Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-03-24
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New York, March 2l, 1868.

We thought spring had surely come; we
, thought the vernal bloom would soon man.
tie the face of nature, for had we not had
soft, fair days, had not the sunshine rested
on all Gotham and quickened the liie-eur-
rent of falfthispeoples and nightly stirred
the pulse Of trade, and made the grass to
grow in the parks, and more than all, as
an indication, had not the street cleaning
contractor really cleaned goodly number
Of streetsp We reckoned i'll. Yesterday
was cold day, and last night the storm
came down, with the most fell swoop, and
buried us in vast snow banks. The wind
was heavy and strong, and the snow was
furiously drifted. To-day we have only
just reached the hight of this strange equi-
noctial, it would seem. 1t SHOWS and freezes
and blows in all the old-fashioned ways OF
the winter which we thought dead and
buried, now resurrected with vengeance.
Happily we are all philosophers. Travel
being so much blocked tries our philoso-
ply, however, very severely. .ei.'7os}
The Hon. A. D. White, President Of the
! Cornell University, sails for Europe, to-day
on business connected with that institution.
The second of the Peoples Readings was
/ given at Cooper Institute on Thursday
evening". An audience OF goodly numbers
was in attendance. Mr.J. p. aFrobischer,
the well known elocutionist, read a scene
from Macbeth. Mr.. Garrison sung bal
lad. Mr.. d. o. C. Towley, of the Times.
F. read o. portion of his sketch OF ex-Alder-
man Mooney. Mr.. H. B. Fulton gave the
..Charge of the Light Brigade" and Mr..
Chas. F. Spencer read :" The Star Spangled
Banner." These Readings are by Prof.
Frobischer. The admission fee is only ten
cents. As usually tails to the lot of men
in untried entire prices, so " ith this. The
projectors have had their difficulties; but
the future gives promise for the permanent
cy OF the institution and fruits thereof
Probably never before in all the stock
jobbing operations of this city has there
been such confusion, and at the same
time such an important battle of the Rail-
road Kings, as that which now RACES over
Erie and racks Wall street, to its centre.
and of course all creation. Each brings
out some new piece of ordnance every day
and blazes and bangs away, till the whole
island of Manhattan is filled with smoke.
Judge Barnard has appointed Geo. A. Os-
good Receiver In the Erie Company, and
Judge Clark has issued an order restrain
ing Osgood from accepting the said ap-
-pointment and especially from acting
thereon, and further restraining the Clerks
of the Supreme Court from entering any or
der for the said appointment. The direc-
tors of the Company exiled to New Jersey
are enjoying themselves as best they may !.
They have not been idle, and they have
procured from the railroad committees of
the Assembly bill to legalize the new
issue OF Erie stocks, and further by the
speedy passage by both Houses of the New
Jersey Legislature of a bill to enable GER
tain corporations more effectually to
transact their business in the State of New
Jersey, which covers the Erie Railroad
Company's case, and the establishing of
their offices in Jersey City. The Tribune
again calls for a law forbidding and pun
ishing as misdemeanor every sale or pur-
chase of stocks or bonds on time, such
loan providing that any trustee, director
or other officer of a company, who shou d
make such a sale, should serve term in
some State prison. The whisky distillery
frauds on the revenue in this city still ex-
cite deal of comment, but the fruit of the
strife is not very tangible. The dis
tillers-many of them at least-con-
tinue to furnish whisky far be-
low the Government tax, and their
friends continue recklessly to drink it
The philosopher Horace, of Spruce street,
lectured on temperance the other night, in
the Greene Street Church. His lecture at
tracted considerable attention.
The second annual report of the Metro.
politan Board of Health, being published
by State authorities, shows gain of 1856
lives in 1867, as compared with 1865. We
are, therefore, making some progress In a
sanitary way, too little, however, for this
should be one of the healthiest cities in the
world, situated as it is on high ground
and besides magnificent bay and river !,
and thus washed on all sides by water
But it is comforting to know that we are
really progressing. The Board of Health
has done noble work. They have had to
sever the very mountains of difficulty
On some of these they can get no great
impression, the tenement houses for in
stance, disguise it as we may; the condi-
tons under which the tenement house pop
ulation is compelled to live form the prime
cause of mortality in this city. For here
over 100000 people are packed in 1882
houses, and in these how can a good sani-
tary condition be maintained The rec
ords show that two-thirds of the yearly
deaths take place in these wretched dens.
Our Hibernian friends celebrated st.
Patrick's day with the usual glowing enthu-
siasm. There was procession of many
thousands bearing G reen banners and pen
nants along streets flooded with people,
the line being received by the Mayor, and
in the evening many of the Hibernian So
cieties held meetings. at which any guam
tity of speeches and toasts were delivered.
Altogether the celebration passed off very
pleasantly. Cock fighting is getting to be
a very fashionable amusement in the lower
order of metropolitan sports. A cock fight
took place yesterday in which there were
thirteen distinct battles, lasting over eight
hours. There was quite a large crowd Of
spectators of the usual interesting variety
and much betting. The parties who ar
ranged this fight will doubtless speedily
hear from the President of the society for
the prevention of cruelty to animals. for
as he has recently fought the dog fight
ers, so he may be expected to fight
the cock fighters. The gold market has
gained more steadiness flate. The money
market was extremely stringent yesterday;
,one-eighth and in some instances one
fourth per centum commission being paid
for collection in addition to the seven per