The New York Herald Newspaper, April 22, 1876, Page 5

. , ‘ A NEW DOMAIN FOR SCIENCE | Slended Light a Universal Stimulant, Re- storer and Purifier. THE MARCH OF SCIENCE. Remarkable Results of General - Pleasonton’s Experiments. GOOD NEWS FOR THE SICK. ‘The attention of the scientific world has lately been @roused by statements purporting to come from Dr, | Pooza, the director of the Turin Lunatic Asylum. From those statements it would appear that, at tho instance of Padre Secchi, the great Roman astrono- Mer, experiments were made by Dr. Ponza to test the | action of cortain colored liguts upon patients suffering from mental alienation, Remarkable results wore at- tained by the use of blue and red light. The account at hand of these experiments and their resnits is ex- tremely meagre, and more detailed information is @nxiously looked for by the medical profession in this eourtry. Enough is known, howover, to justify the assertion that, should the results attained by Dr. Ponza be absolutely and exclusively traceable to the @ction of these colored lights, we aro on the threshold of some of the most astonishing and far-reaching dis- ‘eoveries of modern science. Now, it may not be known to the readers of tho Hxratp that, whereas these experiments of Dr, Ponza are of a comparatively recent datc, experiments of an ‘analogous character have been mado for the last fif- ‘teen years by an eminent gentleman of Philadelpbia, ‘and that experiments identical with those of Dr, Ponza, of Turin, were recommended by him at least eight years ago. That gentieman 1s General Augustus J. Pleasonton. For the accuracy of tho statements made in this article he holds himself responsible, and, al- though his inferences and deductions will naturally bo taken quantum valeant, his high character renders his testimony with regard to facts absolutely unimpeach- able, Certain of the experiments conducted by Gen- eral Ploasonton and their results had previously been communicated to the learned socicties of this country and Europe, and at tno time attracted much attention. They had, however, for their object plants and | animals only. Siuce that time, however, tho General has experimented upon various forms of disease by means of mixed light, with Fesultg which are detailed below. Recognizing the immensity of the field opened out to scientific investigation by these new experiments of the Itahan physician, and believing that General Pieas- onton was the foremost American experimenter in this new domain, the Hrravp at once sent a representative to investigate fully all the experiments made by him from first to last, and ulso to clicit the opinion of the celebrities of medical science in Philadelphia upon the whole question of the treatment of disease by light. It may here be said that the members of the faculty in that city, while anxious to give their views fully to the Hxxavp, shrank, with instinctive delicacy, fgom the factitious prominence which would be thrust upon them by the publication of their names. These are con- sequently withheld. General Plcasonton was found by tho writer busied with the cares of his realestate in | Philadelphia. Upon hearing the object of his visit, the General at once postponed the claims of real estate ‘upon his attention and stepped with the Herat repro- sentative into the realms of light, “I pave beard,” aid the General, “ot the experiments mude by Ponza, of Turin, and my astonishment has been con- stant for some years that such experiments were not made before. In the case of an intimate friend of mine, one of whose nearest relatives was, and is now, under treatment in the Kirkbride Asylum for the In- gauo, I recommended, eight years ago, the same method now being pursued by tho Italian physician.” Although General Pleasonton’s word amply satistied tho wriver; still, in order that this fact might be proved beyond any doubt, he determined to see both the gontleman referred to aud Dr. Kirkbride, whose | wame is borne by the institution under his.care, His determination was cagerly acquiesced in by the Gen- eral, The gentleman himself distinctly remembered the recommendation made to him, cight years pre- viously, by General Pleasonton, but was not certain that he had urged its adoption upon. Dr. KirkbPide. The latter, howe stated his complete recolicction of such a recommendation having been made by tho gentleman at the instance of General Pleasonton, To ask why such a recommendation had not been acted ‘upon was, in view of the success of recent experiments, rather a delicate matter. The writer, therefore, con- fined himself to eliciting Dr. Kirkbride’s views upon the value of such treatment, “I have,” said the Doctor, “given the subject no attention whatever. It appoars to me by no means impossible, nor even improbable, that colored light may have the effects ascribed toit. At any rate, I do think the subject deserving of the fullest investigation, Bound conclusions can, in such a matter, be reached only by numerous and repeated experiments under warious conditions. I think it good that such expert ments should be made,” “Ig it your purpose,” rejoined the writer, ‘to make Buch experiments here?” “Undoubtediy; but how soon shall begin them 1 ‘Bm Not prepared to say.” ‘THE BIRTH OF THE IDRA. To return to General Pleasonton. Ths writer asked | him how he had first got the idea of experimenting | Bpon plants and animals with the violet light trans- ‘mitted through blue glass combined with the ordinary Sunlight. ‘From the fact,” answered the General, *‘that Thad long thought that the biue color of the sky, so permanent and all-pervading, and yet so Varying in in- tensity of color, according to season and latitude, must | Ve some aviding rejation and connection with the liv- orgacizations on this planet. 1 knew that various | experiments had been made in England and on the | European Continent with bomogencous glass colored with the several primary rays, but they resulted in | Bothing so far as wuy improvement in the process of | Beveloping vegetation wus concerned. As the only ap- | Proach 10 any good results wus produced by the violet | ray, I determined to experiment with this alone.” { i | } A very long conversation followed, in which the General developed bis views, Finally he said:— | “Th is nothing so safisiactory in matters of this Bort as soving things with one’s own eyes; 50 if you can Spare me to-morrow, | will take you to my country bouse, and there you will be xble to judge of my ex- | periments and their results for yoursell.” The offer ‘was giadly accepted. THE GRAPERY EXPERIMENTS, ‘The next day we repaired to the Geueral’s country house. Upon our arrival, we at once proceeded to the grapery, where General Pieasonton’s lirst experiments ‘Were made in the year 1861. Of these experiments ho the following account:—‘‘My grapery was finished Maren, 1861. Its dimensions were 84 teet long, 26 feet wide, 16 tect Ligh at the ridge, with a doubic Pitched roof, It stands, as you soe, at the foot ot a terraced garden, in the direction of northeast by cast to southwest by west. On three sides you notice the Dordor tweive fect wide. On the fourth,"northeast by Bist, the border is only Ave fect wide, being a walk of , Mie garden, The borders inside and oatside were ex- Savated to adepth of three jeet six inches, aud were Bik ustal nutritive matter, carefully pre- ing vines. The frat question to | the proportion of blao or violet | used on the roof At a venture | adopted every ciclth row of glass on | Toot to be blue oF Violet glass, so that the suy, in its | daily course, should cast a beam of violet hghton every leaf in the grapery, Cuttiags of vines, cach one | | bed uid, of the thickness of a pipe stem. and oat close the pots contaitng them, were plunted in the bor. ders inside and outside of the grapery in the early part of April, 1861. Soon after weing planted the $rowth of the vines began, ‘Tho rapulity with which they grew soon attracted the attention of all who saw them, In a few weeks the walls and inside of the roof | Were closely covered with the most luxarious growth | bf foliage and wood, The seedsman who sold we the vines Was lost in amagetnent when he saw them. He | wated thatho bad never seen anything similar in an experience of forty years. He measured some of the | vines and foand them torty-tive t in length—an inch it diameter at one teot from the ground. This growth of five montha Vines of the same of like age and size, planted at the same | lime, with the best poseibie care and attendance, were ‘Mt this same period puny plants, five feet long, scarcely Wwereased at all diameter, In sepiember of the next year (1862) 1 bad on these vines 1,200 pounds of In 1863 T had about two tous." writer saw these vines, and, trom the develop- should rather have beteved them teen years old. A patent was granted | jo General Pleasonton jor this tivention and the leaves | wf his Vines measured, as cur ‘versed by this time in bis mi Whi wo teh of & good thing (a ont provabi; od ibd, enpecially with regard to whiskey), General Babcock a to nave used nothing but blue glass, with a It typified by the color of the medium and his own present prospects. In science, as in poll Bothing should be taken tor granted, not even a third term, — So far for t! pes: rown by General Pleasonton. While upon sub- oa of wing it is but proper to state that pore others to whom the General bad recommended © u method of dealing with vines was Mr. Shoemaker, a well koown Philadelpnian, whose place of business js at the corner of Fourth and Race streets, in that ety. * MR, SHORMAKER’S VINES, ‘The HeRatp representative found Mr. Shoemaker In, and upon mentioning the object of bis visit was giv the following statement:—*At the suggestion of « eral Pleasonton I determined to- use the combined Violet ray and ordinary sunlight upon my vines. I do not wish to bagard any opinion as to whetber or not the size and quality of my grapes, as well as th amount of the yield, are directly attributable to the mixed light’ Butlcan say, without any hesitation, that since the adoption of that light my grapes have been by far the finest in the whole township of Chel- tenham, and, indeed, in the whole county. This has been repeatedly remarked to me by Mr. Jay Cocke when he bas been visiting me." The number of in- stances of similar results from the use of mixed light is large and only a few more can be given. These it is, perhaps, better to give in the General’s own ‘words :— flowermg plants in pots mm ker siting room, which Were drooping and manifesting signs of disease, sie throw over them a biue gauze verl, such as ladies Wear, and exposed them vo the sunlight, when she was | highly yratified to discover that in a very short time they were tully restored to health and vigor. A gen- tleman in West Philadelphia, having a large lemon tree, which he prized highly, placed it in his hall near | to the vestibule door, the side lights of which were of glass of different colors, blue and violet predominat- ing; the sunlight passing through these side lights toll | upon a portion of the branches of this lemon tree; great vigor was imparted thereby to the vitality of these branches, which were filied with very tne lemons, while the other branches of the tree that did not receive the light from these biue and violet panes of glass were small, feeble aud apparently unbealthy, and were without fruit.” * Various experiments upon different kinds of plants’ | were detatled to the writer by the General. The result ‘was in all casos uniformly successtul. Should the in- fluence of the mixed light in producing these resu.ts | not be overestimated it is easy to sce what a great revolution this discovery 1s likely to effect in the pres- ent methods of forcing early fruits and vegetables, GOOD NEWS FOR SIBKRIA. It is doubtful, however, how tur the early market gardenors of the Southern States will be grateful to the General for the following suggestion to their Northern neighbors, He says: “It will be remembered that during our late civil war, when commercial intercourse between the North- ern and Southern States bad ceased, the sale of early fruits and vegetables in the markets of the principal Northern cities was monopolized by their producers tn the States of New Jersey and Delaware and on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, ‘This was a very valuable trade and enriched many of those engaged init. The price of land in these regions became enhanced in value and the peopie resident there enjoyed unusual prosperity. On the restoration of peace, all this was el ged; the peoplealong the Atlanticalope of Virginia, North and South Carolina and of a part of Georgia, al ‘once entered upon the cultivation of fruits and veg tavles for the Northern cities, and, owing to their lower Jatitudes, earlier jons, and improved modes of cultivation, they hay aro now rapidly recovering trom the effects of the war, All this, of course, 18 a corresponding loss to the farmers of New Jorsey, Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and, as a consequence, the value of farm- ing lands im these sections has been sensibly depro- ciated, A lurge portion of this trade can be recovered by the application of my discovery to the cult:vation of vegetables and fruits, and their maturity can be hastened go as to equal that uf those of the Southern States herein referred to” The came will navuruily apply, in a measure, to still higher latitudes, and we may be yet destined to see Northern Germany, Scandinavia, Northern China, the Steppes of Tartary and even parts of Siveria revel- ling in the early pea, the delicate asparagus, the lu: cious strawberry; and the inh.bitants thereof teach- ing their little oncs to lisp, over the precocious goose- berry, the name of their benefactor, Pieasonton. ‘the writer remembers, on one occasion, having made a prolonged excursion on the Gurgler glacier, in the Ty rolese Alps, and being benighted just as he reached the outskirts of the littie hamlet of Gurgl The pastor of the place gave him shelter for the mght, and, among other things, informod him of the efforts he had been making tor years to discover and procure such vege- tables as would grow in that atmosphere. A stunted, but courageous species of cabbage and an adventurous carrot had rewarded his years of patient search. It would seem that tbe solution of his difficulties was er than he imagined. THE BLENDED LIGHT IN A PIGGERY. General Vieasonton was so struck by the marked re- sults attained with this blended light in the case of plan that he next determined to try it upon animals; con- vinced that, 1f eflicacious here, the discovery would be of untold importance to the human race, is first ex- riment was iu the autumn of 1869. At that time he uilt a piggery. The sequel is in bis own words:—"I introduced into the roof and three sides of it violet- colored and white glass in equal proportions—half of each kind. Separating a recent liter of Chester county pigs into two parties, 1 placed three sows and one barrow pig in the ordinary pen, and three other sows and one other barrow pigin the pen under the | violet glass, The pigs were ail about two months old. The weight of the pigs was as foilews, viz. :—Under the violet glass—No. 1, sow, 42 Ibs,; No. 2, a burrow pits 4534 tm 5 No, 3, a sow,’ 38 Ibs.; No. 4, a sow, 42 ibs. ; their aggregate weight, 16734 ibs, The weight of the others im the common pen was as follows, viz. :— No. a sow, 59 Iba; No 2 lbs.; No. 3,8 49 Ibs; No. 's, a sow, 46 lbs, ; their aggregate weight was 203 lbs. It will be observed that each of the pigs under the violet glass ‘was lighter in weight than tue lightest of those under the sunlight alone in the common pon, The two sets of pigs were treated exactly alike, ted with the samo kinds of food at equal intervals, and with equal quan- tities by measure at each meal, and were attended by the same map. They were put in the pens on the 34 day of November, 1869, and kept there antil the 4th day of March, 1870, when they were weighed again, By some misconception of my orders the sepurate woight of each pig was not had. The aggregate weight of | the three sows ander the violet light on the 3d of No- vember was 122 lbs. ; on the 4th of March, 1870, it was 520 Ibs. ; increase, 305 Iba, The aggregate weight of | the three sows in the old pen on tne 3d of November, 1869, was 144 ibs. and on the 4th of March, 1870, it was 580;' increase, 886, or 12 lus. Jess than ‘those under the violet glass had gamed. Tho comparatively small increage in weight of the pigs under the violet glass over their porcine triends under she white giass, is accounted for by the foebleness of the actimic or chemical rays of the blue sky at that time; but the time of ‘the experiment was selected tor’ tha; very | reason. The animals were not fed to produce tat or inerease of size, but sunply to ascertain, 11 practica- bie, whether by the ordinary mode of feeding on farms usual in (his country the development of stock could | be hastened by exposing them in pens to the combined influence of sunlght and tho transmitted rays of the biue sky.” General Pleasonton’s next experiment an- swered this question ima very striking manner. Ho says, “My bext experiment was with an Alderney buil caif, born on the 26th of January, 1870, At its birth it was so puny and feeble that the man who attends upon my stock, a very experienced band, told me it couid uot tive. ‘I directed him to pus It im one ot the pens under the violet glass, It was done. In twenty- four hours a very sensible change had occurred in the | animal. It had arisen on its feet, walked about the pen, took its food freely from the finger aud mani- | In a few days its feeble condi- | 2? ested great vivacity. tion bad entirely disappeared. It began to grow und its development was marvellous. On the 3lst ot March, 1870, two mouths and five days after 1s birth, its rapid growth was so apparent that 1 told my son to measure its height and to note down in writing the height of the bindquarter and the time of measure- ment, which be did. On the 20th of the following May (1870), just filty days aiterward, my son again measured tLe hindquarter, avd found thay in tbat time it had gained exactly six inches in height, carry- ing its lateral development with it, Believing the question solved, the calf was turned into the baru- yard, and when mingling with the cows he manifested every symptom of fuil masculine vigor, though at the | time he was only four months oid. At the age of four- teen months he was sont to my herd of cows, and has faliiled every expectation that | had formed of him. He is now one of the best developed animals that can be tound anywhore, ” Should the General's deductions be well founded it | would be difficult to overestitnate the value of the ox- periments. Their interest, too, to so mauy classes of the HeraLo’s readers is so great that it is deemed proper to give as many of them as possible, ‘TRYING IT ON LAMBS AND MULES. “On the 15th of February, 1874, two newly born Jambs, one weighing three and a hall pounds, the otter weighing four pounds, were taken from their mothers and piaced in one of the pens on my tarm fitted with blue and uncolored glass; thev had pot re- coived any-nourishment from ner dams, they were fed alike, and without avy design to increase lurgely their welgit, wih skimmed cow's milk. When they were three months oid they were weighed—ove of them weighed fity-one pounds, the other filty-five pounds. At two weeks oid their teeth were so much dovoloped that they began to eat bay.” This seems extraordinary enouzh, but the following is still more so. ‘i've General says:— “At the close of the late civii war in this country I bought @ pair of mules that had been used in the mil. | tary service of the government A little while alter the purchase it was discovered that one of them was completely dog!, having had his hearing destroyed by the noise of heavy firing during the battles in which be had been employed. Thereupon I directed the teamster who had charge of him to be particularly caretal in using him, id to trewt him with great gentiouess and kindness account of his intirmity. Two or three yoars after ho cume into my possession, this mule was seized with acute rheumatism of £0 violont a character that tho poor animal could not walk. Before this ume he, with other animals, bad been removed to a new stable that J had butit, in which Le was kept for several months without being used for work, Me gradualiy got bett of bis rheumatism, vut bis deafness continued until | pr this spring, When he recovered entirely both trom his | deatness and rheumatism, Over each of the doors of | © this stavie I had caused to be placed a transom, with panes of blue and colorless glass there ‘The stall of this mule was before a door with such a transom over it, When the san ature in the morning, be cast bia light through this trensom on the neck and top of the head of this mule, Before be set in the afternoon, he threw hig ight again upon the head and neck of this mule through the transom ot another door on the northwestern side of the stable, The effect of this Nght upon the animal has been the cure of his rheum: tusin and the removal of lis deatness, This “om pag was dead at the time of the visit to General Pirasonton's f meee ean but an writer ationdant testified both to the of my acqnaintance, rosiding in this city, | some very choice and rare | secured their lust markets, and | So far the experiments adduced sotaals bggom onr since either fy ¢ Geueral’s possession. over, shown into the cattle stalls, In one of these were six heifers, ranging from sixteen to eighteen months old.¢ Of these four to the complete cure. bad been made died or were no Tho writer ho on the farm. i had already calved and were in calf time. They had loped so rapidly under the biended light | that they were consider breeding mature ones, for | purposes at the age of four months. rd by was the fo gan of one of these hetfers in the shape of a su- perb calf six weeks old, In another pen was a cow, upon whose fine appearance the writer remarked, ‘hat,”’ said the General, ‘tis the stock of one of the heifers you have just seep, The mother was thirteen ouths old when this animal was calved,” In a nelah- | boring pen were a couple of piga littered on the 1st of December last, weighing avout 120 pounds each, From these the General is about to breed at once. At this juncture he ted thi with the exception of the mule above mentioned. he bas never hada sick animal. This is, however, in a measure attributable to the admirable way in which the animals are housed and cared tor. In an adjoining field was pointed out a sheep named Daisy. This pre- | cocious Jump of prospective mutton was standing hear | its first bora, the parent being only three months older than ite offspring Both had been reared under tho mixed light, and the lamb looked, ifanything, a tritle heavier than the dam. The attendant testified to the | respective ages of the animals, and, as on various other | matters he indicated a-very respectable amount of | saute independence, the writer thought him a good | witness, | ‘Those will serve as samples of the animals experi- mented upon by General Pieasonton, When asked later whether any experiments tried by others at his suggestion corroborated his own, he kindly showed the writer several letters received im reference to this matter irom various parties, ‘Ihe following, from Com- modore J. R. Goldsborough, of the United states Navy, will serve as a specimen :. Mouxp Orry, Th. Purasoxtox, Philadelphii tit would be s, reeable to you to eriments Texused to bo ead the pampliet you did me the honor 4, On the Influence of the Bl f ping Animai and Vegetable Life, oyou. ‘The first experiment was made here by the surgeon of this station, who, having had every alternate pane of unculored xlass removed from each of two windows in bis parlor, aud having substituted for them cor respontting panes of blue glass, proceeded tw place a number of piwnts and vines of muny varieties, in pots, in the ruom H associated light of sho sun and the blue s cg learn the results © made, after havin: to 2 3 3 > 3 cy rs 2 z jicatiny branches trom an according to their species, ¢ measurement, ‘The second experiment was made in s comparison of the development of the newly hatched chickens of two broods of the same vi In each of these two broods were thin teen chicken: which were hatched on the re ‘ery twenty-tour hours, as by wei mothers, wud her brood, the other coop, also containiny differ from the coops commonly usod in this country, The chickens ot each brood were fed atthe sane tines and with equal quantities of similar food. ‘Those under the Dine glass soon began to display the cllects of the stimu- Iating iutinence of the ussociated blue aud sunlight by thelr daily almvat visivle growth, increwao of strength and ac tivity, far exceeding in all these respects the uevelopments ofthe chickens of the other brood which were exposed to the ordinary atmospheric influences. BXPERIMENTING ON HUMANITY, The remaining portion of the Commodore's letter, body, will be quoted later, Enough bus now beon and quoted touching the experiments made by General Pleayonton and others at his instance, with blue and sunhght upon plants andanimals. It is now time to examine what has been done in testing the efficacy of this mixed light upon the human body 1m digease, The experiments made in this direction have not, it is true, been very numerous. Fortunately they have been made by and upon persons worthy of all credence, some of whom have been seen by the writer on the subject, to the effect of this light were shown to him by the Goneral at the latter’s house. It may be tarther stared that, at various times, the General has tried to authorities of one or two of the Philadel- pia hospitals to make experiments upon the subject, but without success. Quidquid innovare nolumus seems to have been the uniiorm answer. As, however, the hospitais of Philadelpma were not tne only places in Which experiments could be tried, they were elsewhere instituted, and the Hxraip has been placed in possession of Infurmation which General Pleason- ton intends soon making public in the shape of a monograph of some 200 pages. It 1s not too muclito say that, should the experiments made stand the cru- cial test of thorough scientitic investigation, the world will be indebted to Geveral Pleasonton tor one of the greatest medical discoveries r made, Until such investigation has been made and numerous other experiments bave been instituted with the blended light and their results recorded, it would neither be sale nor scientific to pronounco absolutely upon the matter. Tne following facts, however, stand unchal- Jenged, and the HxnaLpd now publisbes them for the first tain General Pleasonton bad a friend, a physician, whose wife was suffering from a nervous ailment which re- sisted all ordinary medical treatment. The General advised him to try the elect of the blue light. The subjoined letter gives t Exectaicat Institute, 1, PHILADELEML | | Waser Srnzer, Sept. 21, 1871. H tions from you plication of the associated blue light of the s«y and suntight for the cure of | debility and nervous exhaustion, I have found some vory | singular results. application of your ¢! to the cultivation of plants dicho developmen: of wnimal lite tins beon wonderfully mecessful; but it will, im certain conditims of buman suffering, prove to be « far greater blessing to mankind it Judiciously used. As an illustration | offer the following secretions. Tuad prepared a window sash fitted with bine glass, which | was inserted in one half of one of the windows in her sitting ‘ room, The sash of the other half of the same window was | fitted with uncolored glass, the window having a southern exposure and reesiving, trom hail-past Nelock A. | till four o'clock P. full bi fl ‘s light. The shutters of ‘other window ( being two windows in | the room) were closed, excinding all light from it, ana light was alo ‘excluded from the upper sash of the first mentioned | window. ‘This arrangement I found to furnish too strong besid was not in ‘of her person which were the subjects of her thi art urate aiterward the pains were neuraias. In throg minute: | greatly subdued, and in ten mi the lights upon’ her person th | the time being, whether ciple that you t eal with a ity tenfold greater than ean int within my knowledge. you on your grand discovery, as well in ‘Congratalatin: science as {u animal hyxieno, I remain very truly yours, ation of the effects of these P. 8.—Hrom a close exami sociated lights of the sunand the Grmament 1 um of ¢ opinion that they furnish the greatest stimulant and most powerful tonic tint 1 am acquainted with in medicine, | | | | Commodore Goidsborough, in the letter previously | quoted, speaks further to the following effect :— ou what l imagine to be another re- ject. ¢ birth prematureiy to wv ry small child, which weighed the time only three and a« half It was very feeble, possessing apparently but litte It so happened tat the windows of the room in which it was born and reared were draped with b wud the plai ut the windo: FS = f-1 ' tered the apartment, teal | was greatly excited aud an | tity of milk, while at the same time the aupe i to such an inordin: isfy its hunger, strength and size, and ‘y, INT2, Just fou T saw it, belure I left Mound Vity, it weighed twenty: two pounds. Another caso ts that of General Ploasonton’s own son, who was in three weeks completely cured of a very severe attack of sciatica, Those who know what the word ‘‘sciatica’’ imports, will appreciate this, Still another cage 14 that of Major Genorals Sackett and Dram, of the United States Army. While they were stationed in Philadelphia, General Pieasonton paid them a visit. During it his attention was directed by Major General Drum to the blue. giass which had been introduced into their window. “I will tel. you why it is there,” said Mayor General Drum ;—‘‘General Sackett and inyself have jor a considerable time been suffering from rheamatism in the forearins, extending ‘bow joints to the Mngerends, Our ers wero: so rigid we could not hold pen. We have tried almost every remedy ever heard of tor relief, without avail, Ono day I satd to General Sackett, ‘Sup- pose we try the blue glass as recom ed by General Pieasonton.’ Wedia so When the sun begun, about | ten o’elock in the morning, to throw bis light into this referring to the effect of the mixed light on the human | The lettors of others tostifying | | the mix ‘ NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1876.—-TRIPLE SHEET. ebstructions, and which relief medicines, as well as the gel- vanic battery, had falled to produce. These ‘he important facts in the case. ‘The ati ing physician would probably maintain that the [mpry vireae was maint, Ny . im = Songer ut the cireumstanee ‘to induce mother's recovery was in a proat degree attributal to the curative: tie: he blue glass, I am. so fully convinced of this that I shail hereafter use the giase in & ilar way in all casos of protracted sickness in my family, Pr whenever practicable. Very respectfully yours, &¢. . 7 TiNiey HOLLOWAY, No. 5 South Tenth street, Philadelphia, Pa. The writer himself called upon Mr. Holloway, who confirmed verbally, in every particular, the state- ments contained in his letter. He further informed the HexD representative that he 13 suffering spinal complication (and his appearance does not belie assertion); that the weather hitherto has allowed him to take but tew of toese baths of blended light, bay that he has been so materially benefited that, whereas three months ago he could not walk bali a block, he can now walk two or three miles with ease, He is sanguine of complete restoration to health by the same agency. “In the latter part of March, 1874,”" continued Gen- eral Pleasonton, “1 received a ietter from Major eneral Charles W, Saniord, late commander of the tonal Guard of the. city of New York,” The following is a copy of that letter. To it are subjoined extracts Irom two or three others, with which this part oy this extraordinary subject will be brought to a jowe -— No, 462 West Twexry-skconn StRExT, New You, Mareh 20, 1874, To Major Goneral Prxasontox, 918 Spruce atrest, Philadel. i, Pa. Grextiat—Will you oblige me with a copy of your pam- phi use of blue glass? I liad some tint an oppo road it, and, having wn invalid daughter, her physician was induced to try the eaperiment of having blue lass inserted in her windows, Sho has been materially nefited vy its use, and I um anxious to investigate the subject. Die has also'e namber of plants in her sitting room, which grown and flourished in an ‘extraordinary manner tinder ‘ite influence, “1 win, General, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHARLES W, SANFORD, une 28, 1874, To Genoral A. J. I" srk ad & ral ge! have made some experiments with blue light under my direction, with favorable results, especially Dr. L. Fisher, in a cnve ai debility und exhaustion, and Dr. MeLaury, in» ry troublesowe Very rospecttully, yours truly, Dr, ROBERT KOMLAND. Tox, Philudelphia tanding through L are about to publish « new edition Iue Fay, with some additional matter, would fi ar of wy experience 1 rogret to stuce that my experience ix as yet very limited, Ve great hopes that by extensive experiments, with ervation, we will yet find it to be an important | agont in combating diseane. In @ little girl, one month old, was found x hurd, rosisting | tumor about the sine of a robin’s eg, In the wub-wa: gion of the left side. 1 had it vixced in such a at the rays of light through a blue wlass should tu upon it one hour, at least, exch day This tumefnct appeared entirely within forty days. ihe chi oped astonishingly; ianow seven months ol bright and huppy: b R. Robland that | ‘suppose that you jerewith, ev ingly ot known an hour's sickness of dis- coufort, Its peculiar freedom from infnutile ily Tatrib- | ue, at loast in some degree, to the influence of the blue | Liglit. With great respect, yours, WILLIAM M. McLAURY. New Youx Crry, August 20, 1574. To close these cases with @ signal instanc “Some time since Mra. C., the wife of jor General C., & distinguished officer of the United States reguiar | ‘my, told me,” says the General, “that one of her graudchildren, a little boy about eighteen months old, from his birth bad so little use of his legs that he could neither crawl nor walk, and was apparently so enleebied in those limbs that she began to jear that the child was permanently paralyzed in them. “To obviate such an allliction sho requested the mother ol the child to send him, with his two young | sisters, to play in the entry of the second story of her | house, where she had titted up a window with, biue and plain glass in equal proportions, The children | | were accordingly brought there and wore allowed to eral hours iu this largo entry or hall under sun and blue light. Ina very tew days Mra. C. told me that the child manitested great improvement in the strength of ity limbs, having learued to elmo by achair, to craw] and to walk, aud that ho was then a8 promising a child as any one fs likely to seo.” The HxxALD has giveu these specimen cases of the Stated results of troatment by this blended light for the simple reason that it the eflects produced are roter- | rible exclusively to this agency the discovery is one of | the most astounding and important in modera times. Not so much, indeed, because of the extent of the tleld | already covered by tuem or of their number, but be- play tor | cause a new and immense field is opened out to scien- | months after its birth, | | room, we stripped our arms and expoxed them to tho | mixed light. The cure has been perfect.” ‘The fotiowing letter epitomizes another extraordinary. case: Puivapetenia, April 14, 1873. To General A. J. PLmasonrron Dean ste— Kuowing that yon have been assidvonsty In- | vostigating the curative propertios of blue light (for human dis ir ogeveral yours past a fecting of grativude 19 take the iberty of Communicating a tow Iacts on. a \ jing to an ac- | quaintance of yours the way in tight should be | arranged in windows so a to take sun the thereby. In classes of invalids that would be benefited ned those alllicrod with spinous oF tire nervous system being apparently iu Tt was probably a regular consumption of yeared tu be wasting away very rapial if any, hope of her recovery. Ati nt, after first obtaining the tull consent of her- and the attending phystelnn, Vine window lichts (pur chased from Froneh, tet Co. of this city.) were suitably erranged in the wi dows of her room, tne emst trees ty admit the light 7 From the commencement of her sexnens she had not heen able to sit np more than afew nuinutes each day, just while the nurse mace the bed ; but in x few days after the several fun baths were tnken in succession she surprived the entire 0 'y overexertes not so weil for two or three days thereafter. milnued to kmprove rapidly, and has now tiely regained her t st ee aith. © most important perceptible ef. ihe sun bath, ng moss of the time of her illness mothor suffered from an intense pain in the upper part of tue spine and in Mer hed, andl the galvenie battery had been frequently and it fun oaths Beye aie ke er i dalairtlatan ie i | speed. Stephenson asked one of the guests what it title investigation und experiment, the possible results of which are of untold consequence to humanity. It is related of George Stephenson that while he was one day | standing ou the porch of Sir Robert Peel's house at Tamworth a railway train bappencd to pase by at full was that moved the train. “Heat,” was the reply. “No,” said the great engineer, “it is light.” Tho proiound character of this remark will be appreciated yy all who recognize light as the most potent agency at work in the universe. The experiments made by General Picasonton in thoir bearing upon this subject will be commented upon in the Heraio when his theories are under review. In order to elicit their opinion upon this important matier, che Hnato representative called upon a large number of the most eminent medical autuorities m Phitadelphia. The majority of thom stated that the sub- ject of light under this aspect, was comparatively new to them; that if General l’leasontou’s deductions were weil fouuded he had made a most important discovery | and that the subject was one deserving of the most searching Investigation and the widest and most caro- ful experiment. Here. then, the Heratp leaves this subject for the moment and hauds these facsa (tho bulk of which are now given to the public jor the tirst time) over to those who, by profession, have virtually assumed the Office of scientific inquisitors tor humanity at large. CONKLING OR HAYES? Convmpes, Ohio, April 18, 187 To tux Evtror or tie Hexay:— It is the opinion of myself, as well as of every other journed, that ‘if the Cincinnati Convention had been held # fortnight ago, that, after Hayes had been dropped Blaine and Morton would have delegation about equally, But a change, sudden as a flash of lightning, has come over the minds of republi- cans 1m this State at the startling revelations made by Harrison about Blaine's connection with the Union Pacific bond swindies, and now you cannot find a re- publican in Obio who would support Blaine in conven- tion, Before this Conkling was counted out, su far as Ohio Was concerned; but row his pure, untarnished name is on every lip a5 Ohio's second choice for the Presidency, Hayes, of course, bemg our first choice. Dick Smith and Halstead keep chatter- ing away about Bristow, when the truth is that there are but two Bristow men in Ohio and their names are Halstead and Smith (Richard). 1 havo within atew days had full and fair opportunity of talking not only with repubheans of every single county of Uhio, but also with many from the surrounding States of Ken. tucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Mich- igan, our close neighbors, visiting Columbus, and they With one accord and without a dissenting voice admit that Blaine met his death by his own act and is counted out as a candidate as completely as if he were sleeping his iast long sleep in the dust of the earth. Neither Morton nor Blaine can ever be President, And neither has any one to blame but bimself. 1 can aflord to pay $100 a head for every Bristow man in Obio if I can get @ cent apiece for every Conkling or Hayes man! Lbave inquired constantly among republicans from every county in Ohio to tind how Bristow stands. I can give their uniform response in one word, where!" And the reason assigned for counting Bristow out is one—as in the cases of Morton and Blaine—that cannot be overcome by eit rgument or int ie. Itisone | | that diplomacy and finesse of the most skilful political quacks cannot remove. “Bristow,” say ull republicans I meet, ‘‘is a South- | erner, with Southern Pesyedions, whims and caprices., | He has prosecuted the Whiskey Ring, to be sure, or | rather permitted his deputios to do as they please, but | for that he deserves no more or less credit than any of | his district attorneys. The matter was all a simplo | legal daty, only ally performed, and yet done with the sole view of lifting himself from obscurity the m: obscure into the Presidency. It is too thin. He has never shown any element deserving of that high pro- | motion. He has never been a candidate, and bis | strength at the polls has never heen tested like that of Conkiing and Hayes; but he is unknown, untried, and ‘we want no more experiments. We wanta statesman | who has been tried and not found wanting. Bristow might tarn ont to be an Andy Johnson on our hands. We cannot trust so now and unheard of a candidate and | Tun the risk of his ing up the Soetherners over the Nortuernere—bestowing all the offices in his gift on the South, That would kill rate. New England 1s | sond against Bristow as a Southerner, Those large Portions of Ohio settled by New Englanders, the most populous and intelligent districts of Ohio, distrust any | man south of Mason and Dixon's, and [tell you, sir, | Mr, Bristow’s irends will ind no Southern, man can carry our vote.” So that narrows the contest down to Hayes and Conkling, for no man can dream that any other than Morton, Biaine, Bristow, Conkliag and Hayes will be named in the Cincinnati Convention. Conkling stands in Obie, In 1872, tn the thick of the tight, Ohio leading the charge, Conkling’s plume of victory and glory led the way ty’ success in Ohio, and thus assured success in every other portion of the Union, His great speeches were read and are served aa carefully as those of Hayes himself im every home in Ohio where dwells a repubiiean family. While | manquvres of an enemy. divided the Ohio | | Wilaen’ | duty of the Convention as Ollo remembers that Hayes first beat Thurman, then | Pendleton and Allen for the Governorship in three cam- | paigos that were admitied to bo national m there im. portance, and while Ohio admircs his lofty career of purity and exalted statesmanship, snd will au hia solidiy in y nd that with enthusiasm 60 lon; he nomination, yet sie does not forget the splendid and unturnished career of your great Senator, Roscoe Conk- Iyng, and in the event sho cannot get Hayes her voree will'ring out in clarion tonex for Conkling for next Prestuent. Mark the predictions herein recorded, and neo if they do not come out like prophee itwolf, oure traly, PRIVATE DALZELIL THE JERSEY CONTESIED ELEC. TIONS. Owing to the aiMsulty in the Board of Canvassers at Jersey City several members who were deciared elected have not yet qualified. Messrs. Thomas and Detwiller, of the Board of Education, Messrs, Love, Anderson, Martin aud Stringham, constables, avd Michac! Rear- lon, have hot been mm in. The Cit Store retuscs to swear 1D Alderman Powell, althoug! Mr. Fry, bis opponent, refuses to take the scat, TILDEN AND THE PRESIDENCY. The Coming Convention at Utica. A TOUR THROUGH CANAL RING DISTRICTS, Opposition to the Governor and Its Elements. Interesting Interviews With Prominent Syracuse Politicians. Will Governor Seymour Be a Candidate at St. Louis? Syracusx, April 21, 1876. The heart of the Canal Ring interest is about the bes, place to study the chances and strength of Samuel J. Tilden in the State of New York. His friends look calinly and at a distanco on the roseate here of the dis- tinguished gentleman’s aspirations ; but would it not be a little wiser to go at once right into the camp of tho enemy and note their proparations for an aggressive wartare. Pen, ink and paper in the Executive Cham- ber at Albany, aided by subservient and over enthusi- siastic officials, may easily give a goldon coloring to the political situation in favor of His Excellency. To be forwarned is to be forearmed. The fact cannot bo denied that the elements of opposition to Governor Tilden within the lines of his own party aro singularly | strong, and woll equipped with the sinews of war. | Pleasing theories on the (nancial and Southern ques- tions, introduced to tickle the fancies of the whole country in gubernatorial messages, may do very woil, but it might be judicious for the Governor to come a littie nearer home just at present, or ho may bo decapitated in the hous of his supposed friends, The adroit general sends a reconnoitering party to learn the take a lesson by the examples of the HAL in sending & commissioner through this hotbed of the Canal Ring, in order to ascertain the exact innor working of one of the powerful machines brought into the fleld for tho Purpose of destroying his political fortunes. Much of tho INVLUENCES AT WORK IN SYRACUSE come in the spirit of revenge. Nine anti-Tildon dele- gates have been elected from this city, Their names aro:—First district, William C. Kuger, J. W. Barker, | Richard Newport; Second district, Patrick Corbett Horace K. King, Roger 8. Sperry; Third district, Joseph Hoffman, John Moore, Phillip Midler, These gentlemen, with one or two exceptions, are bitterly opposed to Til- den, and will do all in their power to upset his plan of capturing the Convention at Utica. At 1s an error to suppose that all the opposition in, | fluence in this section of the State come directly from adherents of the Canal Ring. Thero are other and graver reasons, which will appear further on in my correspondence, It suits the Governor's campaign admirably to have the ory go before the country that the canal thieves aro again on his track, as at the con- vention which here nominated him for Governor in the fail of 1874. Ominous notes of alarm, such as are painted by Charles Reade, in his graphic description of “The Gabriel Hounds may thus be adroitly sent forth trom the Executive Chambor, ruption in arms against a common enemy 1s a picture calling out the masses to the polls on election day in defence of the right. “The Gabriel Hounds’ of tho Canal Ring may now go flying through the, air, precur- sors of the ultimate political death of Samuel J. Tilden, but their prophecies do not at this particular timo | seem likely to be fulfilied. It would be well, however, , for the Governor and his friends to look carefully after these gentlemen and cut the bridge before they havo time to cross the river into this land of political promise. THE LOCAL FIGHTS IN ONONDAGA Covstr. Previous to the Canal Ring exposures, ‘Doc’ Denni- son, of the celebrated firm of Belden & Dennison, repre- sented this district In tho Democratic State Co nmittes. Exposures of the canal system by Mr. Tilden browght suspicion and trouble upun the heads of Dennison, Bel- den and “Tommy” Gale, who, more than any other in the State, spoke for the canal interests in making up the State Committee last year. Mr, William A. Beach, a talented young lawyer of this city, was given tho placo of “Doc? Dennison. The odor of the Canal Ring was too much for the latter to carry, He was compelled to step down and out, Mr. Beach tsa popular young man, and was selected for the place in consonance with the intention of Governor Tilden to put new and hones, blood into the democratic party at Syracuse, thus bring: | ing it out of the taint of the Canal Ring. Ropresenta’ | tives of the canal interests claim that Mr. Beach was not the man for the place, and it was a mistake to put him there. However this may be, Onondaga county, as far | asthe dolegation to Utica is concerned, bas now de- clared against Tilden, and the croakers insist that it is | entirely due to the mismanagement of Beach. But the true story appears to be that tho unpopularity of Til- den in certain quarters, aided by tho purses of the Canal Ring, has done the work, Beach cannot be held por- sonally responsible for the prosent condition of affairs, PERSONNEL OF SYRACUSK DELRGATES—CONTRETING DELE- GaTions. One of the Governor's friends gave mo particulars as to some of the delegates who go from here to Utica. Mr. Ruger is Messrs, Belden & Dennison’s attorney in the suits now ponding against the State by that firm. J. W. Barker ise bankrupt and Mr. Belden acts as his assigne will be sent to Utica by the Tilden interest, it consists of the following |. F. Graves, John C, Monroe and Edward J. Young. It is needless to prophesy that those delegates will be admitted to the Convention. They are certainly a very respectable body of gontle- | mon, Mr. Graves was formerly Mayor of Syracuse badly beating his antagonist, James J, Belden. n 1,500 votes abead of his ticket. It is claimed by the Beach clique that Jobn Moore, from the Second dis- trict, is @ Tilden man, although he will vote for an un- pledged delegation, Mr. Joseph Hoffman, eaitor of a Syracuse German newspaper, is also classed in the same category. In the Fourth district, which | 18 composed of Cortland county, a resolution indorsing administration was passed, bat the delegates wed to a pledge for any candidate. If are decidedly o the contesting delegation ix admitted from the First | district, then willensue a split in this Congressional districts, and consequently a difference of opinion as to selecting the two delegates to the National Conven- tion. A PRCULIAR CONTINGRNCT might arise here, going far toward framing the whol temper of the Convention. It is usual for ea Gressional district to agree upon their two delegates and subinit them to the main Convention, If the dis- trict cannot agree upon a choice, then it becomes the whole to select the names. i have been told that Governor Tilden suggesto recently oy which a committee of one trom ¢ gressional district should elect the entire delegation from 1 State, to be appointed by the permanent President at Utica. If we have much wrangling in the various Congresmonal districts at Utica, this plan may ed, and the whole hat made out by 4 olose cor- poration of thirty-three genulemen, VERY HARD CASIC One fact ts apparent about the political tide tn Cen- tral New York as far as the local machine is concerned. It is decidedly against Governor Tilden. The usual ery hberal use of moves” is rained inst the Canal Ring as the reason for this state of affairs, In Syra- cue it 1s asserted that thousands of doliars have teen Spont in securing the Onondaga county delegation, Cash is always 1 in political controversies, and the enemies of Governor Tilden are not behindhand in circulating reporis as to his liberality tn this par- ticular. If the complexion of the Convontion were to ‘be Judged from the political tone of this and adjacent counties Mr. Tilden would not bave an carthly show of feceiving ap ipdorsement at Utica, but the favorable po onetape other parts ot the State place an cutirely dil aspect on the contest. The Canal Ring has been and is still & powertol influence in State polities, The members are very rich and, it ts needless to fay, Uuscrapuious. — | bina years they e: worked openly and above board. not afford to do that how, their labors may be not less effect. uaiin another way. The track of the serpent crawl ing in the dark is searcely ever detected. Irs presence is never felt antil ite deathly fangs seize the victim. Let Governor Tilden beware of this anaconda, It may bite and crush where le least expects attack, A LEADING ANTE-TILDRN MAN SPEAKS. One of the most prominent Syracuse politicians, in conversing with me to-day, gave iis views on Governor Tilden and the coming Convention as ioliows :— “The probabilities are that the majority of the Con- vention will be friendly to the Governor. The sentr. ieee wil be oppowed fo 8 pleuged delegations Fas is Governor Tilden had better ; Thievery and cor- | In tho First district @ contesting delegation” Governor Tilden ?”” “Well, the sentiment should not be assumed to exactly in opposition to the Governor; but it m best that the delegation should go untrammelied free to consult those from other States as to the best policy to be pursued by the party at St Louis. Be- sides, there are several demoorats in this State eq as well qualified and at least as well loved by tne whose elevation to the high office of President m! be desired by the National Coovenuon, I mean Seymour, Judge Church, Jobn T. Hoffman and-others, We know it 18 apparently assumed, the Governor and bis friends would have the democracy believe, that the opposition to Governor Tilden is confined to what te commonly called the Canal Ring. This is a mistake," “Then what are the other elements of opposition to which you allude??? “In the first place, the results of the Governor's re- form policy, when measured by his profeesions, appear very diminutive, out with a vigorous cam- n document, in tne shape of a canal message to the Legislature one ‘year ago, What has followed? Suite and prosecutioas have beon commenced and substan. tally abandoned. Many that have been commenced have failed in the courts by reason of the inexperienes aba inability of those whom he commissioned to prose cute—such nen as Fairchild, his Attorney General It is currently believea in this locahty that members of the so-calied Canal Ring have been quietly assared thas executive displeasure might be softened were they to aid the movement inaugurated bere im the Governor's If we take our own locality ax an indication of overuor’s inanagement, His Excellency is not @ ful, but simply a party leader, The State Cen- tral Committeeman for this district, William A. Beach, | has pursued a course of policy which has resulted in dissension and discontent and well nigh disrupted the organization, Assuming to act for the Executive, he | has frustrated all attempts to sel with the Governor, has mapps appointments to suit himself, ignoped all tho old lead> disregarded the advice of all those who had ever ithiul and t tothe party, These facts will plain in part the troubles in Central New - The protest on the part of the democracy aguinst this conduct has resulted in the defeat of the Governor's friends in all the districts of Onondaga county. I could cite the names of hundreds of sier- hng democrats in this county who are put in apparent opposition to Governor Tilden, 1 might mention in this connection such men as Robert Mcvarthy, brother of the Senator; Jacob S, Smith, chuirman of the Democratic County Committee; Patrick Corbett, a prominent lawyer, and formerly police justice’ of Syracuse; J. W. Barker, president of the Onondaga Salt Company ; Coionel Edwin 8. Jenny and several others. The protest of those gentlemen goes no further than simply dissatis‘action with this management. To be sure there are a few who carry their opposition to the Governor to any exteut, They bave made use of ‘this dissatisfaction, and will no doubt claim it as a vic- |.tory over Mr. Tilden, But this isa distinction that should not be overlooked.’’ ‘MH. DANIEL MAGONE’S CONCLUSIONS. The genu Dan el Ma, jan here related an imcident as to Mr, ne, Jr, Chairman of the state Central while he was on a visit to Syracuse a short | time since, Several of the gentlemen named above waited upon hin at the Vandervilt House. They set forth their political grievances arising out of the mis- management of the party tn this locality. Mr, Magone regretted the situation, and remarked that the Gov- ernor was sometimes placed in atalse position, Mr, | Tilden did not desire a pledged delegation from Utica, | as ho thought it would be detrimental to the interests | of the party. | Under this statement it appears that all Governor Tilden asks of the Convention is a resolution indorsing | his administration | _ After this little narrative my political friend, who did | not desire his name mentioned under any circam- stances, concluded as follows :— | _ “When the delegates were elected from this county ho other pronuse was exacted from them than that they should vote for an unpledged delegation to St. Louis. It Governor Tien should succeed in getting the hominaticn, in no county in the State will he be so enthusiastically supported us in Onondaga”? GOVERNOR SKY Many of the politicians with n I conversed in Syracuse and vicinity speak enthasiastically of Gover nor Seymour as a candidate dent. They look upon him as the most eligible man yet mentioned on the democratic side, This compliinent comes from an in | dependent and respectable class, as welt as from theso who are supposed to be allies of the Canal Ring. “Why,” I remarked to one of these gentlemen, “Governor Seymour, in an interview with a newspaper correspondent recently, declared himself in tavor of Governor Tilden as a Vresidential candidate.” “1 hat may be,” he answered; “but if you studied that imterview through and through you would tind that the Governor said nothing definite. Different con- clustons might be drawn trom the interview, and the expressions looked to me as if they bad been weighed and carefully digested before being given out Mr. Sey- mnour, liowever, 1s too adroit a politiciau aad too honor. able a gentleman to be jorced into any literary game for the advancement of anybody's public ambitions" “Do you think Governor Seymour desires the Presi« | dency ‘or would take the nomination if proitered to him ¥ | A BROTHER TO THe RESCUE. | _ “Well, that is a hard question to answer. Governor ymour's brother was in Syracuse a short time ag aud the same query was propounded to him. He could not be induced to g: \o his brother's in- tentions, but from his manner I should judge that the family Would not object to a four years’ residence in the White House,”” ‘s A CONTRARY OPINION, ‘The wishes of Governor Seymour 1a this particular direction have also been deserived to me on good ag. thority as tending decidedly 1 an opposite direction, it ssaid thaton no account and under no circum- Stances would he accept the nomination at St. Louis, But as yet we have heard of no such positive refusal coming directly from the lips of Governor Seymour, { Uaul such an annyuncement is made the question necessarily remains an open one. THR ADMISKION OF DELEGATRS AT UTICA, itis claimed by promiment anti-Tilden iticlans. here and in Rochester that peculiar tactics will be pursued in the Utica Convention by fmends ot the Gov- erne Of course everybody who uuderstands the ma- chinery of couventions knows very well that arguments | before a commitiew vu contested seats is sO much of love's labor lost. Whatever party can run the machine Appoints and controls the committees, Each district willbe taken up separately and its regularity passed upon by the committees ou contested seats. Now, it is stated that the Governor has this | Machinery well in hand. If it = so then all the committees on resolutions, contested seats, &e., will be appointed at his dictation, In several of the districts im Syracuse, Rochester and other places, whore apti-Tilden delegates have been elected to Utica, contests aave arisen. Now, it is claimed by some poli- ticians kere that when these mattera come to be argued before the Commitice on Contested Seats the anti-Tiiden men, although regularly chosen by their constituents, will be thrown out of the Convention and the others allowed to come in. This is the statement made to me by many well informed politicians in Syra- cuse, Watertown, Rochester and Auburn, If thie story istrue this species of political legordemain may do more harm than good to the Governor, and | am con- vinced by conversation with his fmends that he would scarcely lend himself to such a course. The powers that rule conventions, howe’ are very arbitrary, agé for the sake of harmony and a’ vigorous stamping Of rebellion it is probably better that it should be #0. THK PARTY WHIP—A CONTRAST. The friends of senator Conkling at Syracuse last mouth conclusively proved bow futile were the eiforu of Curtis and his small bost of rebols feat the pre arranged jaws of the majority, There the commit toes were all nicely arranged by Mr. A. B, Cornell, aa the republican jeader of the State and the bosom friend of SenatorConkimng. Party lines should be kept to- gether or the fabric drops into rum. The Commitice on Resolutions reported the will of the majority. ‘This | cominiviee was appointed by the State body, who bad | also the power to name ail other committees, This rule will similarly appiy at Utica. Mr, Daniel Maguire, Jr., aud his confreres of the State committees will bi the privilege of na the temporary chairm | the coming Co it will thas be how Governor Tilden can run the whole machine, The aid ofa little ofl, sensibly used, may prevent a good deal of trouble in the further mapping out of the state, But, on the other hand, it is asserted that the Governor cannot hold the State Committee, ax evidenced by big | failure to secure the holding of the Convention in jecided rebellion to gubet arter, ff this 18 true, then the friends through despatches boamting of from the differgpt towps where conventions have been hetd mrett prove bat so much idle talk. Their hopes will tere int TuY WEEUTRNANT GOVERNOR O8 TILDEN. 5 Lieaten«4 Governor Dorsheimer is an fe Oe warm and oatepoken adherent of Governor Tilden. my way from New York to this part of the State I con- vorsed with the gentleman at Albany. He considers that no better man can be named for the democratic han Samuel J. Tilden. “Why,” mer, “the clements of hig 'Y_ issues upon which we should the country, The Governor iwnil sound om jal question. If be 1s nominated at St. Louis Nicans dare not agitate the issue agaist bim, He has always stood right upon that record, By such a vomination considerable thander might be stolen from his opponents, Then looms up the great question of administrative reform, No one ean deny but that the Governor has ax sumed a most prominent position before the untry upon this topic. In my opinion this will ve the strongest feather in his cap. “ The people anxiously await the man who will cut from the body poliue those ulcers of corruption and fraud which bave so dis- graced the national administration, The main cry now Tings out, and will continae to be heard until the close of tho Presidential contest, ‘Reform and honest mea ig office.’ This has been Mr. Tiden’s platform for yours, He broke up the monstrous Tweed Ring and A Tated the fights againet tue canal corruptioniats, people recollect those services, His nomination at St Lous would guarantee that the democratic ‘party meant to push on ube good work unul the no guilty man escape,’ proved a tittle more Doasting.”” FIRE IN BEEKMAN STREET. Farly yestorday morning a fire occurred tm the vetld. ing northwest corner of Beekman and Gold streets. An alarin was promptly sounded and the engines were soon on the spot, The firo, it is alleged, was caused by the carclesshess of a porter, named Zena i’eck, taking ‘a lighted candie into the basement, which ignited gas and caused the explosion of « barrel Pes Hirst floor and basement of the building were Duanays to stock, $3,000, neured ine wa to stock, f s City, Standard ana’ Columbia companies for § The second floor Gag CS Strength are jast the