvmou'l lias entirely abated. Martin Van Huron, orandson of President Van itureti, di. yesterday at West Twcnty lirst struct, New York. Tlie Mexican oditnri.il excursionists are in Cincinnati. Sir Hiclianl Sutton, owner of tho yaelit (ienesta.

is ill at tho lloiTman House, Now York. The plans for restoring the New Jersey Slate Capitol have been accepted by the Capitol buiidiug Commission. Threo thousand employes will ho thrown out of work by the closing of several cotton mills in Mississippi. Tennessee, N'orU: Carolina and (Georgia on August 15. The works of the Pennsylvania Salt Mnnu facluring Company, in Philadelphia, wero burned yesterday.

Loss 100.000. Mrs. Nancy Edoeviy, who celebrated her 101st birthday yesterday, can read ooarso print without glasses. John A. Iienson, civil engineer and contractor, failed yostorday in San KrancUco.

Liabilities I.fjO,000. At North Adams. yesterday Malcolm ii. Cook, his wife, Mary Cook, aud a lawyer named i'arkhurst were convicted of an attempt to blackmail Timothy lieardon. a wot! known merchant.

The woman turned Suite's evidence. In the three months ending July 4, accord ing to reports from the Cnlted States Consul at liar colona, there wero UOH cases of cholera and deaths iu RtiiiisgntH is iu mourning for the lute Sir Moses Montelloro. Most of tile shops are closed, 'i ho town council resolved Unit the town hall po draped and that tho tnunicial authorities should attend tho funeral. Mr. Passuiore EdwftrdR has purchased from his associates, Messrs.

Carnegie and Storoy, their entiro intorest in the fem ei. Tho sto. was transferred on tho basis of for thu wholy. Tho wife of (ho Huv. G.

S. Han. D.D., of Sing Sing, was thrown from hor carriage at Scar tsirough yesterday uid fatally injured, ller daughter, Miss Ida, was also painfully hurt. The. ship John De Costa, ajittiin (V.ikes, which loft MeliK for California, win wrecked off Cooktown, Australia, on July i.S.

Her cargo of horses was lost The Bituminous Coal Producers' Association of Western Pennsylvania has dissolved tho soft coal liool which has been in existence foruoveral months. Iu the United States Circuit Court at Philadelphia Edward Cooper and Abram S. Ilowitt yesterday brought suit against tho Pennsylvania Steel Company for the alleged infringements of lottors patent of tho I'nited States granted 1 Kinllo Martin and Pierre 1 1 Martin, of Paris, for au improved process for refining and converting cast Iron into cast steel. Tho amount of damages claimed Is flOO.OOO. A riot occurred yesterday at a school meeting iu West Troy, N.

Y. Tlie mooting was called to tako action on the proposition to organize a union school so as to bring the Koraan Catholic parochial schools under Iho public schools system and Iho taws governing tho schools. Sectarian feeling ran high that several fights occurred. K. Ii.

ihirnnt. chairman of tho Board of Trustees, was assaulted, nnd John Dyson, a Protestant, was stabbo by an unknown assailant. The Old Dominion line of steamers from Lewes to Now York will bo abandoned on Satur iy. Tho withdrawal of tho steamers is ooea oone 1 oy the acquisition by tho Pennsylvania Kaiir jad ('oinpany of tlie line's feeder, tho Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Hallroad, the New York trade of which will be dlvorted to tho railroad. A colony of ex Confederate soldiers is located in lirazil.

Tho colony nuiubei ntmut 500 persons and i.s said to be doing well. The elephant Albert, nttached to Iianiuiii's show, which was shot recently at Keene, N. was dissected. The hido weighed iRiuuds. and tho skeloton 1,115 pounds.

A number of epicures dil.od on elephant Bleak at the Cheshire House. The meat is described as of unusually (lno flavor, but a bit A Belgian journal is authority for the statement that tho late Prlneo Frederick Chnrics, of Prussia, tho Pcd Prince," died from violence at Ihe hands of bis wife. According to this story the couple, who had long live i on bad terms, cngar in a florce qunrrel. Tho Prince, whose brutal treatment of his wife was well known, struck the Princess, who, in moment of rago seiztsl a pistol and fired, morlally wounding her assailant. Charles L.

Houlihan, of North Adams, lias begun a suit against the Troy nnd (Jrci Ileld Kailrond to recover damages for injuries received in tho nccidoni of October 21, IKs2. In which 0 workmen woro injured and ever.il killed. Thoro were 23 suits pending, tho damages asked aggregating Jay Gould has sent a protest to the Kegatta Committee of the American Yacht lub declaring that in llio recent club race from Larchmont to New London Uio Stiletto, which defeated the Atai. uita, did not go nround tho buoy at Sarah's Ledge ns required by the conditions of tho contest. Mr.

claims that tlie cup, therefore, belongs not to iho Stiletto, but to his own yacht, tho Atalanta. In tho House of Commons night Mr. Callau's motion to censuio John IMttltt for lau gungo used at the Spencer banquet, was defeated hy a voto of irl to 23. Mr. Bright mado a vigorous and deflaut speech.

Ho said he declined to withdraw single word, being more than ever convinced that every word was true. Thn Parnellites, he declared, wero utterly disloyal. Compared with them Michael Davitt was an honest man, except where landlords were concerned. Davitt was truo to his convictions, and had logically refused to enter Parliament becauso that would Involvo his taking tho oath of allegiance to tho tueen, to whom he does not admit ho owe. allegiance.

Iu consequence of the refusal of Ihe Bank of Ireland to lain money to tho Minister KmiI; to assist the latter In its present embarrassment a panic a child. He is for some one other than Fitz Hugh Leo. If the race should be between the son of the man who hanged John Brown and the nephew of the man who surrendered to Grant, "familyisin" would be most evenly matched. If an "unknown" is named, there will be more of a subterranean fight for the Legislature than of an open contest on Governor. Personally the Democrats are better than the Itepublicans in Virginia.

Those who prefer the success of the better influences and tendencies in politics will wish them success, for Mnhoncismis a machine in tho worst sense, made up of the worst qualities in both races, On the question of public faith, truth compels the admission that both parties are for tho veneered repudiation called Readjustment. The Funders were right and were boaten, and had not the courage to stay right. Tho choice on that subject is between those who never rose to virtue and those who fell from it. Prospects favor Democratic success. A result which retired Mahone from the Senate would rebuke him as 'the seller of political honor of which Arthur, Hoar, Dawes and the rest of 'em were the buyers.

There is division among tho Mahone ites. Some of his tools want to pull him clown. He has ncared the toppling point as a boss but he has genius, audacity and recourso, and. if he dies, he will die hard and die all over the State. The Democrats are united, but they have no powerful personalty like Mahone.

That is better for merits but not for management. The platform is certain to outbid the Mahone ono by being for everything everybody wants, with little adherence to principle visible. Mr. Bcccher's Influence. Tho influence of llev.

Henry Ward Bee.cher with President Cleveland is no doubt very great, for Mr. Beecher was the chief of the noble Mugwumps who turned tho tide of battle in favor of the Democracy. We do not, however, believe that Mr. Beecher regards what he did as a service to be paid for in petty offices, and wc are bound to believe that if he should set so mean a price upon his own exertions the President would present, to him a higher view of their value. As public office, according to the President, is a public trust, and not at all a reward for political activity, it follows, of coarse, that not even Henry Ward Beecher's influence could suffice to swerve the Executive from the strict line of duty.

For this reason wo must regard the talk about what Mr. Beecher means to do to save this or the other offensive partisan as both baseless and insulting. The essence of the spoils system is to bestow patronage according to the magnitude of the political assistance rendered to the successful candidate, and this is exactly what. Mr. Beecher would be fostering if he should, in the light of his own services last year, seek favor for any office holder from the President now.

It is not to be forgotten by the persons who talk glibly about what the pastor of Plymouth Church is likely to do in this or the other case that he is nothing if not an advocate of Civil Service Reform in its sternest form. That he should open tho door for the reassortion of influence in the matter of patronage is not to bethought of. Where this would end no one knows better than he. Every ward leader, not to mention the various bosses of importance, would in that event become clearly entitled to rewards at the public expense. Major ESoblM on Slate Essties.

To the discussion incidental to the preliminary canvass in this State nn interesting contribution is' made, through a published interview by Major Edward H. Hobbs, of Brooklyn. It long, continuous and ardent devotion to Republicanism are to count for anything, Major Hobbs is quite as well qualified to speak for his party as any of the conspicuous individuals who have taken precedence of him in the public expression of their views. His membership in the State Committee from au important Congressional district and his chairmanship the Kings County Campaign Committee in the. last Presidential canvass have thoroughly familiarized him with the varied elements and complex machinery through which his organization is couipellod, under the existing system, to operate.

Of measures for the improvement of that system he has been a consistent and earnest advocate, battling for reform within the party" with quite as much earnestness and frequently with greater success than the more pretentious professional "reformers" who never hesitate to couple with propositions for the advancement of the common welfare a vivid portrayal of their own individual and collective virtues. As might be expected from his past career, Major Hobbs takes an enlightened and progressive view of the duty of his party in the impending contest. On questions relating purely to partisan methods and management his opinions are terse, well defined and shaped in the right direction. His preference for an early convention and the reasons he submits why tho Republicaus should take the initiative in the campaign aro timely and courageous, contrasting vividly with the suggestion of some of the weaklings who, from sheer fright, havo been tottering on the verge of despair and unconditional surrender ever since their party was voted out of power in the Federal Government. Liko other sensible men, Major Hobbs perceives that delay in holding the Republican Convention, while it will furnish no advantage over the adversary, must inevitably be construed as a confession of weakness that his party can only hope to succeed as it deserves success; and that the sole possibility of a successful campaign rests on the nomination of the best ticket attainable upon a platform which will command tlie confidence and approval of Republicans, irrespective of faction.

To the proposed enlargement of the convention by expanding the basis of representation Major Hobbs gives his unreserved support, maintaining that it will bring the conventions nearer to tho people, and insure their favorable consideration for tho nominees. Iu this view he is sustained by tho results of experience and justified by the significant fact that while the offensive bosses of faction throughout tho commonwealth oppose the proposed reform, it is sustained almost unanimously by the masses of the party. Upon the questions involved in tho canvass Major Hobbs is equally explicit. The issues to be made most prominent, ho thinks, are the tariff, Civil Service reform, municipal reform and legislative reform. What relation the tariff question bears to the government of tho State ho wisely refrains from undertaking to specify.

It would be well for Major Hobbs to remember that the farce of "protection" played last year by its most eminent performer, failed to secure the favor of New York and to yield to the inevitable conclusion that it belongs in the lumber room of cast off issues along with its venerable companion, the bloody shirt." To approximate the position of the Democrats on tho Civil Service Reform question, the Republicans will have to take ground fully as high as that suggested in the Hobbs interview, and even then it is difficult to understand how they hope to derive any substantial advantage in this respect from an imitation of their opponents' policy or plagiarism from Democratic pint form professions on the subject. AVith much that Major Hobbs has to say about municipal reform we are thoroughly agreed, but when ho intimates that the Republican party alone is to be trusted in efforts to improve tho government of our cities, ho sinks the citizen in the partisan and wanders off into tho field properly reserved for tho professional and typical organ. As to legislative reform, the most advantageous course for the people of the State to pursue is to elect a majority of Senators and Assemblymen of different political faith than those who brought reproach upon the commonwealth at Albany last Winter. Unless an entire change has passed over tho voters of New York Major Hobbs and his colleagues are sure to find that the coming contest will turn, not upon any declaration of intention, but on the character and demonstrated capacity and fitness of the candidates. Party platforms are too often enunciations of familiar principles, applied ot negloctetl as suits the interest of tho successful faction and comports with the tendency or humor of tho time.

Among tho voting masses there is a growing disposition to regard the candidate as tho incarnation of tho principles heretofore reserved for expression in the platform. What thoy demand is the nomination of men of proved honesty of character and purpose, competent for the discharge of their duties and conscious of the weight and solemnity of tho trust reposed thoir hands. To the nomination of candidates of this description the present condition of Gives His Version of the Penitentiary Strike. Detailed Statement Made to the Board of Charities Commissioners The Story of the Whipping Retold Officially An Alarming Situation that Demanded Severe Measures How Commissioner Kissam Increased the Prisoners' Tasks and Sought to Reduce Their Supply of ffleat A nighly Interesting Exhibit. The Prison Dill of Fare.

Warden John Green, of tho Kings County Penitentiary, hna forwardod to the Charities Commissioners his ofilcinl and dolniletl report of the recent troublos at tho prison. Its full text i3 as follows: To the Hon. Hoard of Commissioners of CharitUa and Correcliows vf the County of Kings: Gentlemen I ucj; respectfully to suhmlt tho following roport relative to ilio Into strike and riotous demonstrations on the part of points of tho convicts in tho Kings County IVnttenliary. On Friday, July 17, 18S5, shortly after 7 oVlock In tho morning ten prisoners working in the shop struck work and woro brought over to tho prison. Within a short lime several nioro hatches wero brought over who similarly refused to work.

Those first brought over woro placed In dark cells. Some of them after being i eaon M' with returned at onro to work, but about eighty refused to return to duty. Tho vacant dark cells In both tho long and short torm prisons wero rifled, four men being placed in each cell. The rest of the strikers were all locked In the fourth tier in the loii torm prison, that whole tier being as' to ihcrn. From this place they could wee the other pri.

oners, both male and female, uing to nnd returning from tho workrfhopy. Tho striker were comparatively orderly until P. when thoy connneii' ed n.ii' demonstrations, such as cheering, shouting, drumming on the cell doors with ih'ir tin etc. These noises were repealed at intervals until the return of the other prisoners from work at I. when, a3 gang reached tho nvik hrv.e nnd Uio prison entrance, it.

was received with cheers anil shouted invitations to juin in the strike. As tho evening woie on the strikers became more noisy and dWiaut, in addition in the former poinding on ihr. doors wi'h the 1't tom board.i of iheir addressing iti language to the keepers in the hall and thn atcidug that they would not allow the pi doners who remained at work to any rest during the night. Thoy destroyed and throw everything out of 'iielr eel la that they could lay hands on, lamp bucket lid nnd ventilator i owrs, making it nece ary that in to avoid injury tne keepers bhould walk under the tiers ami creating such disorder ihat the iri. t' was djl'Io iu and tiio oontujfi'Ui spread to th" female and short tvrni Uonj, tho inmates of winch ihen became unruly aud Joined in uproar.

These riotous were knpt up with rare intermissions until i.1 CO A. on Saturday. The noise was intermingled with erics of Hash for breakfast," grub." One of tho Commissioners says we ought to have "'Ihcy say they are starving out here." it up aud we II get all we "This will break (live, and erios of a liko character. At 1 A. M.

on I went on to the tiers and tried tr per uia le the men ceae the noise and return to their duly. 'I hey said that If i would give them haJh for breakfast, or a meat breakfast, ttiny vuld go work, if not that they would hold our, that OrcaM'asi must bo them boforo thVy v. tit to work: no promises wouid do. 'i hoy also said thai ii I would give them water they would be quiet um'il morning. I replied that I would not give iht ni cither hash meat breakfast: that it had never been given in ttsis institution am! that they might up the noi a.od hnve their limo now, but that in tho end they would havo to suJier punishment for it.

hen making my rounds at this time I limened to a conversation earned en between a man named Tivey, a ringleader in ihestrike, nnd youm; man who were in a dark cell together. Tim young man ed himself to the that he had misgivings abeut having gone into the s.rikn; that the strikers might get beaten iu it and that (Jiey would have the keeper down on them. To whi Tivey ansvered liiat there was no danger of that: that they had everything down mo when tliy started in that rhcy were b. to win and ti they stuck to i' they wouid get all thoy wanted that they had the keepers badly fearod and that they would be ve, careful le.t the got their ti heals knocked in the shops. i bis incident I mention particularly, us showing tho extent to which iho spirit cf insubordination had grown.

At 5. '0 A. on Saturday, when the men were taken down to wash, the noise rc orno'eti ed as before and was accompanied by calls on all men in four and six shops to stay out and refur go to work. The disorder was kept up all day always with greator vi leri' when tho oth were going to and returning from tho shops, and in these disorderly demens; rations tho female prisoners Joined. Tho noise and riot were eontiuuc 1 until aijoti' tl M.

Saturday, whmi the strikers, weari by violent exertions and want of water, lapses into iiiiem M. During le evening i.iiu man threatened to set the contents of Jus cell on (ire, but as by so doing he iron Id injure only himself, no ationtion was paid to the threat. A pieee of buttered hoard wn1 sat uraled with oil and set on iiro and thrown into the hall lloor. At no time during the evening could any one walk in tho prison hali except under tho trallerics or tiers, for fear of being struck by missiles or (he contents of buekots thrown by rioiers front their colls. At 1 o'clock, midnight, on Hatc.rday 1 retired to rest, the prison being comparatively quiet, and I having been on my feet, with hut one hour rest, since Friday at l.

'W A. M. At 1 MO A. M. the night watchman aroused me by soudding tho gong in my room.

I went down at once, and learned that tho prisoners in one of the dark colls had rapped for the watchman and told him that one of iheir companions was dying. The coll was oponcd and a young man by tho name of was taken out, apparently dead, his companions ouo of whom was the mau Curran. sentenced for ten years for outraging a tierman woman when conveying her to the hospital had evidently permitted to remain insensible until they thought him dead before calling tho watchman. Madden was removed from tho cell, tho druggist called and two teaspoonfulls of whisky and then a little water given him. In a short limo he was able to Tho druggist, by my order, prepared and gavo him sumo beef tea.

in lifteen minutes he was able to walk, with assistance. I had him placed in a cot and cell apart and properly cared for. lit for the. ne.tt nigi't in: was apparently as well as ever, and asked to be allowed to return to work, which ho did on the following day. I also had water given to tho rest ot tho rioters.

Nothing of importance occurred until A. Sunday, when some of the malcontents expressed sorrow for their conduct and a wiiliugnes io return to work. 'Ihey were replaced iu their own colls ami at dinner time permitted to go to the cook houso tor their dinner with the oilier prisoners. Keturning from the rook houso ouo of the men who had been thus reloaded, Siason by name, deliberately throw his entire dinner into tho ditch heside the pathway with a view to then and there creating a disturbance, but the other men took no notice of the incident. though a long torm prisoner, was promptly locked up in a darti coll on the short term bide lest his example should give fresh impetus to the disaffected long tern prisoners.

Sunday afternoon pa. sed away without lui lhor disturbance, with the exception of a noisy demons rat ion. in luo dark ceils which ceased when I went down and spoke to the men. At tin) prison ing quiet and orderly, to nil appearances, i went do.vu town tor a hurt timo. tin my return at tJ 1 J'.

could he ir the noiso and uproar going on within beiore entered the premises. At the entrance 1 was nnd by some of the keepers, who Pdd me that they considered tin situation very alarming. They aid that the irciy men who had been returned to their eells under promise of good behavior had broken out afr vdi aud openly threatened to create a disturbance in tho shops next morning, to kill some of tho prisoners who refused to Join in tho strike and thoso who had returned to work in the early part of thostrike; that Thomas Tivey, a ringleader throughout, had harangued tho mon, counseling them to take possession, of the shops on tho following morning and "slug tho keopers, aud that this advice had been received with applause throughout Uie prison. Tho keopers were alsoof opiniou that it would not be safe to bring down tho prisoners to wa and get their breakfast next morning. Tho keepers' statements, takon iu connection with tho remark, personally overheard mado by Tivuy on Friday night, left no doubt in my mind as to tho ultimate intention of tho rioters, nnd as I was determined that tho ordinary routine of the prison should not be interrupted, no matter at what cost, I at once placed mysolt in connection with t'oUco Headquarters atvd re misled that a force of from twenty to twenty live oliicors bo sent to tho institution at 5:30 A.

M. Monday, and promptly received tho assurance that tho men would bo forthcoming at the lime staled. I then went into tho long term prison where Tivey was shouting to tlie rioters urging them to hold together. 1 went to Tlvey's cell iu tho third tier and asked him if ho had not begged to be taken out of the dark cell and promised good behavior. lie answered.

1 only wanted to be taken You goto 1, you ti Theother rioters then commenced to yell, Wo'll throw you oif tho tier; well cut your out; wait till we got out and we'll with you ami your crowd; this business will you as warden hero." I said to Tivey: You aro a cur, and within twenty four hours I will prove you to be the biggest cur in tho Kings County renitomiary." Tho rioters evidently divined my intention to cowhide him, for many of them cried out, tk You dare not cowhide him Hogging is abolished; tho Commissioners havo something to say about tiiat. If you spring the bar we 11 all Jump out ami throw you and your keopers off tho tier wo 11 smash your heads in." i told them I would tako tho chances. Tho noise of pounding on thodoorri of the darlt cells with the txUom boards being intolerable and deafening and wishing that every ono should hear what was said and done, 1 went down with some of tho keepers and removed the bottom boards and told tho occupants of the cells that If tho noiso did not ceaao I would cowhide them. I then brought out tho threo cowhides which had been in in this institution prior to my appointment as warden aud took them into tho lung term prison. I went witli seven kuopora into tho tier on which Tivey was locked hi and on which there wero thirty eight other rioters, and told him in a voiee loud enough to be heard by all that I was going to cowhide him.

The rioters at onco bogan to yell de llance at the top or their voices calling on each other to rush out as soon as tho bar was sprung and throw mo and the keopers off tho tier, and heaping on us tho vilest abuse and opiUmm. I notified them thai tho bar would be sprung and that the til's ono who stepped out ou tho tier wouid he shot down in his tracks. Tivey opposite whose cell I stood seized his cot stick (a stick about eighteen inches long and about one and a half inches in diameter, of which thoro is one in each cell on which to hang blankets), and threatened to brain any man Who attempted to take him out of hia cell. 1 presented a revolver at him and ordered him to drop tho stick at onco or 1 would put a ball through his wrist, lie dropped it Immediately. The bar was then sprung and I ordered him out of his cell.

Ho obeyed and was taken to tho hall lloor. At this point ho begged for mercy, say iug that he would go to a dark cell and beliavo himself. His ennt was removed and two of the keopers applied the laah. At the ilrst blow ho shrieked. About fifteen lashes were given and thon ho begged so ahjeotedly that I suspended further punishmont.

lieforo returning him to his coll I ordered him to go on his knees and beg tho pardon of tho keepers and all tho prisoners for his misconduct, which he did. Wilh the name keepers 1 then wont into iho short term prison, which had also during tho wholo evening been tho scene of noisy and riotous disorder, and took Mason, the man who threw his dinner into tho ditch as above ro lated, and administered about half a dozen lashes to him and compelled him also to aiik tho pardon of keepers and prisoners. After tho infliction of tho punishment described perfect quiet and order reigned in both parts of tho prison and has continued ever since. On the morning following (Monday), tho police, as requested, being present, all the strikers except thoe whom I considered it Judicious to koop in for further punishmont as ringleaders in tho outbreak were permitted to return to work and have sinco continued to work. I regret to be compelled to state that in my opinion tho insurrection was largely, if not wholly due to the injudicious sympathy openly expressed by one of the Commissioners, to wit, Mr.

Kissam, relative to tho diet of the inmates of tho institution. As to the genuineness of tho sympathy so expressed there is room, at least on my part, for honest doubt, and that doubt is in no degree the outgrowth of personal feeling owing to tho hostility! havo experienced from tho gentleman, referred to, hut is hosed upon the facts disclosed below, which I would gladly bo relieved of the disagreeable necessity of making known First During the administration of Commissioners Shipman. Henry and Kyau the regulation of tho task allotted to tho prisoners was loft in my discretion and tho tasks had hoen hy mo reduced, as I considered iu the Interests of humanity and Justice. Cno of the first acts of Commissioner Kissam upon his accession to office was to deprive mo of the exercise of this discretion. Ho procured the appointment of a committee consisting of Dr.

Bartlett and somo of the keepers of this Institution, who woro to roport ns to whether the prisoners could stand an Icereaso hf 10 per cent In their tasks. The committee reported in favor of tho and Dxo wero thereforo Increased 10 per copt and havo ever since hcea rotaincd at that Increase. Ssqouu. Oa February 88,189 aa emartlaraBt Property in Iowa Destroyed by a Tornado. Bad Meat in Chicago Movements of the Apaches The Indian Cattle Leases.

Squaws Killed by Mexicans Arrest of a Crank The Chcyemvcs Kiel's Trial. Helping ex Head Center Stephens The Fire Record. Dubbqub, July 29. A tornado, accompanied by heavy rain, visited this city lost evening. Several buildings about tho city in process of erection wero severoly damaged.

Tho top story of Alboo's cold storage warehouse was blown down. Also a new brick store belonging to W. G. Waters. Trees were leveled in all parts of the city; chimneys wore blown from many buildings; awnings were torn to Bhreda, and a large portion of.

the drapings In honor of Gouoral Grant's death wore blown off. In tho lumber yards flying timber was seen in every direction, and many piles of lumber bolonging to the Standard Lumber Company and the Knapp, Stout Company wero lovoled to the earth. Tho storm raged for twenty minutes. DISEASED MEAT IN CHICAGO. Hundreds of Sick Slicep Slaughtered in the Stock Yard.

Chicago, July 20. Hundreds of diseased shoep, tho A'ena to day assorts, aro ovoriookod daily at tho stock yards hero and slaughtered as mutton for tho city. Says tho article: "Tho Uoalth Inspectors are apparently in ignoranco of the fact that diseased sheep aro almost daily sold at the stock yards. Sales aro mado openly dospito tho presence of tho inspectors, and no bar has thus far boon Interposed to stop tho ropulsivo traffic. The animals aro shocking spectacles, and tho idea that such stuff is sold doily as food for thousands is horrifying.

A thousand diseasod ahcop aro brought at the stock yards daily by mercenary "scalpers" and sold to tho unsuspected public as good moat. A syndicate is intorostod in tho traffic. A roportor paid a visit to tho pens at tho stock yards yostorday for the purpose of Investigating. No inspectors were about. Out of about forty pens twenty eight contained diseased sheep, and on an avorago thoro woro twenty diseased shoep in oach pon.

Scabs, feet rot and glanders or snui'lles woro tho ailments of the entiro lot. The sheop, it was definitely ascertained, wore slaughtered and are now in tho local butcher shops, or at the Jackson streot llarkot. AIUCUES RETURNING. The Renegade Becoming Starred to Submission Expecting a Collision. TOMtiSTOJTB, July SB.

Tho Apaches on tho north boundary lino have apparently broken up into small parties of two and threo and upward, and ara evidently trying to gain their recurvation. This theory is sustained by the fact that thoy havo committed tow depredations this sido of tho line. Monday night about sundown, five Apaches woro seen twelve mllos from this placo, on tho 'liisboe road. They woro dismounted by men armed with guns. Their horso3 were probably stolon in tho vicinity.

They made no ho3tiio demonstrations. A party is also known to bo lurking in the Whetstone Mountains, twenty flvo mil03 wost of here. Lieutenant Faysen, with detachment of troops, left Fort Huachuca Monday for the Whetstone Mountains, and will try to dislodge tho Indians. Two Apaches came into Oaohavillo, a small settlement on tho line thirty milos from this piaco Sunday ovotiing, and surroudorod. They wero nearly famished, and had evidently been without food sevoral days.

Whon quo.itionod thoy claimed to bo Govornmont scouts, bat tho statement is not believed, aud tho Indians will ba hold as prisoners until tho truth is ascertained. Itoports reach hero of scattering bauds boing soon in oihor localities, and that a collision will ocur hodu soonn probable. THE INDIAN CATTLE LEASES. Cherokee Movinjr to Wreak CUief BiinIiv Head's Afrrccuicntv. Lirri.B Hock, July 29.

'IntoHi gence from Indian Territory indicates that tho Cherokees aro moving to have the leases made by t'iiief Bushy Head aud other chiefs to cattle syndi. ates abolished. Over (1,000,000 acros of land aro covered by thoso loasos. They woro mado without tho consent of tho people at largo and a majority of Uio Cliorokess havo been protesting sincoroly that tho public wm'o acquainted with tho fact of such steps having taken. Tho intention is to present the tals to Prcsiilent Clovoland in a memorial from tho people and ask him to sot asido tho leases and drive tho cattle men out.

Tho rontals rocoived by tho leasos aro only a few cents per aero, while tho lands embraced comprise tho best portion of tho Cherokee territory. Tho Cliurokuos allego that sin tho leisis woro made thoy have been besot by agonts oi the cattlo kings, who desired to work up a sentiment favorable to selling largo tracts of land to cattlo companies; that cattlo aro ranging on laud not under loa io, hut ro servod for the Ciurokuos, and that aUoyothor the cattlemen aro a disturbing eloment and ought to bo removed. SQUAWS KILLED BY MEXICANS. A of Indian Women and Children Af iaelicd. Tomustosk, July Persons just arrivod from Houora stato that a company of Mexican citizens led by the prefect of tho town of Arizpi, discovered a squaw camp in I'inita Mountains, tho latter part of lait week.

Tho camp was attacked and a numbor of squaws and a fow old bucks woro killed. Many of tho former escaped by taking refuge in tho mount'iini. They were undoubtedly tho families of ronegadoa trying to regain tho reservation, and wore probably loft behind with the munition of boing taken iu by the L'uitod States troops, in which case thoy would have been roturnod to tho rosorvatiou unharmed. A CRANK IN JAIL. 'S'lie IVIan Win Attempted to Shoot litiiteau in the Court Room.

Omaha, July 29. George If. Borthard was arrostod here hist night for sending obscene postals and lotters to Dr. I'ei'riue, pastor of Grace Church, I'rbana, and Agnes Donaldson, of tho samo jdaco. Last Fall Dorthard was married to a sister of Agnos, who proved unfaithful.

lie blamed I'errino and Agues for tho woman's conduct, and since Juno 1 ho has been tramping through Nebraska mailing obscono lottors to thorn from nearly evory post oilico. Last year, while located at Meridon, this State, Borthard narrowly osoaped arrost for sending an iudocont lot tor to lien Hutlor on political matters. Ifo is tho mau who created a sensation in Washington by trying to shoot Guiteau in the court room during tho trial. Soven years ago ho was a practicing lawyer in this city. Ho became an aid to Finch, tho apostlo of prohibition, and proachod a crusado with him.

Later ho wont to pieces and now is a torriblo example oi the effects of intemperance. THE CHEYENNE TROUBLES. General Sheridan BOnaciI in Work ot Investigation. the 1'obt Heno, I. July 29.

Ilaviug boon at this po3t making an investigation into the Cheyenne troubles with a view to its eradication, Gouoral Shoridan and his brothor, Colonol Mike Sheridan, left bore at 4 P. M. yesterday and rolays havo boon established between this point and Caldwell, which phico they expect to reach by 0 o'clock this morning. Following a brief rest at Caldwell thoy will tako tho afternoon train east and expect to reach Chicago on tho whoro tho General will probably remain ouo day boforo pro cooding to Washington. Special Indian luspoctor Armstrong accompanies tho party.

KIEL ON TRIAL. Six WitncJiKes Examined Yesterday The Insanity Pica. Kkoixa, N. W. July 29.

fn tho Hiol trial yestorday, Thomas McKay, John YV. Astloy, l'otor nnd William Tompkins, Indian Agent Harold Koss and Georgo wero examined. Their evidence ooro chiefly on events leading up to the Duck Lake light and Hiel conduct in regard to that altair. The mon named wero among Kiel's prisoners. All ngreoU that ltiol took command of tho robels when going to meet Crozier.

The witnesses also deposed that ho gavo all the orders at Batocho and that ho carried a rido there. ltiol, whilo hi the dock, displayed great uneasiness, continually waUting up and down. HELPING EX HEAD CENTER STEPHENS. Michael Bavitt Lectures Before a Dublin Audience. Dublin, July 29.

Mr. John Dillon, M. prosided at a lecture delivered here last night by Michael Davltt, In aid of James Stephens, tho ex Hcad Center of tho Fenian Brotherhood, who is now in oxilo in Switzerland. In introducing tho lecturer, Mr. Dillon said that but for Stephens' efforts tho Land League could never have had existence.

Mr. Davitt announcod his intention to agitato tho land quostion until landlords becamo extinct iu Irolaud. The audience was very enthusiastic and sang Boveral National airs during and after the speaking. REMEMBERING OLD FRIENDS. President Cleveland's Subscription to the Buffalo itluaic ICiill Fund.

Buffalo, N. July 29. Mr. Frod. C.

M. Lautz, president of the Musio llall Committee, received last ovenlng a letter from President Clovoland inclosing a subscription for $250 toward rebuilding the hall. In tho letter the President says: "A residence of more than twonty seven yoars in Buffalo and a position for a Bhort time at the head of its municipal govornmont could not fail to interest mo exceedingly iu all that pertains to the city's advancement and prosperity, and whether it shall be my residence again or not, this interost will not abate, nor shall I ever forgot tho proofs I havo received in tho past that I may confidently number among tho peoplo of Buffalo many tried aud truo friends." Tho fund for tho rebuilding of tho now hall now amounts to nearly $75,000, a further sum of $27,000 boing needed before tho commencement of tho work; TilE FJUtE UKCOUD. BOSTON, July 29. Tho building occupied by the Standard bye Wood Company for cutting and grinding logwood was burnod lost night.

Lobs, 380,000. Indianapolis, July 89. Firo in tho buUdtoff occupied by W. A. Wheolor oe a stove plpo elbow foctory and J.

Johnston monufacturara of BtancUwd cnorolcals, raster Mayor Low's Action In Reference to tary Jlusic aud Decorations Approved. Alderman Collins to Walt on General Hancock Grand Army Men in Council. Resolutions of Condolence. The Aldermanic Special ComniHtco on Ob. stvpiles met ln evening nt the Mayor's Office, City Hall.

Thoso pre ent were Aldermen Quintanl, Nichols, Collins, Iiov. ei and P.oesch, Iho flril named gentleman boing called to the chair. Mr. Franklin Allen, the secretary of Mayor Low, was also In attendance and explained, to the committee that at the suggestion of tho Mayor ho had call cl upon Mayor (irace to express the readiness of tho Brooklyn authorities to cu opeiato with thoso of New York In respect lo the funeral arraisgcim ubj. Mayor (Jrace, while expressing his satisfaction at tho attitude of P.rooklyn said that New York's uhara in tho funeral would bo a local, rather than a con.

trolling one: In other words, that the management of ihe obsequies would bo in tho hands of the National New York's share would simply bo to provide a resting placo for tho dead hero. Therefore, tho tender of co opcrntlon from iirooklyn should bo made to (ioncral Haietock ns the representative of the National Government. Mr. Allen explnined that the draping of iho City ilall had been authorized hy tho Mayor some time since when It wa thought tleneral (Jrant was about lo die: so ihat it would be understood that nosllgbt fng of tho AMermcu had been Intended. Tho Hall decorations would cost Mr.

Allen also said that tin; Mayor had proml ed tieneral Mollneux to bo responsible to tho amount of 2.000 for miLsle for tie Sec ind Divi.iion. five batids would bo osling i ll?) each. Aid. liiintard said that fcbfiO would probablj coverall the e. pendituros for music, decorations and other purpo putting the City Hall decora.

ti i at "Ml and iho ol the Municipal Building al liM. en tuoti of am. Nichols, tlie action of tho Mayor wn approved. Aid. Collins was requo.

itod hy the committee to vail np Ciem ial Hancock, inform hlmof thodo. sire of the llr viklyn authorities to participate In the funeral and ask for in trin tioti, iml at tho suggestion of AH Nichols he will, in company with Mr. Allen, is'u the Ceneral to day. Aldermen liocscii and Bowers were appointed, a committee lo procure carriaitea. Aid.

Nichols said he had met Mollneux, who had said that the Grand Army would havo the right of the line and Hint the Second Division would ttike any po. itioii assigned to it. The committee adjourned until Thursday at 9:30 A. when Aid. Collins nnd Mr.

Allen will ro port the result of their interview with Oenoral Hon. cock. TriE VKTKBANS. Colonel H. F.

fiott presided at a mooting of Grand Army men In the Common Council Chamber, City llall, last evening. The gentlemen present were mainly members of the Memorial and Executive committees of the Grand Army, and thoir object in assembling was to make arrangements for a proper disposition of Iirooklyn pnsta at the funeral of General Grant In the absence of Recording Soo rotary A. II. Frost, Major Hell 'Milled tho roster oi tho veterans. Colonel Gott eiplalned the object ot the gathering and said that the organization which he and bis comrades represented was particularly interested in the dead hero whom they had followed through the war.

Colonel Gott concluded by moving the adoption of the following resolution: H'orci, Feeling sincere grief at tbo doath of our comrade atid former commander, General V. 3. Grant, we, ihe meiutM rsof tin Griind Army of tlM' liepubllcof Kings County, through our dejegatau as emole.l, desire to express our love nnd dovulior to him and reverence for his memory by attending the obsequies to be betd In New York City; Uierty fortt. bo it Thai Die Gram! Army of Ibe ltepubllc olr Kings County attend In a body the funeral ani burial of ourdt ase.l comrade. General It.

S. Grant. r. That tlie parade on this ioeasloii io by regular post formation, close columns of sections, twelve tiles front, odd iiumls rs, to march in rear ol sisci. ns of their respective jh hIs as lllo closes.

And bo it further 'i'bnt in view of ihe solemn occasion wo dispense with all lield music. Mr. moved that so much of thq resolution as referred to the letter of condolence placed iu a committee 'i bauds, and so much a i spoke of the order of 1 1 lurch l.o referred to Iho Grand Marshal Mr. Coeheii mov ed tliat the lialrniiti be added to tbo committee 'ibe chairman did not dosin thn honor of serving on the committee, and io'mtcd out that no mention wns made in the resolutions aliout a letter of con lolenee. Me srs I.

iloutttoslleii, Cowtan ami Yoorhis were appointed ou tho com niittt o. Mi i'i moved the adoption of the folloninf; resolution ii'lrevi. has been currently reported that uimu Hie announcement of the death of our beloved comrade. General 1'. Grant, a clerk In thn employ of the i'egistrarof Arrears made the remark.

"The old pa tper has gone at last." thus insulting every good citiwii. and espeeiallv those of tho G. A. therefore, caWivi, That a committee no appointed to in. verdignte the matter and if such remark bo found to have made by said ciei le that taiil commit tee report the same io said Peistrar with the re.

quest that said clerk be from employ men' In this ety mid to tnke such action is saW committee may deem proper. Mr. Xaehnriah iorhl. out that the meeting was called for a spe ilic purpose and that going into side issues was irrelevant. Mr Little agree with Mr is.

Mr VoorhlJ hlld moved, b. for he down, to lay tlie resolution on the table This motion was defeated by vote of CiJ to 10 Mr. Smith in a senible speeeri showed that the Grand Army i mild not abridge any man's rinht to talk as lie please. i nib, Mr. Short avered thn! the move was a po ely political ouo.

Mr. c. II. Grant obje in this statement and Mr. Short said that Mr Grant was a politician.

The. motion to table tlie resolution was reconsidered and enri ied. Of mi Mlt' H.1S I.lkelt. 'o'llCli tilO meeting was again alb io order Secretary Itell rea i tne report of the speeial umnittee, as follows: Willi feelings of sincere grb at the death of our late conn nd" and former commander. Jenerat C.

S. Grant, we, the Memorial and Kxe. ulive Committee repr' eiitiiig the Grand Army of Ibe h'epiihlie ol Kings oii.ity. in special ax tiled, de erin to exprt ss our lo an devotion for him, onr reverence tor his memory, and our sympathy for the bereaved "lie of hi iiou ehold in this hour of tfioiB great aftli' 'i'in havo e.o.'i.'f. I ha', tlie various p.

iiil.gs t'ollllty TtO IMl ot se Divide. to be held in the City of tho G. A. li. ol lies oi our lato com u( No York on th hiti ot Aucu pr I hat a copy of ih.

i i by the s. ti. family of Ih) prn taiy of ihi committe late oiiiui aiider. wa adopted aud an the veterans dis perlv and I ti pet ed o( a of lie 'liltllitte. it taken, ile ii tin in! rm.

ii way the pr cocl ney island. A. It imptio nt in XT ll.tl.t MAST. Fleet C. c.

ileniing, of the Seawanhakfl Corinthian Yacht Club, iia issued tho following gouoral order; 3KAWANUAKA Coiil STtllAN V.U'IIT IT Cl.l'B, IN. ly Fl.MiSllII HKI'OUS, Nkw Ynr.K ll.M'i'Oi'., ils OltDKK No oi' of re for tho death of General Grant, yachts will half mastoolora whilo in anchor for ihirty day Iron) mis date, llv order of the Cotnni' dore C. C. i lee: aptalti, S. C.

Y. C. THE llONLMtKNT ASSOCIATION. Inly 29. A permanent o.

tiof the Grant Association was rr ed lad night by the election of Senator S. V. Cullom as pri sid' nt, Hon. S. IL as tn a oi rcr ioiiel Charles F.

Miller as secretary. Senator ullom made a brief address accepting the iilon of president and thanking the as ei. uioji the lienor, lion. 1). T.

Littler. General M. Palmer and Colonel Dudley Wl' kersham w. re appointed to prepare a memorial for publlc.v ti ci forth the object of the association. Tho v.

fus instrue'ed to appoint prominent iti. in e.ii county In th" stav. and tlvo In Cbl ejifc'o ct fun Is for the pr monument. MR. UKKCIIKi: il ns One of line Orator at Mruut To Ihe ofVir (.

Ka ttt The arrangements for the funeral ceremonies to be held In fork city over tho remains of tleneral are nearly all perfected, and i ha yet to i the slightest mention made of th name of the Kev. Henry Ward I'ooohor as a parti, i pant in tlie religious ob or. anccs. It is eminently appropriate that ltr. Newman, as the family clergyman and tlie Intimate friend of the dead itliould conduct the services at ML McMcGreg or, as Is at present tho plan; but would It not bo equally appropriato if Mr.

Ueeelier, as the foremost clergyman in America, well as the greatest lhlng orator, should Is a I to deliver tin. oration at tho grave at Central Park, granting to Dr. Newman tho honor of malting tj.4 opening prayer? Mr. beecher, as many doiilith know, was a close and intimate friend of General Grant, ami eberished for him an exalt ro spe. t.

He would, therefore, bo fully planned to pay to th" memory of tho nation's hero the higlc 'l to be li his a. ile vem en ts entitle hi in, an 1 eri.ig r.b nrov.il no living man is Iwtt. au Henry ar i.s leu days oh', a .1 tlie committee in ciiarc able of JeUv '1 be date of tho lei i time i to ei t.iii Ihe ap of the Grant family and Uto eo'tsent of r. be tier. It is only pro ica moi: illustrious pi friend, should in some ic with the national mv mind, that Amor he atid i.ete ial Gram' rotuillCMt IIMIiIKT bo oil August 8.

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Its valtte as an Advertising' Medium is therefore ap jiaronta A Board of Incqnnlity The appearance of the State Assessors at this end of the State is as regular and familiar as the procession of the seasons and about as uniform in its results. What ought to happen as the consequence of their coming is no clearer thnn that it does not happen. Tho title of tho body to which they belong, State Board of Equalization of Assessments, suggests plninly what thoy should do. They omit to do it with such systematic energy that the title has become an absurd and farcical misnomer. Why these equalizers so ably and persistently fail to equalize is evident.

The. great cities of the State are without direct representation in the Board. New York and Brooklyn pay about half tho State taxes. They ought to havo about half of the alleged equalizers. They have practically none.

What does Ihe member from the Town of Hinsdale know about property iu the metropolitan district? He Bud his colleague from the Village of Antwerp may be highly intelligent and broadly cultivated men, but neither of them can honestly Bay that he is able to furnish his associates with Bxact information about the Southern half of tho values of the State. This is not tho worst of it. Neither these gentlemen nor tho member from I'oughkeepsie who, as he dwells iu a city, may possibly take a wider municipal view of matters can be perfectly free from local influences. Whether they are active members of either party, or if they are not working politicians at all, it is hardly in human nature for them to bo absolutely independent of the politics of locality. Whether they want to or not, whether they know it or not, they will incline to fayor Cattaraugus and and other counties with common interests and will give themselves liitlo concern about the wealthy communities lying at the mouth of the Hudson.

So it happens that while the State beyond Harlem River feels safe in tho hands of tho Board, the State below that line long ago abandoned hope of justice. Of course the counties the other side of Spuy ten Duyvil Creek would not submit to be unrepresented in so important bureau. Tho force of neighborhood opinion takes care of that; but New York and Kings, partly because neighborhood opinion is less efficient, partly because the people are busy about other things, make no comphvmt of the undemocratic, uurepublican practice, excepting an occasional growl when the tax bills are presented. But, the question is pertinent why have a State Board of Equalization at nil Why do not assessments equalize themselves They certainly would do so if everybody obeyed the law. It is sufficiently explicit, It provides that the local assessors shall list property at its time value for the purpose of taxation.

Our Brooklyn officers aim to do this. They return real estate at about 75 per cent, of what it is reputed to be worth. The margin, of 25 per cent, is hold to represent tho difference between what the property would bring at an immediate forced public sale and the price which might be obtained through a carefully nurtured private negotiation. But almost everywhere in tho State outside of the great cities the local assessors return property at a rate ranging litlio above '25 per cent, of its actual value, and sometimes running below that iignre. This plain and willful violation of law is winked at by their constituents, because (be latter profit by the official per jury.

In the first place their just share of the State tax is largely reduced. In the next place it is believed, often erroneously, that a low iissessmeut attracts outsiders to a county. We say erroneously, because the actual burden of local taxation is not diminished by the proceeding. KiugG County would care little whether the valuation in Cattaraugus or Jefferson or were high ur low if only local taxation were affected. But it is obvious that if A's property in the country, though of equal value with J3's in the city, is assessed only onc thiul as much as the latter, ii pays three times as much of the State tax as i.s fairly chargeable to him.

The remedy for this evil is the enforcement of the Assessment law. Every local assessor takes nn oath to obey that part of it which directs him to assess property al its real valuu. When ho fails to do so he commits perjury. If not only courts and juries and prosecuting attorneys but public opinion could be brought to regard official perjury of this sort in the same discreditable light as private and individual perjury, assessments throughout the State would speedily equalize themselves, oi ratheT they would ho equal in the first instance. Since this part of the law cannot be enforced the duty of the members of the State Board is plain.

They can readily ascertain the inequalities existing among the various counties. The facts have been published again and again. An arithmetical process would adjust the differences. But these officers, in their turn committing perjury, allow the inequalities to continue. The State Assessors are here to day.

The well worn Story will be retold to them. The city officers, knowing the folly of soliciting a full measure of justice, ask that for State purposes 000 of assessment bo lifted from Kings and distributed upon the rural counties. Everybody will be surprised if the request is granted. Wanton Crcen'a ItcporC. We publish to day the text of Warden Greeu's report on the recent riotous demonstrations in the Penitentiary by the prisoners.

The outbreak, after forbearance on the War. den's part had ceased to be a virtue, was quelled by an application of tho lash. The report shows, and the evidence from other sources abundantly establishes the same, that physical chastisement was not roso ted to till every other means of subduing the outbreak had been tried without avail. The Warden, with a natural pride in his reputation as an administrator distinguished al once for firmness and humane behavior is at much pains to prove that in scourging the two chief offenders ho was controlled by an imperative sense of duty, and not by violent passion. He needs have no fears on this score.

Ho will bo found fault with, if at all. by reasonable men not for harshness but for withholding his hand too Jong. In the Uiuir's judgment, he erred in not requiring the mutineers at tho outset of their rebellion to choose between tho cat of nine tails and immediate obedience When, however, it is remembered that never before had he found it necessary to use the rod. and that lie finally gave conclusive proof of his ability to maintain hia authority, no ono will blame him much on this account. The par of the report which will attract uiost attention.

is that iu relation to the physical condition of the prisoners and the responsibility of Commissioner Kissam for their outbreak. That they are well and abundantly fed is attested by circum tauees which uo fitls i skill can counterfeit, nor any malignant enemy of tho. Warden swear away these circumstances are tho percentage of prisoners on the sick list and the amazingly light death rate. It probably did not occur to Commissioner Kissam when he made up his mind to puse as the defender of the badly used burglars and softhearted murderers in distress that this kind of evidence would rise up to make him and his worthy wards ridiculous. As, however, it happens to bo true that men Boon sicken and die when they are not prop er'y fed, tho fact that, of Warden Green's prisoners very few sicken and hardly any die (th 3 death rate is smaller in the Penitentiary than in any other similar institution in the State, or than among iawahidingcitizeuf will be accepted byovery mind amenable to common sense Us proved that in this rcsiice! at Joa'st there is nothing to complain of.

But the. is not merely justified iu this matter nor Mr. Kissam exhibited. in the light of a mere mischief maker. It appears by the report, every word of which our readers may depend upon AB true, that this Commissioner who in now posing or would like to pose as the friend of tho prisoners actually had tho tasks of the prisonous increased 10 per cent, after the Warden had, wit: tho concurrence of Ship juau and Henry, educod them, and complained that thoy wow being too well fed.

We uecd churactmizo tho recent action A BIG TEBI1IT0IUAI, SCHKME. Faeoo, D. July 29. A party of Dakota and Montana capitalists will go to Washington soon with a new scheme for tho division of tho territory. Thoy propose to form all Dakota east of the Missouri Rivor, Into one Stato that part wost of the river, and tho eastern part of Montana, tho cattlo grazing belt, Into onothor, whilo tho western part of Montana, tho mining region, will bo the third, and tho Black mils will bo attached to Wyoming.

They are confident of success as thoy havo ample money backing. DISAPPEABASCfc OF A SPECULATOB. Adman, July 29. Frank Simmons, a Boston wool buyer, who has operated hore during the season fur six years past, loft July 9 for Dotroit taking with him $7,000 in drafts. IIo cashed a draft for $4,000 in Dotroit that day and since that timo nothing has been seon or heard of him.

Ho oxpoctod to visit Eaton Itapids, Chicago and Milwauwoo, but inquiries fail to yield any light as to his whereabouts. His brothor and busiucss partner havo come here to look into tho matter and aro much mystified. JOHN BKIOHTS SPEECH IN THE COMMONS. I.ON PON, July 29. This morning's papers, Tory and Liberal alike, unite In declaring tho speech delivered by John Bright In tho House of Commons last night in do fonBQ of liis utterances at tho Spencer dinner, to havo bean a masterly offort.

The papers generally disapprovo what thoy term tho with iiaro and hunt witli hounds" policy of tho Tory loadors. THE EGYPTIAN LOAN. London, July 29. It is not behoved that tho Egyptian loan of 9.000, 000 will bo sufllciont to meet tho deficiencies of tho govornmont and it is certain that thoro will be no balauco on hand. The indemnified claims will bo paid first and it is thought that theso alono will aggregate a sum nearly equal to that realized upon the loan.

TWO MEN PKOVtWED. Boston, July 29. A eatboat containing four mon capsized off Gal loupo'a Island last ovoning, and John Courtney and Edward Dohorty, oach about twenty years of ago, were drowned. Tho other two occupants of tho boat woro rescuod by II. H.

Smith, superintendent tho island. Tho drowned mon wero employes of the Bay Stato Iron Company. THE MUN'STEK BANK I'AIM'KE. London, July 29. Tho deputation of persons interested IntheMtin ster Bank who havo boon assistance for tho bank trom Loudon firms havo not met with any success, oxcept the promiso of advances on tho debentures which tho directors of tho bank proposo to issue.

TO AID THE (JHOLEllA SL'FEEHHUS. P.OMii, July Tho more liberal religious societies hero are organizing volunteer relief expeditions to visit tin cholora infected districts of Spain aud as far as pos siblo alloviato the sufferings of tho inhabitants. THE CZAK ASH ElIi'EKDK JOSEPH. Vll'NNA, July 29. M.

Do Giot8 and Count Kalpoky, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of ltussia and Austria ro.jpeclivuly, will bo present at the approaching meeting of tho Czar and the Emperor Francis Joseph. DE.SOUNCI.VU THE MlXISTiiY. London, July 29. Lord Ebrington, P. for Tiverton, addressed his constituents in that town last night.

JIc denounced tho Ministry roundly for 'Hruckling to thoso Par nellito blackguards." A MYSTElilOl'S 311'KDER. L'ASf Saoinaw, July 29. Dolphico Bergeron, proprietor of tho Montreal House, was struck on tho Head witli a pitcher by au unknown man last evening and almost instantly killed. Thnmurdorod man, murderer and onothor unknown man had been throwing di. when thn doed was commit'od, but no quarrel is known to havu occurrod.

The men escaped. ILLNESS 01' Slit ClIAULES DILKE. London, July 29. Sir Charles Dilke, tho Radical leader, is ill from overwork. Thoro is a rumor also that his illness is in part duo to worry over impending disclosures ot cortain private relations.

Sir Charles broke au engagement yesterday to addrcsj an election meeting at Kensington and it is reported that ho is breaking other public engagements, on tho ground tbnt tbo doctors insist that he should rest. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. IVcivm and UJosip from All Parts of (he World. All of this morning's London papers contain laudatory notices of Sir Montotioro. The Dublin Master of the Kolli has adjourned tho hearing of petitions for tho compulsory liquidation of the affairs of tho Minister liank until next wuck.

A tolegram from Simla says that tho Ameer of Afghanistan is making a tour of tho country delivering speeches to show tho vast benolit to bo derived from an alliance witli the British. His people aro roportod to bo vory enthusiastic. CONEY ISLAND NOTES. 'JTIie Visitors Yesterday 'Jlie ticvr llcw itt Sensation Joe Cobiiru. Yesterday the temperature at Coney Island was just right, and it was ono of tho very few days when ono could oujoy a walk from placo to place without suffering from tho excessive heat that had prevailed during the past week.

Tho usual number of visitors woro pre sent yesterday, and every otic seemed to bo get ling his share of tho day business. Tfioro is no chauge iu ttie principal attractions this week. Tho fireworks and Gilnwro enterta'mc 1 tho peoplo at Manhattan, Cappa at Brighton and Mrs. Howittand Levy in Paul Bauer places In West Brighton. Tho principal topic of conversation at tho West End appears to bo tho alleged persecution of Hewitt, tho lady cornoti at Bauer's, by Jules Levy, tho soloist, who is also in Mr.

Bauer's employ. Tho Eagle reporter saw Mrs. Hewitt last evening. I su pposo you expect 1110 to Hiy all manner of unki nd things about Mr. Lovy, iu connection with the cruel rumors he or his frionds havo sot atloat about mo," said the lady, but I do not caro to say anything about them, but rather let my friends speak for mo in tho matter." Will you corroborate tho statements of your friends in regard to Mr.

Levy's action so far as you know them to bo truo 7" asked tho reporter. Cortaiuly, I shall bo glad to do so, If you will repeat what you have been told, to mo." Tho roportor then told Mrs. Howltt that the rumors afloat wero to the offect that when she came to Coney Island, and boforo Lovy was engaged, sho had a number of small bill boards put up, at her own expense, and had hor own lithographs placed on themi but that as soon as Lovy came, he had them all takon down aud his own pictures put up instead; that on at least three or four occasions whilo sho was playing hor solos Lovy, witli. a party of friends, had entered tho hall, marched up to seats directly in front of hor, and during her performance had nctod in a very rudo aud tmgeutlcmanly manner, Jumping up and shouting This is and like expressions, all tonding to cause Mrs. Hewitt trouble and annoyance, lieports lurtlier say that he has usod every possible means in his power to have her dismissed, and for no causo except that she earned her living In his line of business, and so groat was his lutlueuco with Mr.

Bauer that upon threo occasions sho had packed hor trunks to leavo, but was at tho last moment retained by Mr. Bauor through tho intercession of friends; that he has sent hor word whilo rehearsing that sho wni annoying parlies at breakfast, and, In fact, has lost no opportunity to annoy hor. Every word you havo repealed, of rumors afloat, is true, as I know to my cost, aud you havo not heard of ono half tho mean little tricks that mau has resorted to to got mo out of my position bore," tho lady said. Tho above rumors aro vouched for by men of good standing on the Island and also by several oflicinls who are in a position to know whereof thoy speak. Tho reporter uoxt interviewed Air.

Lev)', who had evidently witnessed tho interview with Mrs. Hewitt, as he was greeted with: Well, 1 see you have had your tulk with that woman; now lot mo say a word." Mr. Levy thon douied emphatically each and every chargo made against him, beginning wilh tho bill board question. He laughed at the idea of tho great Lovy being Jealous of tho success of a mere beginner, as ho socs fit to torm tho lady. Mr.

Lovy, for himself, says tho rumors against Mrs. Hewitt never emanated from him and courts an investigation, while the lady says ho shall havo all tho investigation ho wttnts beforo tho matter Is onded. Another topic iu West Brighton, especially hi sporting and polico circles, is tho cowardly oscapado of Joo Coburn, tho pugilist, on Saturday evening last Tho story has already appeared In tho Eaoi.k. A warrant was sent to Now York for Coburn Monday and he was takon to Conoy Island Polico Headquarters and released on $500 bail, to appear noxt Wednesday for trial at Gravcscnd. INCREASING COUNTY SALARIES.

Eleven Officials Who Will be Paid at Higher llates. Chairman Garrison and Supervisors Beas ley, O'Brien, O'Keofo and Carroll, of tho Salaries Committee, met yestorday afternoon In tho Court Houso, to tako action on tho ealaries list. Incroasos woro recommended in the salaries of tho following county officers: Third Assistant District Attorney, John F. Clark, from $1,500 to Deputy Clerk of the Court of Sestlons, Bernard York, from $1,800 to Assistant Clerk of tho Court of Sessions, John F. Mooro, from $1,200 to Clerk anil stenographer of Special Term, City Court, Charlos H.

FarreU, from $1,500 to Deputy Commissioner of Jurors, J. P. W. Cawthorno, from $1,900 to Assistant Clerk of tho Commissioner of Jurors, A. J.

Michaels, from $1,200 to Dop uty County Treasurer, James Gardiuor, from $2,500 to Mr. Gardiner's bookkeeper, Bogart, from $2, j90 to $SNS00; County Treasurer's clorfcs, McOuiro, who now receives $1,200, and Harrington, who receives $1,300. to $1,500 oach; O. M. Stevens, for all clorks and assistant olorka in tho Supremo Court, from $7,500 to $8,300.

Tne committee also recommended to nUow Harry E. Costello $3 a day while at worfca 3 stenographer to the Grand Jury. Thoro was tto opposition to lu.crca.slng tho salaries of Mr. J. If.

Clark, Mr. Bernard York or Mr. U. FarroU. Tho commluee'a report will bo uabmittoa this after noon.

It la expected thas it vrtll bo confirmed. Sir Moses Mtontefiore. To few men has it been given in historic times to reach the groat age from which Sir Moses Montefiore looked backward upon tho world. From the topmost pinnacle of a century, fairly gained, he surveyed history with an eye as clear as an eagle's and found, perhaps, not more than two or three worthy to rank quite with himself as one who loved his fellow men and proved his love to them. Full of years and honors, beloved in return for his benefactions by men of all races, by these whom his liberality had blessed not more than by millions who knew him only by his deeds, he departed in peace and his works do follow him.

With Howard, Peabody and good old Peter Cooper ho will be remembered at all events for a generation as among the most remarkable of men who have lived in this century; as one who witnessed tho growth of popular government and year by year, almost from the planting of the seed, watched the up springing of the great Anglo Saxon republic whose full maturity will overshadow the earth. Such a man practically belongs to no nationality, no race, and we may even say to no era, precisely as he belongs to no creed or system of moral ethics. It is worthy of note that in an age which professes to attribute charity in its sense of practical philanthropy, especially to the moral teaching of one distinctive, creed as the unmistakable product of that creed, the most distinguished of enlightened and unselfish givers shonld have belonged to the tribes who hold a yet more ancient faith and refuse to accept as sound or defensible the elemental doctrines of that creed. Sir Moses Montefiore was remarkable in other relations than as a philanthropist, although these relations served rather to display other sides of a character that was essentially strong, healthy and well balanced. At the outset of his career as a business man he devoted the energies of an acute and tireless mind and vigorous frame to the accumulation of money.

Unlike the vast majority of men who seek for fortune ho never created a demon to drag him relentlessly from pile to pile till death came to his relief He made an ample fortune, and it was his slave. There he stopped and tho slave over obeyed. He had the self control to know when ho had enough the strength to banish the tempter when it offered more upon conditions. Equipped with the means of doing good, of redressing wrongs, of putting an end to persecution, of gaining access to princes and kings and securing a hearing for the persecuted and the friendless, he labored for them as their heaven appointed and heaven rewarded advocate until success crowned his efforts. Of his own race and faith he was ever tho sturdy champion.

The marks and brands which twenty centuries of persecution, of traditional hate, of jealousy, of racial antipathy and tho scorn that a rugged race naturally entertains for alien customs and the devious weapons of craft and indirection had put upon tho chosen people, this one vigorous and dauntless personality, with its more than Saxon valor and its Hebrew patience and persistency, more perhaps even than Beaconsfield or the Rothschilds, aided in obliterating. His power lay not in guiding the destinies of a people in tho struggle for national existence, nor in equipping armies for tho field. Ho mis greater than the man who took a city, for he was the friend of tho friendless and the enemy of none. What he most conspicuously did for his race, however, lay not in the line of his money gifts for various purposes, nor in the restoration of political rights, nor tho cessation of persecutions that he brought about. His whole life was a negation of the world wide prejudice against tho Hebrew that the acquisitive propensity had, by ages of diligence, become the prime factor of Jewish activity, to the extirpation of the more generous moral qualities.

A typical Hebrew in all eLse, Sir Moses Montefiore was tt great philanthropist iu the face of this fact the onus is on the other side to show that in this also he was not a type. Titles and orders amount to little in the minds of men who are really great. Queen Victoria knighted this great subject and subsequently made him a baronet, something larger than a commoner and much below a peer. On the date of his one hundredth birthday last October she had in her possession three unclaimed garters, the choicest of English orders. One of these she presented to a boy of twenty, and a second, has just been conferred upon a poverty stricken German princelet who has the doubtful advantage of being her last son in law.

Had one of these garters been conferred for merit upon Sir Moses Montefiore, in order that royalty might acknowledge greatness of soul, the world's respect for royalty and tho Order of the Garter would be many times greater than it is now. Mr. Hersh is the present owner of the house in which General Grant was born, and he is willing to part with it for shekels. Ho has had one offer of 1,000 from a gentleman of Cincinnati, which he would not consider. He says he could sell the house piecemeal for relics, and, in fact, had sold a window catch for $5 and a good many splinters from the weather hoarding, which had been renewed.

We do not know whether Mr. Hersh was ever in the old clothes business, but he talks very much like a man who had been. When Fitz Hugh Lee was at West Point lie could rido ti horse, handle the saber and twang a guitar better than any other man in his class. None of these accomplishments would avail him in a political scrub race in Virginia. But he is a popular and enterprising farmer, and a good husbandman ought to moke a good public administrator.

We should like to see tho gallant cavalryman and cornshucker in the office of Governor of Virginia. What does the Chicago Tribune mean by saying of New York City that "what is not bastard English in its population is the alien sediment deposited there and left by the better class of foreign emigrants who seek homes in tho West?" Would any class worthy to be called the better class behave in so extraordinary and reprehensible a manner? John Bright loathes war, loves peace and would go at least two miles and a half out of his way to avoid an unnecessary fight, but when any man deliberately treads on his toes the white dove takes wing and tho god of battles stirs within the doughty old Quaker until his language and mcin are those of a veritable Mars. A Chicago poet tunes his lyre to tho refrain li The coming man I sing, the coming man.1' By confidentially communicating his knowledge to tho members of tho New York Republican State Committee ho can mako a good deal more money than by writing poetry in Chicago. Onr protesting contemporaries of Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago and elsewhere are admonished that the limo for discussing the choice of Grant's last resting placo is past. Even an unkempt mule knows when to stop kicking.

Neol Dow is on the right track at last. He prefers tho Jeffersonian simplicity of Democratic whisky straight to the hypocritical character of all Republican decoctions. The character and career of such a Jow as Sir Moses Montefiore are enough to make the Christian world lament the day when the children of Israel shall all go back to dwell in Jerusalem. Contemporary Hiimor. Will tho coming man work is the latest conundrum.

Unless stomachs go out of fashion and clothes are discarded lie is liable to have to hustle around at least one day in soven. Philadelphia Call. Young lady to physician Can't you givo me something to take these horrid spots off my face Physician Why, lot thorn remain. Spots are fashionable now. Lady That so Well, give me something to bring out more spots.

Arkansas Traveler. A captious critic says that Vassar girls cannot write poetry. If this be so; we hail with delight another triumph of tho higher education of women. Lowell Courier. St.

Louis men get no wind in their whiskers from the Xst of Juno to tho 1st of October. Loidstille Centner Journal. i uifictmce to tho Irish people, the follow ers of Mr. Purjell formed an unholy pact with the Tories to unseat Mi'. Gladstone's Ministry, and are now in close alliance with tho squirarchy and the landlord interest to antagonize which the Land League wr.s formed a league which, but for the crimes alleged to have been committed with its approval, would have included John Bright himself.

To what extent this ingratitude will react upon the Parnellites the November elections will probably disclose. Virginia Democrats 'JTo tlay Tho Virginia Democrats are in State Convention to uay. A disposition to nominate Fitz Hugh Lee for Governor rests on a eentiinen tii.ity, and is also backed by the ambition of politi ans who want to concentrate honor on that gentleman, in order to exhaust tho claim of his county to preferment. In that county is that arch Democratic manager, James M. Barbour, who would like to bo United States Senator, vice Mahone.

Tho county can hardly havo Governor and Senator too. The other wouldbo Senators aro not few. Thoy all wish to boom Fitz Hugh Leo bo ns to shelve Barbour. Barbour is not now prevails In Cork and Dublin. The Hank Ireland explains Its nc.lon saying ihat the government considers that It is thodaty of the suspend ed institution's shareholders to first to tlie hank's rescue, aud that thoy cannot expect the Bank of Ireland to ndvanct them money i foro thoy mako a call upon their follow sharehsld Tho explanation further states that it may bo considered doubtful that any advance of mono; by tho Dank of Ireland would provo of permanent help to the Munster Bonk, and recommends that the Utter Isano dobentured it caao'Um itenk nf Ireland would bu disposed to consider further proposal Tbb reply of the Bank of Ireland bas ErooUy dlo appointed OBd psol iter.