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Importers and Refiners Protest Against the Proposed Congressional Action. HOW FRAUDS ARE COMMITTED. Defects in the System of Collecting the Sugar Tax. MONOPOLISTS PROTECTED BY GOVERNMENT. Charges of Adulteration that Demand Investigation. The publicition lri the Washington despatches yes ter.tay morning of the bill concerning duties on sugar, presented to Congress by Secretary Sherman through the Speaker, Mr. llamlaU. created quite a stir, though not altogether unexpected, among the sugar refiners of Sea- York. The bill does not meet with the ap proval of the trade, and to give authoritative exprea ?iou to the reasons on which the trade's objections are founded a meeting was called at uoon yesterday, at No. 'J7 Water street. In answer to the call the fol lowing gentlemen appeared:?Messrs. Skiddy At Miu ford, K. D. Morgan, Havemeycrs At Elder, Havemeyer h Eaatwick, Havemeyer Brothers. Orinnell A: Mill turn, H. H. Swift, Aidama k Puller, liauerman Brothers, Mattheiseen A Wieeliers, W. P. Willets, George Moel ler, Peter Mueller, tiustavua Schwab, Youngs k Co., Franklin At Co., and the Brooklyn Sugar BctUiing Com pany. Mr. Solon Humphreys was elected president of the meeting and Mr. W. P. Willets secretary. The first business after the organization of the meeting was the presentation of the following resolutions, to Wit:? Unsolved. That in the opinion of tlii-? mewling the pro* posed change hi tlie tariff on sugar, a* suggested h\ Mr Secretary Sherman. is in the highest degree unjust and irn" practicable: ntnl that instead of dei rearing the temptation and opportunity to fraud on the revenue it very greatly in creases theiu b\ making a difference of no less than .<it:tc. per pound on ouo nnntlter in color or one degree of the pnlari scope. Kesolvod, That as the jieople of thi? cmintry demand for their cousump.ion lev {triced soft sngar. the manufacture of which is only practicable front a low grade of raw sugar, any tariff which discriminates against such low sugar is a very great injn-tiee, and we call on Congress if any change is to he made In the tariff, to have it so framed as to avoid discrimination agains' tint '|Ua!it> of raw sugar, whether of high or low t|uulit." ami tiiat it shall conform as near as possible to an ail valorem duty. The first resolution was adopted without iliscns kion, but Mr. Schwab wanted the second amended ao aa to aak Congress for an absolutely ad valorem duty based on the home market value of the goods. Mr. Fitch said he doubted if Congress wonld go before tho country on an ad valorem duty. Mr. Minturn said ha wan in favor of greatly reducing the whole scale of duties, and finally, after much discussion, Mr. bchwab's amendment was put and loat by a vote of 8 to t>, and the resolution as read adopted. Mr. Minturn offerer! the following resolution, which waa adopted without discussion: ? it,'solved. That in the opinion of this meeting the duties on sugar. ainoauMitfr as the. do to between fifty and sixty rent, are excessive and unreasonable, and should ha reduced at ieas* ,.n - half, in justice to the consumers of the country and for avoiding the difficulties and frauds iu col lecting the revenue A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. D. A. Wells for the t>rorJiK*t on augur. Tho book, it waa stated, had some faults, and those wh-. voted tin- thanks wished it understood that they did not iu all things agree with Mr. Wella. The secret rt was directed to for ward copies of this resolution to Secretary Sherman and the Chairman or the Committee of Ways and Means of Congress, and the meeting adjourned nine die. BT7GAK WORKERS IS MArtS MEETING DENOUNCE THE PBOfSmHD CHANGE IN THE TAKIFF. The workingmcn engaged in the sugar refining business in Williamsburg, awake to the danger threatening th>'ir industry from the measure* pro posed t > Congress, assembled at Washington Hall, corner of Broadway and Fourth street, last evening, to protest against a dlseriinmating tar ff. Fnlly 2,~4K> men attended, tbongh all could not get into the hall. William C. Miller, a eooper from L. X. Palmer's shop, was elscted chairman, and Alexander MoAllen, from the same place, secretary. The chairman said that UiO.oOO people were getting their bread from the sugar refining iudustry, and the proposal to ehange the tariff meant beggary for all and throw ing tli refining out of the country alto gether and int<> the hands of C uban sla\ehotders and coolies w h.> worked for ten c? nti a day. and Congress ought not to make law x that, would destroy an entire iadwtry. Williamsburg cannot afford to lose the Income abe gets from the iiO.iW.i people living here who get a livelihood from the sugar refineries. AlonxoC. House, from Haveuieyers A Eider's refinery, ?aid that the question of Ainerlean rights was bound Up in this question. If Congress passed the tariff proposed they would deprive every citizen of the right to labor, for now in these hard times there is no work tn other trade* and the refineries would all close on its passage Legislation closed the salt works industry at Syracuse, to the detriment of the whole State, and now it is proposed to commit a greater wrong by closing the refining industry Karl Kranz followed in German and then Mr. Alex ?nd<r Mc.iHen. Ho said they knew the charge of adulteration was fal-c, and a* ' .r fraud- in the im portation Mr. Ilaveuieyia refiner. was the first to notify tin government of the attempted Irani by Cuban shippers by the change of color. The sugar paid on<-quarter o the reveuaa of the government, and It is surely udt the policy of the government to kill the goose that lays that golden egg. which they aeaiiredly will do if tliey pass the measure proposed by Secretary Sherman. The government were providing the red Indians with tood. clot hit ig and agricultural implement*; but what will they do for tin tens of thousands the passage of this onw urn would throw out ot employ ment t Itolirrt fHUte*. the next speaker, from the l?e Castro A Dontaer refinery, charged that .Huanlsh gold used indiscriminately was creating all this ex citement, and tin- meeting to-night was to Counteract its toJIneucc as far as ago sible. Tin Lord helped them that h<T)ied themselves, and they as workinginen were aseeuiblod to appeal t . Congress not to give to tlaveholding foreigner- work that their own eiMaaaa have been do ing and can do b- ttea than any slave or coolia is raj a ble of, and at the, -iBn: time place it in the marset cheaper. HMOl.t-flows IMI rail. Mr. James Tree ? then urged the passage of the following resolutions in a pointed shims*. and they were "trried utisniiiiou dv ? W'usr us the sugar reflnliif Industry, upon which s Jarg.- proportion <>l the oi tho Bastern Distrl-t of Vrneitlyn .m l timnsauiU of men in ether part, of th? ?onntrs Ce|?m<i for their I etlhimit, in -utTerlng from ?lost mo.- oil iteprrnsion, ami much privation stie.rig the taien work. Ix ill r.ittieriss ion] iinlolik i io-iir faint!ie* ia being end err. I in ami wnerra* wr Imvo valid j!> nieis for I,. i?> ii_- test Uii? ?i'iiiiltion of things ia argely awing to ow lulling off In ih? ilemand for reused -uiiar, roi-<1 It) ths public fnai that 1 see edeltsratad ? III hiirmfo ingrodieitta. fa taenia to iii.it meet haelug Uron whlrlj rircuh-ied in the - - vAfi* - press b) iataraatetl and deal icnfftj? forairnora. Mil wh?ro*? vrliol#-*!* charge* of ira- 'I * urn in at Import**?* out h?v?* boon itin?!?*, which rhorgr* ? or? pronoun*-*mI by *of ormnout fifttrioi- ?ath, to HltMit found*! n Ottd by tht .*???rut ?ry of t>i.? Ir mury to r?*t up?m no t?fl dflir# , and teitf.-t. tf.f th#*? .41-t rid .1 l 11 o* I * ollipffd ?du iteration Mii?t lr?i ?!. prt'H-.ir? iff hem* bronchi t.? b*-ir tipfti ? giikihm to indue# )* - i *ti ? ltftttjr? the pronotit tariff ?d to ittti?t?f ??n? ip? t pi* mtf doty of two chou *n?i f?.*tr tn li* *wr {HtntM1 .in 4.1 ancaea i???f abo*? No M butch OtOfidurd iu < wtof ind Hot ?xowodtn* timet; fwir in ffjn i lipi in? dtr?*ntf<h Arid i^rording to th?? ?bi??t ??ol niott iw.pS't'Ai Hitio ritifff m tilia ffowntrv ffiioli n tan* would dUcritniwnto Aisoififft nil low So. t:i mivh diwrrtininMl*r ioer?A?tiiz In ?o^ryrity tfi proportion ib?? lown???w ..r tho gmdo . ftpoa whteh Ion jcr vin ?u|(arti fftil, our b *0) imliifftry nb?i l itoly d?*potMl* for ii? pro??rriiy* wtfu'd tnjurit tho wiitpphitr ?t?t? ro*i . womM b? of no j,r. %n'nt b.rn*fft nnd ?it? vtwntu tl I"*-. to ttn ? onwutnar. would :ron? f%r i bo roflriiiij, iiititftwtr> of t!??* I tiM-d to i ^p.tnitii, n'1%0 l?b<?r pro4it?rflt|f fiopt'tHtafi'*} , and ?u?i n?*. .,? ?aril) ruin tin* i?i?liiiu> W> uitii'li wo Anioficati fitit -ne. t?.i?n our bi?4'i H? ?t?ive*l, Ural, Tli*l it iff tbo duly of ilio pram, Aiof Bi'tfo ?ip?i.'ialiy of fueit*n* wbirli h?vo eifruUtcwl lb? of >r?!orf?fiot??*ti t?? tli# pwMi* fnind of Iho f?*r? irbfng ont ??f ihwv tttotirtid. ##a*Atu?l, That #f b*T0Vf rfi-tiaun* ? h ?? jjon of fruitd t?? lint iHKlittr o* whol?f?i? UOlttiiMiioff, croflil; fmateff upwii nowkjiMp**!? by rorfo n !Mow York a^ontr of < uboti pUnlfrr iu?t U? lltat'i ? dulotitly rirrtilwtfd ?? ??? f)?n t ifitrtl stutf-for ttn-'pu" p*.-o ut prot-firiutc i.*(rli?l iliOii fo ooraiit? Jo tailor aimJ d^ffmotif? ??f our llnitutrjr Horoifod. tlitrd, Tiiot noiibor froud n?r win I tor* I wo, ?fo?i MHppooitiK b.?th l<? bor? *;XNt?d ill Ui? lull WfiittfB c?r#? rt? be rightly of pr*>poHy rriwhid hj twrllt el?4fti(?ff tbol i/thoy r'ottid or uMcabt t?> bo no riu?o|i?ti Hi? pt"ftr"??d u?ifurai rot# of duty op !?? No 1M Dutch Mondard opab? tlio d*cir I# frond mm-h thou m fw>? oMli? nodrr tl<o proffcwt tariff and ItittfcaonniHIj coolof of Of. iictftitshiu* at. a ltd that il 1% *u inaoh to tho ^orurnuiont to ??. i?m tt 'A inobility to wtilorfo Hi*- prcocot ?artfT low, ?yr !???# toy ? ?iatmt* in Iho law up- n any p?m ii oiio^od loo VMity H ioltffi* fit'irtli. rs.it U lit? duty of t'ottKroM ao to l? 4 ? *!? in ?? .hi rs nf trttdc ii't ? . c 4? not t? Irti p#rll tioffOo iodoffi ry !ca-t of ail f? < lit btntlH (if f??r?i|T" iuontrto?, that in im -1 n '|a?atioo? ua botwoca i opitoi maipiy, o? iepr?iuut?4 by ifciportotiou, ond lobvf oiupluyipg I capital a? represented by r^tlninthe lean ! in? sh.uiltl be Inward cba letter; ami mat. Ibrraliin, this edurt at Tiibau slave labor producers aud sums im|airter? to effect a chonge in the present taritr | , sr rsb.s to litem alnue and destructive >>i'the grant refill ; jug tiiiluetr) of tlia Tuitu.l State* should bu promptly and derisively foiled be the representatives ol the people, Kt"?i>]veil, lifllt, That e copy ol those resolutions tie sold to each member of Toe Seriate ?till Miiumi ot Kepreeenta lives; tliat the eurnua; attention of our local tneuibera of Congress lie caller! to this matter, anil that, tt' deemed uoces ?art i i inunilttee of our men lie instructed to proceed to Washington to fully lay tiet'ore Cougresa our view* itJtil righttul demauda upon this vital question. THE AIE Bit HI) ADULTERATION OF STOAT. DENIED BY NEW TOUK BEFINKBS ROW CONGIUUS COULD 1JEAL WITH THE QUESTION OF FRAUD? INTEKESTCfO EXPRESSIONS OF OPINION. A great ileal having btvn said with regard to adulteration and fraud in the sugar trade?fraud on the part of the importer* and adulteration on that of the refiners?several geutluiuon largely interested in the business were yesterday interviewed on tho sub ject by a liutALP reporter, in order to reach the facts in the case. One o: there gentlemen said; ? ? It has been remarked by officials contiected both with the Treasury and the Custom House depart mtuM that thine charges have uniformly been of a general and vague character. Parties making the charges are said to have been repeatedly asked to make them specific, but tliey never did so. A promi nent sugar refiner called upou the Secretary of the Treasury for such proofs as might be in tbe depart ment substantiating any auch charges of fraud. The reply of the Secretary was that there existed no evidence. His assistant assured the importer in question that all the documents in the department relative to the matter were mere assertions." Mr.. HAVEMETEB's VIEWS. Mr. Theodore A. Havemcyer, upon being questioned concerning this matter, said:? "In the first place, there is a groat poblio mis conception with regard to the relation between these alleged frauds and an alteration in the tariff. I can only say. as Mr. Liav.d A. Wells says in his report:? "That, even supposing fraud to the fullest extent sua pected had occurred, it has no connection whatever with the proposed tariff revision and does not call for any legislation. And this last, for the reason that the remedy, as in the ease of alleged frauds in sampling and weighing, is purely a matter of ad ministration, and every law necessary for effleieut administration on tho part of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Custom House officials already stands on the statute books.' "From this it is clear," eontinned Mr. Havemeynr, "first, that evidence of sueli frauds is totally want ing, so far as Sew York importers and refiners are concerned: and. second, that if they did exist tariff legislation is not the way to reach tlieni. To say that the Treasury, with all the ulficials at its com mand, is nnajdu to enforce the present law is to ac cuse Secretary Sherman and all his subordinates of complete Incompetence. I think they have proved very satisfactorily to the country the nonsense of any such allegation. Hut if fraud were to be checked by an alteration of tbe turifl' the means at present projtoscd would offer Hon per cent more inducement to it than the present tariff. The government supposing its officials to be colorblind?could at present lie defrauded of thirty cents per UK) pounds if an importer could succeed in passing a No. 10 sugar as a No. 7, the difference in color between which any child can tell. According to the proposed tariff if the importer succeeded in pass ing a No. 17 as a No. 1(5 the government would bo de frauded of eight times the amount. The difference in color between these two numbers is almost iiu perceptible." WHTRE THE PTEFTCl'LTY LIES. "It is stated tliat much of the real difficulty has arisen from the importation of high testing hut low colored Cuban centrifugal sugary." ? That is precisely the cane. There has never been any difficulty between the Treasury and the import ers touching any other class of sugar. There is no doubt that these sugars are lolt low colored in order to evade the spirit of the law; but those who charge fraud on importers or refiners in this connec tion Are very wide of the mark. The sugars are sold upon their saccharine strength aud not upon their color, the only person benefited being the Cuban producer. Indeed, tt is precisely those sugars against the importation of which under the low rate of duty the refiners were the first to protest, inasmuch asthey foresaw the difficulty which would arise from their importation in tho amount of drawback to be paid on exported sugars. Their im portation under the low rate of duty left Secretary Sherman no choice but to lessen the amount of draw back, and this has seriously interfered with the ex portation of American refined sugar." ? Are there any other interests which would be af fected by the proposed change in th ? tariff ?" "Cndoubtcdly there an-. The shipping interests would be the first to suffer. Men like Solon W Humphreys and Lawrence Turnure, who have spent their lives In the sugar business, have stated that tuch a tariff would virtually exclude all the .low grade sugars. The importance of this matter to the ship ping interests can be Judged from the fa-t that the American tonnage employed between tho I nlted States ami four of the principal low grade sugar producing countries was. in 1H70. 03,'_'74 tons In 1H77 it hud risen to IS,*.hi t tons, with the pros pects of an indefinite expansion. It would directly affect all the men in the West engaged in preparing materials for cooperage to the number of about twenty thousand; it would affect the national rev enue, which would have to be collects from the highest grades of sugars produced in foreign coun tries: it would aff>ff the consumer, who w mid very quickly find himself at the mercy .if Cuban retluers It IS needless to go into the details proving these as sertions; they can be found clearly laid down in the report of Mr. Havid A. Wells." "Tin re appears to tie a considerable outcry on the subiect of adulteration of sugars; have you anything to say with r.gard to this matter?" "I would first say that I have been greatly pains 1 at th. apparent Indisposition of some organs of pub lic opinion?and tho-.- the most prominent in < ir enlating these adulteration eanards?to thoroughly investigate this matter. What the refiners have to tear in the present Juncture i.< not investigation but the absence of it. And it was this conviction that induced me to send to the press a letter informing them that the doors of my refinery were wi i< open asking them to send the most competent and re liable men they had in order that the investigation might be as searching and conclusive as possible By | that I understand that Ixith myself and every man it! mi employ v a. open to th** keenest cross-exami nation to which they could subject us. This most unusual course ] adopted in order to kill one? for all charges which were affecting the public mind and In directly causing considerable distress among mv workmen." * ' THF. RHUS Kits HO NOT ADULTERATE. "It is char.. <1 that refln.-d sugars are largely adul terated w:th glucose ?? * 7 l "I will first of all sjienk with regard to our own house. Since it first ls-gan business, more than three quarters of a century ago, not a single jsiiind of glucose h.ts ever been manufactured with ..r mixed with our sugars. If I km * an;, sugar refiner to be using it for the pur poses of adulteration I would unhesitatingly expose him. Melf-prcscrvation would force me to do this, even in the absence of any Ingle r motive, Ixvauee no firm making sugars as *.? do eould stand the compe tition of any one largely adulterating with it A p t tton of th pr s has assuin.-d that the increased pro duction Of glucose was reforrlble to its use iti sugar adulteration. The larger producers of glucose positively deny that thojr have ever supplied a single pouud of it to the great refiners, and this, of cours , we know to I*. a fact. Neither has glucose ever lieen mixed with our syrups. 1 am informed that certain people who buy our syrnja. nnx glue.jse with them, and that the pub lic like the mixture. I must say that i .rus as nuich amused as astonished at the stateineiit of one New lork dally, wiiidi called glucose a poisonous con comitant.' Surely they must have counted upon the densest kind of ignorance In their readers. With re. i gard to other gr< at refiners, I did not need their affi davits to be assured that they were as blameless in this matter as ourselves.'* "la there any truth in the rutnor about tho sugars being adulterated with muriate of tin?" "As tor sugars, they were never treated by us with muriate of tin. for about a year previous to jxfitt we used muriate of tin for the purpose of improving tho color of syrup, tie proportions being one part of muriate of tin to I'm.imxi parts of syrup, Mince ltstjy we have never used an atom of It." Dwir.n* ros.ilutss should avoid. "What have you to say with regard hi the impond lng action of ? engross ?" | "Merely this. The matter is one of great national | moment .md should not be I. gisisfed upon hurriedly i i feel confident that the sous-lews .-tamor about tratid Slid SOU iteration will not hare the slightest weight I With the representatives of the people; and. rur.tb. r, that if any present aetion is d ?? me t c , , Vry it w-i:i be taken only after tlie eolmest ,iud moat mature <bv Jilsrstioti. i the re Jitters have th< strongest pos sible case, for tiie following r? aeons: l ir d, theva k ( ongress for no protection whatever, for the simple reason tnat fr-e tr.wle in sugars woiim he tin greatest boon they could have conferred upon th-m sec will, they n-k for no sp.s ial legislation .n favor of their own industry. It ?t.au be proved that tlie consumer, or, in other words, the public at large, wiil benefited by the desti ictioli of the n.liuilig In dustry, by a' means |. i the refining industry Is. destroyed. lint u, on the other hand. It can be conclusively established that, tinder any system of levying duty which J.s-s not deprive American rc | fillers of tin: raw product they need the American peopk can be supplied with clpstpef and better sugar than can In- ol.taiuml In any other part of the world, theii it is the duty of tlongiess to see that that indus try stands ss unhampered ss .my other in the country. I list the American peopl. can Is-so supplied by American refineri' S we ar. pr. pared to prove by , evidence, und we ssk Congress lo take th. proof he fore action. ? "Whut jiaye you to say with regard to the olijec ? uons niadt to tin uso or tin polanscnp.. for teatiuu the sareharine strength of sugars?" I 'Tlil-. The objections made liave no force. If the ; poiai isnope wer. an instrument on trial there might b,,lV,n"u >" "? ailoptiou, but It IS in | universal use by r a?t, rs Wj,? th, ir by , importer* ami by r.-fii . r-,. If I want to buv s cargo i r:?"r:1 torrs pf,urt*(..g I ju.t What 1 mi l. I o. i ?(,, UM(| sfliiir is Just ?s simp. ?? I have atatcd it. j'o j,.|| the public that tn "ir. usury of the tuiled States t a;:u_t us. in instrument universally and BU'.ccasfulJy adopted for precisely one cud which it ua* in view in nonsense, to which no reason able man will listen l'or it moiueut. Wtieu I toll you that two boys in our uouso wore given thirty sani'd. a of sugar to test in rouna ?pot. and that in the ma jority Of case* their teats agreed to Within one-tenth of one per cent, vkfle the greatest difference in the thirty testi did not amount t<> more thau one quarter of one per ccut. you will bo able to judge tor youri-i It' wlu tber or not the use of that instrument is diffi Clllt." "Is that all that yon have to any on thin question f" "It is. Unless it be to state mv gratification that the HKRALi) has taken up the question at a taoniettt wh? U. more than at any other, the puhU ? mind needs to be disabused of much error, and informed both '.vitli regard to the real issue hidden under all these charges and the importance of a right decision upon that issue by the representatives of the nation." EVTLS op THK PRESENT SYSTEM OP COLLECTING THE TARIFF AND HOW TO REMOVE THEM - A MONOPOLY THAT WEIGHS UPON THE PEOPLE. To the Editor op the Herald:? The annual importation of sugar into the United States aggregates about seven hundred thousand tons, or, say one thousand five hundred million pounds. The duties thereon are levied and collected accord ing to the "Dutch standard"?i. samples of sugar in holtles. prepared in Holland by on obsolete pro cess, are supplied by the Secretary of tho Treasury from time to time to the different collectors, and the sugar imported is compared with these samples, which range from below No. 7 to No. 20 in color. It is a test by color only. If the sugar imported is below No. 7 in color the duty is 1# cunts per pound; if above No. 7, and not above No. 10, it is a cents per pound; and If above No. 10. and not above No. 13, it is 2'4 cents per pound; and if above No. 13. and not above No. 10, it is 3 cents per pound; and if above No. IS, and not above No. 20, .It, cents per pound. Twerty-flve per cent is added. In every package of sugar imported there ure at least two. ofteu three grades of sugar?i. ?., a package of sugar will Contain No. 7 and No. 11 or No. 9 aud No. 14, perhaps, according to the general quality of the goods?the lowest nnuibcr being tho "foots," the highest the "head*;" the "foots" being formed by the "head" sugar draining down into the "bottom" or "foots" of the package. To arrive at a just classi fication, therefore, au average sample is taken (from the head, middle aud bottom of the package!, and upon this average sample the duty is fixed. Of the whole amount of raw sugar imported five eighths are below No. 7 and three-eighths between No. 7 and No. 10?i. tho present discriminating tariff has induced the production of a low grade of sugar in the producing countries which are unfit for im mediate consumption. In other words, every pound of sugar imported has by force to go to the refinery to be refined before it is fit for use, and consumers are compelled to buy their supplies from the retiuers, who control absolutely aud are the arbiters of the sugar trade. HOW FRAUDS AUK COMMITTED. Frauds on the revenue eun bo classified under two heads?First, by under sampling; second, by under weighing. In 1M77, of ofiO.bfiO tons of raw sugar imported into the port of New York 330,000 tons were imported by three of our largest refiners. These 3SO.0UV tons were lauded at the docks of the refineries and within twenty-four hours after landing were boiled up and all trace of them completely wiped out. The only government officers at tho refiner's wharf are the sampler ami wcighniaster. both underpaid officials ($8ihi to $1,200 sslary). who, it is a notorious fact, ure "purchased" to serve the interests of the refiner. The sampler, by taking samples from the "foots" of the package*, or by simply accepting such samples as the refiner may choose to give him, thus enables the refiner to pay only for No. 7 sugar, while three fourths or more of his importations may consist of a grade of sugar equal to No. 10 or No. 12 Dutch stand ard, which are subject to a much higher rate of duty. The weighmaster then couies and performs his sim ple duties with the same success. Packages weighing from 1,800 to 2.2(H) pounds are made to weigh from l,4oo to 1.H0U pounds, thus enabling the defrauder to "economize" from $12 to $15 on every package. If lots of dry goods or other merchandise were imported and went directly under tno control of the importer, and the duties thereon put under the same control, the matter would l>o unprecedented aud would surely cause great astonishment, aud yet there is no class of goods imported that could not af terward be traced out, re-examined and reappraised more easily than a cargo of raw sugar eau lie after it has reache'd tho refinery, where it is at once boiled up and all trace of it effaced. The great majority of refiners and importers claim that th h privilege should not bo granted, and there is certainly no creditable explanation offered to sustain It. Whether intended for fraudulent purposes or not. this loose syst in must necessarily beget frauds. Honest men among refiner* and importers have been driven out of the trade, not beeaUKe they lacked legit imate facilities or business qualifications, but simply because tbey could not compete with men whose practices are known to be dishonest. CHEATING THK PUBLIC AND THE GOV KRNMENT. Not content to defraud the revenue on importa tions tbey must also rob the pockets and cheat tho stomachs of the poor consumers by admixing with the supposed refined article such ingredients as glucose, tin, muriatic and sulphuric acids. The consumer is powerless. Forced to use an ar ticle which he knows does not sweeten, he is now told that the article is also injurious to health. He has no alternative. Ho must buy adulterated refined sugar or must be deprived ot an article of prime ne cessity. Much is the exact condition of sngar affairs under the present discriminating tariff?a tariff which suits only the foreign producer and the American refiner. Iu considering the subject of levying anil collecting duties on sugar many Uiffi ulties present themselves, not trom the subject itself, but from the diff- reat in terest* asking lavorabie consideration. First, tho Louisiana planter, because he forces from an un yielding soil, in an uncongenial climate, an article of prime necessity, therefore must be protected. Kecond?A few refiners clamoring for special legislation, siimvly because they manipulate an imported article. They add uothihg to the home production, nor do they add ou" lota to the sweeten ing qualities of the sugar. Tin y simply tidtc an im ported article, aud, by adulterating it to a degr.* that renders Its us dangerous to health, they demand, authoritatively, that the government should sustain them in nu odious monopoly. Isist of all euiiies the weak voiced and downtrodden consumer, who fails to see why he should be made to sustain Louisiana in her conflict with natural diffi culties, or. again, wby he should l<e compelled to pay tribute to the refiner. THK UKMKIiy. The a<l valorem ayatem ha* been tried aud con demned becauxi it opouod the door to fraud* by under invoicing. Then the "Dutch standard," u?w in for en. wan adopted: but thin i* now and very justly condemned, because it al?o opened tlie door still wider to Iraud l?y audcreaiuplilig aud under weighing. It ir clear that Congress should not make cheating pro it table. The only equitable system now left to be tried isinos the government needs revenue) in one tliat is very generally advoeateil and naked for by a 1-vrgo ma jority of importers and refiner*, and one that will more eloaoly assimilate the interests of the three eon fiictiag parties than uny system hitherto tried?that la, a uniform or specific rate of duty on all hutiara imported up to No. It!, l)ut li standard, ami another itau higher rub- of duty on all sugar* above that li uni ts? r and on all refined. Tins system will facilitate aud make m >rt-certain the ooUaetioa of lite revenue, will reduce the possi bilities of fraud to a minimum, and do away with an army of samplers, we.ghma-t. r< aud iippralaera, thereby saving large evpeusc* to the government. Louisiana would get all the protection aba claims, the refiner VttlttlM protected in Ida legitimate indus trv and the, con-umer would at leaat have the option of purchasing a good and pure raw sugar if lm w anted to at a uracil lew coat than lie ia now forced to pay to | Hi raflni r f n an srthdo which la, at best, impure and ' oftentimes adulterated to a dangerous extern, i Tor the further protection of honeat iraile the gov ' erumant ahonltl are to it that nil importation" of j sugar, Uke all other good". l>e landed at public bonded warehouse*, thcr-' to remain ttuder the control of the government until thoroughly examined uml pa need upon. Dy thl* simple precaution, which cannot but eotii tnend itee'.f to the liotmat man. the government w ould save uiilliona of money, aud, operating with a uniform rate of duty, would protect honeat trade and dually put a atop to all the trouble* that have sprung up iu the collection of the revenue since the existing tariff came iuto force. AMiiN. "BLACK LENA" WANTED. Jndg* Dykrnan, of tho Kiug* County Sn,>r*tno Court, Qctwral Term, yesterday morning ifflrne4 tita convlotlou of Mary Morris, allaa " lilac k L uii," on the ground that no error in tho procer liuga could i>e found. Mary Morris, if will be remembered, wan VMH with Catharine Hartln, in April, is75, for [ MhopiUting at the dry good* store of Jouriicay ; A iSurnham, on Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn. I Hall waa altered to the extent of t'lU,U0tf, tint wee refuted. The> reeaje-d from itayiiiundfitreet I Jul] In May, lit?#, while awaiting indictment. They , were rearrested in boston III hwmler nl the saiti'i ? year. Tbelf trial Ml place on tie 'lint of December, ' utid the) ware convicted and aanteueed to tha King* ' County Penitentiary for tour ynara and ix month* ! each. EtgliMcn m on tha after the conviction and sen tance of the aoonscd Mary Morris, through the effort* 01 her ootmaei, scented her reieaae on liatl, It being elaimi i that an error had Win niuda in tie prnceotl tugs. An effort w ill now Ih> made to rearrest the re Icav it prlvone.r. ATL VN I'f'J AND PACIFIC. At a meeting of tha Bonrd of Tru? I oo? of tliAtlan tfe and Pacific Telegraph Company yesterday a divi dend of tlirei'-cjiiarterw iwr cent waa declared, payablo ?mt of the net reirnliigs for the rjnarb r ended Novem ber M, lt7e to atockhoklers of reeord on Mm ck>*lug of the transfer hook* on tlie Itttfe fnat. The company's llnaiu lsl statement of November 10 I* ?* follow*.? Unavailable?aeet* prtoibn of otbeteutnnaabia, pr.tant*, li'.l, lM>1,lMfM; e*<h assets, $101,919 110; total lia bilities, act cash hk ft, fifi.Vi-0 49; amouti' ri'ijntn I to pay (MfMend of three -quarto r* of ouo per cent, rloj,o<A), surplus Pms;iuUr i, ie7d, leu.viM io. AMUSEMENTS. A FINNISH CONCEPT. An audience respectable in numbers and character gathered at Chlckcring Hall last night to assist at the thir l grand concert of Miss Selma Borj, The pro gramme almost exclusively comprised 8wedish and Finuisli music, the folk songs and operatic endea vors of tin composers of Finland being given the preference. After a medley of Swedish national airs l>y Lauder's orchestra Miss Dorg appeared on tho platform and was heartily welcomed. She at once proceeded to deliver her address, in which she said that nothing she has ever heard either in the concert room or at the opera, gave her so much comfort as tho feeble little heart songs of her native country. ??When we study si nation s songs," she said "we have a perfect mirror ot that nation's heart.'* Shu was not speaking against the magnificent, works of the modern composers; but before a single nocturne or a single symphony was written the music which she is now introducing into Amer ica was sung by the people of Fiutaud. The charm of the address was in V' s Dorg's wonder ful attempts at managing the Wj*4'St words in the English language, in which she .' "it so exquisitely that there was in 'he end>avoj*4iMfth of the sweet simplicity of the Finnish folk songs. At the conclu sion of the address Professor lender presented her with a beautiful bat >u. anil she at once took her place as the leader of tire orchestra in the interpretation of Finnish music. First she gave a series or Finuic songH. but an irreverent youth who got into the hall by mistake complained that there was too much heart in them and too little innsic. The last number was "The quaint old March of tho Finns, played at, the battle ot Lubscen in lhJItl." Sub sequently the orchestra, under Miss Borg's leader ship. gave tile overture to the Finnish opera of Ftlip von SclauU's "Kullorvo," and Mile. Amanda t arisen sang a Finnish song by the- same composer. The en tertainment closed with lijorneberg'a "March" and the "National Hymn" of Finland by the orchestra. WT'SICAL AND DBAMATIC NOTES. Anni? Louise Gary is thirty-four year* old. The Josh Hart Combination are playing in San Francisco. Miss Ada Caveu'Ush is playing with her nsnal suc cess on the Pacific slope. Miss Einina Abbott is attracting largo and fashiona blo audiences in the West. Paris has 48 theatres, which give employment to 1,777 actors and 1,102 actresses. Miss Kate Claxton's company, now playing "The Double Marriage" at tho Lyceum Theatre, are draw ing well. Miss Bateman has appeared at the Prince of Wales Theatre in a new character for her, that of Queen Elizabeth in Giacometti's translation of the play. It is denied that Henry Irving, the actor, has been commanded to provide a dramatic entertainment at Windsor Castle on the occasion of the marriage ot the Duke of Connaught. Mine. Patti and Nicolini appeared in "Aida" in Brussels laet month. Mile. Albani?now Mine. Oye? has been engaged to sing at Moscow and St. Peters burg during tho winter. Mine. Hose Hersee is to receive ?V200 for a six months' engagement at Melbourne. She will be ac companied by her husband, Mr. Arthur Holet, late of the Carl Koaa company. Thia is the last week of "Our Boarding Honse" at the Grand Opera House. Several of the company have made "kits," among them Mr. Harry Little as Oillypod and Frances Keinble as lletty. The directors of the Cincinnati Musical Festival Association announce that the fourth festival will be given during the month of May, 1880, in the Music Hall Building. Mr. Theodore Thomas has been en gaged as musical director. A princely violinist of remarkable ability Is Prince William, the eldest son of the Crown Prince, and the Germans, in praising his skill, refer to the fact that Frederick the Great was a thorough musician. It is hinted that the young Prince is not by any means captivated with the music of the future. Signor Bcttini, the operatic singer, has brought an action in the English courts against his wife, Mme Trcbelli-Bettini, from whom he is separated, to re covi r ?2,000, which he claims to bo due him in the division of certain property that was made in the settlement of their mutual interests. The case is still pending. At the late exhumation of the bodies of Beethoven and Hchubert from their graves in Wanhringcr Ceme tery. in Vienna, the fine, delicate, almost feminine hesd of hchubert contrasted strangely with the massive, thick, bony and great brain-holding skull of Beethoven. The bumps of musical talent were miss ing in both?at least in those places where bump theorists put them. Hchubert had still thirteen teeth and Beethoven fourteen. The former's skull showed more jierfect proportions than the tatter's. "THE BANKER'S DAUGHTER." WAR IT THE "GOLDEN CALF" OF MR. EOOE? MESSRS. PALMER AND CAZAURAN DENV THE SOFT IMPEACHMENT. Mr. Ail. Koge's letter in yesterday's Hkrald on the subject of American plays anil tbe authorship of the "Banker'* Daughter." now performing at the Union Square Theatre, created quite a ripple of intercat in theatrical circles. Aa will be aeen from the inter views with Mr. A. M. Palmer and Mr. Cazauran, pub lished further below, those gentlemen treat the mat ter an a good joke, and Mr. Palmer particularly oh. jcrts to pay Mr. lloge the royalties on the play hnndfrl in by Mr. How ard until he ia ordered to do ho by a court of jnstice. Mr. Uronson Howard himself could ! not l*i found to personally defend himself against the charge of plagiarism, but both Mr. Palmer and Mr. Cazauran declared that he knew nothing about even the existence of Mr. Koge's play until last Saturday, when Mr. Palmer was first threatened with legal pro ceedings. With a reckless disregard of the ilire legal consequences threatened by Mr. logs, Mr. Palmer means not only to continue tho performances of the "Banker's Daughter," but to pay the royalties as heretofore to Messrs. Howard and Cazauran until he is actually served with the injunction so sternly promised by the injured Mr. Roge. IMTKUV1KW WITH Ml. PAI.MKR. Being asked what he liad to say in reply to Mr. Koge's charge that the "Banker's Danehtor" was but a plagiarism of Mr. KogG's own play, Mr. l'aliuer re plied:? "1 really am unable to say whether 'The Banker's Daughter' is or is not the offspring of M. Koge's fertile brain and hovlue fecundity, aa exemplified in a play which he did leave here, entitle 1 "The Golden Calf.' 1 cannot answer the question, because I never have read 'The Golden t alt,' and never expect to read it. All I can say is that a lawyer lias written ine a letter, stating that 'The Banker's Daughter' is a sort of stepchild of Mr. ltoge and of this'Goldou Calf.' If It is so I think it an unutterable disgrace to both Mr. Howard and Mr. Cazauran, who should certainly have instructed me to pay that gentleman the royal ties they so complacently receive as their own. Mr. Cazauran admits that the play was left with him. lie has In en feeding on Deu ncry. .Harden and the rest so long ihat he may have been driven to Hogs at last. Aa to Mr. Howard. I really think he ought to be ashamed to have produced in Chicago in 1H73 the play that Mr. Koti intended to compose in ln"?i. It reminds me of Daly's remark, that the elder dramatists had stolen their best works from modern authors, Mr. Jkoge certainly evinces a spirit of ehivaltie generosity that boiii Mr. Howard and Mr. Cazauran would do well to emulate, lie is willing, he writes me, through his lawyer, to permit me to c out!nun to play "The liank er'e Daughter' as such If 1 will pay Miu moneys for the privilege, and will ai?o allow me to go on paying tho. gentlemen who stole It from him. This is kind. As to M. KogG's play, Mr. Cazsuraii, I have no doubt, ha:i it by heart. Nee him." WHAT 1IAS BUrOMR or TUB FLAtf The reporter asked "Where is the play now, Mr. Palmer?" "Cazauren has it, of course. He Is the regular sal aried dramatic shark of thl? house, and even Hog? would only be a sidt dish to his capacious maw." "Is it trile, Mr. Palm t, that a 'jealous cob.Me, eager to seize'the plays of slumbering dramatic geniuses controls your management iu the selection of the dramatic productions offered to you?" "It Is true, undoubtedly. The coterie consists of BtUWr, Duniaa, flardou, Ntterhlan, Denuey and such other small tyrannical parasites who sin k the life blood out of n? no thoroughly that, they lent* none for ltoge." ?Jnklnr apart, may u >t M. Kogt'a play have some thing iu it, Air. Palmer?" ?I suppi'so it atili contains whatever Cs/.uiirui bus not taken out it it. Nee him. 11 knows ?1I akont It," "Where thai I I Hud him?" "lu the manuscript closet, I suppose. Tho janitor will help you dig hint out If lie is entirely sub merged." tub "MtNDsuntrr cu?***. The writer tlltm ted his steps to that "Chainlier of Horrors." the "manuscript closet," win re tin .-hll dran of the Anioriuiu muse *<> cruelly naitghu red by the terrible Cazauran arc atucping iu that happy ob livion which even the alter peat critical pen cannot disturb. It is a sort of Womb n sate built into the side wall of the theatre, and Inn iff it tu>on aa Imaginative ttiud iu seeing these. flower* of dramatic fancy ruthlessly nipped in the bud is appallingly grim. Every "no of these dusty, yellow manuscripts seems to assume life and Video and to cry out for revenue upon the bead of (lie slaughterer who has doomed it to these uutaty anil moldy shelves. How many Brushed ambitious and destroyed hopes these piles of pressed manuscript rapreaeutud?how mauy anxious days and sleujilesa nights, and racking torments of the mind! "H?*i," said tho murderous (Jazainan, pointing, apparently unmoved. at his victims, ??are iilays re jeeted by tho management In their entirety, und," he added with grim satire, "that afford me absolutely nothing to stual. Hero aro plays from Texas, from California, from the Territory ol Wyoming, from tho editorial sanctums and reportorial rooms of the mag azines ,iud the daily press. No idle frcueh manu scripts but two!" WI1AT MR. CA'/ACfiAK SAYS. "1 wish to ask yon regarding M. Hugo's play?" '? 'The Golden Calf?* " was the ready reply. "No good, not a single hurst Of applause, not a tear, not a laugh, uot a shudder in it." ??Was the 'Banker's Daughter' a plagiarism from the '(lolrleu Calf?'" "Could not really say. Mr. Howard brought tho 'Banker's Daughter' here in its original ahapo of 'Lillian.'" "But is it like the 'Golden Calf?' " "Well, there are saggestious and possibilities of ef fort in it that Howard seems to have either hit upon or imitated. It the latter it is hard on Koge." "Did you read the 'Golden Calf conscientiously and carefully t" "1 read one act and a half." "Why not the whole?" "I'm fifty-six?lite is abort." "toosjood!" "What did you think or what you did read of it?" "The play struck me as being too tar above the average- capacity of our New Vork public for success. An audience of Hkralu editors, members of the Cabinet mid of members of the Hoard ot Education might come to see it once or twice, but that wouldn't pay for the getting up." "M. Huge, I pros time, is an American author, at ho takes up the cudgels for American authorship." "No, sir, M. Koge is a i'reuohmiui, hut, as a second (dramatic) Lafayette he has placed his pcii, if not his sword, on tho side ot American liberty and progress." "M. Koge complains that rejected play s aro not duly returned to their authors?" "My dear sir, Mr. Huge never canto for his play, and I supposed he hud actually forgotten it as much as I had, or else wished us to keep it 11s a valuable acces sion to our mournfully increasing collection of re jected plays, which now numbers some seven huu dred and twenty-seven copies?exclusive of tho "Golden Calf.' " "Are you not afraid of the injunction threatened by Mr. 1 logo ?'' , "Rather like it. 'Lay on, Macduff, and so and so be ha who first cries Hold! Enough!' " It was evident that nothing serious could be got out of Mr. Cazauran on a subject so grave in itself and magnified in itn importance by the prospect of a protracted litigation in tho courts, and tho writer therefore bade Mr. Cazauran and this graveyard of pluys farewell. 'NEW CHINA. THE MONGOLIAN COLONY IN MOTT STREET?A CHOP HOUSE OPENED. That portion of Mott street and its immediate vicinity known as "New cliiua" lias been of late making efforts to supply thu wants of the Mongolians wlio comprise what is really a Chinese colony. A drug store, a grocery store and a tailoring establish ment have been opcuc 1, to say nothing of gambling hells and opium dims already in operation. The fronts of many of the establishments are adorned with hieroglyphic shingles which proclaim the par ticular business carried on insido. A few days ago a chop house was opened?the first Chinese restaurant in this city. It is owned jointly by two intelligent-looking young Chinamen, named Thomas Ahyee and Narcizo Afouc. Their estaiilish wont is located in the basement of a house in Mott street, aud contains three rooms, the front one being the restaurant proper. There are a number of plain chairs and tables, and the walls arc embellished with Chinese pictures, portraying battles between tbe Celestial gods and ancient horoes of Asia. On each table is a glass tumbler, holding a number of chop sticks. At intervals on the wall are pasted squares of red paper, which serve aa a sort of registry book, where the patrons of tbe place are expected to write their names aud addresses. The fare l urnishod is really excellent, and poultry being so cheap almost every customer can afford to enjoy a good meal. There are roast ducks, boiiod chickens, roast pork and a va riety of other dishes, including boiled rice, the last named dish constituting the favorite diet of the "almond-eyed" gentry. A Hkb.m.d reporter visited this place last evening aud found a number of Chimnicu grouped around one of the tables, discussing the late admission of tVung Ah Yee to citizenship. One of them was James C. Baptist, who acted as witness in the case. Recog nizing tlie reporter, he rose, with a smile upon his face, and volunteered the information that the pro prietor was doing a fair business. The visitor was then escorted through the culinary department and learned that all meats aud other solids were cut up small, to obviate the use of knives or forks. Tho class ot Chinamen who patronize this new eating house are ewiacutly respectable, being nearly all skilled artisans. They propose to make tho house a model one of ita kind. No intoxicating liquors are sold, nor will any drunken man be permitted to enter. on Wednesday last a Chinese lady arrived in this city from Havana, <*n route to shanghai. She is at present stopping at a friend's house in Mott street, and will reniuin there several days. There is only one other Celestial female in this city, but it is ex pected that several will come to this country bciore long. Numerous reports have been circulated from time to time about certain Joss houses alleged to exist iu the city, but the residents of Mott street are united in denying that therein any such place of wor ship. The only body that has a bond JUte existence is the Chinese Benevolent Association, whose hcad quarters are at No. Mott street. The president of this society is Mr. Oeorgo Arong, who presides at the yearly and monthly meetings. The society funds are often drawn upon for the support of widowa aud or phans of defunct members. A great source of unnoyance to the meek-minded Mougolisns is a crowd ot roughs who infest .Mott street and urc said t<> do all in their power to drive off their Chinose neighbors. The recent criticism of this gang by several indignant citizens has led to tho increased vigilance of the police, ami efforts are being made to put a stop to its had conduct. A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION. INMTJU'iTINIi PAMEXOERS IS THE UHK OF LIFE PBEHERVKBH DL'RINO OCEAN VOTAOE8. Baltimore, Nov. 2!?, 187H. To the Editor or the Herald:? I notice iu to-day'H Herald Captain Rcliwrnsen's statein 'iit, in which ho sa> * that nearly all the pas sengers of the ill-fated Pomim rvnia might have l>eeu aaved if they had properly need the life preservers on board. That tley were uaed improperly by many and not at all l>y others la assured by the statement* of survivors, one of whom was reported to have aaid, through the Herald, that immediately after the dtaaa ter many persons floated "upside down" around the boat tn which he was rescued, or, in other worda, were uutainillar with the proper nae of a life pre server. Having placed it on wrong they kept their feet and not their head* above water. What I wiah tnoro particularly to auy ia that tliia whole cry of not knowing where to llnd a life preserver on a tranaatlnntic ateamer. and not being acquainted with 11m proper uao after flnding it. can and ahould he rcmolied. 1 know you will gladly receive any aug gcationa that will turn! to leaaen the danger of thoae who And It necessary to cross the oc -an, anil by pub Hilling this in your wideawake paper bring It prom inently to the attention of the agelita or manager* of transatlantic steamer*. It is tbia:?Among thaofllcefa generally apportioned to a first c lass ocean ateamer carrying passengers then, is one Whose duties (I apeak from personal experience) na compared to that of the more active o?c. re, are very light?1 refer to the ship's physician. It is the duty of this officer to look after the health of the crew and passengers as well as the sanitary condition of the ship. These duties, of course, an very essential to a well regulated seu-goiug vessel, but they do net Occupy all hlH time, in fact, but a small portion of it. It ia evident, and will strike any one as common cense, that there are many pa?s. tigers Who cross the iweaft annually totally unacquainted with the app< trance or use of a life pre* irvor. That tills is liiglily dangerous as well as ratal Captain Kchwensen's stuteincut will bear ineoiit; that it Is true will bo attested by hundreds who hava crossed the ocean and have never seen a life preserver from the time they started until they reached their destination. I. myseli, found it necessary to cross the is'oau in Idol, and can aaaure you that 1 never aaw a life pre ?rv< r to my recollection during the entire voyage. To lie sure I had a faint idea that one would In found under the hunk or raatimsa, hut never satis lied myself by looking there. How, as this medical iflteer lias generally time on his hands, would It not " Idea f " is- a good idea for iiim to instruct the passengers m the use ot a life preserver and where to find one ill can. of need / Tiiis could Ixi easily done by hint on tlio day ol departure or the ?? tic seeding day. It would not fslic Ave minutes' tluie loshow a passenger where to litnl a life preserver and iiow to put it Ob after it Is found, lie would be doing an Act iliat would proba bly r??uH, In esse o* a collision or other accident, ill saving many valuable lives. This ess.'iitiiil to sale ocean voyages lias been greatly li< glected, sail should receive immediate atten tion at the hands of managers and others controlling the movements of transatlantic steamers. Instructions should lie given to till! medical officer of etch steamer t> act that every passenger-man. woman and child?is instructed wneN to Ami and how to us' u life presi-TV' r. Ijot action lie taken im mediately on I lib subject and wo will probably hear less of so iiihiiv passengers being found drowned in ease of a i idcii's from not knowing whole to And and bow to Use one of the most simple and sure de Vices ever made lor saviuu life in ocran navigation. MIU.A11D L. mvcUKLL, M. 1), THE LECTURE SEASON. MB. FRANCIS DILLON K.'.GAN ON "THK SPIRIT OF THE AOK." Last evening Mr. Frauds Dillon Eagan, late rector of St. James' Prot?*t*ut Episcopal Church, San Fran cisco, lectured in Steiuwuy Hall, bo.fora a consider ablu audience, on "Tho Spirit of the Age." He was introduced by Rov. Dr. McGlynu, of St. Stephen's. He said:?In reading the history of the world we discover certain epochs distinguished by peculiar characteristics. The spirit of the present ago is godless and is distinguished esperially by its hostility to the Catholic Church. The Prot estant aud godless world baa been particularly abusive of Catholic doctrines and of the Pope's sylla bus, in which lie condemns that which is per nicious and antagonistic to tho Divine mission of the Church. The Pontiff fairly declares that the Church has been the fostering mother of civilization, but when there arc elements in that civilization that would conspire to uproot and destroy tho Church of Christ on earth ho denounces them, and those elements are what take refuge under the names of progress, liberalism and free think ing. Among other features iu the spirit of the age is the fanaticism of secular schools. Whatever affects children affneta society for good 01- evil, for au authority more than human has declared that "whatever a mm shall sow the same shall he reap." Education, according to Plato, is to give to the body and soul all the development of which thev are capable, and Plato, thouib a pagan philosopher, was much moro ad vanced tuan many so-called Christians. The education of tho day lacks the element of morality and religion, and our boasted public school system, as at present conducted, is Hinging away the blessed lights of civilization that came to us from the Cross of the Redeemer. Referring to the press, he said so disgraceful hail become tho parade of pol lution in the columns of tho papers of America that it was impossible the public mind could escape being vitiated; and such in the depraved spirit of the age that none but the most sensational shoots can be made to pay. EFFORTS OK THE INFIDELS. The libraries and publishing houses contain on their shelves a multitudinous ijuantit.v of contam inating literature, and judging by the enormous sup ply and demand tho taste of the sge is fast degenerat ing. Rut even going up to the higher and more pre tentious clasa ot books ihat this era has been remark ublo for, we find such men as Darwin. Huxley. Tyudall aud other iuHdcIs striving to overthrow the most cherished traditions of the Christian wprld. Ho re ferred to the prevalence of divorce caused by the libertinism and impurity of the times, and which was fast helping to undermine the most sacred founda tions of society. Tho spirit of the age iH seen again in the dishonesty that pervades the com mercial and political world aud iu the progress of gigantic traud. aud, if allowed to go on, must end in the destruction of society: All this arises from the greed for money. It is worshipped as a god, and the love of it leads to an internal mael strom, in which body and soul arc swallowed up. So inordinate has this passion become that men violate every principle of truth and honesly, aud dread not even the jail or the gallows. There is only one power on earth that can stop the tide of social anarchy and corruption, anil that power is the Catholic Church, it arrested the confusion that threatened the destruction of civilizatiou iu centu ries far back, aud it is still strong and lusty enough to arrest tho avalanche of infidelity aud irrt-ligioa that appears to imperil Christianity. MB. UOTASKIO ON GREECE AND HEB LANGUAGE. Mr. Botassio, the Greek Consul iu this city, lcc* tured last evening iu thu schoolroom of Mmc. Koch's academy, No. 1J4 East Fifty-seventh street, on tb? "Language of Greece and the Influence of the Hell.-nes." He gave a brief, interesting sketch of the history of his uative country from the earliest times, noting particularly the leading events in ancient times. Ho claimed that though Homo wu the superior in the material world, Greece ruled even Ho me in her liberties and spiritual pleasures. All the leading characters of ancient Greece were spoken of by the lecturer. At the time of Demosthenes, ha said, Greece was like a man in the prima of life, living rather upon what had gone before than on ambitions for the future. When the Greek republics were lost the liberty of Greece was gone, but two great men yet ap pcarcd?Aristotle aud Alexander. The latter sought t? rule the material world, the former the intellectual. The next chief event was the introduction of Chris tianity into Greece. Christianity persecuted for .a long time Hellenic science. Finally the ancient faith and the new were reconciled in the form of the Byzan tine Church. Passing on down through the ceuturies the lecturer next spoke of the Age of Darkness, alter Greece had become a Turkish province In MSI, and next of the seventeenth century, when the Turks were assailed. He then discussed the Greek language as it is spoken to-day, aud said that in time the an cient lauguugo would again bee mo the lan guage of the people. The modem language was really the ancient one with the addi tion of numbers of now words brought In nec essarily by the many foreign people with .whom Greece had to cast her fortunes. It had been said some German critics tl.st the modern language was but a conglomeration of many foreign languages, just as they said the people wore a conglomeration of many foreign peoples. But still it was a fact that the alphabet and thu orthography of the modem language were the same as in the old, and he knew that in the mountainous parts of Greece the old beauty of Grecian form was to be seen to-day as per fect as ever. In tlie French colleges at the present day the Greek language was pronounced us it was In Greece, and ho hoped the American colleges would adopt a similar course. It would not take a long time to rid the modern language of all the foreign word* which had become part of it. The University of Athens hail been weeding out innovations by degrees and supplying their places v*ith the old Greek words. In less than half a centuVy the ancient Greek would be the language of modern Greece. It had not taken fifty years to make such an advance that the aceom plishnn ut of the purpose whs assured. In all the text books of the schools this reform was going on, and the books of forty years ago would not bo recognized as the language understood by the scholars of to-day. In concluding Mr. Botassi de rlaiiuud several pieces of modern Greek poetry, writ ten in the language of the people and In the ancient languiige, showing the contrast between the two. The University of Athens, he said, gave no prizes for poetry written ill the language of tno people. JERUSALEM AND ITS FUTURE, llcv. Dr. Newman lectured last evening in behalf ol llie city mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Attorney Street Church, his subject being "Jerusalem and Its Future." After an interesting description of the Holy City as it was he traced its marvellous vicissitudes to the present ttrno. "Eleven cities," lie said, "have been built on that site, and during the twenty-seven sieges from which they have suffered the rubbish has accumulated to the depth of 1150 feet. Tlie city is now iu the hands of the Moslems, and where stood the temple now stands the mnsipii. Jerusalem has a prophetic future. It is yet to bs agsin the great Jewish capital of the world. Thn II-brews arc intcrmiugh d with all people ou the face of the globe, yet confounded with liono. They are a nation without a country, a people without a government; aud they have beeu proscribed by emperors, popes, sultans, iuticlols and Christians, yet the civilized world to-day is singing thejr psalms. They have not ouly sur vived thu adversities of two thousand years, but many of them liavc risen to distinction. There will he no sudden exodus from Egypt?the return to Jeru salem will lie gradual. Some will go for pleasure, for wealth, for patriotism and some tor religion. Their return is prophetically announced, and the Word of the Lord Mtaniietli for ever. Palestine is the groat high hri'lge between Europe aud Asia. Jerusalem la a capital, not from choice, but from nature; its loca tion has a political Hlguilicancc. Forty thousand Hebrews urn now there, ami Disraeli in the minister of Providence for the re-establiabmont of the com monwealth of hia fathers, whose power aud glorjr nhail In- brightened by the acceptance of Divine Chris tianity." ACT FIRST OF A TRAGEDY. "Why won't you trout thta woman hotter?" said Judge < Hterbonrg to the stalwart mulatto before Mlfc The complainant wan hie rather pretty spouaa. "Treat her better? Treat her better?" ".She swear* that you struek hor." "Ah, Jeilge, she swear* I struek her. I did atrika her. But why ? Did she tell you why?" "No; she said yonniot heron the etreot and flapped her face." "So I did, aah; ao I did. But I loved dat woman dur wld all my heart, an* would givo her my life! Would work my hand* down to de bone to' her I Wouldn't 1 Hose? (turning to her with u large tear tr' lidding on Id* ay olid). But. iedge, 1 would rathur eeo her dead than where *he Wis agwille, when I atrnck her dat blow for which she sworn agin' n?e." "What do you mean?" aaid Judge Ottarbourg, looking from one to the other. "Jedge," replied the man, in trembling arconta, "aheworgwine down, dow n infer a brothel, when 1 put my iiaud on her shoulder aud said, ?Itoaol don't go down dar, luy wife; don't go dowu dar. Dat am de gate ol> destrnesliun.' " "And thou?? ?" "Au then, ton 'Ouali, she laughed at my brnakiuf leart au' started to go, when 1 a truck her an' drove her away troiu dat ar ensued plnoc. Nei' ting I know she have inn 'rented, aa yon dec." I here waa a pause fur a moment; then the Judge questioned the Woman, whose replies ware sullenly given, and who did ti'.t deny her desire to leave the husband and do aa she liked. ?My poor man." said the Court. "I atn aorry for yon ami will not hold you. Hut you must not strike her again. 'Twefa better to leire her; ahe ia lrro claimable." The pair letl the Court?the woman defiant, thn . mm wretched.