The New York Herald Newspaper, May 6, 1872, Page 5

\ “ DV, Sree ee en NEW YORK, HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1872 os —- per aaeaee ; eloquent discourse with a further itustray,on trom %o yon if you aid, | icl al the le to come and enroll themselvew his experience in climbing the a fey” ears ‘While; therefore, we amy responsibility for | under his etandara-to tell them that the wortd t where the guide called eut from time tothe the utterances of Father e, and thus set our- | an exile and heaven their true home, that if visit , and at every ascent it | selves t before the country, we are not moved { they come to Htm, when the final conflict is oven, hea- visitor « ' sr}? So will It eas we ascend | thereto by any nal motive, as far as he or any | ven ie to be their portion forever. The Devil, on the the hills of ; our angelic gal shall still cal | other man can coneerned, but purely for the | other hand, sends forth emissaries who alMre men us to higher experiences and stfil higher, and it | sake of truth, ice and religion. en we have | by inducing them to commit sin—none of hia detu- will find a gemrous response our ere when | right on our gide and obey the laws of this land we | sions is too nreas for one who commits sia—and thug washed cleansed in the bi of the Lord Jesus | may rely on he achieves the ruin of . In our days some of THR INTELIAGENOR OF AMERICA his ministers are so-called tists, who pretend to seen nian srl) te Lacan Rt heat | BRST nce re nt ret of 80 Ig ser rian animosit; in minds e fact, althor ere 18 HOthINY 8r, METHODIST CHURCH. of Amerioams of other religious permaagions against | than the doctrines of heim Some of them have Jon our creed and onr race, These strifemakers will, | gone 80 far as rade humanity and ou! ‘TLiamitati s of Human Knowleige= ‘no dor ‘be particularly active during the excite- | common sense and belie history, by pretending oe Sermon by Rev. Dr. Fowler During the session of the Methodist Episcopal General Coaference im Brooklyn the pulpit of the ®t. John’s church, Bedford avenue, will'be euppited by distinguished ministerial delegates te that body. “Yesterday morning the Rev. Charles H. Fowler, D.D.,‘ef Chicago, preached an,etoquent and original @igovarse from 1. Corinthians x#l.,12—"‘For now we eee through a glass darkly; bat then face to face: now I know in/part; but them shalld know even as -also I am known.” ‘In the opening of his masterly-argument he sald Mf he had ao Bible and @o ‘Christ he thought he | ghould brimg out to his ‘ewa mind the ideal thinker, ‘having aM possible theughts ond infallible lagio, and that ideal would de Rin idol, Few things seemed % him more, pitiabic' than the creature who ‘was content to find’his heaven lounging on Ure'de- caying Ray by the side-of a steble in the spring sun- shine, with no thougwt for the future and no appre- hensien of the tratim that-surge by him, taking the future as the presom, uninvited and unquestioned, |, Sueh+a life, withewt a.purpose firm us fate and without a hope bifight as ‘the futare, must-be pitia- ble #n the extreme. Andyet when he looked at the boundless unknown -and then, as ‘best he coald, looked, back upon the known, ‘upon -the few things ‘that ‘were understood, tue line ‘détween the scholar and the dunce was. re- ‘duced to amore mark in the dust. ‘Seen from that standpeint, the scholar and the fool sat side by side, arm ‘in arm, rocking back and forward in ‘their fondoonceits. In this life of ours is only the ‘sproutin, ; rigttly used it draws the strength “out of this earth, and can prepare a little for the ‘Mowers and fruitage of to-morrow. If we are ‘ thoughtfal.and honest before God and prayerful here we may possidly secure the plumage and the ion for‘another day. This, at moat, is the Alpha; the Omegarshal never come. And thus tt happe that allour knowledge is narrowed, im fect and lmited; that we know but few things Locamey | and nothing !perfeotly. The speaker ‘then proceeded to demonstrate; in the unique and felicitous > style for which ‘he is.famous, that in the world of nature we saw very darkly, and that ‘the achievements of the astronomer, the chemist and the physicolo- gist, great as they were, did not unravel the mysteries that met our gaae in'the world of na- ture. Those who said that they had captured na- ture and extracted from her her secrets were like the man who gave the empt} casket'to the highway- man and kept the jewels. Sclence had never touched, said he, this imponderable, unintelligible, peertess, unresisting, infinite something that dwells within me; this something that plants all the republics ‘and founds all the civilizations; that writes.allthe books and fights all the battles; that loves and hates and acts. De Fowler went on to say thatas mankind was in this: one univers, under ‘the government of the only Ged, it was not strange, when we came to contemplate eternal verities, that there should be some darkness, and that questions would be pre- senteddiidicult of solution. ‘The mystery of the in- carnation and the different, phenomena in the pro- cess of regeneration could not be analyzed, yet the thoughtful man would concede.that the work was formed by God. Another thought was suggested the Bassaure under discussion, which was that, although they saw through a ert darkly, yet they did see some things. The mind could become aware of great truths which came witliin the reach of its dntuitions and perceptions, which, however, could wot-be grasped and condensed. We slide along the coast, but we do not go around the continent; we feel’ the solid rock beneath us, though we do not go very far inland, yet we «see in the distance the mountain peaks covered with light and we know ‘thatthe country is yonder. One mountain peak ‘was the fact of a revelation from God—a fact too inflate and too sterious to be accepted ‘without proof, and too infinite and sterious to ‘be rejected without demonstration to the contrary. Somebody brought man into the universe. We did met make ourselves; we have no memory of the ‘time we came into being, nor can we trace our Po he through the ages. As for himself he did not like the pedigree, but preferred the other pedi- gree, “which was the son-of Adam, which was the § of God.” The fact must be admitted that man ‘ein the world and so circumstanced that he must osomebody's will in order to have peace of mind, ‘and todo that will be must know it. Dr. Fowler ‘showed how the Bible met all the spiritual wants of man’s being, and in gazing at its truths he saw something. Through ite divinely inspired pages he had a sight of the city of God, with its gates of pearl and its streets of gold, and also of the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world. In oenclusion he speke ef the three elemente—faith, hope and charity—which we-gaw face to face. The fact of the wonderful power of Christianity In civil- izing the world was eloquently developed, and in ‘this connection he sald that the spirit of Christ had #0 permeated the civilization of the nineteenth cent aT that this republic put down matting that the fect of the sentinels Dinh not jar the nerves of the greatest traitor of all history. The:final thought 4m the text, that in the future we sha§@ know as we are known, was elaborated. Providence were often inexplicable pow, but in the future they would be understood. It wa‘ @trange that a child born In the lap of tuxury, with all the advan' § of Christian culture, should be taken away, dandied by a harlot should grow up and naake society tremble. These and kindred problems woulda be solved in the future world. He closed b y narrating a thrilling incident of the war. .In 1862 ty vo old men, unknown to each other, met, as troops were being mustered for battle, one a drummer and the other afifer. When they started the music ths drummer Gropped his sticks and turned to the f fer saying, “John, didn’t you play that at:Lundy’s 1 une as the sun was going down?” The fife fell from his hands, for ‘he had been there, and they embri\ced each other. There was something in the music which made them recognize each other. So wonld it be ‘with those who crossed the river of deat b. the-eye that would reveal friends to each o ther. After the sermon the sacrament was adminis- tered by Drs. Chapman, Porter, Clark anc! Hitch- cock. | BTS. PETER AND PAUL'S OHUROH, WIL)\IAMS- | BURG, A Vaniieation of Irishmen and Cat!bolics | om the Abolition of Slavery Questdon— | Some Light and Pleasant Reading | for Father “Tom” Burke—Discours.t by | the Rev. Sylvester Malone. | Sts. Peter and Paul’s is one of the very oldi st of | River, and the Rev. Sylvester Malone has been} its | gealous and popular pastor for the past twenty. | eight years. An eloquent discourse .was delivered | in this charch yesterday on the subject of prayer}by | the Rev. Father Campbell. When Father Camp!vell had concluded his sermon Father Malone ascendied the altar to make the usual announcements, in the way of parochia] and general rehgtous news, to the congregation. Among these anneuncements was tle forthcoming lecture of the famous Irish Dominican preacher, the Rev, Thomas Burke; .and-“‘in this con. nection (said Father Malone) itis necessary thet I should here make a few remarks, not only he IN THE INTEREST OF TRUTH, \ but for the good of the Catholic Church and the good name and fame of the Irish race, to which so many of us happen to belong. I am anxious that | you should all have and hold a geod name and standing before your American and other fellow citizens, Your reputation, not only ae a Catholic’ aud religioue people, but as good citizens.of this great republic, is very near and dear te me indeed ; and therefore it is that whenever I find sou grossly | not be of the world, but should ibe directly opposed to the world about it. Lam urgently called | tinction was plain. and unfairly misrepresented, no matter by whom -orin what quarter, I feel th: = to protest against that misrepresentation as str can. ‘ongly as posaible, and to set you right a6 far ast ct Father Burke's great powers . Now, L res) a8 an orator an: ligious subjects. Manhood and enthusiasm, so befitting a priest and @ patriot, when he discusses Irish adatrs but I must say that he has not only made DOWNRIGHT AND POSITIVE OFFENCE to the intelligence of this country and grievously wronged that Fed of its citizens of whom he has | been regarded a8 somewhat of a cepresentative, and all this he has done by going out of his way enter onthe, to him, unknown ground of American politics, aod discussing ge the cause of great bitter and bad feeling among | certain sections of this country, and which are now happily dead and buried, His recent observations manger in which we accomplished that most de- alrable cet are ie Ret creditatie to him. It is @ foolish thing to tell nation that.a people | should not cease to be slaves till their iutellects were in possession of truth and their wills in pos- Fin ase aieee . nj Le he would represent the ‘yan 5 a ance of such doctrines, and ewes pineal ] TAE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN A FALSE LIGHT, before the American public. As a foreigner, it was imprudent in him to unearth a skeleton which we | o ago and forever. You here, allow me | t buried ie to remind you, are not Germans nor Irish nor French, but American citizens, with all the rights, and all the dutics too, of Americans, Whoever re- gards you otherwise, from a political point of view, offers an insnit to your intelligence and your man- hood, and you should allow no man to ‘input ‘and stated that they proposed during the Confe | peer value was put upon it, and perhaps God in | Goa The movements of | | were the words of Satan. life in his own hands; hile the one born in a brothel and | There | ‘would be something in the veice-or in the gleam of | ment arising from the coming Presidential and other etectiors; but you have onty to be bebe righGyourselves and you will be always safe, It larly behooves you to save yourselves from misrepresented on those very uchcate and @angerous sijects on which many of our citizens #0 materially differ, and you must ateo be careful to altow no poktica) charlatans, such 2s always come ‘we the surface here at clection times, to represent yea as conting to the polls as Irisbinan or Catholics ni eras anything but American citivens. SERVICES AT THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY. The ‘Rev. E. 0. Haven, of Detroit, and who is President of the Northwestern University, preached yesterday afternoon before the delegates to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a large congregation, at the Brooklyn Acatemy of Music. After singing, prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. ole, THE EXPENEES. Mr. Martin then came forward upon the stage ence to have preaching in the Academy every Sab- ‘bath afternoon, and‘that in order to defray the ex- penses of the building, which was $75, they would adopt the old-fashioned Methodist plan of taking up a collection, The Rev. Mr. Haven then took for his text the fol- lowing :—*‘For what is aman profited if he shalt gain the whole world and lose his own soul? or what shalla man give in exchange for his soul?’ (St. Matthew xvi., 26.) The great object of the Bible and revelation from God to man was to awaken im man’s mind an appreciation of things spiritual and internal, and to show him the superiority of spirit over matter, as well as to call his attention to his undying interest. To bring this about, facts were stated, arguments employed, illustrations given, and every kind of effort was made to in- fluence the mind and heart of man. Man was called upon to compare things personal with things eternal and find the idea of things and the value of man in the World of God. An investigation showed that it was one ef those fun- fundamental, instructive ideas which was not | limited to any particular portion of the human fam- | Wy. Take a child, for instance, and it would not long before he would show that he was in pos: sion of this idea, He claims some little toy of his | own, and knows nothing about the right of ery; nothing about mortgages er real estat | something within him teaches him that ‘the toy | is his, ‘This fact showed the differenve between THE MAN AND THE BRUTE | and the idea of destinction. It was the foundation | of all industry, running the plough and spreading | the sail, and if taken away man would fall into bar- | barism. ‘The reverend gentleman then proceeded to illustrate his discourse by comparing the value of precious stones and metals, those being the most valuable which were the most useful and gratifying to us. Most of these things hada market value. Food and raiment had their market val as well as places of shelter. Speakers at agricul- tural fairs would sometimes teil the farmers that | they*were THE ONLY USEFUL SERSONS; but ithe more intelligent portion knew differently. | All who labored were useful, and for one he would not like a day to pass that he did not believe was useful to his fellow man. Those who by thei skill and genius could produce something really valuable, though not particularly useful, were useful, from the fact that they had contributed to the pleasure of some who could en aoe their work. There was a little fragment lymouth rock, and why was it preserved ina museum’ Simply for tts value asa relic. He re- membered visiting a museum and seeing a few books carefally preserved, and after some difficulty he. obtained permission to examine them. On woking into them he found the autograph of GEORGE WASHINGTON. He needed no further explanation as to why they had been so carefully preserved. A mother would ‘treasure the old shoe ‘of her little one, not for its im our primitive condition we were apes which through the lapse of ages ally developed into our present form. There @ historian, who hav- ing succeeded in making a name for himself solely from the beauty of his style, dared recently to put th the declaration that one of the greatest mise- ries that men tabor under fs their expectation of a future state, and that if men would only set about improving their condition in this world they would be far better of, and everythh woukt go right. These and all other similar hings come in reality FROM THE DEVIL and by such means he succeeds in dragging multi- tudes beneath his standard, Such are ‘WO 80- cieties of which he had spoken. And if he were to ask them where did they belong, under which standard did they fight, most of them would say :— “I profess to be under the standard of Christ, but in reality Iam trying to do what our Lord said it war impossible te do, to serve two masters.” “He who is not with me is st me.” How terrible are the words which Christ will make use of to ai such persona:—‘I know you not!” It forcibly re- called to his mind what he once saw in an engray- ing—our Lord seated on the throne of judgment, the graves having given up theirdead, A multitude ofsaints ascend to Heaven above; on another side ‘Were the damned descending into hell. Very many, ‘after having been cast forth from their graves, were endeavoring to join the heavenly host, ‘but were restrained by demons from 580 doing. These are the nail et who, when in the world, professed to be Christians, but conformed to the maxims and dean eed of the world, He said again it was strange that a bishop or a priest shonld have need to tell those things, for any one of common sense ought not to need being told them; yet they all know from experience how THE DUST OF THIS WORLD settles down in men’s souls and prevents them from acting in the right way, If men loved God, then they should keep His commandments, ‘That is the test of our love for Him. [f they love Him, let them learn of Him who is meek and humble of heart. Humility must be the foundation of all our virtues. And here is the great mistake which scientists make—they are carried away from the ways of truth by their own pride. If we love God, let us live peaceably with all men, speak charitably of allmen, If we love Him, in a word, let us take up our cross and follow Him. “If any one love fe, let him take up his cross and follow me.” This does not mean that we must carry a golden or a jewelled cross on our breasts, or that we must have a cross of beautifal flowers on our coffin after death, as was the case with a wicked man who aled recently. What a mockery was this! But we should show our love in all things, in the modesty of our dress, in our con- versation, in onr actions—every day we should do something to show our love for Him, for we are members of the true poe: We are bound to kettle this, the greatest of all questions, under the heaviest responsibilities. We are bound to choose the true society in order that we may be on the right side at the hour of death, and inorder that when we have fought the good fight under the divine leadership of our blessed Saviour we may rise with those myriads of saints to that blest abode where there awaits for us an eternal crown, oe Bishop gave his benediction at the close of the mags. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IN NEWBURG BAY. The Erle Stretching its Arm Eastward— Increased Ferriage Facilities at New- burg. Newsoura, May 4, 1872, The HeRaLb on Saturday contained an account of the sale, to Homer Ramsdell, of a large amount of property on Newburg Bay, formerly owned by the Boston, Hartford and Erle Ferry Extension Rail- road Company. One of the results of this sale will probably be the formation of a new ferry company, with Mr. Ramesdell (a director of the Erie), and George H. Brown, President of the Dutchess and Columbia Railroad Company, as principals. The terminus of that road, now at Dutchess Junc- tion, at the southern end of the Denning’s Point property, will be removed to its northern extremity, about a’ mile from the present location, ‘The intrinsic value, but the past associations rendered it invaluable. Often on a wintry morning the trees were clothed with beautiful jewels, but when the sun rose they disappeared, — show- ing that they were valucless, becanse they were not permanent. ‘They had, therefore, to consider in the value of things the danger of loss. Whatever was not liable to loss a His wisdom had subjected us tothe danger of death, so that we might watch over ourselves and our children more than we would if they were not able to loss. We had, therefore, to consider the png & rath 4 skilled labor and permanency. in His infinite goodness had not created a single HUMAN PAUPER. lorious inheritance, He had given us @ bnt it dwindled into insignificance when compared with | the treasure, the soul. “What shall aman give in exchange for his soul” Some might maintain this meant merely the life, and they would make Christ's teachings correspond with Satan, but thos Every soldier takes his every mother would im- peril her life for her child; every missionary IMPERILLEP HIS LIFE, -and did he commit a sin? Our Lord died for the world. No man would reasonably for anything, unless he. believed The great purpose of Aife could not be accomplished except through man. THE HUMAN SOUL was a drug in God's market. It was priceless to ourselves, and when it was lost it was lost forever. After speaking of man as being fearfully and won- derfully made by the Creator, and the unsuccessful attempts of metaptysicians to fathom the myste- ries of the organs of the body, he exhorted them to so live that in the end they would save their souls. NEW JERSEY CHURCHES. ‘OHURCH OF OUR LADY OF GRACE, HOBOKEN. Bishop Bayley on ‘the Opposition of the World tothe Charch, during the celebration of high mass yesterday, it having been announced tkat the Bishop of the diocese would preach on the occasion of his annual visit. In the afternoon bir lordship administered | of affection for His children, sof conselation and of faith. When we look back as those of we who have read the . Fabiola of | Cardinal Wiseman have done, we can beboid | the followers of reacher when he speaks on re- | flock of sheep surrounded by ravening am glad to bear witness to his | those times, therefore,there could be no doubt in regard to the difference between them and the world, But afterwards, when religious principles had penetrated the word and, in seme measure, ® gross and lamentable mistake, but has given | had leavened the whole lump, men professed, at Jeast, 60 he ‘Christians, the dis- Uinction Was not so plat exist unti another © volt, again, of the intellect and of the will, against God's holy truth. tious which have been | livess aud an increased hostility to the teachings of Christ, so that In some manner we are returning to the primitive condition of the Christians, We, as Christians, should have well-defined ideas in re- | e abolition of slavery in this country and the | gard to this matter, and be on our guard against 1 the felse maxims and principles of this world. would seem impossible that there should be a mie- take in regard to it. teachings as opposed to God and His teachings. The majority of those who profess to be Christians allow themselves to be governed by the maxims and | principles of the world. | of those two sooieties which exist In the world. | might speak of these societies as which ie our Lord seated on athrone—the meek amd humble Saviour of mew. At the other end of the plain, seated on a throne of | clouds and flame, t# Satan, the prinee of the world, Both send u to | and joint you ideas and views Which you do not hold and | the aposties, and they fhe bishops and pi the Sacrament of Confirmation to 390 children and | the Catholic churches at the other stde of the East | scash thirty adults, on which occasion the edifice was | and Jersey Railways, in East Newark, he was run crowded.to excess. At the appropriate time dur- | overbya freiguttrain of the former lin | cut in tavo across the abdomen, just above the hips, | a snred.of flesh alone keeping the parts together. ing high mass Rishop Bayley ascended the altar an¢ haying read the Gospel of the day, from John xyi., said that # they might be permitted to give @ preference to any portion of the Holy Goagpel over another this preference might be claimed for the conctuding caapters of St. John. They contain the last werds of our divine Lord to His aposties, and these words are so clear, so fuil they cantain such exact declarations in regard to the future of His Church, in reference to the ‘trials and«lificulties His followers. will have to undergo, and the sources in which they,must seek consolation, that if the other chapters tad been lost the Christian would | find in those concluding chapters abundant sources | It might be seen how closely our Lord draws the line between His CHURCH AND THE WORLD. He came into thie world to choose for himself a peculiar people zealous in good works; He came to | form a society that shile it was in the world should } In the early ages this dis- the Lord appearing like a wolves. In when all etvilized | ‘Still it exiated, and will the end of time. In our days there is ange. For various reasons there is a re- There is an increased world- | It | He spoke of the world and ite Every one belongs to aither He TWO HOSTILE ARMIES | Posed to each other, St. Ignatius, in his medita- ons, represents a great plain at one extremity of His standard is the cross. 1) ministers co invite the world to come ve up his life | in immortality. | If we stood upon Broadway | Sac waren the muititude of people, we might | ‘The Catholic church in Hoboken was thronged | | will investigate. ‘Taylor To Tur EDITOR oF THE HERALD tenf during the rebellion, and will not steal another soldier's laurels now. Was af the meeting last night. but did not dig ont the guns at Resaca. The credit of that achieve- mens betongs, I beileve, to General J. 8. Robinson, of Ohio, Very respectfully, yours, feet above grade, and extend to the end ofa pier tobe built eut to the channel of the river. The Hudson | | | River Railroad depot at Fishkill Landing will also | | probably be removed to the same point. On the | the river at the foot of Kemp street, and an ferryboat, 250 feet in length, is to the other. carry twenty cars at each tri will cost, it is estimated, fifty thonsand dollars. Railroad a few months ago effected with the Connecticut Wester! between the East and the West. | GLADNESS TRANSFORMED TO GLOOM. | German Septuagenarian Immigrant. | Among the passengers from Germany in the steamer Rhein, which arrived at the port of New York. on: Saturday, was Mr. Conrad Autenrielle, seventy-one years of age and a native of Bretlen, in tthe Grand Duchy of Baden. With him were three daughters. They came to re- jom hfs seven other children who long since come to this country and pros- pered, | He was amet by lus brother and was greatly affected with feelings of joy. his-eons dwells in Hudson City, N.J., and four sons and two daughters reside in Newark. Arrangements were made to hoid a generous family reunion in Newark yesterday, and In the meantime a visit was pati to the son in Hudson City. While there the old man his kinder once more around him, and | was unable to restrain his feelings. Suddenly | about two o'clock he startled his loving children by exclaiming, “Have | really seen my children #” and fell back powerless. A doctor was sent fot the time he arrived the “lamp of life had fled, old man actually died from over joy. Therefore the was turned into a sad occasion of gloom and sor- row. The body is to be removed to Newark for in- terment. ABOTHER JERSEY RAILROAD HORROR. An unknown man, supposed to be a New Yorker, met.an awful fate yesterday morning, about three o'clock. Near the junction ofthe Morris and Essex nd literaliy He was about twenty-five years of age, wore good dark clothes, had dark brown hair, light brown mustache and goetee. His hands were hard and callons, Jike those of @ morecco dresser or hat Qnisher. The body was taken to the deadhouse in Newark. He wore # pair of new Oxford ties, ALLEGED INFANTICIDE, ‘@be remains of a female infant of recent birth were found in the vault attached to the premises 316 Rivingten street, into which, it is alleged, they had been thrown by the mother, Cornelia Terry, on Saturday evening. ‘The body was sent to the Morgue, and Cornelia, who had been arrested hy the Eleventh precinct police, was sent to Bellevue Hospital for medical treatment. Coroner Schirmer Prebably Another Case. Ov Saturday evening the remains of a female in fant were found ina cigar box in Second avenue, near Tenth street, and removed to the Seventeenth precingt police station. Coroner Schirmer will hold an inquest at the Morgue,where the body was sent. PROSPECTIVE LABOR STRIKE IN NEWARK. It ia feared that the masons and laborers of Newark wili go on 4 strike this week. They have been working ten hours @ day, and demand a de- crease to eight hours and an.increase of wages. The masons want $4 per.day instead of $3 50, and the laborera $2 25, inst of $2 The employers de- clare they Will not grant the demand, amd the em- ployés are equally poaitive that they will.not work. KILLED BY A FALL, Shortly after twelve o'clock yesterday morning @ man, named Thomas Smith, fell from the third story window of a house in Exchange place, near Hotel, Jersey City, and was so injured that he died tn less than two hours afterwards. It was supposed that he was under the influence of liquer at the time. DIGGING OUT THE GUNS AT RESAOA. BINGHAMTON, May 4, 1872. In your report of the soldiera’ meeting in Cooper Union last night appears the following:—‘J. ©. Robinson, who at Resaca dug ont the Co ye from a fort under cover of arkness Robe ng Peter to pay Paul was carried to a great ex- Thad no hand iu it then, ir respective armies, Christ Pe ea eee ea ent Reece ee eee N ‘OHN C. ROBINSON. : Major General, United States Army. road will crossithe Hudson River Railroad twenty | Newburg side the Erie track will be extended to iron » built for the transfer of freight and coal cars from one road to The boat will be of capacity sufiicient to he improvements ut two hundred and The Dutchess and Columbia a connection , and has thus become an important link in* the chain of communication Singular and Melancholy Story of a had | One of became childish in his joy at having gladness of the’ Antenrielles in Newark qyesterday ry; | leaving tne command to Almoner, who was waited {| done them much good, day, when she met mond and Kbediv her so closely that she won by only half a length, The Baron's famous four-year-old mare Corisande also made a sad example of her solitary opponent ia the only race she ran daring the week, bat when came out the interest of the meeting ma: to have tet Mad db Aad Ba nac he appeared in the Cam! igeshire last year, when, with a heavy weight on his back, he di formidable figure, while his great rival, Sterling, with the same weight, ran into second place. this occasion it was reported, and with trath, his foot had been recently crushed, and that in con- sequence he had not been doing any work for about a week. Odds of 2 to 1 were consequently laid wh where be pleases very brid Wi e who, it will be remembere —TRIPLE SHEET. 5 volone! McDan- RACING IN ENGLAND. apie, gaunt thrown down, by Un ‘two animale ~ SUNDAY PRUMENADES, + Commencement of the New- market Season. . The Newmarket Biennial—Defeat of the Derby Favorite—Chagrin of Baron Rothschild— The Newmarket Handicap—Suecess of Enfield—Peeps at Great Horsee— Sterling and Favonius— Death of Achievement. Lonpon, Apri) 20, 1872. To the great joy of al) sporting men the New- market season commenced this week with the Craven meeting, which opened on Tuesday and was concluded yesterday afternoon, racing being held every day on the famous Heath. We have at present seven fixtures a year at the “headquarters” of the turf, three following each other in rapid succession towards the end of April and beginning of May, one in the month of July and three again at close intervals at the end of the sporting year, in October. Every one is glad when the signal for depar- ture for Newmarket is given; for nowhere through- out the country is racing conducted with pleasanter surroundings, ‘The vast, elevated stretch of turf on which the running takes place—some tour and a half miles in length and of great breadth—allows of such a variety of courses as exists nowhere else in the world. The atmosphere is so pure, the alr so bracing, that there is an indescribable charm,in the afternoons spent there, whether one drives about in acarriage or scampers over tke turf on horse- back; for the changes of venue are so frequent and the distance travelled in the course of four or five hours 80 great that walking is almost out of the question. Then the number of horses in training here is 80 large—over one thousand—and among them are so many engaged in forthcoming great races, that the watching of the MORNING GALLOVS OF THE “CRACKS” becomes a leading and very portant part of the day’s proceedings. At the present pertod all Inte- rest is centred in the City and Suburban Handicap, to be run for next Tuesday at bpsom, and in the ‘Two Thousand Guineas, which is decided at New- market a week later; wnd all the doings of the ani- mals engaged in these races are watched by great crowds of “early birds’? with the keenest interest between the hours of five and eight in the morning. The Newmarket racing was particularly enjoyable this week from the fact that the winter vacation has been a very protracted one, and everybody was eager to be again in harness, The sport at “head- quarters” is, however, asa rule, of inferior quality to what may be seen at meetings of far less preten- sions, not under the authority and patronage of the Jockey Club, The flelds during the week have been extremely small—many of the events, indeed, be- coming matches, and the results in the majority of cases were foregone conclusions. The most impor- tant race was the NEWMARKED BIENNIAL which usually brings out one or more of the favor- ites for the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby, and the issue of which not unfrequently causes a com- plete revolution in the speculation on these races, ‘The event was on this occasion deprived of much of the interest that attached to it by the “scratching” of Queen's Messenger, an animal that was hardly in- ferior to the first rank of the performers of last year, and that was reported to have made wonder- ful improvement during the winte After this the Biennial was thought to lie at the mercy of Baron Rothschild’s Laburnum, a colt which, during nearly the whole of the winter months, was first favorite for the great three- year-old events, and, that, too, though he had never won arace. The confidence that was reposed in him by his owner and the public was due to the fact, that in the Middie Park Plate he ran an excellent second to Prince Charlic, who afterwards won the Criterion Stakes—a crucial two year old race—in h gallant style that he would undoubtedly have at the head of the quotations on the Two but for his becoming a an infirmity which never fails to prove fatal # the chances of horses in these races, The most formidable opponent of Laburnum in tne Biennial was supposed to be the Duke of Beaufort’s colt Almoner, but, as on the last | oceasion on which they met, the latter receiving weight, was beaten thiee lengths, he was not sup- posed to have any chance, except by his party, who were confident that he had improved just sufficient _ to enable him to turn the tables on his former con- | ueror, The best of the remainder were Sir Joseph | jawley’s colt Alava, who was fancied a little by his owner, though his performunces last year were not | very brilliant, and Mr. Morgan’s colt Xanthus, who last year was fully fourteen pounds inferior to such horses as Laburnum, Cremorne, Queen’s Messenger and Prince Charlie, THE FOURTEENTH NEWMARKET BIENNIAL STAKES of 10s0vs. each, with 100 added, for three year olds; colts 122 Ibs., fillies 118 Ibs.; the second received 10 percent on the whole stake and the third 5 per cent. R. M. (Lmile 17 yards). 48 subs. Duke of Beaufort’s br. c. Almoner, by Bea man—Palm, 122 lbs. Mr. 'T. V. Morgan’s ch. c. 5 6 Baron Rothschild’s b. ¢, Laburnum, 122 Ibs Lord Falmouth’s br. ¢, Traveller's Joy, 122 Sir J. Hawley’s b. c. Alava, 122 Ibs. . Mr. Hewett’s gr. c. Derwent, 122 Ibs. Lord Royston’s b. c. RufMe, 122 Ibs, . Betting—6 to 4 on Laburnum, 100 to 30 against Almoner, 15 to 2 against Alava, 50 to | against Xanthns and 100 to 1 against Rute. Rule, to make the running for his stable com- | panion Alinoner, dashed away just in advance of the latter and Laburnum, who were lying side by side on the extreme left with Xanthus on the whip | hand of Almoner, and Alava lying well up in the centre of the course, Derwent and Traveller's Joy were dead settled after going a quarter of a mile, and the latter, swerving right across the course, nearly knocked down several people. When half the journey had been accomplished Rue gave wa) cone 0 0 on by Laburnum and Xanthus to the crest of the | Buster Hill, Here the favorite headed the Duke of | Beaufort’s colt, who appeared to be beaten, but losé to Baron Roth- ching the Abingdon dip.’ Maidment then called on Laburnum, lrew out about three-quarters of a length, but was all he could do, and botit Almoner and ‘authus, struggling on with the greatest gameness, caught him im the last twenty strides, the former ultimately winning.after a splendid race by a head from Xanthus, who beat the Baron's colt by a neck. Time, 1:45, The result of the race was of course a REVOLUTION IN THE BETTING on the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby. Labur- num was at once deposed from his position at the head of the quotations; for, while 4 to 1 was taken about him for the Two Thousand, 8 to 1 is now his price, and instead of 7 to 1 for the Derby one can bow obtain 4 to 1. It was clear that he showed | want of staying power: but, strangely enough, is still a better favorite for both the great rac than the two aniinals that finished in front of him, | and the general impression is that there was some mistake about the race—an impression strongly heid by Baron Rothschild, who was, it is almost un- necessary to say, GREATLY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE RESULT, whom he had backed for the Guineas and Derby for more money than he had ever before been known to put one horse, It willbe remembered that a few | months ago, in addressing his constituents at Folkestone, and referring to racing jocuiar way, he advised them to Baron,” a piece of counsel which as yet has not He is, however, happy in the possession of other good horses, some of which | have appeared this week, among them bis thr year-oll filly, the peerless Chopette, who wi Without any idloubt, the best two-year-old that ap- | peared jast season, but was, ungortunately, not entered for any of the great races designed for snimais of that, and, still more uosortunately, she is net engaged in any of the chief three-year old contests of this, season. She appeared on Tuesday against two opponents whose ‘form,’ 43 com- pared with hers, was so insignificant that betting men would not speculate on the race, aud they were | right, for she never for 4 moinent gave either a | chance and won tn the most hollow fashion. She had rather a more dificult task set her on Thurs- wo prefty good animals, Drum- the former of whom stuck to FAVONICS, THE DERBY WINNER, be said im since not cut a » On that st him, while 7 to 4 was beton his prin- opponent, Ravenshoe, whom he left wrist and fairly romping home over the severe course of two miles, up the trying Cam- eshire hill, won with the moxt ridiculous ease, | also this week had a glimpse of Sterling, onght to have TAKEN A THIP TO AMERICA, had Mr, Gretion, his owner, euilicient bluck to take | gave the layers a moment’a w | Mr, Miller entered ch. h. Jordon.. | serfously injured. He is the property of Col. R. B, | Abbott, is six years, and was valued at $3,000, | Allen, the other by Long Isiand Black Hawk. They whose pretensions were considered 80 worthless that of 100 to 8 were ‘Det on him, and he never ineasiness, for, coming away at the Bushes, he won ag he chose. ‘rhe dis- tance In this race was only one mile seventeen yards, and over a track nearly flat, and, therefore, by no means #0 diMicult as that com) by Pa- vontua, Sterting has never yet had an opportunity of Ce & repuiation as a great an ron thschiid’s horse hax; but both have grown into magnificent animals, and when they meet may 1, a8 was said in the case of John Gilpin, “be there to see.” The chief handicap of the meeting was the Newmarket Handicap, which brought out some of the best animals of tne time, Notable among them were Baron Rothschild’s mare Hannah, winner of the One Thousand Guineas, Oaks and St. Leger; Shannon, one of the finest stayers, and conqueror of Mortemer and Favonius in the Goodwood Cup, but now decidedly “off; Marmora, who last week ran second for the Northamptonshire stakes; Miss Sheppard, who won this race two years ago, when 33 to 1 was betted against her‘and King Cole, THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP of 25 sovs. each, 15 forfeit, and only 6 if declared, with 200 added, for Serge Trance and upwarls; winners extra; the second saved her stake; last mile and a half of B.C. ; 57 subscriptions, 19 of whoin declared. General Peel's b. h, Enfield, by brother to Straf- ford, dam by Weatherbtt, 5 years, 97 Ibs,......... 1 Mr. R. ©. Naylor's ch. f, Marmora, 4 years, 90 Ibs. M. Lefevre’s b. g. Lighthouse, 3 years, 84 Ibs. Baron Rothschild’s flannah, 4 years, 126 Ibs. Mr. W. R. Marshall’s Shannon, 4 years, 121 1 Mi tty Houldsworth’s br. h, Falkland, 5 ye Lord Zetland’s King Cole, 6 years, 116 Ws. Mr. E. Potter's Miss Sheppard, 6 years, 102 Ibs. Mr. W. S, Crawfurd’s Mahomet, 4 years, 98 Ibs Mr. R, Sutton’s St. Aubyn, 4’ yi 98 Ibs, Mr. T. Parr's ch. f. Red Hair, 3 rs, 86 lbs, Mr. J. Moifatt's Molly Cobroy, 4 years, 84 Ibs. Mr. Johnstone's ch. f, La Favortta, 4 years, 84 Ibs Mr. W. Thornton’s b. f, Birthright, 3 years, 82 1b Mr. Somerville’s Gouvieux, 3 years, 80 10 Lord Wilton’s Solon, 3 years, 78 Ibs... .0 Betting :—100 to 30 against Enfleld, 9 to 2 against Marmora, 8 to 1 against Hannah, 10 to 1 ¢ against Molly Cobroy and Birthright, 22 to 1 against Red Hair, 100 to 8 against Miss Sheppard, 20 to 1 each against Lighthouse, Mahomet, Shannon and | Falkland, and 25 to 1 against King Cole. ‘The first to show in advat was Falkland, but after about 150 yards Solon dashed to the front, and soon held a lead of a couple of lengths of Falk- land, Moliy Cobroy, Marmora and Entleld in the cen- tre, Hannah, La Favorita and King Cole on the right, and Shannon and Lighthouse on the left. King Cole, Solon and Falkland gave way in turn, aud then Marmora and Molly broy were left in frent, clear of Enfield and Lighthouse, the most prominent of the others being Shannon, La Favorite and Hannah, Half a mile from home Hannah was beaten, followed soon afterwards by Shannon, while Enfield closed with Marmora and Molly Cobroy, A most exciting race home ensued, and Enfield, who has hitherto been considered a “rogue, Severin Fee to his jockey’s callon him, won by aneck from Marmora, who wasaneck {n ad- vance of Lighthouse, the latter being only a head in front of Molly Vobroy. Net value of the stakes 0 0 £975 or $4,875. Time, 2:4 DEATH This celebrated and beautify we died at Colonel Pearson's stud, » of rup- ture of the bowels, She has been at the stud only three or four seasons, and has not been a success, for her first and second foals nearly cost her her life, and were born dead, and her only living pro- duce isa colt foal by Gladiateur, At the time of her death she was on a visit to Parmesan (sire of Favonius), at Rufford Abbey. Her sire was the fa- mous Stockwell, and her dam the almost equally famous Paradigne. During her three seasonson the turf she won eleven out of thirteen races, at two years of age, and five out of eight at three, among the latter Deing the One Thousand Guineas, the Great Yorkshire the St. Leger and the Doncaster Cup. Sh eat Hermit, the winner of the Derby, and was beaten only eight times—viz., in the Vlearwell, by Plaudit; in the Middle Park Piate, by The Rake} in the Oaks, by Hippias in the Prince of Wales Stakes, by Vauban; in the Beaufort Cup, by Julius; in the Ascot Triennial, by Mandral in the Stockbrid; of the Garter an she won £10, gate, £22, LOUISIANA STATE FAIR. eal é Cup (her last season), by Knight | Ryshworth. At two years of age 387; at three, £12,055, or in the aggre- or’ $112,210, Seventh and Last Day—John Morrissey Wins the Trotting Contest, Free for All Horses, New ORLEANS, May 1, 1872. ‘The Sixth Louisiana State Fair closed yesterday. ‘The weather and attendance was all that could have been desired, It is estimated that from eight to ten thousand persons were present. The Fair has been a most decided success, and has exceeded the anticipations of the most sanguine. Special meption should be made of the many races that have taken place, as they were one of the features | of the many amusements offered, and causing much excitement and enthusiasm. ‘The closing attrac- tions were many and varied, embracing a pigeon shooting contest, with twenty-five entries, the prize | of which, a handsome silver cup, was secured by | Mr. T, H. Barton; a grand tournament, in which Mr. H. Olay took the first premiym, Mr. J. B, Foley the second and Mr, Edward Hieronymous the third; and a trotting contest, free for all horses, mile heats, best three in five,'in harness, The latter had three entries, but only two came to the pos the chestnut gelding John Morrissey and the bay mare | Lotta. “Morrissey won the race in three stralght | heats. SUMMARY, BW ORLEANS (LA.) Falk GROUND: VENTH Day, April 30, 1872.—Premium for all; mile heats, best’ three in five, in harness; | $250 to first, $50 to second and the third horse to save his entrance, 'T. P. Roach entered ch. g. John Morrissey... 1 1 1 Robert Johnson entered b. m. Lott: +222 L. Hart entered ch, h, Frank . dar Time, : PACING, TROTTING AND RUNNING IN CALI- FORNIA. OAKLAND TROTTING PARK, OAKLAND, CAL.—SIXTIT Day, April 27, 1872—PacinG.—Purse of $400, mile heats, best three in five, in harness. Mr. Rice entered b. m. Lady St. Clal « EYEE Mr. Eotf entered ch. g. Longfellow. -23.8 Mr. Daniels entered b. g. Deflance Mr. Farrell entered gr. g. Billy Mayo. Time, 2:26—2:241¢. Same DAy.—SECOND RAcE—TRoTTING.—Sweep- stakes of $50; mile heats, best three in five, in har- ness. Owner entered b. g. Reuben 8. Sperry entered bi Owner entered b, m. 2 SAME NG.—Sweep- stakes of $150; dash of halfa mile; catch weights, W. Randall entered br. g. Stonewall C, Seible entered br. 8. General Butler. Time, 4934. The pacing contest caused much excitement and Speculation, at least $25,000 changing hands on the | result. In pools of the winner brought | only $35 and $40. The knowing ones were sadly dis- | appointed, and the owner, with severai outsiders, walked off with all the money. The above contests closed the spring meeting over the Oakland Trot- ting Park. | HORSE NOTES. The trotting horse Idler jumped from a freight car at Port Jervis, N. Y., on the 29th ult., and was The stables at Mystic and Beacon Parks, Boston, are rapidly filling with trotters for the approaching spring meetings at those favorite resorts of the | “Hubites.”” ‘A new haif-mile track is to be constructed at Nor- | folk, Va., by @ number of the leading business men of that city, who have formed aclub, to be here- that its beautiful walk: refreshing limpid lakes afford to thousands of our fellow citizens. ay taeeee oe The Scenes in Central Park---Who Were There and What They Did. wei, las WALKING ON THE AVENUE. Central Park, under the gentle warmth of a May sun, fresh with green verdare, fostered with the moisture of March and April rains, makes a pleasant yetreat for the residents of the city, tired and weary with their weekly labors in the densely populated business quarters, we It is only on a fine Sunday that really appreciate the many charms of the ‘kK, and understand the happiness and pleasure picturesque chalets and On week days the carriages of the rich roll along ita level drives and children play about tne smooth grass plats; but it is only on Sundays that Central Park becomes & ally cosmopolitan resort. If the weather is fine all classes ure tn the Park. The young aris- tocrat drives by in his showy dog-cart and tandem, and Hans, with his frau, six children, srau’s mother and /raw’s brother, carrying a suspicious-looking sket containing a light inch, come out in a party to breath the fresh air and enjoy their SUNDAY Ot” The weather yesterday was charming, and in the afternoon the drives were thronged with carriages and hundreds of pedestrians moved slowly up and down the Mall, The Park looked very lovely, with the spring grass growing fvesh and green and the trees trembling under the beautiful » foliage with which they have been so bountifully adorned by nature. ‘The little goats, dragging thelr miniature carriages, appeared to be influenced by the bright aspect of the day, and trotted along with their infantine freight, happy for the time being and forgetting the drudgery of their labor. Leaving the pleasant scenes on the Mall, and passin under one of the many bridges that f some of the architectural adornments of the Park, the sounds of merry laughter attract the pede: trian to a scene worthy of the canvas of some great artist, A crowd of grown men and women are standing around the MERRY GO ROUND, and appear infected with the ringing laughter of the children who are enjoying a ten cent ride by means of that mechanical method of locomotion. Some are straddling the wooden horses, and others seated in the little cars; but allhave bright and happy 4, Indicative of the enjoyment they feel. No sooner has one batch ridden around the ring for aspace of about five minutes than the crank is stopped and there isa vs, the conductor moving around the circle and collecting his fares again, ‘One of the most popular resorts in the Park on Sunday is the Zoological Department, and yester- day afternoon the crowd was so dense there it was nearly impossible to move. There 1s & very inter- esting collection of animals, and the buildings and accommodations have been much improved of late. ‘There ts still room for some changes for the better, as many of the larger animals are very much ped for space and would thrive better with room. One very beautiful specimen of the deer sp sd very unhappy yesterday afternoon, tied up with a halter in a small stall. It is a pity that, with so many acres in the Park, the animals cannot be afforded a little more than'standing room for their home, It is hard to say what animals r¢ ved the most attention trom the visiting public, and although the grown up por- tion of the community appeared most interested with the floundering of the walrus in his bath, the juveniles were decidedly in the ascendant within the limits of the monkey house. The two young phants were much admired, and one small boy, of an inquiring turn of mind, venturing a little too close to their cage, was relieved of his cap by a dexterous movement of the trunk of one of these baby animals. . Leaving the busy ‘scenes of life in Central Park and walking down FIFTH AVENUR esterday afternoon, about five P. M., one is rought into another atmosphere, and thtown Into contact with an entirely different branch of New York society, ‘The avenue is crowded with prome- naders passing up and down in two long stream: | and augmented every now and then with the coi gregation of some churck returning from their af- ternoon devotions, ‘There were not any very remarkable costumes out yesterday afternoon, and ladies appear to be und cided as to what will be the prevailing fashions for the summer, Despite the earnest advocacy that the DOLLY VARDEN has received from all quarters, it has not yet been adopted by any of the leaders of fashion, whose style is generally followed by the masses of the hionable element. One young lady wore a very elegant costume, yesterday, of a rich plum colored silk, trimmed with plum colored velvet, and worn with a polonaise of plum colored .silk. The jacket cut square in front, ornamented with a deep trimming of velvet of the same shade, and edged with black lace. The skirt of the dress was worn short and caught up at the side with a knot of velvet. Another very pretty costume worn by a blonde was of a pale blue slate colored silk, skirt cut short, with a polonaise of the same ma- terial, One of the most striking costames on the avenue yesterday was ofa pale drab silk, trimmed witharich violet velvet, and worn with a short. jacket and polonaise of same shade of silk, similarly trimmed, The avenue yesterday afternoon was thronged until shortly before seven P. M., when the prome- naders moved off home for dinner. A RAILROAD VICTIM IDENTIFIED, . On Monday last the shocking ¢ hoof an ute known man on the Morris and Essex Railroad, Ho- boken, was announced in the H#ranp. The re- mains were taken by Coroner Parslow and buried in Hoboken Cemetery. Last evening the mutilatea body was identified as that of Alonzo M. Paugh, forty years of age, and a resident of Milton street, Greenpoint, L. I. The deceased lett his home Saturday a week ago, and on the same night at- tempted to Med on a car on above named road, when he met his dismal end. The man recently foand drowned near the depot. at Hoboken has not yet been identified, BOWERY CONCERT SALOON STABBING AFFRAY John B. Mortimer, a printer, who stabbed Frank Schmidt, the proprietor of the concert saloon 41 Bowery, on Saturday evening, was arraigned be- fore Judge Shandley at Essex Market yesterday. A tificate from Dr. Waterman, stating that the in- juries were necessarily fatal, was shown to the Judge by OMcer Mallon, of the Tenth precinct, and the prisoner was held to await the result. He was young, good looking and well dressed, but seemed | still under the influence of liquor and unable to realize his position, — re THE STAMP TAX ON MATOHES, Sr. Lours, April 26, 1872. To THE Epiror oF THe HERALD:— Sik—In your issue of the 18th inst. is the follow. ing in relation to match maker The manufacturers of matches will strenuously oppose the repeal of the stamp tax on matches as wijust to them- selves and of no direct benefit to the i tain that if ¢ and open a market for Canadian match they cannot compete, with the pre Jaw in force, The tax is but one © 100 matches. The last sentence of the above is all that is the wople. They ™ law passes it will ram them in business against which sent custams revenge nt on & box containing after known as the Norfolk Turf Association. The officers of the club are as follows :—President, A. G. Milhado; Vice President, J. F. Welborn; Secretary, | ©. A. Nash; Treasurer, F. B. Dornin; Directors, W. | F, Allen, H. D. Van Wyck, R. W. Baylor, W. W. Bax- | ter, W. C. Hardy, Richard Chamberlaine, B. F. Bax- | ter and G. R, Watkins. It is expected that the | track will be completed in time to hold the inaugu- | ral meeting during the coming summer, ‘At Turner's, Orange county, the following trotting stock was disposed of last wee! | Pair black geldings, 6 years old, sired by Messen, ger Hambletonian; the dam of one is by Ethan are splendidly matched, and stand 15% hands high: | Mr. Cathcart was the purchaser, Bay stallion Harry Bassett, 10 years old, 16 hands, by Harry Clay, dam by Sea Gull, for $5,000. He is | every inch a tretter, and at a private trial on Thars- day, 25th ult., made his mile in 2:28, Bay filly Ridge Maid, 4 years old, 15% hands, unbroken, by Toronto Chief, Jr., dam by Roe’s Ab- dalla Chief. Price obtained, $1,000, Brown mare Fanny Wilkes, 6 years old, 15 hands, by George Wilkes, dam by Webber's Fiddler. Sold to a gentleman in New York. Price not made public, Black mare Lucy, 6 yearsold, 15 hands, by Ed- ward Everett, dam by Mambrino Chief, Sold to same party. Chestnut filly Miss Wilkes, 5 years old, 165 hands; fine gaited, good trotter; by Delmonico, dam by Webber's Fiddler, Sold to Mr. Fitzgerald, of New | cent for 100 matches; but to say that it mal | the whole world ? entire truth im the above article. The tax is one difference to the consumer whether he uses article with a tax of from 218 to 257 per cent, off or on, is hardly correct. The consumer is the only person interested in the tax, because he has to ay the tax. If manufacturers need protection against Canadian or other foreign manufacturers that ought to be secured by an import duty, and now by an internal revenue tax. How is it that your Eastern match makers export their matches (without tax) to Mexico, ap America, &c., and can compete with Canada anc By the official repens in 1870 matches were exported to the value of $172,701; the exports of the same article for the year 1871 were valued at $183,829, being an increase of $11,128. Does, that look as if our United States match makers could not meet foreign competition? And it is umiver- | sally admitted that the profits in the export trade exceed the nee realized on home rates, Now, sir, we will teH you why some match makers would like to have the tax retained. Either to keep small manufacturers out of the market, or ¢lse there is some profit in handling the stamps which an honest man cannot see, It is now a question between doing justice to every consumer in the country by removing the bos or to retain the tax for the benefit ofa few match makers. And there can be no doubt as to the action of Congress, as we have taken par Monies, pains to have this question represented in its proper light. In your article you state “the manufacturers of matches,” &c, You do us and agreat many more match manufacturers an injuatice. ve ari quite a number who want the tax removed. Fo ourselves we respectfully protest against tie idea that all match makers oppose the repeal of the tax Could you do us and those who think as we do the favor to correct this impression? Your Paper has such @ general circulation that we are sure some of our friends may think that we are included mong: York, for $300, those who protest against the repe: | of th Respectfully yours = F. MANSFIELD & 00. Oa ae 4 i ) { } .