Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-25

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New YORK, May 25.-The investigs'
ton is continued in secret by the com
mittee of the Board of Education,
BROOKLYN. on the subject of united
classes, and has revealed some startling
facts, which fully justify the wisdom OF
conducting the investigation in private
by what has been developed. 1t is fur
ther stated that they will make the ne
cessary examination Of every school
teacher in the city.
James McHenry has returned to the
CITY. He says that the accounts of the
Atlantic and Great Western Co. audit
ing are in order that the exact condition
of the road may be known when it is
leased to the Erie Company. The in
yestigations of Erie by English account
ants will be furnished in about two
weeks. Captain Tyler, of the English
Board Of Trade, who is to inspect the
Erie road, is expected to arrive in few
days.
The racing stable of Il. P. McGrath
arrived at Jerome Park from Lexington.
1t comprises six horses-Tom Bowling,
Aaron Pennington, Jury, Aristides,
Chesapeake and Clara. Tom Bowling
will run in the mile and three miles and
three-quarters races at jerome Park on
the fourth day Of the meeting, carrying
seven pounds extra. He has grown
into fine looking horse, standing four
teen and three-fourths hands high. Pen
nington is in the Belmont stakes, and
his owner has backed him to win SlO,-
900 in that race. Aristides is in the
juvenile stakes at Jerome Park, and last
Saturday McGrath took bet of $4,000
to $500 that be would win.
Calvin and Chesapeake are entered in
two year cid stakes at Saratoga, but have
no engagement at Jerome Park. S. D.
Jones bay FLY Sangamen las arrived
from Illinois to run in the Withers
stake, the only engagement she has at
the coming meeting, and her. owner
thinks so highly of her that he recently |
took a bet Of $4,000 to $3.50 that she
would win her race.
1t was reported Saturday at Jerome
Park that Colonel McDaniels stable of
horses at Saratoga were suffering from
sickness, and that he would not have
anything to run at the Jerome Park |
meeting. John Hunter has offered to
match Kingbolt against any Of Nc
Grath's two year olds, one mile dash, for
5000 side.
The following i an extract from a tel
egram received Saturday by his sons
from Gen. ]. Watson Webb, who IS in
Europe: "Let any friend of Secretary
Seward or Of mine in Congress demand
that all correspondence in relation to
the Caroline affair be sent to the House.
1t will officially demonstrate what fol-
lows. The claimant in the Caroline
case proposed that certain Brazilians
should collect the claim and receive all
over twenty-five Thousand dollars. In
1866 l submitted the proposition to
Secretary Seward for his approval.
In 1867 claim was paid after standing
twenty years. sent $4,000 10 Seward
to get her, with the claimants original
authority to pay the balance to his agents,
which did. Secretary Seward formally
approved this, saying, you have shown
much energy aud sagaeity in the adjust
ment Of this claim Five years after
wards Secretary Fish and Ackerman
decided that Brazil was not liable; that
Polk, Buchanan, Marcy, Cass and Sew
ard were all wrong / was called upon
to refund the money paid to the claim
ants agents. I will be home as soon as
my heklth will permit
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