The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-25
NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 1859

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tght 10 participate in the celebration in manner CORES
ponding with the object in vew and resolved with
the Central Committee formed for that purpose by some
Of the most respectable citizens Of Derin II was pro
posed, moreover and agreed 70 have appro
pirate soemnies arranged AT all the Schools and dtr
butte books relating 70 the great poet whose centenary
thus h0norcd; besides which the graut Of OF
money towards the erection of monument in memory OF
Schiller recommended by majority OF nine to
three further proposal for illuminating the Hotel de
Vile, and for appropriaug certain amount from the
municipal treasury the assistance of tho Central Com
mitce, was clcd. After this report had been read,
one of The Councmcn, Herr Seydcl, moved that
the 900 haers be granted by the civic author
tics TO dcfay tho expenses OF the festival III addition
to the subscriptions raised by the committee Dr.
Wicklow wished have the question answered. whether
the celebration TO be considered as emanatng from
the corporation or From the citizens IN general IN MS
opinion the festival OF decidedly popular characters
be supported the motion for granting subsidy towards the
monument laying the foundation stone OF which was to
be part Of the ceremony but II this could not be done he
would agree other public manifestation than the lu
mnaion Of the town halls Tie chairman proposed, be-
fore the money concluded upon to apply to the
more wealthy portion Of the inhabitants for voluntary con-
tbuons the poorer classes being already unable TO raise
the taxes levied upon them and therefore requ,ringa
short there was great difference ofopnon on the moaey
rates. as well as on other points At the close Of the de-
BATE however, during which SYMPTOMS OF split became
apparent between the two municipal bodies 1t settled
that two hous and thscrs TO be appropriated to
the celebration Of the anniversary at the public schools,
and that the Prince Regent be peoned for permission to
raise monument to Schiller and to assign site for its
erection The grant OF $4,000 thsles rem aimed in abey
The Central Committee appear 60 work more like
practical than the city authorities, who seem to spend
their time in wranglng and dsputng on most OF the points
under consideration. At tho meeting just alluded to-
communication received from the committee, stating
that the following articles had been procured by them
for distribution at the Schiller fesyal-1 Biography Of
Schiller, with his portrait whereof 900 cpes to be
printed and divided amongst the pupils male and female
AS prizes, 900 copies of Life of Schiller by Ferdi
nand Schmidt 600 copies OF selections from Schler's
Poems; 500 copies Of william Tell "wailcnstein,'
ply of Schiller, published by Gustavus schwab,
and several hundred mcdalions with Schler's
portrait in plaster of Paris The committee wish be
informed whether. and in what manner the authorities
would superincnd the distribution of these festive
offerings repeating their request to communicate with
them the subject it Is the earnest desire Of the
committee to act in unison with the municipal officers in
their arrangements In fact If the festivities come OF in
in which they to take place, will be entirely owing to
the efforts Of these few individuals who have labored with
ndeiagable zeal TO overcome the opposition Of govern
mcnt and the cis tnertiG Of the civic dignitaries.
The Tobacco Question.
INTERESTING STATISTICS or THE USE AND ABUSE OF
THE WEED
The Carlisle (England) Examiner reports at great
length lecture which the Dean OF Carlisle delivered the
subject being tobacco-ts Influences physical moral and
religious The large hall of the Aheneum crowded
The Dean, in the course OF his lecture furnished the
following curious satstcsln 1885, thirty three millions
Of POUNDS OF tobacco consumed here expense
of eight millions of money; five million two hundred and
twenty thousand pounds Of which went in duty to
ment to say nothing of vast quantities struggled into the
country. There steady increase upon this consump
on far exceeding the contemporaries increase of popu
laton In 1921 the average IL 10 per head per
annum; in 1851 it had risen to 1876, and in 1858
| to 10 o., or at least the rate of one-fourth
increase in ten years We hear Of 10000
London at one time. There twelve city brokers in
London expressly devoted to tobacco saes 90 manufac
turers 1860 tobacco shops in London, So clay pipe
makers, $3.50 workmen engaged in the different branches
of the business and than tobacco shopsin
the consumption and expenditure assume proportions per-
fectly gigantic In France much more is consumed in
proportion to the population than 10 England The En-
meni monopoly AT St. Omer II 900 tons of clay
in making 45,ooa, 900 Of tobacco pipes In the city of
Hamburg 900 eegars consumed daily, although the
population is not much 100000; 900 persons,
many OF them and children, are engaged in
their manufacture 15o0oooco Of segars are supplied
annually; q printing press IL entirely occupied in
printing labels tor tie LoH,7 q segors, &C.; and the
consumption reaches the onor7 e-,-ags Of 70 ounces
per head Of the whole popu'.a54 I'd a s. GUM even
more-to 10 ounces, or pou.3l :, s.esf OF pound
| per head In America the ayo.ee. : tly higher It
calculated that the entire world is shutters and
chewers consume 1000 900 Of tons ,bacco annually
or 4SO 900 900 of pounds weight uch in tonnage as
the corn consumed by 10, 900 90. Of Englshmen and
actually at cost sufficient to pay for all the bread corn
are occupied in its growth chiefly cultivated by slave la
Dor the product of which at two pence ner nonnd would
yield f3 600 sterling The time would fail to tell Of
the of smoking Turkey and Persia-in India
mese both chew and smoke-in Burmah all ages practise
it-chdren of three wears old and of both sexes-Cbna
equally contributes TO the general mainland the advo
Gates of the habit boast that about fourth of the hu
man race are their clients or that there certainly are one
hundred millions of smokers. these statistics
perfectly astoundng2 Is not this wanton waste of
money upon idle CUSTOM admitted by its warmest ad
vocates to be only a luxury seldom beneficial always
dangerous9 This financial view Of the question ought to
arrest attention. Every working man who consumes
only one ounce of "shag !" sreurns or 0brd's eyen
per week. the very moderate quantity of four pounds
per annu pays of the fruit of his abors Us 3d. to
the government in the shape OF q tax on his LUXURY
| Let the working man look to this The amount OF
money which they annually expend in beer spirits and