The New York Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1874, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1874—TRIPLE SHEET. —— fof Te ag id A J east a dozen of times in the warden, | to pay. Of course, if they come down “too heavy” THE RAID RUM. whied was wrapped in otian darkness, the welsualt have to prepare ourselves, YF tative at last entered the goul | RsPoRTeR—Do you think the temperance people ee eae Cg 2 Mra. politely asked the | are in earnest? The Good Ladies of Patchogue, L. Bighy ‘ne Sresenee ¢ pad inaaee's ao leans the poh out they woure ght rum. Te) y 5; OG daughters of tem ly only join the society to spend a pleasant evening, Front—They Will Not Pray in the Gin Mills, put Prevent the Issuing of Licenses—The Consumption of Water in the Town— Tho Opinions and Hopes of the Temperance Leaders—‘‘If La- * dies Come to Knee) in My Place 0) Knee) Them Ont of the Window.” Patonoaor, B. 1, Feb. 14, 1874. ‘Who ¢an possibly be ungatiant enough to drink Whiskey? I declare it is ashame. 1 talked yester- @ay and to-day with three most worthy ladies, and they all condemn whiskey as a beverage, and, 1 am ware, they must know best. The war on rum in Ohio has made a giant stride, and the sound of the artillery is now re-ecnoed from Patchogue, L. I., this jovely town of capital Blue Point oysters, very bad whiskey, jolly fishermen and literary ladies, Patchogue is situated on the South Side Ratlroad, and is but fifty-two miles from New York, and if the movement spreads at the same rate at which iM hastened trom Ohio to Long Island, you may, Perhaps, hear the mournful prayers of the ladies of Fifth avenae to-morrow in Atlantic Garden. As the reporter of the Heratp who was Getailed to chronicle the main incidents of this new raid on rum arrived at the Patchogue station on Friday evening, he fully expected to catch THE SOUND OP WOMEN'S PRAYERS carried on the decidedly close and muggy evening | The only noise that could be heard was the loud, heavy pattering of the rain, which came down in the most exhilarat- Patchogue, in that light, air, Alas! all was silent. ing, cheerful manner, ‘Was fowing, if not with milk and honey, at al! events with mua and slush. romantic to benold. There were no barriers of mountains to break the untnterrapted view of the Peaden, dull sky and the fat, picturesque country but dainty little hills of slush rose grandly and solemnly against the dark vault of heaven. The reporter scrambled into an old wagon, dignified by the name ofa ‘‘stage,”? which took him to the It was the most remarkable vehicle which was ever invented to make passengers miserable. A low roof, threatening to fall on one’s very head; no windows, except two little holes of the size of a good walnut, which seem to have been made to keep the light out; no air except what is hotel. tainted with the faint odor of stale and bad to: bacco, andimpenetrable darkness, water, IN ORDER TO TEST ITS EXCELLENCE. In any temperance movement a great deal must i it te to be suostituted for wine and liquors it ought Tho reporter took great pains to ascertain tne precise condition of the water which is drunk in Patchogue, and he is necessarily depend on the quality of the water, certainly to be first rate. gratified to be able to state that it is good, and wil not harm anybody. Mrs. Oaksmith, the leader of the temperance movement, and Worthy Patriarch of the ‘Blue Point Division of the Sons and given below that it was principally used for manufacturing purposes in Patchogue, and Mr. Piummer, who is alzo an influential member of the temperance organization, gave it as his opinion that it was generally diluted with whiskey. The reporter regrets to be compelled to declare that these statements do not represent the actual con- dition of things in Patchogue with that accuracy and fidelity which could be expected from such ex- velient authorities on the subject of water in gene- fal and Long Island water in particular. It may surprise some people who love to vilify the happy halcyon village of Patchogue, bat the reporter cer- tainly saw, during his brief stay, several glasses of water drunk by thirsty Patchogueans, Once, he even observed a lady, at the hotel at which he was Staying, drink three glasses of Adam’s ale succes- sively, which was certainly a great triumph FOR THE CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE, Itisa@ thousand pities that the authorities of Patchogue have collected no trustworthy statistics showing the comparative consumption of water and distilled liquors. The reporter endeavored to ascertain these important figures, but found it im- possible todo so, It may be stated, however, on the best authorities which he consulted, that the | consumption of water is very much larger in | Patchogue than is that of ale, lager, whiskey, brandy, gin, rum, hock, champagne, &c., com- bined. There is no doubt about it, and any one who goes to Patchogue and investigates ali the facts will come to a similar conclusion, Another amportant circumstance in thtsconnection is this :— en in the rum shops of Patchogue the consumip- ftiorhof water is large, many of their patrons mak- ing ita rule to guip down some water after having indulged in the more stimulating drink of whiskey or git: ‘Thus far the ladies have not invaded the saloons with their prayers, and the statement made by Mrs. Oaksmith that there are not three ladies in Patchogue who would be willing to take this lauda- ble step is certainly discouraging. fonnd only ong Ha —aithough he conversed with Rit ate ees eas BRAVE THE LION IN HIS DEN and ballow the floor of a gin shop with her kneeling and praying. It will be seen that one of the hotel proprietors is cruel enough to say that he will “kneel the good ladies out of the window if they come to kneel and pray at his place,’ and that another rumseller (a Grugyist) hints at the possibility of strewing his | floor with cowhage and burning red pepper ou his stove in order to drive them away. It is sad to contemplate the depravity of human nature, and it is to be moped that these gentiemen will, when it comes to the test, be imbued with a better sense @f that gallantry which ts due to the fair sex. In case such a confict should actually occur there is 1o doubt that the strong arm of the law will pro- Kev he good ladies from pepper and all other dangers. Before giving the gist of the interviews which I have had with prominent parties on both sides of the question I will briefy review what the ladies | of Patchogue, and Blue Point, Islip and Babylon, which follow in its wake, baye thus far done. ‘The first step whieh they took was to request the South Side Railway, on the part of the Blue Point Division, to refrain from carrying any more liquor to these places, This request was, of course, de+ hied, although Mrs. Oaksmith made AN JURNT AND ELABORATE APPEAL to Mr. Carman, the supermtendent. The West Patchogue Division then adopted the jollowing resolution :— Resolved, That the West Patchogue Independent Temperance Association endorses and sustains the Blue Point Division in its late ably directed effort against the Sri quors upon the lines of the th Bide Railroad, Resolved, That, while the members of this association rejoice in and approve the measures already taken b; Themembers of Mine Loint Division, we would respect. fuily suggest that they take further action in the matter by requesting the President of the South Side Railroad to head a petition to Congress, praying that, as a matter of conscience, the directors of the South Side Ratiroad be exempted trom carrying intoxicating liquors over auy part or branch of their road. And also, subsequently, the following :— Resolved, That the members of the West Patchogue Independent Temperance Association consider that the Niquor traMc is productive of # vast amount of vice, poverty and misery to our community, and is Cell: st obstacle to the growth and prosperity, of our vill Kesolved, That we petition all Christian clergymen and the churches under their charge, and all temper- ance organizations, ag well a8 ali other friends of tem perance, Christianity and good civsenehip, in Pat- chogue and vicinity, to unite with us in appointing the last week in February as week of public tasting and raver to entreat the dire tiom and interposition of vine Providence in our labors for the removal of this Sreat curse trom our midst. We Oe 8. copy of these resolutions be presented ‘ches and temperanc: Tganizaions $n this vicinity. faingeedtba; To-night there is a secret meeting of the tem- perance society, and I am enabled to state that a petition, which has been dratted witn care, will be | presented and adopted, praying the authorities TO GRANT NO MORE LIQUOR LICENSES. This is probably all that will be done for the present, but it is impossible to foretell what new | phase the movement may assume during the week of prayer. Immediately on his arrival the re: to Mrs. Elizabeth Oaksmith’ very pretty and secluded part of the town, ap- proached by various pleasant “streets,” which wound their way through p and mud, The stage whic! to the house was the same biind, pitch dark, Windowless and airless vehicle which had brought imo to ins hotel, and which evidently was origi- Rally intended for a dog or ratcatcher’s cart. Alter porter repaired The town was most One does not mind, after a while, the shock received every minute by the flopping of a child into one’s lap, for the jolting of the vehicle is enough to jerk the dear little infants out of the arms of their fond mothers, Gasping for breath the reporter alighted. He immediately treated bimself to agiassof Patchogue Danghters of Temperance,” stated in the interview which 1s ‘The reporter | ‘§ house, which isin a | erfect oceans of slush | conveyed the reporter | visitor with a Li regaled her glass of pure, water, which was most grateiul to the taste and quite harmiess in its effect, ‘Mrs. Oaksmith, who 1s @ well known authoress and has written some exceedingly touching poetry, is a lady about fi Years of age—It is very it to mention & ‘8 age, but cannot, un- unately, be avoided in this instance—tali, of shapely form, with a large head expressive of de- aan and firmness, Jarge, Clear, steel-biue eyes, and Ww! 4 WHICH SHEDS A PLEASING DIGNITY over her intelligent face. Her manner is tle, and she expresses herself with a fluency which is remarkable even in her sex. In coarteous words she expressed her gratification at seeing the re- r, when the latter was introduced to her. “Pardon this intrusion into your privacy,” the reporter said, “but rumors have reached the HERALD office that the women of Patchogue and Blue Point were imitating the tactics of the women in Ohio and {tn all the bar rooms.” Mrs. Oaksmith smiled, “0, we are un/ortunately no praying community here,” she said, “and it would be quite foolish to pray in the saloons, ‘There 1s, it is true, @ strong feeling of temperance now which has partially been awakened by the wonderful success of the crusade in Obio; but we have come to the conclusion that there are not enough of us to Make a similar attempt, In our last temperance mecting the chaplain gaid that our greatest hopes were in the efficacy of our prayers, but we came very unwillingly to the con- clusion that there were not enough praying women in Patchogue or Bine Point,’ ReProRTeER—You reqnestes the directors of the South Side Railroad to refrain irom carrying Nquors here ? irs. OAKSMITH—Yes; resolutions were adopted bn the Sons of Temperance—’m one of the “Sons —to that effect, and we declared that this very liquor which was brought here by the rail- road was “THE CAUSE OF MISERY AND DEATH to many who without it would have happy times, ana by greater industry add materially to the in- terest of the ratlroad itself.” The President of the Company listened very courteously to the argu- ments of the eommitcee of which I was “chairman,” bat declined to accede to our request on the ground that the railroad as common carriers must receive freight without inquiring first what it was, and because, if the railroad would not transport the liquor, some other railroad wonld. We reaily did not expect that the mabe would accede to our ik if request; but our main object was 10 awaken some sympathy, some interest in this temperance move- RerorTER—What measures, Madame, do the la- dies propose to take torid Patchogue and Blue Point of tne whiskey shops? Mrs. OAKSMITH—At Our next meeting we shal) present a petition demanding that no more licenses be issned, and we shall ee this petition upon the proper authorities. e shall undoubtedly get a great Due: names to this petition, and I have no doubt that the authorities will ultimately yield to the voice of temperance and issue no more itcenses in the future, The organization which has been discussing this important project is the “Blue Point Division of the Sons and Daughtera of Temperance,” a kind of secret brotherhood and sisterhood. ey the way, people laughed when [ | called myself the “chairman” of the committee which walted upon the President of the Soutno Side Railroad, but I think corporations being without souls may as well be without sex.) There is another large division in Sayville and Patchogue. This movement FIRST ORIGINATED IN BLUE POINT, but like the play “Hamlet,” with Hamlet eit out. ‘These ladies have allowed tneir temperance mect- ings to degenerate into occasions for mere chit- | chat, pleasant needlework and sociable reunions. REPORTER—IS there much intemperance in this section of the country—in Patchogue, lor instance? great deal. Wherever there 1s any intemperance the grade of public morals is sure to be very low. ‘There are two large hotels here that are licensed to sell liquor and they engender alwaya an abund- ance of little fights and rows; then there 1s a large drug store where liquor can be had, and also a large number of smaller barrooms, which are robably not licensed at all. Really, the extent of intemperance in this place is something alarming. Why, you can see boys of eight of nine years go down to the bay and drink and swear like, like—I will not say like what. The other day I met in the village three boys of fitteen and they were all per- stop the tide of intemperance is done principally to save the boys; we know that we cannot save | the men, because they will always find some place where they can get their drink. REPORTER—I suppose there is no intemperance among the fair sex in Patchogue? Mrs. OAKSMITH—Yes; its most frightful phase probably prevails among the women. You can have no idea to what fearful extent opium is used among the women of Patchogue and the neighbor- ing cities, I am sure it is quite as vicious to put one’s self under the influence of opium as to be- come drunk. A woman cannot be called arespon- sible being while she is UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OPIUM. This 1s one of the very worst phases of intoxica- jon. REPORTER—What do you think of root beer, madam? Mrs, OAKSMITH—Oh, Toot beer! Why, I have seen boys here come reeling out of oecre where they pretend to sell only root beer. Weil, we shall be- gin work very soon, and [ feel convinced that we perance. We have the support of a great many men, who are, in tact, the best workers. The great trouble with women is that, instead of working, they dawdle as though they wouid much rather play with kittens, REPORTER—Do you approve of the mode of wal | fare adopted by the women in Ohio ¢ Mrs. OAKSMITH—Not entirely. it is undoubtedly | @ great movement and one whicn is doing a great deal of good, although, I must confess, it origin- ated in an unwearrantable piece of impertinence. A man’s house is his castie, yet these women have taken possession of men’s houses as though they were thelr own, Of course, @ certain kind of re- ligious audacity was required for this good work and it was necessary not to Stickle at trines. RevorTeER—Hov many soldiers jp this crusade can yo int al ie Rett Blue Point we have about thirty members. Atone time the number was 200, but most of them have neglected their duties and ao ed off, but we shall drum up every one of them. } what will be your next plan, madam’ Mrs. OAKSMITH (With a@ flash of her determined eyes)—Oh, we cannot fail. Where there’s a will | there’s a way.—(Confidentiy)—I never SKE A LION IN MY PATH! ReProrTeR—Do you consider beer a dangerous drink, madam ? Mrs. OaksmiTH (pensively)—Well, I don’t know. | According to my experience it is rather muddling, rather muddiing. REPORTER—And is cider equally harmful ? Mrs. OAKSMITH—Oh, equally bad; worse, worse almost than whiskey. People talk about the healthy appearance of the Germans and English, but I do not regard the purple bloatedness of the English or the lymphatic blood of the Germans as | pafticularly healthy. RePorteRr—Which drink do the people of Patch- ogue affect the most ¥ Mrs. OaksmitH (laughing)—Oh, whiskey is the staple here, much as oysters are the staple among eataples. They have here irequently masked balls, with “whiskey breakdowns,” | Rerorrer—-ls the consumption of water small? Mrs. OaksMITa (with her bright jaugh)—On, no; the consumption of water 1s very large for manu- | facturing purposes. If anybody were to freeze to death here the coroner’s jury might bring in the mous verdict of the Indiana coroner's jury, in the case of @ man who was founa dead witha bottle in his nand—‘‘He came to his death by the freezing ol the water which somebody had put into his bottle.” REPORTER—The water is good here, l presume? | Mrs. Oaxsmitu—Oh, very good. Those who do drink water take it with a great deal of spirit, put that’s no pain. (Laughter irom the audience, i, e, | the re bY.) | Rein How does the namber of churches } compare with that of the grogshops?, | Mrs. Oaksmiru—There are {gut Churches—one Methodist, one Catholic, oné Episcopal and one Congregational, yet there are certainly more rum- holes, | A GREAT MANY MORE. | I comd not, however, tell you exactly how many | there are. | REPORTER (preparing to take his !eave)—And | you feel convinced, madam, that you will not offer up your prayers in liquor saloons ? Mrs. OaksMITH—Absolutely convinced, Why, I don’t beleve there are three women in this place who would go to pray ina saloon. I am as ardent @ worker in the cause of temperance as you could | find, and, for the matter of that, [could not do it myself because I do not approve of the violation of private rights. No, you may rest assured that nothing of the Kiud will be done here. Long island is not Ohio. You must remember that | those uhio women probably came from Maine and | Massachusetts, and have the blood of the Pilgrim Fathers in them, which is entirely wanting here. | _ With this the interview terminated, the reporter expressing his cordial thanks, ‘This morning I called at the principal drug store, | where a great deal of liquor ts soid. I called for a glass of soda, but was told that I could not be ac- commodated with this gentile beverage. The son | of the proprietor, who happened to be in the shop at the time, gave his views in the best of humor, | “Phese temperance folks, he said, don’t amount ! to anything, I assare you. They generally run | Into debt ana join the temperance society in order to pray off their debts.” | Reporter—Is prayer considered by them as efficacious for paying off debts? Daveuist (aughing)—So it would seem. Well, as to the movement being inspired by religion, L tnink THERE 18 TOO MUCH RELIGION | among certain classes of people. One man here, recently, had so much religion that he died in con- | sequence in a lunatic asylum, and avother who was suffering from the same malady cut his throat. REPORTER —Do you pink the ladies will come in- this shop to pray to arog -Ohy no; that’s all talk, They wouldn’t Gare doit. If they did f should just let them | come in to see what great fools they can make of | themselves, and after they went through with their kneeling and preying Tehould present to some of them @ Jew Jiguor bills Which thev have forgotton | Mrs. OAKSMITH—Yes, I am sorry to say, & very | Jectly drunk, What we are doing now in order to | shall, at allevents, lessen the amount of intem- | | REPORTER—And if the petition is not effectual, | but when it comes to fight rum they won't hike it, A great many are continually Playing billiards and cards, which is certainly absurd for a member of a temperance society. REPORTER—I presume you will quietly submit to the presence of the ladies 1f they should come to pray here? Daraaws— (langhing heartily)—0O, yes. I have heard that a man in Ohio threw cowhage on the floor and burnt read pepper on nis stove, which drove them out. Well, I might do that, accl- dentally, of course. I don’t want to hurt them, you know. } would not DO If FOR THE WORLD, The reporter was 80 shocked at the opinions ex- jest bim Eee yy this wicked dri it that mediately to call on a@ ii who is one of the well known leaders of the temperance movement. This lady requested that her name ot not be published, as her views might make her a great many enemies in Patchogue. “We have already waited on the rumsellers,” she saia, ‘in regard to a certain lady who is ad- dicted to drinking, and who might be an ornament to society and the church were she not a aruukard, ‘This lady obtains her liquor at @ drug store, and the druggist promised to refrain from gelling her any in the fature, @ promise which he has since violated. We aid not request that they should cease selling liquor altogether, but simply asked that they should close their bars to this lady.”’ “What do the ladies really intend to do f” the reporter asked, “Well, it would be dificnit to say.’’ the lady re- plied, If moral suasion will not succeed, what will? If the ramsellers have no conscience, how can we reach them? You have no idea of the ex- tent of intemperance in this place, It 1s no un- common sight to see young boys staggering about intoxicated. It is a feariul curse to the place. These young men, who spend in one evening on drink what THEY WAVE EARNED IN A WERK, come very disagreeable for ladies to walk in the bee si Winerod affect.” ‘ e ladies go on praying excursion’ Madam? rs praying irsions, “We are, unfortunately, not equal to that task,” was the ready answer, ‘and I must say that when I read in the Hgeratp of the doings of the Ohio women I thought it was a desecration, a profana- tion of prayer. The mire of the street is not a proper place of prayer and worship.” ~ “is it true that some of the tem) take a ‘smile’ once in @ while, as frreverently stated?’ The lady sadly shook her head. strange,” she said gravely. it is actually true. etbetmaee isit not? Ob, how sad it is—how sad it “Yes, madam, it is very sad indeed,” the re- porter remarked, and he lelt heavy at heart. He Was preoccupied with the refiection on the aread- ful inconsistency of Christians until he reached Mrs. Dyson’s house. Mr, Dyson is the editor of the rance ladies have heard it “It wouldn’t be “ can’t say whether the most learned and zealous workers in the cause of temperance. “I don’t think there are enough women bere,’ she said, ‘to begin offering prayers in saloons. I intemperance here, and A GREAT DEAL OF POVERTY which is caused by it.” drink themselves?’ Mrs. Dyson (seriously) —I have heard it so stated, ‘There was one man who was Worthy Patriarch of the Order and drinks now. Of course he 18 no longer a member, 1 must confess 1 don’t know of any member who drinks, Here Mr. Plummer, a brother of Mr. Dyson, and eke eth temperance man, joined his sister-in- aw. REPORTER—Is the water here very good? Mr. PLUMMER (Serenely)—It’s generally diluted with water and the water 1s generally diluted with whiskey. I should rather feel inclined to dispute the assertion that the temperance laalea drink, although they do what is quite as bad—they coun- tenance it by visiting balls and parties where | liquor is drank. They consider these highly re- spectable places, no doubt, but I consider them higoly disreputable places. KEPORTER—Which is the staple drink Patchogue ? Mr. PLUMMER—Gin, I think, and very bad gin it is. Itell you what! wish you todo. I'll send for some liquor, and I wish you'd take it along to New York to have it analyzed there, I should like to know what poisonous ingredients the stuff is made of. REPORTER (after consentin; the consumption of wuter large here ? Mr. PLUMMER—O, yes, they take it INDISCRIMINATELY WITH WHISKEY, in | Of this, and I suppose even if I don’t give it to you you'll take it; aye don’t give us cause for praying for you. (With this Mr. Plummer handed the reporter the bottle of liquor.) ‘The last interview in relation to this subject was had with Mr. Roe, proprietor of the “Eagle Hotel," @ bluff old man who boasts that he has lived in the Place sixty-five years, | here,” he said in bis abrupt way, “I'll take them by the neck and kneel them out of the window.” ReporTER—They will try hard to break up the rumshops. Mr. Rok—I tell you, the devil himself could not break up my place, well known as I am In this sec- tion, Twenty times they have tried to have me indicted by a Grand Jury, and they never could do it. If they come here—now, I mean this—I should walk them right out, and if tney prayed in front of | the hotel, { should get them indicted by a Grand Jury, or a Justice of the Peace would certainly issue his warrant for their arrest. 1 bid deflance | to them all, RerortER—Is it true that little boys are in tne habit of getting drunk here ? | Mr. ROE—No, sir, 1 never saw it. Those ladies of eighteen or tweuty, when they begin to drink, without knowing the strength of the liquor, are apt to go too far, it is true. (With a determined FE alt Tepeat that I bid defiance to them ai ‘ 6 SHOOTING AFFRAY IN JERSEY. | eager a Gag Two Men in Deadly Combat Because a Dog was Snowbalied. David Bowles, a resident of Hoboken, was shot | and badly wounded last evening by ex-Constabic John C, Johnson, while he was fleeing in terror | fram the latter through First and Garden streets. Jt appears that Johnson was on his way to work, accompanied by his dog. Some boys threw snow- balls at the animal, and Johnson, being of a very | excitable temperament, waxed wroth at the boys’ conduct and seized one of them to ascertain who had pelted the dog. While he was using the boy infest the sidewalks at night, so that it has be- | It is @ sad inconsistency in | Advance, the local paper, and Mrs. Dyson is one of | “Is it true that some of the temperance ladies | iz to this proposal) —Is | | binding things together according to their bonds He must submit himself for a | | and now you have unlimited latitude to make fun | “Ti tell you what Vlido if they come to kneel | roughly Bowles intertered and ireed tne boy by | pushing Jonnson away. The Jatter fell to the round, but rose again and assaulted Bowles with fis cane. Bowles wyested the weapon from Johnson said, ‘Give ¥ ack that cane; give me the cane or Pil shoot ou.” So saying he drew a pistol, whereupon jowles fled. Johnson pursued him and fired twice, the second shot taking effect in his left shoulder. Johnson might have fired again; but @ Mr. Harrl- | son rushed upon him, and, binding aown his arms, held the ex-constable until more help arrived. Then @ fearful scene was witnessed. Several men in the street, who had seen the shooting, fell madly on Johnson and dashed his head and chest many times against the fags. This treatment so dis- abled him that when brought to the station house he was thought to be dying. Both men were placed in cells and attended by Dr. Pindar. They will recover, in all probability, though they | have escaped death by @ hair’s breadth—a sad commentary on the disposition of men to quarrel over trifles. The congregating of idle boys under awnings, snowballing men and insulting women, 1s, nevertheless, a nuisance that ought to be speed- ily abated, PETITION TO GOVERNOR DIX. 1 The non-commissioned ofMfcers and privates of | the Ninety-sixth regiment, National Guard, State of yesterday, to protest against the language of | General Order No, 4, from Division Headquarters, | | by which the Ninety-sixth regiment was virtually | disbanded as a military organization of the Na- tional Guard. At a former meeting & committee had been appointed which presented to the meet- ing a dra(t of a petition to be presented to His Excellency Governor Dix, in the pre- it is stated that the mem- vers of the Ninety-sixth regiment, bein, weli disposed and law-abidin; citizens, an having always maintained an efficient discipline, teel deeply the insult conveyed in the said general amble of which unfit to be trusted with the service of the State. The petition jurther requests the Governor to cause the order to be rescinded or modified in its bearing on the character and Lief, ot the Ninety-sixth as soldiers and citizens, The peti- tion was then handed over to a committee, who duly delivered it to Senator Jacob Gross, who has been entrusted with ita presentation to Goyernor Vix. Much indignation was expressed af the action of General Shaler, who punished the whole regi- ment for the acts of its commander and the gen- eral commanding the brigade, CORONERS’ CASES, Notifications have been received by the Coroners to hold inquests in the following three cases :— Mathilda Moll, seventy-seven years of age, of No. 34 West Thirty-seventh street, who was taken with hemorrhage of the lungs in front of No. 444 West ‘Thirty-ninth street, and died within a short time. ‘Thomas Holland, who died in Belleyue Hospital on Saturday trom @ fractured skull, He was found by an officer of the Beekman street police station lying on the pavement, with the injury above de- scribed. On saturday afternoon George Lubeck, a child two years of age, icli into a pail of water at tts home, No, 205 bast Ninety-second street, and died vme Sours afterwards | order, Which styles the members mutinous and | New York, met at the Walhalla, in Orchard street, | LITERATURE. MODERN MENTOR.* Mentor is not yet dead, and he probably never will be. He is still engaged in the thankless task Of snatching the young Telemachus from perdition and showing him the fearful pits into which he might have fallen had he been permitted to go his own way. We do not know that Telemachus is particularly thankful, at any rate the modern one. It 18 greatly to be feared that the youth who listens reverently to gray-haired counsellors, repaying them with noble afection and cherishing their memories with kindling gratitude, is too often a pions myth, a pleasing tradition of the Sunday school library, imtended for the edification of rosy relays from the infant class. It would be pleasant to believe otherwise. It would raise one’s conceptions of human nature and make us think ourselves ao little higher than the angels; for surely no angel, exposed to the assaults of the world, the flesh and the devil, could possibly bear himself with that perfect sweetness and self-control which the average human Tejemachus is assumed to be capable of acquiring. We have no faith in this ideal young man who hangs upon the lips of Gamaliel and is docility apotheosized, He does not exist, and all attempts to model a young man upon that idea) must prove abortive. Our sympa- thies, to a great extent, go with the young men, They are advised by writers who, having little or no practical acquaintance with the temptations against which they warn, are incapable of /eeling that sympathy which alone could inspire a proper treatment of the subject. Or they are warned byaman who, like the Rev. Mr. Talmage, has no tact wherewith to prune and govern his energies; who lacks that grand moral Magnetism Which enabies a truly great teacher to «draw allmen unto” him, Every now and then @ writer Makes hts appearance who evidently ve- eves that by appealing to young men he shall do something toward reforming the world, Yester- | day it was ‘Timothy Titcomb” advising ingenuous youths to allow their neckties to be the radiating points whence the rest of their costume should diverge, To-day it is John Stuart Blackie, with a trilogy of lectures which he culla ‘ vade-mecum for young men and students.” We hardly think that many young men and students will be as ready to be- | title upon it as Prolessor Blackie, , stow that and we will explain why we do not, Professor Blackie is dictatorial and unsympathetic. He ex- resses no tend j think prayers would be decidedly effectual here, as | pre: enderness for those faults and weak they are effectual in Ohio, There is a great deal of | nesses that belong to humanity, and with which those who appoint themselves to instruct hu- | manity must deal affectionately, if they deal at all. | A Scotch professor who does nothing but teach Greek, who devoutly believes in the study of meta- physics, who despises “those sorry caricatures of | humanity with which the pages of Thackeray and other popular novelists are filled,’’ and who has nothing to say of fallen women but that “they are the most degraded and abandoned of the human species”—such a man as this lacks those gen- | tle yearnings over human misery and sin which would best qualify bim to be the wise, and strong, and generous friend of erring youth, And, in the next place, Professor Blackie maps out a course of actton which very few young men could possibly follow. His system is not in- tended for students only. His book is emphati- cally announced as a “vade-mecum for young men” in general, as well as for students, A vade- mecum, itdeed! Very well, let us go with Profes- sor Blackle and see where he will lead us, Professor Blackie’s young man must, in the first place, observe in all that he sees the points of like- ness and difference. He must acquire a habit of of natural amMnity. season, after the old Platonic recipe, to a system of thorough mathematical training. He must emter upon a formal study of logic and meta- physics, the particular use of metaphysics being to acquaint ourselves with the necessary limits of the human faculties and to make us feel “by a little foundering and founcing in deep, bottom- Jess seas of speculation, that the world is a much bigger place than we had imagined and our thoughts about it of much less significance.” Pro- fessor Blackie’s young man is not to be too prone to looking at the world in @ humorous light, “for there 1s no more sure sign of @ shallow mind than the habit of seeing always the ludicrous side of things.” The young man, therefore, must beware | of humorous novels and sketches of,character. For relaxation he may study the fine arts as offering more healthy variety than ‘‘the converse with ri- diculous sketches of a trifling or contempuble humanity.” He may play a pleasant tune on the piano or tum a wise say- ing of gome ancient sage into the terms of a terse English couplet, and he will al- ways find this a more profitable way of unbending than the reading of what are called amusing | books. This, Professor Blackie declares, is “an occupation fitted specially for tbe most stagnant moments of life and the most lazy minded of the | living.’? It is plain that such moments ana such a condition of mind can never occur to the accom- | plished author of “Lectures on Self-Culture.’? But to proceed along the flowery pathway which Professor Blackie has so generously strewn, the youth bent on self-culture is given minute direc- tions as to where he shall obtain his stores. “In politics look to Aristotle; in mathematics, to New- ton; in philosophy, to Leibnitz ; in theology, to Cud- worth; in poetry, to Shakespeare, and in science, to | Faraday.” What a good old granite sound each of these names hi It is the very grit of ortho- doxy, and we are not surprised to have Professor Blackie in tne next paragraph flinging denunci- ations at Voltaire and David Hume, giving a aly cut at Darwin and Huxley and using up tne athe- ists as remorselessly as Solomon used up fools, Where physical culture is concerned our author | comes out very strong. The young man is especially recommended seldom or never to sit, “Sitting, in fact, is a slovenly habit, and ought not to be indulged.” Now this seems to us rather hard. We would not speak disrespectfully ofan author who evidently has the weil being of youth at heart; but we would beg him to remember that every pair of legs is not constructed with the same powers of endurance, and we can imagine nothing more prostrating to ® youln of spdent sensibilities than to be compelled to stand during the delivery of one of Professor Blackie’s lectures, Perhaps, however, if our author's next bit of advice is heeded the needed strength will accrue, The young man must join a volunteer corps, “for the double pur- pose of brushing off all taint of pedantry and gird- | ing the Joins stoutly for the duties that belong to citizenship and active manhood.” After that, ath- letic games may be taken up, and here Professor Blackie allows no excuse for any age or either sex, “For boys and young men, cricket; for persons of @ quiet temperament and staid old bachelors, bowls; for all persons and all ages, the breezy Scottish game of golf is to be recommended,” But the young man, in sddition to due atten- tion to the volunteer corps, is to boat and angle. In rainy weather he may play billiards, and this, we take it, is a great concession for a Scotch metaphysician, We suspect that, somewhere or other, Professor Blackte acquired a good deal of dexterity with the cue, and we congratulate him upon the generosity which enables him to concede its use to another, Upon eating and drinking this good old disciplinarian is not less explicit. “As for drink, Ineed not say that a glass Of good beer or wine is always pleasant.” If Professor Blackie had written Rousseau’s Confessions” he could not be more candid, “But,” he adds, “healthy young men can never require such stimulus.” Certainly not, The requirement should be strictly limited to old gentlemen, who are fond of reading Homer on the top of Bencruachan, where @ drop of whiskey is said to be particularly beneftcial, “As to early rising,” continues the Professor, “1 can say little about it, as it is a yirtue I was never able to practise.” We shall not run throngh the catalogue of moral virtues wherewith the writer advises his disciple to clothe himself, But there is one point whicn is worth taking up, and that is a bit of advice he borrows from Richter. “Richter gives it a8 an excellent antidote against moral depression, to call up tn our darkest momente the memory of our brightest.” Thie would be excellent if it were Possible. But the darkness of the dark moment Consists in the impossibility of extracting a ray of light from the future or the past. In those haggard moments of life we are like the face of the deep in the hour of chaos, and no spirit of God moves upon the surface of the heart’s dark waters. One or two criticiams which Professor Blackie makes in the course of the work (and the book isa very small one, 116 pages, duodecimo) apply in other quarters besides those for which they were intended, On page 28 he says:—‘Young men, of course, may and ought to have opinions on many subjects, but there is no reasom why they should print them.” Upon page 38, again, he remarks :— “Keep in mind, in the first place, that though the brary shelves groan with books whose name is legion, there are in each department only atew great books, in relation to which others are but auxiliary, or, it may be, sometimes parasitical, and, like the ivy, doing more harm than good to the bole around whicn they cling.” Is Professor Blackie sure that his opinions, which, in common with younger men, “he may and ought to have," are really worth printing? And among which de- partinent of books does he place the ‘Lectures on Self-Culture?” Is it one of tne “few great books,” or 1s it “an auxiliary” whica might easily have been dispensed with without being missed? We incline to the latter opinion, and though, to follow hz ingenious comparison, we do not believe that it willdo any great positive harm to the boles @round which it clings, if, indeed it succeed in clinging around any, it is still a collection of what amounts to but littie better than platitudes, and of platitudes the age has had enough. There is no more difficult thing in the world than to give g00d advice, except to take it; and if the difficulty | Of taking the advice which Professor Blackie so dictatoriaily volunteers were triumphantly over- come we are not sure that the accepter would not prove something between a muscular bookworm and a prig, with an equal fondness for good texts and good whiskey, * “Self-Culture : Intelectual,*Physical and Moral. A Vade-mecum for Young Men and Students.” By John Stuart Blackie, Published by Scribner, Arm- strong & Co., New York. LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. Tue FORTHCOMING “MEMOIRS Of John Quincy Adams,” by Charles Francis Adams, will make at least four volumes, and will be published at the aristocratic price of $5 a volume, No Less Tuan three rival publishers announce that they will reprint Lord Macaulay’s forthcom- ing ‘Journals and Letters.” If all of them carry Out this purpose perhaps the public will get the book as cheaply as they did Macaulay's “History of England” twenty years ago, which, we believe, | Was at forty cents a volume. And perhaps, too, some of the publishers will break, as some of the former ones did. Wbo wants an international copyright? MR. EUGENE SCHUYLER, Secretary of the Ameri- can Legation at St. Petersburg, has nearly com- pleted his book on “furkistan; Notes of a Journey | in 1873 in the Russian Province of Turkistan, the Khanates of Kokan and Bokhara, and the Province of Kuldja,”” Scribner will bring out the American edition of the book. ANEW WEEKLY illustrated paper will be startea next month in London, to be called the Iuustrated World. itisto take a medium position between the Mlustrated London News and the Graphic and the illustrated penny papers, AFRENCH JOURNALIST is about to publish a his- tory of “M. de Paris,’? as the French ‘“Jagk Ketch” is facetiously dubbed, The writer has reported exe- cutions lor the daily papers for the last ten years, and speaks presumably trom intimate acquaint- ance with the great man, AMONG THE NEW PUBLICATIONS announced for February is a book by Charlies W. Jay—viz: “My Home in Northern Michigan,” and other tales. SHELDON & Co, will publish during the spring a woman’s rights novel by Lillie Devereux Blake, ‘Sue SON, DAUGHTER AND Wipow of G P. R, James, the novelist, are residents of Eau Claire, Wis. Tue NUMBER Of books published in Boston in the course of a year, taking it on an average, can | probably be estimated at between 300 and 400, ! reaching a circulation of 2,000,000 copies, at a rough | estimate. Now Tuar M. VEUILLOT has suspended the publi- cation of ZL’Univers what will the ultramontanes of France do for an organ ? THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT is trying to German- | Ize the youthful minds o! Alsace by printing a first reading book for the schools in the disaffected province in which everything German “glorified, A WORE OF GREaT IMPoRrANcE in the history of | Englisn literature has been undertaken by Mr. Faber, under a commission from the trustees of the British Museum. The work is a reproduction Ol the title page of every book entered at Sta tioners’ Hall, London, since the beginning in the reign of Henry the Eighth. VicToR CHERBULIEZ’s “Romance of an Honest Woman” Is being put into English, for Shepard & | Gil, by @ young lady who has spent some years abroad and 1s said to be a very clever translator. A PosTHUMOUS PAPER by Ralph Keeler will appear | im the Atlantic Montluy for March. It is a btographi- cal sketch of Owen Brown, and is said to be curi- ously interesting, Miss M. G. Hoga, the authoress of the recently published book of tales entitled ‘‘Dr. Dunbar,” is a daughter of the Ettrick Shepherd. The same laay hag a novel in the press. “GUNNAR,” the Norse romance contributed by the young Norwegian writer, Boylsen, to last by Osgood, The author has taken the chair of the languages of Northern Europe in Cornell Uni- | versity. M. Lanoet’s “L'Angleterre Politique et Sociale’? has been translated by Professor J. M, Hart and will be published by the Putnams. Tae American Mailis the title of a new news- | paper, published in English, at Rio Janeiro, Brazil. A LaRGE NUMBER Of the manuscript works of braries, THE PRESENT YEAR Will probably see the com- pletion of a commercial directory of the world, which givés an account of the state of trade and the names of the traders in every town in every country. A Work OF GREAT INTEREST, research and value, entitled “The Lost Beauties of the English Language,’ has just been brought out by Mr. J. W. Bouton, No. 706 Broadway. It is compiled by Dr. Charies Mackay, and has been aptly called “An appeal to authors, poets, clergymen and public speakers,” and consists of a collection of several thousand of the obsolete and forgotten words in English literature, together with quotations, in many cases showing in what mode they were used. The work 18 well printed, is nicely ana strongly bound, and the perusal of it, or @ frequent refer- ence to it, cannot fail to affora delight to every one who is a connoisseur in language. AMONG FRENCH BOOKS, just issued, are “Madame Bovary,’’? by Gustave Flaubert; “Les Jeunea France,” by Théophile Gautier; “Les Amoureux ae Sainte Périne,” by Champfeary; Les Va-nu- Pieds,” by Léon Cladel; “Le Puritain,” by Charles Yriarte; ‘Les Dernitres Années de Lord Prudence,” by Mme. P. de Saman, and “Histoire d'une Maison," by Viollet Leduc, Hoxr & Co.,, of this city, are getting ready a new novel, by Auerbach, named “Waldfried.” A cheaper edition of Taine’s “Pyrenees” will be out in a few days. AUTHORESS#s sometimes drive @ good bargain when they exchange sentiment for sauces and chivalry for chicken broth. Marion Harland ts an instance. Her recent cook book has netted her more money than “Alone” or ‘‘The Hidden Path.” | Mer “Common Sense in the Househoid” is more | popular than her romance anywhere else, | | \ | Some MEN are heroes to their private secretaries. | We believe the late Onief Justice Chase was one to | Mr. J. W. Schuckers, who heid that relation to him, and who has written of hima Siography the Apple- \ tons will presently bring owt | ig duly | year’s “Atlantic,” willbe published in book form | and | devoted to American commercial interests with | Petrarch are still buried in Italian and other li- | Byron,” by Michel Lévy;' ‘Lea Enchantements de | 6 CHIEP JUSTICE WAITE. ———_ His Opinion ot Men and Things. What He Said to a Herald Reporter About the Chief Justiceship, His Appointment and the Work Ahead—No Bias, but Decided Opinions — Pen-and-Ink Sketch of the Man—His Duties to Begin Mext Month. The recently nominated and confirmed Chief | Justice Waite arrived at the St Nicholas Hotel on Saturday on his way to Washington, where he Will shortly begin the duties of his high oMce. A HERALD reporter met the new Chief Justice ®t the hotel and conversed for some time with him, Mr. Waite was communicative and exceed: ° ingly pleasant in his manner, Chief Justice Waite is aman of apparently fifty to fifty-five years of age. In stature he is rather below the medium height, but solidly and come pactly built, To say that there is anything striking in his appearance would de to exaggerate; but If an observer should closely scan his countenance he would observe MANY MARES OF COARACTER | In the dark and somewhat saturnine convotr of his face, which is remarkably dark, His eyes are black and brilliant, his teeth white and shining, He wears bis black beard—which is vouched with | gray, like his hair—long, and in a certain point of | view there is somewhat of a resemblance | between Mr. Waite and the late Chief | Justice Chase. He dresses always in dark clothes, | and there is a certain elegance, but no pretension, | in the manner he clothes himself. In pearing he is courteous, but decided, It 18 easy to see at a | glance that the new Chief Justice will not be | wavering, for he hag all the appearance of one who would brave ANYTHING FOR OPINION’S SAKE. In conversation he is slow and measured, When speaking his face lights up, and there is some- | thing sympathetic in its appearance, which it | loses when in repose. In a word, whatever Chief Justice Waite may turnout to be, a success or @ failure, it is certain that he will never sin through ignorance or weakness, As the reporter entered Chief Justice Waite stretched out his hand cordially and invited him to a chair, “T was certain,” he said, smiling, “that your paper would not let me pass through the city without some reminder tnat it was omnipresent, But I know of littie that] can say which is worth the trouble of noting.” | “You are now on your way to Washington, I | presume #? “Yes; shall leave here on Monday for the capi- tal, and shall have about three weeks to familiarize | myself with the city before the beginning of my | duties. The Court does not open until the 3d of | March, and I suppose I SHALL THEN TAKE MY SEAT, first taking my oath of office.” “Ig there any ceremonial connected with this formality ?”” | ‘4 believe not. It is simply @ matter of neces- sity before taking any office under the constitu. tion. “Do you anticipate that your duties will be oner- ? 0 “I presume, moderately so, as I understand | there is a great deal of business before the Court— unfinisned business—the greater part of it growing | out of the late war. This has caused a great | increase of the business of the jourt, which, after these matters are settled, will no doubt decrease in bropersiem But I have | a full conviction that there is quite enough to do | to Keep a Chief Justice busy. You see, besides | the actual duty of sitting in the Supreme Court | itself, each Supreme Court Judge has to attend a circuit, of which there are nine. The Chief Jus- That of the late | tice has a circuit also. CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE incladed the State of Virginta. Ishall probably have the same circuit. Originally Supreme Court | judges were assigned to these circuits exclusively ; but simce the great increase of business in | their Court circuit judges have been ap- | pointed whom the Supreme Court judges relieve to the extent of their power. This | system is very perfect one, but | fully occupies the time, of the Chel | Justice as well as the Associate Judges. As far as | the actual work in the Supreme Court itself is concerned the Chief Justice simply presides, but | has no more power or voice than the Associa | Judges. The decisions are rendered by ballot, one | Judge pronouncing the decision for all. The 1 | Justice has no more and no less decisions to pro- | nounce than the others.” “Regarding your appointment by the President, had you any expectation of it previous to the mo- | ment you received the news?” “None whatever,”’ said the Chief Justice, “ex- cept in so far as 1 had seen my name mentioned in the papers as A POSSIBLE CANDIDATE, Some of the lawyers your paper had interviews with did me tle honor to mention me as a fit per- | son for the position. But as to any official notif- cation that! mignt expect to be nominated, or, a | indeed, any intimation whatever upon the Matter from government sources, I re- ceived none. When the news came to me I was just about to take my seat as | presiding officer of the Ohio Constitutional Con- vention in Cincinnati, and the contents of the despatch certainly took me by surprise. It was the | last thoagnt in my mind at the time that the de- spatch was the news of my nomination to the posi- ‘ tlon of Chief Justive. My friends in the Conven- tion Were very kind in their expressions of plea- sure. “and the whole State, no doubt, feels the honor of the choice?” “| dare to hope so.” “You were associated in the Geneva arbitration case, 1 believe?’ “Yes, Mr. Evarts, Caleb Cushing and myselt Were associated in that case. We all took part in the argument and diviaed up the labors, which | resulted successtully.”” “Have you been concerned in any other case be- des this one of national interest?” “T have not; that was the only one. My prac- tice at the Bar has been mainly confined to my own State.”" | “Have you practised before the Supreme Court of the United States?” | “Iwas admitted to {t about one year ago, but never Uber ig in person. I have had cases be- | fore it but they have been argued by other peysons | and in other names.” | “#you are, no doubt, well acquainted with Caleb: Cushing, from your connection with him im Ge-, neva ? “On, yes, I know General Cushing very well indeed and have a high regard for his talents, [ was simply more fortunate than he IN NEVER HAVING WRITTEN ANY LETTER which could be brought up against me.” “It seems rather hard that a letter should be | ferreted out as that was and produced against a man after thirteen years, when it was no doubt written in a fitol momentary anger.” | “Yes, the circumstances of the case do seem rather hard,” said Mr. Waite, smiling; ‘and it | only proves once more how careful a public man should be of what he puts his signature to, General Cushing will not practise any more at present in th¢ Supreme Court, I suppose, as he goes to Spain ‘ very shortly, I believe.” | “Pnere were somé questions concerning Con- | federate bonds still pending before the Supreme Court when Chief Justice Chase died? Have you | ever expressed an opinion on the question?” “] have not and should be most careful not to do | so now, though Ido not know of the existence of such cases. During the war I was, of course, im full concord with the North, and was in every way | a Unionist. So that, as far as my political opinions are concerned, they are known, and these would ) Mavurally lead me | TO CERTAIN CONCLUSIONS regarding t he South. But this is a subject on which I prefer not conversing.” “There was a statement in some of the papers,’ said the HERALD reporter, “that Secretary Delano | was @ strong friend of yours and that it was upon | his suggestion you were nominated. Have you | any knowledge of the facts of this case?!” “L know nothing of it, Mr. Delano and myself have been for many years personal friends, and when he came to my State we met very often, I am certainly not aware that Mr. Delano ited name, if he did do so; but lam very certain that bad he Begg y iomination it would not But I do not know now far he hi i a “You intend, no doubt, to permanently reside in Washington {’’ is, in fact, 2 Decensity. eo “Oertainly. It very little of Washington or its society, but I pre- is the most How pleasant it will sume when Congress is in session it central city in the country. to me of course, cannot say. shalljdo all 1 can to make my position as ple: it as it can Jeel all the importance my duties and cannot but confess to ling somewhat awed by the prominence of the position. 1 shall do in all, however, what I consider right, and have no doubt of finding the work more easy than it at present seems to Seme friends at this moment calling the porter left, PAINFUL AOOIDENT IN BROOKLYN, Barney J. Martin, twenty-three years of age, oF No. 125 Henry street, New York, while working in the Carey Planing Milis, Third avenue, near Twen- ty-seventhk street, South Brooklyn, had his right foot severed by a circular saw on bar St nae ag waa taken to tite Long island