The New York Herald Newspaper, March 22, 1879, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET. ; SPORT IN ENGLAND. Resumption of Training Opera- tions at Newmarket, MR. LORILLARD'S STABLE Morbsy, the Light Weight Jockey, Engaged to Ride the American Horses, TANLAN AT MANCHESTER. ‘Sundry: Subjects Interesting to Ameri- can Sportsmen. Lonpow, March 10, 1879. At last our prolonged winter seems fairly to have given way, the cold snap which we experienced last week being apparently the expiring effort of King Frost to assert his supremacy, Previous to that the work of preparing the large number of thorough: breds now in training throughout England had been resumed, but the frost alluded to rendered the ground so hard that morning gallops were again at an end for several days, and even when that was over the exercising heaths were too heavy for fast work until within the past day or two. One result of the frost and snow may be here referred to, 8s it concerns racing law, although not immediately connected with the present subject, The Sandown Grand Prize, a hurdle race, to which the large sum of $6,000 was added from the fund, had provoked a considerable amount of speculation, and the Sandown: ‘Mecting was to have taken place on Thursday and Friday of last week. On Wednesday there seemed no Possibility of racing on the morrow, #0 @ postpone. ment was announced until Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, and under the following rule of betting all wagers laid on the races previous to the postpone- ment are null and void+-- 10, If a match or sweepstakes be made for any particular day in any race week, and the parties agree to chanize the day to any othor in the sume wook, all must stand; but it the parties agree to run the race in jifferent week, lightest difference in the terms of the en- ts made before the alteration aro vold. Previous to 1871 bets followed the stakes irrespec- tive of postponements, but an amendment of the rules was then passed by a vote of 11 to 10 members of the committee who-had the matter in hand. It was certainly hard lines on owners who had backed their horses at s long price, and by thus exposing their hands had brought them to a short price, to have all their bets cancelled and then be compelled to yo into the market once more and accept the short odds. Within three weeks from now the flat-racing season of 1879 will have commenced and the first of the spring handicaps will have been decided, viz., the Lincolnshire Handicap, and trainers are busy rattling their candidates slong to get them into decent condition for their engagements on the Garholme. Owing to the impossibility of getting lusty horses and gross feeders into anything like condition for such a hard run race as the Lincoln- shire Handicap is, the course being @ perfectly level and straight mile, and the race generally run from end to end upon the American plan, rather than that usually followed in England, it is quite out of the question attempting to select the winner upon public torm, and subsequent running is pretty certain to upset that shown at Lincoln. A light built four- year-old, or even an older horse leniently treated in the matter of. weight, will most likely turn up trumps this time, such, for instance, as «Sir Joseph, four years, 112 lbs, or Tallos, five years, 104 1bs., if the course is a good going, or providing it ia heavy Sir John Astley’s old Drumbead, with only 98 1bs., will pass alot of the speedy ones toward the finish of the mile, and his @uccess would be a particularly popular one in Lincolnshire, where Sir John’s estates are. Those horses that are not required till later on, in April or May, and especially the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby horses, are only doing véry steady and slow work so as to prepare them gradually and got them to their best on the day of the race. Both of these races have now 4 very open appearance, for, with Peter out of the way owing to General Peel’s death, Falmouth showing signs of weakness in his Es and Victor Chief under suspicion, people are back upon a dozen horses whose two-year-old running was wonderfully similar. Last December it looked dollars to Lorillard’s chance for important events with Uncas, a bit since then, and, with bealth, and Coral may, after all, tas near, if not nearer, the money than Brown did two years ago. So far Uncas has done well, and but for his rather light thighs would show » wonderful amount ofcharacter. In his long, slow fad with Parole he moves with wonderfui lom, and as seen then he makes more friends than when standing still. Another month will tell the story as to his prospects of taking part in the Two ‘Thousand Guineas. Parole never looked better in his life than he does now, and In the opinion of others besides your correspondent be will be far off landing the great Metro- Ppolitan Stakes it he keeps on doing as well as be has The most, wonderful alight looking filly, she must now be set down as ae nehs There iv no great harm in her thus growing, pro- vided she begins to get furnished and thickens; but it is more than likely now that it will be a little late im the season before shoe is seen in public, when he will be better able to si the racket of racing at top _ speed heavy weight on her back. fereid is looking well and has developed into a nicely shaped, strongly filly, while she possesses rare uction, and if » little care is taken in eating hee company she will zt oe the judge's a ie ot volley) growing ~ appearance goes @ second Rosebery. It will be remembered that that horse won both ‘ara! ire and Cesarewitch handicaps one of the most remarkable teats on the English turf. In color, shi and character Cherokee resembles Mr, Smith’s horse as nearly as it is ie ble tor two horses to resemble one another. Sota 80 good, and now for Mr. Lorillard’s sake it is to be popes that his home-bred colt will turn out some- thing like as fast as Rosebery. ‘The others are doing ‘8 well as could be wished, and will doubtless pre- sents much better appearance at the close of tho mouth than they do at present, for they have done nothing in the way of work yet beyond healthy ex- ercise, ‘The Duke of Magenta is slowly recovering fro: his severe attack and gets walking exercise on the paddock outside his box in instalments of ten min- ‘utes at the time; so as not to fatigue him too much, for he is weak still. As might be ex- pected, he has fallen away almostjto a bi as he is on the mend and is toedi: rapidly make flesh and pick w the return of the pleasant spring w we already looking forward to. From this the admire of the Duke can form their own estimates of the chance of his running this year at all. It is possible that by the time the Newmarket October um 3 come round Mr. Brown may think @ race would him no harm, but for him to win one against any- thing like a race horse would be little short of a po | besides, we have yet to find out whether he is sound in his pipes, and that can only be ascer- clarion Mosbey has oon engaged 48 frst. Jock Yharles Morbey has becn engaged as firs cy ow Mr. Lorillard’s stable, and it is by no means a selection, for he is # clever lad and has shown ay excellent riding while he has been on E urt. Morbey’s lowest ridit weight is 108 lbs., so that he can be Sood for all the weight for races, and it is hardly likely age that any of the team besides Parole will be entered in handicaps for some time yet, #o he can do all the riding for the stable, y jockey in 1873, when he was credited with thirteen wins, The following year he rode twenty-five win- ners, and forty in 19/6, weight then told aguinet the number of mounts he could se- cure, and in 1876 his score dropped down to twenty-three, in 1877 to twenty-one and last Send tv an even score. His connection with Peter ivo's stable at Newmarket has also been a draw- — yo bayeeg tg that rg ye has sc had much luck of late years, © jooke; ‘longin to tho establishment has had to ‘aowe apes his outside mounts for winuers than anything sup- plied him by his regular employers, Without being one of the fashionable jockeys he is yet very highly thought of, aud, of a8 good @ class aa could be procured for such # small stable of horses a8 Mr. Lorillard possesses at present, The crack Jockeys can command ~~ retaining fees for calls ‘Upor their services, and it is only a large stable that can afford to pay such alarge figure in addition to the regular riding fee. Archer, for instance, has five masters, whose claims are in the Seon arate rd, ‘Captain Machell fol Festotics; and so it is of the hy 0 small owners or new comers on the turf have to content themselves with ts with luds who are not quite in so much demand. To the believers in luek perhaps, be of interest for them to know that two years ugo Mosbey rode the winner of the Metropolitan Stakes at Epsom, Mr. A. 's four-year-old John Day, and perhaps he will repeat the performance on Parole. Hanlan, the American champion sculler, has made a large number of friends since he arrived in this country afew weeks ago. He went to Newcastle to see thechampionship race, which Elliott won very easil, ‘rom Hine! ins, and has also been in London, where we visited Ross. After these Hanlan returned once more to Mun- and has taken up his residence at the Brooklands Hotel, at Brooklands, about six miles from the city, The water on which he practises is the Bridgewater Canal, and before ho could launch his boat he had to obtain a permit from the corporation. This, of course, was merely a mat- ter of form, and the officials were very pleased to oblige . There isa slight drawback in prac- tising on the canal, as barges have to be passed, and bargees, like Broadway stage drivers, in many cascs believe in might being right. With: the fixed rowlock this would be very inconvenient, but the swivel enables the sculler to shp it tho barges without a great deal of trouble. On Hanlan launc! tho craft i Courtney at Lachine last year, and took a six-milo spin by way of » commencement, and on Monday next he goes into training for his race with Hawdon on May 5. When he goes to Newcastle he will put up at Mrs, Gibson's, Ord Arms, near Scotswood Bridge. Quarters have already been engaged for the Canadian and his party. There is a growing fecling that Ross is a much better man than people have hitherto given him credit for being, and some folks even go so far as to say that he may be a cundidate for the Sharapicostitp Some color was given to this by an article peared in the London Sportsman antagonistic to the project of Elliott going out to Australia to row ‘Trickett for the championship of the world, and hinting that if he would not be in quite so much of @ hurry to go he might be accommodated with a match ere long. ‘The proposal to send Elliott to Australia, however, met with a more severe rebuff than the article. It was arranged to hold a public meeting at Newcastle on Monday evening, and the rival “schools” were all invited to come and bury the hatchet for the nonce so as to carry out the oe posed scheme by starting a subscription. ‘he “schools” would not show up, however, lack of money or patriotism, or both, keeping them away, and it was left to some dozen or so to adjourn the meeting for a month, Eliott wants £1,000 for the trip, and it will be a surprising thing if he gets it, for those who have money to sparo care nothing about the object, and those who do patron- ize aquatics either have no money or intend stick- ing to all they possess. The next candidate for a match with Elliott is not yet forthcoming, but Percy says he won't match Hawdon against him, win or lose with Hanlan, so he can be counted out, and it seems as if it would rest now between Boyd and Hanlan, and the latter is only likely to try for the Spirapionelip if his race with Hawdon warrants his loing 80. ‘The preliminary to @ match of exceptional interest was settled on Saturaay night at Mr. Chris. Barrass’, Beehive Inn, Cloth Market, Newcastle. Several gen- tlemen representing various opinions in the rowing world dropped into a discussion upon the compara- tive merits of certain scullers, and the upshot of the conversation was that Mr. Richard Renwick, of Gates- head, offered to match an unknown to contend against the champion in # match over the championship course on the Tyne. Mr. Samuel Brownlee, who is one of Elliott’s supporters, quickly accepted the offer and *£10 auld le was pos to bind the engagement. The conditions agreed upon were that the men should row either # month or five weeks after the Hanlan against Hawdon match over the ‘Tyne championship course, for £200 a side and a wager of £100 level. Forty pounds sterling o side has to be added to the amount already put down as the first deposit on Monday night next, when the parties are to meet at Mr. Barrass’ to draw up and sign articles. On Friday, May 2, the second deposit of £50 a side is to be made good, and on Monday, May 5, the day of the race between Hanlan and Haw- don, Mr. Renwick has to make known the name of his representative. The final deposit of £100 a side is to be made good on the Friday night preceding the match. The Sporting Editor of the Newcastle Daily Chronicle is to be ight stakeholder, The announcement by the Toronle Grobe, to the effect that the backers of Courtney, the well known American oursman, were preparing a challenge for him to row any man in the world over two, three or five miles, on Owasco Lake, for $1,000, open for $10,000 a side, has produced a response from the English champion sculler, On Saturday after- noon Mr. James Taylor, of the ‘frafalgar Inn, New Bridge street, Newcastle, wrote, on behalt of Elliott's buckers, to ex-Mayor Liddell, of Pittsburg, who, being himself @ native of county Durham, proved a warm friend to the English champion crew when they were sojourning in America, in 1870. Mr, Liddell! is authorized to make a match for Elitott to row Courtney either two, three or five miles, on the Alleghany River, at Pittsburg, for a stake and a a date to be afterward mutually agreed upon. iott demands expenses for his trip apd fixes his minimum at £75 PEDESTRIAN ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WALK FOR WOMEN TO TAKE PLACE AT GILMORE’S GARDEN. Ameeting was held st the St. James Hotel last night toarrange the preliminaries of the walk for women at Gilmore’s Garden. The match will com- mence next Thursday. The belt is being made by Messrs. Tiffany & Co., the value of which is estimated at $1,000. The conditions of the match are an entrance fee of $200, for all comers. The first prize will be the belt and $1,000 in cash; the second prize will be $500, and the third prize $250, All contestants during the six days’ contest will be entitled to $200 it they make 325 miles. The entrance fee to the Garden will be fifty cents. The entrics for the match to this date are:—Mme. Exilda Chapelle, Miss Tobias, Mrs. Cora Cushing, Miss Bertha Von- burg, Mme. ¥ranklin and Miss Armand. THE INTERNATIONAL FOOT RACE. The international foot race that is to take place at Gilmore's Garden to-night promises to result in an interesting contest, as John Raine, the champion ten-mile runner of Canada, was added to the list of contestants yesterday afternoon. The following men will start:—John Simpson, of Cambridge, Eng- land; John Raine, of Canada; Henry Naylor, of New York; Norman Taylor, of Vermont; J h E, Owens, of Virginia, and Dominique Verrauit, of Canada. Purses of $250 each will be awarded to the first man ut ten and twenty miles. The race will start at eight o'clock P. M. sharp. CLOSE OF A FORTY-EIGHT HOUR MATCH, Sanatoaa, N. ¥., March 21, 1879, James Riley, the celebrated oarsman, closed s forty-eight hour walking match with Marcus Beadle at nine o'clock this ever . The score was :—Riley, il: ¢, 129 miles. ley was badly used up, ‘The first day he walked only seventy-five miles. A NEGRO WALKING MATCH. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THR HERALD.) Bavrtmong, Md., March 21, 1879. The first walking match between negroes that has taken place, as far as known, was finished here to-night. The contestants were Isaiah Hawkins, aged forty-one, and James Williams, aged twenty, uncle and nephew. Douglas Institute was the scene of the struggle and the walk was for twenty-six hours over a hard tloor, on which was sprinkled a thin tayer of sawdust. Both men stuck to their work steadily, and Williams won, making 89 miles, Hawk- ins scoring 85, There was ‘a fair attendance. The men have arranged for another match on Friday next. A RUNNING MATCH. [BY TELEGRAPH 10 THE HERALD.) Newport, March 21, 1879, Samuel Phillips, who made the ten-mile run last evening at the Opera House in 1h, 12:., had another trial this evening with Albert Wilcox, his competitor of last night. He made the distance, to the astonish- ment of all present, in Ih. lim. 59s, Wilcox’s time was ih, 12m. 468, The time was kept by three different persons. Neither of the walkers stopped a minute after the start, but kept to their work, never stopping even to walk, Wil- cox having the outside track, gave Phillips the ad- vantage to some extent. Great applause was given when the match was ended. Phillips is said to be ono of the fastest runners in New England. At the same place a sixty-two hours’ mat is in ae as reported in to-day’s Henatp. Up to jalt-past eight this evening Smith had scored 1056 miles and 14 laps and Stevens 107 miles and 12 laps. Both men are in good condiuon. MOVEMENTS OF ROWELL. ‘Wall streot was again excited yesterday morning by the appearance of Rowell, the pedestrian. About eleven o'clock he passed down the street with Mr. Atkinson, and, having boen recognized by the brokers, was quickly surrounded, and with difficulty made his way to his destination, the office of Phelps, Stokes & Co., bankers, Here he hit £3,900, whieh is supposed to be the proceeds of his late walking match. The crowd remained outside and had in- creased to several thousands, and the pedestrian and his trainer on returning to the street wore forced to Jump into a hack to escape from their friends. (DY TELEGRAPH TO THE wRRALD.) Baurimons, Md., March 21, 1879, Rowell, the champion pedestrian, reached Balti- more this evening, in response to an invitation from Mr. Mortis, of the Tony Pastor Troupe, and ocoupicd & box at the Holliday Street Theatre during the even- ing. He was taken on the stage and was received with a storm of applause, the orchestra playing “God Save the Queen.” The English and American colors were intertwined over the proscenium boxes. ‘There were numerous callers on the little Euglish- man, among them Mayor Latrobe. Rowell goes to Washington to-morrow, FIFTEEN-BALL POOL. &. ¥. ENIGHT DEFEATS G. E, WAHLSTROM AND WINS FIRST PRIZE. The fifteen-ball tournament was continued at O'Connor's billiard rooms last evening, the players to cross cues being Gotthard E. Wallstrom and 8, F. Knight. Game was punctually called, and the interest manifested in the opening tilt did not abate through- out the night. Wahlstrom placed the first game to his credit in 3m. 30s., his opponent being unable to pocket a single ball. The second game also fell to the champion in the short time of 2m. 10s. When five games had been reeled off the score stood 4 to 1 in favor of Wablstrom. Only 22 minutes had been required for this worl At the end of the tenth game the score stood “five all,” Knight having shown considerable skill and commendable exe- cution in the eighth, ninth and tenth. The eleventh game was credited to Wahlstrom, and some of the shots made by him elicited vigorous applause. When the fifteenth was finished Wahistrom led his plucky antagonist three games. “Even up" was the cry upon the conclusion of the eighteenth game. From this on to the end of the twenty-fourth there were fine combinations worked to advantage, the score at this point again standing level. Knight assumed the lead at tho ination of the next game and kept it until the thirty-socond, when they! were sixteen games to the credit of each.’ The thirty- third was interesting, and falling to Knight he hadi only one more to be the winner, a8 the conditions were the best eighteen games out of thirty-five. ‘The thirty-fourth was evenly contested and proved very exciting. The game seemed in the hands of Wahistrom, but the cue ball froze against the five-ball in such @ manner that it was impossible to pocketit, and being the only object ball remaining it was required to make game. A safety shot or two followed by each player, when Knight pocketed it and was declared the winner. The following is the score: Knight—0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0 1,1,1, 1, 0, 1,0, 0, 0, 1,1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1,1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, —won, 18; lost, 16. Total, Wahistrom—1, 1, 0, 1, 1,1, 0, 0,0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0—won, lost, ize of $100; Lambert the trom the third, of $10, A NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT. Professor Whitney will give an athletic and spar- ring tournament at Vineyard Hall, corner of Jay and Fulton streets, Brooklyn, on Monday evening, March 24. Among the many novelties on the programme isa grand chicken contest, the birds to. be masked and gloved so that they cannot injure themselves, and there will be ‘‘no cruelty to animals.” Protessor Whitney and Dooney Harris will ‘wind up” the en- tertainment with the gloves on. THE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. Couumuus, Ohio, March 21, 1879. ‘The following clubs have entered for the champion- ship of the National Baseball Association, the ,en- tries for which closed here last night:—The Uticas, of Utica; Albanys, of Albany; Capitol City, of Albany; Springfield, of Springfield; Holyoke, of Holyoke; Worcester, of Worcester; New Bedford, of New Bedford; Manchester, of Manchester, and National, of Washington. The Detiance Club, of Philadelphia, has been admitted to membership in the association. YALE ALUMNI. FIFTH SOCIAL MEETING OF THE SEASON AT DELMONICO’S—PROFESSOR SUMNER ON THE LEGAL TENDER QUESTION, The Yale alumni held their fifth social meeting during the present season last night in Delmonico’s, Mr. Charles ‘Tracy, the president, was in the chair, ‘The attendance was large. After adopting some con- stitutional amendments of no special importance Knight wins the first second, of $40, and Wah! to the general public, Mr. G. Hammond Trumbull proceeded to explain how Yale College and some other institutes of learn. ing came to purchase for their libraries a considerable number of works at the sale of the Brinley library. From the statement it appeared that during his lifetime Mr. Brinley had expressed the intention of willing $25,000 worth of his books to several societies of learning. He died intestate, and his wife, who survived him, was desirous of carry. ing out her husband’s intentions, but she also died without leaving a will. The children however, expressed a willingness to comply with the known wishes of their deceased parents. They therefore agreed that Yale, as one of the corporations concerned, be allowed to buy at auction $10,000 worth of the books, one-lialf at tho first and the other at the following sales, and bot ps for them, but to permit their price to go tow: e credit of the intended devise. Professor W. B. Sumner, of Yale College, spoke on the “legal tender” question, He traced the history ot the origin of money and the progress of its circu- lation among all nations trom the time when barters ‘wore made one article for another to that when ave metallic currency a circular form — iptv leony _ told haved abuses committed by the kings of old against the peoples who had confided the coining of money to their care. To so great an extent had the debasoment of coin been carried that before the time of Elizabeth it came to only three of the pure metal to nine of alloy. Queen beth did much toward ra ae the coinage in her own country, but she sent all the bad money to Ireland, saying that it was good enough for the Irish. The speaker believed that all the wars and tyran- nies that disgraced the history of mankind never wrought greater injustice to the oppressed people than did the ractice of beggaring them by debasing the coin. traced the introduction of paper money to the bills of exchange, notes and negotiable paper in use among bankers and merchants. The ex- pression “legal tender” was a modern device that had xrown up since the introduction of bank notes. As long as a legal tender act did not compel a man to accept for his goods or debts anything which he did not think an equivalent for them it was well enough; but when it required # man to receive a form of pay- ment which he knew was not full value for the article parted with, then a wrong was committed. This was the case when the United States issued legal tender notes and called upon men to receive them in lieu of the precious metals, This country having 8 gigantic task on hand, with insufficient means ou hand to do it with, issued legal tender» notes that were valueless in fact, because the flour, horses, cat- tle, &c., which they represented had been destroyed by men in arms, and the goods no longer existed wherewith to redeem the notes. This line of argu- ment was followed with a view to prove the iniquity, injustice and unconstitutionality, as the speaker be- lieved, of the Legal Tender enacted by Congress, CARRIED OFF BY FEVER. Adam Schmidt, a German, rents the two story premises No. 203 East Thirty-sixth street. On the ground floor he keeps a barber shop and on the sec- ond floor he resides with his family. He is indus- trious and painstaking in his business and is well patronized, Last Sunday he and his wife and five little chilaren formed quite an_ attractive family group. They were all at that time in remarkably good health. The eldest of the children, a me boy, was bound- ing about the sidewalk, while his littie sisters joined in his childish pranks, and all together romped to their hearts’ content. The following day found two of the children slightly indisposed, grew worse toward evening. A doctor was called in and he ronounced their malady scarict fever. On Tuesday four of the children were in a dangerous condi- tion, and on Wednesday they were dead. Thursday afternoon two hearses stood opposite Mr. Schmidt's door, Two small coffins were placed in each of the hearses, and, followed by their heartbroken parents and sympathizing friends, tho funeral cortege wended its way to the cemetery. The mother of the children was aimost bereft of reason, She was, be- sides in very poor health, and it was feared she had caught the contagion. The baby, who had escapod so far, and was in parently sound health when they started to the funeral, was found prostrated with the dread sickness on the parents’ return, RAILROAD MANAGEMEN'T. Mr, A. P, Hepburn, chairman of the Special Com- mittee on Railroads, has sent the following com- munication to President Edson, of the Produce Exchange:— y eto sppear » pefore the above suggest to the eormmiti n, both as to scope aud dotail, as in your judynent chlemiated t h alleged abuses and put nt Edson has given notice to the members hange that any replies on the subject will ed up to Tuesday next. Similar communications have been sent to the merce and Board of ‘rade and Transportation, respectively, FIRE IN W ILLIAMSB URG, The two story frame building Nos, 12 and 14 Hay- ward street was partially destroyed by fire last even- ing. It was owned by John J. Mahon, who occupied the second floor as a turning mill, and loses $3,000; insured tor $2,000 each in the Farmers’ and Royal insuranee companies. The first floor was ocew a8 a planing mill by Michael Dooly, who loses $1,000 on stock and machinery; fully insured in_ the Will- jamsburg City Fire Insurance Company, The dwell- ing house adjoining was damaged $20. The cause of the Gre is unk Wis OBITUARY. ‘ AUGUST CAMERER. At the German Hospital, Newark, late on Thurs- day night, Mr. August Camerer, # leader im the Baden revolution of 1844, died in the sixty-ninth year of his age. Camerer was a native of Carisruhe, and, during the revolt of the Rhine provinces in Germany, he Was commissioner of supplies for his district, and a member of the Wollfahrts-Aussehus, or committee for the welfare of the people. Being sent ‘from Carlsruhe with supplies for General Sigel's army, then at Heidelberg, Camerer was taken prisoner by the Prussian troops, tried, found guilty of high trea- son, and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. He escaped and came to America. In his house at Carls- ruhe were important papers. These, if obtained by tas preeranenaen eee compromised many per- sons of high standing not suspected of being in sympathy with the revolutionists. Frau Cam- erer got wind of her husband's capture, and atonce destroyed the papers. Soon after the governnient officers came, but could find nothing- rv, Camerer settled in Newark and eked out a liveli- hood by teaching drawing to private pupils and schools. Six weeks ago he wus seized with an apoplectic fit, and was subsequently removed to the hospital. His wife (not the heroine of Carlsruhe, but @ second helpinate, the other having died) is lett with her children in a most destitute condition. ‘The funeral will take place to-morrow. Camerer was aman of genial and kindly nature. His death leaves but two or three of quite a large group of somewhat rominent Gvrman revolutionists who made their jome in Newark. PIETRO FANFANI, ITALIAN PHILOLOGIST. Pietro Fanfani, the greatest of modern Italian Pphilologists and lexicographers, and a distinguished journalist, died at Florence on the 4th inst., of dis- ease of the heart. He was born near Pistoja, April’ 21, 1815, and studied for the priesthood, but was never ordained. He made surprisingly cxtensive researches in ancient and mediwval literatures, starting from Dante as a basis, and waged tor many years a bitter warfare against the Academiadella Crusca, of which he always declined to become a member. From about 1843 he was a frequent contributor to the Rivista and other periodicals, and be tounded in 1347 a journal of his own, Les Souvenirs Philologiques. He ‘was an ardent patriot, fought at Montavara and Curta- tone in 1848, was taken prisoner by the Austrians aud confined in Theresienstadt. Returning to Tuscany in September, 1848, he was for some time Minister of Public Instruction at Turin, in the Cabinet of Gio- berti, Recalled to Florence by Franchini, he was employed in the Cabinet of the Grand Duke of Tus- capy, notwithstanding his known liberal opinions. Tn 1851 he founded the journal £'£oruria, and subse- quently another entitled // Passatempo, After the an- nexation of Tuscany to the Kingdom of Italy Fanfani became director of the Marucellian Library. He was author of dictionaries of the Italian language, of the words peculiar to Tuscany and of Tuscan pronuncia- tion, as well us of many other treatises. He was « brilliant conversationalist, fond of paradox and one of the notabilities of Florence. @ PREBENDARY BULLOOE. The Rev. Prebendary Bullock, Socretary of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, with which, as secretary and under- secretary, he has been connected for twenty-nine years, died at Mentone, Italy, on the 28th ult. Mr. Bullock graduated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1847, and was ordained in the same year. He was for soma time curate of St. Anne, Soho, and lately has held the chaplaincy of Kensington Palace and the pre- bendal stall of Oxgate in St, Paul's Cathedral. He served his apprenticeship in mission work under Mr. Ernest Hawkins, in whose time the Colonial Church was so largely developed, and his conduct of the correspondence and business of the society since 1865 fully justified his choice, as to which there was considerable controversy at the time. Mr. Bullock's health gave way shortly after the close of the Pan Anglican Synod, to the success of which he devoted himself very laboriously, He married a daughter of the late Dean Altord. DR. J, HEER, EX-PRESIDENT OF SWITZERLAND. Dr. J. Heer, a distinguished jurist and former President of the Swiss Confederation, died on the 24 inst., aged fifty-four years. He was born in the Can- ton of Glarus in 1825, studied law in the universities of Zurich, Heidelberg, Berlin and Paris; became in 1852 a member of the government of his native canton; was clected to the National Council in 1857, and in 1875 was one of the seven members of the Fed- eral Council, or national exccutive body. He was its Vice President in 1576 and its President in 1877, He had been for a short time in 1871 Swiss Minister in Berlin and had filled many posts of distinction, but resigned his membership in the Federal Council last year for reasons of health. He was author of several — works upon bistorival and juridical sub- jec CHARLES HARRIMAN MOLLER. Mr. Charles Harriman Moller, who died at his resi- dence in this city yesterday, wasason of William Moller and nephew to Christian and Peter Moller, whose deaths have both been recorded in the HznaLp within two months. Tho family of five brothers were allin the sugar refining business in this city for a long time, and were prominent in business and social circles. Mr. William Moller and two of his sons had a refinery in Vandam strect, and Mr. C. H. Moller was for a short time in his father's countin house, but for the past few years has led a venludied lite and has not been engaged in any business. He was born in New York in 1404, and was a well edu- cated man and highly esteemed by his friends. Mr. William H. Moller, formerly member of Assembly from Westchester, was his brother. PROFESSOR DAVID PAGE, ENGLISH GEOLOGIST. Professor David Page, a geologist of high reputa- tion, died at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, on the 9th inst., in the sixty-fifth year of his age, after a pro- longed paralysis of the lower limbs. He was long connected with the educational publishing house of W. & R. Chambers, for which he wrote several well known manuals of geology and physical geography, some of which were republished in America. He was supposed to have been the author, jointly with Robert Chambers, of the famous work, “Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation,” which appeared thirty years ago and anticipated the Darwinian theory of the descent of man from lower animals. He had been for many years professor of geology in the University of Durham. PROFESSOR ADOLPH ANDERSSEN. Acable despatch announces the death at Breslau, Silisia, on March 14, of Professor Adolph Anderssen, the celebrated chess player. He was born at Breslau, July 6, 1818. He was a teacher of mathematics, Herr Anderssen acquired in Berlin a high reputation as a chess player. At the London chess tournament of 1851 he defeated the famous English player, Staunton but was in turn vanquished by the American, Paui Morphy, in Paris, in 1858, Again, at London, in 1862, at the second English tournament, he obtained the highest prize. le published several valuable works on the game of chess, and was an ardent lover of the sport up to the day of his death. He pub- lished many curious problems in the Leipsie Schack Zeitung. MAJOR PHILIP R. FENDALL. Major Philip R. Fendall, of the United States Ma- rine Corps, died suddenly, at his residence, Ports- mouth, N. H., yesterday morning. He had been in {11 health many months, in consequence of which, on his own application, he was placed on the retired list about twelve months ago. Major Fendall was born in the District of Columbia and was appointed a second lieutenant from California October 17, 1857. He wag at the battle of Port Royal. He was mado a major by brevet in 1862" Was made a Meutenant colonel August 5, 1864. TORD ARTHUR DE VE! VISCOUNT MALDEN. Viscount Malden, eldost son of the Barl of Easex, died in London on the 10th inst., aged nearly tifty- three years. He was born July 22, 1826, educated at Sandhurst Military College, was an officer succes- in the Rifle Brigade and the Royal Horse Guards, retiring in 1862, and was subsequently lien- tenant Colonel in the Herts Yoomanry Cavalry. Ie married in 1858 a daughter of the late Sir Henry Meux, by whom he has lett five children, JEFFREY 0, PHELPS. Joffrey 0. Phelps died at his home in Simsbury, | Conn., yesterday, uged eighty-cigit years, He ‘was | formerly Judge of the © uuty Court and has long been prominent in the Stu REV. CHRISTOPHER BURKE, The Rev. Christopher Burke, a Redemptorist pricst, aged twenty-seven years, died at New Orleans, La., yesterday, He was a native of Macon, Ga, HENRY 8. FROST. Henry 8. Frost, & prominent business man at Poughkeepsio, N. ¥., and well known abroad, died suddenly last evening of apoplexy. EX-GOVERNOR L, RB. BRADLEY, A despatch from Elko says L. R. Bradley, ex-Gov- ernor of Nevada, died yesterday morning, aged seventy-four, A FICKLE FATHER. Before the Now Jersey Vice Chancellor, in Newark, yesterday, a curious deed case came up. It appears that in 1850 one Abram 8. Leigh bought property in Princeton, For eight yoars nothing was paid on the Mnortgage, Leigh got heavily im debt,so that his wife and daughters agreed to keep student boarders. For remaining Lome Miss Sarah Leigh was to have the property upon the death of her parents, Leigh got out of debt and Mrs. Leigh died. A will was made leaving the property to Sarah. ‘The father talked of marrying a widow. named Mary Davis and destroyed the will, as Sarah alleges. ‘The daughter says that her tather yave her a deed for the property, but afterward obtained possession of it and destroyed it. The father admits making out the deed, but denies giving it to Sarah. Finally he deeded the property to Mrs. Davis and then mar- ried her, He is seventy-two and she is forty. Now Sarah brings suit tocancel the deed to Mrs. Davis and have the deed to her confirmed. Her counsel ave ex-Speaker of Asscmbly George O, Vanderbilt and ex-Congressman John T. Bird. AN ECCLESIASTICAL COURT. In accordance with the provisions of the letter of Pope Leo XIII. creating ecclesiastical courts in mis- sionary countries and especially in the United States, to whom appeals may be made in controversies be- tween bishops and priests, instead of rushing in every case to Rome, Bishop Corrigan has appointed the following judges:—Rev. Father McNulty, of Paterson; Rev. Sebastian Schmidt, D. D., of Rahway; Rev. Dr. Wigger, of Madison; Rev. Patrick Corrigan, of Hoboken, aud Key. Father Sa- laun, of Seton Hall College. Father McNulty was pag pa president of the Board. The first case in New Jersey where an appeal was made from Bisho) Corrigan to the judicial tribunal was recently tried, and resulted in favor of the priest. The accused was formerly a pastor in the southwestern part of the State, aud Was suspended for alleged breaking of the pledge. In consideration of the priest's youth the Bishop reinstated him after suspension and appointed him chuplain of St. Mary’s Hospital, Hoboken. But he ag fell, it is alleged, an again suspended, The accused felt warranted in ap- Jing to the judges, aud asked to be heard hrough counsel. His request was at first denied, but was afterward granted, not, how- ever, until the priest had refused to put ina plea unless what he called a just demand was granted. The Court assigned the Rev. Father Hen- necsey, of Jersey City Heights, a8 counsel. After listening to Father Hennessey the judges yoted 4 to Lin favor of dismissing the case and reinstating the priest. Tho matter was next referred to Romo, and the quoxtion was asked whether or not it was lawful for an accused priest to have an advocate. Home, it is said, answers “no,” but says that the accused can lead his own cause, The Ecclesiastical Court in New Jersey holds its sittings at the episcopal resi- depee, Newark. PLYMOUTH CHURCH. The adjourned annual business meeting of Plym- outh Church was held last night after the prayer meeting. The report of the Music Committee was received from Mr. Rossiter Raymond. SHOT IN THE MOUTH George Kruse, aged forty-one years, a native of Germany, residing with his wife and three children at No, 107 Sullivan street, shot himself in tne mouth last night, the ball passing through the tongue and lodging. in the back of the neck. He was removed to St. Vincent's Hospital. THE SAMOAN ISLANDS, INTERESTING INFORMATION FURNISHED THE STATE DEPARTMENT BY THE UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL AGENT AT PAGO PAGO, Wasutxaton, March 21, 1879, The President to-day, in compliance with a resolu- tion of the Senate, transmitted to that body three reports made to the Secretary of State by Gustavus Goward, United States commercial agent at Pago Pago, concerning the Samoan Islands. ‘The first describes the enthusiasm and gratitude with which the news of the ratification of our treaty with Samoa was received throughout the group of islands, it being considered. an assurance of protec- tion against foreign interference with the indepen- donce and rights of self-government. In the second report, which is devoted to the po- litical situation, Mr. Goward says:— The capability of the Samoans for self-govern- ment has evinced itself, but, on account of the pres- enee of foreigners, it is necessary for them to have assistance in the management of their external and internal affairs. eee acknowledge their own ignor- ance and seek enlightenment and guidance in all matters of government. With such views they pre- fer looking to America, after whom. they would sys- tematically model their affairs. Thi and jealousy among the high chiefs tenure of power of a king precarious and the inclina- tion is to a Republic ‘a President. COMMERCIAL FACILITIES. The third report is on commercial topics, Mr. Goward says:— ‘Attention has been called to Pago Pago Harbor, with reference to its capacity, its internal fitness tor @ naval station and its possession by the United States. Additional allusion should be made to its general importance. In a naval point of view it is the key position to the Samoan group and also to Central Polynesia, and is admirably located for the protection of American commerce already upon the increase in those waters. The Samoa Archi) , by reason of its geographical position in the centre of Polynesia, lying in the course of vessels from San Francisco to Auckland, from Panaina to Sydney and from Valparaiso to China and Japan (and from the fact of its being outside of the hurricane track) is the most valuable group in the South Pacific. Situated half way between Honolulu and Auckland, Pago Pago would be a most convenient stopping place or coaling station for vessels or steamers either for supplies or the exchange of com- modities. Should a naval station and accompanying adjuncts be established and the Pacific Mail steamers make ita port of call it would necessarily become the controlling commercial point in that part of Polynesia. These are ends most worthy of secomplishment from the results that would tollow in the civilization of the natives, in the starting oftprofitable industries and the establishment of factories and plantations in different islands. With these connections through- out the South Seas this wealth of products would be augmented and naturally fall into the hands of Americans interesting themselves, who would find a market for their commodities in the nearest Ameri- can port of San Francisco, This is # commercial matter of such paramount importance to the mer chants of the Pacific stations as to call for their im- mediate attention and action. RICHMOND AND ALLEGHANY RAIL- ROAD. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Ricumonp, March 21, 1879, The Richmond and Alleghany Railroad Company, of which Senators Blaine and Jones, H.C. Parsons and General Ewing, are leading spirits, have accepted the terms of the act of the General Assembly, author- izing the James River and Kavawha Canal to convey its property and franchises to said railroad. To-day a general meeting of the stockholders of the Canal Company was held, and the form of s contract of consequence, embodying the act of tho assembly, was adopted. The necessary signatures will be secured in @ fow days, and the canal, which was the darling project of the Father'of his Country, will pass into the hands of the enterprising gentle- mon, who propose to build @ railroad on its tow path. The contract of to~lay is, it is true, dependent to some extent, upon obtaining compromise with the canal creditors; but it is ved that that will be managed without dificulty, The raitroad will ran from Richmond, through Lynchburg, and con- nect with the Chesapeake and Ohio at Oliftou Forge, and will be of the same gauge as the latter road, It is expected that a road from Pittsburg will meet the Richmond and Alleghany road at Clifton Forge in the course of events and thus open up @ great coal and iron mining country. ARMY INTELLIGENCE. NOMINATIONS FOR PROMOTION BY THE PRESI- DENT RETIRED, Wasitrsoron, March 21, 1879, ‘The President sent the following nominations for promotion to the Senate to-day: — Quartermaster’s Department—Major John G. Chandler, to be deputy quartérmaster general, with rank of colonel; Captain Augustus G. Robinson, assistant quartermaster, to be major and quarter- master, Cavalry.—Captain Edwin V. Sumner to be major, Fifth cavalry; First Lieutenant A. G. Forse to be captain; Second Lieutenants Thomas F. Knox and William H. Miller to be first lieutenants, First rogi- ment. Infantry.—Liecutenant Colonel William R. Shafter to be colonel, First raiment; Majors Z. Rt. Bliss and John E. Yard to bo lieutenant colonels, Nineteenth and Twenty-fourth rogiments respectively; Cap- twins M, A, Cochran, C. he aod Joseph Brush to be majors of th fth, ‘Twentieth and = Twenty-tifth re- spectiv z Lieutenants Me- ptains; Second Lieutenants Win, Wolfe, 8. KR. Whitall and John Mea. Webster to be first lieutonants in their present regiments. ‘The President also sent to the Senate to-day the nominations of sixty assistant surgeons for promo- tion to the rank of captain, RETIRED, ‘The names of Captain Jacob Paulies, Twonty-fitth infantry, and Captain Carlisic Boyd have been added to the retired list of the army iu pursuance of the recommendation of retiring boards, OIL TRANSPORTATION, VICE-PRESIDENT CASSATT, OF THE PENNSYLVA NIA RAILROAD, DETAILS THE ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN HIS COMPANY AND THE STANDABD OLL COMPANY, Pritapripaia, March 21, 1879. The proceedings in the suit of the Oil Producers* Union vs, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, et al. for alleged freight discriminations in favor of the Standard Oi! Company, being an application for a per manent injunction restraining the defendants trom so discriminating, were continued to-day before J. B. Sweitzer, Genera! Examiner. At the session yester« day afternoon, Vice President Cassatt, of the Penn- s#ylvania Railroad Company, was called as a witness. He was examined on technical points regarding the contracts with the Standard Company; the rebate allowed that company for a time was twenty-two and # half cents on a barrel, but no preference was shown. At the session to-day, Mr. Shiras, for the Com- monwealth, asked the witness if he did not say yes- terday that at the conference in July, 1878, at Sarne toga, when the rates were cut down to eighty cents, that these rates were allowed to the Standard Oil Company and not to outside shippers. Mr. Cassatt replied that at that time the Standard was the only company shipping refined; the reduction in crude, however, was only made for the Standard Oil Com- pany and the interests controlled by it. NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE COMPANTES. On cross-exawination by Mr, MacVeagh the witness said that, to the best of his knowledge, no officer of the Pennsylvania Railroad was at any time interested in the Standard Oil Company; nor officer of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; as far as he knew neither Mr. Vanderbilt, representing the New York Central; nor Mr. Jewett, representing the Erie, ever was in any way connected with the Stan- dard Oil Company. A MEASURE OF SELE-DEFENCE. “In 1575 the first contract was made with theStand- ard Oil Company,” continued Mr. Cassatt, “because at that time we found that in order to maintain our share of the business, we had to do something to tect ourselves, In that year the oil was carried by the Empire Transportation Company, but the contract was directly between the Standard Util Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad. That arrangement lasted until March, 1877, when it ended at the request of the Standard Company. During the continuance of the contract the Standard Company was also shipping over the New York Central and Erie railroads, and during the latter part of the time over the Baltimore and Ohio road. The latter road began to carry oil in 1876. ‘The four trunk lines were from that time competi- tors for the oil business. They have all shared in it from that date. The Standard could and did ship over the other roads to the exclusion of our We have never carried barrel at a rate less than that psid to the other roads, and there is no reason why they should pay any more than they would pay the other trunk lines. The Pennsylvania Raih Company endeavored for months aud months to maintain the Empire Transportation Company in the oil trade, and the other roads, together with the Standard Oil Company, were endeavoring to drive the transports- tion company out of that business, It was on acm count that the Standard threw up thecontract of 1875, The gross value of the tonnage the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was receiving from the 8! in 1877 amounted to more than half of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad’s traffic. While the Standard was shipping by other lines, during the competition with the trunk lines, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was carrying for refiners outside the Standard Com- pany. During the time the Aght lasted each road was cutting the other, and the Pennsylvania road had to compete for the tratlic. 1 know the other trunk lines carried the Standard oil at » much lower rate than we carried for, and much lower even than the rates at which we carried for the Standard subsequently. This contest Was not so injurious to the other lines as it was to us. Before the fight we got fifty-two per cent of the traffic to the seaboard. The Baltimore and Ohio got nine per cent and the balance was divided between the New York Central and Erie roads. During the summer of 15877 the oil was carried wo to the Ohio River and then over the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad to Richmond, Oil was transported from Cleveland to Buffalo by water and thence by canal to New York. The expira- tion of the fight was in October, 1877, and after that there was no oil shipped during that season, except by rail. A reduction of ten per cent was made, which lasted until May, 1878, YOLLOWING THE LEAD OF OTHER ROADS, We followed the lead of the New York roads after that in making concessions. Our agreement waa that our rates from the Standard company should be as low as those of the other lines. An effort wag Made by the trunk lines to secure paying rates for oil shipments. The Pennsylvania Railroad tried more than once to get the other lines to carry out the decisions made by themselves without the aid of the, Btandard Oil Company, but the lines have no power to compel the Standard to ship over any par- ticular line. It could only be done by agreement with them. During the contest we got not much more than thirty per cent of the whole refin- ing business, and the other lines must have got the vena? seventy per cent. In answer to Mr MeV Mr. Cassatt stuted that the Penn< sylvi Railroad Company confined its entire and was not operations to transportation, terested in any other way in the oil business. ‘The difference is not in respect to the m: of rates. by contract among the lines, but in the manner of poset secret rates. The Standard Oil Company, controlling seventy per cent of the oil b would be apt to choose its own route from the ions to the seaboard rather than submit to the railroad companies. ‘The investigation was then adjourned, INVIOLABILITY OF TELEGRAMS, THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANS GETING UP A TEST CASE IN ST. LOUIS, Sr. Lours, Mo., March 21, 1879, E. H. Brown, manager of the Western Union Teles graph office in this city, was summoned before the Grand Jury to-day, and a demand was made that he should produce for the use of the jury all tolegrame: sent and received during several months past by Gove, ernor John 8. Phelps, of this State; James C, Nidelete' Police Commissioner of this city, and A. B. Wake- field, who is alleged to be the head of the so-called: gamblers’ ring here. Mr. Brown stated that he had, been instructed by his superior officers and advised by counsel to say that there were grave constitu- tional as well as legal points volved in the matters, that all despatches passing over the wires are re« garded by the company as inviolably secret as are lete ters which pass through the mail, and he must, there fore, decline to comply with the demand of the jury. He further stated that the telegraph company i@ anxious to have settled the question as to wi itean be compelled to furnish despatches sent to other partics to grand juries, courts, committees, &c., and respectfully requested that the jury would, take such action in this case as would result in @ legal decision of the question. ‘he probabilities are that the jury will report the matter to the criminal court to-morrow and that Judge Laughton will order the issue of asubpena tecum for service upon Mr. Brown. If this is diste Mr. Brown will probably be summoned before tha court to show cause why he refuses to obey the com- mands of the Grand Jury, and the case will then come up for argument. ‘The cause which bri this condition of things about is the inves by the Grand Jury of an alleged gamblers’ ring hera and the conduct of the Police Commissioners in cone nectjon therewith. The recent reappointment of James C. Nidelet and the appointment of W. M. Ladd as Police Commissioners by Governor Phelps is also involved. Their record was investigated by a Sena torial committee a short ti » resulting im their non-confirmation by the Senate. TRANSPORTATION INTERESTS, PRACTICAL QUESTIONS DISCUSSED BY BUFPAL@ BUSINESS MEN. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Burvra.o, March 21, 1879, ‘The Board of Trade of this city held « meeting to. day to take action in reference to the circular issued by the Treasury Department December 27, 1878, ree voking the previous regulation which had permitted the transportation of dutiable lumber and grain in canal boats uot bonded as common carriers, After some discussion they adopted @ preamble and reso« lutions showing that such revocation would neces- sitate the creation of a bonded line of boats, which would be difficult aud impracticable, and would re+ sult in the diversion of traffic to rival routes; tha there has been no loss to the government during a period of nine years on dutiable lumber and grain, transported by canal, and requesting of the fotre: tary of the Treasury an early restoration of the regs ulations of 1869, permitting the transportation of dutiable lumber an’ grain in canal boats not bonded as common carriers in bonded lines. MISTAKEN EFFORTS FOR ROONOMY, Action was also taken in reference to the bill ine troduced in the Legislature for the purpose of Abolishing the office of division and resident en= gineers employed on the canals, and the followiag preamble and resoiutions were adopted :— Whereas it is of the atmost importance to our coma mercial interests (on whieh ral pros} i recogmiges 40 the full most. rheld. Beane maintenance and manage: but regard with serious appr of the engineers as vonding per every existence he al by the withdrawal of its most competent guardians Kesolved, That a copy.of this preamble and be forwardod by the secretary ty the Governor, 1 vers of the Logisiature and the Caaai Board, ations mem.