The New York Herald Newspaper, September 17, 1874, Page 4

4 ARRIVAL OF TEE IRISH RIFLEMEN. | Reception by the Amateur Rifle Club—Crack | Shots and Distinguished Visitors—A Lively International Contest at Hand. The neroes of Wimbledon, some of them, at least, mposing the famous Irish team of riflemen who are to contest for the international championship, sre yesterday alternoon by the steamer Scotia, They were accompanied by several dis- tingnished visitors, and, though their stay in Ame- rica may be somewhat limited, there is reason to belleve that their experience Will be profitavie to all hands, The fact is that no event in the history of rifle shooting has ciaimed a larger arrived share of public attention, both here and in Great Britain Jand, than the approaching stray- gle in ch the crack shots of America and Ire’ are to Should the gal- lant sons of Erin a a t, which by the way is @ matter not yet definitely settled, their pluck in crossing the ocean to try their powers at the target Will assuredly merit graceful n from thelr anerring brethren on t {the stream, Howbeit, this event is a mdtter of mutual hope and congratulation, and the novie maxim that the best man wins will never have received happier lustration when the target has been banged for last time, Jt is a fair and square engage- ment, partly in love, aud of course a little reputation will step There is no doubt Columbia takes some pride in ner riflemen, while Mrs, Erin thinks that her boys know a thing or two avoutagun. At all events two big nations are looking forward to 4 magnificent display of marksmanship, and millions of people will read the result with joy or regret. THE PROBABILITIES. Tt were idle at this late day to assume that be- cause the Irish marksmen have been successiul elsewhere—have, in fact, blinded a herd of bulls, 80 to speak—that our riflemen should have any- thing to fear. There are such things as steadiness and courage in rifle shooting, and the recent re ord at Creedmoor inspirés the hope thatthe ap- proaching contest will, at all events, merit an honorable mention in the history of ail international rife shooting matches. Home con- tests excite not balf tne interest or curiosity which those between foreign elements create, and, whatever the issue may be, it ix generally assumed that where a peaceful contest is carried on between two nations the result is awalted witn a feeling of intense uneasiness. Who | will win the match, the American or the Irish riflemen? This will, of course, be the absorbing topic for days among those who take any interest inthe noble sport. itis useless at this hour to dwell on the probable merits of the respective teams, ‘The record of the Irish marksmen, which has been published time and time again, speaks for jtseif, while that of their com- petitors bears simply the stamp of increasing skill, That the Amateur Ritle Association have exercised a sound discrimination in tue selection of their men there can be no doubr, and the c test will thereore be awalied with additional in- terest, in the hope that should defeat mark their efforts there will be little room left for reflection. THE ELCHO SHIELD. It may be mentioned, by the way, that when the yolunteer movement in Engiand brought forth Wimbledon and its variety of annual rife matches, Ireland as @ country was exciuued from participation in them. Those of Irish birth, 1t appears, might shoot at Wimbledon, but they might do so only as the repre- sentatives of some English or Scotch association. It is now about ve years since tue British National le Association was organ- wea and, despite repeated eals, of the Irish men for recognition we But at length they were admitted to the carried off the Elcho shield trom and Scotch competitors scores ever made ou Wimbiedon Common. A Wp this connection it is but just to meution that a «reat deal of the credit of this victory 13 due to e ignored, lists and their Eng! by one of the hig Major Leech, the Captain of the Irish team, who, bis challenge to Ameri- tan riflemen through the HERALD, dated October 3, 1573, desired to draw the attention of the American peuple to the fact that the laws of Sreat Britain forbid the formation in Ireland of tifle corps ich existed In great numbers in England ai Scotland, and that any skill acquired by Irishmen the result of individual exe erising irom rile shooting was on under difficulties ouruging legislation. HARD LINES. Another fact worthy & passing notice is that the Bentlemen who may ve selected for the coming contest do notciaim to represent Ireland in the sense of considering theu S the best rifemen | the country could For reasons best Known on the ob! ide of the Atiantic Ireland is, to a@ certain extent, permanently disarmed, and the mere fact of any person possessing firearms in a prociaimed district entitles them to a iree pass to the Penitentiary, True, under certain restrictions, gentlemen of property may carry @ gun, and it is irom among these few that we now @ im New York the famous Irish Team. Should they be de. Jeated—and there is no knowing how many times the ouli’s eye may wink on eitner #ide—ailowance will doubless be made tor the obstructions placed in the way of riflemen by the British government. disadvantages, however, it is surprising what re- Markable scores they have made, and in ti: should ail the gallant Irish marksmen be allowed to fire away, there is reason to t e that ail the balls will be blind of au eye throughout the coun- try. Yet should sterliug Irisn buils die trom the Wounds, farewell to honest humor. | THE IRISH TEAM BOUND WEST, The departure of the irish team awakened the liveliest anticipations, both here and abroad, With the kindlest wisies of their countrymen—to say nothing of most encouraging encomiums of the companied by a party alike re and the municipal authority ‘of an historical oid city, left Queenstown On the Sth inst. Ine chailenge ofthe Irishmen had been issued With characteristic manliness, It was responded to with genuine Alneriean plu The terms were simple and they were promptly agreed upon. The Amateur Kifle Ciub of this city accepted | ir. It must, moreover, be t in mind that the | Main odject of this club was to encourage the | practice of rifle shooting, and, having signified 11s consent to contest the’ intern . champion- ship, sent circulars through the country inviting the best shots to come forward and practice, in order that a good competing team might be ‘se- lected. Now if the circular has met with but iittie Fesponse outside of New York the fault can- | not be laid at the door of the Amateur Rifle Club. ‘True, this club has had the | Moral support of the National Rifle Ageo- | ciation, which is supposed to inciuae among it members the best rifie ts in the country, but the credit of bringing about this international vontest belongs to the Amateur Kifle Ulub aivne, 4 BRIGHT LOOK-oUT. The arrangements were some time ago agreed With all the npon, and everybody knows that ( amoor has ‘been @ lively piace for at least a month. The arrival of the Irish team ‘was on all Occasions the prominent topic of conversation; their fame had preceded them, ana the means and ways to defeat them — in other words, the best shots that the country could furnish formed the theme of discus- ston. At @ special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Amateur Rife Ciub jor the purpose of selecting a team _ to compete with their Irish competitors in the coming international match the Jollowing gentlemen were chosen:—Henry Fuiton, Lieutenant Colonel H, A. Gidersieeve, General Thomas P, Dakin, L. Le Heppurn. George W, Yaie, J. T. B, Collins, Colonel Joon Bodine, A. A. Anderson; the reserves being Messrs. bE. H. Santord, J. S. Conlin, L. M, Ballard, F, S, Gardner aud A. V. Cantleld, Jr.” Colonel W. Wingate was elected captain of the team, and it was resolved that they should practice at least twice @ Week prior to the international match. MEBRTING OF THE TEAMS, In anticipation of the arrival of the Scotia on Monday ing, the members of the Executive Committee of the Amateur Kife Club assembied at the ofice of Colonel Wingate on Monday after- noon; but there being no sign of her appearance, the proposed re On Was postponed, te terday morning, bowey: She Wassignalied in good ume, and at noon Colonel Wingate, Captain of the club; Mr, L. F. Grant, MP Alford, Captain Breeve, F. T. B. Coiling, Mr, F. ( ‘alrbanks, Mr. J, 8 Schirmerborn, Jr., and ovuers assembled at the Cunard whari! to greet the Irish rifemen, The weather was exceedingly disagreeavie, but the iriendly imtercourse ‘whict subaequentiy ensued between the two corps tully come ted jor all the tediousness of waiting. meeting was of an entirely inf rmai character. Major Leecn informed the representative of the HERALD that the marksmen had not yet been selected, but that the list would shortly be made out, Toe following 1s @ list of the entire party, in- cluding the riflemen apd their visitors:—Major Arthur B. Leech, Association: the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Right Hon, Muarice Brooks, M. P., and the Lady Mayoress; Viscount Massareene and Ferrdrd and the Vis- countess Masguaree ve aud ferrard; Alderman Man- rhe the Captain of the Irish Kite | ’ NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, ning, with his danghter, Miss Manning; Captain P. Waker, Dr. J. B. Hamilton, M, D., Mr. J. K. Mull ner, Mr. Jonn Kigby, Mr. J. Wilson, Mr. Edmond Jonnsou, Mr. J. A. Doyle, Mr. H. H. Foster, Mr. Jooa J. Kelby, Mr, ‘John J. Bagnail, Mr. and Mrs. Waterhouse, Miss’ Harding, Mr. E. 6. R. Keily, Mr. | Thomas Kelly, Miss Rose 1 Mr. Edward Lefroy. the hxecutive Committee of the Amateur Club subsequently conveyed the distinguished party to the Windsor Hotel. It will doubtless be interesting for the reader to nee over the annual scores made for the Wim- biedon championspip since 1sez up until last year, They are a8 lollows :— ly, Miss Smith wick Average. Per Ce rs Winnner, Fngland, 300 A fhe practice average of the Irish team as com- pared with tbat of the Amateur Club, their pres- ent opponents, is given below :— Inch Tram, Amateur Club, Difference. at: 3 6) percent mS 2.45, 68 per cent 8 Lo 1.36 per cent Veraze... 3.33 SS per cont ‘The following table shows the best scores of the American team in the twelve practice matches held during the past two month: During the first Six competitions filty shota were taken each day, fiteen each at S00 and 960 yards, and twenty at i,000 yards. This made the maximum score ble 200 points, The averages made under arrangement were as follows :— pos ry Fulton... 450M 1581S viel H, A. Galdersieeve 18 18 1s ral T, S. Dakin... 9 144 38334 arp Mt 1d 1353168, ina 156 49129. «187 in es Wy 133138182 Bodine r me “eesti eed ee Lieutenant A. Anderson M4 M4 148 MT A series of Six matches was then contested with the regulation number o/ shots at each distance— namely, fifteen, as determined for the final match, Tnis Would make the highest possible score 180. Out of tuis the following totals were made :— nme. Rite, ry Fulton... . K M9 42152 jonel HA. Gildersieev 8 14s 142 153 eueral f. 5. Dakin aft 139 «M640 \ L. (ioe . Rk _ 13 — W. Yale.....-- s 1) 13913 J.T. 'B. Collins. 3 135 L138 Colonel J. Bodine. oe — 150 137 Licutenant A. Anderson... 5 Wot BT M343 The following were the scores made by the [rish team at Wimbledon tn 1873 Young. 155 Wilson.. - 152 Min "155 Joyce IS z : 14 Lioyd... 2143 W. + 15t Jotinson 133, Of the above team Milner, J. Rigby, Wilson and Johnson will shoot at Creedmoor. The others have not yet been determined upon, THE SCOTTISH AMERICAN RIFLE CLUB Last evening a tolerabiy well attended mecting was held at the armory of the Seventy-uinth Regiment, in Twenty-third street, between Sixth aud Seventh avenues. Among those present were Cologel J. W. Marshall, Captains J. C. Dingwall, J. Munro, William ©, Clark, Joseph Ross, Lyndsay, Lieutenant Colonel Laing, Mr. James Warnock, President of the Caledonian Mutual Benefit and Assurance Society; Messrs. Cameron, Hunter, Vannett, Dykes and others, Mr. J. L. Wilson, whose name was first on the list of members of the temporary committee of organization, Captain Lyndsay called the meeting to order and stated main objects of the movement, Captain Bruce proposed that Lieutenant Colonel Laing be chosen chairman of this preliminary meeting. This proposition being unanimously carried Colonel Laing took the chair, Sergeant Camerqn Was named as secrecary pro tem. Captain Lyndsay | said that, Inasmuch as a number of other rife clus of VarioUs Rationalities bad been organized in New York, 1t was thought that it would not re- fect well om the Scottish residents in this city to have the name of Scotland omitted from the list o1 rifle associations here. He and others who bad consulted on the subject were confident that they could get togetuer a number of the very best Shots, and be had good hope that ii the society was soon organized they wouid be able im a short time to try conclusions at Lreedmoor with the members of the Irish-American Rifle Ciub, In case the orgau- izauon was perlected, it was expected that Mr. James Gordon Bennett would accept the presi- dency of the cluo. Coiouel Beattie, Captains Munro, Dingwall, | Lyndsay and Bruce were appointed @ committee | vo consider on the proper name of the cluv, the qualiication of membership and nomination of onicers, ported that the paine of the organization be ‘ seortish-American Rifle Ciub ol New York ;’” that ail wen of Scottisn descent be eligibie tor member- | ship, aud that the officers consist of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. The committee's report was accepted and a committee of three was appointed to Wait on Mr, Bennett and ask if he will consent to become the Presiuent of the club, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Orders and Assignments. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 1874, Rear Admiral John L. Worden is releved from duty as Superintendent of the Naval Academy, on the 21st inst., and placed on wailing orders. Rear Admiral C. K. P. Rodgers is relieved from ‘duty as Chief of tue Bureau of Yards and Docks on the 214¢ inst., and ordered as Superinteudent of the Naval — Academy on that day. Lieutenant Commander Charles L. Huntington ts detached irom the Navy Yard at Philadelphia on the 1st of October, and ordered to the New York Navy Yard. Surgeon Wiliam E. Taylor from the Saranac, and ordered to Mare Isiand Navy Yard. Assistant Surgeon Jotun L, Nelson from the Tuscarora, and ordered to return home and 1eport his arrival. Lieutenant Edward #. Wood is ordered to the Naval Acavemy, Master Edward B. Barry is ordered to the receiv- ing sbip Vermont at New York. Surgeon George K. Brush is ordered to the Saranac at San Fran- cisco. ing snip Vermont, Passed Assistant Surgeon Wil- liam J, simon to the Tuscarora, at tue Mure isiand Navy Yard. | The Yellow Fever at Pensacola Navy Yard—Surgeon Todd Sick with the Disease. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 18’ Acting Passed Assistant Surgeon G. B. Todd, at the Pensacola Navy Yard, 1s reported a8 sick with the yellow fever. Since the death of Surgeon Ackley he has peen the only medical officer on duty, the two additional ones ordered there not having arrived. He has been indefatigable in nis attention to the sick, A third medical oficer, who is Dow at New Orleans, has been telegraphed to proceed immediately to Pensacola, The Sloop-of-War Portsmouth. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 1874, The sloop-of-war Portsmouth sailed from San Francisco on the 15th inst, for Alaska, to be gone, probably, several months, The Mayflower at Fort Monroe. Fort Monnog, Va., Sept. 16, 1874. The United States steamer Mayflower, from Annapolis, arrived here to-day. THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. The Iron-Clad Miantonomah To Be Fitted Out for ServicemWhat is Being, our German citizens, who use it wien occasion re- Done With Our Ships. Now that the iron-clads at the Gulf rendezvous have been despatched to New Orleans to look after the interests of the government, the busy hum of the arisan’s hammer resounds through the Brooklyn Navy Yara, Hundreds of mechanics and Javorers were at work yesterday im perfecting re- } pairs, On tne dry dock the second rate screw Steam #loop-of-war Tennessee, twenty-three guns, | 4106 tonnage, 1s undergoing repairs. She is hav- } ing a new berth deck placed in her, @ work which | will Occupy two months’ labor. The Tennessee 1a destined for the Asiatic squadron when ready for | service. | The Miantonomah, thira rate (screw) tron-clad, double-turreted, four guns, 1,225 tonnage, which has been laid up at Boston for several years, is now being towed trom that place to this yard, where she will be thoroughiy overhauled and re- | paired, preparatory to joining the ficet at Key | West. She will require several weeks’ work in or- | der to fitout, The Miantonomanh is the famous which conveyed eX-Assistant Secretary of vy Fox on fis famous voyage in tne Mediter- 18 an excellent sea- | ve: the ranean & few years ago. boat, and would exercise a wonderiu! amount of | moral suasion upon the chivalry of New Orieans should she ever be called upon to moor at the Crescent City. Work on the new sloop-of-war is progressing | slowly. The second rate sloops Java und New York lie rotting on the stucks, The iron-clad Colossus, Which cost the government nearly ball a million of dollars, is also gomg to pieces tu the ship house av the yard. hanna has been sold. The sloop-of-war De has also been disposed of, being of no use by reason Of general dilapidation, Tne Roanoke might be made avaliable for harbor purposes in the event of her being towed to New Urieans, but she could not survive @ heavy sea, i | Surgeon Delevan Bioougood yesterday reported aware for duty on board the United 8 receiving slip Maven ane | | Vermont, vice & 0, Rhodes r In the absence of | editor of the Scotsman, | Alter a@ short recess the committee re- | ne Surgeon Delevan Bloodgood to the receiv- | ‘The sloop-of-war Susque- | | EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS. Meeting of the Board of Education—Its Budget for the Ensuing Year. | The Board of Education met tn the hall at the corner of Grapd and Elin streets at four o’ciock | yesterday afiernoon, Fifteen members were | | present, and President Neilson occupied the chatr. | The dotmgs of the Board tn the first part of its | Session were comparatively unimportant. | Numerous communications were received and reierred to proper committees, while reports from committees on matters referred at | previous sessions of the Board were read und approved. Superintendent Henry Kiddle | reported to the Board the results of examinations made since the opening of the schools, into their general condition and organization, and the con- , dition of their buildings, This document recited that the schools had in attendance on reopening 91,887 scholars, Of these 89,782 were in the pri- mary and grammar grades, 742 attending the col- ored schools, 1,058 the Normal School, and 306 the Model School. In 1873, Mr, Kiddle said, there were 77,976 pupils present when the schools reopened— #11 less than the number now reported. The | causes for this large difference are found in the | fact that last September several schools could not be opened with the others on account of repairs not haviog been finisued in them, Otherwise the aggregate number ol pupils then would haye been about 83,000, This year schoois Nos, 2, 45 and 46 could not fora like reason resume tneir se: in concert With the others, and hence the « gale number of scholars wae about 3,000 less than it would have been, But the new districts added to the city have brought under the care of the Board of Eaucation about 4,090 pupils, who have beeu counted in the number attending at the re- opening of the scuools, iaking ali these ogures into consideration Mr, Kiddie estimates that school attendance within the oid districts of the | | city has been increased trom that of last year by ) about 7,500 cniidren, The Superimrendent says also in his report that of 2,353 teachers there were | sIXty-Seven absent On the reopening of tne schools, He esteems the condition of the schoulhouses in | the matu good, but that in some districts more | buildings are wanted; and he cites the cases o! the new Lwenty-third and Twensy-fourth wards, wherein tne xchools are greatly overcrowded, be- cause ihe teachers prefer to violate the bylaws of the Board rather than turn away culldren, who can find instruction nowhere else, | The Board, atter the reading of Mr. Kiddle’s re- | port, ordered to be paid a claim, had since 1871, by James B, boynton, against the former school trus- tees of District No. 1, 01 West Farms; adopted a | report naming the teachers for the evening scnools, and accepted the resignation of Lorenz» Carey, | trustee from the Sixth ward, in Whose place Mr. | Nealis was appointed. | Now happened a queer incident, which defines | the official title of each tustructor In the public | | schools io be “teacher.” The Committee ou | “vening schools reported Professor Aloverto de ‘Torsos for *proiessor” of the Spanish language in | | the Evening High School, President Neilson’s | | dislike for pretentious tities was shown iminedi- | aieiy. He salu that he did not believe that the | Tegulations of the Board recognized a ‘‘protessor” in a pabiic school, and a memover of the Evening | Schools Committee replied that “teacher” was tue | ttle meant and the one that should be inserted in the resolution. The remarks agitated an old gen- | tleman, one of the trustees, who declared that he could not see that the Spanish language needs to be taught in pep schools, aud that on principle he disliked the attempt to put Classical, ornamental iringe on what ought to be a plaiu educational garb. The discussion awakened some other trustees, and when the resolution Was yoted on it was ound that instead of the Board being ubavimous, a8 upon every other question, several of its members voted | against the appointwent of feacher de Tornos. | When the little ripple of this matier had sub- | sided within the semi-circle haunted by the | trustees the report ol the Finance Committee, em- bracing the estimates of the Board ior the year 1875, Was received and approved. The Jollowing | are the estimates :— To tax BoaKD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT FOR THR | Cry anv County of New York :— Gxxrtemxx—In compliance with the circular of the | Comptroller, dated the 6.h day of August last, the Board of nducation submits herewith to your ’ Honorable Board an estimate of the amount of expenditures which | wili be required by this Board for the year 1875, tor the | support of the public schools in the twenty-four wards of the city, via. — For salaries ot teachers in the grammar and | primary schools, in the twenty-iour wards. .$2,250,000 | For saiafies of jabitors in the grammar and | For saiarics of teachers and janitors in the col- ored schuols, day aud evening For salaries of superintendents, clerks ai other employes of ube Board of Education.. | ‘primary schools, in the twenty-lour wards.. 120,099 | For sularies of (cavers and jantiors in the Nor- | Mil Colege ANG SCHOOL. veces 78,000 | | For salaries of teachers and janitors in’ the | evening school! 113,500 | | 45,000 80,000 | ,, Total. 2,636,000 For books, maps, slates, supplies for all the ‘schools in the tweuty- | | tour wards. a tees 195,000 | For inel tor al. ud the hall of the Board . sense 100,000 | For gas for ail the ‘schools ‘and the hail of tn Board eaecees 25,000 | For rents of school premises. 55,000 | For pianos and repairs of. 6.0) For workshop, wages and materials. 20 | For incidental expenses and ordinary repairs to buudings, furniture and heating apparatus by the ward trustees, including compensation ¢o | _cleras ot Boards of Prust€€s...........s:sseevee 68,000 For incidentals, repairs, stauonery. ‘print. ing, &c., tor the Normal College (current. expense by the committee). ves.........8ly | Por incigentais tor Normal College, app: |" ratus, chemicals, &c., tobe expended as | required, under ‘the ‘special direction of the Board of Education. a phe For incidenta: repairs, stationery, printing, &o,, &c., for the evening schools. 5 9,000 For incidental repairs, stavioncry, &c., &c., tor the cored schools... 2,000 For incidental repairs to the hall of the ‘and for printing, stationery, advertising and other incidental expenses ‘of the Board of Education Total Buildin, and heating apparatus and for the ‘support of the Nautical Schoul and te expense of com- puisory education, &c., &c., &c. 410,000 Total for public school purposes. ‘$3,580,000 For corporate schvols. the apportionment oy the Stale per acts of the Leyisiuture. .. ++ 103,000 LCi Ui otis ners re +++. $3,683,000 | Resoived, That the estimate liereto annexed or the ex- | penditare which Will be required by this Board for School purposes for the year. 1575, amounting to the sui | of $5,685,000, be duly authenticated by the President and Clerk ana subinitied to the Board of Estimate and Ap- | portionment, and a duplicate thereof furnished to the | Board or Aldermen, as required by section 112 of ehape | ter 339 of the Laws of 187), and in’ compliance with the | circular of the Comptroiler of the city of New York, dated the 5th day ot August, 1574, ‘The report of the committee to the Board said that the sum required lor 1875 is §89,000 less than that procured for the present year, ana that wereit not for tne expense necessivated by the estaniish- | ment of the Nautical School ana by the provisions of the Compulsory Education bill the difference in | favor of the budget of 1876 would be $169,000, ‘The couumitiee estimate that the expense atvending the Nautical School will be $50,000, and that follow- ing the enlorcement of the Compulsory bill will be $30,000. | | 4 PAMILY POISON ED. | Criminal Carelessness of a New York Druggist—Aconite Found in a Quantity of Roots and Herbs, NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 16, 1874, Acase of wholesale poisoning has just come to public notice here, A few days ago Mr. ©. J. | Ender, a merchant in this city, purchased at a | large wholesale drug store in New York a quantity | of roots and herbs, which, when made into a tea, | | are thought to be an excellent remedy for various diseases, This particular remedy is well known to | | quires. On Monday night of this week a tea was made of the preparation, and drank by Mrs, Ender, ber son and other members of tle family, A few mibutes alter drinking the tea tbe young man was | TAKEN DREADFULLY SICK, with pains and cramp in Dis svomach, and @ phy- | sician was sent for, Meanwhile Mrs, Ender was sitmuarily prostrated, and the conviction was forced home that the family haa been poisoned. ‘This was strengthened vy Dr. Bellosa, Otuer phy- sicians who nad been suinmoned coincided in this Opinion, and vigorous measures were resurted to to save the lives Of the sufferers, By administers | Ing emetics and other reme the lives of all were saved, but the chances had been against such @result, Yesterday noon Mrs, Ender wat very low, lie and death trembiing in the balance, | but to-day she ts better, This morning the bever- | ave was subjected to A CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, | as was also the roots and herbs, in poth large ) quantities of aconite, or wolfbaue—a deadly pole | son—were found, How the poison came in the | preparation is not Known, but it must have been present when purchased in New York, as the pack+ age containing it Was hot opened or disturbed un- Ul the night if Was used with such nearly fatal ree sults. Mr. Ender says be had the herbs weighed out to nim from @ box, and that @ large quanity re- | oained. Ln this view it inight be weil to inquire | how many otver purchasers at this store have | been poisoned, or the ity of the score and th name of its proprietor, that the facts might be | laid before the puolic. “It 1s evident that som body bas Deen criminally careless, Mr. Ender's son 18 Buill salferieg [rom the ett of the poison. | REAL ESTATE. | avown At the Exchange Salesroom yesterday James M. | | Miller gold, by order of the Supreme Court, in | foreclosure, under the direction of George EF. | | Hame, referee, the three story price building, with | lot, located on the south side of Kightieth street, 200 feet east of Third avenue (lot 26x1022) to Charies White & Co,, second mortgagees, for | $11,725. This was the only Lusiness transacted in tha onen market | his answer he denies that he was Mr. Beecher’s | Proposition made by Mr. Tilton in his “Trne Story’? , 4nd innocent remark"? made by Mr. Beecher to | plimented him. | give the wife who has Jallen. | ab apology tor it, and had since been tue friend of | all parties must piay in it, he said | @yureat autagonist—the greatest in the country, } umes; | @ $30), | Staniey’s and Poe’s works; SEPTEMBER 17, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. A REPLY TO MOULTON. General Tracy’s Answer to the Criti- cisms of the Mutual Friend. General Tracy has replied to Mr. Mouiton’s state- ments, which seemed calculated to damage him in | his character as Mr. Beecher’s leading counsel. In counsel when Mr, Moulton first sent for him atter the publication of the Bacon letter, He had always believed that the charge of an improper Was false, believing, as be did, that “seme playful Mrs, Tilton had been “misconstrued” and “by jeal- ousy magnified” and made the subject of offence, General Tracy asserts that the position which he first assumed was at the special request of Mr. Moulton, He accuses Mr. Mou!ton of “treachery” 1u publishing the private conversation held with nim at his (Mr. Moulton’s) instance. Despite all this General Tracy declares that he will not vio- late Mr. Moulton’s contidence, for if he held a pri- vate Conversation with tue Devil he would respect the Deyil’s confidence, came up, and, usual, started off with en éclat equalled but by tew lists offered. Their ‘Juventies’” are eagerly sought for by all dealers, and usnailly command ‘full rates, The publications of Oliver Optic, Sophie May, Elijah Kellogg, James De Mille and others are books which any child may read With the utmost satisiaction and profit. Besides the very extensive jist of juveniles Messrs, Lee, Shepard & Dillinguam had an tm- mense invoice of works on belles lettres, history, literature, art and poetry, covering exergy range. There were the works ‘of Macaniay, acon, Jobn Stuart Mill, Dean Alford, Tuomas Buckle, Eliun Burritt, George H. Calvert, Robert Collyer, Douglass Underwood, and others too numerous to mention, The sale of this invoice occupied about five hours. ‘To-day the most important sale will be that of Messrs. Scribner, Welford & Armstrong. of a finely assorted contribution of English publications, BATTLE OF THE BILLIARD BALLS. pot I ae Two Well Known Pugilists Interrupted by the Police in a Bowery Suloon. The inhabitants of that part of the Bowery be- tween Houston and Bleecker streets, on the west side, and the passers by were somewhat aston- ished the night before last by a descent on a liquor saloon in the centre of the block by the police. Generai Tracy virtually admits that he appealed | fervently to Mr, Tilton in order to induce him to | submit to a compromise, and he makes the amus- | ing statement that Mr, Moulton compared his | (Tracy's) eloquence in talking to Tilton to that of the greatest orators in ancient and modern times, and declared that General Tracy had eclipsed them all, General Tracy is convinced tbat Mr, The sudden bursting in of the place by the officers, many of whom were in citizens’ dress, at- tracted an immense crowd of people and created great excitement. The police were brought to the spot by information re ceived) at the slation “house that two | men named “Joe? Coourn and “Paddy” Burns Were engaged in a private prize fight in the back room Of the saloon. When the ofiicers arrived on ‘Tilton’s reconcillation with his wife was never sin- cere, and that it was mainly prompted by | the desire of retaining control of her, In | regard to Mr. Moulton’s assertion that General. Tracy shed tears in appealing | to Mr. Tiltou, he says that was owing to the | curonic condition of oue of his eyes. As to the | charge that he received confidences irom Mr. Tilton | on the promise uever to act as Mr. Beecher’s | counsel, General ‘racy says that his promise ouly covered the first charge of improper ad- Yanees, and not the latter charge of adultery. In regard to the conversation from which General ‘racy derived his belief in Mr. Tiiton’s “iusan- ity,” he says:—‘‘l asked Mr, Tilton in that conver- satiou—is it possible that alter publishing to the world that the oifence was one for which an apol- ogy can be mae by one gentleman and accepted ee alter admitting that the act was one which did not disturb your friendly relations with Mr. Beecher, you can now ask the world to believe that that offence was the seduction of your wile and the seducer her pastor? To do so,” I said, “wouid, in my judgment, be to prociaim yourself among the meanest und basest of mankind.” He replied, “Something like that was satd of Lord Bacon,” and | discovered that, in associating lis acts with that of agreat but dishonored name, I had com- ‘he conversation continued, and on his repeating that he mignt be led to make the charge Ol adultery against Beecher, | determined to muke one more edort to arouse him to a sense Of the Shame tt seemed to me he would incur, and I said, “Tilton, 1 do not say that a man may not for- Indeed, under some circumstances I think it might be his duty to do | 80; but he can never forgive the man and resume | Irtendly reiatious with him, After havingestated | an offence and admitted that you had accepted Mr. Beecher, to now say that that offence was | adultery, committed with your wile, would be, In | my judgment. to merit ‘the contempt of every | houorable man.” He said, “I Know there is a) code of bonor which prevalls with ordinary men | ‘hat one cannot forgive a wile, and particularly a | man, for such an offence. But J] am governed by no such sense of honor; mine 1s an extraoral- | nary sense 01 honor.” And I agreed with nim that it Was. In another part O/ this same conversation Tilton made some remark complimentary of my- self with regard to some proiessional business wich had recently transpired, and then said:— “But for myself Ido not profess to have any ability for small matters, but Ihave great ability for great affairs, Give me @ grand field ora great controversy and I am great.” In another instance, at the same interview, referring to the great con- troversy which a charge of adultery against | Beecher wouid excite, and the great figure which “Beecher is save one—that is myself! 1 did ask myself during tue conversation, is this egotism or Js it insanity? What he said and the manner in which he said it made @ proiound impression upon my the spot the fight was over and Coburn was the only combatant on the ground. Burns had es- caped by & back door. No arrests were muaue, ag Coburn said no oitence ad been committed against him, and even if there had been ue would not make @ complaimt, Upon this the po- lice leit the place and aispersed he crowd that had gathered cutsid The littie aualr appears to have passed oi very pleasantly; but, instead of being a prize fight, it proved to be nothing more serious than a little diversion in the shape O! a free fight with billiard balls, Yesterday alternoon Joe Coburn swore out a Warrant of arrest against Burns and John Mur- hy, two men who had assaulted him with bil- lard balls in the saloon. It appears from Coburn’s Statement that he was sitting peaceably in one end o( the billiard room when the parties named Picked the balls irom the pool table and began to eeliaes with them. Ball No. 13 (‘a good ball’) it Josepa on the iorehead and bounded up, mak- ing a hole in the piaster ceiling. Burns and Mur- phy will be taken to the Tombs Court to-day, when @ different story may be told. YOUNG MEN’S WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE LEAGUE, Lecture by Mrs. Amanda Deyo—Prohibi- tion and Woman Suffrage—A Radi- cal Lecturess. ‘The usual weekly meeting of the Young Men’s Woman’s Suffrage League was held last evening about evenly composed of both sexes. The Oharr- Man, while waiting for the lecturess to make her appearance, spoke on the hard position of women and the splendid position of men. He spoke of rich husbands beating and starving their wives and of several other usual horrors committed’ by men against their better halves. He also said that women who worked behind counters did not get enough for it. He did not say that young men bled worked behind counters lived in the lap of uxurs. In the meantime the lecturess of the evening, Mrs. Amanda Deyo, of Dutchess county, entered the room and was introduced, She said, of course she had not made any preparation, but that tue Subject she choxe was ‘*Probivition and Woman Sudrage.” She said that there was an eternal battle between truth and error, but that truta in the end was bound to conquer. She added that alcoho! was @ poison and did a great deal of harm and was responsible for crime. It was a mistake to punish murder with death, because that was the game as to cure a bite of a mad dog by letting the person be bitten again by a mad ‘lug, and this was Wrong. ‘There should be some other punishment lor murder. Tpe law aid not allow arsenic, gtrychuine and opium to be sold openty on the coun- ters of saloons, but it allowed alcohol to be. This mind, and I repeated the conversation to two or | three different persons expressing, as I did to | Moulton, my doubt whether the man’s mind had | not been thrown from its balance, i} The charge that he tried to persuade Mr. Tilton not to make his statement, and sought to induce the committee not to meet on the night his state- ment was to be made, General Tracy aiso ad- inits, and his reason for this is that its publication would “loose the Noodgates of scandal and greatiy injure Mr. Beecher,” of whose innocence General ‘Tracy was convinced. This argumeut General | ‘Tracy seeks to strengthen by quoting General | Butler's deciaration to Mr. Tilton that the publica- ion of his stutement would wound Mr. Beecher | and kill him (Mr. Tilton). | MOULTON TO BE ARRESTED TO-DAY. Frank Moulton, the j W. Beecher and Theodore Tilton, will, it 1s ru- | mored, be arrested to-day upon complaint of Miss | E. D. Proctor, who charges him with the publica- | | ‘mutual iriend” of Rev. H. tion of a malicious libel against her, and claims | damages therefor in the sum of $100,000. The complaint will be filed 1a the United States Ciroutt Court, and the warrant for Moulton’s arrest is to be placed in the hands of a deputy United States Marshal. Mr. Moulton is ‘at home’ and ex- presses no alarm at the dire consequences thus threatenea by General rracy, the counsel for the fair complainant in the cas REORGANIZING THE BOOK TRADE, A Uniform Rate of Discount To Be tablished. Acommittee of publishers, dealers and jobbers of the book trade held a session yesterday alter- noon, at the store of Messrs. Sheldon & Co., for the purpose o! perfecting a constitution and by- laws for the Central Booksellers’ Association. Mr. A. O. Barnes presided, and the following gen, | tlemen were present:—Messrs. William Lee and B. F. Ticknor, of Boston; Edmund Ciaxton, of Philadeiphia; Waiter S. Appleton aud P. Farrelly, | ot New York. The following resolutions, which were adopted at the last meeting, were read and made the basis of yesteraay’s session, Resolved, That the signers of these resolutions do or- gauize themselves as an association under the name of the “Central Booksellers’ Association.” Resolved. that the Chair apoolut a committee of eight to periect sai! organization, by a constitution and code of bylaws, and report the same at an adjourned meeting to be called by said committee, Resolved, Thot the maximum scale of discounts aiready presented and ratified by a large majority o: the Es- | book trade, be recommended to said committee as the maximum rate by all jobbers in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltumore, 4c, Resolved. That it be reterred to said committee for consideration that each publisher should agree to pro tect sia scale so far as it applies to his own pablicato by tequiring from the dealers to whom he gives Jovber san agrecment not to undersell such maximum rates. | The policy of establishing a uniform rate of dis- | count to the retati and wholesale jobbers, fixing a Maximum sum, instead of the double and triple discount at present prevailing, was debated at length, during which it was contended that pub- lishers, a8 jobbers, may reserve the right to estab- | lish their prices at such figures to customers who | wholesale their books, other than those dealers who | are not publishers, i sketch of the constitution and bylaws was Bresentes by Mr. Barnes and adopted in commit- . The first provides tnat the name of the or- ganization 8! be the “Central Booksellers’ As- ociation’’ of New York and vicinity, and details he form of organizing—to wit, for the election of @ President, Secretary and Treasurer, an Executive and Arbitration Committee. The bylaws contain the provisions as to how the rule of discounts shall be established and applied | and of the discipliae aud penalties for the viola- tions of the same, THE PALL BOOK TRADE “BALE. | Sixth Day. Owing to the very heavy invoice contributed by | Messrs, Scribner, Armstrong & Co., their sale was | continued to yesterday morning, and Was & most remarkable success. The following large amounts of books were disposed of:—nariand’s “Common Sense in the Household,” 4,500 copies; Holland’s “Bonnicastie,” 350; “Bitter Sweet,” 300; Holland's other works, 950 volumes; Jules Verne’s works, rth to Moon,” “Floating City,” “Gun Club,” | Meridiana,” &c., 1,216 volumes; “Rpochs of Hi tory,’ 650 volumes; “Bric-a-Brac” series, 600 vol- | ee ot Wonders,’ 750 volumes; Froude’s and Mommsen’s histories, 482 volumes; “Qurtius’ (new) Greece,” 150 volume; sayous Geography,” 1,000 volumes, and over 2,000 vol« umes of other miscellancous works, realizing up- ward Of $20,000, Roberts Brothers, of Boston, contributed #& lengthy {nvoice of ‘standard and miscelianeous books, Which a good prices, | Mr. Wiliam J. Miadieton, of New York, con- , tributed a fine selection of choice Classics, em- bracing Disraell’s “Curiosities of Literature’ ($7 Lamb’s, Burton's, Hauam’s, Milman’s, Projessor Wiison's, Jngoldsby’s, Simms’ and the den yo of otner eminent classic authors, Under Joe Posters manipulations this imvoice brought excellent rices. Prine firm of G. & ©. Merriam, of Springfield, Mass., was represented at the sale yesterday by a contrivution of 150 copies of Webster's Dictionary which brought full prices, Mr. Walter 5. Apple. ton made Mr. Merriam an offer for dictionaries to the amount of $76,000 on @ lot at $i per copy less than trade va . Which offer was refused, | ‘The Invoice of Messrs. Lee & Shepard, of Boston, o | company with Father Smyth. | those | lish. Was wroug, because if one poison was lorbidden all should be. Prohibition was a necessity in @ community like this, because laws were made to govern weak people why Seives, and weak peoplé could not abstain irom alcohol. ‘{neretore, t6 outit to be forbidden, ‘There was More nutrition in a toaf of bread than inagallon of alconol. Regarding Woman's suf- frage the lecturess irom Dutchess thought that this Was @ very great country, in whico she thanked God that she could say what she pleased jor the morakadvancement of the people, and she thought te > wowen should be allowed to vote just the sM=asmen. She was considerate and ind enough to add that she did not took on women as being any higher than meu, but they shoutd be entitled to the ballot as well as the men. Then everybody wouid be happy. Alter the lecture a free discussion ensued on the subject. E body seemed to think one way. SUDDEN DEATH OF A CATHOLIC CLERGY. Man, The diocese of Newark, N. J., lost yesterday one of its most active aud promising priests in tne death of the Rev. Patrick F. Cantwell, assistant pastor of St. John’s church, Paterson, in the thirty-fourth year ofhis age. The deceased clergy- man was born in Kahan, Kings county, Ireiand, and was @ near relative of the iliustrious Dr. Cantwell, bishop of Meath, When St. Bridget's Seminary education of pgpils for the Australian misston, in 1560, by the Re¥. P. Dunne, vow Vicar General of Melbourne, young Cantwell was the trst pupil to respond to the call, He pursued his studies with an unalterable purpose and passed into All-Hal- Jows College, where he studied theology. He then came to this country, and was admitted to tne Franciscan College in Alleghany, N. Y., where he was ordained tn 1869, Le was adopted by Bisho Bayley, who assigned him to St. John’s church at Paterson a8 assistant pastor. Bishop Corrigan granted him @ vacation this year, and on tne 4th of July, in company with the Key, J. P. Smyrh, of St. Mary’s, Jersey City, ne sailed iu the Cunard steamship China for his native land, He was in the enjoyment of good healtb, and was of a robust constitution. On the 2d inst. he embarked on the Parthia in It was, he thought, @ voyage to his adopted country, but it proved a voyage toeternity. He was ittacked with pnen- monia, and When the steamship arrived at ber dock last Sunday morning he was carried out and laced in St. Francis’ Hospital, Jersey City, where he died at liali-past ten o'ciock yesterday morn- ing, just three days atter his arrival. A consulta- tion Of physicians Was held on Monday, and it was decided that his case was hopeless, The remains will be conveyed to Paterson and the funeral will | take place irom St. John’s church, DEATH OF REV, JOSEPH BRUNEMAN, 0, 8, F, Rey. Joseph Bruneman, Order of St. Francis, who for many years officiated on the Long Island mission, having been stationed at Sag Harbor, Soutnhold, Smithfield, Rockaway and other places in the diocese of Brooklyn, at various times, died at St. Peter's Hospital, in tne Jatter city, on Tues. cay evening. Deccased, who was fifty-eigut years of age, Was @ native of Germany. He was @ most zealous and exemplary who have been under care will deeply deplore his death. his pastoral Father Brune- Man Was, at time of Mis death, pastor of St. Mary’s | Star of the Sea, Rockaway, but was compelled a few Weeks ago to relinquish his charge because of Jajling health. The fuera! services will be heid at St. Peter's church, Hicks street, on Friday morn- | ing (to-morrow), When a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated. The remains wil! be interred in the Cemetery of the Hoiy Cross, Flatbush, THE JERSEY POISONING OASE, Death Dealt Out by the Druggist—The Apothecary and His Clerk Disap- pear. The inquest on the body of the infant Joseph Mahon, that died recently tn Hoboken from the effects of a dose of Croton oi) administered reck- lessly instead of castor oj] by an apothecary’s clerk, was heid by Coroner Parslow, in Hoboken, last evening, The parents testified to having received @ small bottle o! medi- cme from a clerk in the drug store of Gottnold Pape, tn First street, between Grand and Adam, and getting instructions to give two spoontuls of it to the chlid, Immediately after the administra tion Of the dose ihe iniant was seized with con- | vuisions, and died alter suffering for two hours. On the tolowing morning the clerk demed—pas subsequently admitied—that he had made the binnder. Pape has disappeared, and so has the cierk, whose name even is hot yet known, Charles Woistetn, the regular clerk th the shop, swore that Pape only employed the ingitive clerk last week and that he could not speak bng- Alter tie taking of medical testimony the jury returned @ verdict that death had ensued from the dose of croton oil, and severely censured the cierk Jor bis criminal reckiessness and the proprietor for elmpioying such an incompetent person, A search willbe made for them and the case brougut belore the Grand Jury. INCENDIARY FIRE. Ata late hour on Tuesday night the frame unoc- cupled building situated at the tntersection of Knickerbocker and Schoffer avenues, Rast New York, was set on fire by some anknown scoundrel, and before the flames couid be extinguished the siructure was enurely consumed. ‘Tie loss sus- \ tained by the owner, William I, Mills, of Myrtle and Lee. Shepard & Dillingham, of New York. uext | avenue, is $1,500, . at Plimpton Hall, and the smail audience was | could not govern them. | was establisu d in Tullamore for the | Pp | ing Secretary, Mrs. A. priest, and | | THE UNIVERSALIST CONVENTION —_—_+—_—— Proceedings Yesterday—The Place of Universalism in the Christian Army. The Universalist Convention assembled yester day at nine o'clock, in Dr, Chapin’s churchs to hold @prayer and conjerence meeting, of which the Rev. Mr. Nye had the directton. Prayers and brief addresses were delivered by Revs. Fietcher, Bos- serman, Mrs, Olympia Brown, and otuers, and this exercise was becoming more and more interesting wo the members when it was abruptly closed by the arrival of the hour tor business. At ten A. My Mr. Drulim cailed the Convention to order. Re- ports of committees were then presented. Last year eight State conventions held their sessions at periods which conflicted with the General Con- vention, They were requested to change their time of meeting, and six have done 80, while two have not been heard from Brief obituary resolutions were presented and adopted touching the decease of Revs. J. G. Bar- tholomew, F.S, Bacon, A, G, Clarke, William W. Wilson, S. J. MeMorris and ©, 8, Hiliesbeck. The Illinois State Convention proposed a distinct gen- eral convention for the West, which the Conven- tion here, by adopting the report of the committee yesterday, emphatically opposed ana deprecated as tending to divide or alienate the affections of | the people from their Church in tts constitutional forms, The communication of the Mlinols Conven- tion was then referred to the Board of ‘trustees for such action as they might deem expedient. The Rev. Mr. Jones, of Missouri, made formai ap- plication for heip to plant Bniversalism in a neg- lected district of that State. He was recommended to seek the fellowship of the Missouri State Con- vention, The trustees were authorized to expend $1,000 in mission work among the Germans in the United States. UNIVERSALISM IN SCOTLAND. Rey. J. M. Mitchell, of Edinburgh, Scotland, was miroduced, and briefly addressed the Convention on thé foothvid that Universulism has taken im Scotland, Less than @ year ago tie Woman's Centenary Association sent him $250 in gold, with which he establisued preaching services every Sabbath in the Scotch capitai and occasional Services tn the historic scene of Scott's literary works—Abbowsford, These services are well at tended, He also brought nither with him two theological students to be educated here, Mr. Mitchell will remain here also for some time, Dr. 0. K. True, pastor of the Methodist Episco- palchurch at Whitestone, L, I., was introducea and made a few remarks in the interest of the | National Temperance Society. He wanted the Universalist body to become active promoters of the society, and he wanted especially to obtain subscriptions of $10a year, to ran lor five years, wo help it financially. He expressed bis delight with the prayer spirit which rvaded the devo- tional meeting and toe jeliowship of the spirit that seemed to be in all their proceedings. As suitavle vo Dr. Trae’s remarks, and to relieve their po- sition, the Convention arose and sang with spirit the hymn, “Come Holy Spirit,” &c., led by Rev Mr. Nye. UNIVERSALISTS? PLACE IN CHRIST'S ARMY. The ‘occasional sermon” was then delivered by the Kev. E, H. Capen, of Providence, R. 1, trom the text Il. Corinthians, x., 4—“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but are mighty throu, God to the pulling down of strongholds,” Capen referred brietly to the character and expe: rience of the members of the Convention betore him a8 soldiers of Christ. Some were battle- scarred Veterans, Others are drilied suldiers, ready for any joe, and others again are raw recruits, just entering on the warfare. He addressed him- If then to Uls subject, in three aspects, namely :— | The nature ol this conflict, which not only the whole Church of Christ is waging, but the Univer- saiist denomination tn particular; the extent and scope Oi this Conflict, coexteusive with humanity, and the weapons which are and must necessari be used. The objects of this warfare—sin and error in every form, including the latest expressions of materialism by Profes- sor ‘Tyndall; the weapons used and to be used, truth in its widest and most powerfal forms, especially the Word of God, the power and influence of the Holy Ghost, @ cultured ministry and Christian literati In elavorating these ideas Mr. Capen paid a fitting tribuce to the mem- ory ol Father Baliou, one Of their iounders, whom: he deemed worthy of a place with St. Augustine and John Calvin, The theology of New Engiand was iron ciad, but dis sturdy lance pierced its armor. Mr. Capen made an eloquent plea for de- Louimipatioaal eliorts among the poor, for home and foreign missions, and said that tne Church that failed or neglected these interests deserved tole, and would most assurediy die, He wanted hig denomination to show 1ts claim to representation in the Evangelical Alliance by tts labors for the Master. nation and classily it with Spiritualists, Socialis: Comeouters and infidels, but there are men a around him (Boston) bis equal in learning, wno cherish the hated dogmas of the despised sect. All we need, said the preacher, is the boldness of the aposties to make the Universalist Church oo- incident with Christendom. THK AFTERNOON'S SESSION of the Convention was occupied chiefly with a dis cussion of the report of the committee to whom the trustees’ report bad been referred. It em. bodied resolutions calling lor increased financial heip, asking (or tue establishment of a ministers* relief fund, and appropriating $6,000 for scholar- ships, $5,000 for missions, $4.700 for the General Secretary and bis oilice, and other items amount ing to $19,600. A traternal telegram was received from the Unitarian Convention now in session in Sara- pore and @ suitable response thereto was sent ack. In the evening a mass meeting was held in Dr. chapin’s church, at which addresses were de livered on tho state of the denomination, its work and its relation to other denominations, by Dra, | E. A. Chapin, A. A. Miner, E, C, Bolles, R. Hy Pulle man and Mr. R. Frothingham, During the recess between the morning and afternoon sessions the delegates to the Conven- tion gathered in the lecture room of the church and had a soctal time together, THE WOMEN’S CENTENARY ASSOCIATION meanwhile assembled in the churcn and held their aunual meeting. Mrs, Soule presided, and re- ports were read by Mrs. F. J. Whitman, Correspond . Thomas, the Tract Com- mittee, and by Mrs. Soule, Mrs. 'homas has had twenty-lour different tracts published, twelve of them being doctrinal and disputative, six neing consolatory and the rest miscellaneously re- ligious; 854,000 pages dave been distributed dur- tog the year. Tue Treasurer's reports showed tne grand total receipts o/ the year up to date to be $40,150 17. Portions of this sum have been per- manently invested. The expenditures, not ta cinding Investments, amounted to $24,863 72, There are $1,587 72 on hand after.certai sunis have been appropriated ‘or specified objects. Mra. Soule nas traveiled 10,000 miles by land and sea, delivered seventy-five addresses on temperance, religion, education, &c., since the Ist of April, and met with the most cordial reception whereever ehe went, The Centenary Association will hold @ business meeting this morning for the election He ofticers, The Convention also meet this morn- ng. ’ BARNUM MADE A BENEDIOT, Daring the brief interval that followed the close of the morning session of the Universalist Conven- tion yesterday, before the people had time to dis- perse, a commotion was noticed In the Church of the Divine Paternity. Dr. Chapin entered and oc cupied a chair beneath the pulpit. The organist struck up & wedding quickstep, and rumor carried the news around that P. T. Barnum, the showman, had caught a pretty English Fish and was about to | make her his own according to law and custom, In a few moments the organ peasied forth its | grandest and Mr. Barnnm advanced to the com- munition raji, leading on his arm Miss Nancy Fish, & young lady of twenty-six suminers, lithe and pretty, the daughter of Mr, Jono Yieh, of Southport, a retired manutac- turer of Lancasuire, England, who has been put | on the rack by Mr. Barnum 10 his autobiography as | “An terprising bnglishman.”, The bride was . dressed in a slate-colored dress, and wore # black | velvet bat with blue feathers. From her ears ae- pendea diamond earrings. The bridegroom was attired in an evening dress suit. The knot was tied in short order by Dr, Chapin, and as the happ. | pair were pronounced husband and wife, accord- ing to the laws of God and of the State, the groom | {inprinted a kiss on his bride’s cheek, for which he | Waa applauded by the assemblage and the pious pastor present, The couple immediately retired to the Windsor Hotel, where they are at present | domiciled, There was no nonsense orostentation about the wedding, and jew persons outside the church, not even those tn the otel, knew that a wedding had taken place between the showman and an English lady. Mr. Barnom has been widower about a year, He is sixty-lour years of age, but wears well. SUICIDE OF AN ELDERLY GERMAN, Conrad Hamburg, a German, sixty years of age, residing at No. 40 Bartlett street, Brooklyn, come mitted suicide yesterday afternoon by cutting his throat with a carving knife, It appears that the unfortunate man made a similar atvempt three sago, but owing to the timely arrival of some memvers Of Lis family he did not succeed. Yesver+ day Hamburg quarrelied with his wife about mone. vary matters and suddenly leit the apartment, and going down to the basement severed his windpipe with @koile. The Coroner was notified to hold aa inquest over the body. | | | | LIVINGSTONE'S MEMORY, ‘The Glasgow Citizen, of September 4, states that the fund for a stavue in that city in memory of Dr. Livingstone has, within a few days, made satis- factory progress. The subscription 1s limited to $25 atid the committee have had little diMeuity in obtaining names. AbvOUL $7,500 WH Lue Cstuualed { anat of ue BLabUCs Dr. Warren might sneer at his denoml., “