New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-19

,s,,eres and an amazing number OF cenerai Objects
,ome OF them drawn only quarter OF an in'" NIX"
rni 4. In the middle distance and background OF the
nctpre The foreground is crowded. ra'her 700 coseS
=, Ia trina In nature with figures of men ana horses
,.ome Of the LATTER even having individual hstoreSl'
living and dead wounded and well, on all sorts oi ms
sions and duties The picture does not appear 10 cru
,sn, as a work W art. As piece OF ingenuity anu ao
curacy II is wonderful and the interest in the subject is
so general aud personal that fortune seems likely u
he made by It's inventor and exhibitor.
Al FARCE NOT on THE BOARDS
orr principa material for laughter during the past
week has been furnished by meeting most serious III
intention but comic In effect Of the Boston Ihea'er
corporation your readers will reperuse 'her
memory OF the chronicle for the last few years lucy
vlhave SO apt parallel for the record Of this institution
that II need not be rehearsed here in detail certain
worthy barons owning in their combination majority
q, the stock OF the corporation long ago elected the
selves directors and since then have annually Soeu 10
themselves under different aliases the lease OF INC ino
alter at a very low price. enabling them 10 MAKE ralu
fortunes as managers also spending as directors INC
money received for rent in REPAIRS consisting Vi no"
.ecnery and properties greatly to their advantage as
managers and otherwise conducting affairs that the
nuorty STOCK holders receive dividends The Thea
Ter was built in ouburst OF public spirit, and so 1t
happens that among this downtrodden majority are
some OF the most liberal aud the weathest men IN the
city. patience being exhausted after repeated en-
deavors 10 dispose Of the lease more TO their liking
they have brought an action at law charging
their oppressors with conspiracy, and this IL
soon to come up before the supreme Court OF
the state. Thus far the tragedy now the farce. A
meeting the corporation called TO take action In
regard 10 the suits The three alleged consprators we're
present their majority Of stock in their pockets Al
once resolutions offered withdrawing the directors
with generous brush. aid declaring fun satisfaction
a., laEf Away
ekem,nc resistance the part of the stockmnorty'
hui The result was that the resolutions were carried ny
the votes the gentlemen culogized Happily lor tho
development Of the fun fun of the thing the counsel OF
the dscoutencd faction was present with proxy ana
demanded statement OF the number Of votes cast by
the pcrsOus directly affected. The hight OF aosurdly
was reached when stock vote was called for upon TINS
question: bni public opinion too strong TO carry out
that cXtravagauce. and persistent camor brought out
the fact that clear majority were cast by the OFFENDING
dir.ctofs themselves The whole number was l9) the
,rii,, whose acts were in question cast 10; 81 more
shares voted with them, and "a voted against them
The rcNt scene OF the drama Will take place IN the
suiur Court room and however 1t results. cannot fail
to Dee interesting
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
At the Social Science Rooms they are busy in com
plotting the preparation Of a Handbook of Emigration
which seems likely ~ do about much practical good in
TIE world as any other single little book of our day Ii Is
tol, an attempt to present a convenient. attractive
and thoroughly trustworthy form all the information so
earnestly desired and difficult to be procured by per
sons m Europe proposing emgrate to this country or
contemplating emigration 1t will give the prices OF
labor of rrcut kinds in the various states of the
Inou the principal industries Of each; the amount and
location Of public lands unsold IN EACH the price and
character OF the lands be had In different sections the
provisions the way of schools etc. the routes OF travel
10 the West from the seaboard cities with the rates OF
fare 10 the principal points; and so on Win vast
amount Of facts nowhere accessible together hitherto.
The statistics from which the book made up have been
obtained from the bureau at Washington and by sys-
tematc OF inquiry in other quarters, and every
,dm. made to s them absolute truth. No private
or corporate interest any kind to be advertised in
the work When the book is finished IN our own tongue.
TRANSACTIONS are be made into different languages
az Europe and large editions 10 be sent to the capt
tal-. where already great demand for such work ex
lists and cannot be met No one can contemplate this
enterprise and fancy that energy Of the social Science
Association Is all spent III talk.