Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-05-06
NEW YORK.
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THE CENTENNIAL fEvER-ALso THE cHILIs-TuE
UNION LEAGUE CLUB AND THE JEROME PALACE
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ANYMORE BROOK
LyN SCANDALS.
Special Correspondents The Commercial.
New YonK, April 81.
Centennial days have come at last to the
American republic, and are bound to keep coming
they say, for seven or eight years, from the Cen
tennial OF Lexington and Concord to that Of
Yorktown and the surrender Of Cornwallis.
Every historic spot in the Old Thirteen will have
its celebration, with sires and Sons, poet and
orator, from far and near. American patriotism
| is to have such u rousing snd shaking up w
never before
THE NEXT GRAND CENTENNIAL
date is that OF Bunker Hill June l7th. The
| Ne'o Highlander is aresdy oil hand with his
torical review OF that wonderful BATTLE not less
Unwilling than critical, and one of the best con-
tributohs OF fuel to t.As revolutionary fervor that
have seen yet. As a Connecticut, quarterly, the
| Ne,o Highlander very properly and successfully
but temperately, upholds the claims of Gen. Is
rael Putnam to the honor of having originated
and directed that brave deed. Happy the COM
| ing generation who are boys and girls now, to
| drink into their young blood and spring of life,
the heroic inspiration of these centennial years.
| The second century Of American Independence
ought to be better, for this fresh baptism, than
the first.
Isuppose may put down among the centen-
NAL fervors, though by accident, tho
BURNING OF THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB HOUSE,
| as rather grim celebration, for patriotic in
stitution. Tho elegant palace OF marble "a it is
hardly too much to call it, built by Mr. Jerome
for his private residence on the corner Of Msdi-
| son Square and Twenty-sixth street Opposite
| the south-w west corner OF what is now the Hippo
drome) WAS one of the most noticeable private
structures in the city. No one ceuld pass it
without wishing to know, il he did not, what it
was. Mr.. Jeromes extravagancos on the turf,
on the water, on Wall street, and generally on
whAtever money could be spent Or risked Oh,
brought him up sharply at last, while his beauti-
fnl and extensive mansion WAS yet hardly finish
ed, and 30 it came to be the Union League club
house instead Of the residence OF Leonard W.
Jerome. The club leased it for ten years at
$4,000 year besides paying the taxes ard in
surance with privilege Of purchasing at $780,
900. Such tigures indicate what e
FAST WALL STREET MANS IDEA
of u shanty is. Lucky for the builder that he
got such an elephant Of extrAvagant living of
his hands before tho hard times Of late years.
What club Of irst-class 'solid' men, is. and
how expensive an institution, may be guessed
from the fact that the income of "dues' has
not only paid the enormous rent, and other
enormous current expenses, but has given
?15O,OOO to beautifying and furnishing the land
| lords property and accumulated another $780,
900 for building fund. But the time has now
passed for buying Mr.. jerome ont at !3O0,0O0
| He gets the molasses end of the stick, every
| time When the lease expires, in two years
more probably he will be able to live there
himself II he likes. Meanwhile Madison Square
| has gone away down town and is fast getting to
be business quarter. 1t is not suitable for a
| private residence, so another lease to the club
| will probably settle the matter.
THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB,
as l remarked, is emnently the solid men $ club.
| II WAS organized as its name implies, to give
the support Of what is known as Society in
its best sense, patriotic loyalty in city where,
1T the time, there was not little social support
! given to indiferentism and even secessionism.
But Of course the club has had q general polti-
| cal complexion in accordance with its origin.
But political objects have latterly given way in
| great measure to others.
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
is an offspring to which the Club may point with
long after it shall have finally dissolved. It Is
| but half dozen years since the establishment
Of this institution was first suggested by the Ar
Committee Of the Union League Club, and .
public meeting was held under its auspices te
iuaugurate the enterprise. In 1871, valuable
collection Of paintings having fallen into the
hands Of the musettm Uhen newly incorporated
by legislative acts) the exhibition was com
menced at No. 68l Broadway, and two years ngt
was removed to the Douglas mansion in l4th
Park, now being erected at n cost OF $500, ,0et
by the Park Commissioners, will ere long re
ceive the treasures of art which are rapidly &C
cumulsting in the temporary quarters OF tk'
Museum
BROOKLYN
has been for few days, relieving it's heavie
business in the scandal line with rev mino
| episodes. One Of them, the German case o
usurpation Of guardianship OF all helress, VIII
prolonged imprisonment and lcentious abus'
too horrible to relate, reads more like an old tall
OF baronial lawlesspess in pagan or lnedl@va
times, than like anything that could be transact
ed to-day, in "City Of churches The girl g.
at the age of'twenty, il at last restored, IN he
dishonored condition, by order OF court, 10 he
mother.
POOR MRS. FERGUSON
the Young and brilliant star OF amateur theatri
cal aud musical circles in Brooklyn, gave to
much of her time to the fascinating stage an
to the company of gentleman who shared \
the same passion for the mimic scene. III
natural result was an angry husband she say
brutal and abusive one from whom she tie
with their little only daughter, and to whom sli
I was ANONYMOUSLY brought back, all the Wa
from Maine, few days ago. Having, by he
, own story added to her other indiscretions .
, least, that Of allowing the object Of her hui
, bands jealously to assist and take part in ht
! flight, she is in about unfortunate scrape q
: she knew how to make Of it Her child is take
from her. and she returns to her mother, pr'
testing her innocence. Tho inculpated gentl
mans wife, however, stands by him, and givt
: her word that there WAS nothing wrong. So IL
! friends on both sides hope to patch up recoi
: ciliation.