The New York Herald Newspaper, March 27, 1871, Page 3

The Hew Demooratio Dectasr. tion of Principles, aphthoroes Botngtjon of Toxatida, Béowomy, Specie Pay- No Federol Interference Sout The Adjournment Question in Doubte About Any Anti-Ku Klux Legislation. Twenty-nine Millions Subscribed for the New Loan, WASHINGTON, March 26, 1871, ‘The Platform of tlie Democracy—A Fotwatd Pan Movement. During tlié receyt differences among the fepubli- cans 1i Congress, tho tendency of which is to ‘weaken the party and lessen its influence through- out the country, the democrats have pursued the ‘pagactous policy of keeping quiet, counselling unity nd harmony among themselves and letting the re- publicans quarrel as they pleased. The spectacle of republicans fighting each other suggests to the Gemocrats the story of the Kilkenny cats. The democrats are carefully watching the progress and the vendénciés of events. Being numerically in the minority, they have not deemed it wise to inau- gurate any positive policy concerning the impor- tant questions in which the interests of the country re involved, seeing thit the course the op- Position is pursuing furnishes them . 0 uch to criticise, ‘They have beon melined 40 confine themseives principally to antagonism to ‘what they consider from their standpoint to be ‘wrong on the part of the administration and the fepublican party. ‘They begin to have some doubts, however, as to whether the democracy of the coun- ‘ry will bo satisfied with a continuance of this pas- Bive policy, They think it is not necessary that the * people should know wherein the policy of the party im power is erroneous, but that they should know hat course the other party would pursue should 1t succeed to power. They do not consider it sound etatesmanship to confine themselves exclusively to erilical opposition, but, on the contrary, they believe ‘they should enunciate certain great measures of pub- ic policy which would govern the democratic party Bhouid it be called upon to resume the administration of national affairs, The leading democrats in Con- gress are well aware of the fears expressed in cer- tain quartets that the advent of a democratio ad- ministration and 4 ruling majority in the House of Representatives might restore to a great extent the supremacy of the South and involve the country in ® host of complicated and internal troubles, They Andignantly disciaim the possibility of any such re- put, and maintain that the democratic party of to- ay Is a truly national party. Upon many of thd Public quéstions of the day they entertain opinions . diametrically opposed to those of the administration and the republican party, and they think it is time khe position they assume among themselves should communicated to the country. With this view it understood that, at tne earliest favorable oppor- Ranity, Ferhando Wood, who has carefully con- | sneikap the matter, will present a resolution inthe , of Representatives declaring that itis tne duty Of Congreas— First—To provide for the immediate reduction of direct taxation pnt of import duties to a strictly revenue standar ae t —To provide for the immediate reduction of pubiic expenditures in all the departments of the government. Thtrd—To abolish all sinecure oifices and the sys- fen of collecting the reyenue by secret informers ‘and spies, > . ‘ Fourth—To restore to the people of the States and their iocal governments the rights originaliy pos- pessed by them under the constitutton, « Fyth-To abolish governmeatal paper money and restore the only constitutional currency—gold and iver, Stcth—To reduce the army to a peace footing and abolish a system recently establisaed of employing maintary ofilcers in the discharge of eivil duties, ( Seventh—To provide agains the accumulation and retention of large sums of mouey in the public fzgeuary, by which the interests or the people are jubordinated to government influence and made dependeut upon the caprice and personal views of the head of that department. ! Highth—To prevent the purchase and sale of the public credit by the Secretary of tho Treasury, at his Own option, with no otver control than lis indi- vidual and personal will. - “Ninth—To bring the President and his Cabinet visers under the authority of law, making them ‘obedient to its provisions and alike with others Bubject to its penalties. i “ enth—To restore to the Southern States ane peo- ple peace, Ladies and contentment, which can only be accomplishéd by a cessation of vindtetive iegislation and military interference and a recogni- Yon of their equal rights, including se'f-government ‘and political equality with the other States and peo- . ete RT ive éricdn commerce, h—To restore American credit + Thirteenth—To réinangurate inetd, repub- see Pimps buy the ministration of public Pourteenth—To ald, by all propér legal and consti- tutional authority, in the full development of the ag- nieultural, mineral and Commercial resources of the country, yee ‘ ‘Prospects of the Anti-lKiu Klux Measures. The House Select Committee will have another meeting to-morrow morning to mature a bill to meet the present condition of Southern affairs. A num- ‘er of republicans io the House and several in the te eXpress theméely¢s as opposed to legislation that subject, wishing to adjourn the session as goon as tho Senate. will consent to do s0; hile o:hers apprehend, judging from demo- tio. utterances oh the floor and thelr kesolve in caucys, that thoy Will resort to dilatory ‘motions to defeat tho passage of any pu the Com- ittee may report. The méssige of the Président, king for legislation, will, it is suppose seep eee - Congress having fall a tap J \Mlclent appro- riauion for the p}yment of the carrier force for the ee Gelivery of letters in gitiea throughout th ‘United states, the the Geperal 1s compelled fo keop the expenditures for ite) ‘Aijch of the der- yice within the dmouot that Congress jias appro, priated, This will ‘hecesstcaté reducing the Humber carriers in sonie localities. General Jones, Post- master of New York, has come here to sew that the Interests of New York cityshould not suffer by the juction, and the result of his Visit ts that the car. x force in New York will remain as at present ponstituted. . ' Subscriptions to the New Loau. ‘. The following are among the subscriptions to the new loan yesterday:— Opdyke & Uo., New York,..... fre National Bank, Pennsylvania. + £00,000 fational BXchange Bank, Columbus, Ohio. eee t National Bank, Westfield, Mass. ‘Shawmut National bavk, Boston, Mass. Becond National Bank, Hoston, Mass, National Bank of Commerce, Philadelphia. Miners’ National Bank, Pottsviil First National Bank, Allegheny, Pa. + 810,000 armers’ Depoalt National Bank, Pittsbarg., 300,000 farmers’ National Bank, Riple; ‘ ret National Bank, Portland, Me. Lincoln National Bank, Bath, Me, Furst National Bank, Uincinnati, Ohio. . Merchants’ National Bank, Providence, R. 1. 100,000 First National Bank, Tamaqua, Pa. : faunton National Bank, Mass... irst National Bank, Battle Creek, Mic pat neces National Bank, N. National Bank, Norristown, Pa.... lowport National Bank, R.I,. 5 + 116,000 Aedes A Bank, West 125,000 erchants’ National Bank, Dayton, Oli10,... 100,000 ‘Thomas Gate, Troy, N. Y seveesess 100,000 Suoseription of a private party throwgh Drexel & Co., Pitiadelplia......,...660++ 624,000 . oe severe ee $5,087,000 "Ip addition to the above there was subscribed, In amounts ranging from ten thousand to seventy Live thougand dollars at last ono million, ‘the | WASHINGTON, lage “ Moné¥p in United Statos Conrts, ‘oe fraattent Ayana of the bill requirfog that all moneys In the registry of any court of tho United States of i the hands or under the contro} of any officers of such court which were regelved {0 any cause pendiig or adjudicated shail, yy thirty days after the passage of this act, Gepositeg with the ‘Treasurer or Aselatant Treasuret or @ designated depository of the United States, i the pame and to the credit of the court, All moneys hereafter received are to be depogited im like ynanner; pro- vided that nothing heyein shall be construed to pre- vent the delivery of any éuch money, upon security, @ccording to the agreement of parties, under the Atrection of the Uourt, No money is to with drawn, excopt by order of tho judge or judges of the court respectively. If any person shall knowuigly receive from a clerk or other officer any money belonging to the registry of the Court, as a deposit loan or otherwise, be shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, and on convic- tion fined five hundred dollars, er imprisonéd for term of not less than one nor more than t¢p years, or both, at the discretion of the Court, — BAFFLED BANK BURGLARg. New Milford, Conn., on the Housatomie river, is one of the prettlest towns in the land of steady habits amd one of the most moral. The people of this place attend church three times on each suc- ceeding Sunday, and barrooms are at a digcquat in the community, Occasionally LAWBESS MEN FROM THE CITY OF NEW YORE pay short visits to this peaceful and pious town for the purpose of replenishing their depleted purses, and some weeks since a store was robbed of silks tq the value of $1,000 by some unknown depredators, Who came upon the Newtowa road in search of plunder, and no clue was found to the criminals. On last Tuesday nighta most daring attempt was made by a gang of carpet bagging burglars to rob the First National Bank of New Milford, and but for the gallantry and presence of a bold barber, who has the honor to shave the faces and ERT Bm. CUT THE HAIR OF THE HONEST BURGHERS, _ @ grand baul would have been made, as nearly all the farmers in the Vicinity are in the habit of de positing their spare cash in the bank. The bank 13 aone story building, situated on the main street, near the railroad depot. Contiguous to the bank, and only separated from it by a narrow alleway, 1s a two story frame house, baying. a barber's shep on a first floor, On the second floor is tne residence of the barber, where he sleeps and eats his meals, His windows overlook the windows of the bank, About midnight on Suesday the barber, fatigued with the toils of the day, was about retiring, when he heard a strange noise proceeding from the bank. He went to his windows and saw »~\ A NUMBER OF RASCALS AT WORK in the bank using their tools with great zeal in pics locks and drawing bolts, Seizing his gun, which was loaded and hung on the wall, he discharged its contents through his window into the miast of tne burglars, the shot taking eifect, as he believes, on one of their bodies, as one of them set up a dreadful yelling. ‘The robbers immediately fied, and left behind them all their tools, Some citizens were alarmed by the report of the gun, and on going to the door of the bank everything was fuund in confusion. The outside door of the vault HAD BEEN COMPLETELY SHATTERED, andthe second spring had been made réady for Opening. A fall ect of burglars’ tools was founa in the bank, inclu @ very large screw, a new carpet and a new silk hat, with the lining removed. door three bundies of papers were lengths of string attached to cach pieces of 8 led in afferent directions—north, south, east and west—for a con- siderable distance from the bank. It is believed that & man was posted on guard at each of the ends of these lengths of cord, another being stationed in- side of the bang to watch tiie bundles of papers, while two | - : 4 = OTHERS WORKED AWAY AT THE VAULT . with their toola, If any person made his appear- ance to disturb the burglars the men outside hold- ing the strings pnited them and communicated with ~ eae popcned the robbers. Itis mule client urglars Succeeded in escal and 10 is supposed that thoy crossed over to tie Harlem and took the first vrain down to New York. A meeting of the directors was held, but it haa not been discovered as yet whether the burglars succeeded ’ IN CARRYING OFF ANY PROPERTY with them. It has been a good scare tor the tnhabi- tants of New Milford, and the next batch of bur- glars who make an attempt on the property of the citizens will, no doubt, mect wick a warm recep- on, A MURDEROUS AFFRAY. RS EAS “Pil Cut You Wid a Razor’—Two “Cullud Puseon Try to Dissect Each Other in a Gin Shop. Charles Landerway and John Long, both “cullud pussons,” went into the gin shop No. 31 Sullivan street late yesterday afternoon, to get a couple of drinks of “lingering illness,” and while there commenced “cuasing’? each other, in genuine old cornfield fashion, about a certain Dinah whom Landerway said Long must keep away from, as she was his “yal.” Words ran high, and soon cach threatened to demoilsn the other, when suddenly Long yeiled out, “Look hea, nigger, yeu better luir me alone, bekase if you don’t aap : VLL Cur YoU Wid A RAZOR,” and, suiting his action to his words, whipped out an old rusty tonsorial instrument and went for Lander: way’s bread-basket, upon which he inflicted a severe wound, He also cut him across the face, but not very severely, aiter which he made tracks for home, where he was followed by the wounded man, who in turn drove the blade CO huge, murderous looking Knife through his bac! into lis lungs. Both parties were arresied by officer Gilmore, and taken to the Eighth precinct station house, where thelr wounds were dressed by a neigh- boring physician, when Long, who {3 dangerously injured, was removed to Bellevue Hospital, and Landerway was locked up. “NOBODY'S CHILGREN.” This ts the subject of a lecture which Rev. Father Nugent, of Liverpool, proposes to deliver on Thurs- day evening next at Steinway Mall. The object of the reverend gentleman’s visit to this country is to establish a system of juvenile and female immigra- tion to the South and Texas. He is well known fer his untiring efforts in behalf of the cnildren of the irish race in Liverpool, and his mission to this country may be looked upon a3 the noblest work whieh he has yet undertaken. His legtyré been highly commended by the press, an apers: have spoken Of it a8 equal to Dickens’ reading. He ig said to be an eloquent speaker, 1s practical in his views and few men have had more experience in dealing with the great social questions of the day. Father Hecker will preside on the occasion and the Admission ts to be free, oy _ GRUMINAL CROMELIEN. zt * ve NEW York, Mafch 24, 1871, Tiyour issue of Friday, in a keport of the pro- ceedings of the Essex Market Police Court, in a case where James M. Cromelien was being examined on @ charge of forgery, my name js mentioned in con- nection with that of ne wife, I simply say that every Word of that state) ee ae i, malicious pnd Tat falsghood, i Tindefstan a at Our Fe portthat i was aiveh toyour reporter by Cromelien imaelf, “I therefore assert that when hd gave it he 48 stating that which he Knew to be faise. The Character of this man Oromelien 1s tod well known in this commnnity to need any elucidation at my hands, and I leave him to the judgment of the pub- lic, whose sympathies he has endeavored to enlist and whose Credulity he hag {tmposed upon by the circulation of these outrageous falsehoods,@I merely make this statement for the information of those who are unacquamted with us, as even a refutation of his vile siandera are unnecessary to those who know my standing and character In the community. I shail take no notice hereafter of any statements {his man Cromelien may make, but leave him to the Judgment of the law and his own conscience, both of which he has so grossly outraged. By inserting the above you will much oblige M. J, NEWMARK, FOUND DROWNED, The body of au unknown man was found in Rari- tan Bay, near the compass buoys, off Sandy Hook, on Saturday last. He is supposed to have been drowned. Had on when found a gray satinet or cloth coat, with check wool lining; black satinet pants, with patch in the crotch, considerably worn, white knit undershirt and drawers; white linen over: shirt; biue cloth vest, buttoned high in the neck with pranell buttons; grey woollen socks with white tops; black hair mixed with grey; high laced shoes, with tips, half worn. Had in his pockets two briar- wood pipes, one small, the other large; calico tobac- co or money pouch, home made; a pair of woollen loyes. Six feet high; age about forty-five or tity. jody supposed to have been in the water about three or four weeks, and very much devoiposed. THE COAL QUESTION. Prirrspune, Pa., March 26, 1871. Ata convention of the Alleghany county miners, held here yesterday, resolutions were adopted pro- testing against the system of weighing coal and other alleged grievances on the part of proprictors, r the Globe, in which Mr. Wi Mathews _S MUBIU axn THE DRAMA. me SADR EOR AER YAN oor , Lil By Ce Rovertson’s last comedy, ‘siren, Will ke bronght out to-night for the frst time at Wailgch'a, The lagt week of “Othello” at Booths tp au- nounced; Ou Monday fiéxt “The iool’s Revenge” Will be give, aud Mr, Barrett will appear as Hamlet 6n the following Wednesday, i Laura Keene will commence a season at thé’ Theatre Frangais On April 10, under the management of Messrs, Cunningham & Dow. Daly’a new play, “Horizon,’’ 1s now 1n perfect yunning ordor gt the Olymp{c, and in a fair way for 8 long and succegsfal run, . Mrs. Gilvert takes @ benefit at the Fifth Avenue to-night, on which gcgasion the very last perform- ance of “Saratoga” will be given, aie t2 Nilsson singe for tle last time to-night at the Brooklyn Academy, a? a, “The Merry Wives of Windsor” 13 the opera in ‘this evening’s bill at the Stadt, 7 . Seebach playa this evening at the Théatre Fran: gals for the benefit of the artists of her company. - The Lingards continue thelr successful engage- ment ay Lina Edwin’s ‘aimed sppoun toneee iene eee Grande the Grand Oper Ducnesse”? for ihe first time at House, Mr Morrissey’s beneft occurs on Thur Only two weeks remain for the “Black Orook? ane 3, nance ILL”) is set down for Easter "tha “sane evening NeWcomb & Arlington’s phen their new place at Apollo Hall. - “Day Nigh’ is the Hue ot @ new sensation OATS, 9 JAK Mr. Charles whose names ie Secu Bays ul pee tr. 01 Fifth Avenue. hy: seed there: Tue Cynocephalus No. 3 is the great’ aitraction this week of the New York Circus, ~ + eel The San Francisco Minstrels ‘announce the last Week of their season, and will be succeed u Royal Satsuma Japahese troupe. ond i et ‘Across the Continent’ still holds the beards Tyaoa's, with the “Hidden Hand’) for a matinée Seer Johnny Thompson Is ‘On Hand” this week at the Bowery, and wili likely draw for @ month longer. John Jack, the eminent Shakspearean actor, is in town, aud contemplates another tour, ot 4 SARATOGA CELEBRATION. |»! On Saturday night, atter the one bun¢redth per- formance of Mr. bronson 0, Moward’s amusing comedy, “Saratoga,” at the Fifth Avenue theatre, a number of ladies and gentlemen, consisting of the leading members of Mr. Daly’s company and a Tew invited guests, sat down to an elegant repast at the St James otel, Mayor fant bein, m the chair, A more enjoyabie evening could scarcely be imaginea, and the sma’ wee hours bad far advanced before any one could tear themselves away from the “feast of reason and flow of soul.’ Appropriate speeches were made by Mayor Hall, derman Lawrence Jerome, Congressman Roose- velt, the ladies of the company and others. It was a fitting tribute to the pluck and talent of a young American manager, who has worked his way to an enviable position in an incredibly short time, and to the success of a genuine American comedy, ITALIAN OPERA. A Short Spring Season at the Academy—A Company from Havanua=The Cuban Idea of Lyric Art—What We May Expect. HAVANA, March 15, 1871, The operatic season at the Teatro Albisu has been closed, after forty-nine successful representations, and the same company are now giving a short season of Italian opera at the Teatro de Tacon. Mr, Chizzola, of the Fourteenth Street College of Music, came here just as the Albisu season was clos- ing, and has made engagements with some of the leading members of the company for a season of Opera in New York. He has already departed en his returs, leaving his artists to follow him, and by the Ume this reaches you he will be almost ready to be- gin operations “in your city. As there is much musical taste among the people of New York, in spite of the croakings of ceriain cliques, and as there Will be considerable interest in the success in this capital of the artists whom Chizzola 1s about td in- troduce to the New York public, I have concladed to send you a short résumé of lyric art in Caba,”.: The artists whom Chizzola has engaged are Signora Ida Viscomte, prima donna dramatica, Signor Glaseppi Villani, tenore robusto, and Signor Enrica Carozelli, tenore di grazta, It is not impos- sible that Kate Morensi, who was always a great favorite with New York opera goers, may be induced to accept an engagement also, and seek to renew some of her former triumphs. The interest of the opera season here centred about these artists, but as New York will soon have an opportunity to judge of Cela qualities I leaye that part of my subject un- Havana fs not what New England would call a re- ligious city, and Iam not sure it would be exactly proper to call it a civilized city; but one thing 1s cer- tain, like m most. Catholic cities, there 19 much musical taste in this capital and a genuine devotion to the lyric stage. Operatic management is sus- tained by subscripuons which work as satisiactorily as the subvention system of Europe, and insure managers azainst disastrous financial loss, Many rich families may be seen in their boxes neariy every Oty uight af the season. The ladies go be- cause they may be looked at, though it must be confessed that the desire to escape for a short time from their cages at home is an additional tnduce- ment, and the gentlemen find it a fit opportunity for their favorite divertissement of gazing at the wo- men, But the passion for music is the leading im- pulse, and so the opera Rouses are always crowded, Society asserts its peculiarities in the Havana opera house as well ay in the homes of tho rich. Ladies occupy the boxes only, the parquet being filled with men, though respectabie women some- times sit 1a the tertuiio or third tier, where no men are admitted. The general effect of this arrange- ment is bad fn American eyes. because the dress and beauty of the first and second ticrs are the only silver linings to the dark cloud in the body of the house. No assemblage, however distinguished, can be wholiy brilliant where men sit in the bare bouches of the parquet, and rush out to drink and smoke and Ogle the women between the acts, leaving this part of the house entirely empty. But the Cubans seem to like it, and perliaps it is the best arrange- ment in o country where men are the veritable lords of creation and women only men’s playthings, part of the furniture of their houses, and the most precious adornments of their boxes iit the theatre. Going to the opera in Havana is an expensive pleasure. The general admission, with reserved seat, Ig an escudo, or $2 1234 1n gold; and ifa gen- tleman desires his wile to accompany him he has no alternative but to pay $850 for a box; the admission tickets being $1 25 each. Eleven dollars is a very fair sum for a night's entertainment, and, ag cone trasted with Ne rr the price Pa XCOSBIVE, The operas tu bre durin 1@ Winter were “Otello,” « vatore,”? “Ernant,” “La Traviata,” “Poliuto,” “Not * “Un Ballo in Siaschera,”’ “Lu- etezia ucla di Lammermoor,’ ‘Mar- tha,” “Rigoletto” and “Macbeth.’’ Visconti gained her greatest triumph in ‘Polluto” and the ‘Ballo in Maschera,” but she sustained nerself well in 4ll the parts she assumed and was Spplanded a6 an actress as wellasasinger, Villani 8, per APS, most ac- ceptable in “Poliuto” and “Rigoletto,” and Caro- zelli was @ favorite in every part because of his good looks and graceful ways. The second season will close here in a few days. The company was suc- cessful in both engagements; but at tne Albisu and # i prpcon there He Cane the qrorst manage: Meht I ever sa choruses were always bad and the orchesteh wa ited without knowledge or skill. The three singers who gave most pleasure goto New York. Let Ker York accede to or re- verse the Havana j by : MELANCHO:Y sUiciD3. Ama An Iusane Lady Takes Paris Grecn=Reli- ious Insanity the Cause. A very melancholy case of suicide was reported to Coroner Schirmer on Saturday evening, and he subsequently held an inquest over the remains at No, 133 West Forty-fourth strect. Tho lady whose life had become burdensome was Mra, Elizabeth Brewer,{wile of Mr. Merwin R. Brewer, a very;estima- bie and well known citizen of New York, who some years age Jgured consplcuons:y in local politics, be- ing first an old-lineé whig and subsequently an active and enthusiastic member of the republican party. Mrs, Brewer, @ very excellent and worthy woman, had been afflicted with mental aberration at intervals for years past, and, although she had threatened to end her existence, it was not supposed she would carry her threat into execu- tion, but in that her relatives were sadly mistaken, In some manner unknown Mrs. Brewer procured a quantity of Paris green, and on Thursday last, quietly mixiag the poison in a tumbler, swallowed it without the knowiedge of any one fn the house, Below will be found a synopsis of the testimony ad- duced before the Coroner:— Mr. Brower deposed that for the last cighteen years his wife, at intervals, has shown evidences of @erancement of mind, witch made her much de- pressed in spirits; she would sometimes conceive a hatred tor her most intimate friends; at times she would talk to herself of her diseased mind, and S latterly her malady assumed the form of religions uisauity; she expressed herself that she would be the means of sending her children to hell, and other expressions of similar import; on many occasions deceased has also threatened to take her own life, and has often begged her nusband to take her to the Lunatic Asylum; Mr. Brewer, however, did not think she would take her own life; on Thursday night last, when Mr. Brewer returned home, he heard that his wife had taken Paris green, but he dogs Rot Kagw when or where | she obtained the poison; ahe died ay a ete“: NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1871,—TRIPLH war) Iya an. ving fn (he 88 ht tog. Baw decease ott tT is bleh A attaia: etm going to ale Tam daihned,” ; he it fe ate OVE art 7o% OD hurséay ovening he was called to seq Mri 8 rower ound her pulseless, extremely cold, mind siete erfenty eonsclous, Bat indispp ed ta converse} p 4 oMplaned of great pi in the bowels a tomiach, great thirst and vomiting; jn is eter “ io ehat tt i taken replied, i, finder b edit and ot One | fi nO) at f 99 conta! tke discovered; Mra, Brew aken tho poison at one o'clock in tho aft iiaet Pad Bald she, “Ido not wish to xe Bay: not wish to get well;’? the doctor fe. hing that It would be necessary to do everything in ia, power Raye her life; the rOpet remedics were presorijed, but she continued to sink, and exes pirea at half-past tweive o'clock A, M. Siargb ri awn hours alter taking the poison." n thelr verdict the jury found that deceased took. Ie own life by swallowing Paris green, while labor- og, under temporary aberration of mind, March 28, 187i, at 133 West Forty-fourth street, -! Mrs, Brewer was nearly forty-nine years of age, ‘nd a yative of this city, JERSEY CITY CENTRAL PARK, yee Sketch of the Different Sites Under Considera- Pure Air and Recreation for tho Pege plo—Will the Catholic Cemotery bs Kee moved t It Is only within the past nine months that the question of establishing a public park in Jersey City has been agitated. The wealthy men and the pro- minent citizens who have the interests of the people at heart are engaged in the discusston of this ques: tou. While New York possesses a park that challenges thd admiration of men from every quarter of the World, ana Brooklyn is following in the wake of its opulent neighbor, Jersey City, which 1g fast becom: Mecacs Brooklyn, 38 totally destitute of any spot ‘the pale mechanic can rest his toil-worn limbs ov indulge in the sweet contemplation of the ied RUS IN URBE, ‘A breath of heaven's pure air must be a great lux- ury ina city traversed by four lines of railroad with 2% trains passing through each day.: Add to this the eMuvia arising from a swamp which periodt- cally breeds pestilence, and in the yicinity of which the fever and ague find a permanent abode, not to Mention the vitiated atmosphere in the neighbor- hood of factories, thickly populated localities, and unimproved districts. Hoboken, during the present season and in past years, can attribute the spread of the smallpox to ;the unpleasant prox- imity of the meadow swamp. Surely ft is time that a few days of the session of the Legisia- ture should be devoted to this most impor- tant provlem. Wealthy corporations, ratlroad enterprises and heavy land speculations, chiefly in tho interest of an aristocracy of capital, have all been attended to, and the masses of the people are at least ENTITLED TO THE CRUMBS which fall from the legislative table, That section of the consolidated city known as old Jersey City contains two tracts or pleasure grounds—Hamilton square and Van Vorst square, The former 1s somewhat larger than eithor Union or Madison square, in New York, while the latter is about half the extent of either. The small plot called Washington square deserves no mention. During the present month a handsome fountain hag been erected in Hamilton square. The consoll- Gated city, the seventeenth in the Union in point of populatien (and probably the fliteenth next year when Hoboken and the townships fail in), contains no other pleasure grounda. ‘The necessity for a public park being undisputed, the chief question under discussign 18 the proper location. Now is the accepted tme when preperty can be purchased in the waste and unimproved sec- tions at a comparatively low figure, The recent pur- chase of @ public dock at the foot of Morgan street ior a very large sum shows how iu the matter of delay the citycan be . wie matin ced 5 ~* “PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH. As the people are now heavily taxed for im- provements iust_ many of which they protested in vain, they will find consolation iu the thought that the appropriation for a park involving a light tax on the city atlarge 1s the very best mvestment Tor the public benefit. aan ote ge A committee comprising many of the leading busi- ess men of the city was appointed at a mass meeting several months ago to select a suitable site for a pub- le aS That committee held a meeting once a week for several weeks, but they never agreed on a Bite. A few real estate agents tried to pen Dee with members of the commitiee, Men whe had property to sell broke bottles of wine. ‘Two well known lan pacers Sogged the footsteps of other members, Politicians poked their noses into the conclave, till finaliy those honest; Laer concluded to let the project enjoy what might be termed aft A WINTER LETHARGY, vo Jersey City had tts nands full of litigation and legisiation, and even 1f a bill were presented on the park question it would stand a poor chance of suc- Cess, $0 long as the new charter, the Erie bills and other public measures gave rise to go much con- tention. neon. =e wen But the committee was not idle. Visits were made to every wardin the city; consuitations were held with property owners, go that the committee could takewhe terms of saie"as well as the location ito account. Great inducements were held out to the cop .artwee in favor of the meadow swamp, tn which Mickey Free kept his dog pound, and where he has RAISED SWARMS OF MOSQUITOES . by a rigid enforcement of the neutrality laws, 80 that no trespass was possible. ‘This swamp 1s bisected by Montgoinery street, which 18 now about hail completed, and the proposed tract inciudes the Har- risoa property and the recky surface covering the Erie tunnel. ‘It was soon ascertained that the pur- cyase of this property was aavocated by speculators Who bought up portions of the swamp lands on the lime of Montgomery street for a mere trifle in the hope of Foaping a rich harvest if their game should succeed. he purchase of the tract by the city would also have the effect of relleving these property owners from their assessments for the Montgomery street im- provement. This scheme has accordingly proyea abortive, and the citizens are saved from a bare- faced swindle. But a positive evil would result from the adoption of this scheme. The lower wards of the city lying within six or seven blocks of the Hud- sou river will at no distant day be : + MONOPOLIZED BY BUSINESS MEN. Storehouses and iactoriea will spring up, and private residences wi.l ve elbowed out of the way and pushed towards the hi!l, If the meadow land in question be taken for a park where will the me- chanic and the suiall property owner build his little cot? He can now purchase a@ lot on this property for a sun within nis limited means, and in a locality which brings him within easy distance of New York; but if driven from this place, the erection of a house Jp. @ more valuable locality may be beyond his ~ 79 aca Satta hee goon eee ae ach, “ ¢ « wa a Another plot was offered at Greenville. The site is an excojient one for the localities weilch gravitate towards Greénville ag a cenire, but Jersey City could not receive much benetit [rom a park if sack a location, Instead of being within éasy reich of all parts of the city, it 18 outside the city limits alto- ether. The journcy thither from the Eleventh and Twelith wards would be long and tedious. The main objection 1s that the idea of central location is altogether lost sight ee Ca pee oe es tite PROPER LOCATION. . The only tract which is at all suitable for the pur- pose of a public park is that bounded by the Hack- ensack river on the west, West Side avenue on the east, the New Jersey Railroad on the north and the Newark plankroad on the south. This tract con- tains several hundred acres, and a fourth, a sixth or evén & seventh of it would make a most desira ble park. It is easy of access to all parts of the city; it 38 beyond Of industry, the noise nd puatle an the a By a and f is Watered by the Hackensack. Jt is to Jersey City what the Central rik tr to New York, but acgessibié within a shorter spi of time to people residing at the limits of the Ray, ‘The tide of population is moying slowly and steadily toward the Hackensack, and in this direc- tion Ite the favorite drives from the lower city. Its banks will be the abode of fashion and wealt, Property commands easy terms now, whereas in a lew years more the purchase and construction of a park in this distcict will prove @ very expensive luxury. This locatton will compare favorably with any of which the surrounding cities, including the metropolis, can boast. Adjacent to this tract is THE CATHOLIC CEMTERY, comprising fifty-seven acres, It extends from West Side avenue to the Hackensack river. If Mont- gomery street be extended to the Hackensack river, {and there 1s Ilttie doubt that It will) the line of tne street will bisect the cemetery. The extension of » allory avenue across the cemetery has aiso been decided upon by the Common Council, so that this region of the dead will soon be levelled by the ploughshare of public improvement, its removal wiil be an imperative necessity, ‘The owners of the surrounding property feel that there can be no advance in their real estate as long as it is in such vlose proximity to @ burial ground, so that they are specially mterested in its removal. Such interference with the abode of the departed can only be justified by dire necessity, aud that this necessity exists the trustees oF the cemetery are fully convinced. ‘BAD FOR LAWYERS. The First Jury Trial on Shelter Istund for Forty Years. For the first time in forty years a jury trial was held at Shelter Island. The case was an uction brought to recovef the earnings of a boat sub-let to athird party, <A verdict was given for the plaintiil at the trial before the Justice, but the defendant appeated to the County Court, and the Judge de- cided there was no cause for action. The case excited considerable interest on tho Island, ‘The mails for Bridgehampton are now being car- ried by way of the branch railroad. Mr. Charlick, President of the Long Island road, proposed to eury them if the people would pay the expense of carriage [rom the depot Park tact 8 SHEET. MUSOAT. It Political and Co noel if ition, With the Recent Hise ee of te il Fatnily. Thoorkee Escaped at Last from a British Prison. The Ye hae of 4 Mohammedan Bine allige dig! Chargete J of the sen Sulta—. tlo-Iudian Justi¢e~A Modefn Ins pey—Description of Muscat. Far away jn the East, almost in the very gate of the pearl¢amed Persian Gulf, stands the little ony Muscat, the Capital of the kingdom of Oman, and the political and commercial centre of the south eastern geotion of Arapia Felix, A few weeks it was the scene of a successful revolution, ahd th¢ news, after flashing over the wires through Turklai Arabia, resting by the wayside at Bagdad, at Nines yeh (Mosul), at Diarbekir and at Aleppo, to be re transmitted by many-tongued telegraph clerks—this one an Armenian, that one a Greek, the third, pers haps, a Polish refugee—ac last reacned Qonstan- tinople, and thence leaped in a few hours, with the names all misspelled, to London and New York. Few Americans, perhaps, appreciate une importance of the change that has thus been announced, and it is Worth while, therefore, to review the recent history of Muscat, and to tell the story of the LONG POLITICAL ROMANCE that has Just ended in the elevation of Syud Thoor- Kee to the throne of Oman. r First of all ic must be clearly understood that we have @ direct interest in the affairs of this little Arab kingdom. The United States 1s one of the three Clvilized Powers that thought it worttl their while, thirty years ago, to make formal treaties of commerce with Oman, and it 1s the only one that transacts a direct trade with it, England also has ®@ small Muscat trade, but all such trafic flows to and fro by the British Indian steam line to Bom- bay, and 13 there reshipped, But American vessels (owned In and manned from Salem, Mass.) sall di- rectly from Boston every year to Zanzibar aud Mus- cat, and return home laden chiefly with “frails” of dates—the same dates which we see in front of the grocery stores, jammed together in @;dark brown mass, and of which Mus cat) 19 tho principal and = almost the exclusive market, Perhaps half a dozen vessels thus make an annual round voyage, Of late years they take nothing out with them except balldst and hard cash dollars; but in former times, before Brit- ish meddling had ruined Muscat, they did an export trade ag well of about three thousand bales of cheap cotton fabrics annually. Probably tuis trade will gain revive, now that the country nas a fair pros- Pect of a permanent peace, under the rule of an tn- telligent and liberal-minded princo, tp 28, POLITICS OF MUSCAT. The connection between Muscat and the province of Oman 1s avery curious one. Nominally the two are part and parcel of the same kingdom, But, in fact, the country 1s only settled by a permanently fixed population for a few miles back from the coast, and the remainder of the soll belongs to tribes of Bedaween, who combine in a strange sort ef way the pursuits of peaceful industry with a taste for ha- bitual bloodshed, These tribes subsist chiefly by their herds of camels, horses and cattle. Taey live in villages of rude huts, built of a few poles covered over with thatch. Such cabins can be erected in a day, and whenever threatened by danger the tribe deserts them and moves away to a Safer location. All these Bedaween, as a matter of courtesy, acknowledge the sovereignty of the Sultan of Muscat, who, of course, cau give them a good deal of trouble if hé chooses to lead his army against them and arive them from pillar to post; und they even pay him a tribute of so many camels and horses a year. But their allegiance is of a very insubstantial character. Here and there, however, even in “the desert,” there are scattered colonies of civilized Arabs, who have found a patch of excep. Uonably good land and raise dates and grain; but these are too few to have any political weight Taking into account, therefore, this strange condition of Oman, it can readily be seen that the efy of Muscat molds the destinies of the entire kingdom. It also has the privilege of raising neariy all the taxes, awd, in Tact, is tie only spotiuthe land where law and order lave any very detinite existence. WHAT MUSCAT IS LIKE. Muscat fiseif is a city of about 20,000 inhabitants, It stands 1n the hollow formed by a couple o: moun- tain spurs that run out to tbe sea from the main range that towers dircetly up from the shore at this part of the Arabian coas On every side léis walled in by nuge masses of dark brown rock, upon which grows neither tree nor shrub nor tuft of grass, nor even hint of verdure; aad an exit to the interi only be gained by » narrow Geile. The hi 13 small and dificult of entrance, hut 1s pretty well Sheltered. Muscat ts a walled city, and @ couple of little forts, originally built by the Portuguese, stand at each extremity of the harbor, while others aro perched up among the rocks in the rear, Families of the most devoted loy- aity are alone allowed to live within the city precincts; the rabble and the negroes and Be- loochees are turned outside every night and live ina sort of extra mural town. The two gates are closed at sunset, and a general tusilade from all the forts announces that the city is closed. But night tn Muscat is the nolsiest part of the twenty-lour hours. Every now and tien the sentinels yell out to each other a peculiar signal howl, and fort answers fort, and rock echoes to rock until it seems as though tne dons of hell were baying in full chorus The firanger in Muscat sleeps aiter daybreak; at night he sits upon the roof-top and smokes, und passes the time by looking at the blue deep of the Arabian heaven, sparkling with stars of golden fre—a heaven | and stars Whose likg are to be seey nowhere else the wide World over, Sh Nae RE rahe ae The population of Muscat is mixed—very much 80, There is @ substratum of Arabs, but negroes form at least a tiird of its total master roll, Then there is a Hindoo colony of some 700 or $00 “banlan’? mercnants gnd two or three times as many Be- loochees, 6 negroes have all originally been im- ported as slaves, but Arabian slavery is Very mild, and a master generally at his death bequeatiis freée- dom to bis Londmen. ‘rhen, all children by an Arab from @ concubine (whether ae Or not) are looked upon as free and legitimate offspring. That 1a the kindly teaching of the religion of Mahomet; and Christianity was never so merciful, at least jn America, So, from these causes, it hag come to pass that the hegrd bopy ation has Fapldiy increased, und in somé of the ioblest Arab famtites the chil- dren of a negress are the recognize: chiefs of the house. The present royal family are gil more or less oplgreds 0 seria Pa aa a9 seit race PAST GREATNESS, i. < With this general idea of Muscat, the reader can Dow intelligently follow the thread of its past hils- tory. Muscat belonged in very old times for a cen- tury and @ half to Portugal, and afier sul- sequently becoming a province of Persit, | wag made ap independent State about a | bufidred years ago, through the heroism of @ sheikh named Ahmed-ebn-Syud, in whose | family the throne has since remained. Muscat was jn the zenith of its prosperity about thirty years ago. It then had @ navy of thirty vessels, most of them small, but embracing among the rest a coupie of European frigates. The ruling Sultan, Saged Syud, put ‘down piracy ta all parts of the Gulf, enconraged trade and was very liberal to Europeans, He died in 1853, and his son, Thoweynce, succeeded him as Suitan’of Muscat, while another son, Majid (who died a few months ago), was declared his successor in Zanzibar. Zanzivar and Oman had always here- volore been united, and Thoweynee disputed bis brother’s claim, but See THE BRITISH STEPPED IN - and buliled him mto acquiescence, Under Tio- weynee Muscat rapidiy deciined. He was a mere sensualist; and while le was taking bang and toyin, with his women piracy revived on the guif, and cominerce grew less and less, His brother, Thoorkee, however, who had been appointed by his father Governor of Sohar, was a practical legislator and reatly beloved by the people, Over and over again ‘he leading men of the country offered to seat him on his brother's throne, and, though he inaignantly refused, the rumor of these proposals reached Tho- weynee’s ears. Thoweynee determined to kill hun, but Thoorkee wisely deciined to leave Solar, A PARRICIDE. * Such was the state of Muscat polities when sud- deniy, tn 1865, Selim, Thoweynee’s eldest son, mur- dered his father with bis owa hand by cutting his throat. According to Arab law power does not descend from father to son, but from the deceased ee 19, hake ota his na ad pond Be elected is place, Sel poyicte ed (he throne, thoagh t fo geiterAl Voted of the family eaited “pou iit rage Ae ites aaa Thoorkee bg took arms for his rights, a _ wag yer, F lar, while the people hated geilat aot neice vee haps 89 much for the murder ef bis father as for bis tyrannical chayacter, he would deubtiess liave suc- ceeded had not Colouel Pelly, the British Resident, bribed, it tg said, by Selim, iterfored wiih @ couple Of gunboats. Thoorkee had echendd © large Seay and had taken the town of Mutiarah, which 13 01 pre mice from Muscat, and is, indeed, separa' Reply bya Bonnin. Ls} certain 14-4 eoess that his nephew gent him a propo: phate the Hlhg 01 for the prevint, the survivor to be again sole Sullan, Thoorkee refuse! to conclude @ compromise With the asassin of his brother; but Colonel} Pelly arrived just in the nick of tune, while the negotiation was pendog: ang THREATENED TO POMbAKD MUTTARAM f Thoorkee did not Ai, ‘ Surrender himself to Uy ritish. 'Shoorkee and Colonel Peliy tool jombay an ni iiny tg Indu ihe Indian government Fe » him gy a Cr he prisoner. ‘Tioorkee pro- 8 of’ joudly, Mu to eara that were deal every prompting 4 justice. ‘The cage tho Frincely captive, however, was profusely 1a a. His jatlors aliowed him 3500 @ month, and Amp! juired leh 9 romain eit bay. Re was allowed to maluiatd nis own establishment and do exaotly ag he pleased, 40 long as he kept his person within @ radius 01 ven miles, This Is # leaf of con- mporary British Indian history, Which may, per- Oph surprise Mr. Emerson ana others who believe that the Angio-Saxon in the Kast, pad as he hav beeu @ century Ago, 1 Now strictly just afd abov: éyery suspicion of corruption, Colonel Pelly ere Ja ag cou no legal or moral right of any kind Jere the internal affairs of Muscat, wh! woh AQ independent State as the United ndeod, why he should have done so at ali 18 any ory be éxplained ouly by that ugly rumof ol ribe, Pérhaps, however, he was wickedly unjust simply beca it 16 such a ple t excitement pay whh impuaity @ weaker Creature than youy- A TERRIBLE DELIVERANCE. mT Under Selim tntngs grew Worse ang worse in Mua- cat. His oppression at last became Intolerable and @ strange deliverer came to the rescue of the people. Fhe was & faligious manag panied Aaa bin i Was also Member ro; fam! soondant of Ahmed ein, Suceds Hie branch of the house, however, was at deadly feud with that repre, sented by Thoweynee. Azan‘s father was govel of @ fort in the country and had been cted by Thoweynee of treason. He rat ordered to sufret der hunself and obeyed. He pald for hiy folly od nid own Iife and with that of his brother, for Thi Weynee 0 sooner had them safe in Muscat than he MURDERED THEM IN COLD BLOOD, 2° + Azan himself at this time haa revolted. sreintt his father, but swore to avenge his death. Sel! ee? mis- overnment gave lum the frst opportunity, He cole ected all the discontented spirits in Oma: a marched upon al’ lim again implot Col onel Pelly’s aid, and—perhaps for a second bribe—1s was rendered. But in repli to el Pelly that death alone should stand between and tha throne, and while Colone! Pelly was screwing up hi courage to carry out his menaces Azan Cal Muscat, .Selim fleu to a British steamer in the har- bor and still lives. Azan mocatcd the throne, though Colonel Pelly never fornialiy rczog him as Sultan, he was allowed to hold his place Do disturbed, Pe A BLUN LAW BIGOT. But Azan proved to be the worst ruler Muscat ever had. Selim haa plundered and ill created ity viduals, and to the rest of his subjects had been only @ passively bad prince, But Azan showed himee! very soon an actively jh and unjust imauin, Mus, cat had been famous a8 a land of song and feasting, and perhaps also for forms of less harmless BS oes sure, But Azan was a religious bigot—a sort of Ma+ hommedan blue-law Purltan—and, ezged on by 5 foolish old ‘priest named Kuleylee, he resolved t make his subjecis conform to bis own standard we ascellc ortiodoxy. Sinoking was absolutely for bidden, under pain of fifty stripes of the bastinado for the first offence and death for persistent offend. ng. All men were warned to wear no silk; nor might they adorn themselves with gold—not even with a thread of the precious metal woven in their turban. Singing and dancing and the wearing of long mustaches and many other similar trie vial iniquities were alse rigorously prohibited. To enforce these enactments prying “inoollahs,” or priests, wandered over the city by day and night vested with power to summarily punish offenderm Under this régime, which to an easy going Oriental Was purgatory upon earth, nearly all the merchants: abandoned the city and settled in Linga, Bunder- Abbas or Bushire, with as much of their worldly, goods as they were allowed to carry away wi! them. Azan’s arrogance, too, soon brought upo: him the resentment of the Bedaween triputaries, who openly defled him. To punish tuem he carried his army into the interior and chased them tromene region to anoth always outs! per him, however, and revengea fheni- selves by plundering the undefended eens of the” civilized = Arabs —_acattered bout carhvans result of of 1869, was in Mascat, a couple of American ships were unable to obtain their usual cargoes of dates. The country people who had dates were afraid to bring them down to the coast, aud American merchants had to suffer, All ihls anarchy and ruin and loss, it should here again be remembered, Mewed directly from the CRIMINAL MEDDLING of Colonel Pelly iu his role of British Resident. He woud not allow Thoorkee, Who Was @ popular and pees nian, to oust Selim; and was afraid to actively interfere against the bad but bold and strong man, Azan. Had he let the people settle thetr own affairs Thoorkee would have been made Sultan In 186, and Muscat commerce would to-day be as Sourishing aa at was 1a 1350, the country and by capturing the taking dowa produce to the coast. A this anarchy, while the writer, at th ESCAPR OF THOORKEE. Thoorkee, in August last, however, managed to escape fvom Bombay in 4 little Arab dhow. Colonel Peliy hunted for him ail Over the gulf, but in vam. Thvorkee landed several times 1 Oman, but was able to gather a strong lorce together only the other day. He has now captured Muscat, aud as Azan, true to lls reputation as @ soldier and his reckless- ness a3 an Arab, las probabiy perished in battle, Colonel Pelly cua hardly Interfere against the new government. Bosides, ‘thoorkee has probably, by this Ume learned that though the Briush lion’ may roar very loudly, it does uot after all mean ight, AS to the CONSEQUENCES OF THOORKER'S SUCCHSS, they are altogeiter favorable to Aimerican interests, Thoorkee 15 nuw of mature age, aud he has always slowm himself a reasonable and iateliigent maa, His stay in Gombay, too, though eruetiy bujailiating, has ho doubt taugit hii a great deal. te will pros bably vigorously repress piracy, and, by repealing Azan’s bine laws, make Museat once move ® nabit- able elty for merchants. Under a wise and jast rule commerce will aguin revive and Americans will share im the coming prosperity. B BALL NOToS. The Mutual Club wilt embark for Savannah, Ga, on the 6th of next moath. They propose to be gone about ten days, and wi!l play everything in the vi- cluity of both that city and Char-eston in the mean. tme. They take with them ‘heir new and beautiful flag, and also their champion “whip pennant,” It 4s said the champions are to have an amateur nine a3 well—Keily as catcher and Charley Walker a3 pitcher. Tae Cincinnati Clad have recently held a meeting, at which they elected the following odicers, who, it is sald, are in favor of getting up a professional nine; President, A, T. Goshom: Vice President, John P. Joyce; Secretary, J. Willtath Johnson; Treasurer, Samucl Ramp; Directors, C. 8. Wright, George B, Ellard, . W. Brown, W. E. Ludlow and L, 'T. Barr. The Rockford Ciub have engaged for the ensuing season Ryan and Mack, late of the Experis of Phila- delphia. Ryan will play in the field, where, it 1s said, he is “Uptop,” and Mack will oifictate as pitcher, a position he can Mil with credit botn to himselr and any club in the country who might play him. The Equity Club of Philadelphia wilt play the fol- lowing amateur nine this season:—Snyder, pitcher; Collins, catcher; Oram, urst base; Fe as secon: base; Holler, third base; Bull, short stop; Maguire, tele fel Clinton, centre feid; Topham, right field, and Zedley, tenth man. Oram and Clinten former: belonged to the Olympics. Maguire Is from the West Ehijodetphis, and Suyder from the Western Market Club, and the others are promising young players. They have adopted a very handsome uniforin. Chapman. of the Atlantics, with in all probability go to the Atuletics, of Philadelphia, where he will lay Hye field in place of Heuvel, who will return 0 the Forest Citys, of Cleveland, where he belongs. It is said the last named club are negotiating with George Hall, of the Atiantics, for his services during this season, but nothing pogitive is yet kauwa about taarkes ' D. Chatimer ns, late third base and change catcher for the Kio Grande Club, of Brownsville, ‘Texas, wiil play in one of New York’s amateur nines this season. ile ts a fine player, and witha littie more practice will be lard to beat, ‘The Harmonte Club, of Brooklyn, will this seasen have a nine that will compare favorably with that ot a! amateer club in the country, Last year this club lost many gawes because of the lack of con- certed practice of the members of its nine and its inability to esent that nive in full at any match ame, This year these dificulties will, it 1s hoped, y@ overcome, and if they are the ciab will surely gain and maintain a high place among amateurs, At the annual meeting of the Atnleiic Base Bali Clap of Brookiyn, on the 21st inst., Johu Seutor, Wile ltam Liste and K. V. Gardner were elected respec- tively president, vice president and secretary, while gentlemen equally capable aud energetic were selected to Mil the other oftces. The Athletics in- tend presenting what they believe will be a stronger nine than that of jast year, an avow their tniention of going for “that ’ere amateur championship’? in liveiler style than ever before. This they will need to do, as they Will have to contend with flue playmg nines in the Star, Elceisior, Harmonic and Rosedale clubs. : G # A circular calling a meeting of the Natlonal Asso- ciation or dusior base Bul Players for Wednesday eventny, April 10, at Tammany Hall, has been issu by its president, Alexander P. Waugh, Newly organ- ided cinds, having uo representation m the open Uesiriug such, should commuuteate wit retary, Mr. W. UH. Clegz, No. 272 Wilson street, Brooklyn, ., stating date of thetr organization, names of officers and number 'of active members, éncoaing an mitiafion fge of one dolar and twe dol- Jarg Jor annual ¢ MENT IN PAVOR OF TEMPER i Holland, of Claremont, N. H., ree Aye Of Is gssociates inence forty years ago; thal i Anatic he Was the only of the whole number who kep| i, and that ite is jay the oniy one alive, Thatid @ very pracugal argument im favor of temperance,