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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-04
rs WESTON 4 HUMBU0S
Can Man Walk 100 Miles In TWENTY-FIVE

EMPIRE CITY SKATING RINK,
NEw York. April 81, 1870.
N,. sa,eard r1r.on We..0n. Neu r0rl.


EMPIRE CITY SKATING RINK,
NEw \ DIRK. April 3D. 1870.
NJ. Bdpdrd P1vHn WesiOa, Ser York
DEAR SIR; Having been Informed tuat you would
accent proposition TO exhibit your walking abili-
ties in this city before your departure FOR Europe by
walking 100 miles inside twenty-five consecutive
hours. provided pure oi $1,000 cou'd he raised,
am authorized by i've prominent directors IN TIE
Empire Rink Association TO invite You to make
the ATTEMPT you proposed In our rink, aud
will deposit in the hands OF some re.
sponslble person, satisfactory 10 both parties,
tie sun o. $500 10 be paid over TO you
should You succeed In walking the distance oil 100
statute miles wthin the specified time oi twenty
tN o consecutive hours
may add that have had several opportunities to
rent the rink or TO engage professional pedestrians
but have In every instance declined. Believing you
are the pioneer In this branch OF athletic else,
and desiring To encourage your efforts to elevate the
same | have made this Oner.
In conclusion, though frankly say, think you
ATTEMPT more than you can accom- )lsh, yet II you
have any desire TO convince ne ci.izcns OF New
York that you are not tunbuy. AMI tnaI you are
willing 10 walk uader impartial AUSPICES and where
all eau witness your action You nj accept this oder
and name the date
Awaiting your rcnly, am respectfully yours,
w. W. WALLACE, Manager Empire Rink.
Mr.. wEsroN's REILLY.
W. W. Wallace, EsQ, Adnagsr Enrfrs Rnk. Hst1 FORK:
DEAR SIR; Your note, dated April 30, was Just
handed to me- You offer me ri 500 TO walk 100 M cs
in your rink within twenty-five consecutive hours.
] aecept the otter tor three reasons:
!. because nee just that amount TO help defray
my eNpenseH In Europe,
. Because do not know Of any easier or more
speedy WY OF earning II.
8, Because can have the opportunity OF showing
the people OF tbs community how much humbu :
there II 10 walking 100 niles and n an successful
its the best reply can oder mS slnndsrers
All ask Is inir and Impartial trial, where NAV
be protested from iusult and injury believing for
the Good reputation OF the rink, II oT nothnv more
you wal attend TO this request, | respectfully name
wednesday, the 18Th OF MAY, as the date Tor tni.
trial. betN cen the hours OF l&l5 A. NJ. and 1913 p
M. Faithfully yours,
EDWARD PAYsoN WESTON.
MADISON AVENUE, NEW YoRK, May . 1870
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The sun Ahend OF nII ComprtltIon.

TnE Sun has achieved the most extraordina ~
success, w the shortest time Of any newspaper ever
pu)lshel m this country. IL it, circu alton which
We believe II already nearly 10000, continues 10 in.
Grouse IN the same ratio MS II has Tor the past few
months, u VIII not be long before It equals that Of
az us metropolitan daily contemp0rariea co nbuel.
IHk SUN Is not only In gereral typographical appear.
ance the nentest, but II Is tie ucwscst witest and
most enIerprisng of all the New YORK dLiies.
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The BROOKLYN Democrats mako their no,ri

The Brooklyn Democrats make their nomi.
nations for City Judges this evening If they
are wise, they will not fail to put the name of the
Hon. WILLIAM f. ROBINSON upon their ticket.
lie is backed by the most eminent members of
the bar, his political record is clear his efforts in
behalf of Irish liberty and the sanctity of Amcri-
can citizenship have endcarcd him to all lovers
of freedom, and his integrity is unquestioncd
A moro popular man could not be placed upon
the ticket.
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n PALACE FOR INDUSTRY.
A Colossal Industrial Palace Scheme The
Orig innl Crystal Palace TO be Rivalied
In EiIher New York or Brooklyn.

In EiIher New York or Brooklyn.
The Industrial Exhibition Company lately in
corpor4ted experience difnculy in getting land in
the city. Hence Brooklyn is trying TO persuade the
Company to locate there. The plan Is to build
structure OF sold masonry, Two stories below
ground and seven stories NIB owe, covering OF
l42 lots. II Is TO be In the form OF paralelogran,
tant Il, four walls around cuurtyard The court
yard viii lie 30 feet long aud 200 eet broad. II is
proposed that this shall he an immense greenEo use
where plants OF every natiuL and cline may be m.
tinually on exhibition. A Mansard roof will crown
the ediGce. winch is intended Ia be model Of ar
ehitecture one story Is to be partiuoned ON In stu
dlus p Nv 90 feet, which are TO be Tree 10 all artists
Tie capital stock, 5000 900, mas all been sub
scribed. and land on which 10 build 10 all that Is
needed tor the beginning OF tile work.
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The Superintcndent Of n Tretting Coarse
Winning a Prize fcam u 4. lanncr.

Mr.. ID. Tallman. Superintendent ct the Fleet
wood Park Trotting Course, won his suit Of clothes
from Mr.. Bonner on Monday evening, by trotting
his horse Henry round the mile course within three
minutes. portion Of the track was not completed
until three o'clock In the afternoon, and oonseq uenty
could not be considered 10 tue best condition al the
ume tf tItr test nevertheiess tae first heat was
Ioied In minutes, and the second heat In 2n 56hs,
with which performances Mr. Bonner expressed
himself well satishel. About one thousand persons
assembled ON The gIounds to witness the event
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Sixteen Hours Unconscious under the Blows
Of n uoboken virnRo.

Mrs. Susan Hannah, Washington Market
huckster, residing at 9S First street, Hoboxou was
held by Recorder Pooe yesterday morning to answer
q charge OF committing q murlerous assaut on the
daughter, 10 years OF age, OF Henry watchorn
wstehorn was moving from the house on Monday
afternoon. Some unpleasant words pissed between
the daughter aud Ms Hannah, when the latter dealt
her two powerful blows under the ear The second
blow stretched the girl upon tie size walk insens
Bile, from which condition size recovered sun GENTLY
TO speak At o O'Clock YESTERDAY.
Yesterday morning Frederick Feueht, a carpenter
who WAS al work on n two-story 'Tame building
corner o. Franklin and New York avenues [ mon
HUI. died from neart disease while desce ndIng the
ladder
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The Condition Of dye Field.

TRENTON, May 8.-rhe United States District
Court met this morning, bat owing TO the non.
arrival from washington OF the commission OF
Judge John r. Nixon, the Court was adjourned
unIi Mays. Judge Field lice at his home In Prince
ton In very precious condition. bis disease being
meutul incaDacity, resembling second childhood.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-04
TIL. silver Gin, In Conns.

NOMINAL, May 8.--The amount Of American
silver received on Government account is rapidly
approaching the limit OF three millions. Mr.. Weir
bar applied Tor permission to receive another mil
Avn- ~
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GEORGIA COMING no HER SENSES.
The state Treasurer Ordered TO Pay the
GOvornOrs MnrrnnIA.

ATLANTA, May S.-Mr Price called up the
resolution to seat members not elected ander Gen
heade's order. Tabled. A resolution appointing
JOINT committee to Investigate the finances of the
state a. recommended ny GOV. bullock, was passed.
Mr. Pnce offered joint resolution, which was
adopted ordering the STATE Treasurer TO pay the
warrants drawn by tho Governor and counters igned
by the Comptr oller. General.
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Mr. wESToNs REILLY.
w w RdHaoe Ed. Adnalsr Emmrs RIM Neln Yorl
Overheard from a Ferry-boat.

n morse Atached 10 business wagon Jumped
rom Hamilton avenue ferry boat yesterday alter
noon, and, after heolng himself from the traces
swan over 10 Governors Island. rAs driver ss
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AhERcAs BRoILER.-The announcement or this
most useful ana admirable invention Will be found
AGAIN m the advertising co uBns to-day aud the attcn
ton Of dealers an! families Is inYted 10 It's CAtaor
. general test "A Gesyed.-Adp.
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project has ghost Of chance in competi-
ton With II. Indeed, fhc property owners
of the First Ward of the city Of New York
alone could afford to bu]d II, 40 greatly will
IL cuhancc the valuo of uicir estates. West
chester county alone COLD afford to build it
so great would lie the b.nefts derived from
g. Tho owners of Broadway fronts c, al
afford to build it, 30 greatly VIII it increase
the value Of the abutting buildings Tho
people recognize in 1t u solution Of their
problem OF RAPID, Cheap, and pleasant tran
sit and it ought not TO bo easy for comb na-
tons of great interests to deprive the people
oftheir Arcade road.
The ingenuity Of these interests has been
exhausted in assaults upon this feasible
and admirable plan OF transit First, II Is
not TO he built the franchise Is fraud, It's
projectors villains, and ts purpose blackmaD.
Next, IL is TO be built throwing down all the
buildings In Broadway, "ecooping IL out"
converting II into railway ditch. Tho
Senate Committee would not report IT; but
IL did The House Committee would not re-
port II ; but II did. The Senate would never
support IL; bit 1t passed IL by 18 TO 10. The
House would kill III but after flibustering
fight it passed by 90 to 81 Next, it is said
the Governor will not sign the bill but the
gentlemen who have set up ne prophets of
evil on THE subject have been mistaken thus
far, aud let US hope will be 30 10 the end.
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Kicked out-A Liar as well ne Thief.

From ne Recot Dc AZ s associated Press for jun 1863
Mr.. SAMUEL SINCLAIR. Publisher Of the
Tribune, reported, in his own handwriting. tina,
in parsuaaes u re resolution erds association,
he 7r,5Has had piscnAkdrD Mr. Young"
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The daily circulation of THE Sun during
NE lat Ueek, whicA ended on Saturday,
dpra co. res "a foilotos:
Eooday ....".. io3, gog IThnrsd"y '..... 1oi.yoS
Nsdne sdsy ..".. iOk, %, Saturday 03,4O0
aggregate dday circulation last geek,
ci3,3Oo. Arcrdge daily circulation dur
fng the ~eek, l02,217. Daily acreage DIR.
ing the precious peek, ending AprI %.
IOO,5I7.
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Those marked anerward won the Derby, those
with were second In t1at race, and nose with
~ third. IL viii tIus be soeu that ~ tue last zen
years every winner OF the 2.0G Guineas bas gOt a
plaoe In tie Derby. Neither FUrmosa or hoslem.
the dead heaters Ia 1864 started lOr Tue DerOy 10
reuians 70 be seen whether Mac-regor will follow
IN Ills parents BOOSTERS, and carry Oh tire "bius
n bon o. tie tori" wbica Il run for on june l. las
stable eompaniOn, sunshine, was By a.. accounts
hrst avOrite Tor this race. and It Is dlfcult to see
~hat can beat the p,ir.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-11-17

BY punching their heads. Tfstead OF asking
for legislation, to which you have a right,
which will admit OF your going into partner
ship with your employers and sharing their
profits, you ask for legislation to cut down
your hours Of labor. Look aA the folly of
the Eight Hour Labor law! If you delegate
to Congress the right to say that eight hours
are days labor, they have the same right to
say sixteen. You have parted with your free
dom, but there is something more than that
Suppose you could retain the same wages for
eight hours as for ten. You could buy
great deal less with it, because boots and
clothing, and everything else would be 20 per
cent, higher than at present.
Now speak with great frankness, and
never address workingmen without speaking
SO. say this, gentlemen-you 60 in for fool
ism restrictive laws. Talk about the restric.
ton of apprenticing, and restriction of the
hours of labor. That is all very well when
they are crowded together in mass: but in a
country like this every man should do what
he can to emancipate himself from labor be-
fore he is 30 years old. Why don't you study
cooperation more earnestly? Aim at what
believe the Amaigamated Engineers have al
ways aimed at, to transfer any excessive labor
to place where there is deficiency. When
you have too much for any one place, pay lis
expenses, and send it to another Aim to as
sist each other. Aim to pro mote legislation
which will promote equality between en-
ployers and employed. Aim to protect the
women and children that are working in fac
tories and elsewhere. Above all, aim at self
dependence, which is independence. For
say to you, in country like this, where the
conditions of labor are so favorable, if man
is only thrifty, honest and industrious, be-
lieve he may, by Gods help, defy fortune"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-11-17

A BAD STIcK.-Johnny Longfellow, wei
known in Maine as the second Jack Shepard,
from the facility with which he has broken ou
ofjail, has turned up again in his favorite role
He broke jail at Portsmouth on the 28tb, ant
his subsequent adventures were somewhat va
ried. On escaping from the Jail he hurried or
foot to So. Berwick, where he arrived in timt
to catch the night freight train east, on which
oe rode to Brunswick, where he took another
train to Bath. Stopping in the latter towr
Saturday night, he on Sunday morning hireo
a team for a little drive; but as it wasn't quite
good enough tor him he procured another one
worth some $500, from another stable, and
drove off. He took the team to Auburn, and
left it there leaving the town himself on the
following Monday morning.
City Marshal Hill of Biddeford went on his
track the night that he left Portsmouth, and
followed him up closely, finding the team he
left at Auburn, on Tuesday. On the next
Sunday morning he was arrested in Augusta.
by City Marshal harrington of that city, After
Johnny was secured, he was asked his object
IN breaking out. His answer was, "Who could
blame me? / had asked for my trial. and the
lallOr had told me that they were all ready
but they did not try me; and thought that
had fooled around that old Jail long enough.
and would step out. Thong hit it no harm to
let them know didt want to stop there any
longer" But Mr.. Thompson (which is John
ny's last al'as) cannot complain any longer of
me laws delay, for in four hours after his re-
turn to Portsmouth he was sentenced to five
years IN the State Prison.
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MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND PAGES

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Considering the quantity of reading matter
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-11-17

Mr.. MUNDELLA, M. P.--Mr. Arthur J.
Muudella, an English Member of Parliament,
who has been travelling in this country for
some time, delivered an address in New York
on Monday evening on the question of labor
reform. Mr., Mundella is large manufactur-
er, and one of those who, acting on the inter-
est of his trade, originated and established the
Boards of Arbitration, which settles disputes
occurring between employees and employed
in England. Naturally his sympathy is with
employing capitalists like himself, yet his lee
ture betrayed the earnest purpose with which
he has worked for the elevation, the welfare
and happiness of the laboring classes of his
country. The lecture touches at considerable
length upon three several subjects, each of
them closely interesting the working classes
He pointed out, in speaking of education in
his country, the great defeat of the English
system, and limited that chief fault of our
own was in not making education compulso.
nv. The compulsory clause in our system of
education is the one great need to its perfec.
ton and we have an earnest hope and endur-
ing belief that it will be attained at an early
day in all of the States of the North and
most of those at the South.
Mr.. Mundella also spoke, though briefly, Of
the Civil Service of England, and explained
its superiority to those III which, like our own
political preterment is the only rule. This
part of his lecture, though somewhat foreign
to the subjects in which the wo,kingmen who
formed his audienc re are generally interested,
was listened to with admiration, and the dec.
iareton that, though the representative of
one OF the largest constituencies of England.
De hao not tue power to control an appoint
meht 10 single Office OF the British Govern
ment' was received with loud and PROLONGED
applause strikingly significant of tbe nrese,+
temper among our own people. We tato
from the lecture the following sensible ,on
uage of speciagl interest to workingu,en.
Your trade unions are what have to st.na
up for in the House of Commons and elsa,
where, and they are legitimate and right So
long as the aim is legitimate; but ask you
whether they are quite on the right track in
this country. l have been examining into
your aims in this country, and find that some
of them are utterly impracticable, and some
of them you ought to drive out. Now will
tell you what objects think are not legitimate,
for workngmen to Cypress or intimidate or
commit outrages on their fellow workingme en-.
Every man has right to decide for himself
wnether he will or will not be member of
the trades union. And, as we say in Eng
lana, you never can convince mems judgments
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Russia's reputation OF the Paris treaty Of
1856 causes intense anxiety at Florence.
: The Prussian army of the north has occupied
Chauncey, in the department of Aisne. From
this point they threaten Cambria, Rorray, La
fere and other fortified places in that neighbour
hood.
Stocks and securities Of all kinds are lower
and the London markets are fat in view of the
Crisis on the Eastern question There is much
uneaslness in all circles. The question OF an
alliance between England, Austria, Italy and
turkey is discussed on all hands.
The Independence Beige has telegram from
Vienna, announcing that England, Turkey,
Austria and Italy have agreed to preserve q
common attitude toward Russia. and that col
lectve note to that effect is preparing at Wen
ma The threatening attitude of Russia causes
a panic in the money circles in that city.
A determined plot against the lie of the
Prince has been discovered Five OF the con-
spirators have been seized and a large supply
of revolvers, grenades and poignards. Letters
and kilograms also have been found, compro-
missing those arrested with others well known
to the government. Serious outbreaks in the
provinces have resulted from the military pre-
cautions of the Madrid government.
The French movement towards Chartres is
apparently intended as the special army to at
tack the western flank of the German army
now investing Paris. The French are treating
the captains of merchant vessels which they
capture as prisoners of war. Bismarck has
demanded the surrender of forty captains now
held as prisoners, and threatens in case of no
compliance to imprison an equal number of
French notables.
Immense excitement prevails in Madrid
upon the throne question. Two hundred and
twelve deputies will vote for Monarch. A
Carlst rise is certain and the armed republic
cans are expected to oppose the Kings election.
Orders have been dispatched for the recall Of
English vessels of war from every station ex-
cept such as are actually needed in foreign
waters. A large concentration of ships at Ports
mouth is already apparent and the greatest
| activity prevails in all the naval departments
of the kingdom. A powerful feet will be I'M.
| mediately dispatched to the Mediterranean. In
the best informed circles it is regarded that the
present pretentions of Russia general Euro
pean war is inevitable. A rupture between
England and Russia is looked upon as certain
and imminent. 1t is also believed that Prussia
Is in close alliance with Russia against the rest
of Europe
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-11-17
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There are many remedies Tor the cure OF those dis
tressing complaints, some of which may be good
rms Tor one win be guaranteed. Much time and
money ms oeen spent in perecting this remedy and
the result is more than satisfactory
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ANOTHER CONFIDENCE CAsE.-Samuel Rec
ord of Buckfeld, so miles inland from Port
land, Me-, arrived at the New Haven depot,
on Saturday evening, on his way home. Stroll
ing along the platform, he was accosted by a
young man of gentle manly appearance. who,
after few moments conversation, delighted
Mr.. Record by saying that he was a native of
Maine, and would be his companion as far as
Portland He also asked Mr. Record to call
with him on his mother and sister, who were
to be his companions on the Journey, and who
were staying at house few blocks above the
depot Mr.. Record accompanied his friend to
the house designated, where. to the apparent
sister was to be found. The confidence man
explained thac they had probably gone out for
few moments to make some purchases, and
asked Mr.. Record if he would not lend him
FLO until they returned. Mr.. Record gave
the man the money, and the two walked back
to the depot. and then returned to the house.
AZ the request Of the confidence man, Mr..
Record waited outside on the sidewaik. An
hour passed, and then Record informed the
police OF his loss. A well-known tcamp named
Slmonson was arrested for the kcrime and com
mitted.-N Y Tribune.