The New York Herald Newspaper, March 21, 1879, Page 8

8 GREAT INTERNATIONAL RACE A Remarkable Turf Event at Jerome Park Next Autumn, ENGLAND YS. AMERICA. Two of the Best Three-Year-Olds of These Countries Matched. ‘The contemplated international race between the two best two-year-old colts of 1878 in America and Eng- land, Mr. J. BR. Keene's Spendthritt and the late Goneral Peel's Peter, over the course of the American Jockey Club at Jerome Park, is the absorbing topic of conversation among all lovers of horse racing in the ¢lubs, and, in fact, in all circles of society, since we mentioned the fact of the consummation of the ar- rangements in last Tuesday's Heratp. Peter's en- gagements in the Two Thousand Guineas and the Derby having been ended by the death of General Peel, at which time the colt was the first favorite for both events, leit him to be in idleness for the summer, or until he had another owner to find business tor him. An American party Secing an opportunity of bringing about an inter- national race thut would be the most popular event of the day, negotiated for the colt to come to this country and run in a similar race to the English Derby—our Belmont Stakes at Jerome Park—the distance being the same, one mile and a half, Mr. Pierre Lorillard took charge of the matter, and will have charge of the English colt. The match is for $10,000, $2,500 torfeit, Peter to run against any three-year-old colt at the time named. Now as Mr. James R. Keene’s Spendthrift is the first favorite for the Belmont he is looked forward to as the colt to meet Peter ut the appointed time. Spendthrift has ever been beaten and Petgr was but once, and then by Lord Falmouth’s filly Wheel of Fortune in his first race; but to be beaten by that wonderful filly was no disgrace, as it is very likely that she will, win the Ouks at Epsom the coming spring, and any other event where she is not handicapped too hegvily. Peter carried from twenty to twenty-seven pounds in his races more than Spendthrift did in his, gbut the latter is no doubtas capable of packing weight as the former, as he is formed to carry the heaviest of imposts. However, in case Spendthrift should not come up to the expec- tations of his backers at the appointed time, there ‘will be others to choose from; but itis more than likely that if this good son of Australian and Aerolite does not break down in his many engagements dur- ing the summer he wiil be ready in the autumn and fit to moot the best colt that can be brought against him from any part of the world. The following are the previous races of Peter and Spendthrift:— Peter is a chestnut colt by Hermit, dam Lady Masham. He has appeared four times on the turf, which was when he was a two-year-old. His Brat race wis at Goodwood, July 30, 1878, when he ran second to Lord Falmouth’s bay filly Wheel of For- tune in the Richmond Stakes. ‘T. ¥. C. Cadogan, with 123 lbs. up was third, Peter carried 122 lbs. Behind these were bay colt by Knight of the Garter, dam Saratoga, with 122 lbs. up; Mickey Free, 122 Ibs.; The Grange, 124 lbs,; Leghorn, 128 Ibs.; George Albert, 122 lbs.; Leap Year, 125 Ibs.; Japonica, 122 Tbs.; Ismael, 122 lbs.; Massena, 125 ibs, and Anima, 119 lbs. The betting previous to the start was 2 to 1 against Wheel of Fortune, 8 to l.against Massena, 100 to 12 against Cadogan, 10 to 1 against Mickey Free, 100 to % each against George Albert and Péter, @nd 100 to 7 each against Ismael and Leap Year. Wheel of Fortune won the race by two lengths, four lengths between the second and third. Peter's sec- ond race was at-the Newmarket First October Mect- ing, on September 24, in the Hopeful Stakes, the last half of the Abington mile. Tnis race Peter won, carrying 122 Ibs., beating Marshall Scott second, 128 Tbs.; Kingfisher, 122 Ibs.;. brown filiy, by Pero Gomez, dam Comedy, 120 Ibs.; Muley Edris, 125 Ibs.; Effic Deans, 123 Ibe. ; Tho Scot, 122 Ibs., and bay filly by Julius, out of Katharine Logie, 120 lbs. The betting previous to the start was 11 to 8 against Peter, 4 to 1 against the Katharine Logie filly, 100 to 15 against Muley Edris, 10 to 1 ench against the Comedy filly and Efio Deans, and 100 to 8 against Kingfisher. Won by two lengths; four lengths between second and third. Four days afterward (Friday, September 2%), at the same place, Peter ran his third race. This was for the Rous Memorisl Stakes. Peter carried 197 lbs.; Peace, with 119 1bs“up, was second; Mou sicur Philippe, 122 Ibs., third; bay filly by Victori- ous, dam Modena, fourth, 122 lbs. ; followed by Thorn- field, 122 Ibs,; Marshall Scott, 127 Ibs.; bay colt by Cambuscan, dam Honey Bee, 127 Ibs.; Ruperra, 127 Tbs.; Japonica, 119 lbs.; Zut, 1221bs.; Mathilde, 119 Ibs.; Howdie, 120 Ibs., and High and Mity, 119 Ibs, The betting before the start was 5 to 4 against Ru- perra, 6 to 2 against Peter, 100 to 7 each against Thorntield and Japonica; 100 to 6 each against Monsicur Philippe and Marshall Scott, and 20 to leach against High and Mity and Peace. ‘The race was won by # neck; three-quarters of a leagth between second and third. Peter's last race was_won at the Newmarket Second October meeting, October 9, for the Middle Park Plate, the Bretby course, the last three-quarters of the Rowley mile. Peter carried 126 Ibs. and won. Victor Chief was second, with 122 ibs. np; Gunnersbury, 122 Ibs., third; following were Strathern, 129 lbs.; Discord, 122 Ibs.; Lansdown, 126 lbs.; Charibert, 129 Ibs.; Sedpegrace, 126 lbs.; Indigo, 122 Ibs,; Roseins, 126 Tos.; Rayon d’Or, 126 Ibs.; Massena, 122 Ibs.; High and Mity, 119 Ibs.; Ghazi, 122 Ibs.; Westbourne, 122 Ibs.; Nigel, 12%Jbs.; Ruperra, 129 Ibs., and Sans Pa- reil, 122 lbs. The betting previous to the start for this great two-year old race was 4 to Lagainst Peter, 5 to 1 against Rayon d’Or, 6 to 1 against Scapo- grace, 9 to 1 against Massena, 11 to 1 against Gun- nersbury, 100 to 8 each against Charibert and Dis- cord, 100 to 7 each against Ruperra and Lord Wanden, 100 to 6 against Roseius, 20 to 1 against Victor Chief, 25 to 1 against Lonsdown and 33 to 1 against Indigo. Peter won by a neck; three lengths between Victor Chief aud Guanersbary, After this rade Peter was acknowledged to be tho best colt of his year, aud as soon a8 betting was begun for the Two Thousand Gaineas and the Epsom Derby Peter was made the favorite for both of there important events. Yhe death of his owner, General Pool, cancelled his engagements tor doth these events, and the colt not being allowed torun for either of these “ciassic"” races, not any other of great importance, the negotiations above named were made for him to come to America to ran against the best three-year-old in this country at the autumn meeting of the American Jockey Club, Spendthrift, chestnut colt, by Australian, dam Aerolite, has a clewn record, haviiig nover been estou in any of the five races in which he was en- gaged as a two-year-old. His first appearance on the turf wae at Lexington, on the fifth day of the fall meeting (September 13), in a sweepstakes for two- sear-olis, a dash of a mile. There were six starters, consisting of Montreal, Sctliy, Stilton, Goodnight, Biack Hills and Spendthrift, They all carried 100 ibs, ‘The betting previous to the start was:— Spendthrift, $100; Goodni, $80; Stilton, $72; Montreal, $52; and tho $40, Spendthrift won the race casily by four lengths in 1:6445, with the track deep in mad. The next appearance of Spend+ thrift was at Louisvillo, September 27, when he ran im the fourth renewal of the Sanford Stakes, one mile, There were eight starters, comprising Mon- tral, Trinidad, Strathmore, bay colt by Monarchist, Goodnight, Johu Carter, Bon HIN and Spondtirift, ‘The betting previous to the start was: —Swigert’s pair, consisting of Spendtirift and Trinidad, $275; John Oorter and Bon Hill, $95; Mon- treal, $90; Strathmore and Goodnight, $10 each, the Monarchist colt $16. Spendthritt won by & neck, Montreal second, Trimidad third, Strathinore fourth, the Monarchist colt fifth, Goodnight sixth, John Carter seventh and Ben Hill eighth. ‘Time, 146\. At the same place, October 1, for the bouefit of the yellow fever sufferers, Spendthrift ran ina sweepstakes a dash of a infle, with four others, com- Prising Lillie ft., Long Girl, Bashi Bagouk aud Brill- fanteen, ‘Ihe colt carrfed 100 Ibs, and the fillies % ioe, Spenlihrift won the race ina canter by three lengths im 1:45; Lillie R. was second, Long Girl third, Bashi Bazouk fourth and Brillianteen fifth. Speadthrift was then moved on to Nashville, where, on October 8, he ran in the Young America Stakes No. 1, three-quarters of a miile, against Lord Murphy, Charlemagne and Cal. Morgan. ‘The weather was very hot and the track deep in dust, Spendthrift won by two lengths in 1:16\. Three days afterward Spendthrift ran a mile dash in asweep- stakes, for which there were fourteen subscribers, but only Lord Murphy came to the post to contend with the fast son of Australia and Acrolite. The mile was run in 1:44, and won by Spendthrift eusily by three lengths. Spendthrift being now considered tho fastest two-year-old colt in the country, with engagements for his three-year-old campaign amounting to about $60,000, large offers were made to Mr. Swigert for him. The price put on the colt’ by hts owner was $20,000, but after a negotiation with Mr. Bathgate the colt was sold to that gentloman'for Mr. James R. Keene for $16,000 and one-fourth of his winnings during his three- year-old career, He was then brought East and placed in the hands of his present trainer, Mr. ‘Tnomas Puryear, who has him in the finest possible form for the coming campaign, EAGER FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. ENNIS CHALLENGES ROWELL FOR THE ASTLEY BELT—¥ERMS OF THE MATOH—O'LEARY AFTER HIS DEPOSIT MONEY. ‘The pedestrian fever seemed to have broken out afresh yesterday and walking and walkers wero dis- cussed in all places of public resort.. Three causes operated to produce this result. First and foremost, the division of the profits of the late contest at Gilmore’s Garden; second, the challenge of Rowell by Ennis, and last, the rumor that 0! had not received his deposit of £100 which Sir John Astley telegraphed Rowell. to pay over. Early inthe day Mr. William H. Hatch, rep- resenting Ennis, and Mr. George Atkinson, on the part of Rowell, met at the Ashland House. The articles of agreement, stripped of verbosity, are as follows:—Rowell is challenged by Ennis for the possession of the Astley belt on the same conditions under which it is now held. Ennis deposits £100 in the hands of Mr. Atkinson as his stake. The match is to take place in London, beginning at one o'clock on June 16 and to terminate Saturday, June 21,the number of hours being 142, or the same as in the recent contest. Tho conditions are, “go as you please,” and the Sporting Life, of London, has the appointment of ref- erees, timekeepers and scorers. Any one can enter by depositing £100 four weeks previous to the date of the beginning of the match. The provisio: the division of gate money are:—“‘If only one man makes 450 miles or more, he takes the entire receipts after the ex- penses are deducted. If two cover the distance men- tioned, the winner takes two-thirds and the second man the remaining one-third. If four cover the dis- tance, the division will be on the *basisof fifty, twenty-five, fifteen and ten cent. If six aro successful, the division be fifty, twenty, six ond four per cent, and winner will be awarded one-half and the balance is to be distributed among the others in proportion to the number of miles covered as may be directed by Sir John Astley® It will be noticed that no provisiqn is made in the event of these competitors making 450 miles, and it was stated late last night by tho gentleman to whom the articles were entrusted that it was an oversight; that.as soon as it was discov- to catch‘Ennis to have a new clause but missed \bim by two seconds. Other stipulations are to the effect that the contest shall take place on one wide track, the measurement to be oncom) t authority, and the construction of ‘the track to of a satisfactory character. All of the other conditions are the same as in the recent walk, excopt that the stakeholder shall in every instance be exonerated from responsibility wlere he follows the order of the. referee. In case a suitable buildis cannot be procured at the time sot down, Ennis Rowell are to agree upon atime and place, and in the event of their failing to agree, Sir John Astley is to decide. It was understood that a verbal understanding existed, that should Rowell again be the victor, and was challenged again, he would consent that the match should take place in the United States, Mr. Atkinson was evidently under the impression that America would haye more thau one representative, as it had been stated that several walkers had signified their intention to enter. i O'LEARY'S DISAPPOINTMENTS. It 19 now-almost a settled fact that the decision of the committce arrived at on Wednesday, that O'Leary should be left our in the cold so far as @ share in the profits is concerned, will be adhered to. He realized that fact himself, as did most of his friends; but he felt ved at the way in which he had been treated, not merely on account of the financial loss, but of the slights which he says have been put upon him. rday morning Spirit, where the belt has Bees. gre raat ies if he had received tne £1 leposit im in London as a gtrerantee that proper care would be taken of tbe Astley belt. It transpired that Mr: Curtiss had not, but no a prehension was felt on that score by O*Leary’s friends, sithougls they thought that he should at least have with a little more . After leaving Mr. Curtiss, O’Leary went up to the Turf Exchange and remsined. nearly all day, waiting for Rowell or his representative to send him the amount of his deposit. It was explained, on the other hand, that epee had made no demand for the amount; but Mr, Kelly saw Mr, Atkinson carly in the even- ing, and he stated that it had been overlooked, but that he would attend to the matter. TH ROWELL TESTIMONIAL. A call had been published in the morning papers asking the English residents of Now York to mect at the Brunswick Hotel at half-past five to je for s testiinonial to Rowell. At the hour appointed, either through some misunderstanding or 8 lack of syi- pathy in the proposed movement, no one except imembers of the press attended, and the project was abandoned. Rowell goes to Baltimore for a day or two before returning on Wednesday to Europe. It is stated that he is to receive $500 for exhibiting the champion belt there, so it seems that he makes money out of the walk in more ways than one. Ennis luft for Ch: Brooklyn. Mr. and Harsiegen soem) the ene. i Atkinson thought that there was but little chance .of a reconsideration of the decision by which O’Leary ‘was barred out from a share in the profits. O'LEARY AND THE WINNERS, To tux Eniror or THE Henatp:— $ Permit me to express my opinion in regard to the decision of the receipts of the recent walk in Gil- more's Garden, and while Ido so I will criticise it from # purely business standpoint. The receipts were $54,314 40. Now let me ask who drew that amount? Who ever, or hardly ever, heard of Ennis, Harriman or Rowell 7 Was it not the magic name of Danicl O'Leary that created the unprecedented anxiety and caused the thousands of people to rush frantically to the Garden and pay their money to look upon the heroism of both hemispheres? How much money do yon think would have been received at the Garden if only the names of Rowell, Ennis or Harriman had been announced? I very much doubt if the drivers on the Fourth avenue cars or Madison avenue stages would have known where to let pas sengers off had they asked for the “walking match.” Task, with all due deference to the men who are to receive the money, if it is not ungenerous in them to refuse the amount claimed by O'Leary. Imagine what six days does fora man. To-day the three men have more money than they ever had before and aiso enjoy something of a reputation. Who gave them this money and reputation? Daniel O'Leary. By the statetnent Rowell gets $18,398 31— enough to make him comparatively tndependont in England all the rest of his life. Ennis gots $11,038 98—sufllcient to buy a house on the ‘whsle “lake front” in Chicago. Harriman gets $3,679 65— sufficient to start him in business in any Now Eug- jand town. fat c. D. REMARKABLE WALKING ° FEAT. Alarge assemblage gatheretl at Brewster Hall last night to see Miss Fanny Kdwards complete her tusk ef walking 3,000 quarter miles in 3,000 consecutive quarter hours. Miss Edwards bogau her great un- dertaking on the 17th of February last, and at fif- teen minutes before one o'clock this morning com- pleted it, having welked for thirty-ono days and six hours. “I givo you my word for it,” said Dr. Bedford, her attending physician, to a Hxnatp reporter last night “that she walked every foot of the 750 miles set down to her credit. Her endurance and success ly the results of tender nursing and wise jon. Her appetite throughout was excellent, ‘and partook of beef tea constantly. She never suffered from illness ot any kind, never complained of being tired, and although she would sometimes foel acute pains in her knoes remedies were always a0 quickly applied that no serious inconveniende even resulted, She was able to sloop readily on the track and awake very much refreshed, This morning she suffered acutely from natural causes, but after three hours the pain abated.” When hor task was completed tho trienne was at once taken to her home, where she began @ long sleep after hor long walk. FOOT RACE AT. GiLMoR?'s, A running raco will take place at Gilmore’s Garden on Saturday evening, in which John Simpsou, of Cambridge, England (one of Rowell’s trainers); Nor- mun Taylor, of Vermont; Joseph M. Owens, of pree and gle ate rare steaks and cho} Fredericksburg, Va.; Dominique Verrault, of Levis, Canada, and Henry Naylor, of this city, are to com- ite. ‘The race will be twenty miles, no ydy =p of 250 Is offered to the one ee miles and a second purse of $250 to the winner of the twenty miles. Simpson, of England, has a record of ten miles in S7mi. 20s., and Henry Naylor has run ive uriles in 29m, 558, The former are only going ten miles, while Nerman , with a record of ten miles in 58m. 6s. and twenty miles in 2h. 3m. 68.: Owens, with a of ten miles in 58m. 468. and thirty-four miles in 3h. 53im., and Dominique Verrwult, with a record of eleven miles in 1h. 16m., are to go the twenty miles. PEDESTRIANISM IN NEWPORT. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] “Newrorr, BR. 1, March 20, 1879. At the Operas House to-night there was a ten-mile running match between Albert Wilcox and Samuel Phillips. It was won by Phillips in 72 minutes. Wilcox gave up the contest after scoring six miles. A walking match at the same. place commenced at ten o'clock this morning betweem, George Stevens and Samuel H. Smith. There are thirty laps to the mile. Up to ten o'clock to-night Stevens had made 43 miles und 25 lepe and Smith 43 miles aud 10 laps. Both up to ten o'clock had been off the track 1h, 20m, Stevens’ quickest mile was made in Sm, 4s., and Smith's in Sm, 18s, CHAMPION MILE a Orrawa, Ont., March 20, 1879. J. Raine, the champion mile runner of Canada, left here to-day for Now York, where he will take part in the four-mile championship race to take place on Monday next. FEMALE PEDESTRIANS, Puruapgrrfa, Pa, March 20, 1879, ‘The three women who commenced to walk against time on the same track in this city yesterday are- making good time and attract considerable attention, Mme. Brandon proposes to walk a weok against time, Miss Ida Vernon is attempting to cover 3,000 narter miles in us many quarter hours, and Miss Foe Bartel 4,000 quarter miles in 4,000 consecutive quarter hours. 5 JOE GOSS’ BENEFIT. Joe Goss, ox-champion of England, was tendered complimentary benefit at Harry Hill’s Theatre yes- terday afternoon. ‘The house was well filled with an orgerly and appreciative audience, many of; whom were drawn to the place by the announcement that Rowell, the winner of the long distance champion- ship, would be present. Tho Englishman was on hand, as promised, and Mr. Hill introduced him to the audience from the stage. He was accorded a hearty reception. Johnny Reilly and his old antagonist, Johnny Ssunders, gave a fine exhi- bition in ‘three give-ahd-take rgunds, Jimmy Kelly and Jimmy McGraw followed. “Both being anxious for business no time was lost. They went to work with a will and landed stingers on each ot "s oe so rapidly there was tremendous seemed to be the bent of their inclinations. Science ‘wae totally ignored, and it was smash, bang, through- out the three rounds. _Warry Edwards and Pat Jor- dan next indu! in’a — and gon r them ry Weden and Frau! of Philadelphia, made one of the best the afternoon. The concli event was the mate = Goss and Steve Taylor. Both were somewhat ASS rattling encounter with the gloves, but in brief rounds they showed that the cuffuing of their hands was as great as in the past. SCULLING MATCH. George W. Lee, of Newark,+N. J., the champion amateur sculler of , has formally become a professional oarsman by challenging George Ken- nedy, of Portland, Me., to row a match with him on Greenwood Lake for $500 a side. Kennedy has ac- cepted the chailenge, and yesterday, in Newark, the preliminaries were ‘arranged. Each mau hai, de- pomted with Goorge W. Wilkes, of the of the Times, $250. The distance is to be three miles, Ihtaway course, and the day of the match June 5. Mr. William H. Curtis has been agreod upon as SPORTING EVENTS ABROAD. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT BACE. [From the Sporting Gazette, March 8.] Both crows are now hard at work in their second week of training, and during that timo, owing to the favorahle weather, have got through a very fair amount of good work, Campripax.—The crew is now, bar accidents, definitely settled, and stands as follows:— 1, E. H. Prest, Jesus. 2. H. Sanford, St. Joh: 3. A H. 8, Bird, First Trinity, 4. C. Gurdon, Jesus. 6, T. E. Hockin, Jesus. 1, T. Routledge, Emmanuel... , B.D. Davis, First Trinity (stroke). H. Woodhouse, Trinity Oxrorp,—The seme genial weather the light blue crew has by no means prevailed on the Isis, henez foods there having been’ very prejudi- cial ‘to the ing of the crew, the towing path being covered with water, coaching from the ‘The men are all well bank Dext to an tm HbALty and at the present time the following cro their names and weights :— 6, I. Cosby-Burrowes, ‘Trinity. 6. G, D. Rowe, University 1. W. H. Hobart, Exeter. H. M. Robinson, New (stroke). F. M. Beauniont, New (coxswain).. _ probably re- It is reported that Mr. Marriott may suine his seat in the boat as stroke, but up to the been cODr See Baas Pe cece ae irmed. A TALE.OF TWO COUNTIES, ‘The Queens County Board of Supervisors wore.as- Aonished yesterday by the statement that the India Rubber Comb Company, of College Point, had not paid » tax on its capital stock since 1860, Mr. Hoyt is vice president and Mr. Alfred, Poppenhusen secre- tary and treasurer of the company. Mr. Koenig the president, is now in Europe. The capital stock paid in is $600,000, according to the articles of incorpore- tionrin the Secretary of State’s office at Albany. The company was assessed on this amount in this city in 1870, but it was sworn off, The capital was taxed in this city in overy successive yesr until 1875. In 1874, according to the records of the Department of Assessments, the tax was sworn off, on the ground that the company was “a Queens county corporation paying taxes in that county.” That the company pays taxes in ms county is true, but ots itis said, upon estate, which is assessed on the Flush- ing books at $64,040. Oncof the Flushing assessors y that the capital stock had never been assessed in Queens county, the assessors understand- ing that it was taxed in New York, where the stock was held, It was the assessment of the capital stock in this city that was sworn offi 1874. the com- pavy ‘paid. the tax on its capital stock in oe county this year it would have amounted to $14,760. ast year it would have been $12,720, end at no time since 1860 would it have been less than $10,000. A Hunatp reporter called at the company’s office in Mercer stroet and was shown iuto Mr. Alfred Poppeu- husen’s room, yesterday. “I would like,” he suid, “to get your views on the statement that your com- y has not paid tax on its paid up capital since “On what particnlar point?” Mr. Poppenhusen, aeked, and when further questioned, referred the re- porter to his lawyers. The Supervisor of Fiushing said that he wourd collect the sumg(said to be) in arrcars, fully $200,000, if. the law could it, and sane was said at the Department of Assessments in this city. The stock was ordered to be replaced on the books, GUTTENBERG'S MYSTERY. Coroner Wiggins last night began an inquest in Hoboken over the remains of Josoph Hallen, an ec- centric character, who was found dead in his house, in Guttenberg, on the morning of the 7th inst. Hal- Jen had been around as usual the night previous and retired in his usual health. He was known to have in his possession a gold watch, valued at $150, and considerable money, but after his death money and watch were missing, Last night County Physician Converse testified that he failed to find anything in his autopsy which would lead hitn to suspect foul play, and ti his opinion deuth resulted from acute pleurisy. None of the wit nesses know ouything of the missing watch and money, The jury, after deliberating a considerable length of time, returned a verdict that death resulted from natugal cause “ERIE RAILWAX, At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Erie Railway, yesterday, notice was received from tho Park Bank that tho institution had withdrawn their suit against the old directors. President Jewott yesterday issued a notice to the stockholders regarding the London ramors that the company in- tended to apply for & new loan, in which he says:- sete Pompom nto — here or in at 4 company is applying or for another or any low is withow te ghost foundation in fact,’ FINE ARTS. ‘THE KING COLLECTION OF ENGRAVED GEMS, One of the most important art collections ever seen in this city will be placed on exhibition at the rooms of Gaston L. Feuardent & Co. to-morrow. It is th® collection of antique engraved gems, chiefly siguets sot as rings, and in some cases as pendants, which way brought together during period of thirty years—teom 1847 to 1877—by the Rev. C. W. King, A. M., one of the semior professors at ‘Trinity College, Cambridge, the author of “Autique Gems," “Early Christian Numismatics,” ‘*The Guosties and Their Re- mains” and other important works, and one of the principal authorities in the world on engraved gems and coins. This well known private collection, the result of so many years’ loving and, as he him- self says in the introduction to his full manuseript catalogue, quoting from Goethe, the payment of “many 4 heavy fee for his apprentice ship,” he only intrusted them for sale to his friend Gaston L, Feuardent, who, aided;him much ig the. collection, because he had become almost bind and was unable to enjoy his treasures, Tho venerable collector on parting with his treasures especially, stipulated that if sold they showld be kept together,, In this he is wise, for it will remain as a monument, to his momory, being the finest coliection of intaglios, in the world, and from a historigel point of view only inferior to that of the cabinet of medals at Paris. We understand that the trustees of the Metropolitan Museum are,desirous—and right they are in being so—of purchasing the collection, which, is certainly a unique one for its size. -An effort will be made, it is thought and we hope, to raise the required sum by subscription. The settings of the rings, chiefly of gold, are in some instances original, in others, antique copies of originals, and in the majority of cases carefully reproduced, und@t the personal supervision of Mr. King, from’ antique patterns. ‘The collection numbers 331 vicces—the majority of which are as rare in beauty as archaologically—and thor- oughly illustrates the rise and progress of the glyp- tic art among the ancients. It is rare to find among the signets cut by the ancients what are now known as precious stones, and the present collection con- tains two such, a sapphire and aruby. The subjects are generally of a religious or supernatural charac- ter, the earliest specimens being representatives of tho cabalistit and gnostic amulets; illustrate my- thology or history, or picture contemporary events and celebrated characters. We note the more im- portant examples in the order in which they are catalogued as to subjects. No. 1 js an Assyrian cylinder of unusual a being one and one- pentine sutjost—s yan headed ‘bull, rect, plum ntine subject—a man erect, plu: a r into the bell; of ation; rampant, pe oe & man po BR crowneil, holding by the ‘fore feet a bull which attempts to escape, and then Sandon, the pepapes Hercules, hire ctay oof oc of his mace into’ second ram- paut lion—all strong action and boldly drawn— executed in shallow intaglio—cuneiform inscriptions, ‘Ro. 2—Assyrian cylinder; subject, Worship of Belus; flat intagiio; stone, black bwematite. No. 3— Persian cone, finely cut; date anterior to the Macedonian ong cat figure of Hermes or pphiriue chalcodon: ON 3 Sossanian bs busts, heads sah naices of king! Vy gems; , 8, queens gaa. other men a womees Sephents, bulls and jons; stones—garnet, pig Jasper, chalcedony, spinel, cornelian, sardonyx, nicolo, ‘inth, hematite, car- bunele, lapis lasuli, alman< jo. 30, bust ot a man in conical fur cap and fur mantlo; sardonyx. Nos. 33 ptian. Nos. 38 to perched on a snail, the ancient em- salacity—transiucent stone of ‘the nature of chrisophrase, Of this curious ag mo other ex- amples are known, according to Mr. No. 53, pexpien ine cynocepkalus. No. 5i—A gorgeous head, on fine red jasper, used as a talisman—iate Romai work. No. 61, Christian—a female kneeling before monogram of Christ, and about to be be- headed by a man—red jasper. This is the most clab- orate piece of early Christian + engraving as yet discovered and a very val example. No. 66, Jnpiter—A head engraved in low intaglio on a aap- hirine chalcedony. combining the insignia of , Soland Ammon—a work of the school, frat ae be ce — vey No. 69, Juno— highly finished bust, crested with a peacock; wear- ing a necklace and triplet earrings, of Julia Tita deified—a fine amber sardonyx, with King. @ pecuMar red rs saab the chock of the goddess. The next three num! are also Junos, No, 74, Jupiter— A fine Italio-Greck intaglio, with Titan, the Son of Earth, defyi Jupiter; fe round sardonyx, blanched by tire, at Cum@e, No. 15—A deeply sunk, vigorous head of Jupiter Ammon, seon in he stone & fue sardonyx, in the orginal gold setting. stone a fine YX a a Tho subject of No. 84 is Nercus and Doris seen mo" over the waves, a fine cinquo cento copy of a well known om. at Florence; beautiful agate, of two shades. No. 86, Sea Nymph Swimming—A deli cate Greek work on @ fine No, 88—Amymone holding a4 she kneels Neptune’s trident and tho water pitcher; a very large light brown sardonyx, sot ase —— in me ee No. 91, Dolphin— Surdonyx cut a parallelogram, a very character- istic wpe men of the cinquo cento school. No. 99 is a of Pallas () |, trom Lady Greaves’ col- and a fine example of the style of Rega of les. It is and the stone isa me aque No. 102—A pong moa head of Medusa, a fine example of the best period, but even more valuable from the rarity of the stone, which is i lo. 113—Head of Proser- z I i i already slain and the other defendin, Mr. King says this was prob- &@ memorable event in the hia- ‘lod. of Psyche kneeling with one knee and stealt opening the Box of Beauty given to her by Proserpine, to carry to Venus, will be seen No. 179. Out of the box comes « poisonous ir. is a large and lovely amethyst. Of it Mr. King says:—‘This is the best of the Poniatowsky gems known to me for excellence of design and fineness of execution.” No. 181 shows a juvenile Bacchus by 9 grapevine, holding in one hand a chalice and in the other abunch of grapes. A torc! from # stand iu the lec we saree Mater age the noc- turnal character ot the ce! of his rites. The bject specimen, No. 205, which represents Fate—a nude female figure scen on front view. It is highly finished, and on u dark brown oval agate. No. 216— Omphale on a large sardonyx, bearing the club of Hercules. Nd. 218 isa fine gold colored sardonyx, with Hercules kneeling ans paectes @n_ arrow at the Stymphalian birds—a fine work. No. 227 is a head of Africa, which Mr. King says is “the finest thing ip its class known to me. Coweta Rig I sar- donyx, full of small filaments of iron, No. iso “Discobolus.”” Ajax in fuil armor is seen in No. 239, Cassandra from the altar of Pallas. It ample of the banded agate, and is a well composed, carefully drawn work. Of the portraits, which run from Nos. 243 to 284, wo note No, 256, of a young man; No. 251, Cicero; No. 252, Caius Cawar; No. 262, » head of young Nevo; No. Placetilla hb away & young boy petting Se. King, it is “an isite: bag poder, Greek times.” Finally, No. 316 is a pecul elephant with upraised ears ee Roman work. Sa at in a fine sardonyx, and ship. MWith ‘tho collection, which wil be found erce- fully bea s in cases with plaster casts by cach pecimen, goes the interesting, earned and very val- le manuscript catalogue of the collector, Mr. King, and a copious introduction consisting of a \deused history of tho glyptic art. The price asked for the collection is $6,000. THE CERVANTES MONUMENT, Many will have thought that our Spanish and Spanish-American residents had given up their idca of erecting » monument to the memory of Cer- vantes in Central Park, about wliéh so much was said last season. This is not the cise, howevor, and now that Sofior Fernando Miranda, the Spanish painter and sculptor, whose design for the monu- ment was adopted, has returned from his trip to Spain, where ho went to make studies in costume, armor and historical details, the project will be vig- orously pushed to accomplishment.. The idea was very favorably thought of in Spain, and the papers of Madrid, Valencia and other cities accorded it much mention, La IMustration rn Gena cana, of Madrid, published on the January a nergy = of the model, which ‘was oxhibited: at Gilmoré’s Garden isst yoar, La Kpoca, the prominent newspaper of Madrid, hus ned a public subseription, and in this has been followed a, throughout the country. The bh has* promisel through Gencral Conela, , to contribute to the fund, aud the govern- ment will aid the project. The Spanish Minister at Washington, Seflor Mendez de Vigo, is much inter- ested in the project, as was his predecessor, Marquis ‘Mantilla de ‘ios, and has promised his co-opora- tion. Sefior Miranda, while at Madrid, submitted his de- fign to the Acadomy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, which he was s pupil, and it received the x proval of the professors, He also ordered all costumes, armor, agyins and other accessories neces- sary for the work. Tho Church authorities and mu- nicipality of Alcala do Henares, tho birthplnce of Cervantes, have offered to send 4 properly attested pcm copy of the baptismal register of tho famous ‘Speniend to be pl in the corner stone of the monument, At # meeting of the General Committes, held this ‘weck at the of of the Spanish Consul, General Don Hipolito de Uriarte, the resignation of Don Juan J, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1879—TRIPLE SHEET. . SALE OF THE MACY PICTURES. ‘There was a fair audience at the sale, last evening, atthe Leavitt Art Rooms, of the Macy collection of pictures, chiefly by Munich artists, which has been on exhibition there for some days, A ie mumber of the pictures knocked down w mot sold, and this was the case with nearly all those which fell at 0 highest prices. ‘The amounts paid for the others, except in a few instances, were ‘but fair. Among the pictures sold we uote W. Velten’s ‘rom the Hunt,” $85; A. Fink's “Lake Stanberg,” $77, to Mr. Jeffreys; H, ‘Thompson's “Evening,” $65, to Mr. Booth; J. Weng- lein’s “The Mo "$210; W. a “Aut ” $130, bs A it Servian a oe 7 Mr, Clarke; Kowolaki’s “Sunday in Over Old Sehmitzborger’s “Caught,” 5, tice $125; De- Tance’s “On.ihe Bene! eto and Wenglein's “The Coming Storm,¥ $260, ANNUAL BLECTION OF THE WATER COLOR 4 SOCIETY. . At the annual clection of the Water Color Society, held at the Academy of Design on Wednesday oven- ing, the following officers were elected for the oneu- ing year:—T. W, Wood, president, re-elected; Henry Farrer, secretary, in p! of J, C. Nicoll, who de- clined repomination; Gvorge H. Smillie, treasurer, re-olocted, and the following Board of Control:—J. i R, Swain Gifford, F. 8, Church and J. G. wn. _ LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. ‘Harper's Magazine tor April opens with a ,hand- somely illustrated paper by G. E. Waring, Jr., “Berg und Thal,”’ being a series of sketches in the Tyrol. “Sculpture in America,” by 8. G. W. Benjamin, has sixteen illustrations from the best pieces of our artists. They include “Eve Before the Fall,” by Hiram Powers; the superb “Washington” lately finished by J. Q. A. Ward; “Orpheus,” by Thomas Crawford; the bust of William Pago, by W. R. O'Donovan, and the boldly treated, somewhat ec- centric, “Whirlwind,” by Hartley. The work on these illustrations is in all respects admirable, | “‘Streof” Scenes in Havana” and “Picturesque Edinburgh,” by Frank H. Taylor and ‘Helen 8. Conant, are Mkewise profuscly illustrated, An articlo that will attract many is ‘The An¢esiry of Brudder Bones,” by Olive Logan, showing how music by percussion has been obtained in allages. From Backus back to Nineveh is along way, but she takes the reader all that distance, Poetry, fiction and the regular editorial departments are, as usual, well taken care of. Lippincot’s for April has a very interesting paper, “A Visit to the Shrines of Old Virginia,” character- istic illustrated by the writer, the well known Porte-Crayon. Mr. H. James, Jr., presents gome «English Vignettes,” written in his dainty style. Ho has been wandering about in England and tasting some of its architectural pleasures. There are some handsome illustrations. accompanying this paper. Mr. J, Brandner Matthews furnishes alight sketch of Moliéré’s life, showing what we know and indicating what we do not know about him. Portraits of tho dramatist and of his young wife, the fascinating coquette, Armande Béjart, who plagued him so, are given. Ladies will like to read the articles on “‘An- cient Decorative Stuffs” and “‘A Bit of Old Satsuma.”” At least five of the papers in this interesting number aro from, the pens of ladies, ; Mr. Perry Belmont, of Now York, has written an article on the “Taxation of Municipal Bonds” for the April number of the Inte view, Ex-Governor Hotatio Seym: transmitted to the Magazine of American an article on the “Influence of New York on American Jurisprudence,” in-which he shows that Albany was the centre of the diplomacy and jurispradence of the Colonies; that the national character and policy were moulded largely by the influence of New York. There are now seven newspapers in the Bulgsrian language published in Bulgaria. * Provincial and indeed metropolitan newspapers find it hard to live under the strict censorship of the press. + Z Tho Library Journal, so usetul to bibliographers and librarians, discusses intelligently the loss by tire of the Birmingham, England, library in the interest of taking precautions against similar disasters. Dr. 8. Austin Allibone, the newly a librarian of the Lenox Library, will remove to York about tho 1st of April. , GUARDING AGAINST THE PLAGUE. "The Treasury Department has adoptel enorgetic measures to prevent the introduction of the epi- demic now prevailing in Russia, in pursuance of instructions from the Sec! ‘Collector Merritt issued an order yesterday to Deputy Collector Wyn- koop, chief of the Navigation Division, enjoining upon him to permit the entry of no vessel having on board ‘articles of the character and from the places named in the circular of the Secretary of the Treas- of the 10th inst. without proof that the ves- sel and articles have been <disinfocted in the manner rovided in the circular. The beigne o circular 1s that “until further orders no from any clothing or bedding, or any convey infection, nor any vessel from any port of the Mediterrancan or Sea, having on board such articles coming from Southern’ Russia, shall enter any port of the United States uritil such articles shall have been removed from the vessel to open lighters, or to some isolated locality, and the vessel and its contents disinfected and t eae venti- ’ During the mand j after the Collector's order had been Lng py ome the coptain of the Italian bark Giuseppo de Abundo, Do ft ed to Funch, Edye & Uo., seventy Leghorn, endeavored to enter his . The matter HOT-HEADED REPUBLICANS. ‘There was a lively time at the fegalar monthly meeting of the Tenth Assembly District Republican Association, in Concordia Hall, avenue A, last oven- ing. Mr. Herburger was about to offer s resolution when “Jake” Patterson jumped to his feet and made 8 motion. for adjournment, which was duly seconded and carried. The the matter is said to be that admirer of Senator Conkling, and the resolutions were commendatory of the work done by the last Congress and of the ac- President Hayes. After the motion to ad- jovirn had been carriod, rman Koch, in very strong terms, denounced the followgrs of Patterson for! adjourning without adopting ‘the resolu. tions. Everybody in the room i:nmodiately had something to say, cither in German or ish, ‘and at one time it looked very much as though the wi ling and shouting would end in blows. It is coraskderet quite probable that the matter will be laid deforo the Republican Conal Committee in the form ofs cowplaint by Alderman Koch and his Ger- man followers, OPPOSITION TO NAPHTHA GaAs, ‘The Now York Board of Underwriters appointed the following gentlomen yesterday as a committee to, protest. against the use of yaphtha gas in lighting Brooklyn streots :—Edmund Driggs, of the Williams. burg City; Thomas B. Jones, of the Nassau, and 8. V. Crowell, of the Long Island Insurance Company. ‘They visited Mayor Howell and laid their views be- fore him. Mr. Driggs said that the use of naphtha would increase the losses by firedn Brooklyn some $200,000, and that the insurance compunios would be obliged to raise their premiums, ‘Tho Mayor suggested that if naphtha lamps were very dangerous it would be well to repiace the Jets with candies, as about $90,000 8 year could Sereby be saved to the city, ABOUT THE LOCATION OF A NEW STATE PRISON. . | Naw Youx, “starch 19, 1879, To rie Eprror ov THe Henanp:— Please permit me to say that I have expressed no opinion as to the location of a now State Prison, as crroneously stated by your Albany correspondent. T have no opinion on that er. et fall, yours, Sain TUUSEY. i THE LECTURE SEASON, COMMERCIAL CRISES—LECTURE BY PARKE GoD WIN BEVORE THE FREE TRADE CLUB—RE- MARKS OF PETER COOPER. A lecture was delivered last night before the New York Free Trade Club, at its rooms, No. 21 West ‘Twenty-fourth street, by Mr. Parke Godwin, on the subject of “Commercial Crises.” At its conclusion Mr. Peter Cooper made some very interesting re marks on financial questions, Im opening his address Mr. Godwin declared that commercial crises or turning points in business oc+ curred in regular sequence, following natural law, A general rise of prices invited speculation, cities and towns became centres of activity, and equilib- rium was destroyed between those industries which provided for the great primary wants of society and those which provided for its secondary wants, This fictitious concentration of trade brought with it a ontthrost competition, redkless venture and great extravagance. When the culmination of the upward movement was reached the distress of the middle classes was taken advantage of by the rich to buy up what they were forced to part with ond get into their own control all tho banks aud railroads and manufuctories of the nation. When the collapse came all kinds of enterprises stood still. The causes of such crises were to be found in the banking credit system, which dealt with money or its substitute, bank notes, Increase or decrease of coined money was so small in nm to the whole amount: that its tluctuati were practically nought. But credit ee ht vary, not merel, vy the demands actual iness, but ye us demands. Prices amp a more or less of ny to effect exchanges. It was just here credit money cume in as # disturbing ele- ment. There was @ Wonderful coincidence between the movements of bunk capital and of trade, While the deposits and circulations of the banks were always going up, those of the inet reserve were going down. The reserves and liabilities of the banks therefore had a most intimato relation to these crises. ‘Ihe metallic reserve of the banks was the very balance wheel of the whole vast mechauisin, One stydy of, the economists fore should be to learn thé supreme uses of ghis in economy. Peter (baedlg pueg gs ained tte . se » who remained a very atten- ue iistones to the lecture, was called upon by President Deming to give the assemblage the benefit of his viows on the question, Mr. Cooper said that he had had but little opportunity to study the sub- : eri by observ: . Paper money, when fred into rockon m@youtd pat Denelit the debtor cl belicved thint lass. ‘The speuker the first duty of the government was parent the establishment of justice, secure domestic tran- guilty. provide for the common defence, promote genera) welfare and secure the blessings of lib- erty for posteeity, The Petey had failed in this duty, It had been clothed with the 5 ipa of coining money and was bound to use it. It should 23 Yow an to keep pace with tho anual progreas of low a8 eep pace w! e ann 0! the wealth of the uation, ‘The constitution inade It the duty of furnishing to the people the most con- veniont currency that could be devised for it. money carried Rome to the zenith of her power, when began to turn to gold as money their ‘That would be the fate of the ut right in a low tariff, plact on the list the smallest number of articles | would. yield the ‘required could be bought cheap from a foreign country which was bought at the expense of leaving our own raw im: unused and our own laborers idle and unemployed. “WITNESSING FOR TROTH.” Under the auspices of the National Anti-Papal League the Rev. Dr. Fulton delivered a lecture at the Brooklyn Music Hall, on “Witnessing for Truth; ‘The Overthrow of the Papacy.” Ho definod Roman- ism as the giving up conscience to the community, and Protestantism as giving up. the conscience.to God against all comers, He then briefly sketched the rise and_ progress of the Papal power, and said that it was the purpose of Rome so to change the constitution of America that Catholics should rule the country and Catholicism become its re ligion. He upon all present to wit- ness for the truth, and said that tho effect in Brooklyn of one man doing that was that, beeen od his sermons were read by uncounted thou- sands, his common f#mo was denounced, and he was arraigned on charges that would roflect discredit q ® woman’s sewing society. (Laughter and bs ote Witnessing for truth had most prominent American in Europe from receiving @ reception at Cork, but would insure him a glorious ‘welcome in New York. Because President Grant had pleaded in his Des Moines speech for freo and un- sectarian schools he had been denounced’ by every Catholic pewenpee in Europe and America. (Ap- plause.) The lecturer then sketched the rise and fall of Napoleon I. and Napoleon IIL, and ondeayored to show that they represented the “beast” spoken ‘of in Reyelatiofis, and that the despotism of their reigns was doomed to be de stroyed and cast from the earth. In Europe, as in America, Romanism was to-day simply tolerated and nowhere was it supreme in its rule, It was the duty of Americans, as part of the Anglo-Saxon race, to seo to it that Romanism as a system was destroyed and the adhorents of its faith gathered into the loving discipleship of a fro¢ and unfettered Gospgl orgauization. GOOD AIR AND GOOD HEALTH. Dr. B. P. Gibson deliveted a lecture before the Grace Chapel Literary Society on “The Laws of Health in Connection with the Air We Breathe.” Thé Doctor commenced by declaring that each man and woman requires a certain amount of air, varying in quantity with the individual, according to size, mode of life, &c. Many persons, from breathing too ttle air, fallinto disorders of the general sys- tem. ‘The capability of breathing more air may be brought about by mechanically enlarging the chest and Rcsening ie powers of iration. With this restoration the simplest remedies, which before were inefficient, seem to acquire new powers. In fact, # full ability to breathe air up to a high stand- ard is as necessary for health ss tho nourishment of food to the body. This may be brought about by a rouslug so natural appetite for: food, im: of ine! nat apy = roving the digestion and ger health of the in- Rividual. Fg) importance of good air a our Duildings is universally acknowledged. em: phatic uring of this necessity to the more general attention of the public is an equally important topic. ‘The ventilation of tenement houses alone is not only of the fine habitations of equally deficient in means for admitting the pure air of heaven. Spending, as most people do, two-thirds of their time within doors in sleeping, at meals and in social enjoyment, it is highly necessary for them that the air in their houses Sheed he hideent 98 0908 as the air surrounding - MUSIC AS A TEST OF GOOD TASTE, ‘The Rev. Dr. Cornwall lectured lust ovening at tho Hall of Rutgers College on the “Perfection of Music’* ag atest of good taste, Not in painting and sculp- ture, said the lecturer, not in erchitecture and land- scape gardening, not in rhetoric and poetry, is a true standard of taste so firmly established in unvarying laws of nature and facts of univerasl experience, nor so clearly traceable by those who need or desiro a THE PERFECTION OF an of painters, se architects it is easy to find Diemishes which somo would regard as beauties, and to discover beauties which arp only perceptible to highly cultivated taste. But in music the finest compositions Pacey 1 conformed to that sure standard which is found in the grand principles of music as a natural science, are appreciated by all who have love or rolish of sweet sounds, In music, as in and ences, the word harmony means simply fitness. But in music the term denotes, as lida Tong sere | ‘unquestioned fitness of sent is not liuble to be igh any a or lack of genius, nor to be modified by the Of faahion or the whims of caprice. MARGIN ON FOUR PER CENTS, It was rumored in Wall street yesterday that Secre- tary Sherman had called up @ five per cont margin on the four per cent bonds from all parties making application for the same, The reason given for this demand for a tive por cent margin was that great many banks ordered these bonds simply as & spectlative subscription, and that they hal allowed them to remain in the Sub-’ ury, Mo: advanced to seven per cent and the registered are quoted at 94%, ox-interest and the coupons at 994, and the idea of the Secretary in taking theso vocautionary measures is said to be to protect the ‘reasury. “GOD BLESS MY UNDERTAKING.” John B, Pfister, aged thirty-nine years, committed wuicido last Wednesday at No, 492 Hast Sovonty+ fourth street. His wife! appeared before Coroner Croker yesterday and doposed that deceased, whom she supported, had been in the habit of drinking to ‘excess for yoars, At sovon P. M, last Wednesday she found him hanging by the neck to the frame of the door of hi m. He left the following letter, written in German :— I bid farowoll to all Tlove. Tleave no enemios. T beg pardon of all I have offended. My love to all. expecially ty