The New York Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1874, Page 3

NEW YORK THE SCHOOL CHILDREN'S FRIEND” Foneral of the Late James W. Gerard at Calvary Church. facil san The Bar, the Bench, School Teachers, School Girls and School Boys Attend in Great Numbers, ——= HONORS T0 A NOBLE OLD MAN. ‘There was buried, from the Calvary Episcopal a ch, at the corner of Twenty-first street and Fourth avenue, yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, one of the best beloved old gentiemen who has ever lived in the city of New York. ‘The name of the old gentleman was James W. Gerard, who died in the plenitude of years, peace, honor and love, He was idolized by thousands uf children who have attended and are now attend- dag the numerous public schools of this city. rhere is nothing like # child’s love, and the thronging ranks of bright-faced boys and girls whe filled ehancel, nave and aisle of Calvary church bore memorable testimony to the honor and ove of the New York school children for James W. Gerard, At a little before ten o’clock the remains of the deceased were taken from his late residence, No. 17 Gramercy Park, to Cal- vary’ church ana were carried up the main aisle to the altar, m iront of which the coffin was placed on black tresties, On the steps and plat- sorm where the communion is taken were placed every variety and form of the richest, most appro- Priave and most touching floral tribates to tne ead man’s memory. Of these the most splendid specimens were contributed by the children of the ‘schools in which Mr. Gerard was most at home. In ail, these floral embiems had cost over $7,000, One of these specimens, made by Zachos, cost over $400, There was every possibie shape in which Mowers could be Jormed—crosses, wreatks, broken pillars, crowns, beds of flowers, tombs, harps and anchors, Nothing of the kind haa ever before been witnessed at a funeral cere- mony in this city. After the coMn had been placed there came in earriages a long list of relatives, old and young, ef the deceased, who siJently filed into the pews near the front on the right hand side. Then came the pall bearers—eight aged gentlemen, seven of whom had white hair, the eighth, Mr. Samuel B, Ruggles, being as yet without any frosts or age wpon his honored head. The pall bearers were as Sollows :— PALL William M. Evarts, Roya Ps BRARERS. Alenry Nicoll, ‘nelps, Noah Davis, Fred. Schuchardt, Charles P. Daly, Alexander M. L. Agnew, 3. B. Ruggles, Then there came a long line of the best known and most respectec citizens of New York city and hundreds of school children of both sexes, It | ‘was a touching sight that which met. the eye in | the front pew on the right, where sat the youngest man of tive pall bearers, he of the frail body, but | powertul brain, who so ably defended our country. | at Geneva (Evarts); to see three or four smail children, only knee high, their faces clouded because they felt that they had lost one who had a 8 @ pleasant face and a quaint joke or story | I, for their gratification solely. ‘There were Jundreds of childr. cattered through the body ‘of the church ¥ ad often listened to the deceased, and who liad beg, always Jooked upon as his pets and children. «| "esos aa | At the entrance to the chiitch the body was met wy the rector of Calvary church, the Rev. Dr. Washburn, and his assistant, the Rev. Mr. Walker. ‘Then was sung that sublime chant of the Episcopal Church, from the eleventh chapter of St. hn—l am the resurrection and the lite; i who believeth in me, though he were dead, | yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and vellev- | eth in me shall never die.’ ‘Then followed the equally noble verses from Job, im which every man, Woman and child in the | church liters ‘was by this time densely crowded) was told that the Kedeemer lived; and though | worms should destroy the body the soul should see | God, and that man came into the world without | thing and would leave it without anything. ‘nen, a8 the procession moved up the long aisle, the white robed ministers (one of whom, out of re- | spect for the deceased, wore a mourning scar! over his surplice), heard the choir and organ thunder | forth the anthem, ‘Lord, let me know my end and | the number of my days, that I may be certified how Jong I have to live.” ‘Then followed the lesson from the fifteenth chap- | ter of the Corinthians, in which we are told, “Now 4s Christ risen from the dead and become the first fruits of them that siept.”” . And now the dread yet beautiful service is clos- ing, and Dr. Washburn descends irom the altar and stands at the right hand of the casket of the man whom be knew and honored. Little children cluster around and strain their little necks ant open their eyes in suspense; for they know, as if instinct, that he Whom they loved so well is out to be hidden away forever. And old men, who knew James Gerard as a school boy, and never | knew him in all this long time to lose his freshness and nobleness of heart, lift their spectacles, from ‘which some tears will trickle down old faces. How soon may they not follow him toa grave} It is fin- ished now, and the minister recites the last prayer that will be said over the remains of James W. Gerard unless by those of his kindred, who love ‘him well, and his school ciuldren:—The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God, and the oun of the Holy Ghost, be with us all ever- ore. Amen.” ‘ é Organ again rolls, and some of the specta- | tors nearest the door leave their seats to make way for the dense crowd. And the school there bad Hob been seen any such an as Sombloge of the Bar and Beneh at asimilar cere- mony. ve ‘HONOR THE DEAD. At @ meeting of the members of the Board of Education and School Inspectors, officers and teachers of the city of New York, convened at Grammar School No. 50, in Twentieth street, for the purpose of proceeding thence to atrend the funera! of the late James W. Gerard, the toliowing | resolutions were unanimously adopted :— Whereas James W. Gerard, Esq., wh now announced, has been for mai efiicient co-worker with us in the 3 therefore, hat in the decease of Mr. Gerard the cause una particularly the public school system ‘New York, sustain the loss of @ most useful le; and we desire especially to both by wise counsels “and he bore a distinguished part ed, of education, 9f, the city ot fri devoted personal example, jn raising our present ‘schoo! system to ite Aigh slandard, and establishing it in pubic tavor and con- | fidence 1 Resolved, also. That, in common with bis friends and the entire community, we depiore as a public low the decease of the eminent citizen, who is thus called away in the fulness ot years and honors and yet stil) ju the mlast Of his wsesulnens THE STRIKES, f the Boss Capmakers Rejected by the Strikers—Their Mana- factories Closed — The Cigarmakers Form a Co-operative Associaton, The joint committee, composed o1 representa- tives from several of the cap manufacturing estab- lishments and delegates from the Capmakers’ Cen- tval Union, met yesterday at ten o’clock A, M.in the offices of Messrs. Isidor & Hein, South Fifth avenue, As the readers of the HERALD are already aware, this meeting was for the purpose of arranging a seale of prices that would be satisfactory to masters and men. Mr. Phillips was in the chair. The deliberations of the committee, which were extremely animated, lasted till alter three o'clock P.M, At this hour a new price list was completed, but being still @ good deal under that fixed by the strikers their representatives could not agree to it and the new schedule was therefore taken before the Central Union at their largely attended meeting in Orchard streot. It will be seen by the communication given below that the manufacturers claim to have offered an advance of {from thirty to fifty per cent on former prices; but several! leading men among the operatives have distinctly stated to a representa- tive of the HERALD that the new prices offerea by the manufacturers do not exceed from ten to fil- teen per cent of an increase on some articies, ‘while others remain untouched. The new propositions of the employers were submitted yesterday afternoon to te Central Union and debated. A number of enthusiassic epeeches wers,made on one side or the other by the same spe~*ers who aired their eloquence the day before. The last new scale was rejected amid vociferous demonstrations by the workmen, who mye therefore, determined to continue the lock ou ‘The cap manufacturers send tne following com- mounication tor publication :. To we Epiror or tax Henan At a meeting of the principal cap manutacturers of Mowing houses were repre- » 8. Corn & Brother, Marks, Brothers & Thompson; L. 9. Phillips & Co., Isidor & Heins W. R. Willis & Co.—it was unanimously resolved to close thetr factories for the present season, after a most liberal offer made by them to ther striking hands, which they have rejected. This offer consists of an advance of thirty to fifty per cent on their former price: and would giv them ‘better weekly wages than ane 1 other mechanics are paid. Unfortunately the strikers are led by a few ringleaders, who are unscrupulous idlers, to their Cun mie as A : manutacturers have agreed among themsel under a penalty of 88.000 to be torteitea by the Arm that may first break the rule, not tw employ any of their workmen until al solved to do ko. the establishment of Mesi¥a. Kerles & Speias | guarded by two policemen stationed at the foot of the stairway leading to their factory in No. 37° _Bowery. The foreman of the firm, a burley, bul- key,” brawny, vony Bohemian of atx feet four inches, at least, in his stockings, informed the reporter that some twenty of the hands who had struck were up stairs at work,. and that the policemen had been sent for to prevent a possible breach of the peace, a8 it was feared that the people who are still locked out might attempt the use of force to compel the batch now employed to leave the shop. No such attempt, however, appears to have been made. The policemen said they had no | orders to escort to their homes the workmen who | continued in the factory, and did noi think that there would be any need of doing so. The workmen who continue on strike bave de- termined to form a co-operative union among themselves and not go back to their former cin- ployers. They claim that only six women and one man are at work in the factory which they left. The Bohemian branch of the Vigarmakers’ Union met last might in Kopta’s saloon, No. 526 Fifth street, for the es. of receiving their society book of bylaws. Mr. Joe Swanlick is the President of this branch. They mtend to have a meeting of ali the sections in No, 220 Secon an next Monday night. ‘s Mass Meeting of the Fur Cutters’ ety. A mass meeting of the Fur Cutters’ Socie ty was held last evening at the Tenth Ward Hotel. Mr. F. Glasser, President, called the meeting to order and explained the objects in view in holding it. | He stated that it was for the interest ofevery man | in the business to at once enroll himself in the | society, to guard against any probable combina- tion of the employers to take advantage of the | present dull season and reduce their waves. Mr. H. FROMM next addressed the meeting. He drew the attention of those present to the condt- | tion in which they are placed owing to the fact of | their being without combination, He asserted | that the majority of the workmen are compelled to work, on au average, eighteen hours per day, for a sum that does not average $15 per week, and eneral | street Soci- children and school teachers—oi the latter there were eighty-six ladies in the church—and the friends crowd around the churca, which looks like @ large flower garden. [fhe little giris stand on high steps and jook down with awe in their daces, and the body passes down and through the @isie into the street, Above the reading desk—how tame tnat title weems—is a great stained glass window, and there is depicted in gold and purple and inky hues that most tremendous sacrifice of all history, the sa- lient feature of which is a huge wooden cross and ‘the surroundings of which are chaos and a number O1 indistinct sorrowing figures, mingled with the Dare shouldered legionaries of Rome and ‘the prominent featured sons of Judea who had be- trayed the Master. As the coffin left the chancel ‘the beams ofthe wintry suu shot in lurid lances | and streaks of vari-colored fire, and fell on the pall- bearers and all who were present in the body of the church, making a very picturesque picture and Fis very solemn picture. The remains of the jonored dead were taken to Greenwood Cemetery dor interment in the family vault. The choral ser- vices were very fine, and were given with due solemnity by a double quartet. On the plate of the coMin, which was richly furnished, but quiet in ats appointments, was the simple inscription :— moateenaaaate 71 ay Vt eumaammaanat JAMES W. GERARD, Died, February 7, 1874 CCP CCLL TONE LOE ME OOLEIEEE HEHE LE DELE LE One THE TRIBUTE OF FLOWERS. It Is meet and truly right that the schools which furnished the floral memorials should be speciti- cally mentioned, as the gifts were so imposing in character. They are a8 loliows :— A magnificent bed of Nowers, white ground, six feet by three, lilac mscription, eecrevarocsnvesvevaeoesvocoeoeoroesere ® OUR FRIEND—GRAMMAR SCHOOL 35, 3 neaereroarseneconerenecesererereactenerert ee ® A floral star—Primary School No. 4. A broken column—Gift of J. W. Hammersley. | Broken column—Gilt of Primary Department, Behooi No. 40. | Anchors from Mrs, and Mr, Clarence E. Seward, Harp ot flowers from Grammar School No. 40, | An elegant cross. richly designed—Gilt of the Grammar Department of Twelfth street School. Anchors from Mrs. Dudley Field, Jr, Cross trom Mrs. J. J. Roosevelt. A floral pillar from Mrs. and Mr. Buckley. A magnificent anchor from the young ladies of | Twelfth sireet School. A large harp, curiously designed, and having the oral mscription, ee naee serene ee rE HEN EE: ne HE IS NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEPETH. ? norecerocrocnvcesecererecsse renee reterere rece rete ‘This handsome trioute was presented by Gram- mar School No. 40, Across trom Mrs. Duryea. A wreath from Mrs, George Wood. Broken pillar irom Female Department of Gram- | Mar School No, 10, Wooster street. | A splendid bed of fowers bearing the inscription in hyacinths, . ACCC OELELE LE LOTT OS Ob LE LODE LE TODEDE DEDEDE ENEDELETE CLASS OF 169, Mee mene weeroeoecs cece rennet net rene ETE NCLE NORTE A wreath from the young gentlemen's organizu- tion, known as the Gerard Club, of School No. 10, A tine cross from the pupils and teachers of the Primary Department, Grammar Schoel No. 40, Ro septered Cd i flowers was permitted Dn lor two hours att cf eee. tter the ccremony IN THE CHURCH, Among those present in the church as mou were William K. Curtis, 3. L. M. Barlow, ‘andrew H. Green, Judge Emott, Joseph 8B.’ Varnum. Mayor Havemeyer, William Wood, Jaze Peabody, ‘the Board eearenes, NOONE OL RE LENE REOELE RENEE: President Neilson, Commissioners 01 of Education Halsted, Brown, Kelly, Baker, Wetmore, Klamroth, Mills, H. B. Perkins;"trusteca Brennen, Ryan, Kuapp, Combe, Taylor and Kut- venburg; Aldermen Vance, Cooper, oa) Mon- fheimer and Gijon; Judge Bosworth, William Mitchell, Thomas Boese, Judge Woodruf, Samuel A. Lewis, Superintendent of Schools Kiddie and dudge Larrgmere, Sigce the Juner@) of dames 1, | seribe | event are almost wildly Improbable, that if the workmen fail to support the society | they may expect still worse terms from em- ployers. rt, LEHMAN made a stirring appeal for combina- | tion, at the close of which several new members | were enrolled, it is the intention of the officers of the society to use every possible means to enrol every workman im the trade in the society. After congratulatory expressions suggested by the large assemblage the meeting adjournea, The Tailors In Sympathy With the Struggling Workingmen. At the meeting of the Tailors’ Union last night, | at their headquarters, No. 10 Stanton street, a deputation from the striking capmakers was re- ceived. The committee asked the assistance, Perueeres of the tailors, there being reason to believe that the strike would be of long duration. | The requested assistance was given, the tailors voting $200 for the capmakers, as a loan, to be repaid when times would allow, ‘The tund formed for the support of the suffering families of the Tompkins square “rioters” has been | rea growing, and the tailors now have sub. between $500 and $600 for those needy | families. Subscriptions are still being added. LIVINGSTONE’S DEATH. What the Royal Gco; phicals Think { of the News, The London News of the 27th of January, on the | subject of the news of Livingstone’s death, says :— | At the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society last night, entire disbelief was expressed in the present news by Sir Bartle Frere. The cause of death as given 1s exceedingly likely; but the pro- ceedings which are said to have lollowed that The embalm- Ment of a dead body is about the Jast thing that the Nassick boys or any African tribes would think of. They would simply dig a hole in the ground and bury it at once, They are, however, still Jurther said to have preserved the body in salt, Now, apurt from the vast weight of a body | thus preserved, itself an obstacle to its being car- ried along the narrow tracks of Central Africa, it 18 more than doubtiulewhether salt would preserve | it at all in such a climate. Salt is, moredyer, ex- ceedingly scarce in that part of the world, and tt | would be impossible for a suMcient quantity of that valuable conuiment to be gathered tor the purpose, even were the natives Willing to make | what, were it suggested, would probably appear to them to be w most useless waste. These detaiis, therefore, give the rumor a very doubtiul louk, LECTURE BY RICHARD O'GORMAN, | ‘This (Thuraday) evening Mr. Richard O'Gorman delivers his eloquent lecture at the Cooper Insti- tute on “Edmund Burke,” The proceeds of this lecture will be devoted to the advancement uf St. Mary’s Library Association, an organization of | young gentlemen of the east side, banded together for literary and moral advancement. So popular | alecturer and 80 choice a subject wilt certainly attract a large crowd at the institute this evening. CITY AND COUNTY TREASURY. Comptroller Green reports the following receipts, | of tne treasury yesterday :— fone ‘ ne From ar i 458 | roin calle: interest. 4496 Frou market rents aml 108... c.0.0000+ Tou From WACO TENTS... ceaseee 70, From licenses, Mayor's office a7 | Frotn foes, €c., Supreme Camel... ; 1718 | From tees and fines, District OoUFis. ce vee 4 | Tova, ! . HG | — | the matter, | would not exceed \ fight of imagimation to claim that it was all Ex-Collector of Taxes, Mr. Isaac Badean, | | my name on his bond after J leit office. PHILANTHROPY EXEMPLIFIED. Progress of the Catholic Protectory at |, Westchester—Formal Visit of the New York Board of Aldermen to the Insti- tution—What the Visitors Heard and Saw While There—Homeless Boys av Orators and Musicians—A Fire Engine Wanted. Pursuant to an invitation on the part of the Board of Managers of the New York Catholic Pro- | tectory, at Westchester, Westchester county, a Jarge number of the city oMcials and their friends Visited that beneficent institution yesterday. Among these were Police Justices Sherwood, Ktl- | Dreth ana Flammer; Justice Flanagan, of the Tenth Judicial district; Aldermen Morris, Cooper, McCafferty, Koch and Lysaght, and Assistant Al- Germen Healey, Brooks, Clancey, Wade, Foley and Kelly. The Board of Health was repre- sented by Dr. Elisha Harris. The geritie- men named, accompanied by friends and Well wishers of the inatitation indicated, to the number of fifty or sixty persons, arrived at Tremont by the Harlem Railroad at about eleven o’clock, where they found sleighs and other vehi- cles in readiness to convey them to the Protec- tory. On arriving at the last named place the party was received and welcomed by Brother Teliow, Rector of the Boys’ Protectory, who, in his own inimitable way, tendered them the hospitali- ties of the estabushment, When the visitors had refreshed themselves they were conducted by Brother Teliow through the spacious edifice to the chapel, which is situated om the top Meor of the building, where were assem- bled about 1,500 boys connected with the institution. Here the Protectory band greeted the large and distinguished company with several patriotic airs, performed in such a creditable man- ner as to elicit frequent OUTBURSTS OF APPLAUSE from the audivors, The programme also included several vocal, literary and juvenile military exer- cises, which reflected much credit on the thorough course of traintng carried out by the Christian Brothers, who are devoting their lives exclusively vo the poor and otherwise iriendless of our spectes. Before leaving the chapel a company, numver- ing some thirty able-bodied young men, filed in and took possession of the stage. These men, it appears are Graduates of the Protectory, aud now All lucrative posts as foremen in the various shops. One of the number read an appeal to the visitors, posing Jorth the fact that they had re- cently organized themselves into a fire company ; that they nad a good truck and 1,000 feet of huse, and thaf, in order to prevent @ catastrophe simi. lar to that which destroyed the female department of the Protectory in 1872, they begged the mana- gers to supply them with @ fire engine. Judging jrom the audible responses made to this appeal the necessary apparatus will soon be supplied. Under the guidance of the indefatigable Brother Teliow the party was next conducted through the dormitories of the male department—apartments which presented spotiess floors, innumerabie little beds, and which gave evidence of THOROUGH VENTILATION. Descending from these lofty repositories of the rising generation the visitors were shown into the rejeotory, Where some 1,500 men and boys were at dipner. As Was apparent, the gastronomic abilities in this department allayed any doubts which might have existed in the minds of the spectators regarding the salubriousness of the air in Westchester, where adolescence, at least, is concerned. The visitors next inspected the various mechani- cal departments where the boys are employed, and paused to admire the faultiess precision which characterized the working of the shoe manuiactur- ing branch ana other equally meritorious depart- ents. - Ti shops, with their hundreds of minia- tu¥e artisans,-eacl one in his own allotted sphere, and plyi Oc@Lon as though hig ile de- pended upon the faithi jormance of bis task + Jorelbly d the observer of 1 4 HUMAN HI “ whéfe even the busy bee might take a lesson in industry. A pleasant visit was also made by the Visitors'to the female department of the Protec tory, where Sister M. Helena gracefully led t) Party through the vartous workrooms and related the progress of her arduous endeavors since the calamitous fire in a manner at once intelugent and ladylike. The good Sister also conducted the party through the girls’ workrooms, which pre- sented a periect picture of neatness and comiort. While the visitors were passing through the latter apartments work was suspended, and the young women, doubtless at a signal irom the an tress, mtoned some appropriate airs, Which did not fali to reach the hearts of the listeners, After a minute inspection oi the various depart- | mente the guests were entertained at a liberal col- lation provided by Brother Teliow, and during which mepre pests speeches were made by Henry L. Hoguet, President of the Board of Managers; Dr. Elisha Harris, of the Board of Health; Alder- man Morris, Justice Sherwood, Aldermen Koch, Cooper and others. Among thie clerf¥men present were Rev, Father Quinn, Vicar General; Kev. J. 5. Collins, Chaplain of the Protectory; Rev. Father Stumpie, Melrose, and Rev. Father Sinsimon, of Mount Vernon. Ali of those present expressed themselves as being: highly gratified with their visit, and promised at an early day to still more familiarize themselves with an institution, the extent of whose benef- cent influence was to maby of them a surprise, and to all a delight. THE BROOKLYN TAX OFFICE DEFALCATION, Less Than $10,000 of Default Money Dise covered Missing—What Comptrolicr Schroeder Says of the Investigation— The Ex-Collectors. There was nothing new to report concerning’ the Tax Ofice “irregularities,” or detaication, yesterday. The experts are plodding steadily through the musty records, and, recognizing the wisdom of multiplying the days o1 labor that the doHars of compensation may be greater, they are not likely to be ready to report for some time to come, strain their reformation ardor to ‘get at the bot- | tom of the matter’’ until such tme as the well paid accountants shall elect to enlighten them. The losses have been variously estimated at from $5,000 to $1,000,000, The latter figures, as will be seen by reference to the state- ment of the reform Comptroller, Mr. Frederick Schroeder, are excessively above the mark ana visionary. In an interview nad yesterday with @ reporter Mr. Schroeder said:—"Up to this time there bag not been $10,000 of default money discovered as‘missing. The statements published of exaggerated amounts were absurd and perfectly wild, based entirely upon the imagination of the writers, 1 do not want to be heid responsible,” said he, “for any statements made concerning in- dividuais or amounts stated as having been stolen. 1 have made no statements implicating anyy one, nor stated any amounts which may be ‘missing. 1 have charged no individual with having accepted favors from any of the tax collectors.” The Comptroller continued by saying that no person had a full knowledge of the state of affairsin the accounts of the Tax Oftice. | The ovject of the Board of Audit was to ascertain how much money had been collected, and to hgld | _those responsible whose duty it was to pay itover ‘to the Treasurer. No investigation was now being made to discover what amounts have not been paid that ought to have been paid, but to ascer- tain what amounts have been paid and were mis- appropriated. If the successive tax collectors | had Jet off some parties by remitting tneir default and interest they had exercised what they claimed as a right. LA aot knew that it had been the custom, he said, and it was admitted on all bands; but he ‘doubted if the money could be recovered without endless litigation, and, indeed, he thought it extremely doubtiul if even the tax coliectors could be held responsible: That custom had been followed by the coilectors trom time immemorial until within the past year, when the present sys- tem was inaugurated. Four clerks nad been placed in the Tax Ool- lector’s office to ascertaim the amount of uncol- lected taxes, in order to get # starting pomt. | ‘These men had been at work at this business, on { and of, he said, ever since, The collectors are required by the charter, he said, to make returns to the Registrar of Arrears of all items of uncol- lected taxes for 1872 and for each year previous. This return bad not beet made, and not knowing what amount the Collector was liable ‘tor the Auditor and Comptroiler determined to investi- gate that point first, and therelore deferred their examination of the accounts, They had intended to wait for this return; but, seeing no prospect of getting it, the Boara of Audit nad finally taken up ‘The Comptroller was convinced tnat it would be an almost endless task, for if they at- tempted to investigate all the accounts it would ; be uncertain when they would get through. It was useless ior them to go back beyond atx years, as the Statute of Limitations prevented recovery of deficiencies which had occurred previous to that ime. ‘the amount for default and interest collected and paid inte the City Treasury since September 1, 1872, Was $238,311 88, and the amount for arrears Of taxes $124,778 88, making & total Of $358,090 76, ‘The amount of default and interest for six years $1,000,000, and it would bea stolen. ‘who was Deputy Collector under the administra- tion of Mr. Edmund Driggs, irom 1860 to 1865, says that "if any irauds took place under thy adminis- tration I know nothing about them. Ii I had not wholly trusted Captain Gill i should not have put Frauds of the kind asserted might have occurred without the Collector's knowledge. The Collector could not take in all the money himself.” Ex-cConector Driggs staves that during his term of office tue HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRU. | The taxpayers will therefore have tore- | | ' i | i | | | affairs thereol were “carried on in as careiul and | Sorxest a Waveer as any bank or business of}067 A RUM The Secret Exeursion to Barren Island. SEIZURE. imam —E Revenue Officers and United States Troops Com- bined Storm an Illicit Distillery—A Profit- able Excursion—An Informer Who Informed to a Purpose—Great Bravery of the Troops Before ap Invisible Enemy. Qne of the most important selzurca made for some time by the internal revenue oMficials was ac- complished on Barren Island on Tuesday morning. It consisted of an Mlicit distillery, one of the largest in the country, and the existence of which was not suspected until a short time past, when it came in the usual way by information given to the Internal Revenue Omce in this city by an indi- vidual who bad ‘“peached” on the remainder of the conspirators. The internal revenue oMicers, while showing commendable zeal in their opera- tions when once they were informed of the ex- istence of the still, until the information came, had not the faintest idea that such an institution had been In full blast for at least several months, ‘i THE EMBARKING. On Tuesday morning, about seven o'clock, several revenue officers embarked on board the revenue steamer Henry Smith, and proceeded down tue bay. In the party were Messrs. George M. Birdsall, Willtam H. White, Edward McLeer, Deputy Collector of the First district B. R. Ryan, W. Fryer and others, Once on board, they imme- diately steamed away towards the Narrows, and landed at the Fort Hamilton dock. On the evening before 100 troops had been ordered by General Gedney, commanding at the fort, to be in readiness by half-past six o’clock the next morning. They were fully armed ana were farnished with one day’s rations. These troops formed portions of companies G, I and E of the ‘Third artillery. They were under the command, respectively—Company G, of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Piper, Captain of Third artil- lery, commanding; First Lieutenant John L. Tier- nan; Company I—#revet Major Lorenzo Lorain, Captain Third artillery; Brevet Captain John B. Eaton, First Lieutenant; Second Lieutenant, J. M. Calif; Company E—First Lieutenant A. M. Harralt and Second Licutenant W. E, Birkhimer. THE BOLD SOLDIER BOYS, These were rapidly transferred on board the Henry Smith, where they stacked arms and lay off, the officers in the meantime being regaled with breakfast by the revenue officers, who were over- joyed at the prospect before them of making a good capture. With the party was the informer on the whole arrangement, who, however, kept very shady and whose name was kept private. It jJeaged out, however, that he had been employed on board the schooner Stephen Hamil- ton, which had been engaged for some months im carrying molasses from New York to Barren Isiand, and carry ing rum back. The motives which lay at the bottom of'this mau’s treachery were no doubt those of gain, in- formers being accorded moiety in all affairg of this kind. The wisdom of the pian is proved by the Jact that the illicit distilery had existed so long and that it might have gone on for years to come had not this informer turned up. The trip from Fort Hamilton to Barren Island took some two hours, so that it was very near cleven o'clock be- fore the isjand was sighted und the men got in readinesa, WHY TAF MILITARY WAS ON HAND. ‘The reason of so formidable a force of United States troops to make araid on one distillery was the fear among the revenue officers that there might be some cesperale resistance had there been less, It is well kilown that these men will generally fignt sooner than surrender, unless there be an overwhelming force to capture them, as has been already proved on several occasions, notably the recent raids of the United States Secret Service detectives in Tennessee, In this case the officers wished to guard against any attempt of the kind, a8 well as to have a sutticient force of men on hand to make a thorough search of the island. From a distance, as the steamer approached, Men could be seen endeavoring to get a schooner moored to § dock Away into the offing, but for Some timé “their attempts appeared to be futile. Alterwards it was discovered that they were in such a hurry that they cnt the cables ani anchor in the creek, evidently under the idea that, seeing the schooner away from the land, the oft- cers would not belteve she had anything to do with the business. The men no doudt were convinced that something wrong was in the wind, as they knew the approaching steamer was certainly not for @ pleasure party, hor could it be on any busi- ness except sometiing of a disagreeable character. AT BARREN ISLAND. On the arrival of the Henry Smith at the island it was found she could not land opposite the place “pointed ont by the informer as the location of the illicit still, and the party lost time in | going around to the dock of the Rendering Company, which fas tts large establishment immealately adjoining the water. Here the whole party disembarked and formed in order, the steamer in the meantime remaming at the dock, The troops, headed by the informer and ac- companied by the revenue off.cers, then marched for tne place designated, which, outside, had all the appearance of one of the moss bunker fish oll factories with which the island is studded. In- deed it was under this guise that the distilling of peaks had been carried on, and all supposed that the product of the place was fish ofl instead of rum. ‘To reach the place which was being sought atter the party was obliged to pass through the render- ing house, and those present describe both the sight aud the stench as most horrible, the carcases of horses, &c., lying about the floors in all stages oi decomposition. Many of the pet were made absolutely sick by this short experience. It was then cven found necessary to wade through snow, which tn some places was waist deep, and which caused the men no small amount of suffering, as none of them were provided against such an experience. At length the building was reached, though it may be well imagined that the time lost im all these preparations bad given plenty of time tor the rum conspirators to escape. THE REVENUE OFFICERS PLEASED. Upon forcing open the door even the revenue officials themselves, who had been led to expect something pretty big, were astounded. Inside the «factory, and Without the slightest attempt at con- cealment, were all the paraphernalia of the largest Kind of distillery. three large steam boilers, on the other six im- mense mash vats, about ten feet in diameter, and | | in the middle an immense thousand gallon copper still, about five feet high by seven feet in diam- eter—a very Valuable apparatus. Besides all this vhere were the pipes and copper TA hernalia of the most complete Work had evidently only just ceased, ior the boilers were still in full blast, though one fire had been vanked. ‘The saiety valve had geen terribly weighted in an evident attempt to blow the whole concern to atoms, showing the desperate char- acter of the men. moments later it is likely they would have been just in time to have been blown, in one mass, into eternity. Immediately Colonel Piper went in au saw the state of afairs, he immediately ran to the safety valve and let it biow of steam, thus saving the whole structure. The mash vats were found to be full of mash, also showing that the concern had been in iull operation but a 1ew moments before. Fifty thousand gallons of mash were found in the place. In the meantime, strict search for some of the beings who had been doing al! this work was made, but none could be found. Five suspicious looking men around the place were arrested, how- ever, and made to do work. Only one of these was subsequently brought to the city, as it was round that nothing could be proved against the others. THE OFFICERS STILL MORE PLEASED. But in the basement of the establisnment a sight greeted the eyes of the officers which filled them with joy. This was forty-five barrels of pure rum which had been turned out of the place as well as twenty hogsheaads of molasses, The rum was taken to Mr. Henry, Smith as rapidiy as it could be moved away, while it was found to be to be necessary to destroy the moiasses as it could not be moved, there being no transportation facilities at hand. The copper still aud a great deal of other copper work was also removed to the steamer, and then the mash vats were smashed and aii that could be destroyed and was not too valuable was disposed of in the same manner, ‘The boilers were leit for a tuture occasion, as well as @ quantity of other things, OVER THE ISLAND. In the meantime the remainder of the party was not idie. Captain Eaton and Licutenani+ Harrold and Tiernan, each with twenty met, as weil as Revenue cers Whitlock and Moliccr, scoured the isiand from one end to the other, the snow of- dering @ severe impediment, howeve fvery rhouse in the place was thoroughiy searched from garret to basement, and nothing was found bat one man who Was selling tobacco witnout a li- cense, and whose goods were confiscated. ‘The schooner Stephen Hamilton was still lying at anchor in the stream, and this was boarded hy the revenue officers. No one was fou two barrels of ale and a numper of empt, were in her hold. There was ni doubt t schooner had been in counectior lery, and so there Waa no hesivatign in seizing her, and she was subsequently towet: ap to the Fort Hamilton dock, where she still liek, Sie is @ neat, trim little vessel of about 200 ton When the searen through the istand was tiniahed the embarking Of 8)! availasie Boul wae hurried ; casks ie the with the distil- roped | judicious legislation and co-operation of the sev- | On one side of the place were _ pw distillery. | Had the party arrived a ew | on board, but | ARY 12, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. Up and the troops were marched on board. The buuding where the distilling had taken place was rendered entirely useless for any turther purposes, and the internal revenue officers will no doubt re- tarp hae | to take away all that they were oblizea to leave af the first visit, among other things the boilers, which are valued at $2,000 eacn, BOMEBODY SUSPECTED, ‘The informer stated that the people who oper- ated the distihery were itn the ha it or receiving their molasses from the boat which shipped the offal from this city. The molasses would be in this manner effectually concealed under the dead ear- casses of all manner of animals. The revenne officers think that this points conclusively to some person in the rendering estabiisument being the prievor OL the illici¢ distillery. They have their suspicions who this is, but will not say av present, It is stated that he is a very wealthy man, well known to the public. Altogether the haul ix one of about $20,000, and is the largest that has been made tn jour years. TURISTS. THE FISH Second a Last Day of the Annmaal Meeting of the American Association— Interesting Discussions— The Trout, Bi and Salmon—Protective Legisla~ ton Sought—Miscellancous Busin The membere of the American Fish Culturists’ Association again met in session yesterday morn- ing, at tne oMce of Mr, George 8. Page, No. 10 Warren street, Robert B. Roosevelt tn the chair. Mr. Freq. Mather, of Honeoye Falls, N. Y., was calied upon by the Chairman to address the mem- bers upon any subject he saw tit relating to fish cultureg,,Mr. Mather willingly responded, and touched upon the matter of transporting trout: Two years ago last June he obtained 1,600 trout from a lake im Canada, and before reaching his home he ost by death all but 400. They wero in eight barrels, and when the wharf at Coburg was reached the lot was in @ comparatively fair condition. Detention at this place by the non-arrival of the steamboat caused the loss, although fresh water was being constantly dipped from the lake and put in the barrels. None of these trout, which were placed in @ pond where there were no otner fish, ever produced any eggs, and this circumstance was Particularly puzzling. Were they made barren by the hard usage which they had received? He haa Obtain liver in any quantity at his place, Would deposit their ova and the number of eggs that nad been found in such. One delegate had known @ trout nine years old to deposit ova, and another had counted 3,800 eggs in a six-pound specimen; while still another had counted 2,280 eggs in & trout four years old, and 1,620 in one three years old. Mr. Reeder, Commissioner of Fisheries of Penn- sylvania, was asked to address the members upon fish cuiture in his State. He referred to the dif ficulties the Commissioners met in the outset in obvaining money, but when the subject was ander- stood there were but few obstacles interposed. They had put 51,000 California salmon in the Sus- quenanna River and in the Delaware 60,000, and by the aid of the United States Commissioners hoped to largely add to those num- bers. They are hopeful of the experiment, and kpow that the young salmon are thriving well. to the sea, would only refuse to come back for lack of good spawning grounds, and of such there were plenty im the rivers named. The speaker also al- luded to the experiment of stocking the rivers Delaware, Susquehanna and Juniata with bass from the South. ‘They were taken from the Poto- mac with hook and line in 1870, and 600 placed in the Delaware. To-day he believed that this river the result of the transportation. Mr, Reeder re- lated much that was interesting about the growth of unis fish, He had experimented and could tell facts. It waz found that in four weeks the young were one and a half inches long, and in {gap months were from five imches to six inches in length. The bass make their beds where the sunlight reaches them and the water ts warmed by its rays. The speaker is now giving this fish | Much study, and it was his Maprsssion— though. he was not prepared to state it 48 a fact—that in the black bass there are no structural differences; it 1s the color only, and that is caused by the water in which they live. In answer to the question Mr. Reeder said that Pennsylvania had first appro- priated $18,000 for this matter of stocking the rivers and propagation of fishes, $80,000 for fish- Ways, an additional $13,000 for the river business, and probably they could obtain still another $11,000 for the same object. calling for the protection of fish and game, asking | eral States, so that when the sale of fish or gathe is prohibited in one State it may be illegal in all the others, He also desired that there should be uniform names for fishes, as the identification of species will go @ great way iu bringing to justice guilty dealers. Bowles, of Springfield, acting upon the sug- gestion, introduced the following, which was unan- imously pagsed :— Recognizing the importance of co-operation between the different States to secure laws for the better protec tion of useful food Ashes and biras; therefore, be it | Resolved, That this association’ use its ihiuence to | procure the passage of laws in the several States that stiall he identical In their privileges and restrictions and similar in their object and purpose to better pre- ferve ‘and promote the increase of all the game birds and ngetul food fishes. | Many statements were made at this juncture by | | Mr. Wilmout, of Canada; Mr. Reeder, of Pennsy)- | Vania; Seth Green, of Rochester, and the Presi- dent, regarding the different species of bass and their habits. It was very interesting to those present. : W. G, Edmunds, Fish Commissioner of Western Vermont, advised the memopers of the efforts ma: in his State to stock the waters with salmon, As | yet it had not been very successful, but was cer- | tain to result so, : | The question of ratsing trout to sell and make | the business pay provoked @ long discussion. It would seem many of the remarks were addressed | to Seth Green, who acknowledged at last that it | might pay if food cheap enough could be obtained. | My. AS. Coltins, of Caledonia, N. Y., thought tt | Was too much to ask at this early day, when hun- | dreds have been and are making experiments in the matter, and so much had been ascertained by | afew ina short time, In this discussion the dil- ferent kinds of food the several culturists had fed their trout were instanced, and but few agreed, as each had used a hundred things, | “on motion of Mr. Reeder the last paragraph of article 2 of the constitution, making the Commis- sioners of the various States members ex offci was stricken out, 80 that they now become active | members upon complying with the usual condi- tions, Mr. Reeder also moved that the President, Vice | President and another to be selected by the Chair be a committee with power to agree upon subjects and elect members to treat of them at the next | annual meeting, such Members soon to be notified | of the action of the committee. Mr. Samuel Wiimont, of New Castle, Ontario, and Mr. W. F. Whicher, Commisstouer of Fisher. ies, Dominion of Canada, gave brief résumés of the manner in which their salmon fisheries are | now protected. Laws had been passed that the fish could have au opportunity ol spawning and the young to live, and the result has been most satisfactory. Six years ago, in their own market, this fish was from’ eighty cents to thirty-five cents | per pound, but it was sold on an average durin, | the whole of last season at fiiteen cents per pound. The United states had consumed 20,000,000 Cana- | dian salmon, season of 1874. Mr. Whicher hoped that the States bordering the lakes would co-operate with.the Canadian government in passing needed laws for the protection of the fisheries in these | waters, and with such laws he would advocate the | establushment of a joint United States and Vana- dian breeding establishment on the border. The annual report was ‘ordered printed, six members elected and the association adjourned to | meet in New York on the second Tuesday of Fev- rusty, 1ST. “LOVE'S LABOR LOST,” When W: It Produced in New York! ‘To THB EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Your valuable dramatic column refers to the production of “Love's Labor Lost” by Daily, and mentions that some years have elapsed since | tt was represented in this city, Pardon me for | taking issue with you, but in anexperience of | forty years, and with much study of local dramatics, | | !eannot recall a single instance of its production | ¥ au? sure you are wrong, ag is also Mr. Daly, who in his advertisements refers the piece as played here twenty-five years ago, It never has been pertormed at all since the | days of the Globe and Blackfriars that I can find. { remember the lave Mr. Burton meditating its | roduction, but saying there were so many first | Blass chatacters init and so much elaborate de- | tall of scenery and adjuncts necessary that the | And if one reads find that three class actors, expense could not be endured. | fn aa een je capi | first class actresses, who can play lovers, and Jour comedians of equal merit are absolntely essential, and that with the inexperience of @ young writer | “Love's Labor Lost’ is full of good things, put with lavish tiberality into the mouths o1 each character. 1 say young wr because indubit- ably, a8 your article suggests, the play was @ | juvenile production and Shakespeare's very first. i it appears the germ of Dogberry—in Constable | Dull; also m Costard, the clown, the seedling of | ali Shakespeare's clowns. In Rosalie ix fore. | shadowed mao tk 4 etka * fonyeeree Mer- eutio; in Armado, the braggart Faistart, kc, : BUSKIN BARKER, fed them on beef lights uncooked, as he could not | ‘This statement drew out many expressions of | opinion regarding the number of years trouts | Mr. Reeder thought that the fish, after going out | contained from 6,000,000 to 10,000,000 of bass, all | Mr. Charles Hallock, of New York, read a paper | 6 ———-——-- ae, THE GRANGERS. The St. Leuis Convention Publishes the Plat. form of the Patrons of Husbandry—al Evils Opposed, Good Endorsed, and Agrarianism, Tyranny and Monopoly Condemned. Sr. Lous, Feb. 11, 1874, | Te National Grange to-day, after the transac tion of some minor business, received the report of the Committee on Resolutions, presented by Mr. Wardiow, of Florida, aud adopted tt unank mously, It is as follows :— aft? i2uuily in oressed with the trath that the National esol the Unated States should definitely proclaim to the World it general object eral objects, we hereby unanimons), iiinsatits, declaration of the purposes of the Patrons of inti United by the strong and faithful tle of agrical- ture, Utually resolve to labor for the good of our T, OUF county and mankind. Second—We heartily endorse unity; in non-essentials liberty Third shall endeavor to the motto, ‘In essentials in all things charity.” advance our cause by ; the tollowing objects :—To develop nkeetwanhood and Womanhood among we the comiorts and c homes and strengthe F avtachmen sie cee een | luderstanding and co-operation; t e our laws; t : labor to Rasten the good tin eee expenses, both individual and We laboring to accomplish # better and rutlves taining; to diversity our crops ‘and csop ‘ma mote than we can cultivate; to condense the weight oourexpertes selling less in the bushel aud io: ps oo! a temize our work ealeni Probabilities ; to discountenance the credit mortgage system, the fasion system and ¢ system tending to'prodigality and bankruptey. We pron necting together, talking tore Working to- uying together, selling together, q “al, cting together for our mutual prov | the "advancement the association may requir } shall avoid liugation as much as pos m the geange. We shail constanuy strive tos cn tl my, good will and vital ‘brotherhood. among. Ives and’ to make our Orc petual. We shalt | earnestly endeavor to suppress p al, local, sectional and national prejudices, all unhealthy rivalry, all wel- fish ambition. Faithtul ‘adherence to these prine\ples | will insure our mental, moral, social and material ad 5 = 3 E £ z 4 3 1% the most direct and iriendly relations possible. | Hence we must dispense with a surpius of middiemen— | not that we are uniriendly to them, but we do not need | them, Their si xactions diminish our pro- ho ageressi rariare against any otter in- ever, On the contrary, all our acts and all tar as business is com ed, are not oniv consumers, but | our eftor | for the tend to bring’ these Wo parties into speedy and economical contact. ‘Hence We hold that transportation companies ole very kind are necessary to our sue that thelr interests are inti- mately coanected with our interests, and harmonious action is mutually advantageous. Keeping in view the first sentence in our declaration of principles of action, that individual happiness depends upon general pros- perity, we shall theretore advocate for every State the, increéave in every practicable way of ali facilities for transporting cheaply to the seaboard, or between home. producers and consumers, ali productions of our country . We adopt it as our fixed purposy to open out the chan- a nels in nature’s great arteries, (hut the lite blood ot com- merce may tlow Ircely. We We are not enemies of rail- y noble Order there is no Jommunism and no agraria We are opposed te such spirit and inanagement « corporation or enter- prise as tends to oppress the people and rob them of their: just profits. We ure not enemies to capital, bat we op= ose yraniy of monopolies. We long to sec the an- tagonism between capital and labor removed by com- onsent und by an enlightened statesmanstip rthy of the nineteenth century. We are opposed to excessive salaries, high rates of interest and exorbitant. percentage profits m trade, as they greatly increase our burdeus and do vot beara proper proportion to the profits of the producers, We desive only self-protection ana the protection of every true interest offered by legitimate transactions, legiumate trade and legitimate | protite, We shail advance the cause of education among | ourselves and for our children by all just means within our power. We especially advocate sor our agricultural and industrial colleges that practical agriculture, do- mestic science and all the arts which adorn the home be taught in their courses of study. Fith—We emphatically and sincerely assert the oft | repeated truth taught in law that the our organic grange, national, State or subordinate, is not a political or part: i y organization. No grange, if true to its obliga- iscuss political or religious questions, nor ca!l ohventions, nor nominate candidates, nor 8 their merits in its meetings; yet the princi- bles we teach underlie all true politics, ‘all trae states. manship. and if properly carried out will tend to purity the whole political atmosphere of our country, for we | seek the gr: good to the greatest number. ' But we must _alw: bear it in mind that no one by Decoming & srange member gives up that inalienable right and duty which belongs to every American citizen to take a proper interest im the politics of lus country. On the contrary, itis right for every member to do all in his power legitimately to intluence for good the action of any pglitical party to which he belongs; it Js his gut to do all he can in his own party to put dowa TY. conrention and trickery, to see that none but | Competent, faithiul and honest men, who will untiinch- | ingly stand by our industyial interests, are nominated for ‘all positions of trast, and to have’ carried out the principles which should always characterize ever; krauge member, ghat the office should \ sec | the “man and not the man the office. We acknowledge the road principle that difierence of opinion is not crime, and hold that progress towart truth is made by diferences of opinion, while the fanit lies in the bitterness of controversy. We desire a proper equality. equity and fairness, protection of the weak, restraint upon the strong: 1n short, justly distributed burdens and justly distributed power. “Tuese are Ameri- can ideas, the very essence of American independence, and to advocate the contrary 1s unworthy of the sons and daughters of an American Republic. We cherish the belief that sectionaliam tx, and of right should be, dead | and buried with the past. ' Our work 1s for the present d the future in our agricultural brotherhood and its purposes. We shail recognize no North, no South, no East, no West. It is reserved by every patron as hisright as & freeman to aflifate with any pariy that wall best carry | out his principies. ‘Sixth—Ours being peculiarly a farmers’ institution we cannot admit all to our ranks. cluded by the nature of our organization; not becau: professional men or artisans of laborers, but because they have not a sufticiently direct imterest in. tilling or pasturing the soil, or nay have some interest in conflict { with our pur} But we appeal to all good citizens | for their co: operation to assist us in our efforts. | towards retorm, that we may eventually remove irom our midst the last vestige of tyranny and corruption. We hail the general desire for traternal harmony, eauit- able compromise and earnest co-operation as an omen of our future Auccess. Seventh—It shall be an abiding principle with us to re- | lieve any of our oppressed and suffering brotherhood by any means at our command. Last, but not least, we proclfim it among our purposes to inculcate a proper appreciation of the abilities and sphere of woman, as 18 Indicated by admitting her to membership and position in our order. Imploring the | continued assistance of our Divine Master to guide us in our werk, we here pledge ourselves to taithtul and har. monious labor tor ali future time to return by our united | efforts to the wisdom, justice, fraternity and political purity of our foretathers. A memorial to the Patrons of Husbandry in the cotton States wa: presetited and unanimously adopted. It is an argument in favor of mixed bhus- | bandry in the South tmstead of expending the | energies of the people in raising a single crop. It says during the past seven years our cotton felds have added to the wealth of the world $2,000,000,000 | and caused prosperity to smile upon every one who has handled our crops save those who strug- gied for its production annually. The energies of the cotton planters pave been exbausted in at- ‘tempting to produce a maximum crop of a ; single staple, while quite as trequently he | has reduced his means in supplying his | mecessary wants. A system based | such & policy and producing such results must be radically wrong, and if persisted in will lead to | bankruptcy and ruin. No people can ever become prosperous who are not self sustaining. Our fer- lle soil, exhaustiess mineral wealth, abundant water power and general salubrious climate vails us nothing if annually we expend millions | for subsistence. It is generally conceded that | home grown bread is cheaper than purchased sup- | plies, and the observation of every planter is that those Southern farmers who live within them- selves are more independent and less encumbered with debt than those who have relied solely upon the cotton crop. Were it otherwise it is hazardous for | any people to rely upon others for & supply 01 those | articles which afe necessary for their consumption. It then refers to the famine which more than once | has occurred in India, hile to the efforts of the | people to grow cotton to the exclusion of bread- | sturts, and adds that, during the past year, por- tions of lowa, Minnesota and Dakota have been invaded by grasshoppers, which destroyed every vesti of vegetation. ine your condition should a similar invasion become ‘general in the Northwest. Couple with this idea the total failure of @ cotton crop, either from ¢he worm, irom drought, or bt 4 other unavoidable cause, | improbable as ich visitations may appear, | nave we the power to prevent them? Ana is it wise to subject ourselves to the Poselbiey of becoming the victims of sucn calamities * ir | wisest and safest policy is. as far as practicable, to produce at home our necessary supplies. | “Is there ® farm in the Soutn upon which this cannot be done and at the same time an average cotton crop finale a as the net result of the farm: er’s annual labors? We believe there are not ually 4,000,000 bales of cotton produced upon Southern soll; but what proportion of this vast | amount is retained to indicate our prosperity? One- | Nalf of it is expended for necessary Supplies, whilst the remainder is Stree between labor an | taxes. Hence the c of production hag exceeded the value of the article produced. Shall this policy continue? Extensive cotton | crops have evinced our unity of A and en- | talled poverty upon us unequally, Snitorm: ad- | neaion to mixed husbandry would secure | recaperation, Cotton is a necossity, and the ex- tent of that necessity can be calculated with exactness. If 3,500,000 bales are grown they wili be consumed before another crop can ‘an i | gathere: @ remunerative market price Be‘‘sustgined by the consequent demand, "If | 4,500,000 Wales are grown large al excess will control and depress the market. Al- ternatives for success are numerous, but we rely | upon the single one of co-o} rating in the deter- mination to subsist at home. With this end at- | tatned there is no reason why we should not be | the pappiest, most independent and prosperous people on earth, The Le gan cased ‘ty ae sasaver? 06 State ‘aages of South ai orth Uarolina, Alabama, | flissuetppl, Florid: ets aera eoteett | a ryt é, And was nol by tne Committee on Dut endvrecd vy Teeseat ore | every member of the National Grange. THE STAUF OOURT MARTIAL, The court Martial which was to have convened | Yesterday afternoon at Nos. 7, 9 11 and 13 West rhirteentl iireee to inquire into the matter of in- | subordination and rMiesenduct of Colonel Andrew | Staaf, of the Ninety-stxth was again | adjourned by unanimous cousen’ vat T Fy | ihe 24th inst., in consequence of the Hiness of the , sudge Advocate.