New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-28

day.
The Methodist Sunday Schools of this city pre-
pairing TO hold an anniversary at the Academy Of
Music mex. Tuesday evening, to aid in the establish
ment of Sunday in the destitute loca-
ties Of our city About 900 children will take part
in the exercises and an address will be delivered by
the Rev. Alfred Goodman of Philadelphia. For par
,iculars advertisement among religious notices
The Seyen.y-irst Regiment will 20 over to Camp
Washington, their old camp ground, Staten Island
on Monday next by the o'clock boat for the purpose
OF paradng and having sham fight
The BILLIARD CHANPIOsSHIP.-We have pub
lished the letter of Mr. John Seereter the defeated
Billiard aspirant, in which he made certain severe
charges against Mr.. Phelan, his conqueror. Mr..
Phelan makes the following rejonder:
Ngw-YoRS, May q.
DE.E SIR would respectfully reques, sshcen. space in
your columns several ,ie in
week. / will be $. brief as possible
Dir seeeer se,s out by ayowing that he said before the
match he would play another and that the card b that
effect published BY of his friends There is truth in
was Published by h representatives, the gentleman VINO came TO
70 make the match aud Who signed every document
then goes what he considers the Of his
defeat and may be permitted to say that he names all except
The CLOTH Mr. seereite of" exceeding and very
TIE cloth was the ordinary Simosi CLOTH placed
all my billiard tables bouaht it home With me after the
match. and DOW md it to you for your inspection.
mad never played upon cloth OF anything ike such fine
ness"
The cloth wa, exactly such an one . Mr. seereer had been
playing upon, tables, Tor than previous
The ball. were Of very unequal weight much so,
all hrou the s Thousand points In getting accustomed 10
them. It may be said that to the cloth and balls
they fair ssthe other answer that they
selected and brought here by Mr. Phoau eld is likely
hs he went out Of the usual course to his own detmrn
The balls the best that could be found at the time and
were selected by Mr.. Seereer.
Practice and psy with them were made by him and his
friends Jndtons the carrying of the match
brought tho.e balls practice with and did not ask him 70
bal makers York should send prize stating
the competition between the would be likely to
the greater correctness Of the balls Mr. Seereer and his
friends would not wait the arrival Of these balls to make the
selection.
When the match sgreed upon told the representative Of
Mr. Seere,e to procure many they pleased and that
would Do the my part and We would select there
procure balls and both these and mine weighed
by hm sPS h s iTES ~ a q U TO BE- the s. and
accordingly selected In experience have never
. true hr n ,hs4 %s any urasiy which gave an Sd
yaHss Mr S.er.t. mad sush sn WOULD eons 1T
BALI. and may well answer as he does, N e not likely that be
nay brought those balls home with and send them with
thI, Tor your Inspection
and with the balls After that experienced of them he expressed
dissatisfaction with then bot the contrary he e.fed
elegant sentran his ehe confidence in being able to beat
80 Mr. Phelsn knew my game well having a,enively
watched my three long matches with Chrysta while the
other hand knew nothing Of his tactics or ye Of game
II he did know anything game not for want Of
opportunities Mr. Seereit-r played with occasions
previous the mscL-once in his city in New
third b. has received at ms hands hat further can Ae desire
IA TO his with regard my health they piece
with bis conduct and observations during the entire contest,
show the respectable testimony that though my
chaens. had been open for nearly year taken up
By him until confined py bed with rheumatic attack
With regard the balls and cloth add 10 ocular demon
srson reference the following experts, professional bill
lard piayers Mess' Philip Teman Of Cincinnati VIM Lake
Ralph Benjamin, and Dudley Ksvauagh Of New York. and
Michael Foley Of Detroit; the latter two gentlemen being the
wntns ard losing IA ,e match men proceed That Of
MI Sesr snd self and VINO played on the same cloth aud
Having shown f,l-ebood Of these made
card hh Mr. Seeteter name take this opportunity
informing gentleman and bis friends h-ncetorth viii
take notice Of their allegations though they should publish
lam. Mr. Editor, yours, respectfully,
When we add that any person, by calling at the
Office of Por,ers Spirit, satisfy himself, by actual
inspection as to the ineness Of the cloth and the accu
racy Of the BALI, need hardly make any further
comments. The New.York player has evidently as
much the best in the controversy as he had in the
billiard match.
Mr. Phelaus NewIork friends prepared surprise
for him, in the shape of handsome silver sayer and
~,
day. The articles having been tastefaly arranged on
table Mr.. Phelan called in and letter read 10
him, a. follows:
"NEwYoRK Tuesday, Msy a. 1859.
MICHAEL PHELAN, EsQ-Dear Sir: few Of your old
friends approaching ezeTtions inventor
hsrds your skill scientific VI the game your
uniformly manly deport-
neu and DESTROYS OF eyineins their regard
m beg offer aud request your acceptance
psryiHg with their best wnss fOr your continued
succr.S and pTc-p-Hty
Some speeches were made, to which M Phelan
responded briefly and appropriately.
The ties service consisted of a teapot sugar
bowl nilk-pitcber, and sop-bowl, all elegantly
chased, of Me1ican-coin silver, and an elegantly
carved ssver of nickel silver in the FURNISHED center
of which was written:
ITO MICHAEL PHELAN.
FROM His FRiEsDs
-dpril y, ls5s"
On each article was inscribed (" Phelan" The date,
il will be observed is that Of Mr.. Phelan's victory
over Seereter. The set is valued at $3.50 and was
manufactured by j. c. Marsh, No. - John street.
The scsrf-pn, which was manufactured expressly
by Bal, Black Co., consists Of gold billiard cue.
with ruby point representing the leather and at the
larger end a large diamond, with cluster Of eight
smaller diamonds around IT, attached by gold chain
of exquisite workmanship to large diamond breast
pin. Its cost was So
Mr.. Phelan will play no more match games at
present.
A Political STRIKER sESr TO The lsL.>D.-The
man reported in Thursdays papers a. arrested for
having collected money under the pretense Of being
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