The New York Herald Newspaper, November 19, 1874, Page 3

LONGSHORE. The Locked-Out as Resolute as the Merchants Still. ALL QUIET YESTERDAY. Efforts of the Stevedores to Train the New Hands. Some ot the Companies Faltering. The lock-out of the ‘longshoremen continued yesterday along the North River with very little change from the day before. Unanimity ,aa marked as that which hitherto had cnaracterized the action of the merchants was noticeable, and the same good temper and rather undemonstra- tive conduct of the men prevailed. The merchants ®eem to be resolved to fight 1t out, and the men are equally resolved to wait and let them see how their new plans will succeed, it is @ question Feally whetver "longshoremen can be manufac- tured within a few weeks, or whether the bone and sinew of this class of laborers, as people haye always understood them, can be supplanted by a class of workmen who, however fitted for other | labor, in appearance, at allevents, ao not seem to Possess the qualification of frame needed tor a sturdy grip and a long grip of the iron hooka. On ‘the other band, THE NORTH RIVER MERCHANTS are seriously entitied to the fullest consideration im the plea they putin for @ reduction of wages, for, if they cannot afford to pay, then the long and Whe short of it is they cannot pay. The men, however, are as fully entitled to be considered in their claim for a feir renumeration for their labor under any circumstances, and from all the facts that have been gleaned the average wages of a ‘ongshoreman may be put down as $12 per week. ‘The trouble, it 19 asserted, originated with the stevedores, especially with the Walsh Brothers, who are very largely engaged 1n their line of bual+ ness, and wha, it ts {urther stated, sought to pro- | tect themselves at the expense of the men. The ‘Walsh Brothers, on their side, afirm that they acted under orders (rom the merchants, who have been long compiatoing of the hign prices they have been paying for labor, The men say the complaints were A MANIPULATION. Yesterday afternoon one of this firm stated that ge had come to the conclusion long ago not to be “possed”’ by the society, which was very arbitrary. The same tndividual aiso informed a HERALD re- Porter that early yesterday forenoon two of his men were bruised in the head by some of tho society men, and that another of bis men had nis leg broken. Careful inquiry from the police failed to establish the alleged outrage, they knowing Mothing at all of any trouble having occurred, Mr. Walsh did not know where the injured men had been taken to, and the police aMfirmed that along tne line everything was quiet. The sergeant im charge of the officers in the vicinity of the Pacific Mail Steamsbip Company’s dock informed She reporter that nothing could be more orderly than was the conduct of the men, at least irom Canal street down to the Anchor line dock at pier No, 20, From Canal street up inquiry at all the principal steamship companies’ offices resulted in the respopse that no trouble of any sort had Occurred during tbe day, nor was any anticipated, TE MEN Hned the sidewalks in the neighborhood of the Buropean steamship companies’ docks, and were collected in groups, smoking, chatting and dis- cussing the situation; but there was not the sem- blance of anything like disorder or demoraliza- tion. This state of affairs might be otherwise were the aoctety’s treasury not quite so full; but, as itis, the ‘longshoremen sre decidedly taking things easy. The most reliable information that eouid be obtained did not accuse the men of doing more than, ina few instances, shaking their fists threateningly at a few ganga of men who had just been empioyed and were on their way to take the places of the old hands, Neither in the morning, when the new hands were going to the docks, nor im the evening, when ing them, was there any violent demonstration made by the society men. This imiormation was in every tnetance given by the representatives of the diferent steamship lines, except in the case of Mr. Waish, who seemec to think that intimidation had been used toward him and his men, but who now thinks that the worst is over, and that he ‘will be able to work along better than he had ever done bejore. If the society men passed a resolu- tion on Tuesday evening to the effect thatno man shall, at any future time, work for the Walsh Brothers, the brothers are equally resolved not to employ @singie man who had ever belore worked Jor then. 1t was noticeable at all the otuer docka except those controlled by the firm named that there was a strong disposition manifesied, as bet ter ior ail parties, that THE MBN SHOULD COME TO TERMS and 0 to work at the reduced rates. it was sald that beyond all doubt the merchants are suffering from the incompetency ot the new men, but at tue same time it should be remembered by the society that by the time the society’s funds are exhausted the new hande will have become experienced and fully up to their work. The only douvt there could be about the success of the “lock-out,” they say, lies in the question of the capability of endurance possessed by the new men, Several italians were esterday ca ty to succumb to the pressure of the work, their hands and arms yielding. PAYING THE OLD RATES. A few companies, during the afternoon, were aying tbe oid rates, but these were not employ- many men. Mr. Gardner, of the White Star ‘Une, niormed the reporter that he yesterday fore- Boon Offered about # dozen men $15 a week and & steady “job,” but they shirked away and would fave nothing to say to him. Earlier in =, mornin: considerable he co! men; dut as he was fearing the of the White Star line a crowd of societ, men shook their fists at his prize and they all “| ” bebind, leaving him alone when he stood upon the dock. Eventi he succumbed and took back the old hands. The river front along the North River is guarded by POLICE af EVERY POINT, ‘and each of the companies’ docks has several po- licemen on duty, eo that should any attemps at tnterterence occur there is no danger of want of protection for the new employ The society men assert that they are resolved upon preserv- ing the peace at all basards; that their policy is Mot to intimidate or annoy, but to wait peaceably antil the mercnants see the error of thelr ways aad how they have been deceived or been decel' Jog themselves, 1B WORK GOING ON. The National line, which had the steamship Italy Partiy loaded when the “lock-out'' occurred, yea- terday employed twelve Americans sent to them by the Young Men's Christian Association. ‘The Inman line, in order to prepare for the ar- rival at the dock of the City of London, coming up ream yesterday forenoon, received & supply of 200 men y in the forenoon irom the Wal Brothers, These men were escorted to the dock by | small number of police. It is said that when coming through West strect one of the newcomers, who were moatly Italians, was struck in the face he “strikers.” & Guion line, working on the Wis- consin, had the vessel's crew and some twelve or Gfteen new hands at work. The General Transatiantic Company, unloading the France, had 300 men ast work, all their oid bands, and all working at the old prices. The White Star line, working on the Baltic, had some sixty Italians, many of whom ha 08 worked out. The Atlas line at one o'clock P, M. took back eignty of their old hands ana put them to work on the Clara Bell, the men getting the old prices. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company, working poh had about 600 new hands, mostly The Anchor line, working on the Ethiopia and Italia, haa 150 new hands, about Afty of whom were Italians, the rest being @ mixture of all na- topalities, the anips’ crews also assisting. Other steamsuip lines along the North River were generally affected by the lock-out, great in- convenience being generally felt, but of course the principal interest centred around the European steamship com i id the Pacific Mati Steam- ship Company. vessels all the old bands are atill retained at the old rates, and no truable 18 anticipated. THB SITUATION ON THE BAST SIDR remained pretty much unchanged yesterday. The most novel ieature of interest was the oret ap- peurance of the lvaiiang, who created as great a sensation as their lyric countrymen do on the frst night ol the opera, Mr. Morgan, the agent of the Liverpool and Bristol Steamship Line, pier 18 bast River, had oraered the stevedore to em- ploy about sreny Italians tor the anloading of Arragon, and about eight o’clock in the morn. ing, these twenty sons of sunny italy came marching down Maiden lane. Bye witnesses 41 that tney lookea very uncomiortable and were evenly oiraid thas their Irish and German NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. Tellow-workere would not greet them with that cordialtty which, by rights, is due to foreigners Visiting these hospitabie shores, They peered anxiously to tne right and to the left, and when they reached South street they encountered a large group of ’iongshoremen, whose appearance Was not calculated to inspire them with a Jeeling of security. Captain Cherry, who had been on the spot with bis Men since seven o'clock, Was, of course, ready to protect the dock amateurs, and the presence of the police prevented, undoubtedly, ‘A SERIOUS DISTURBANCE, for, as Captain Cherry states, the ‘longstoremen made @ sudden onset upon the Italians and two bricks came flying into their ‘midst, bricks which had, undoubtedly, been thrown by the “longshoré- men, However, the two bricks missed thetr re- spective marks, one Of them falling barmiess to the ground, right amid the llaiians for whom they were intended, and the other hitting the mast of the nearest sip, without, however, doing noticeable damage. At the same time the Italians were greeted by @ volley of execrations and jeering exclamations of all sorts, One could sce that the feeling of: the "longshoremen against tue Itaiians was very bitter indeed, and that they reyarded them as their bread roobers. Captain Cherry and lis men came at once to the front and, thanks to their protection, the Italians were allowed quietly to proceed on their way, aud to go 0 work. They worked al! day with the endurance and tenacity tor which the Ita!tan laborers are noted, out were rather siow iM the execution of their tasks. Mr, Morgan and the stevedores, however, expressed themselves as being very well pleased With this first day’s showing, and entertained tue hope that they WOULD IMPROVE WITH EACH DAY and be soon able to work as rapidly as the regular ‘ongshoremen. The foremen wno superinutended the work of the ltaans were non-society men who, of course, spoke English, #0 that the ltalians’ ignorance of the English language did not prove to be as great @ hindrance as had been first ex- pected. ‘The ‘longshoremen cvinced great pa- tence in waiting till the Italians might go home irom their work, in which case some live.y scenes might have been expected, Until six O'clock a crowd ot some 200 ‘longshoremen remained at the foot of Maiden lane, angrily discus- sing the conduct or the merchants and stevedores, which they denounced 1n the strongest terms. Then they became doubt- fulas to whether the Italians might not remain on board the Arragon for the night and began to straggle home, one by one, until Souta street was deserted, Captaim Cherry, who leit at a very late hour to return to his home, kept a strong posse of police on board the Arragon all night, 30 wnat the Italians might not remain unprotected. The Italians themselves were glad that they had not to go home, for they were afraid that the ‘long- shoremen wight attack them in superior numbers aud thus overwhelm them. One brave (ellow said, in broken English, ‘Let them come. 1 got good knite, Me not afrald,” reminding one of the ex. pression used by poor Lusignani as te boldly stepped upon the platiorm from which he was to swing into eternity, MORE ITALIANS WANTED. On pier 16, occupied by the Savannah Steamship Company, no work was done yesterday, ‘The stevedore, Mr. Hall, Announced to the men that he had received orders trom the owners ofthe ine to reduce the wages in coniormity with the newly adopted scale, and thereupou taey refused to work any longer. ‘To-day Mr. Halt wil! probably bring down some Italians tor the unloading of the Elien 'T. Ferry, which arrived yesterday from Newbern, N.C, Some 600 bales of cotton will ve dischargea to-day, aud on Friday the steamer Cleopatra is expected from Savannah with about 1,200 bales of cotton. The unloading of this ship will require a large force, but Mr. Hall feels confident that he can get enough men at the newrates, Ifthe mer- ecbants act in harmony he says tne ‘longshoremen must finally give Way, for they cannot hold out very long, THB OWNERS OF THE SAILING VESSELS im the East River docks sttll pay the old rates, and | will continue to do so until the lock-out has been decided one way or another, Some oi the steve- dores working for steamship companies also dis- charge and load sailing vessels, ana it seems rather curious that men doing the same work should be paid diferent rates, At all events, the Nongshoremen think so, and denounce the mean- neas of the steamship lines, who, they gay, could tar better afford to pay higher rates than the own- ers of sailing vessels, whose profits were not nearly so large. ‘The stevedores say that the con- tracts for discharging and loading ‘sailing vessels were concluded on the old basis, and that it 1s im- possibie to bring about a concerted action among the numerous owners o1 sailing vessels, while among the comparatively few and rich steamship lines it is much more easy to efect a combination lke the one which has created all this trouble. There is Some talk amoug the 'iongsloremen of holding a Meeting to-night at the lecture room of St. Peter’s church, Barclay and Churcn streets. They have TR re & Strongly-worded res: lution that none of the union men shall work tor WAisE RECen erty and this action will probably ve ratitie The Strike in Jersey City. To-day will determine what shape the ’longshore- men’s strike will ultimately assume in Jersey City, The Java is now lying at the Cunard dock and the unloading will be commenced this jorenoon. Mr. Waish, the superintendent, threw one more opportunity yesterday in the way of the strikers by offering to put them at work immediately; but when the men learned that the company would not recede from their new scale of prices they firmly declined. Noth- img remains, therefore, for Mr. Walsh but to carry out his programme by import- ing men from New York. He has notified the Cater of Police to that effect, and a force equal to any emergency will be placed at his disposal to- day. Itis not at all likely thelr services will be needed, however, as the new men will be trans- ported in the company’s tugboat from New York in the forenoon, and conveyed back in the same boat when their work is finished. None of the strikers will be allowed to pass inside the gates, 8o that unless they employ a feet of boats to bom- bard the dock their power for mischief will be ery crippled. Police Inspector Murpny says (nut he dues not apprehend the slightest dis- turbance. Not one man of the new gauge to be employed belongs to Jersey City so far as is known. They have been recruited frem every hole and core ner in New York. All attempts at negotiation on the part of the Cunard Company’s agents have proved unavail- ing. The main the passenger tariff’ js 80 much lower than it has ever beep the company must reduce their expenses accordingly. They also urge that in view of the approaching winter, which threatens to be very distressing to the poor, they can obtain all the hands they re- quire at the reduced rate of wages, Trese argu- Ments have no effect as yet upon the men on strike, The Strike in Hoboken. The men on strike at the Hoboken dock were much quieter and less demonstrative yesterday. One of the men who had pelted the new employés with stones on Tuesday, and who was arrested for interfering with Officers Wright and Aldoretta while the latter were protecting the new hands, was broaght before Recorder Bohastedt tn the morning, giving the name of Martin Car- mody, The Recorder observed that he had the option of sending him to the State Prison, but that as it was Carmody’s first offence he would only sentence him to fifteen days’ imprisonment in the County Jail. The ‘longshoremen seemed to be dispirited at this action, and there was no trouble afterwards. All the steamshi; companies except the Bremen employed their ol hands, paying them tne full rate, forty cents an hour; bat the men refused still to work for the Bremen company at reduced rates of wages. The men who were brought over from New York to fill their places worked hard all day for the pay offered by the Bremen company, and returned un- molested to their homes. ‘THE POST OFFIOB. Inspection by Postmaster Jewell —Interesting posed Chang Postmaster General Jewell, who reached the city yesterday morning for the purpose of meet- ing his famtly, who arrived from Europe on the steamship Java, paid a visit to the city Post Office yesterday about noon. He was introduced to the clerks and carriers by Postmaster James, and being greeted with cheers, made @ brief speech from the old church gallery which still surrounds the ntertor of the building, He then, acoompanied by the Postmaster, visited the various departments of the office, including the distribution, carriers’, box, newspaper, money order, cashier's and registration divisions, spend- 10 eral hours in a@ careful examination into working and details of each, and expressing General Statistics — Pro- afforded of eficiency and good order. He spoke of the totally inadequate and jabby accommo: dations of the old structure, and congratulated Mr. James on the prospect of an early change in this respect by removal to the new quarters in the Park. While examining into the workings of the Lt | department Governor Jewell's at- tention was brought to the fact that the commis- sion of two per cent allowed under the system established by bis predecessors, on sales 0! postage etamps by licensed dealers amou in this city alone to $25,000 per annum. He expressed his in- vention, under the authority conierred by the statute, of reducing the commission to one per cent, The saving thereby emected here ($1: ill be sumMicient to defray the annual expen: the stamp department of the office, the sal through which smount to $2,500,000 annually. It j@ understood that the Postmaster General ‘will repeat bis visits ol inspection to the New York | and other large post offices. FALL THROUGH A HATOHWAY. Lysander Varona, aged twenty-eight years, re- siding at No. 8 Mulberry street, fell through a hatchway of the steamer Baltic, where he was working last evening, receiving severe contusions, He was removed to Bellevue Hospital, t bimeeif oe REY pleased with the evidence they | THE YONKERS CORPSE MYSTERY. An Unexpected Finale to the Sad Affair— | Death at Length Claims His Own. In the case of Bertha Miller, the Little girl at Yonkers, Westchester county, who, 1} was sup- posed, died on Wednesday night last week, ale ready set forth in the HERALD, the question as to | whether the child was really alive or dead bi a length been somewhat unexpectedly decided in | favor Of mortality, and the grave had claimed its kindred @arth., Yesterday morning, being the sixth day since the littl one was pro- bounced dead, @ marked change was observed by the watchers to overapread the hitherto | perfectly natural appearance of the faceof the corpse, which in @ short time left no room to doubt that the process of decomposition had com- menced. This melancholy discovery was without | delay gently communicated to the sorrow-strickeo | parents, whose overweening hopes jor a con- | trary result prevented them irom at first po ssay | | the dread intelligence. The inevitable process 0! | decay, however, set in so rapidly that in @iew hours the body emitted .such an offensive odor as | to render immediate fnterment necessary, AC- | cordingly, at an early hour in the uiternoon, the | casket Was closed, and after the Rev. Leo kuent had read the simpie yet touching burial | service of the German Lutheran Church the remains were taken to St, John’s Cemeterv and | there buried in the presence of a concourse of sympathizing spectators. In a conversation with the father of the deveased jast evening the writer ascertained irom him that he did not believe the child was dead when taked from the ice coffin, and also that be could not be- eve death had occurred unul he saw the dis- coloration Of the body yesterday morning. He iurther expressed entire confidence in the Skill of the physician who attended the patient | previous to her death, but added that ne had pre- served what was leit of the medicine prescrioed for the child, and intended submitting it to a doce tor of nis acquaintance in New York, in order to fully satisiy bimsel! as to its composition. Letter from a Westchester Physician. KINGSBRIDGE, N. Y., Nov, 18, 1874 TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Being tn Yonkers yesterday a short time after reading she case of little Bertha Miller in the HERALD, Lwent to her house, and after inquiries | and a careful examination of the body’ found the lollowing facts:—This child nad scarlet fever | thirty days beiore her death. She then, aga nega+ tive of the fever, had what her attending physician | pronounced to be dropsy of the heart—an acci- dental consequence of scariatina, She died on Wednesday night. The tather immediately | after her death wen: to the undertaker and asked | him to put the body on ice in order to keep her until Sunday, when the tuneral would take place. Four | full days tien elapsed between the time of deain | |-until the time when she wae Laken out of the ice | to be put in the comMn. led the undertaker and his assistants to believe that the culld was not dead was that the body was itmoer, that there was total absence of rigor morts or stiltness, Besides this condition the \ child never showed aay signs O! being alive since it died, and the phenomenon ovserved was nothing else but a natural one, Stifness o1 the body begins generally from three | to twenty-four hours after death, This suftness | has sometimes a duration of only a few hours and | sometimes persists for one, two or three days if the temperature ts dry and cool; to tnis stitiness succeeds a complete relaxation oO! all tue organio tissues. Avandoned to physical laws the body is at first subjected to very lew apparent changes and the skin still keeps its natural color, This condition may extend to the sixth or eighth day, sometimes longer; but between the | sixth and twe.fth day the phenomena or putrefac- | tion are always developed, Thus, every lime that | the body Of an individual who has died suddeniy | still preserves a littie neat, it May be conciuged that death has only occurred a 1ew hours (twenty- four at the most) before. If rigor mortis exists death bas occurred one, two or three days belore, If there is neitner heat nor stitfness, nor begii ning of putrefaction, death may bave occurred | three, four or five days belore. The first signs of | decomposition ure the sottening of ali the tissues and the yellow or green color of the abdominal wails, coloration which soon eXtends to the thorax, tne neck, the lace, the imierior limba, the superior limbs, when follows a generai emphysema O1 the body, caused by tne distention of gas, Now, when that child was changed from the 1ce to the coffin 1t was the fourth day. Relaxation of the tissues had already taken place, prubably the | day betore. When I saw this body yesterday tae | right side of the abdomen was green, indicating a beginning of decomposition. This was the sixth ) day. 1 then made a jew incisions on the right hip, but without the least sign of blood oozing through | the cuts. The child was, in my opinion, periectly | Now, we only signs that | ( dead; but 1 thought proper to advise the father to | keep the pody until putrelaction nad fairly set in, fm order to banish /rom nis mind for the future t) idea that he might have buried his cuild air Yours very respectiully, P. DE M., M. D. Too Hasty Burials. New York, Nov. 17, 1874. To THE EpITor OF THE HERALD:— I have just read with most painful interest the | account in your paper of this morning of the rescue of a poor child at Yonkers from the most | horrible of ali deatns, that of being buried alive. Iwish this account might be read all over the land, I have known of three weil autnenticated cases in which persons have only just escaped from the samé doom. [ think the custom of hurry- mg the body into the ice is very dangerous. We do not know long vitality may continue. 1 trust | this remarkable instance may be the means of calling attention to this most important subject, Jt would be a mercy 1 undertakers would never prepare a body fur burial without having used some test to ascertain if death had really trans- pired. The cord ned around the fingers isa good | One, also the application of a hot iron to the soles oi the foot. Tne great Dr. Rush said there was “no certain evidence of death but decomposi- tion,” and leit directions that nis body shouid be Kept until this cuange nad taken place. . CONSTANT READER. Special Meeting of the Importers ana Grocers’? Board of Trade. A special meeting of the importers and Grocers’ Board of irade was hela yesterday afternoon at | the rooms of the association, No, 87 Wall street. President Wiliam A, Booth occupied the chair. As soon as the members were seated and the ses- sion opened the President explained that the meeting had been called for the purpose of con- sidering the representation of the Board at the second annual Convention of the American Oheap ‘Transportation Association, to be held on the 1st‘ of December at Richmond, Va.; and also for the purpose of receiving reports from the special committees on constitutional amend- ments, from the committees on trade and ovber business. Mr, William Neilson, the Secre- tary, read tue programme and recited the object of ‘the Convention of the Cheap Transportation Association, and a general discussion ensued as to vhe advisability of sending a delegation to Rich- mond, Va., to represent the Board. It was argued that the Board Dad no interests that were bound | up in the questions to be brought before the Con- vention at Richmond, and it was maingained by | tame of election that was suficient, WHO8E SEAT IS IT? ee Ex-Senator O'Brien Protests Ag: Abram 8. Hewitt Receiving the Cer- tificate of Election as a Repres tan | tive in Congress. The last meeting of the Board of Canvassers took place yesterday. The Committee on Protests reported upon the claims put in by ex-Judge Hogan tor Congress, Frederick Kuline and George j W. daver for Aldermen, Jobn Gillan for Comptrol- | ler, and the three candidates for Assistant Alder- men. They reported that they could not find any Valid ground for interfering with the resus of the | votes a9 orlginaily announced, At the recent election ¢x-Senator O’Brien con- tested the Fourth Congressional district with Mr. Abram 3. Hewitt, The latter gentleman, according to the returns, was elected by sone 1,500 majority. Mr. O’Brien yesterday sent in a Protest to the Board of Canvassers, througs | Alderman Monheimer, which is as follows :— O’BRIEN’S PROTEST, To Tux BoaRp oF Couyty CaxvasseRs IN aND FOR THE rty axp County or New Yorx — | pate, undersigned respectiully shows to your Honorable joard— First—That he was a candidate tor the office of Repre- sentative in Congress tor the Tenth Congressional district At tie election held on the 34 day of November inst, and received a large number of votes tor that oflice. Secont—That one Abram S. Hewitt also received a large number of vores tor the said oilice at the aforesaid election, to wit, as the undersigned is informed and ve- Neves, a larger number of votes that the undersigned. \ Thrd—Jhat the undersigned was duly qualified, under the constitution and laws of the United States’ and of the State of New York, tor election to the suid office of Representative in Congress in and ior the anid district ourth—Ihat the suid Abram 3. Hewitt was not, at the time of said clection, a resident or inhabitant ‘of the State of New York, as required by the constitution and laws aforesaid, but was then a resident and inhapitant of the State of New Jersey pd &s such resident and in- habitant of the said last mentioned State, had voted | therein, for public oMcers chosen therera within a snort time prior to the said third day of November inst reason of the facts above set forth the with that, by said Abram S. Hewitt was noteligible on the said third | . day of November to the office of Kepresentative afore- said and that all votes cast tor him tor the said oftice | were absolutely void and of no effect. ‘Sixth—That bY reason of the premises the anderstgned was, by receiving the greatest number of votes cast for the said office at the election afuresaid, du-y elected to , the said office. } ‘the undersigned, therefore, objects to and protests against the canvassing of any’ votes cast im the said dis- trict for the said Abram 8. Hewitt for the office of Kepre- | sentative in Congress, and to and against any actor | thing velng done by your honorable Board by which any Votes tor the said office sail be allowed to the said Hewitt, or by reason of which the said Hewitt would be euuitied to receive a certificate of election to the said omice, the undersigned further submits and requests that your honorable Koard will determine and deciare that he James U'Brien) was, at the election aforesaid, duly lected to the ottice as Representative iu Congress in aud * the said Tenth Congressional distric And the undersigned, in submitting this statement and Protest, reserves the ght to contest the clam ot said Hewitt to have deen eiected to the said oMce. upon the ground of fraud and bribery aud upon such other grounds as may hereatter appear. JAMES O'BRIEN. Datxp New Yorg, November 13, 1374 | The protest was ordered on file and the Board | adjourned sliortly afterward, Daving brougut tueir | labors to an end. | HEWITT ON TRE PROTEST. | A RERALD reporter called upon Mr. Hewitt at bis Tesidence on Lexington avenue last evening, to inquire concerning Mr, O’brien’s charges and pro- | test o1 election, He sala that of course the charges of brivery ana | corruption were so utterly groundless as to de- | come insignificant, He was elected by a majority of over 1,300 votes and Mr, O’Brien was the frst to make any such charge as this, As to the charge Ol non-residence, that had already been tully de- nied and explained before tne election. Mr. Hew: | itt added that in any case this was nota matter | for the Board of County Canvassers to investigate. | Their duty was simply to decide upon the | number of votes by which he (Mr. Hewitt) had been elected, The question of non-residence was | one forthe Congress to which he was elected to | | inquire into, and no other tribunal could take any action regarding tt. Mr. O’Brien, 1 be wished to | contest the matter of residence, must uo tt there, He (Mr. Hewitt) was o! course # resident, havin, removed here thirty days vetore the election, and the constitution of the United States holding that so long as a person resided tn the district at che Said Mr. | Hewitt :— “T1uily explained this matter in a circular I issued to the electors of the district some time ago, in these words:—‘The third charge against me is that [ am not a resident of this district, aud | | removed into it lor the purpose of getting the | nomination for Congress. In support of this | am told that the annual ailidavit which for many years { have made at the tax oMice of my residence © in New Jersey will be circulated, ‘The tact o! my tegal residence in New Jersey for the last twenty | Years is periectly well known, and also the tact | that during ail that time I bave had a resitence at No. 9 Lexington avenue, in this district. {¢ was optional witn me to select my legal residence in either place, but as tne bulk of my capital was em- ployed in New Jersey and paid taxes there, { ad- | | hered to my legal residence in that State until a | few weeks ago, when it was proposed to nominate | mn¢ for Congress in that State, when I decided to | remove to this State, where my political assocta- tions had identified me with the democratic party for over a quarter of acentury. When tliachange Of legal residence was made known to the leadiu; democrats of this district they insisted that must take the nomination for Congress here, to which, under the constitution ol the United States, | [ had thus become eligible, and 1 reluctantly con- sented, in the hope tnat I might be ol some ser- | vice in restoring the prostrate industries of tne | country to prosperity aud in opening once more | | the avenues of employment now unnappily Closed | to the workingmen Of tnis district.’ ” Deputy County Clerk Gumbleton then read of the list Of candidates and their total vote. Tne figures have already been pudiished, Some unimportant resolutions were passed as | to payment ol clerks and messengers, aiter wnich the Board adjourned. i ATTEMP? AT SUICIDE. | An attempt at suicide was made fe terey shortly alter twelve o’clock by Mr. Elisha W, | Creveling, @ merchant, well known from his being | the head of the frm of Creveling & Conway, | crockery and glassware dealers, at No. 58 Barclay street. The circumstances which led to tne at- | tempt are not as yet fully Known, bat itis be- | lieved to have been occasionea by certain business | dificalties outside uf the affairs of the firm of | Creveling & Conway. Mr. Creveling nas stood well in mercantile circles in tts city tor twenty-five years, His domestic relattons have always been | of the happiest character; but it is understood | that he had oecome involved on behalf of another, | whose affairs were not in @ satisiactory condition, aud that the matter was preying upon his mind to an unwholesome extent. At the hour stated Mr. Conway, the second | member of the firm, while standing at the front of the store, heard the sound of @ pistol shot come | from the cellar. He ran thither and found Mr. | Creveling lying on the ground with a wound in his right temple, faint and speechie: He was re- moved to the Park Hospital, where the ball was extracted from his head, aud the doctors ex- pressed the veltef he may recover. Mr, Creveling is about fifty years old, and a resi- dent of Elizabeth, N. J., where he bas a family con- sisting of nis wife, two ceoghters aud an adult son who does business at Paterson, N.J. At a late hour last evening he was still lying at tne bos- pital in @ condition of extreme prostration, THE ZAOHOS SUIOIDE. Yesterday afternoon Coroner Kessler held an in- quest in the case of Ainsworth Yeatman Zachos, the young Man who recently committed suicide at No. | several members, on the other hand, that the most important concerns Of that Board and of the | whole commercial community were bound up ta | the action of, that Convention. Mr. George A. | Merwin, in supporting the motion to send a com- mittee to represent the Board, said that the subject of cheap was daily becoming of more importance to the mercantile world, New York was now sufferiug severely from the high rates charged for the traus- portation of merchandise into the city, the staustics of the New York Central Ratlroad show that seventy per cent of the merchandise carried by that road diverges now at Albany and finds its transportation | 404 Third avenue by shooting himself through tne | head and chest with a pistol. The evidence showed | that he was married to an estimable lady on the 9th of November, after which, with his bride and a | number of friends who had attended the marriage ceremony, he returned to the nouse in Third ave- ; Bue, apparently ina cheerful and bappy state of | mind, conversing freely as to nis inventions. Being | left alone tn @ room for @ short time he shot | Dimself as stated. Noue of the witnesses observed | anything peculiar in the manner of deceased just | previous to the commission of the act, irom whica | {bis supposed the taking of his lite was an impul- sive act planned upon the moment, He bad long | ; beem tn the habit o: ‘Criticisms on the Plots of His Sensa- | ance. | that Max says I will stand aN 1 | very much advertised.” | sung in | said | fguuity.? ‘ what is proper in @ periormance as Mr. Talmage | scanuness of God who had _ heiped to propagate, | (foun. and sustain the Christian religion. | Is Mr. Talmage a Pope, a yi | Way to Boston. After sume furthur discussion it was decided to sena a committee of three genviemen, | iinet against heh be @ pistol to defend to be chosen on another occasion, to represent the | Rint ‘ainst some one whom he considered his Board apd look alver the interests of the commu- | Cemy. to their verdict the jury iound that te- ity. tatistics re- | Ceased Was suffering irom temporary aberration Ported hat tee wished to cull they iven: | OL mind at the Lime he coumitted tne deed, ton of the members of the Board to Deceased, who was twenty-lour years ol age and the continued diMcuitios which arise in| ®B@tive of Cincionan, was Master of a Masonic the various custom houses because o! the confused and contradictory reg decisions ol varieus secretarie: c., by Which the officers are now ‘uided. pecially do they ind giaring ite uh ne last so-called revision aod compilation known as the “Durant revision,” which, although ac cepted aud paased by both houses o! Congress, with the distinct understanding that \t made no changes in the tariff, does in some respects totaily alter tne rates of duty, to the manifest injury of the merchants engaged in the !mportation of the 00ds 80 assessed, ‘The committee, through their chairman, pre- sented the following resoluions, which were adopted :— Whereas the act of Congress of June 2, 1874, “Title duties apou imports,” has falied in the object tor ich It Was passed, viz, to simplity the tariff and col tection laws in torce; and whereas Commissio ap pointed by Congress compiled a most valuable revision, oleh, 9 Ith the proposed changes ot this Board, we fully nd O1 $0; Resolved, That the Board respectiuliy recommend Congress to repeal the act known as “Title 33, duties Qpon imports,” passed June 22, 1874; and further Resolvea, that, in the opinion of this B careful ion of the revenue and co! ecessity, and is demanded the administrators of said jaws, and epectiully asx that the Commissioners’ nd 36, with the suggestions and tions offered by this Board—receive th . sideration of the members of Congress at the earlicst moment, with the view of thelr adoption as taw. The Chairman of the Committee on Rapid Transit in the City called the attention of members of the Board to the work of the committee and begged they would submit any matter on the subject to the committee before tae sending jm o/ ite reports The meeting then adionrnad, | rom Which tis temains were buried up Supuay | | THE HELL GATE EXPLOSION. | Empsnelling a Jury in the Case. | Havens, late captain o¢ the steam tug Lily, wuo, | | 1 i Lodge, whose headquarters are in Union square, | last. | Coroner Woltman yesterday proceeded to the Morgue and assumed charge of the case of David | with the steward and deck hand, was killed on Tuesday afternoon by the explosion of the butier of the boat waile passing through Hell Gate with she schooner Annie Cotter in www. The Coroner empanelied @ jury, who, after viewing the re- mains of Captain future day. A thorough investigation, going to show the comaition the voller was in at the time of the explosion, Will take place before the Coroner. | A permit was given to the relatives of Uaptain | Havens to remove the remains to the residence of | | Bie pea ae $2 South Fith street, Brookiya, LARGE OUSTOMS SZIZURE, Yesterday afternoon Customs Inspector J. L. | Chapman seized, at tne emigrant depot in Castie | Garden, seventy-fve goid and aliver watches, which were being smuggied ashore by s Jew steerage passenger by the steamer Pommerania, | fom re 1 ‘atches, Which were concealed | in three women ckings, were tied round the | Jew’s vody, and Were sent in tast evening to the | seizure department af the Custom House ' Havens, were discharged to a | as SABBATARIAN PASTIMES. | What the Managers Say About | “Concerts” on Sunday ‘AL AGE AS A STAGE MANAGER. | — + _—_—. tional Dramas. STRAKOSCH AND MARETZEK IN- TERVIEWED, The Academy of Mnsic was the next place vis- ited by the Hewath representative, in search of | Opinions as to the propriety, as we)l a8 advisability | of Sunday concerts or other secular amusements, | Mr. Max Strakozch was found in the box office on | Fourteenth street, ap to his eyes and collar in | bard work and surrounded by his aldes-de-camp, | who were writing letters, receiving telegrams and | answering the frivolous questions of bill stickers | and the hopeless entreaties of miserable beings in bot pursuit o! free passes forthe “Messa’’ perform- Mr. Strakosch was so busy that he felt dis- posed to make his remarks short and to the point, | “What do yeu think, Mr. Strakosch, about Suao- day evening concerts and performances?” “Ido not think about them at all,” answered Max: “I give them, | give them.” “What are your views, then, as to their moral effect “I do not consider {t a vice to give them. I was brought up to my business, and if Mr. Talmage | WHI mind his business I will mind mine. Suppose | that my recelpts of opera performances during the week do not cover my expenses? Then, ifI | did not give # Sunday evening concert I would | bot be able to pay my choristers on Monday. f[ | only follow the preachers who give concerts on | | Sundays for the benent of their churches, and why | shal! I not do the same for the benefit of my busi- | ness? There are vewspapers publisbed ou Sun- days, hacks are driven on sundays, restaurants | are open on Sundays. and all these are necessary; | railroads are run on Sundays, and tey are necés- and are not proper and wel!-conducted ements necessary to the people as any of Y ban? Miss Violetta Colville will sing in in some churcl and Gijmore’s band will lay in the same church next Sunday for the | eneft of the church business, snd shail 1 not do | the same for my business ? Hab? At this moment Mr, Max Maretzek entered the | spacious box odce and instantly Mr. Strakosco | gal Ah, (lav’s the man fo talk to you—Max Maret- zek; he is the man to figlt, I tell you. He ts the | man to talk to this Mr. Talmage, [tell you. Ail “Oh, this 13 all humbug, this Talmage business, Max,” answered Mr, Maretzek; “the preacher only wants to advertise himself, Don't notice him; | if youdo youdo what he wants and he will be “Well, Max, Juat read tne HERALD and see what Mr, Talmage suys aboutthe Sunday periorm- Mayve you will change yuur mind,’ ered Mr. Strakosen, in a hurried way, “Yes,” said Mr. Behrens, the leader of tne | Sunday orchestra, who has followed the drum for twenty years, ‘just read Mr. Valmage’s ser- mon. He is very ferocious and brutally abusive. It will help Verdi's ‘Messa,' don’t you think so??? Then Mr. Maretzek took up the HERALD, and | commenced to read the very full reportof tue | Rev. Mr. Talmage’s sermon preached last Supaay in Brooklyn, and which was very severe and de- nunciatory against the stage and its actors apd actresses, and particularly those wo acted or | Sunday periormances, Mr. Maretzek | read @ part of the sermon quite caimiy, until he came to a passage that made him enrage, ax the French say. Then be threw the paper dowo and | This Mr. Talmage says that the Christian worid has been asked its verdict on the siage and its perlormers—guilty or not yulity?—and it has said | Now,” said Mr, Maretzek, excitedly. | “that Is one big He, Are there oo Christians tn the word but those taat itve in Brookiyn? Why, [ | suppose thut Catholics are Christians as well a3 Protestants, and I suppose that there are three or four Catholics in the world tor every Protestant; | but ig it not well knOwn (hat the most eminent Churchmen and most pious men have attended | and patronized tne opera in Europe? Are not the Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, of France, England, Germany and italy a8 ft to judge wnd his pandiul of communicants in Brook:yn. | He saysttrat ‘Charlotte Cushman is, 210 douot, @ pure and novle woman, but that her grandest per- | formance of all upon the stage was when sie wWalkeu off it,’ but she bas not Walked off the stage and never will” continued Mr. Maretzek. ‘And ve- | sides, this ts 4 paraphrase o/ a quotation stolen trom | Shakespeare where that great poet says ‘Nothing 1p his life became nim lice the leaving’ or it.’ Mr. | Talmage also says,” continued Max,now thorouguly | roused and taking up the HERALD again, *** would | y of us have men and women in our drawing | rooms, arrayed with the scantiness of clothing | with which they appear on the board of a theatre | and with such an entire scantiness of fig leaves.’ | “Ig not that shamelui to listen to aman who talks that way?” said Mr. Maretzek, “I don’t want to be personal about the unlortunate occurrences | that have happened in Brooklyn lately and are | probably occuring at this present moment in the | same city. But when Mr. Talmage speaks of the ol stage costumes he should re- member the décollet’ costumes and bare arms that are to be found evening after evening in the | Parlors of the best seciety iu Brookiyn. It was religion that fist gave the drama to the Christian | worlu after the chaos of paganism had broken | society to pieces, and dramas u! a sacred charac- | ter, Known as ‘mysteries,’ were given, with ! Scenery and theatrical costumes, by the ministers | council, a Presbyterian convention or an Episcopal | diocesan body that he should take upon himself the ta-k of judging good men and women who | appear on the stage, und tax visitors and honest | gr who go to wituess their representations? | think not,’’ said Mr, Maretzes. “The ideas that | Mr. Talmage is endeavoring to force down tue | necks Of a8 good people as himself, come from a } corner of New England and are not found any- where else, excepting among some few thousand irrepressibie people io old England, but the voice | of civilization is against them and they must fail’? | Mr. Maretzek and Mr. Strakosch tuen bade the | writer good day, the latter manager remarking | at the finisn :— “I tell you, Max Maretzek is the man to ight this Talmage.” MANAGER STUART'S SENTIMENTS, | ALBEMARLE HOTEL, Nov. 17, 1374. To THE FD TOR LF THE HERALD:— In the graudest and most permanent phases of literature, there the drama was pre-eminent. Be- fore the Christian era the Grecian and Roman drama had become Its most gioricus and infuen- tial fruit of chaste and superb intellect. It came while yet the iand of the Midianites was auknown to the great Hebraist, who, a Sojourner in that land, became acquainted with the great drama calied Job. Its earliest literary expression of thought was dramatic in form. Througb Moses the chosen people of God became familiar with that grand psalm, and its influence upon Hebrew literature is traced from Gen- esis to the Apochryphi. Herodotus, the | earliest of Grecian writers, is as dramatio in form and expression a8 any of | the historical plays of Shakespeare. Aris | tophanes and Sophocles are not more so. The noblest emanations of Attic and Roman genius came with their proudest civilizations where the drama was most admired and respected, and | its place among public institutions was justly re- garded as @ most eficacious moral teaching power. The labors of Rosclus were the corelative Of the inspiration of Terence. The arama oi Rome did not survive out preceded the decadence of the And the earliest revival 07 uccessor Florence Medici, surnamed the ee emed again to revive wi tora season it gave ovirth to the tragedies of an Alfieri. Since then Itaiy has produced no great drama, and the Italy of tne century is not the mother 0! great thought and action, and so it is @nd has been with other great countries. The golden age oi English iterature was the age of Elizabeth, and chiefly because of Saimin tek whose works are ever mentioned by moralists devout men by the th that syllabi ie name of Bibi It i998 ignorant as it is narrow-minded to esteem the drama stranger to the highest, purest, most chaste and efficient offices and purpose of Christian ethics. it has ever been, in its best moods and most national dispositions, the hand maid of religion, and its proper sphere haa only been recognized when Dean Milman, of 5t Paul's, London, wrote “Fazio,” Dr. Home “Dougias,’ and a Matoria gave us “Bertram,” in the Georgian era o! @ later literature of England. I wish {had strength or you space to allow me to travel over many other beautiful periods, trom the severe beauty of Addison's “Cato” to the present day, adurned by the delicate etchings uf Robertson and Boucicault’s lovely pictures of I[risn life. Mark Twain is the American Moiiére, and, by ex! rat ing and holding up to ‘@ kindly ridicule the follies and weaknesses of his coun. trymen, chastises them with a delicious malice which is the most destroying of aworde— ail, however, teaching morality through tts most banutiul and effecuve preceptor—exempie, Woy, | and Italy me bi there ts not @ public (ois or any other country, or ool, which the performance Of plays 8 oot ander the direction of the most sainsed and venerated clergr~ men, the delightiul exercise Oo! youthiui intellect and fancy, There ts scarcely @ beautiful home i Old or New England in which happy evenin; bave not been made more happy by its charming and healthy influence. Who does not remember with @ gilded recollection tching withia come family circle the edforts of young ta Sitnuiate those characters and repeat those ner | hola words ta Which ave Caught that to be goo is not only pleasant, but js profitable, with apn effece tiveness which this Mr, ‘aimage cannot reach; lon while ne can appeal, and thet most coarsely, toonly one organ, the drama appeals to eye a8 well am ear, and fights with a two-edged weapon. How dare, then, this ignorant moustehank, this Sty gins of step or two higher, to essaill an ins! tulion made sacred by the approving smile oi Fenelon, of Bishop Heber, to our kuowledge 0! Bishop Wilberforce, and tue noblest, gentlest ap best of every and ? George Sand says in “Consuelo,” and few we ail antoorities could ve found, that actors have al the weaknesses of women without their seli-eac! fice and devotion. Among those weaknessem@ Jealousy ts one. Now thus Kev. Mr, Talmage ts an acwor. We lad the pleasure of attending on@ Of his séances—ii we may apply 80 graceiul a wor to so coarse a performance, The entertainmen commenced in a very iil ventilated establishment by the actor's crying out, as he ran hither auc thither across the stage ike @ persecute: rat, “There is a thief here; he is here; D isthere. I see him.” ‘ne plot was thag gome one had given short measure of the elghteenth part of an ounce of cheese. | [felt certain he was jealous and making an effort to most likely rival Mr. Lamb, the popular Brook-. lyn comedian. In fact it will be lound wat those who attack the drama gener ly belong to the the= atrical priesthood, and that they are animated by & feeling of jealousy 11 Lheir attacks on the artista of the histrionic profession whose genius they imitate without being able to excel it. Toey try 80 assidu- ously and yet Jail so egregously tu mimicking actors that their outcry resembies that of pick- pockets who exclaim “catch thief’ in order ta elude detection. While the clergymen of my beloved Church may ve found standing on a lonely rock und holding up tie cross to we red Indian, gentiemen of the Talmage school may be found nee in the guctioveer’s pupil, holding up a pew for bid. They palm oi” what they denounce as the gyrations of the green roous for the inspiration of the Gospel, whue their mere< tricious rhetoric is to eloquence what bathos is ta pathos; and when their ordinary supply of arti« ficlal theological fre runs Short they are 60 re- duced in their mental aud moral provisions as to be obliged to revile an honored profession and strive to tear the leaves trous one of the most beautilul flowers which blooms in the conservatory o! art. Actors have upconsciously & sort of Kindly feeling ior suca creatures as this Mr. Talmage, They smile whem his name is mentioned, because they recognize in him and such as he ts comedians mangucs—men who lack the talent of interpreting dramatic art. and who yet have an inexpressivie itching alter’ the metodramatic, which they insert in their sep sational sermon: f statistics could be procured of results achieved as between the lalmage- Stiggiases and tue drama tt would be found that millions bad been won over to tue cause of goud by witnessing ou the stage the effect o: evil, aud that the analysis of human nature as presentea by the dramatist is equivalent to thougands of schools of psychology. As lie 13 ne’ all sternness and rigidity, comedy comes in to re- flect che bright and mirthful phases of existence, and millions who pass their evenings in New York, London, Paris and Rome in iaughing over the drolleries of the farce or in smiling at the repar- tees of playful comedies, generally gain in refine~ ment by their attendance and are saved irom the necessity ol beguiling time ip coarser enjoyments. Of the stage it may be truly said that its rever- ence for religion has af all times deterred It !rom holding up worthless clergymen or men like this Rev. Mr. Taimage, Who assall the stage ip the hope of weaning the multitude from the theatre to the church to listen to their melodramatic and fippaut utterances, to the scorn they deserves and U tn ihe iuture toe dramatic art shouid | deviate from this time-honored practice clergy- men alone will deserve the blame by having pro- yoked retaliation by the senseless lucuvrations of the Talmage-Stigginses of their order. With respect to periorming on Sundays, I think it wise lor the managers uot to sanction Sunday: performances, I can speak the more freely, be= cause, being a Roman Catholic and educated by Cardinal Wiseman, 1 know 1t is the rule of the Church that alter the morning services and aiternoon vespers, innocent pleasures are rather encouraged than forbid; but when President of Oscort Coilege he furvid the indulgence of any astime, for fear of giving offence to the surround- Og people. in tue same spirit! think the mana- gers, no matter what our individual opinions may be, should avoid even the risk of wounding tue feelings or the prejudices of a great many people aod many patron’. For the rest, 1 accept the beautiiui words of my honored Archbishop Mc« Cioskey, so Fenelonisn tn their gentie liberality. Yours very truly, W. STUART, Manager Park Theatre, TALMAGE AT THE BOWERY. BOWERY THEATRE, NEW YORK, Nov, 17, 1874. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— AS a@ church manager Mr. Taimage has few equals, and in that capacity | recognize him as & brother projessional. He always secures good houses, and when the times are dui! he doubies the attractions. His present programme, | see, is &u attack upon the theatre. How long he intends torua this last sensation I do not kuow, but £ presume he will withdraw it as soon as his houses begin to fall off. Mr. Talmage knows, perhaps as well as any man, that the instincta of the people are generally right, and they will go where they can ges the most for their money. He should nos complain if his attractions do not draw equal to those of the Ole Bowery Theatre. He 19 not at aw great expense, and bis periormances are not as Varied. Mr. falmage constitutes bis own stock company, and he does all the acting himeeil. ‘This. 1# too Much to expect of any man. | huve not been to see him lately, and consequently koow nothing about his houses; neither bas he been to see we recently; if be has he did not maxe him- sei! KuOWn at the box Office. I may there.ore ve giving him some information when | Say we aver- age, of @ Sunday evening, about 3,000 people; and we always intend to present for their acceptance lays Of astrictly Moral character. Li Mr. Talmage las any doubts about this i will pledge myseli to puton tue stage any play he may writc, and he soall have the privilege of per: juperimtend= Ing the renearsals, With us the people are never coerced by threats of future puusnment. They come volun’ {do not beueve auy church can show gr ular approval than we receive. 1, for one, beiieve that in this free lana the people ought to have the right to select their own places ol amusement wituout any interierence from rival establishments, It is hardly fair for the Church to turn its guns upon the theatre when it is ever ready, in pe- cuniaty emergencies, Lo solicit the assistance of actors. Qn the o.n ‘trical projes- sion never asks ything of the Church except a prayer, once in @ while, at the burial of @ Chris« Uan actor; and even this last sad rite has not uu- frequently been retused by the Church. I shall drop to tu see Mr. pena dome Sunday, and if Ican take any hints from his Management which I tatak wul improve iad own | shall readily adopt them. WILLIAM B. FRELIGH. OPERA BOUFFE COMMENTS. LYCEUM THEATRE, FOURTEENTH STREET, Nov. 17, 1874. i To THE Epiror oF THE HERALD :— Ihave no doubt that many efforta will be made toanewer Dr. Talmage’s remarks, In my jud, ment power can only be exerted against an object offering some resistance, and to assertions 66 utterly groundiess but one reply is, in my opinion, possible—siience. As the question of the influence for good or for evil of tne stage is once more mooted, however, | should like to ask whether the Statistics of crime and the death rate of Parts or London prove these cities, where places of amuse- ment are Much more numerous in proportion to their population than those of New York to be more depraved and anhealthy; and, the disadvantages. of sunday entertainments being also discugsed, C should ve pleased to learn whether or no the wiil- tugness of New Yorkers to dispense witn this, 10 my thinking, inofensive phase of amusements has, by the testimony of the game statistical re- turns, wrought the moral or spiritual whicu, it tg mierred, an avoidance of Orsi day musical and dramatic representations can accomplish, There is nothing sensational in Ggures; they ae brutal, but honest. 1 need uot say taat f do cus deem tests of this sor, necessary to® judyment upon & subject so easily examined that only a weak mind could take counsel apon % without preliminary investigation; but 1 seems to me that such evidence would pUt an end, not to the ravings resulting “rom » for notoriety, out to conai sion barbured by tntelligep’, sons. ‘The assurances th7; all torted view oflue; pe lays exhibit a ais- thas, in the dake the innocent are murdered and “ne guilt 3 P atmosphere of we heatre ts laden’ Prrish poison, and that betwcen attenaance & chiid with the measies @nd th joyment or a 4 formance & mother ney or Hesicacen, but are td to the Box oftice—these assurances can only deter he reader irom attending refined and able representations on one account; they are /unnier ‘han anytoing to be heard in te theatre; funnier even than douse. As far as | am concerned: ee = spree ry ond ot pena evening naapeee ‘operly conducte ‘ours vei eke Taye OAs Oullzzola. SERIOUSLY INJOBED, Thomas Godman, quartermaster of the steam. ship Colon, woich us now loading at pier 43 Nortis River, fell from the apper deck into the hold lask evening and w: Sereasiy injured. He was tex moved bo th 'K Hospital