The New York Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1878, Page 8

RAPID TRANSIT ATTACKED, nee Alderman Reilly’s Resolution in Refer- ence to the Battery Park. ne IMPORTANT LAW POINTS RAISED. The New York Elevated Railroad Company Appeals to Mayor Ely. At the last meeting of the Board of Aldermen a pre- amble and resolution were introduced by Mr. Bryan Reilly, and adopted, alleging that the New York Ele- vated Railroad Company had, “without warrant or authority of law, changed the route of its road, and in so doing has encroached upon the Battery Park, in clear violation of the regulations prescribed by the Rapid Transit Commissio’ The Park Commis- sioners were directed to revoke the permission given to use a portion of the Battery Park, and the Corpora- tion Counsel was also directed to take such legal pro- ceedings against the New York Elevated Railroad Com- pany as may be necessary to compel them to con- struct their road on the route designated. At two o'clock yesterday afternoon a delegation from the New York Elevated Railroad Company, headed by their counsel, Mr. David Dudley Field, entered Mayor Ely’s office for the purpose of arguing with that official against the propriety of signing such a resolution. This delegation consisted of C. W. Field, H. W. Bishop, B. Brewster, J. M. Fiske and Charles J. Canda, Alderman Bryan Reilly, the author of the resolution, was also present. Mr. Field spoke on behalt of the company. presented the following points and remonstrancs prs.” He Couneil, fore poss said city im respect (ot in the If the Ald the Commissioners shall p sane power to say whom th and that would be giving t Aldermen instead of the Cc lature, for reasons su The passage of the re: of usurpation and its appro an approval of the usurpation on directs the Commissioners of the Parks to do what the Commissioners have no right todo. They cannot revoke the license given to the company until after six months’ notice. No such Rotice hus been given. TH ROUTH LAL DOWN BY THLE PARK COM designated for which the Park Commissio gave a license ran along the edge of the Bat . street to Whitehall street, th Whitehall street to and conn e Hamilton avenue ferry and Staten Island ferry; and from erseection of Stat ud Whitchall'street_ over t ‘The company, ne in errivs, requested the Commissioners tod ablish & route of such location as will admit of trains beg run with safety at a ave speed, together with a loop line or siding by to rel Thereupon the Commissioners passed & nas follows:— Resolved, That in pursuance of t conferred ‘ape by chapte: mine the road, an ele now and ut the time said law Was enacted in actual op to ‘itself, p wax therefore being in doubi tended for c: he wers and authority 6, Laws of 1875, we do nite ‘vr routes by which the ted steam railw tion, may connect with m railways or tho lepots thereof Hows :— ing at th attery tery place to the ede of tho s the corner of the Battery ly opposite Bridge street, thence over anit # the ede of the Battery ate stfBet to @ point nearly equidistant from Pearl aud Front streets, ce over and actoss the corner of the Battery to the other si i ntersect the route as above by # siding, the portion with the portion ot tl “nearly equidi The said ubya red 1 ul by the Foute at the from Pearl a Upon Map upon said map o f the rouze he Variation as jew York ARGUMENT OF THE RAILROAD LAWYER. ‘The line thus designated is the line for which the Park Commissioners gave the license in question, varied only under the reservation contained in the last proviso, The directors of the company do not think that the line allowed by the Rapid Transit Commissioners and confirmed by the Park Commis- sioners will disfigure the Park, They intend to do ll in their power to prevent it, but they are so pressed to open communication with the upper part of the island that they could not hitherto do more in the way of embellishment than they have done, It, however, there were to be a little less beanty in a little corner of the Battery, which is enjoyed by a few huudreds daily, th Uisadvantage would be overcome by the c jence afforded to thousands moving from island to the other, ‘This company mi 4,000 ssengers on Saturday last. Their easy guide and passage through Manhattan Island was of more consequence than the enjoyment of a few loungers on neglected benches upon a narrow strip along the western end of the Battery, even if the structure which the com- pany is placing there would in fact interfere with that enjoyment. But there is not and is not likely to be any such interference. It has not been thought by the Aldermen to be a desecration of the Battery that an emigrant depot of large extent should be maintained there for the convenience of emigrants numbering cach year at the highest a few hundred thousand. Much less of a desecration is it surely to allow a few feet ou one side to be used for the con- venience and safety of more millions of our own citi- zens than there are hundreds of thousands of emi- grants. Mr. Field then proceeded to show the insurmonnt- able obstacles that existed in building the road down Btate street and not on the Battery. + ALDERMAN REILLY OPPOSE During the delivery r. Fi remarks Alder- man Reilly (who sat within a few fect of the distin- guished lawyer) shook his head several times in a hegative demonstration against the veracity of that gentleman's statement. “I don't know who the g his bead,” said Mr. Field, lias with this subj. but this I will say, tli Alderman knows anything about the route oad wny more than he does about Kamtchatka,”” When the arguy it was concluded Alderman Reilly approached the Mayor and asked him when the other side would have an opportunity of being heard. Mayor Ely did not appear to understand the uestion, ax he Was conversing with some other gen- men at the time. Mr. Field stood beside the ex- ecutive. “T will talk to the Mayor privately about this,’” re- marked Mr. Reilly “We must have everything public about the mat- ter—no private talk,” said Mr. Fieid. Alderman Reilly—Mepresentatives of this com- pany have been lobbying around the City Hall for weral days. One of them wauted to know what could be done for me. [told him nothing. Mr. Field—I wonder how many applications the gentleman has made for positions in the company. Alderman Reilly—I beli aly one. I will ven- ture to say that if part of the Buttery is giv %o this company they will have the whole of i fore many years aré ridiculous to say that only 200 people m found in the Battery during the whole day at season Gud my family go there nearly ever: Mr. Fi What district doy Alderman Reilly (with earn the district in which the Battery consider it an outrage to give it away to this corpora- tion. I think I have a perfect right to expre c heme, even as a priva that the Common € ¢ ach matters, In 1877 we passed a lative to the location of an armory in one of the parks of this city. Mr. Field—it what the Aldermen have done is Proof of what the law is, then the Lord defend us. Alderman Reilly—If the Common Council have no authority over this matter, what isthe use of your coming here to oppose the resolution? if MR. FIELD. Mr. Field—Because the resolution is directed against my clients. I would protect them in this case on the same principles that 1 would protect one of my friends against the attack of a set of pot-house politicians, if it were in my power to do so. The speaker ther went on t hat the Alderman was rrect in ali the poiuts, and concluded by reit- erating some of the arguiuents already placed before the Mayor. Alderman Rellly—What do you 1 by pot-house politicians’ I— ‘The outiook here begau to look scmewhat when Mayor Ely, with a bland stile dir the irate Alderinan, whispered, “Geutk sve what sil this las got to do with ti “pot-house politi Maitied unanswered, and af teresting remarks the delegation Ely promised to give the mutier ¢ CHURCH FAIRS. A fair was opened, on Wednesday evening in the Assembly Rooms of tho Academy of Music, Brooklyn, by Bile Class No. 105, of the Lafayette Aven byterian Church. The class, whieh has upward of two hundred and fifty members, Las repe ly held fairs in aid of the poor of the city, and the noble eiforte of the good people have invariably been crowned with success. There are six tables, all of which are heavily laden with rich and usefal articles, ‘The fair, whieh wall close on Saturday nigut, we under | i | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1878.-TRIPLE SHEET. the direction of Mrs. N. Cothren, Mrs. C. H. Brush, Mrs. W. A. Babcock, Miss C. C, Campbell, Mr. H. H. Wilson, T. S. Imlay, J. H. Montgomery, N. T. Thayer, 8. C. Stevens and Dr. H, B. Pallett, A fuir for the benetit of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Atonement, Fifth avenue aud Seven- tecuth street, Brooklyn, is now open in the basement of that edifice, : The Young Ladies’ Society of the First Baptist Church, corner of Clinton and Pierrepont 8, Brooklyn, opened an attractive fair at that chu Wednesday evening. ‘he fair may be visited trom two P. M. to ten P.M. CITY NEWS ITEMS. Cardinal McCloskey yesterday confirmed over two hundred and fifty boys and girls at St. Agnes’ Church, East Forty-third street. The lecture which was to have been given at Stein- way Hall last evening by Mrs. Vanderpool was post- poned until this evening on account of that lady's illness. Miss Haidee Heller took out collection papers yes- terday in the Surrogate’s Court under the will of Kobert Heller, Mr. Weber, the pianoforte manufac: turer, becoming her sure! William Henry Howard, alias “Jimmy, the Kid,” was held in default of $1,000 bail at Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday, to answer a charge of till tapping preferped by G. W. Richardson, of No, 709 Brondway, William H. Smith, a hard-working man, who has had many troubles ", attempted to commit sui- cide by shooting himself’ yesterday morning, at his home in the rear of No.5 Mangin street. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital. William Hayes and John Muloney were fined $10 each at Essex Market Police Court yesterday and sent Es to the Island for six months in default ot $600 bail tor having abused and beaten W. Zeinger, of No. 74 Jack: mn street, a few nights ago. Mallon, of the Western Steamboat Squad, bert 8. Thorpe, alias Barney 1 steamer Dean Richmond at picr 41 North River. He was locked up for the night at Police Headquarters, ‘Lhe students of the New York University met yes- terday afternoon to elect a regent of the Intervol- legiate Literary Association. Three candidates—N.{c Hendrickson, Charles Noble and Charles 8, Benedict— were in the field. Mr. Benedict was elected on tho second ballot by agood majority. ‘Tbe term of office is for two years, ‘The case of Judge Pinckney was again adjourned terday, owmg te the absence of Mr. Keavey, of counsel for the defendant. ‘he referce, Mr. Buell, was promptly in attendance, as was also Mr. Gam- brell and several witnesses. ‘To-day it is promised that Judge Fowler will be in attendance and that the cuse will proceed without further del Mr. Harnett, by order of William A. Butler, re- ceiver of the defunct Manufacturers and Builders’ yesterday sold on the Real Estate Exchange bonds, notes and judgments held by the bank at the time of the failure. ‘The total amount realized on the bonds and stocks was in the neighborhood of $6,000, und the total proceeds of the sale was $3 ‘The following gentlemen haye become members of the United States Board of Trade during the past week :—Senator Stanley Matthews, Dr. Norvin Green, F, J. Allen, General Patrick H. Jones, Caleb H. Malin, William A. Sweet, Senator Wagstaff, An- tonio C. Gonzalez, A. H. Bissell, John P. Townsend, W. J. Lioyd, John R. Foster, J. H. Mooney and H. H. Brockway. Dominick Hart, aged thirty-five years, and William Rougley, aged thirty-seven years, laborers, in the employ of the Municipal Gaslight Company, while repairing a pipe in front of No. 133 Crosby’ street yesterday afternoon, were almost suffocated by es- cuping gas. They were found by fellow workmen, who removed them to the Mercer street station house, whence they were sent to Bellevue Hospital. A complaint of cruel treatment at sea was made esterday before United States Commissioner Shields y James Blake, steward of the American bark F. I’. Whiton, against Patrick Murray, second mate of that vessel, who was held in $1,000 bail for examination. Blake alleges that Murray beat him until he was in- sensible while the bark lay outside the port of Venice, Italy, on August 26, 1878, and that he is still suffering from the injuries then received. ‘The Christmas decorations of Trinity Church were begun yesterday. he aisles and anterooms of the editice are filled with heaps of evergreens, holly and fragrant palm, The preparations tor celebrating this holiday in “old ‘Trinity’ this year are on a more elaborate scale thn on any previous occasion. The ‘and Christmas tree, on Which the presents are to » hung, will stand in the front lobby. It will be over twenty feet high and lit up by gas jets. Mr. E. M. Archibald, the British Consul General at this port, gives notice that British subjects born in who are desirous of obtaining the certificates ‘d in the first article of the law passe! by the Legislative Assembly on the l6ta of Decew- 74, or certificates in support of claims to ex- ewption from military service, uy obtain directions how to proceed in the matter by applying to any of the British consulates or principal vice consulates in France or elsewhere. A meeting of the Board of Directors ot the North- eru Pacitic Kwilroad was held yesterday afternoon at the company’s offices, Ninth strect and Fifth avenue, President C. B. Wright in the chair. Forty-eight pro- posals tor the construction of the Missouri division of the road were opened and the lowest bid for the first 100 miles, to be completed by the Ist of Novem- ber next, was accepted. The Board ordered a revi- sion of the surveys of the second 100 miles to the Yellowstone, preparatory to giving out the work on it. SUBURBAN NOTES. Anew ferry, running from New Rye cpr 8.1L, to Sailor's Suug’ Harbor, and thence to all the factories on the Jersey shore opposite, will be put in operation on Monday next. The first boat will leave New Brigh- ton at twenty minutes past six A. M. A number of boys were playing yesterday on the thin i » tha vered a pond on the west side of Pater- ‘The ice gave way and seven of them passed from sight. An alarm was raised by their compan- ions, and with the aid of residents of the neighbor hood all were rescued. A considerable fire occurred at Paterson, N. J., on Wednesday night, which nearly consumed the trame stables on High street, near Clinton, owned and oc- cupted by Charles A. Gurnee, J. I. Goetsebius and Henry Post respectively. The buildings dam- aged to the amount of several hundre: ‘8 each, No insurance. About noon yesterday Emil Maximilian Hasselbach, of Newark, was lodged in the First precinct police station of that city to answer a charge preferred by William Wirtz, a saloon keeper, to the effect that Hasselbach entered his place late the night before, created @ serious disturbance, and wound up by pointing @ revolver at Wirtz. Harman Weise, a German, was found hanging by the neck yesterday afternoon in a woodshed in the rear of his house, No. 572 Fourth avenue, South Brooklyn. The deceased, who was fifty-two years of aye, had been of dissipated habits for a long time past und made several previous attempts to commit suicide, He leaves a wife and three children. rge W. Sherman, residing on Storm avenue, Jersey City Heights, yesterday reported to the police that On Monday night last he was assaulted when near his residence and robbed of $55. He stated that after leaving the horse car at Baldwin avenue he had proceeded but a short distat ’ aman walked up to him and th handfal of cayenne pepper in his eyes. At the same time he was seized trom behind and bis arms pinioned. The man who threw the pepper in his face then rifled his pockets. Coroner Hughes, of Yonkers, was called yesterday to hold an inquest at St. John’s Riverside’ Hospital in that city upon the body of George Goodheart, Deceased and two companions, William Richard White, aged nineteen years, and David Goulding vis- ited a saloon late on Saturday night. They engaged in afriendly wrestle, in which Goodheart fell and one of his companions fell upon him. Goodheart cried out that one of his legs was broken, and he had to be removed to the hospital, where he died on Tnes- day night. Yesterday David Goulding testified that a bad feeling bad existed between White and the de- ceased, whereupon a brother of Goulding testified that he would uot believe his brother under oath. Corouer Hughes committed White to await the result of the inquest to-lay. SYMPATHY FOR QUEEN — A preliminary meeting of the representatives of British societies located in New York aud neighboring cities was held last evening in the Caledonian Club House, No. 118 Sullivan strect, for the purpose of taking such steps as may result in a formal united expression of condolence to be forwarded to Qneen Victoria in view of the death of the Princess Alice. Mr. Edward Driver, president of the Albion So- was called to the chair. After change of opinions as ty 4 © » Mr. Charles ¥ Victor Dancey, be tich societies in this may wish to partict- md delegations to am January probably be he chairman read te The nl L gentlemen at their inability to be present _ oe LOUIS COLLEGE, ‘The ninth annual distribution of medals and pre- miums took place last niglt in St. Louis Colley West Thirty-third street. Ledies and gentlemen, the friends of the scholars, were present in considerable numbers. Rev. Father Aubril presic At the in- tervals between the exercises selections from the works of popular musical .composers were executed, There are about fifty boys attending the classes, among whom about one hundred prizes were distributed; some of them received as high ag ten prizes, being one or wore for every branch they were Studying. With the exception of four medais the prizes were mostly in the form of by prtineipal prizes for yen: good behavior were two U og medals were cal he ks. The four n study and lver medals. nieo, programme was tty uniformly adhered to, and sume of the boys varned rotuds of applause by the ability showm vy twem ia Lheir revstutious, ith robbing a stuteroom on the | THE LECTURE SEASON. MONEY AND TRADE. o ‘The second lecture in the present course under the suspices of the Free Trade Club was delivered at the club rooms, No, 21 West Twenty-fourth street, by Mr. Horace White, on “Money and Trade.” You ave aware, said Mr, White, in opening, that the New York Clearing House Associa- tion has adopted resolutions, tirst, to discontinue special gold deposits on and after January 1; second, to receive and pay balances at the Clearing House in gold or legal tender notes, and third, to receive silver dollars only as special deposits to be returned in kind. Being a trustee of the whole community the banker's first duty is to keep safe and return on demand to rightful owners all moneys com- mitted to his care.- Now, a8 @ matter of fact the bankers of New York in adopting the resolu- tions spoken of above were concerued only in keeping sate the money placed in their hands by stockholders and depositors, and thus fulfilling a first duty. By a process’ the irredeemable notes of the yov- ernment constituting the paper currency of the country have acquired a value equal to that of gold, or within a small fraction of it— so. small fraction in fact that the difference may be disregarded, On the Ist of Jan- uary this difference will disappear if the revenues of the government, collected in pursuance of the Re- Sry Han Doce raleed by the silver teu against the die- ery yy the silver men the dis- crimination, and nwaerous su; queens have been made by way of preventing the banks from carrying the resolution into effect. I submit that acts of Congress will be as impotent as verbal abuse to prevent a man from doing a thing which he can do it he tries. Bear in mind that all trade is at bottom barter, or what is familiarly called swapping one thing for another, and money is employed merely to fucilitate the exchange. Bank deposits in reality consist of commodities sold. They represent and stand for the circulati capital of the coun- try. Banks are the places where swapping property is done by wholesale. Although the deposits in banks are loosely termed money and may be de- manded in money at any time, yet all the money needed or used by them is the amount necessary to pay daily balances or differences, as where one bank holds more checks on another then the latter holds on the former, The standard of comparison, said he, actually in force in the commercial world is gold. Whether silver is a good standard de jure or not, it is admitted on all hands that gold isa good standard de facto. The difficulty of ving two things composing a standard is that they will not remain of sank value, and essence of @ 51 that it shall remain of the. same value at one time as at another. But, say the adyo- cates of the double standard, gold docs not remain of the same value at all times. It varies, if not from year to year, from generation to generation, according to the productiveness of mines aud ac- cording to the demand for it, which is greater at some times than at others, That is true in the sense that gold will buy more at some times than at others. ‘The reason why it will do so involves a study of those recurring and alternating periods of prosperity and depression which Professor Jerron calls “cycles of trade.” Ido not deny that there are other causes than these, but I maintain that variations in its value dependent open mere supply and demand, and inde- pendent of the ups and downs of trade, are spread over such long periods of time as to be imperceptible at any ular time. Now, the variations due to merely commercial causes have occurred with great frequency and intensity during the past 250 years, while silver occupied tho field of monetary circulation equally with gold. Ido not consider that the nature or kind or amount of money in use among the people to be one of the fac- tors or agencies causing panics, The underlyin; cause is to be found in an undue accumulation o! debt incurred in buying goods with the expectation of selling them at a nig er price, In conclusion Mr. White spoke of the conditions of trade now existing, which he regarded in themselves alimost sufficient to cause a resumption of specie pay- ments, even without the influence of the umption act, He pointed out that the wars in East- ern Europe had increased largely the de- mand for American commodities and products and while the exports have been increasing the imports have declined in a greater ratio. He suit that there would no doubt be a deal of fillbustering on the money question in Congress, but he doubted if anything would be done to disturb the plaus al- ready arranged for the circulation of gold and paper side by side, ‘(THE TENTH MUSE.” ‘The fourth of the winter evening entertainments of the Young Men’s Hebrew Association was given in Chickering Hall. After organ solos by Mr. F. F. Mueller, including the overture to “‘Zampa” and selec- tions from “Der Freischutz,” Mr. 8. 8. Cox delivered a lecture entitled “The Tenth Muse.” He claimed that mechanism was entitled to this distinction, and proceeded to give to his readers the poetry of science. ‘This, he said, was an age of stecl—he meant Bes- semer steel—and then gave an account of the mar- vellous progress that had been made in this country in the development of iron and steel manufactures, He referred to the poetic conception of the pendu- lum, and showed what marvellous mathematical con- sequences depended upon its movement, Important as man was he was useless unless he was supplied with the requisites for the development of mechanical industry in the shape of tools. Carlyle had emphasized this by saying that man was but # two-footed animal. How universal in this respect was mechanical ap- pliance to man was shown in the family of the Smiths or the Smythes. That name was found in every country in the world, and wherever it was it meant blacksmiths or whitesimiths. The uname was indicative of the occupation, and originally was synonymous with the trade. So marvellous was their growth that on the register of voters in New York there were more than two thousand three hundred, and woe be to that candidate for office who did not tuke under his protecting care that family of Smiths. pete it was true that mechanics were indispensable to the fullgdevelopment of prog- ress, man was in himself a perfect mechanism, and all that was developed in nature might be found in him. What an astonishing power there was in the jaw of man; he did not mean as it was developed in Congress, but in the ordinary occupations of life. If they would study the mechanism of it they would be astounded at its wondrous adaptability for the work it had todo. The lecturer then turned to the cousideration of the mechanism of the female form and to its wondrous beauty. He said love glances used up ® very large amount of caloric in the human system, and that its place must be supplied Hos wholesome bread and butter. He then comment upon the various theories of light, and said he had known two bright lights to prodnce darkness, and had particularly noticed that effect in Congress. ‘The lecture was closed with a summary of what had been achieved by steam and by electricity, and a graphic portrayal of what the future would develop in the improvement and the capabilities of the telephone and the phonograph. ‘The remainder of the programme of the evening was a piano solo by Mixs Rebecca De Leeuw, a ro- manza from “Mignon” by Mr. Theo. J. Toedt, a reading by Mrs. George Vandenhoff, “High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire,” from the poems of Miss Jean Ingelow; a duet, “Rigoletto Divertimento,” by Professor G, Gueli and his pupil, Miss Ik. De Leouw; a song by Mr. Theo. J. Toedt and another reading by Mrs. George Vandenhoff. JOSEPH COOK ON A PERSONAL GOD IN CONSCIENCE. Rev. Joseph Cook delivered the third of his Thurs- day lectures at Association Hall last night, before much the same assemblage which greeted him on cach of the previous sessions. The customary pre- lude was devoted to the temperance question, in the discussion of which he said there were eight miles of grogshops in Boston, and the 8,000 licensed and un- liconsed places in New York would make a solid block thirty-five miles long. The church property in the United States is worth only $00,000,000, while the liquor business is put at $700,000,000, Mr. Cook, while not a decided woman suffragist, said he was in favor of giving women the right to vote on the liquor question. In conclusion he made some complimentary allusion to the progress which is now making the temperance work, and cried fervently, fod bless Francis Murphy!” ject being “A Personal God in Conscience, Mr. Couk quoted somebody during the lecture to prove that the secret of solitude is that there is no solitude, and this led by his system of logic to the belief in @ personal God as a test of sanity. He then quoted Shakespeare in a somewhat famous remark about conscience making cowards of us all, and denied that this could be so unless there is a personal God in conscience. He asserted that be could be as sure of what bis moral sensation teaches as what his physical seusation teaches, and argued from sensation and perception in the physical world in favor of the application of the same principles to the moral law, Then he dixcussed self-cvident truth aud declared that every change requires an adequate cause, Every chang, he said, must have a in which the involution and evolution are ‘The existence of imtelligence, free will and pustitute a personality. They must ¢ in @ personal God, for they could not t through a being possessed of them. Ho lerick the Great, saying, infidel as he t abirle atheism, and quoted old said, “God ke REV. le reply, . woes to the root of all the objections of Mansell and the other philoso- plers to & persoual God, REV. HUGH M, GALLAHER ON IRELAND AND THE IRIs, ‘The Rev, Hugh M. Gallaher, of New Ha deliv. ered his lecture on “Ireland and the Irish” in the chapel on West Fifty-sixth street, near Seventh ave- nue, last evening. The lecturer is a Baptist clergy- man, who had a charge in Brooklyn, afterward in Elizabeth, N. J., and has now @ charge in New Haven, Cous, For his sdveuced views on Irivb national affairs he was four yearsago elected a member of the Knights of St. Patrick, of Jersey City. He com- menced his lecture last evening by stating that when England was a nation of half naked savages Ireland was a scientific nation. That is a matter of history that cannot be denied, The peo- ple were very wild in Ireland when Strongbow landed with his band of adventurers. They were broken in spirit and discontented in heart, and yet they were as brave, talented and hospitable a people as ever lived. Look at the Irish of the present day. Every nation has its own peculiar physiognomy the French mercurial, the Thatian loose and reveny' ful, but the whole being of the Irish is cheerfulness ne As Robert Burns said of the Kings may be blest, but Pat is glorious, O'er all the ills of Tife vietorior Famund Burke says that the nearer we approach the mysterious the nearer we approach the sublime, This maxim places ms of the ebullitions of Irish wit in the highest category. The lecturer here recited numerous instances of “Irish bull to the groat amusement of his audience; but his greatest hit was the imprecation of the beggar who implored alms from the traveller, with “May the Lord follow you!” and, after having re- peated it several times without obtaining any assist- ance, ‘and may He never overtake you!” All these expressions are uttered without the nlighest re- meditation, When Curran told Norbury that he was mistaken in @ legal point the “butcher judge” retorted that if that was law he (Curran) should burn his — books, to which Curran replied, ‘No, my Lord, not till you vead them.” So with Daniel O'Connell when, after being taunted beyond endurance by Disracli, now the Earl of Beaconsfield and Prime Minister of England, O'Connell denounced him as being the lineal de- seendant of “the impenitent thiet.” After paying a tribute to Arthur O'Lea: Wellington and other Irishmen the lecturer said:—*It is said that Scotch- men are never at home till they are abroad, English- men are never at home till they are miserable and Irishmen are never at peace till they are at war.” The lecturer concluded his discourse by an og eis pero- ration, in which he cited the deeds of the Inniskillen dragoons, Mulligan at Lexington, Phil Kearney, Phfi. Sheridan and other notable men. ‘THE RISE AND PALL OF THE MUSTACHE,” BY ME. BURDELTE, OF THE BURLINGTON (10WA) “HAWKEYE.” Mr. K. J. Burdette, of the Burlington (Iowa) Hawk- eye, Aclivered a lecture last evening, at Steinway Hall, under the auspices of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. The lec- turer commenced with allusions to the hirsute con- dition of Adam, who was not the first man who raised a mustache. ‘Then he detailed Adam's agricultural troubles, which reached their climax when Cain was born. Here followed a long description of Cain’s boyhood and his lonesomeness. ‘The next passage in the lecture gave a description of the modern boy, his superstitions, his follies, his troubles. This boy was followed through his educa- tional career, out of his jacket into his swallow-tailed coat, his dismay when he finds more hands than he knows what to do with, his first experience with tight boots. Then followed a description of the first troubles a young man has with his mustache, and his first impressions when he finds one is coming. How he gets posses- sion of his father’s razor after he is frightened away from the barber’s shop; how he strops the razor strop instead of stropping the razor; the trouble he has in reaching his lip with ‘the razor at all; his expericuce with de- ceptive hair dye. Then the great event in life which usually follows the mustache—he falls in love with somebody. ‘This is usually indicated by the number and variety of neckties he wears. Then followed a detailed account of the conversation he prepares for the tirst night he goes to see Laura. He arranges all his remarks in exquisite order, and torgets them all when he gets to the house; his agonizcd efforts to go away when the time comes; his inability to think of anything to say that will help him out; tinally, the influences which make his heart run away with him and bring him to a proposal. ‘Then the agony of seeing her pa; the forbidding ap- pearance of the old man; the speech Tom makes up and forgets; what he thought he was going to say and did say; the old man’s reverie after the question is asked; the interview between Mr. Fret and his wife, which introduces alittle Caudle lecture; the days of the young people’s engagements pictures of the wedding day, the wisdom and blunders of their early experiences in housekeeping. Then followed a de- scription of the appearance of ‘Time on the scene—the prints of baby fingers and the tracks of boyish boots— until Old|Tom’s inustache, grown gray and grizziod. rean pears tn the second life upon Young Tom's Lip. old ue leads Old Tom and his mustache out of Young ‘Tom's way, and the cycle of a life is compicte. ater THE FLYING AMERICAN, For the relief of an association of war veterans Mr. Willian A. Harris, of Brooklyn, delivered in that city an interesting and instructive lecture entitled “The Flying American.” ‘Phe indomitable energy of the American character and the restless, enterprising spirit which sets so many children of the republic flitting like will-o’-the-w! round the globe, fur- nished the speaker with a congenial theme, and he amade the most of it. The large audience testified its pleasure by frequent demonstrations of approval, THE CAR DRIVERS’ STRIKE. Quiet reigned along the line of the Third Avenue Railroad yesterday, the only evidence of existing trouble being a number of posters in conspicuous places announcing that a reward of $50 would be paid by the company for the arrest and conviction of any person detected impeding travel by obstructing the tracks or attacking the employés. Part 1 of the Court of General Sessions was thronged by railroad car drivers, who had assembled to Msten to the proceedings in the case of James Kearney, said to be one of the leaders of the Third avenue strike, indicted for assaulting John Brown, driver of car No. 30, during a former strike. A large nuinber of unemployed drivers were in attendance, aa were also several officers of the Third Avenue Rail- road Company. Owing to the counsel for the defence not being ready the case was set down for trial to-lay. Two warrants were issued in the Sa Feet ih Street Court for the arrest of Roundsman John Gan- non, of the Mounted Sie for assault. The com- plainants are Nathaniel Duckerman and George Re: nolds, both Third avenue car drivers, bat not etrik- ers, Duckerman alleges that on one fl last at the time John J, Farrell was arrested he (Duckerman) was brutally clubbed about the head by Gannon. Reynolds swears Gannon and another oftiver treated Pe similarly on Tuesday. Gannon will be arraigned ways A BEASONABLE PROTEST. ‘To vax Epitor oy THe Heraty:— In your issue of to-day, in the article on the reil- road strike, I notice you mention the firing of a pis- tol in the vicinity of Sixty-third street last evening. I beg to inform you of the following:—On Monday evening or rather Tuesday morning, about two o'clock, as the car I was on approached the depot, we were almost opposite Sixty-third street, a stone was thrown in the car and a pistol shot off at about the same time. Evidently there is some one in that vicinity who is trying pistol practice, and may be th third time he attempts it will harm some one. In de- scribing the above it is needless to say that the pas- sengers, of whom there were many, crouched down in the middle of the car for fear of their lives. If this is one of the das- tardly acts of the drivers th should be looked after at once, as it is bad enough to incon- venience us late riders without injuring us by shoot- ing off pistols, throwi stones, laying iron pipes and girdors over the tracks, as they have been doing lately. Let them do as they please to maintain their position against the monopoly, but when they yo so far as to frighten and interfere with the public they deserve no sympathy, LEROY. Decuspen 19, 1875. CHINESE FAMILY LIFE. A CHINESE FATHER STATES HIS CONDITION AND AMBITIONS IN LIFE. (From the Shanghai Celestial Empire.) 1am the third son of my father, and am fifty-one years of age, He was a native of the Province of Cheh Kiang, and was at the time of his death an ex- pectant magistrate in attendauce at the court of the provincial government of Y » He died at the age of fifty-four, just twenty years ago. My paternal grandfather was a full magistrate of the dis- trict of Z » in this Province, and we con- sider him the progenitor of our family, All connection with our Cheh Kiang ancestors has loug since been cut off and forgotten, I have also one uncle living, the younger brother of my father. My mother was a A came from her #I could speak the h native tongue, and it is to her that Tam indebted f the Kwan-hwa which L now t My mother bs my father two sons beside myself; one, younger than myself, died at the age of three or four years. I am married to a small footed native of Y-—, who is now forty-eight years of age. By her I have had nine children, four boys and five girls, Of these there are five now living. My eldest son died at the age of twenty-five, The eidest child living is « daughter, aged twenty-seven, who is married to a jocal trader, aud belongs of course to my family no jonger, My eldest living son, aged twenty-five, is employed as a tutor to boys in the neighborhood of our dwelling, and his total earnings from this source would amount to about $44 mouth. He is married to the daughter of aclerk in the Provincial Treasurer's office. EXPENSH OF MARRIAGES. My second daughter was married this year to the teacher of @ boys’ pein ‘These marriages are the great expense to us respectable families. It cost me $500, nearly one year's sulary, to defray the coet of our last little ailair, Of this J bad saved $1.0; in the apieve, and the reat I had to borrow, and am still paying off. ‘The chiet expense is for the three days’ open house kept during the festivities. Pork, cakes, wines, &c., have to be liberally distributed around, and it would never do for a geutleman of my position to be shabby. vife’s outfit must always be sup- plied by her own family. Tables, chairs, clothes- pom, and pans, and goodness knows what you have little idea how we Chihese fathers miust scrape and starve to do our duty respestubly. Well, my second son is still at school; he is twenty. one yeurs of age, but as yet uot betrothed. y har. et daughter is thirteen, and she learns her eusehold duties at home. Of course all the females Caliente auice of cake money many of the neighbors contributed from $1 to TL 1 of our family are small footed. My uncle’: in, aged forty-five, is still alive and has four dau, rs. My wife and children, and my cousin and four daughters, thus form the whole of our family, RENTS IN SHANGHAI, My house consists of six apartments and stands 5a month for rent; two of the apartments are ion rooms. Before I was employed by my foreign friend I served as a clerk in the Custom House; but never having any inclination to squeeze I did not get on well. st know I am stupid, but I really cannot squeeze, although my friends make sport of me for it, I like to be quiet and in- dependent, and as long as I get my salar regularly paid I hope to remain of the same mind, Were I to die my wife would take one share of what little property Ihave; one share would be reserved for the expenses of my youngest daughter's wedding, and share apiece would go to each of my two sons. Besides the members of our family we keep one coolie and one old woman to do the rough work of the household. Every day I walk four Eng- lsh miles to my duties, and four miles back again in the afternoon, This I have done for nearly twenty years. Certainly, I might move toa nearer place, but I enjoy a very high position in my neighborhood, being one of the spokesmen of the ward, The wards are of different sizes. Ours isa small one, consisting of not more than two hun- dred houses. All small matters are referred to the four spokesmen, who either settle the matter indi- vidually or meet in the temple to discuss it. Grave matters go before the district magistrate in the usual ways WHAT IT COSTS. EXPENSE OF CONDUCTING THE NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT. ALBany, Dec. 19, 1878, The following is a condensed tabular statement of the receipts and disbusemonts of the State govern- ment for the year ending September 30, 1878, shown by the forthcoming report of the State ‘T'reas- urer:— General fund... General fund debt sinking fund. Common school fund. College land scrip fun United Siates deposit fund. Cornell endowment fund.. Elmira Female College fund. Military record fund. Canal fund,...... Canal repair trust fund. Total receipts.........+ceseceeeuleces Among the items of the general fund ar State tax ‘Tax sale: Non-resident taxe: Pedlers’ licenses Auction duties. General fund. General fund Common school fund. Free school fund... Cornell land serip fund... 23,600 Cornell endowment fund. 8,000 Military record fund... 2,467 Bounty debt sinking fund. 150,406 Canal fund...... sees Elmira Female Colleg DOA. 00s oc ceseccecsvsssuctecscsces + $13,924,594 From this it will appear that the actual cost over aud above receipts for the government of the State is $1,465,550 68 during the year. Among the items under the head of payments are the following :— Executive Department... $80,816 Secretary of State's office. 29,405 Comptroller's office. ‘Troasurer’s office. Attorney General’ New Capitol... Pay ot menibers of Legislatu: Contingent expenses of same Yor printi For Natio. Court of , Ne Commissioners ot Quarantine, Commissioners of Emigration Examination of charitable and penal inst tutions (Apgar)... Institution for Blind, New York city.. Institution for Juvenile Delinquents... Catholic Protectory, Westchester. Suppression of riots in 1877......+ 261,500 Tue following is the prison account for the year:— EARNINGS, Sing Si Auburn Prison 114; Clinton Prison. Total ...sseeesseeee PAYMENTS, Support of Sing Sing Prison. . Water works .......+ Building and repairs. Support of Auburn Prison. Water works....... Building and repairs. Support of,Clintou Prison . Building and repairs..... x Salary Superintendent of Priso: Expenses of same. Clerk hire of sam Religious instructio: “ Construction of Dannemora Railroad. Salary of agent for discharged convicts Disbursements by same . ‘Transportation of convict: Support of asylum for insane conv tate Reformatory at Elmira... Support of State convicts in y, Erie, Kings, Monroe and Onondago county pen- itentiaries ..........666 Total payments............+++seeeseee 772,368, Leaving the prisons in an actual deficiency still of FINE ARTS. TURNER'S ‘CONWAY CASTLE.” A private view was given yesterday by Mr. Thomas Moran to the art critics of the various journals, at his studio in Booth’s Theatre building, of the painting by J. M. W. Turner of Conway Castle and town, in North Wales, an account of the recent discovery of which in New Jersey was given in the Henaup of the 9th inst. This picture, which measures three feet eight inches by four feet eight inches, is the largest example of the famed English master which is owncd in this country, being more than double the size of the “Slave Ship,” which has given rise to so much discussion and is now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The present picture was painted between 1810 and 1815, during the second stage of the artist's career, when his work showed the influence of foreign travel and of the study of the great masters of the Continent, and when he wished to rival Claude. ‘The view of the picturesque castle and walled town— the former one of the finest structures of the kind in Great Britain—is taken from the slopes on the right bank of the little river Conway, where it empties into the Irish Sea, Lofty and heavily foliaged trees rise in the left foreground, which slopes down to where a farm is seen by the river side. Yellow sands stretch nearly across to where the towers of the castle rise, for it is very low tide; behind the town, which is surrounded on all sides by a battlemented wall, rises a huge mountain form, and to the extreme left a apur juts out into Beaumaris Bay, A storm has just drawn off and the imasses and streaks of white clouds cover the sky to the right, fading toward the hori- zou into @ blue mist, in which is seen a rainbow, In the foreground, on the hillside pasture, is a shepherd encouraging a young dog to go to some sheep, Which are near; cows, followed by a larger dog, are moving down the slope, and in the extreme lett, under the shade of the trees, i# # group of women audchildren, One of the women, seated on the grass, ix —_— @ wreath of flowers, aud a small ora . bo Po for it. tl thay vel & stage coach, With passengers on top, is being drawn rapidly along the road on its to cross the river while it is yet low tide, In the dust behind a figure is seen running after the coach. A sailboat vs stranded on tho sauds on the near side of the manned by a number of rowers, is own, and a few small sail are seen. © motive is that of light breaking v of the landscape after the storm, yilding the river sands, lighting up the castle and town and distributing itself over the rock and heather covered face of the mountain, The land- scape is admirably composed, 80 a8 to lead the eye from al points to the centre of interest, the castle and town. The foreground, kept quiet, is in shade and does not draw the eye away, but leads it in one aimirable line from the trees and figures in the lert foreground down the hillside, past a fence and dead trees to the right, down to where the road runs to the sands and across these to the castle. Following this same water the color passes in fine gradation from russets, browns and even reds, through greens to the light’ yellow and white of’ the sands, and thence to the grayish tones of the town and moun- tain. ‘The centre of the canvas is full of admirably diffused light, and the grayish atmospheric tones show the infinence of Claude, The massing of the cloud forms is eminently characteristic of the master, as is the cobalt blue of the atmosphere under the clouds and the introduction of small objects in the middle distance, such as the stage coach. Mr. Moran will allow visitors to see the painting at his studio vu Saturdays trom tem A. M. to tour P, MM, KILOOWA PLANTATION. Conclusion of the Testimony in the Whalen-Sheridan Suit. AN INTERESTING EPISTLE. “I Do Not Say This in Any Spirit of Intimidgtion.” Assistant District Attorney Herrick opened yester- day's proceedings in the Whalen-Sheridan suit—now on trial before Judge Wallace and a jury in the United States Circuit Court—by the statement that the evidence for the defendant was closed with the exception of the offer of a few papers. The first paper offered was the order of the War Department assigns ing General Sheridan to the command of the Depart. ment of the Gulf, The next paper, geyuprised the two bills of sale, which were already infor, a special Purpose, and which were now offered, as proof of title, General Butler objected to their, introduction for any purpose, but specially for the purpose of title, and argued his objection very elaborately. ‘The Court said that the bills of sale were already in for what they were worth. It was not a bill of sale, but it formed part of a transaction by which title was claimed, and he ruled that they were to re- main in without any other claims as to what they, were worth. Mr. Herrick then read to the jury the deposition of Louis Broussard in a suit of Whitehead against Duncan. Mr. Beckwith offered the acts of the State of Louisiana for 1866 to show the time when the courts were held in the parish of St. Charles and to contribute to the justification of the conduct of General Sheridan, The Court excluded these acts and the defence closed their case. AN EXPERT IN HANDWRITING, The plaintiffs then called Mr. George Stimpson, of Brooklyn, who said that he had been an expert in handwriting for thirty years. The notes dated De- cember 5, 1865, and April 3, 1866, were handed tothe witness, and he said that it was his opinion that the two were written on or about the same time and with the same kind of ink. In cross-examination by Mr. Herrick witness was shown a number of documents and asked to say when they were written. He picked out two and said that they were written a year or s@ apart. Mr. Herrick—They were written the same day. (Laughter.) Mr. Peter Smith was sworn and said that he was @ paper ruler and had been so for ten years; the two notes produced must, in his judgment, be from papes in the same quire and the same make-up. A CURIOUS LETTER, Mr. Morgan Morgans, Jr., was next called and’ said:—I have seen the two notes produced before; B wrote one and Mr. Whalen wrote the other; Mr. Hoyt was in the St. Charles Hotel at the time; thera ‘was aconversation between Mr. Whalen and me as to giving this note, and Mr. Whalen, Mr. Hoyt and my self were sitting together; when the notes w made by Mr. Whalen and me Mr. Hoyt said, ‘Ido: want to know anything about this,” and turned big back upon us. . ‘The witness then endeavored to address the jury, and said, “That is true, gentlemen, and Mr. Hoy won't deny it if he is put on the stand.” ‘The witness was stop by the Court and told to answer the question only. The confession of judg- ment of Whalen and himself, he said, was for no; other purpose in the world than for Hoyt to protec! Whalen and himself against Griffin and Porch; nie tl was in the room with witness when Stoll left on night oer went up to ihe, Vesey. he knew of no act of possession exerc! foy' RK Tho sugar’ was, moved Gown to” the ail Be Awaits he wrote the bill of sale produced by Mr. Hoyt yea- terday; it was made on the Hard Bargain plantation; had never had an account either of the Hard Bargain or Kiloona plantation from Mr. Hoyt: his understand- ing was that Whalen and he were to go on jiist as he had done betore, cach to have a third: {Hey gave the leaso up to Hoyt, but that was part of the programnie for Hoyt to protect them; he remained faithful to Hoyt to the last; he united in # petition to Sheridan at Hoyt’s request. Cross-examined by Mr. Beckwith—I knew as much as I do now about these affairs when I wrote to the defendants. UNPLEASANT MATTERS, Q. Did you not try to get Mr. Hoyt to leave this country, in order that his testimony might not bat given on this trial? A. I suggested that we both should go to prevent unpleasant matters turning w in reply to further questions witness said that bo was interested in the suit in October, 1876. He was then shown a letter written in October, 1876, which he said was from him to Mark Hoyt. The letter was dated St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, October ‘16, 1876, and in it were the following passages :— case of Whalen vs. Sheridan is soon to be itriad, am interested in the same, I write you in oxdel that you may kuow the facts, and ax I proguine you hy direct interest in the matt simply ask if you ha direct interest that you will not be over zéitloas th Sheridan side of the case, for, in law, if Whalen was in pos would have been no order issue t you in possession. As you have no d don’t you think you can forexo he Whalen side of the imatter? Should th be forced it might be proven that you did not pay Whalen anything for the lease, and if that was jou in an awkward position? aking an_ appearance in court bj ds of Sheridan that if in coure Souwould be compelled to say id procure wa brder from Sheridan to dispos and conse quently ittwould be as well to 1 sibly tin putable fact; that evidence being admitted and verified by documentary evidence; hence you might be sued for the roperty that you became thus ‘Wronufully possessed of, Jo not say this in any spirit of intiaudation, but only tn the. way of placing yourself on your guard. If you feel that you can consistently avoid being placed on the assure you that Ican and will procure a quiet ‘against you if you think it of any value. A WRITTEN CONTRACT. Thave a written contract with Whalen that Tam to have one-halt of the results of the sait, Lence you see my posi« ‘Aslam at present situated financially [could now « comfortably, owing to losses aud shrinks ld Ibe foreed to sell. as I will if Tilden it he Tut Twonld sl or no Tildea these parts, The democrats intond, if by any means possi- blo, to carry this State, bat we will overmaich them. | We ion i may, and probably will, have much trouble after ele Hayos is elected ; but shonld Tilden be elected pont the cnup d'etat ot eptember, 1875, possession of the State House and all per are advising these bulldozers to may be exasperated. MRS. WHALEN TESTIVTES, Mrs. Whalen was called and testified that at the timo of the Sheridan order she had lived on the planta tion about three years; Mr. Hoyt was there when Stolk was put off the plantation; Hoyt rapped at the room door to waken Stoll; she saw him come out; they were confined to one room after the order; Hoyt asked Whalen for @ paper, and the matter about the paper continued for several days; while the sugar was being ship} to Dennis & Lewis, New Orleans, Hoyt said to witness that he wanted her to have con+ fidence in hin, The Court ruled this conversation out, and the witness did not proceed, This completed the case as far as the evidence was concerned, and the Court opens this morning at ten o'clock, in order that it may be given to the jury this afternoon, . MR. BEECHER THE CHURCH THAT REV, THOMAS K. BEECHER FOUNDED REFUSES TO INVITE PLYMOUTH CHURCH TO A COUNCIL, Rey, John H. Lockwood handed in his resignation a8 pastor of the New England Congregational Church on South Ninth streét, Williamsburg, on the 15th of last month, and it was accepted with expressions of regret on the part of his flock. In accordance with the requirements of the, dqnomination a Council of Churches was summoned to investigate the causes for the’'st¥érance of the pastoral relations between Mr. Lockwood and hia congregation, All the prominent Brooklyn Congre- gational churches, except Mr. Beocher'’s, were invited to the Council. The omission was the more signifi- cant as Rev. Thomas K. Beecher founded the New England Church # quarter of acentury ago. During his pastorate the society prospered and subsoquently built the present pretentious edifice and brown stone front parsonage adjoininy. Goth are mortgaged for $25,000. Rey, Leonard acon was pastor prior ta Mr. Lockwood assuming chargo of the congregation five years ayo. {Lhe Council, represented by cig urches, met in the New Kugland Church yekterday afternoon and Wwianuimously elected Rey. Dr. Storrs moderator and Kev. Mr, McParland, pastor of the Second Congrega+ tional Chureh of Greenwich, secretary. Mr. Lockwood wished to be excused from reading the SE which he had proparced, as, he said, it might be hurtful to the interests of the church, In justice to himself he would be compelled, if requested to give a detailed account of his reasons for resiguing, to make a iull statement, No delegate having expressed a desire to learn the bottom facts, Mr. Lockwood went on to state, in a general way, that his own interests aud those of the congregation would be best subserved by having their present relations dissoived. The Couneil, after remaining in secret seasion for half en hour, sanctioued the dissolution of the pas« toral relations between Mir. Lockwood aud bis flock. NOT INVITED, ‘