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, cuse my partuer agreed With me lor a litle over one- CANAL FRAUDS. Testimony Before the Canal Inves- tigating Committee, THE CHEMUNG CANAL CLAIMS. Explanations by the Implicated Claimants, Auuanr, Nov. 18, 1875, ‘The Legislative Joint Committee to myestigate the Alleged canal frauds met at the Appraiser’s office this morning. Preeent—Senator Cole, Assemblyman Sew- ard, and their counsel, Henry Smith and Rufus W. Peckham. Mr, Henry ©, Beach, Mr. ©, H. Sweet, Mr. D. E. ‘Whitford and Mr. George BE. Briggs gave evidence as to she dam in Otisco Lake. ‘THK CHEMUNG CANAL CLAIMS, D, B, Hill appeared before the committee, requesting permission to see the testimony in the Chemung Canal claims matter, He was given the testimony and asked to be put under oath in order to make a statement. He said his attention had been called to some misstate- ments which had been printed throughout the State, and he would refer to them. He said he knew of the Avod im 1857, and he was of the opinion that the dam- ‘age was caused by an agent of the State named Flaugh- erty, neglecting his duty, and for this he was dis- charged; instead of opentag the lock gates he closed. them, and cut open the waste welis; this caused tho mage to the surrounding lands; the matter was Anally taken in hand, and it was found necessary to secure the passage of a special act of the Legislature; the business of collecting the claims was put in the hands of Mr. G. L. Smith, who was to prepare the papers and argue the case before the Legislative com- mittees, and to try the matter before the apprais- ers, and was to receive one-third of the awards; the flood occurred in 1857; in 1864 the Legislature passed an act authorizing the appraisers to hear the claims of other parties who had suffered; they were heard aud awards made; in 1869 the Legislature again | passed @ similar act for Mr. Smith’s clients; in 1865 I jormed a partnership with Smith and was informed of these claims being in his hands; I never visited Albany with reference to these cluims or awards until tne act was passed; my partuer made all the arguments; I ver hunted up any of the-evidens never sought any of these claimants to got any of their claims; it has been reported through the Associated Press that at | the ume this act was passed I was a member of the Legislature; that is not a fact; 1 wasa member in 1871-2; in my capacity as a member of the Legislature | Inever had anything to do with these awards; all of | them were paid except three; these were paid after I Was out of the Legislature; something has been said ts to the charge made; the charge made was one-shird; Yuere may have been some additional charges; my parte ber bad charge of all the financial business of this mat- der; these cases were appeuled to the Canal Board, but ‘the appeals were distnissed in all but three cases; 1 pearcd to argue im these three cases; a now trial ordered by the Canal Board and the Appraiser came to Elmira to try them; bat there was a decision that they could not be tried over again; I insisted upon anew trial, but I was overruled; In 1873 they were called be- fore the Canal Board again; I argued two of them and the Canal Board ailirmed them; in 1874 the remaining ue was reargaed aud that was disposed of in like man- her; a witness uamed Crofat is reported as saying that t him to vote for Webber in the adjoinmg tounty of Schuyler, as his selection would help bhe awards; at the time Webber ran I was fot a voter, and could have no interest in bis election; during the proceedings our firm had som: juik as to the charges for additional services subse- quent to the awards aud on the appeals; in the Stearns third, in the Sleeper case one-half, and in the Locke case Lo agreement was made, but we were to be paid for our services, and he was charged $1,500; I was brought to Albany several times in these matte: had some difficulty with Locke about our char wish to say that I prosecuted the: tity asa lawyer; that I believed, and believe now, they fre just; a Witness is reported to have sworn that Judge Brooks, one of the appraisers, was inter- ested in pieces’ of — prop- erty on were made; this | is untrue, y lately obtained such | ch interest aud obtained it by bona fide purchase; he did Kot get the property from the claimants atvall; there was no collasion between Judge Brooks and our trm; the cases wese beard before Judge@ Brooks and Wasson; Mr. Stnith and myself are not partacrs now | and bave not been for over a year and a half; the | slams were made out and itemized and sworn to by | two of the which awards | rine Creek a resistless flood; | Vhat NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1575.—TRIPLE SHEET. Mr. Smith—What has become of them? Judge Brooks—They have not been heard yet; they are trom the same flood, ‘The attention of the witness was called to the Che. mung Canal feeder claims, and he said an act enabling parties to file their claims, as they had not been filed in time under the previous law, was passed for a heur- gin these cases. “ey Smith—I would like to have you explain what reasons were given forthe passage of ap act to hear claus fifteen years old t Judge Brooks—I have never been a member of th Legislature and do not know how such things are dou 1 know that the jaw requires that the claims should be put in a€ @ certain date; they fuiled to reach the appraiser's office in time, though, as it was the that there were cases of Claims twenty years old which it was a matter of almost universal complaint of claim- { apts that the appraisers do not reach and hear their claims; in the Mullport cases, owing to the lapse of time, we had to rely on the testimony. Mr. Smith—Do you think the system in vogue of try- ng these claims a good one! udge Brooks—I think if I had the power I would aboligh the office of canal appraiser, and substitute w regular court. Mr. Smith—Do you think in these cases the interests of the State were protected ? Judge Brooks—I do, sir. | the testimony of Moses Cole, | _ Mr, Smith—I searched the book of minutes in the | Banks’ case, but could find no testimony by a witness | of that name. Witness suid he was confident thers as such a wit~ ness, for he cross-examined him at his well; he was a JUSTICE OF THE PRACE. Mr, Smith searched further and found it in anoth case, that of Rhodes, and said the testimony was only seven and a half lines of the direct und seven of the cross-examination. ‘The witness seid—Phen all of the testimony was not recorded, Mr. Cole—Then all of the testimony you take, is not written in the minutes ? Witness—It should be and probably is filed. We always take down ull of the testimony that is import- ant, Mr. Cole—Can you give any reasons why witnesses on the part of the State were hot called? Witness—I cannot tell, I think there were such wit- nesses. Senator Haight had told me that he bad been Jooking for such witnesses, but could find none. The case against the State Was Mr, Cole—Did you hear that when these claims were | betore the Legislature it was stated that the State was not liable; that the committee so reported? Witness—No, sir, I did not hear auything of the kind. These cases were appealed on the ground that the claim ‘Was excessive, not that the State was not liable. Wit- ness asked permission to state that he never had the slightest interest in any award from or claum against the State. MR, PERRY'S TESTIMONY. M, Perry, called and = sworn—In 1857 I lived at Lock 42, on the Chemung Canal; carried on dry dock and boat yard there; it was about hal! mile to Lock 42, which was a@ the summit, Witness described the storm which preceded the flood ana de- tailed the progress of the flood; it came down upon the caval from Bascom’s Creek, flooded the canal and further on down broke the canal and set off into Cathe- if the lock gates had been opened it would pot have made any dilference; 4 ‘would not haye prevented the water from the creck ‘breaking mto the canal, and subsequentiy breaking the canal; Cathe- rine Creek overtlowed the canal above lock No. 44 on the level at the summit, Witness then described ‘the course of the water im Catherine Creek, showing that it broke through the canal; witness said that his conviction was that the damage was done by the creek known as Milner Bascom Creek—(that did my dam- age)—in the first instanee, and then the Catherine Creek and Miles Creek together did the remaiuder of the 3, . Hill had permission to cross-examine the wit- ness, who said he did not know whetler the summit level was damaged or nots a number of State hands came along the towpath; one had a crowbar, and I took it, and, knocking off’ the cleats to the waste weir, Jet the water in the canal run out. To Mr. Smith—The swas of such great volume hat it rushed down ei Pt, the earth from all direc- mh the water was oe it moved a barn we cl on rollers; when looking for witnesses tor the State, Mr Smith—You suffered damage? Witness—Yes, sir, Mr. Smith—Why did you not present a claim? Witness—I could not see any point where aclaim would stick in my case; the creek certamly did my damage; as to the dans for which damages were claimed 1 think they would have been washed away by the flood in the creek, and without regard to the canal, TESTIMONY OF G. 1. SMITH. G. L. Smith was called and sworn, and stated that he knew of the flood at the t he went over the ground and examined the damé him and spoke to him jut securing damages; they represented to him that the shower was merely a passed along the canal, chtting away the waste weirs, 80 as to let the water into the creeks; that subse- quently the ofticial, who had negiceved his duty, was discharged ; that the waneo rnne all cut away from the outside; these gentlemen talked vo me several times, and in 1860-66 1 had finally agreed to get a special act passed and make an effort for damages; they said they were poor, thut some of them had been the claimants long before the bill authorizing the hear- ing was passed; the claimants are all respectable | titizens. ) Mr, Hill then said he was ready to answer questions, | Mr, Smith—How many claims Were there in which | the firm was interested? : Mr, Hill—Niveteen or twenty-one, I think; I haye no | list of them; I think the aggregate’ sum awarded was | Jout $61,000; about $39,000 went tovthe claimants and about $22,000 went to the counsel; I was present at the Appraisers’ hearing nwarly all the’ time at Elmira; one case Was taken and the testimony was put in for ali on the question of liability; H. Boardman Smith was the | attorney on the other ‘side; he ts no relation of my | former partner; the case of Banks, which was the test | fase, Was contested on my part as well as I could; on | the other side it was contested well. Witness was shown | the book of written testimony taken in the case and | Buid there were fourteen and a half pages of testimony | tuken on the question of liability. | Mr. Smith—That embraces all the testimony on the | question whether the canal had produced the damage, | und also on Banks? claim ¥ Witness—Yer, sir, but I think Judge Brooks did not | take down all the testimony. | ‘Mr, Smith—Name the withesses, | Witnes:—Omsbury, Locke, Banks, Judd and MeWhor- | ter, making five in wll; two of them were clamants, Mr. Smith—Give the names of the witnesses called | gn the part of the State. Witness—' were none that I see here, , Smith—What? Do you not recoliect in a case involving $70,000 whether there were any witnesses on the other side Witness—1 cannot recollect whether Mr. Shorter was called for the State; on looking at the testimony I see he was called by the claimants. Mr. Smith—I now ask you, Mr, Hill, whether you | think asa lawyer that that case was contested as it | g; ought to have been on the part of the State Mr, Hill—No far ag the trial 18 concerued, I think at was. Mr. Smith—Do you think if this bad been a private Matter it would have been contested as this was? Mr, Hill—I do not know. Mr. Peckhain repeated the question, applying it to im. Mr. Hill—That would depend whether 1 was satisfied that I was rightor not, In this case the contest was properly made, in my opiuion, as the State bad no case. Mr, Smmith—Iow long was this hearing on? Mr. Hili—Two and a hall days were occupied in tak- ing all the testimony. Mr, Smith—Much of @ contest on the question of darnages ? Mr. Hill—I do not think there was much disput wo what damages the claimants suifered, Mr, Hill's testimony was then concluded. He then stated to the commitice that whatever reflects upon these awards reflects in some degree upon the counsel. Uf this investigation be continued 1ong enough, he said, (would like to Lave some witnesses examined, either put there or here. Of course, I cannot bear the ex- pense. alr, Cole~-What do you waut? Of course we want all the trath we can get bearing on this case, go as to re- | port to the Legislature, Mr. Hill—Well, | don't know how far you propose to | carry this case, but I would like to have the testimony of some five or Six Witnesses; some of tue testimony, At least such as hus been published, is wrong, and i want the opportunity to show that, Mr. Peckham did hot think it was possible or proper | Yo go all over this ground again. Lt there is uo corrup- | Hon in this matter we Want to make that appear, We | are here only to investigate this matter in a general way. Me, Hll—Well, sir, I make the application for an op- | portunity to produce witnesses to show the justice of | bhese accounts, Without passing upon Mr. Hill’s application the com- mittee took a revess until hali-past Uaree o'clock, AVTER RECESS. The committee reassembled at a quarter to four, whou Judge brooks appeared and asked permission to | make & statement in relerence to the testimony of one | Of the witnesses, named Frost, who was reported to | have testitied that Judge Brooks, oue of the appraisers, | made an award in favor of two pieces of property he | owned, giving the ini © that he had acted im his | own behalf, in which case, be said, he ought to be in the | Peuttentiary iustead of here, Hv asked to be sworn, | andhe was ‘The testunony was read, and it was found to be that the wituess said Brooks bad mortgages | on the property. Judge Brooks sud that prior to | March, 1870, le had no interest in any property relerred to here with the exception of the Arnott mill, In 1867 this mill wax injured, Arnott owned it till July, 1896, when he conveyed it to Mr. Mellons, and he sol it to me in 1871; Arnott owned UL as he was not mentioned in the act he could make no claiin; the iil was rented by @ man bamed Rhodes; he made the claim as a tenant; Rhod died, and Arnot! took the mill back from his widow; on Mareh 22, 1875, [bought at public auction, under a mortgage foreciosure, a bedstead factory ; ou that prop- erty, of which Mr. Plumb was owner, there was damage, and Piumb secured an uward; Plumb sold the property w Meeker for $8,000, Meeker giving a mort Rage; that mortgage was foreclosed, afd I bought the property for about $4,600, and am holding it tor lecker tv redeem ; that property was valued at $1,700; | it way suid tor $4,000, and 1 bought 1, as stated, for | $4,000; | now want to state positively that I never bad any property at Millport on which an een inade nor have | ever bad any other y i any part of tho State upon which an award wor ma Are there still claims pending against | formed on th ruined; they agreed’ to allow me one-third; they made up their claims and swore to them; I never had any- thing to do with making up the claims; I never told any of them to make their claims larger; I had nothing to do with making out | George Frosv’s claim; he and I were not on speaking | terms; I presented the cl Dill was passed; the app! Hill appeared betore the appraisers and some of the ms tothe Legislature; the | claims were appealed by Commissioner Wright, who | said he wanted lo examine into the fucts. He further Stuted the proceedings us stated by other witnesses, ‘As to Miles? Creek, ho suid that was a mere little spring | Tun, not over a foot wide in places; he never knew of afigod in it and could not think that there ever was one in it, nor did he think it possible for the water to raise alongside the summit level so high as to wash into the canal, He said be had nothing further to say than that these claims were made by thoroughly honest inen and he believed that the State was entirely liable, D. B, Hill said he had a matter personal to himself which he wanted to cail the attention of the committee | to; he had learned that a certain gentleman m his county, who had been at sword’s point with him; had | threatened this investigation as against him (Hill), and he bad also learned that the gentleman referred to had written a letter on the subject. He therefore asked, if it was proper, he would like to haye that letter pro- duced. Mr. Cole said he had no objection if Mr. Seward had } none. Mr, Smith asked him if he could suggest any way in | which the production of the letter would have a bear- ing on this ease, Mr. D, B. Hill said he could see none except that such a threat should be known and its bearings exposed. Mr. G. L, Smith stated that he had received the let- ter, and had spoken of it, from Mr, Maguire, the peak ‘Mr. Smith asked Mr, Hill if he thought it proper for this committee to investigate the motives which prompted this inquiry. Mr. Seward said he thought this was a question which did not properly belong to the committee, didnot think the committee was here to investigate quarrels in the democratic or any othor party. He therefore moved an adjournment, with the understand- ing that the proposition would be taken into considera tion, The motion prevailed, [From the Evening Post.} We begin to-day the publication of a history of the Tammany Society. The series of papers, of which this is the first, will attract attention, because of the large the overwhelming rebuke which its managers received in the late election, and because of the strong proba- bility that u movement will be made at the next session of the Legislature to repeal the charter which it 1s be- lieved to have fairiy forieited, The history of Tam- many will show what was its original purpose and how far it has deptried therefrom. It was formed, we are told, to promote “attachment to the political rights of human nature and the liberties of the country.” It has been used in later years to give William M. Tweed an opportunity to plunder the public treasury at will and to enable John Kelly to e. ercise an autocratie power in this city which the citi- ons do not desire to intrust to him,” Another object | of ts formation was “the work of coneiliating the | savage tribes of Tudians,”” ‘The projectors of this inuo- | cent and aboriginal scheme did not imagine that the sole industry of their society by the time ithad attained the ago of 10ur score years would be the naming of the oftivers who, by a milion of mbabi As lou as the ginning of the century the soci- | ety im a popular distrust aud dislike President | Washington's denunciation of 8 societies in gen- eral” —whieh, of course, included T auy— almost killed it,” we' learn, Alexander Hamilton opposed tt and applied to 1 the warning contained in the “Fare well Address,” The death of Humiiton at first was celobrated with fexsting in the Wigwam, but when the formuily joined the p um of Barr's butler ol »ceesion of mourners for the vie- Recently Tammany has been less dient to public opinion. undoubtedly the best thing to do with Tammany Hall is to abolish it. In the course of the sketches which we begin to-day it will be seen clearly that the society has long surv@ved its usefuluess, SINGULAR CASE OF DIPHTHERIA. A strange cuse of diphtheria bas just been devel- oped ia Jersey City, A little girl, five years old, daughter of James Scull, on West Sidé avenue, was taken sick with diphtheria five weeks ago, Two days previdus to the attack the skin was broken on the beck of both her thumbs. The attending hysien back of each thumb, where the skin had been broken, These were removed, but others soon took their places. An examination under the micros- cope showed that these membranes were exactly simi- Jar to those formed in the throat of the child's sister, who died lately of diphtheria, The subject of this wouderiul development has neatly recovered, The Mr, 3 bath imp rowing out of this flood? Jute Brooks—There are two, | think; one of Mrs, Hill aud one of bor mother, Mra, Egbert’ question now arises whether il phils is wholly a dis- ease of the throat aud organs of respiration. understood, they were mailed, and’ that necessitates | wot a new law; witness further expluined | the appraisers have vot yet had time to reach; he said | [placed most reliance on | ngth; he knew | the hearing was had up there | did pot hear of any one afterward parties went to | pleasant summer shower; that the canal officials had | isers heard the claims; Mr. | He | place the suciety has filled in local polities, because of | litical fiction, represent a city ofa | current of popular feeling became apparent Tammany | perceived that the child had all the symptoms | of diphtheria excepting the formation of a metnbrane in the throat, But such a membrane was MOODY'S LAST WEEK. | + | Crowded Congregations and Great Earnestness in the Revival Meetings. | AN INQUIRY MEETING , TO-DAY. MORNING SERVICES. ‘There was nothing new in the appearance of the con- | gregation at the Brooklyn Tabernacle yesterday morn- lping. It was not very large, and was composed of | devout seeming people. ‘The services were begun with the singing of the eighty-seventh bywn:— | Lord, 1 hear of showers of blessing. | The requests for prayers were then read, Invoca- tions were asked for thirteen churches in different towns and cities; for a mission Sunday schqol in Saxon- Ville, Mass. ; for the town of Waco, in Texas; tor seven | Sunday school classes and their teachers; seven wives asked prayers for their husbands; thirty parents for their unsaved children; ten sisters for their brothers; also prayers for thirty-eight persons by their relatives; for fourteen drunkards; for five backsliders; for twelve | | Tich people; for fourteen anxious souls; for four sisters | | by their brothers; tor three infidels; for a mother by | hor eight children; a profane man in a prominent busi- | ness position asked prayers for himself, anda Southern | | gentieman asked prayers for bis own salvation, | | Rev, Mr. Ingersoll, pastor of the Middle Reformed | church, then offered prayer, and the forty-tifth hymn, | ‘Jesus, keep me near the cross,” was sung. | Hi - Mw MOODY'S REMARKS. | Mr. Moody then read a tew verses from the tweuty- | | | ~‘ fifth chapter of Exodus, where Moses is commanded to call for contributions for the building of the tabernacle. | Mr. Moody said that the central thought was that ull should give what tney could, and that their offerings should be from the heart, Every man, woman and | child sh@uld do something, Mr. Moody said that for | fitteen years he had been connected with the Young | Men’s Christian Associations of the country, and had | seen their workings, and could testify as to the great food which these organizations accomplished. 4 was a branch of the church, or rather the chureh in active, practical work. Its especial intent wus to reach the young men of the country, to extend to them a helping, Kindly hand when they come up to the city from the country, Years ago, when young men came to the cities to go into business, they lived with their e1 ployers, but now it was very different. They were obliged | | to live in boarding houses, and none of the attractions | of a home were thrown around them. They wandered | out into the streets at night, and were induced to enter | the haunts of vice, by the attractions and comfort which they presented. The especial aim of the Young Men’s Christian Association was to reach these young | men wheu they first came to the city, to make them | feol that they were ainong friends. THe loneliest | | place in the world, Mr. Moody satd, was ina crowd of strangers, If the young men could be reached | within the first three months it would be much | easier than if it was done afterward. Mr. Moody | then related an incident of a young man in London | who left his home in anger and came to this country. His mother came to him in great grief and asked him | to send word to some one in America to look after her boy. He sent word to the New York Young Men’s Christian Association The young man was met at the vessel when he landed, and was finally induced to return to his home. He also told of a gathering called the ‘Strangers’ Meeting,” which was held every Mon- day evening in Chicago, and the good that was dove there by extending a’ kindly welcome to the young men Who came as strangers to the city, and a number of incidents were told in connection with it, and he urged his audience to help along the association, whose intent was to reach the young men who come up to Brookiyn, and who are exposed to all the temptations of a great city. Atthe conclusion of Mr. Moody's remarks a collec- | tion for the benetit of the Young Men’s Christian Ass ciations was taken up Its results appeared abundant, While the contribution boxes were circulating the Rev. Dr. Cuyler said that a large majority of those who had been converted since Moudy and Sankey had been in Brooklyn were young men. There was not a young wan whom the devil wanted to give up. The voices of } the pastors were for the young men and the voices ot | the parents were for the young men. The devil would like to see the flag over the Young Men’s Christian Association at half-mast, 4 The Rey, Dr, Fulton told bow, through his efforts, a young man who had been a conyiet at the Penitentiar: | ind with whom he had prayed while visiting there, | | was brought to Jesus through the Young Men’s Chris- | tian Association, | | “One or two others made brief remarks upon the sub- | Ject and Mr. Sankey said that it was through being in- | us | ed in an association in bis native town in Western, Pennsylvania, and going as a dSiegate to a national convention, that he first met Mr. Mody, He also sung the hymn:— j Hear the voice of Jesus crying, \ Who will zo and work to-day ? Afterward Mr. Moody called upon the congregation to pray silently. A hush fell upon the people and | lasted’several minutes. It was broken by Mr, Need- | ham, the Irish evangelist, in a vocal invocation to the | | throne of the Almighty. Mr. Greenbury toliowed hk wise, Finally Mr, Moody prayed and closed tne tncet- ing with a benediction. |. The women's prayer meeting followed and was ad- dressed by Mr. Needham. | EVENING MEETING AT THE RINK—CONFESSING | CHRIST. | The crowd at the Rink far surpassed any that has previously assembled in that place, By seven o'clock the doors were cloged and every entrance was besieged by throngs of disappointed ticket holders, and reporters | were obliged aimost to take oath that they were such, beside showing their ticket, before they were admitted, as the crowd, taking the cue, teemed with reporters im- mediately. A collection was taken up at the beginning of the service, after which the forty-niuth hymn was sung— | Grace ‘tis a charming sound. Dr. Cuyler then made avery earnest supplication, | finishing with the Lord’s Prayer, in which he requested the congregation to join, Mr. Sankey then sung the teenth hymn— , | Rescue the perishing, Care for the dying. Among the notices Mr. Moody said that as to-day would be the last day they would be here the inquiry room would be open all day from ten tn the morning till the evening meeting and after that till ten at night, | and they would be glad (o see and talk toany who | might be concerned about their souls, Mr, Sankey | then sung the eighty-second hymn—- | Only an armor bearer. Mr. Moody said:—I want to call your attention this | evening to just one word—confessing. I spoke a tew | | evenings'ago about confessing sins, but now I want to speak about confessing Christ, A great many have | | just this difficuity and hait, and do not receive Christ. Look at the tenth chapter of Romans, ninth verse— “That if thou shalt confess with thy moth the Lord | Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be | saved.’? Confession is imade unto salvation, for the Scripture says whoever believeth in | Him shall not be ashamed we believe in the heart, the next step 18 to co! with the mouth, and if we'are ashamed to contess we will never have | the light ot peace or blessing. A great many don’t | | know why they don’t get the biessing, they are | | ashamed to speak about Christ to their friends, If we | are ushamed of Him He will be ashamed of us. Why | should we hesitate to take a stand on the Lord’s side? | ‘There 18 not a politician who is ashamed to tell which | side he is on, nota professor of a false religion who will not tell it, Why should we who have the only true religion (it seems to me) be ashamed \o contess it. | Every man’s influence ts either for or against; there is | NO SUCH THING AS NEUTRALITY. That man or woman does not live who does not exert some inilueuce, Turia moment to the ninth chapter of Luke, wwenty-third verse:—"‘And he said unto them all’—mark that litle word all—"if any man will come | alter me, Jet him deny Linself and take up bis croas | daily and follow m The way to the kingdom of | God is very strait, but right in every man's path lies across, and you must take it up. Lf you attempt to | go arodud it” you will get lost; if you attempt to step | over it you will find you cannot do it; so there is | something beside believing, it is confessing. Now, in | | the same chapter, twenty-sixth verse, “For whoso- | ever suall be ashamed of we and of my’ words, of him | shall the Son of Man be ashamed when he shall come | in bis own glory, and im his Father's, and of the holy angels.’ How many are really ashamed; how many | | Would like to go into the mquiry room, but are ashamed | THE GREATEST HINDRANCE in this work is the lack of moral courage, If he had | said He was ashamed of us there would be ome reason im it; but that we poor, weak worms should ve | ashamed of Him—oh, suaine on us! Perhaps many in | this rink bave felt they ought to go home and erect a Jamily altar, What has kept thea trom itt Want of moral courage, A good many say thoy would like to | be Christians if it Were not tor this contessing | pose a man should want to join the army | should say, “I Want to enlist, but 1 don't want | to put onthe unitorm, for then everybody will | know I am a soldier,’ would government take men on those conditions? If we are to be in God’s army let us pioclaim it in private and in public, We may be weak disciples, but, by the grace of God, let us take our stand aud do the best we can, | Look in the twelfth ebapter of Luke, “Also I say unto you, whosoever shall contess me before men, him shall | | the Son of Man also confess betore the angels of Gog.” I! you do wot confess Him bere do you think He will | pufess you t e’ “But he that denieth me before men shal be devied before the angels of God. You deny Him down here in this old creation, and He will reject you im the new, The first time I confessed God } 1° trembled ike “an aspen leaf. 1 had { specch all ready, but it deserted me, and I don't know ' what I did say. ' When Tsat down the devil whispered, “You have made a fool of yourself,” but | have kept on making a fool of | mmyseit for twenty years, I would not give much fora ; man’s religion till the world thinks him mad If we | with the Lualaba, are mad we have got a good keeper by the way and a good asylum at the end. We are not willing to be laughed at, but if we are going to be followers of Christ we must count the cost. I have a great respect for the old woman who, during the war, started out to meet the evemy with a poker in her hand. When asked what she expected to do with a poker, she said it would show which side she was on, You can show which side you are on, Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, PHILADELPHIA NEARLY READY—THE FIRST MEETING TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY NEX’. PutiapeLruta, Nov. 18, 1875. The American revivalists, Moody and Sankey, will begin their good work in this city on Sunday next, at eight o’clock in the morning, in the old disused Penn- sylvapia freight depot, which has been specially Otted up for them. in the HekaLp some time ago, with the contemplated alterations of the “Revival Committee,” as the gentle- men taking an active partin the work have come to be culled, ‘The necessary improvements are now so nearly com” pleted that a few hours’ labor, it is said, will suflice; and, at the risk of repeating what iis been previously published, it may be well to give a brief account of the present appearance of the spot which is so soon to be the scene of what, it is hoped and expected, will be the most successful and enduring religious work which this city has known sfhee the days of Whitfeld, THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE BUILDIZG. Seating accommodations will be provided for au au- | because he is of Irish extraction. dience of 10,000, in addition to 1,000 on the platiorm, | 600 of whom wifl be the choir. ‘The floor of the building bas a slight pitch toward the | platform, Divided of from the main audience | room are committee and inquiry rooms, and a small apartment for the use of Messrs, Moody and Sanke: neatly carpeted and furnished. ‘The audience room hi been painted, in white mainly, and two seriptural verses are to be lettered in Black on the principal | walls of the building, The one on the east side iss— | seeteecescoceccetneccovececerssecereeoctcoes tere @ Por God uo loved the world that fe gave iis oniys | gbegotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Himg should not perigh but lave everlasting lite, el ereseeeecescccasseenerersttet ts tess teteeneeneeeeee) | ‘On the other wall is this: ecceeeremeesedetsccerocrcececccsccncesieeee ee ree Sis tra Peek The Kaw shaiiicare evoriece | 3ing life, and be that believeth not in the Son shall} | not see lite, eovovorerecceotbrecorereccverecsececesecscecoconese es) | ft the lettering in which this is done can be obtained when it is Known that each text nds along the wall a distance of 600 feet. he main root will be lighted by sixty chandeliers; | down the centre naye will be ten reilectors, with one near the platform, and two chandeliers. There will be | 1,000 gas jets in ull, Each row of seats on the platforin | rises three inchesabove the one in front, The heat | will be supplied by steam boilers, and the skylights | which haye been aided will serve the double purpose | of lighting the place in day Ume and affording ventls tion also, The audience will enter the building | by four large doors on Market street, and these, with the doors on the two other sides of | the building will afford means of exit capable of clear- | ing the building im five minutes. A large space in front of the platiorm below has been reserved for the repre- | sentatives of the press. | HOW THE MERTINGS WILs BE CONDUCTED, } The class of 800 Christian workers have now | been organized, under the direction of the committee, | consisting of Revs, R. Newton, D. D.; R. M. Hattleld, | D. D.; W. P. Breed, D, D.; J. Wheaton Smith, D, D., | and Messrs. Joon Wanamaker and John Fields. The | class has beon chosen by the pastors of the city, under | the direction of Mr. Moody. ‘They will assist ‘at the inquiry rooms wewhere. The ushers to seat the audience and prevent confusion will number 300. ‘The choir will consist of 600 voices, equally divided between the sexes. Tho rehearsals have passed off | satistactorily. More than twice the number of singers needed have volunteered, and the excellent opportunity | of selecting the best voices. which hus therefore re- | sulted, bas been tuken advantage of by the choir | master, Professor Fischer, ‘The only musical instruinent used will be a cabinet organ. Mr. Sankey will play for tha solos, which he | will sing, and Professor Fischer for the choruses, it 18 | proposed. The revival meetings will not last over an — hour, but there will be second meetings held after- ward. On Sunday they will begm at eight | A. M. und four P. M., in the old depot, and on week days at eight’ A. in the chureli the late Rev, Dr. Chambers at Broad and ‘ansvin streets, in the immediate neighborhood, | Every evening through the week, except Sundays, sc Vices will be held in the old depot, beginning ut’ half- past seven o'clock, At the mectings in the depot Mr. Moody alone is expected to speak, but at the church | other ministers will take part, Mr, Moody will preside | at all the meetings. Next Sunday, when the first ser- vices will be held, it tx suid that Mr, Moody will address himself more particularly to the prc y people, who, will doubitess crowd in as they did in | rooklyn, The street car companies are expecting to reap a har- vest, and ure sbowing a spirit of enterprise that would be abnormal under other circumstances. They are actually endeayerifg to accommodate the public by running as many-edes Os possible duribg the hours tor the meetings. The committee announce that no contributions will be taken up at the meetings. the alterations to the building cost and the running ex- penses of the services they will rely upon the voluntary gifts of the religious community, LATEST AFRICAN NEWS. [From the New York Times.) The latest news from Gordon announces that he has successfully transported a steamer to Appudo. Appudo, or Alfudo, as it is also spelled, ig situated on the Nile at about 2 deg. 30 min, north latitude, It was the fur- thest point reached by Miani, whose name Speke ‘saw | there carved upon a tree, What makes the news espe- cially important is that Appudo is above the last of the cataracts that obstruct the navigation the Nile between the Albert Luke and Gon dokoro. Gordon can now explore the lake with his steamer, and it is safe to presume that he has already dono so—thus anticipating Stanley, who, when the steamer reached Appudo, wax still at’ the King of Uganda’s capital The same paragraph in the London | Times, which contains these tacts, also mentions that “Cameron was at Tanganyika for eight months, trying to go the western route between Uganda and Zanzibar, | which was interrupted by the Karaque tribe two degrees south,” This is quite unintelligible, though it gives us the assurance that Cameron has abandoned his wild scheme of - following down the Lua laba (or Congo) to its mouth, and js still alive and in the | neighborhood of Tanganyika. Since Zanzibar 1s cast, or rather southeasterly of Uganda, the allusion toa | westerly route between the two is extremely puzzling. The Karaque tribe might possibly mean the peoplo | | of Karaque, but Rumanika, the King of Kafaque, | is very friendly to white’ men, and his people | would hardly interfere with Cameron. The safety | of Cameron, however, is the one intelligible part of the | news; and it willbe a great relief to the countless ad- mirers of that gallant officer, who, on the assumption | that he had started on a voyage acress the Continent, by way of the Lualaba, never expected to hear any furth tidings from hun It was the intention of Stanley to explore the Albert Lake by circumnavigating it in his boat. When he learns, as he undoubtedly will, that Gordon has anticipated his design, he will, doubtiess, march at once to the head of Tanganyika, and follow the Lukuga—the outlet of the la to its junction It is well known that he ‘aims to complete the explorations begun by Livingstone in the Lualaba Valley, and the brilhant success which he has already attairied will probably encourage him to make the attempt, now evidently abandoned by Cameron, to descend the Lualaba to the sea. It is, however, eatn- estly to be hoped that he will not undertake an erter- so certain to end im irretrievable disaster, The | eircumnavigation of the Albert Lake will convince Bianley that it has no connection with the Lualaba, as he is now decidedly of the opinion that it has, and’ he | will, therefore, w, Without further exploration, that the Lualaba is the Congo, [t will be much wiser for him to leave the Lualabaat its most point, and march northward across to the Bahr el Gazel, and so by way of the Nile back to the regions of civilization. He will probably see the wisdom of this course, He will then have made the grand: et made in Africa, and can return to “rl honors asthe true discoverer of ile. the Welle, and will atlopt it, the source of the Within the present month we have learned where lie the furthest sources of the Nile. We have had the 1m- portant announcement that a steamer has been vir- tually Inunched on the Albert Lake, and we have re- ceived the nows of Cameron's safety.’ Never before in the whole history of African exploration bas so much and 80 important news been received withia so brief a time, Me THE ARCADIAN CLUB. The second of a series of monthly receptions given under the auspices of the Arcadian Club at their ele- gant rooms on Fifth avenue took place last evening; and, judging by the surroundings—art, fashion and hit erature being splendidly represented—the charming re- unions of this admirable and well managed institution promise to prove quite a distinctive feature, not only club lite in New York, but an attrac. tive maguet to the élite of metropolitan society. The attendance last ight included many dis- Vnguished in arts and sciences, and, © truth to say, the event Was both entertaining and edifying, The spacious rooms have recently been handsomely decorated, and elicited from numerous visitors the most complimentary comments, The halls in the main re- ception rooms were tastefully hung by contribauons from several of our own most noted artists, including works from the easels of Reimhardt, Frost Johnson, J. G, Brown, Bristol, Bricher, Moran, Beard, Haller and | others. Not the least conspicuous feature of the even- ing was the excelient musi gramme provided, vil in which Miss Dora Steele aud Miss &, insen, an Messrs, Maillard, =H f vantes and Ay r its pleasantest shades, exquisite rendered, contributed to the general enjoyment which prevailed, It was, aitogetner, an entertainment of the most recherché character aud aided another laurel to the reputation of an organization which, im point ot refluement, and, indeed, of all the elements which go to make a club pertect, is fast ascending the ludder of metropolitan briilianey. The toilets of the ladies last evening Were superb, and whon the programme had been disposed of they were seon to advantage in the erpsichorean maze which ensued. ‘A description of this building was given | | ever been the friend of Ireland, always sympathizing | refuge given to the political exile who, having loved his | | Irishmen of modern days may well say that he would For the $20,500 whieh | of | northerly | CARDINAL M’CLOSKEY. | ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION OF HIS EMINENCS IN DUBLIN—THE AMERICAN PRINCE PRELATE IN EXCELLENT HEALTH. Dunstan, Nov. 6, 1875, | Cardinal McCloskey has reached this city. His Emi- ence arrived at Kingstown this evening at thirty-five minutes past six o'clock, nearly an hour late, having | had one of the roughést passages of the season from Holyhead. NATIONAL INTEREST IN THR EVENT. This visit hus been louked forward to with much inter- | est. At the time of the O'Connell Centenary the hope was indulged by many that the festivity would be graced by the presence of the American Cardinal, Aud there is’ not a doubt but that had he come he would have received a most enthusiastic ovation, Although | born within sight of the Hudson Cardinal McCloskey is the son of Irish parents from the province of | Ulster, Ireland always rejoices to claim as | | her own those among her children, at | least, who achieve distinction, And, surely, if ever | there was such a one, he is the humble, pious, but | gifted man upon whom has come the honor of | | being the first American Cardinal. 1t would, however, be a very one-sided statement which would represent | | the Irish people as welcoming your Cardinal simply | Even if he had not | a drop of Irish blood in his veins, he would receive a most warm greeting. He would be sure of a respectful reception as Cardinal and Bishop, and of a cordial one | as Bishop of a friendly people. But reverence, cordial. | ity and afection combine in the sentiment which haus | the Cardinal Aretbishop of New York as the repre- | sentative of the United States, of a people who have | with her misfortunes, her most generous benefactor in | the hour of her dire distress, Light-hearted and fickle as the people of this island are often set down to be, they have a feeling | of deep gratitude and warm love toward America, and notably toward the city of New York. They vividly remember the help sent here in their season of afllic- tion—the shelter so liberally accorded to those who fled | he doomed land. They are not likely to forget the country “not wisely but too well,”” was forced to quit his native land. The great Florentine poet has recorded | that “tis bard to eat the bread of banishment,” ‘not have written so bitterly had his place of exile been | America, These are the thoughts which are upper- | most in men’s minds when there is question of Cardinal | McCloskey. Nor is it left out of sight that the great mass of the Roman Catholics who compose bis flock are of Irish descent, some of them born children of the Emerald Isle, others her children’s children. His reputation bas come hither over the sea; bi zeal, bis fatherly benevolence, his prudence are all well known, But when all is told, the one prominent fact remains, which holds chief sway over the minds and imaginations of the people who will welcome him here in Ireland—he is just now the foremost man in the Roman Catholic Episcopate m America, Honor to him is tribute to America, and it is tribute which comes from the heart, CARDINAL CULLEN'S WELCOME, Cardinal McCloskey arrived in Loudon last Wednes- day, 34 November, and it is no small compliment to this country that be should elect to spend proportion- ally so much longer a time among us, The exact date of his probable arrival was unknown, At the residence of Cardinal Cullen, he was bot expected before next week, Then suddenly.a report was spread yesterday that he was to arrive the same evening. To-day on in- quiry it was stated that the distinguished visitor was | expected to arrive this evening and that Cardinal Cullen had invited a special party to meet his eminent col- | league at dinner to-morrow. The uncertainty prevented Any arrangements being made for organizing a suitable | reception, Nevertheless | THE LORD MAYOR, | | who, whatever his faults, is never backward where there is question of generous hospitality and dignified urtesy, Went down to Kingstown to await the arrival of the mail steamer from Holyhead. Cardinal Cullen | was not well enough to leave his house, but he sent his | nephew to meet his guest. Some other persons also assembled on the mail pier at Kingstown to greet the American Cardinal on his landing, and a singularly muserable time they had of it while waiting. It would be diflicult to get amore bleak promenade than the. | Carlisle pier when raked by 4 nor’easter. The shed, | which covers the spot where the trains come down | alongside the mail packets, serves on such occasions ts steady the gusts and help them to search out the m row Of the bones, The night was very wild, coming | after a day of sleety showers, and it was ho small proof , | Of the hospitable gallantry of the Lord Mayor that he | | remained on thé prer tor over au hour waiting Tor the | | steamer. | IN THE METROPOLIS OF IRELAND. | They who had gathered in Westland row station to witneas his Eminence’s arrival in Dublin had an almost | | equally uncomfortable time of it, The misery and | | wretchedness of that station are proverbial, | among Irish railways. A shght diversion w | ever, provided for them by the arrival of the Amer- | | ican mail from Queenstown, en route to England. No | less than niney-two sacks ot matis trom New York were delivered and placed in the mail van, to be put on bourd at Kingstown, What a prodigious amount of | correspondence, especially when we remember that | hing of this kind goes on three or four times | every we At length the steamer came slowly up to the pier, | at twenty-tive minutes to seven o'clock P, M,, nearly an | hour behind time. She had a weather-beaten appear- | | ance, quite justified by the stormy sea she had passed | through. | TUE CARDINAL | | was at one approached by the Lord Mayor and Rev. | | Wilham Cullen representing Cardinal Cullen. No time | was lost 1n ceremonious speeches, His Eminence was | at once conducted to the carriage in waiting, and the | swiit horses conveyed him in baif an hour to Dub- | kn. Thus the sight-seers gathored at We were cheated of their spectacle, He w: straight to the resivence of Cardinal Cullen, in Ei street, where he will remain for the next week. To- morrow (Sunday) there will be grand high mass in the | Cathedral, at which the two Cardinals will assist—a sight unprecedented in Ireland. IN EXCKLLENT HEALTH, Cardmal McCloskey is in good health and spirits. Athough he cannot be said to have ‘suffered’ by his | short trip from Holynead to Kinystown, still he com- | plains of it as being specially disagreeable. As at pres- ent arranged, be sails from Queenstown on Sunday, | November 14. pis MILITIA MARKSMANSHIP, Colonel George W. Wingate, general inspector of | rifle practice, has issued, under date of the 16th inst, the following cireula | The attention of all regimental inspectors of rifle practice is called to the necessity of « thorough instruc- tion of the members of their regiment being bad during | the coming drill season, and they should see that the | necessary arrangements for aiming drill, candle prac- | tice, and (if possible) armory target’ practice are | provided in the armories of their respective regiments, without delay. ‘Their particular attention is called to paragraph 6, | | “Wingate’s Manual,” pp. 21, 22 (revised edition), and to | the importance (especialiy outside the First and | | Second divisions), of seeing that the rifles of their com- | mand are kept in good order, Defective arms will be | | turned in for exébange and rusted barrels carefully cleaned, All regimental commanders who have not already | | done so, are requested to issue such orders as will pro- | | vide for their command, and particularly the officers and recruits commenemg the prescribed course in rifle | | practice, at an early date, and pursuing it at such times as will insure its completion during the winter, their | attention the rang called to the fact “that the pructice at | if only intended to find out and apply what | | has-been learned at drith’ (Manual, pp, 199, 128.) | | ‘The brigade inspectors of rifle practice will use their | | vest endeavors to secure a uniform and thorough sys- | tem of instruction in rifle practice being periormed throughout their respective brigades, For this purpose they will inspect the various armories from time totime, | | and make such suggestions as to the arrangements for | rille practice therein and as to the method of instruc tion as they shall deem requisite, They will also use | | their best endeavors to secure a prompt and correct re- | | port of last season's practice at the rang |” Bach regimental commau: headed shells, and 60,000 | candle practice), by making | Commissary General of Ordua | Attention is called to the necessity of the returns of | | practice of all organizations, with their “figure of | merit” (Manual, par. 382) being forwarded to the | Various brigade ‘healquarters, on or betore December | 1, in order to insure their publication from general headquarters, and in the Adjutant General's annual | | report. The several brigade aud division inspectors of | rifle practice will cause such returns (with avy com. ments or report they may choose to make), to be forwarded forthwith without waiting for any reports that may not have been sent in upon date, They will also report ail inspectors of ritle practice who have | mot qualitied as marksme in 1,000 solid | primers (for per requisition to the | | wen ALPHA DELTA PHI DINNER. ‘The dinuer of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity was | given at Delmonico’s, ou Fifth avonue, last night The | Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity is a secret society founded | in 1832 at Hamilton College, by the late Hon, | Samuet Kells, of Cincinnati, a law partnér of Chicf | Justice Chase, and a brother of Rev. James Kells, D. D., formoriy of Brooklyn, Chapters have been established | ta Gitteen other colleges, and its membership numbers over 3,000, of whom 600 reside in this city, This is the fourth gathering of the kind in New York, the last having occurred at the same restaurant in 1868, | Hon. n Jay, late Minister to Austria, presi | gpocches wore made by Profesaor Lewis Collins, George | William Curtis, Joseph H. Choate, Professor Alpheus B, Crosby, M. D., Danier Huntington, RB jowker, George’ H. Hall, Hon, W. W. Goodrich, Joseph 0. | Morse, Professor’ J. G. Barton, Rov. E.'P, Rodgers, | D. D., Kev. J. H. Ward and Everett P, Wheeler, About | ulnety persons wore present, | hand | and Joe Dion, | right upper corner of the table, he having shpped 3 THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT, Fourth Day of the National Billiard Contest. The Dions and Sexton the Winners. CYRILLE DION DEFEATS SEXTON. RUDOLPHE AGAINST SEXTON, There was not us large an atteudance as usual at the billiard entertainment at Tammany Hall yesterday afternoon, though in the evening there was not o Standing room in the galleries. ‘The afternoon game was between Rudolphe and Sexton. The latter had the prestige of his victories over Slosson and Daly and of bemg the only contestant in the tournament othe? | than Cyrille Dion who had thus far not lost any game he had played in. The result was that he was largely the favorite before the game was begun, the betting om him being $40 to $25. It was not productive of any very extraordinary obrilliancy in play, though some of Sexton’s round-the-table shots were remarkable.’ Rudolphe for once was master of himself, if not of the game, and performed wonders im massé und bank shots. It was evident he was deter- mined to make ali the efforts his skill and judgment could command to win, and even when he had an easy shot to make he handied his cue with more than hit usual care, He attempted a most difficult round-the- table shot, which he tailed to make, but the attempt was so uear 4 success that it was greeted with round afer round of applause. His opponent’s ball was about six inches from the upper right hand corner of th Cope the red ubject ball about two feet from the middle’ the lower cushion. He struck with bis own ball, which Was hear the uuddle of the upper cushion, the red gb- ject ballon the right side, which glaneed to the right cushion, thence to the lower end cushi thence to the left hand cushion, again to the right hand cushion, thence ty the upper cushion, passing withia a quarter of an inch of Lis opponent's. It feil to the choice of Rudolphe to begin the game, He failed te count, and Sexton made 4. The second inning showed a zero for both, aud the third a 17 run for Rudolphe and 5 for Sexton, In his fourth Rudolphe made 4, when Sexton got the bulls together and nursed 62 points out of them. The two played rather indiffer- ently up totbe piuth inning, when the score stood— Kudolphe, 44; Sexton, 76. In the tenth inning, by superb play, Rudolphe ea run of 67. From this time forward the scores of each varied ouly a few points, sometunes Rudolphe being abe: 7 or 10 and sometimes Sexton, Rudolpbe’s 67 in the tenth inning Was a set-off to Sexton's 62 1m the fourth, and gave him a lead of 32 poits, In the twentieth inning, however, Sexton made a run of 46, which made the gaine stand 13 points in his fuyor. At the twenty- third imning the game stood—Rudolphe 205, Sexton 200; at the twenty-seventh 231 to 228 im Rudolphe’s favor. In the twenty-ninth inning Rudolphe’s score was. and Sexton's 228, But Rudolphe’s fate was decided im @ hext inning, when, getting the balls nicely together, by delicate nursing ‘and occasional around-the-table ghots to bring back a stray ball to its original place, Sexton ran the game out with a run of 72. The game lasted one hour and fifty minutes, and therwin- her’s average was 10. The following is the SCORE, Sexton—4, 6, 5, 62,2, 3, 0,0, 0, %2, 8, 7, 0, 22, 0, pare ear Pia wie i Pi 0, 4, 4, 4, 8, 8 ‘udolpho—o, '0, 17, Fis fg 0, 34, 0, 5, 0, 0, 3f, 1,0, 3,24, 0, 3-234.” 9 GARNIER AND JOE DION. The first game of the evening was between @aeesar Long before the doors were, wrown open an immense crowd besieged the outer doors of the Wigwam, and when they were opened it was with the utmost difficulty that the crowd could procure tickets, When the game began every seat on the floor was occupied, the Indies’ platform on the floor crowdéd, and in the galleries upstairs there was no avglable space to stand, The game from beginning to end was watched with the most eager in- terest, and it was apparent from the enthusiastic man- ner with which a skilful shot was applauded that most of those present were well up in the intricacies of bill- fards. Dion won the lead, took the white ball and scored around 0. Garnier made 2 and Dion rephed by making a run of 23—made mostly by long range shots, Up to the seventh inning he played rather wildly, but yor 15, in the eighth inning 10 and 56 in the ninth, hav ME go the balls well together, Garnier’s score at thi inniugstoml 71 te Dion's 190." He played several FOUDE the table shots iu quick succession that were absolutely astonishing i¢om the skill and judgment with which thep were made; but, somehow, he could not make the ob {ect,balls triendiy, and, despite bis best exertions, thoy ept at a distance from one another, Dion's Inck, o@ the contrary, was extraordinary in this respect, and there appered to be soe magical influence in bis ball that induced the other two balls to come together lor its benefit. Still Joe at times had to play some tricate shots in order to hold his control over th and the skill he showed in some of the more dif shots was proof positive that bis friends, who thoug! he was not in practigs at the beginning of the tournament, did not kuow What they were talking about, Garmer made 43 and fol- In the ninth —. Jowed it up in the next w¥b 28, From tnis inning to the twenty-fourth he or#y made 29, After Joe | made his 61 in the seventeenth inning Garnier, by bad luck more than anything else, was able to make only 3, but he leit the balis badly tor Joe, who, not. relish the situation, played a safety shot, for which he hissed by the «pectators. Garnier replied with a safet shovand he too was hissed, Joe again re the dose, When Garnier tried to count, but failed, leavi the ' balls badly scattered, Joe went’ in for a crack shot and made it, getting a good round of applause for his successtul eifort Practically after the seventeenth inning the game was Dion's. Garnier could not get the bulls to roll well, and at the twenty-eighth mning Joe, oy a run of 18, won the nie tory. The game was played in one hour and thjrty- five minutes. The winner’s average was 105-7. Ti following is the scone. Garnier—2, 0, 1, 5, 0, 16, 2 2, 43, 28, 1, 1, 0, 0, @, 5, 3, 1, 0, 0, 7. 11, 6, 6, 14, 16, '8—tel.’ « Joseph Dion—0. 23, 0, 12, 8, 1, 15, 10, 56, 16, 0, 1, 0, 25, 22, 61, 3, 0, 7, 0, 10, 0, 0, 2, 6, 9, 18—300, CYRILLE DION DEFEATS SEXTON. There was an intermission of fifteen minutes between the Garnier-Dion contest, but comparatively few per- sons took advantage of it to go out of doors to “take a breath of fresh air,” so anxious were the spectators to be on hand of a certainty when the game between Sax- ton and Cyrille Dion should take place. The game began at a quarter to ten, Dion winning the lead. He scored 6 in his first inning to Sexton’s 1, failed to count in the next ivning im which Sexton made but seven, Cyrille got his hand in on the third inning, and made 46 out of a “bunch” ieft by Sexton im the up i attempting to make massé shot. Cyrille was luck, this carrom in making the ran, for the reason that when he had made only 12 of the 46 he missed, but his bail was driven by a kiss from the object ball he had already struck (and which he had sent the full length of the table) down upon the object ball he bad missed. This gave him tresh headway, and an addition to bis count on hand of 84. In the fifth inning Sexton scored 23 and 19 in the seventh, against 37 by Cyrille, who made 24 in the fifth, the score standing to 56, Sexton, like Garnier in bis contest with Cyrille’s | brother, seemed utterly out of luck as well as out of jay. Shots that au ordinarily good amateur er Fould make easily he failed to make, while thee shots he did compel to yield bim a few points were made with the utmost accuracy and skill, Cyrille never played as weil in his life. His luck in baving the balls roll well could not have been better, but it was his and wot his luck that made bim score as han somely as he did, Nothing seemed im to lum. The object balls would at times be scattered along the same cushion, yet no matter in What position his own ball bapped to be, he was cer- tain to count, A more splendid exhibition of skill and judgment and rapidity of execution with the cue wag probably nover equalled in the history of the game, In the ninth inning Sext retriove his lost fortum he had no chaace to take up his cue again, as Oyrill made 39 in the tonth inning, after making 67 ninth, making the largest average ever made at the three bail game, namely, 30. The game lasted one hoar and five minutes, The following THR SCORR, Cyrille Dion—6, 0, 46, 36, 24, 6, 37, 40, 67, 39—300, 0 Sexton—l, 0, 19, 0, dL, play, and ta mn and Daly Hterhoon Garvier and Daly are to ing Rudolphe and Dion and Slosso: are to be pitted against one another, A TAX ON BREAKFAST. There are now inthe country about 47,000 tons of coflee; add to this probable receipts for the next four months 46,000.and the stock will equal 93,000, The consumption to April l, say 38,500, will leave on band at that date $4,500, about equal to six months’ con- mption for the whole United States, If the holdert ol this stock can secure a restoration of the duty, say t three cents a pound, this will take from 3.0 and put into the hands of the operators about $3.! OF At six cents per pound the speculators will $7,000,000 by tue operation, They will probably a& tempt to show Congress that the country demands this breakfast table tax. NATIONAL GUARD REUNION. ‘The officers and members of the Twetfth regimen last even. National Guard heid their annual recepuion enjoyable one, and the music Band was a feature of th attendance fully tested the caj ‘ho display of toilets was &