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New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
VARIOUS KINDS OF WALKING.
The Rer Dr. Eggeston at me ChuretQ TIE Christian En-
denr0r

0'N'N''N'
deGror
In the prelude to his sermon at the Church
Of Christian Endesvor in Brooklyn last evening, The
Rev Edward EgEeston, d. D., spoke Of the walking
match There is, he said, really only one newspaper
topic this week, and that is the walking match II 1t
had not been for that, people would Doubtless have
taken an interest in the trial o Mr. TamaGe, about
which it il not proper for speak at length while III
pendng Fit had not been the excitement about this
physical contest, deep interest wOuld have been
felt in that afflicted Hungarian city. This sug-
gests curious bond Of sympathy between AL CIVILIZED
nations Quick travel and the rapid dissemination Of
news make all next door neighbors.
But there is only dominant topic, in which every
body is concerned-the walking match at Gilmore's
Garden-this struggle. this life ard death struggle al
most between There ia such love Of seeing hui
manity IN action that we can't help being interested
In such contest There is such interest felt in seeing
human beings putting forth tremendous force that every
is a good side and a bad side to this thing. In the
liking for physical development there is certain moral
and love of doing difficult things because they
are Difficult Physical heS exercise SvaSciHr ID sTay' and
pfope that .Ds is ovoE going tGTwqTd ns
dent to conflict which is kind Of brutal representa-
lion of humanity sheer dead brutal test OF vitality
Is mot Se dead evS Of Se'a OF one stock
Of life against another mans stock OF life when you put
men on race course six mortal days and nights to-
ge her Il has elements like the old Roman glad
atOrial shows. II s liable TO result IN the destruction
OF lifc and necessarily brings an abrdgement Of ne
Ear befter than sucu contest. concluded DR.. Egges-
ton are the walks taken by Bayard TAYLOR, who was
buried yesterday al Kennel square when Young
riner he felt the need culture, and cOnycTsed with
Horace Greeley, who always the friend and helper
of every yonng whom he could reach,
ard nv MS advice and counsel. and by the small
nioymcnt given bin ny THE TRIBUNE, he walked all
avcr Europe Elhu Burrit', the "leaTned blacksmith
who died last week. walked from John o. Groats 10
Lands End seeing the sweet English and the High
lands Of Scotland and tnat young man Ralph Keller who
began life as a negro minstrei, and became writer
whose articles were accepted by the magazines, and
VINO was killed IN Cuba while acting a. a newspaper
CORES pondcnt, went over Europe on cents n day.
cutting his expenses down to the lowest figure take
II mat the excitement of last night and of the last week
can be explained by love for heroic cxertOn. But
life is full OF great efforts where men hay" noble motive
Nton working his out; Florence Nightingale stand
ing fourteen hours of twenty -four, bringing
ont OF chaos and saving the lives OF many English sol
ders aud living since a helpless lnvaId-there Is hu-
mainly wasted ~ some purpose.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
SECULAR TOPICS ON SUNDAY.

ppICrICAI, THEMES IN VARIOUS PULPITs.
S.rHy WEST AND us POSSIBILITIES" DESCRIBED
BY Mr.. BEEcHER-sKRMoNs BY THE REV.
MEssRs. f. c. swKETsER, JOHN W. KRAMER j.
NJ PULLMAN AND T. DEWITT TALMAGE
The Rev. f. @. Swee+ser, Of the Third Universal
sst Church made plea for the union of the church
and the theatre. Mr. Beecher spoke Of tho develop
ent Of the West and the possibilities of the States
beyond the Mississippi River. The Rev.T. De Witt
Talmage made no mention of his trouble
with the Brooklyn Presbytery, but delv.
cred eulogy on the name Of the savour
The Rev. John ". Kramer preached on " Our Right
10 the Play and the Dance" The Gamblers
Logic" was the subject Of lecture to young men
by the Rev. J. NJ. Pullman, at the Church of Our
Saviour The Rev. DR.. EgGleston spoke OF tho good
and the bad side Of the walking match.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
THE COURTS.
,pINIoys OF MRS. HALLS COUSINS.

The contest of the will of the late Mary q.
Hail. wife OF Dr. Frederick Hail. continued before
the Surrogate Saturday The contest is made on the
ground that the be1ues OF the OF the decedents
estate To her husband and his mother was made by
influence exerted upon feeble and unsound MIND
Henry L. Baker, Of Elizabeth. " j.. cousin OF Mrs
BakerHal testified that he Of the executors oi
the will. His cousin, he said, from her childhood was
physically weak nervous and bystellca' ana at one
time had ST. Vtuss dance. She very creduous ana
superstitiOus Her mother and her sister had Doth
been treated for insanity in insane asylum BeDJs
Bonner and Mrs. Jane Bonner, other cousins test
TO the facts. "S She like lump or putty,
said the former. When you put your hand upon her
you could shape her you please, and when you put
your hand upon her again, she was changed
The case will be confined on March IS.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS
BUSINESS AND RECREATION.

BUSINESS AND RECREATION.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION AND BY
LAWS OF THE AssOCIATION-AN EACCRsION TO
GARDEN CITY AND CDNEY ISLAND.
The General Passenger and Ticket Agents
Association held three sessions on Saturday and after
much debate settled all preliminary questions relative
TO reorganization by adopting section By section, with
amendments the report Of the Committee OF Twenty on
Constitution and Bylaws. This report Will up al
the next meeting for adoption or rejection. The morn
tug session was devoted TO acton the pro-
posed new constitution. The principal changes
arc In the OF the association. which
il changed 10 National Association OF Gen
era Passenger and Ticket Agcnte," and in the quail
ncation for member.hiP. Any person now he adj
mitted to membership who brings credentials from
general manager Of railroad that he is empowered TO
represent aud act for tho passenger department Of the
road The second article OF the new constitution de-
cares tnat the credentia certify that bearer
i. the general passenger ticket agent OF The COM
pany and performs the duties usually to that
Office and is in fact. immediate charge OF the pas
seugcr business Of the road and IS recognized by the
cmpioyes ~ the authorized representative Of the
road. II also fixes the lines more distinctly
as To what companies shall be entitled 10
representation declaring that railroad corpora
ton and trans sporaton ne in North America, issuing
and receiving coupon tickets shall be- entitled "a one
renrescntattve. This IL is said, will render OF the
present members ineligible after the adoption OF the
proposed constitution.
Articles T. o. 10 and II OF the constitution reported
by the committee, Ia relation TO a Committee "n Prcce-
dents to consider appeals from the chair, were not
adopted section being added TO the bylaws in rea-
tion to the Executive Committee and creating Com
mittce on General Business which designed TO ae-
compsh the same purpose.
In the amended bylaws, which were considered In
the afternoon order OF business Is changed. 80 that
making passenger rates Is made the second order
instead OF being fixed th4 special order for Monday
morning AS now. This made IL necessary 10 change
the DAYS OF meeting and the third Tuesdays Of March
and September were selected instead OF the second
Frdays OF those months As the association will work
under the present constitution until It's neJt session,
the date Of September convention in this city is not
changed from sept mber IL.
The by amended provide that passenger rates
shall be fixed In open convention upon the report OF
Committee Of the Whole The right TO make through
rates between common points shall be accorded to the
the company or companies having the shortest
line between said points over which through tickets
are regularly sold and trains run 10 connection;
provided that when water route forms part Of such
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
CIVIL NOTES.

In a suit by Augusta Schulze against Max
Ammcr brought the Marine Court for breach of prom
se Of marriage the Defendant arrested and held in
bail which he coud not give. firing Of imprisonment,
Saturday he married the plaintiff
The recent decision of the Surrogate rela-
tive TO the disposition of the trust fund Of $500 left
by the will of Commodore Vanderbilt to Cornelius
Vandeb bit resulted in agreement OF counsel On Satur
day that the money shoud remain in the hands OF the
trustees Mr. Clinton in accordance with a reservation
made On the day the will closed, put in docu-
show the conviction OF Isaac \.
Bggs a for the contestant, for an attempt 10
blacknal William b. Astor in 1851. The contestant
permitted introduce evidence mat the convection was
4 mistake, aud that Bggs was pardOnCd
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
DECIsIONs-MARcH15 Is.

Cupre,pr Court hambcrs-Bv Judge Lawrence
Dean AIT Be-OhjecOus 10 the order for examination over
ruled BruJeSl want al The papers u the case
knOX-MOtiOn denied without COSTS Nun
granted school agt RavnaTd; Van schack agL Vol
keniug.-Granted.
Bv Judge DohOhue.-Pety sgt. Hamme- order to stand
memorandum Le,iard CdmIbelI-MOtiou denied Bcth
agt Hannon. NetCaf aCt. GrcgOIy.-irautCd.
Common PIees-NDecidi Ierm-Bv Judge LarremOrp.
In re- ,gmment Of Marks and Others Ia L.ppmanlhc
rractice a reference IN these applications In
Howard sgt CurryMouon for receiver granted. Costa ag
Martinez-Granted
Murine Court -Chdmbrs-By Justice McAdam.-
Falk agt Frauk-OpniOn. Shalley agt tendennlng-seC
81 OF Code applies only where the ad
mi part Yants claim NAV be severed from the
remainder" The plaintiff claims for services generally and
on the whole the defendant admits 500 10 he due
severance IN impossible which specific part OF
eliminated by the payment and which sprcIc part
for contest the tra motion denied 10 costs
HARRISON agt Prentice Stevens agt Banes-See indos-
ment papers Mcdonald ag HalDeItOn.-AOtlOn denied,
no defendant may have speedy trial he desires one
Marsh ag Bingham Mead agt. H; Westerheld agt Hon
man Proceedings dismissed Park agt Atien-D VI. If
pointed receiver. Davis agt rcLmitt Gluck agt
Scw Weeks aRt. Motions granted Meagher agt
Compliant disTn ssed Horton dgt. SreMotloD de
CarpeuteT-$ljO 80 must be credited on judg
cciver agt. LautherAr.es vacated Henderson
wheeler Gibson g WcnCh agt Sass ShacT
& Hail Quarry Company NcwDuhr: Daniel agt FELTON,
Berien agt Rogers BraI-tcd ag. JOnesDeiults. Ches
terrain Ward Leary agt Sullivan; Lnternan agt Ca
sidy Barnes Holman Fire Insurance Company agt
agt. SimOns: Mderbefger agt Kelly; Lang agt May
ers Thurston agt Welsh; POlOn agt Mahl McIuure act
Foram AOrahams aRL Nolan; GVelet agL GaTVey.-
Judgments
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
LIQUOR SELLING AT THE WALKING MATCH.

At the Lyccum Theatre in FOurteenth-st
Yesterday, William Mason Evans, the temperance lee
turcr said :" / cannot refrain from speaking Of The
great walking which has Just concluded. While
we admire for many reasons, what shall say OF It's
disgraccful surroundings l see IN one OF the news
naper that IS minute received by the keepers OF
an unlicensed bar 400 feet longs and this while the
police force OF the city stood idly looking Take
away the bar and you destroy rovdysm. Let Captain
Williams and his enforce the law, aud not aid IN lis
violation o,, ~. c.
addressing the meeting sald Agents OF
the devil behind, a bar 400 feet long were
selling tickets 10 hell, unmolested and encouraged
by The police But II a ragged little boot black had
stoen pocket handkerchief. Captain Williams and bis
500 officers would have pOunc~d on him like 30 many
hawks Is this upholdlng law and moralityT'
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
UNION OF CHURCH AND THEATRE.

peTsdItSO.
At the morning services yesterday at the
Third Uuversalist Church, the Rev Edwin C. sweetser
the pastor, delivered o sermon the proper
relations between the church and the theatre The text
Of the discourse was taken from Matthew xix, What
therefore God hath put together, let no man put
asunder"
take my stand upon the principle said the
preacher that has Joined together in human nature
need OF religion and need Of amusement, between
which no man has any right to decree divorce. The
church satsfes one need, and the theatre in great
measure responds the other Upon the character OF
the theatre depends the attitude which the church
should assume toward IT. II IT is essentially good II 1t
can be- redeemed from bad then the church should
take toward friendly attitude, and openly seek AL
lance with it. II. however, the amusement which II
furnishes has tendency deprave mankind then GER
tainly the Church should oppose it uunesitatiuGy.
Let Us not condemn the theatre because OF its abuses
in the seventeenth century Let the church acknowledge
that the theatre is in itself by no means slniu but
mat despite base 10 which II has often been
pu II essentially good thing which, rlgutiuY used,
may accomplish much good. GoG tNuthlS tNutS h; 1ntToot
Ousy. not without anee tnat shakes
peare was born almost simultaneously win PfOes'aht-
But when say they should be allies, do not mean
that they should trespass on eacb otGfrs gfouu o wv
10 do each others work II Is impossible 10 give com
plce directions how 10 discriminate between the good
ana the bad ia the Use of the theatre EaCh person
must Judge, 10 great extent for himself The char
OF The theatre ana OF the play should he known
before one ventures st. second good rule - not 10
20 o play mud that II Il debasiug chaTacteT
Jnf5rIuatey majority Of plays still bad, and
some OF the those in which appear
aucc OF dee ency most carefully Is kept need not
warn YOU AGAINST those spectacular plays whose chief
attraction consstsn their modesy nor agains those
cotr.c and vulgar plays which use profanity for wit
warn Won ayalns some OF our SO-calcd society plays
I,rlicuiaIIy those OF French production, which deal
largely ia the pOrtraJ al Of unaN lu affection ana make
such coufusion moral distinction tat wee j. often
+, mes iuaoe 10 seem virtue. | would fear less from
coarse cid EngiIs play despite vugarity than from
Que OF French PLAYS whose yugarly Is rather III
suggestion tlAsu In language. ..---,
Among PLAYS which wisely may be seen, continued
the spe ,ker are OF all the plays OF Shakespeare
aud tEcn such plays Rip Van Wlnkle' ana " knoci
Arden and Uncle TOMS CABIN" dramatZatlohs ot
Dickens, works and others OF similar character. BY
the exercise OF good Judgment, one may hnd III our
theatres many good pays IN the course OF ayeAr us
one ought to 40 to 10 good plays one easily
may 20 often.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
POREP1ChING At CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, March 14-Howard, White, Crow
ell & Co.. of The Daily Commercial Bulletin.
have issued their fourth annual report Of pork
packing operations in Chicago during the year
ending March l, 1879, OF which the following
e summary Summer packing, 1.9Gs ,79s hogs:
Average net weigh, 19llj,o5 pounds. Yield OF lard
72 100 pounds against sos O26 nogs for the previous
season, weisht ,l96sIoo pounds, Yield Of lard
32l3 pounds Wncr paCklng-2,9l3.llJ hogs ;
weight, 22j27too pounds; weld Of lard, 4i4iIoo
pounds agtrst 2.5Ol ,2sj hogs last year. average
weight, 22o37roo, aud weld of lard 3960EO. Grand
total, summer aud Winter, year ending March l, 1879,
I.9lI .9l3 hogs
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
TIE GAMBLER,S LOGIC.
IN, Per J. H. Pullman at the Church Of our S1rtour (Un
NV persGltsD.

The Eer J. n Pullndn at the Church Of our S1rOur (Uni
| persGl4D
The Rev. J. NJ Pullman lectured last even
ing to young men on The Gamblers Logic" at the
Church Of our Savior, in Fftyseventh-st
Inavo asked myself said the speaker 70 what purpose
7 could discourse the subject OF gambling
An overstatement Of its evils would only TO
set your minds against The most fatal step in life
ia the one tnat seems a step upward. The most
dangerous phase Of this subject is that which
leads Young men TO wish TO see life.
Gamblers have what they call doctrine OF chances"
ut the very term proves that their game is taken out
Of the realm OF chance and into the domain OF law.
Fverv man who pursues his work the theory Of chance
isagmbler There Is in life 40 such thing chance.
He only really succeeds whose life is organized
on a definite plan from the start Such man
il in little danger from the temptation 10
gamble. The thing n wise young man VIII
DO is TO avoid all games of hazaId and not
let desire for knowledge II life draw MN INTO the
owl course The man who CANDLES SETS himself against
the laws that govern his tellov-men. The harm
of the stOcK-gambling IN Waist. IS that II
fisorgauizes the laws OF trade few gain wealth,
lut fha many lose. Gambling gives a man distaste
for honest industry, false premise 70 the mind
and blinds MN TO the laws that govern the
world Ii burns out his best affection, dis
orCauizes his intellect and destroys the highest
attributes Of his manhood. But the subject has
moral as well intellectual considerations Inc Amer
Icau pconlc adore wealth with too little regard
for the manner In which II has been OBJ
famed. and the young learn 10 think that
theV must get money no matter hy what means. III
conclusion, would warn you against the gambling
spirit In religion against drath-bed repentance, aud the
idea that you OutWit YOUR maker and escape the
consequences OF your acts.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES.

n Rtr. r. IL WI TdLNdg AZ We bTO0K'T' IuVfT1F0oe
(I7es6ysrsdHl
The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage preceded his
sermon yesterday morning by administering the ord-
nance Of baptism to eleven infants. The congregation
was unusually large the church being crowded 10 the
platform steps IN expectation that MI Talmage would
refer TO his pc ndlng trial before the Presbyery Inc
subject was not even hnted at and 1t is understood
that at meeting OF the Session held last week It was
suggested that nothing sad by the pastor about the
Presbytery until the tina, is concluded. Mr.. Tamage
preached from the text, The name which Is above
every other name"
Because you have had dlsagreeable name said he.
you have no right 10 innict II upon others Yet now
often names fun OF jargon rsttlins down nom
generation to generation because some one was unfof
tunate enough ~ be afflicted with IT, When nnd that
Paul bursts forth in acclaim alton at the name vi Chrsi
AJAX what Its characteristics II an easy name
We sometimes forget the name OF fsnIsT Heno Dut
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
THE QUESTION OF POLICE SALARIES.

Judge Donohue has granted stay OF pro-
ceedngs his owl peremptory mandamus in favor OF
Inspector Dilks Captain Walsh and Patrolman Carroll
requiring the Board Of Police Commissioners TO pay
them their full salaries As ntimaed in his opinion nc
gave 1t hurredly to have the questions involved decided
as quickly as possible Court OF last resort lhe
stay is, therefore, to enable appeal at the earliest
hafa
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
A RUINOUS SUCCESS.

The suit of William VI. Rae, carpenter,
against Lewis Beach for l55 has proved costly to the
plaintiff He ard the defendant came within $50 OF
agreeing but finally suit brought There have
been three trials and appeals IN the Court Of Com
mon Pleas, and now the Court Of Appeals de-
cidcs that the plaintiff entitled only 10 SlOl 90
which Is less than the amount iglnay offered; ana
the defendant gets the costs II his offer was III proper
form. Tuc amount to about II zoo.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
DELINQUENT STOCKHOLDERS.

NEw-HAvEY, March 16.-Yesterday, the
time allowed by the Court for the payment OF 100000
upnaid csptta stock Of the American Afe and Trust
Company H3enjanin Eoyess Company expired. The
receiver VIII probably proceed legally against the
denquents
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
RIGHT TO THE PLAY AND THE DANCE.

The ReU John w. Rr1er at the church St JOhn
tH (ITotestdat EptcQpdN.
At the Wainwright Memorial Church, at
West Eleventbst. and Waverey-pace. the rector the
Rev John W. Kramer preached last evening TO large
audience on Our Right to the Play and the Dance"
Every text OF Scripture. SAID the speaker, that could
be directed against play and the dance mas been
brought forth From some dramas we must conclude
with the Purans that the play is the invention OF the
Devil Because plays have been bad and
some dances evil ought not to call them
all wrong. The root Of the desire for the play
is the natural longing in 10 recreate himself The
who lost IL In his youth i now IN mad-houSei ~
who reprCssed II is an unhealthy man, an uu-
healthy Christian. The capacity of amusement Is
part OF the higher life which Gsd has given US
The anaroniSrn OF the Church against this natural
has kept, fear many alOo from the Shcphtius
fold Have not asked too much IN this DENIAL THIS
crucifXi, OF nature .
II NAV not he my duty urge you 10 the play or the
dance but II bc my dutv not 10 prevent YOu u the
play be good or the dance pure The drama Is only the
old story told to ia childhood, fashioned l'to
artistic form; the play Only picture OF
n'e. As a good story made me better
boy 40 drama read to bY dramatic artists makes
me better II objected that the play has To do
often with love between the sexes Well love is great
fact sent here either by God or tbe Devil believe God
gave II to the world.
fter copious extracts from the diary OF Macreadv,
the actor. which was begun IN ls4l with quotation
from French author, A. TO religion think tOat Goa
is not Presbyterian Lutheran. but the Father OF
men," to the last entry written with trembling
hand, - God he meTclful To me q siunfT
and believe, help God my unbclcf,' the predt ther
concluded: Good men. have done with denuncIatun
OF men Ike this Let try get back chlidhoods
faith and longer cling To religion so unukt ILfl-s'
restraining the spiritual freedom that belongs TO God
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
ferlurea duo ttlcelluqs.

7 ECTTRF-The Rev. DIR. ECCLESTON will
Iceycr his well lecture Westminster Abbey"
wiih srreopcOn Association Han 2SdsL END tth
ayr on MONDAY evening March Il, o'clock. This lee
u comneuds itself n the enlightened public BY f inter
estu treatment and faithful deno2uuns Of the great s1D
cct Tickets 80 at Randolphs, Schube.ths Ponds
BrtutauO- aud other leading stores.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
MILLER & GRANT,
NO. SO BROADWAY, NEW-YORK.
Gfeurslcus.


METROPOLITAN ELEVATED RAILWAY.
pfE EM ST. point T. for Val stro Ferry
and connects with car, Tor sout! Ferry Tor r.r,o cs,v,
Gqnmunip1w Ferrly. o, n, po,r Office c,tv Han AMI
or Es Seagest point for Pavonia and Ere
Pr k2iiSa}y kHEl e ! itTFS. .eTErEr-
for Desbrossel street Ferry
Jersey ity connects with cars Tor DcsOfosses aAi
gIEfCKEKsTREET-Co i Connect. with for East snd
EIGHfm sTREEr-Seares point Tor ChrstoPher street
Ferry connecting with cars for Christopher
FoG GiRTFENTHsTREEr-N Nrarest point 70 ugi?q n s1a'TT
Walack's and Lvccum theatres Actleiy oi -,
wing ana Tammauy Halls conn clAg WIN cars 'ot Last
Twsnytird Thlrt fourth street Ferries t o,., -
James aud PARK Theatres Grand 2p9rs hEasei re
Garden and Masonic Temple ana I"euV''hl'u 7u0e'
point 10 ,,.5, S,andajI5 ,ad .o5
San Franc. Mnstres CONNECTING Win Cars 'o' wee
roir 1TAeF YsrREEr-connccts with SewYork Trans
ter Company,s cab, for Grand central Depot
point Tor Central PA'1
rIFTYTHTSsTRf sTSnTSTTE SisT and EIGHTHAvENUE
For uptown trans taIe east 'iGe Ia -'auIn'' Jni,on.
Tran viii ru i1 5stL s and 9th and 53ds and oth
Faf iS chS Except between the hour, OF $50
7SoA m aud to p ~ w irI r. s GARRIs0S President
NJ VAN BROCKLIN. superintendent
EHE CITY HALL BRANCH
OF THE
will be opened for travel on
MONDAY MORNING, March II, 1879.
Trains v, be run between CITY Hall station and Harlem
from a. II. until 1880 midnight
SUNDAY TRAINS
will be run from 7:3O a. m until 1890 midnight Grand
Central Trains will not be run on SUNDAY.
GRAND CENTRAL PASSENGERS
Going nth from City transfer 3tthst station and
going south City Hall transfer Chatham Square Station
RE KICKER
General Manager.
New. York March -. 1879
New-York tribune., 1879-03-17

Dublin professional man addressed an
artisan who was waiting his bsl, rather orusquely
" Ualloa YOU fellow DO you want me v The answer
was neat No yer homer, am waiting for gentle
mapp