The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-11-23
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the OCCASION number Of ladies being pre- et Ia the
Others we're present, The regimen, drawn up to
hoos s1uste. Eight members dedgnsted C. worthy
recipients OF the edas then stepped fiOm the ranks,
and Col. Aspinwall made the presentntion In q fee
sioqueni and appropriate remark Inc iono.i nrs
. .Is sHs n fs.S Sb 'eS sc az % '
geant John T.. Edwards, Co. - Corporal VIM ~
b. seis ant EdssTs Ba,ie COT Co. ser.saa John
Briggs, Co, Private William Wsliace' 20 ~
Sergeant Theodore Allen. Co. l. Moor Gen: sand
icing ioilosed b. MAJOR Gen. Bariow.
THE ToBAccoStsrs IN Consolidate rday
morning a Convention Of Tobacconi,u Of the tinted
siates was held in Cooper Institute, for the purpose
Of adopting such measures . may tehd TO ,ecufe
removal Of the Internal Revenue tar from the man
ufaetursd article, and place II the raw material
instead II will be remembered that about this time
las, year meeting vp held, and resolutions ,dopt
Cd, peiitioniDs Congress for the PASSAGE Of laN
PA, er Of the petition was not granted; II u nov
proposed 10 renew the app icAton. The l'adiuf
Tobacco house, IA the unied ste' we're repte.ent-
pIesent. NJ. WIN. T.. lAuience' OF the house known
a. A. y. M,e~l 4 s2n. SO BIo.dT n "a ul'
Fongoay and y A. Schroeder, acted 1 sectcttries.
Nioe-Pfe,idents from nearly every state IN tao
| cut and Mr.. Edward Burke, Of Ne- 1oIf, delivered
spirited addresses, IN which they Alodod TO The par
tial destruction Of business IN eonsequehc' o. the
present state Of the trade, and the suIe nfs VI many
| iAmilie. In consequence, NJ. Bufse pariicu aIy
| alluded TO the linz oil In the trade since tho let
Of Sep ember, 1852 In cons'quenee Of the suspension
Of msDuiae'uring by many .hiolgn the hifh fMes OF
tariff Mr. Burke said hey could not continue nsnu-
| faotufing and be honest men and they had been
driven from their calling ihn vas we Esy o. thaiI
S ose1sa long ara. Hy q .,as.c. Last yea tie
speaker continued some among them PR
se,d tbs, The n IN n, In s.I s,1lS'S S1 .Sod
Ing tobacco o. and o. per cent. Louisville
l .aIas a.ae ia mi AT nj
the stst,itc. we're considered. In thai year TAI
| Of 10 cents per N. yielded a.revcnuo nesrly @
| sgenco beIn, only 35s9i5.94 Nj. burke then TO-
krred 70 the fact that cigar we've so1 on the streets
homes, manufacturers, for the material for MASKING
| aud the tar on the manntAe uled sfucis tIJ pr
| thousand) y ould amount 10 much more hu equal
uIston . A. all that .ss desired. At . esont there
uele three clAsses Of manuiAe tures tie hfst paid
.bout one 6sIt and the third nothias at all. These
las could thsfeiors afford TO sell cheap while tho,o
pad hs full pTes, ssS Obliged o 70 s1l b6 e
| sought namely, an EQUALIZATION Of tho IA1, ras 10
| place the TAI ON the leaf
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Campbell, one Of . deputstion from the man
| ufActureu 10 the growers Of tobacco, delivered
lengthy address. lie said that In september las, he
and Mr.. Burke attended convention Of tobacco
growers In Douisvie, Ky. That cDnvoution consist
ed OF but thirty five persons, and renamed but an
hour In session The feso utlons were OF course al
| verse to the intsttsH Of the manu- actuTef- and
stated that tax the lsi would be detrimental to
Its culture anu would act 30 ipiuIiousiy US 70 pre-
| vent It's eIporyation. Mr. Birks AID himself had
| had but Dttls or no opportunity 10 explain their
yisys but they rem siueA In tho city. IN older TO
eolleet such iniormation would develop the sent
ments OF the enti q body of tobacco gfOsers on the
question. They learned tina, tho oppo'ition was
chiefly by spectators. While in Washington an
| ofeT ed a splendid gold watch aud chain by parties
snIiou, 10 keep the TAI of the eai, lie therefore
l n aet the transferred from the manufactured
A series Of resolutions IN accordance with the oh
Ject Of tho Society, then unanimously adopted,
| and number of gentlemen delivered speeches on
thel .nhect sfteI .hleh tho Convention All urned'
]. Urging on Congress 10 remove snc tax IRON
Manufactured tobacco To the raw material or Leaf, ~.
act oil Justice to the Eo~er and pIOteg ~ the
public. q declaring II to DO The imperative duty Of
Conrress 70 raise the duty Gu imported s,gGrs 20 "a
| W be a. least equal 10 that pHd by hone manufac
turer, the present duties on the former be iroIu
~ to 80 per cent less than the latter. g. Coutn
uing the organization until ts objects are attained
and directing copies OF tho resolutions TO De- sub
mited TO Congress and U the United SIates keyVuut
| Committee appointed thereby.
FIREs.-About ] Il O'Clock, Yesterday morn
ing, q fire Wa discovered In the three-story bricL
building formerly occupied by BLACK joke Engln,
Co. 30" tysuntser Fire DepGItmont,l which 4
ttuits IN west Osth street Inc house was recently
| furniture being left inside, The FIRE spread with
alarming rapdiiy, and the entire interior wS con
1
about slUCO; no insurance. Inc building belong. 4
| the city. A young man nansd Matthew Donshu,
was arrested with quantity Of tho furniture Ia h
possession, which, II 10 alleged vas stolen tom II,
bulldins. The tire Wa evidently the work Of al
neendiary. Tho Fire hsrhal has the matter unde
are was discovered at 81 Mangln street, boilF
| hobby. horse mandatory owned and occupied by
Christian 4 Son. Damage, tl,bOO fully Insured
Origin OF hrs unkno~ About ~ O'clock, lAs
| evening, fire Wa ditcOyefoi on the upper floor o
W John street, occupied by lol Corey, manuiao
tureI OF iron furnaces. IL was caused by lam
accidentally falling from the hands vi Peter Max, al
| employee, into u pslnt pot' BY which the uenEin
| About ~ o'clock . brs broke out in the hal
loft over the stables VI Denis Hayes aud Dunnakef
II and Ia Pearl street By the eIertions Of the ire
men, who we're on mo ground before ,he signal 20
| vas done ringing from the City Hall, the lire va
A entirely confined to the hay lou. Damage, % U
| insured. The ttAblomen's families lived over tn
stable no. 10 Pearl street, and much eonsteTnat io
| occurred among them and the occupants Ot th
tenant house, No. ~ on the other e,ae, the poo
| their furniture upon which there not dollar O
q insurance. fIo Marshal Baker, however, rsassure
d. | them, and all was veil. HE cause OF the hre
not AsceTtained. Commissioners Able and Broui
o we're ct both ares, and the pronptnens with wh!c
the several hio enginaa arrived VI 1he ground va
| nuoat eommenGAble.
J, A LusATIo COMMITS SUIcIDE.-Au inques
d was ned BY Coroner Collin a. the Lunatie Asylum
70 Blaekwelrs Island, the body Of Robert Hensche
y slunAtic, Who committed suicide by hanging himse
10 70 the grating over the door Of his room, with
N and having lost his itusuon II 50 preyed upon hi
mind effect his reason, and his friends sent hit
ID 10 the Asylum the l2th inst Mr.. IIeusehsr wa
T. native VI scotland and 81 years Of ago.
h. DEATH By TAXING PoIsoS.-On Tuesia
night Patrick Corr, Of 1916 Seventh avenue, informe
h the Goth Precinct Police that one of his boarder
ID named John Toy, had died suddenly. Tho attendr
IN phy,ician refused 10 Giys burial certificate AMI
q nN nat Ht4a cot h.