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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17
THE RACES.
Three Good Trots on the Fashion Course
The Ope ming of the spring NIcetlnR.


The Opening of the Spring Meeting.
There were three trots yesterd on the Fashion
Course. They were ~ matches. The first WIS mile
lIeats, In g., for $500, between J. Murphy's b. m.
Jepry Wilmore and John Loveits brown gelding
Captain Lcary, TO wagon. There were eve heats In
ALL The lady the first heat bv one length, after
n sharp contest, and the second b ten. She was
then a strong fayorite At Q to I. But the Captain
came out and won the third handDy. a. the mnre
broke badly. Horse was now avorite at . 20 1. The
Captain then the other two and the stakes, after
q good contest, lasting longest Time-a:03 &oo,
sos 8:0f. 500.
TIE second match was between ID. Mace's bay
geding Harry OF the West and J. Murrhy's sorrel
geding Irish Giant for $500, mile heats, In 5. In
harness. Tho Giant won the first heat after CAPT.
tai contest In 256 In the second heat at the head
OF the home stretch. when Harry was leading, he
crossed the inside too soon and for ced the Giant
b. ok and outside sun the Giant out.trotted Harry,
aud won the heat In e5e%. The judges distanced
Harry for tho cross, and ended the race.
Tue third race WIS q match between A. Jones's
brown gelding Capt. Jinks (of the Horse Marines
and j. Mlson's bay mare Lady Lowell. mile heats, 3
In 5, for 400, TO wagon. This was caeital race,
and so close was the contest that Capt links won
the first heat by length only, the second by less
than length, and the third by head only. Time
802k, 257, e03.
The spring meeting OF three days on the Fashion
oDens Tomorrow
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17
Members of tho Mercantile Library Asso

Members of tho Mercantile Library Asso-
citation who are in favor of opening the reading
room on Sundays are reminded to go and vote to-
day for the Reform ticket. The opposition candi-
dates are circulating report that the officers Of
the Association have no control over the prem
Uses It occupies, but must submit to tho dictates
Of the owners Of the building-the Clinton Hall
Association. This is mere pretence. The
Library Association did, indeed, more than
year ago, courtcously inquire of the trustees Of
the Clinton Hall Association what their wishes
were in regard to the Sunday question, but they
were under no obligation to do so; and as they
have received no answer, they are at entire iber-
ty 10 take their own course. Let the majority Of
the Association speak their mind freely, and then
let their decision, whatever il is, be obeyed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17
NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.

The Washington Gray Troop have discarded their
heavy metal helmets.
Capts Thomas Cullen and George J. Clan Ranald
commanding Cos, and r OF the Twenty second Reg-
ment VIII soon resign
The First Infantry QIawkins 2ounves) are ordered
70 assemble IN the tate Arsenal on Thursday evening,
tie 2blh INST, for inspection and review.
by invitation OF the Twontvthird Regiment the
seventh Regiment viii on the afternoon of the 18Th inst.
visit brooklyn. and both regiments Will make street
parade.
Can't Robert McAtee, OF Company F. Twelfth
Regiment 1.-THE vlrtors IN the contest with the Mont
Eomery quad Of BOstonD has rendered his
after eight years Of service.
The members OF Co, ID, Twenty-socond Regiment,
presented to First Lieutenant Theodore H. Frceand
hah isome service OF sverpate On the occasion OF his
marriage on Thursday.
| On Thursday eveDing next the officers and non
commissioned officers OF the Tweluh Regiment are 10
be drilled In the state Arsenal N seventh avenue. On
the following evening the entire Tegm ent are 70 be
drilled Al the same place
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17
A Billiard Tournament in Brooklyn.

The billiard tournament for the champios
amateur cue Of Long Island will open in spmuelsS
billiard rooms, Washington street, on the 23i inst
and will continue a week or ten days. The con
tcstants, so far as entered, arc Messrs. Rogers
Rhkby, Upham, Campbell Roberts, and Graft. The
clauipiou cue to be played for Is tho that wa
Intended for the championship Of America until d
was replaced by the diamond cue. It was manu-
fictured by Messrs. Phelan Collender, is vep
handsomely mounted ~ gold, aud has been run
cue at a cost Of $3.50 second prize Of si'ye,
mounted cue Is 10 be eiven at the tournament by
Mesnrs. Phelan & Collender
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

A petition, asking Governor HOFFMAN,
in the name of certain women Of New York, TO
commit DANIEL MCFARLAND to q lunatic asylum, is
printed in yesterdays Tribune, and copies of it
are said by that paper to be prepared for circua-
ton. The document has evidently been COM
posed by some person equally ignorant of the
laws Of the State and Of the use of the English
language. There is, indeed, q statute provision
that when an accused person is acquitted by a
jury on the ground ofinsanity, tie Court may, on
being certified Of the fact, inquire whether his
insanity continues, and If he be still insane il
shall order him into custody and send him 10 an
insane asylum But there is no authority vested
in the Governor to take any such proceeding, and
the petition il it ever reaches him, will only be
thrown into his waste paper basket Whoever
signs it will show herself worthy candidate for
tho treatment she asks for McFARLAND.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

Mr. J. WATSON desires to know why TIE
Sun advises its readers TO vote for certain Repub-
lican candidates in to-day's election. The reason
Is that these candidates are the best men.
Where the Democratic candidates enjoy that
distinction, we advise our readers to support
them. For instance, We have done what we
could TO secure votes for the Hon. SANFORD E.
CuURcu, tho Democratic candidate for Chief
Judge of the Court Of Appeals, and for the Hon.
MARTIN GaovER, a candidate for Associate Judge
upon the Democratic ticket. But we are unable
to support WILLIAM \. ALLEN, RUFUs W. PECK
HAN, and CuAs. A. RAPALLo, for the excellent
reason that, in our judgment, they are not as
good men as CuAs. ANDREWS, CuAs. J. FoLGER,
and RoBERr 5. HALE, the Republican candidates
who are opposed u them. We aim in all cases
to recommend to the sufrages Of our fellow
citizens the men who are likely to render the best
service TO the people after they are elected.
Sometimes these men are Republicans, aud
sometimes they are Democrats. We trust that
Mr.. WATSON will be satisfied with this cxplana-
ton.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17
Emigration-Aiarm in Germany.

The total number of the emigrants VINO ar
rived at this port from Europe during last
week was 0,017.
Unless white man is not equal 20 ne
gro, the value of this importation of
brains, bone, and muscle, computed on tho
worth of Southern slave before the war,
increases the positive wealth of this country
by tho enormous amount of over nine nil
lions of dollars within a week.
OF this mass Of 9017 souls no less than
EASE came from North Germany. This fact
alone is sufficient to account for the discredt
lately attempted to be thrown, nominally by
the managers of the Stock Exchanges of
Frankfort and Hamburg, but really by the
German Government, ON certain American
securities.
That the rulers Of Europe, who estimate
men and women Of the working classes sim
ply as producing and consuming machines.
should DO appalled, by the remarkable ex.
tent of the exodus from their dominions, is
natural. But both labor and capital must
find the best market in free country. Anne
rican stocks and bonds, based on good secu.
rites. are being rapidly absorbed in all the
money markets of Europe, simply in accord
ance with the immutable law that six per
cent. will attract more capital than throo and
no Legislation can be ultimately effectual in
retaining labor in country where poverty
is the rule.
We understand that SO alarmed has the
German Government lately become at the
possibility of having the rates of labor ma
terially increased by this rapid diminution
Of the supply, that bill will shortly be
presented to the Chambers, whose object is
the restriction Of emigration by the imposi-
ton of a heavy tax on every subject leaving
the country.
The contemplated remedy will probably
intensity the disease it is intended to cure.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

Mr. J. WILSON GREEN has the Republican
nomination for Assistant Alderman IN the Seventh
District comprising portions of the Ninth, FIT
teenth, and Sixteenth Wards, and will receive
the cordial support not only of the whole body Of
Republicans, regardless Of past differences, but
of many tax-paying Democrats besides His
thorough acquaintance with municipal affairs
and well-known devotion to the doctrine o.
ECONOMY IN the public expense that labor may
be lightly burdened," quality him in an eminent
degree for the position referred to. His election
Is nearlY certain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17
The Women who Fought In "a Tenement
House.

The investigation by Coroner Rollins yesterday,
In the case OF the Walters MURRAY hght on the ali
inst IN Fast Eivhth street In which Mrs Murray
SAID TO nave been leaten almost to death, re-
yciied the fact that Mrs. Murray did not strike Mrs
Walters at all. The latter was the asslilant as
proved by Witnesses, and while tho women were
pulling each Others hair, tue children OF Mrs. Muir
ray, adn- iLcir mother, beat MRS. WALKERS, Sc that
on Thursday delivered OF still.born babe
DR.. Pace has pronounced her out OF danger. Mrs
Murray has been released.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

We notice the appearance Of a new daily sheet
in the Spanish language, called the Cuban Edition Of
he Neip York Dea,0craL lts columns are of course
dedicated TO the cause ~ Cuban INDEPENDENCE. The
publication Of 30 macy new papers lately in the
cause OF the patriots In the Spanish language
il pretty satisfactory evidence that the Cuban
question ia engrossng the attention of the Latin
all the world and that this city the focus
from which the other nations OF the globe naturally
expect to derive Trustworthy Information. We wish
the new paper entire success.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

The match between Bob Lawrence aud Anton
Bowers to clean and dress one bullock each for $500
was contested yesterday in the Butchers Associs
ton Hall, Forty-fourth street, tho East River
before a large gathering. The men set to work u
precisely minutes before 3 o'clock. and at min
ntes and 10 seconds after o'c ock Lawrence threw
down his knife, having completed the work in min
utes and 10 seconds. Two seconds afterward vas
heard the click Of Bowers knife, The excitement
intense towarI the close OF the contest and the
offers being accTed up TO 10 seconds before tbs
nnfs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

The thirty-nine French regiments which
voted against the p5iscitO are not likely to remain
long in Paris. LOUIS MADISON will find some
means or other to send them to Algeria, IL not
to Cayenne. If collisions shall continue to take
place between the people and the soldery, how
can these republican warriors be depended upon
to Gre upon their political associates What
has Mr.. ELmu b. wAsHDuRSs to say about all
these occurrences Let US have his official de-
spatchcs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17
A Mother Made Hideeus In the Eyes Of Hei
Little DauRhter.

Mrs. Mary Flynn seeks through writ of hdJea
corpus to get her little daughter, Mary EIiz beth
about six years oil, who is kept from her by IN,
chiid's paternai grandmother. the latter claiming
that TIE custody Of the little Que was given her b.
is father on his deathbed, and that the mother is
bad character. and unit 70 have tie care Of tn,
cidId. Judre Osrioso directed testimony IN b,
taken upon tho latter point, and meantime orderes
that the mother have Unrestricted access 10 hei
eNifd Wife the little yirl was IN Court the mothe,
approached her. but shs shrsnk back, streaming 4,
afrishL The poor mother, who ~ apparently
modest, intelligent youpe woman, was overcouj
With griet and wept bitterly - '
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17
:. Enpp,s nelaiI Cirar store.

SIR: In regard 10 the seizure NJ this store, hear.
ing may prove this to he another OF the Etoundlese
RAIDS lately INDUCED IN by eNtali"coT BAILEY. am
ablc to establish my Innocence h'yoJd doubt ana |
cam furthermore that the usinu tUon that factory
IA Hudson street was IN Culloual hurpCdis unus
,st. The Fire Marshal has Inquired Into the tluse
Tie urc aud the insurance companies have already
adjusted he nss without quest on Perhaps In such
this hflrc pruuounclng the accused gny IL Is
but pruae &C. wAcn Internal iieveinc Officers are 30
uutcTupu Jus, 70 await the decision OF the Court.
MAY
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

Messrs. TWEED and SwEENy have not
dropped NICHOLAS MULLER from the Aldermanic
ticket without taking care Of him. The Com
missioners Of Emigration have authorized Mel
LKR to grant permits to boarding house keepers
TO enter Castle Garden To solicit custom for their
houses. 1t is bard for honest boarding house
keepers to importune convicted ticket swind er
for permit which they are entitled to under
the law Yet such is the rule Of Tammany.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

Col. BENJAMIN A. WILLIS, one of tho
Republican candidates for Justice Of the Marine
Court, is wel-known lawyer. lie was born ON
Long Island, aud graduated at Union College.
lie was q gallant soldier, aud has been spoken
Of in terms OF praise by Gems, HooKsR, HowAap,
and others. lie ran against TwgtD for State
Senator, leading his ticket in his ward. lie is
about thirty-fyc years old, and would make u
capital Judge. Vote for him and WV, II. TRAcr.
They are both good men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17
The Equalization Of Bouutic..

WAsHSGToN, May l6.-Tho House Committee
Military Affairs viii report hlr Tor the cQuilu.
ton OF boundgs, which gives eight nnd third dol
lars per month to each soil ier for every month Of
service, deductng the buuntes previously received.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

what cannot be regarded as anything less than
grave political crime. Can he remain silent I'M
der such on imputationH Or can he convince
the public that there has been no conspiracy to
perpetrate frauds in to-day's electonP
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

Tammany surpassed itself last evening.
II Id a meeting in the First Ward, and unan-
mously elected NICHOLAS MULLER, tho convicted
ticket swindler, chairman. BULLY NELSON, Durcn
IIEISRIcn, and PAT McDoSALD should have been
oiIcers Of the same meeting.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

The new Election Law provides that the
Inspectors Of each Election District must open
the polls at A. NJ. and close the same at +. NJ"
The votes of negroes must be received the same
as those of white men
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

Mr., George Catlin has published a pamphlet
on suburban homes along tho Erie Railway aud
branches, which contains Information of great value
~ business men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

Tho Ddyton journal Is IN snformcd re-
specting the Cuban revolution, and errs in affirm
ing that cit has never at any time approached
the dignity of a respectable failure" The Jour
nal does not seem TO be aware that this revolu-
ton began on Oct. 10. 1868, and that now, after
the lapse of nineteen months, it is stronger and
more unconquerlble than ever Spain has en-
ployed a force Of more than 100, 900 soldiers and
feet Of eighty men-of-war in suppressing H.
and has only proved the impossibiity Of accom-
plishing her purpose. Does not this state Of
facts rather exceed the dignity Of respectable
faurei Aud when the Journal understands that
the Cubans have fought all their battles aud
skirmshes with not so many as 10000 firearms
in all, will it not admit that they have fought
with good Judgment as well us courage'
The JouraqL adds that if the Cubans should
succeed, their success "would continue 500, 900
men, women aud children in the most degrading
servtude" This is a worse mistake than the
other. The Cubans began their rising with pro-
claiming the abolition Of slavery, and from that
faith they have never wayered. Gen. Jordan
tells us that black men and white men fight side
by side in Cuba for the liberty Of their country,
and that wherever the Cuban forces penetrate all
slaves cease to be slaves. The freedman votes at
elections just the same as his former owner, and
the final triumph of the revolution will be the es-
adjustment Of democratic equality and u com
mon enjoyment Of political rights in Cuba.
Why should any American republican ncwspa-
per be led into such errors as those We have now
correctcdl And why should there be anywhere
or among any party in the United States will
ingness to do injustice to the brave, scf-sacri
fclng, enlightened, heroic patriots of Cuban
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

aggregate daily circulation last peek,
o2o,iOo Arerage daily circulation dur.
ing me week, Io3,350. Daily Average dur.
h5 the precious geek, ending Nay z,
lOI .DG7. -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17
FROM our REPORTERS VOTE BooKs

Temperance Lecture in tho Court Of Com.
mon Picas-Tbe Lease which was Exr-
cutcd by a Reg Of whiskey-Ch 70,
the Eviction Of n Tenant.
Henry 0'Gorman has sued in the Court of Com
mon Pleas to set aside for fraud lease made by him
to ] K1maT. OF property in this city worth a5ou,
s1500D o'Gornan tlrst let he premises TO Kama.
Tor 800 per month and subsequently gave le1ee fol
three years At tie expiration Of the lease oGormar
Instituted dispossession proceedings before Judg,
Gross, when Kamak prodncei q third lo1so for a
longer period, Of which o'Gnrman clunel to have
no knowledge. Testimony was Introduce to show
that at the line Of the pre,en led eKecu'io1 Of tho
last rame lease. o. 1ornan, who wts addicted "a
drink had been for some fine in sttie NJ inoxica.
tion, md was taken by Krnak 10 the Hospital wild
with do irlum. Case still on.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17
Suicide Rather than Marriage.

DErRoIr, May l6.-Francis Wagner shot and
killed himself In BY city, AT 1870 o'clock on satur
day. Hs was TO taye been married ut o'clock tho
same day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

The "card" of Mrs. Mcfarland came in just in

time to give still more point to the verdict itself
Admitting the truth o. every one OF her tatements
IL fails utterly 10 relieve the OF ~ ose odiOus
ca features which will ever give II their distinct
preston, and morally entiile tue crime To he named
The offspring OF an unhoy conspiracy. The wife may
have been the creature OF circumstances tie
instrument OF Others Iurpose'she In tor all that
the victim which she need not have been. Bhe TOOK
too willing counsel OF unsafe friends she followed
too eagerly the lights Of iIso boacons. Her reuOrel
distress has only become lifcs heavy burden,
whcn no day will SEQ dismissed from memory an /
thought On this side the c re presents a moral n OF
less serious III IN on the other, The sentiment OF
the comm unity beyond dispute approves tho verdict
the Jury. and tho rrepre 'sblc scene in the court
room fairy represented tie feelings of the large M.
jotity ui all those who have followed tlo course Of
this trial ~ its close
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17
Mrs. McPar iand's Fraudulent Divorce.
From the hetndrt Journal

So It appears that all public knowledge of this
Indiana divorce suppressed. that the divorce
pro ured through false pretences. and that the
influence uf Vice-Presiienl OF the United States
was secured to aid In bringing II about.
From the Albany Euenil0 Journal
Mrs Mcfarland lon her husband and sought
divorce, In conss quenee OF ALLEGED il-treatment Size
applied for decree Of divorce to court In distant
State, and gave her husband no opportunity to vim
dictate himself from the allegations brought against
him We insist tiiat for this proceeding II is mpos
siole to bring the shadow Of an apology. The
stronger kcFarland's abuse IL depicted, the more
hidcousiy no Is portrayed, the more distorted his
character Is made to appear the moro reason why
his wife should prove " his face that which must in
eviably be made public, and afford him the oDportu-
nifty to vndicate himself Il possible. The Wildcat
divorce sheds food Of light upon the proceedings,
and o. itself Is swim condemnation Of Mrs McFar.
land. Aud there Ia another powerful iliuminator.
1t IL the bctrotLa al OF Mrs. Mcfarland to Richardson
while she was still the awful wiie OF Daniel Mcfar.
land secret abandonment following expressions
OF endearment and kisses OF affection, an engage
ment to another DO ore the law had sundered exist
ing ties, and stolen divorce. which has title TO
moral respect and deserves universal condemnation
s 4 record when no abuse can JUSTIFY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-17

The daily circulation Of The sun during
NE last geek, which ended on Saturday,
lfan IA tnds as foll0acs.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-10-20
Slaughtered by our own friends.

Il is idle, says the lafayette Courier,
to speculate upon the causes which have
brought defeat 10 the Republican party of
the county and State. We sbate nothing
of our faith in the capacity of free PEG
pie TO govern themselves, but no man who
loves his country can look upon the re
cult without profound regret Aside from
all questions Of local policy or the five
loayes and the two fishes, the defeat of
the Republican party of Indiana is dis
graceful, all the more SO that this noble
organization tcds slaughtered an the
house of ats fsiends So far as honest
aud conscientious Republicans have lent
themselves To this shameful Jesuit, Il was
a mistakes blunder, worse than crime.
No man can estimate the injury inflicted
upon Indiana IN the result of Tuesday.
DEMOCRACY, by universal consent, has
come 10 be regarded as the SYNONYM or
all that is besstly, ignorant and vicious in
our politica. system. Good men shun il,
and for years upon years, Indiana, with
al. her rch reaources. suffered materially
from the stigma OF Democratic misrule
The tide of emigration, swept by rs, sud
neighboring States with. Tar less advants-
ges cutsirippsd us in population and de-
7elopment Under the benign influence
of Republican rule, the State debt, crea-
ted by Democratic robbery and corrup-
ton was paid of. and The State was plac
ed II, the front rank of the fourishing
STATES OF the Northwest. Tuesday was a
dsrb dsy IN her history.