The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-16
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NEW YORK, November Il, 1878.
.Tbn United States Board OF Iraae,
Manufactures. Commerce, ana Agflcul-'
,,,ro now holding their first meeting at
thc Masonic Temple, had their inaugural
dinner at Delmonico's new fiith-AVenue
house last evening. The subscrip1lon price
nj tickets was $40. not lncsuoinS Whites
The visiting members were invited guests.
The affair was 4 grand one even iot ne"
York, where there Is so mucn sp'e,:uU.
and poverty, | mighf aaa. 1ne a'H'nS
room. where the dinner was spread Is su-
-,o-h Il is particularly rich in frescoes,
heavy plate mirrors. and gl's'enlns ch'nue-
licrs. M, 1-;u,;,;o,s
sow seated at them were Major John W.
nsn;ej Nessrs. John 3. Davis. Charles Ellis,
=. G. GRAY. and Beverly Tucker, mayor
Tucker OF Norfolk, and Mr.. Flcklen 0!
Fredericksburg. l believe they dld full
ius.ice ia the bin OF fare-which was gotten
mn in The Frencbest French l ever saw.
RiIl.of.tare French and law Latin are hard
things for inexperienced people TO tackle at
sny lime. To make it all the worse here,
thc WATERS know. or pretend TO know, very
little English. AS most OF the Virginia
DELEGATES had not been 10 Paris for several
wears. | am afraid that they were more defl-
cient in pronunciation than in appetite.
However, they managed to worry through.
sPEECu-MAKISG.
The following were the regular toaSts:
The President OF the United States and
his Cabinet. Postmaster james, OF New
York.
McCook.
The Clergy. Rev. DR.. Newman.
The Chambers OF Commerce, Boards OF
Trade. and other Commercial Bodies in
America. Hon. G. l. Filley, of st. Louis.
The Relation OF Commerce to Politics.
John Wymau, Brooklyn.
Reciprocity In Trade between all Nations.
Hon. Nathan Appleton, OF Boston.
4 Cure ency Honorable to the Nation and
Convenient for the People. Judge Peabody.
Agriculture--the Backbone Of the Body
Polite. The United States Commissioner
OF Agriculture.
American Shipping. W. II. Guion.
The Press. G. W. c. Clarke.
Mr.. Clark Bell presided. -..
EPISODES.
One OF the episodes OF the evening was
the attempt OF ''our Mutual friend Frank
Moulton > TO sandwich volunteer speech
in the midst Of the regular toasts. Frank
is tall, and his hair strongly inclined to be
red. On this occasion the wine seemed to
have acted upon him with loquaciOuS effect.
II was only by the determination Of the
chairman that he was suppressed.
The Rev. Mr.. Newman, who responded
TO the toast "The Clergy" is we'll known
to the country as the friend and spiritual
adviser OF General Grant. Some Years ago
the General, having laid in an ample supply
OF advice, sent Mr. Newman travelling all
over the world as inspector OF consuIates-
position different from keeper OF the
crypt only in that one had to keep moving
and the other hadn't.
The reverend gentleman speaks well. On
this occasion he took the opportunity to say
that he "deprccatcd sectional strife" 1t
was his opinion "that the merchants of
America will, after all, be the great uni
tierS."
In this connection he stated that Oh the
banks OF the upper Enphrates he met 4
caravan OF three hundred camels loaded
with merchandise, mos. OF it American pc
trolcum, put up in tiVe-gallon casks. He
further said that American petroleum now
lights the Garden OF Eden, Bagdad, and
Damascus, the Church Of the Nativity al
Bethlehem. the Chul ch OF the Ascension on
Mount Olvct, and even the Pyramids oi
Egypt, and his conclusion was that g Anne.
rica is the light Of the world"
Judge John i. Meredith was put on the
printed programme 10 respond to the toast
Relation OF Commerce 10 Politics." but
rs he was not present that toast was drop.
ped.
Near the close OF the entertainment the
chairman proposed Virginia ane her Sea
ports" and called upon Mayor Tucker to
respond. That he did. His speech was
one OF the very best-I may say indeed that
it was the best-of the evening. He spoke
OF the lbeIalty OF the North to the suffer
crs by yellow.fever with good effect, ant
declared that that had closed the bloody
chasm eGectually, and as for us OF the South,
."thc war is over.''
Major John w. Daniel would have been
assigned to duty in Judge Meredith's place,
but having just arrived in the city and be.
ing tired, he would not consent.
Altogether the dinner was very pleasant
one The New Workers failed in no duty
which their place as hosts imposed upon
them.
sr. MARKS cECRoB-YARD-STEwART' GRAVE.
The latest attraction IN New York is ST..
Marks church-yard. 1t is at the corner Of
Second avenue and Tenth street.-The same
cross street, / think, Stewards Broadway
resaii store is on. The church-building is
a sgiRtaniial-looking structure, bat has'no-
thing in Its appearance to lTyet the atten-
H. IN OF the a)aSSer-by.
Tie ehureh-yard is quite large, and Is
SUI rasSndedan three sides by streets These
sire sts seem To have been cut down On re-
cent pears. st any rate the level OF the
ehurt 4G-yard is.some three or four feet above
them.' Some haR-dozea venerable trees
stand i o the yard.
A CO. assderabIe part of 4ae ground is eoS-
cred by family s;aults.
These vaults ase below the level Of the
chureh.y.ud. and are covered by plain rnar-
bic slabs set even with the surrounding
turf. There are no monuments there; IL
so, failed to see them. To get the emf
nent liuen.draperss body out OF such q
3aat was no very hard task.
But the mystery is bow 1t could have been
Done without attracting the observation of
people going along the streets, for there are
hundreds on tie move all night song.
IND that many are inclined to suspect that
The sexton had something to do With the
JOB, bu; t.le grounds OF suspicion are not
very substantial, as far as have been able to |
bear.