, 1880-12-22
Investments Paying 6 md 2 Fer Cent
Very Valuable When Compared
with 0 Per Cent Bonds.
The Wheat Market, So Far. Not
Seriously Affected by the
Western Excitement.
The Great Billiard Match In Paris
Eagerly Watched by Sporting
and Business Men Alike.
Congressman Coz in Very Dangerous
Condition Important 1nsur~
amos Decision.


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ANNUAL. DINNER AND RECEPTION.
8ptcia Dtspateh 10 Ths Caseago Tribune.
NEw YoNk, Dec. 1l.-SiDre thu, 30 |
gentlemen snt down to the tables spread BY !
Dulnor.ico In tho Brooklyn Academy OF /
Music this evening, the occaston being tho !
first annual dinner Ailtl festival bf the Now !
England Society, Of Brooklyn. Tile guests
assembled III the art recepttotl-rooms atl-
joining ut o'clock, aud spent somo
time In examining tho pictures
and becoming better acquainted. Qcti. Grnnt
arrived early, and, taking Ills position III one
of the small rooms, hcfti reception. Nearly |
everybody present pushed forward to Blanke
lallis with him, and for some time the en-
trance to tho little ron1n was blocked. Sec.
retary Evnrts was tho next TO arrive, and
then, soon afterwards, came President
Iinyes, who took Gen. GraHt's old place III
the small room and shook hands with every
body.
GEN. GRANT
took his plac I'll the line, nld %as duly pro-
sentel to the President. AT o'clock tho
largo doors wcrc thrown open, mld tho
guests too1s their seats at eight long tnblcs
Attn ralscd table ut tho head Of the room was
tho Hon. b. d. Sl1!laam, President of tl.e
Society," Upon Ills right SIT President
Hayes, Gen. Sherman, Gen. Stocnn', President
LlbAuUtuEllD VI NH!lNI!S Nui4CGtf OUoEpIA
II. Choatc, tho Rev. Edward Everett llalc,
tie Hon. Chaunccy NJ. Dcpow. @. f. Prntt
md the Hon. John ". Hunter. Upon Presi-
dent Sillf1lall's left were Ten. 0rant the
REV. llenry Ward neecler, tho Hon. Will
inn II. Eyarts, President Porter Of falo Col
lcgc, the Rev. il. +, pntnn1n, htr. \, 4. Low,
tilo Lion. J. II. Van Colt, tho lion. s. 3.
Cllt,e1,len. and the Hon. 8. L. Woudford.
The largo room was very brilliantly lighted
and decorated III tho simplest possible 1nall-.
ncr, the ornaments being only itaEs aud bali
Eurcts a1ld tho coasrof-arlls OF Maine, 1ltssa-
cl!usctts. Rhodo Island, New Hampshire,
and Connecticut. Each table was lighted
with wax tapers, a1d bore tho inltfuls Of tic
Soctcty. N. L. s. After tho dinner
PRESIDENT s1L1sLAN
raped to order, tho hour being 9:60, and do
lveretl the opening address IL the Society, In
which he took OCCASION to congratulate tho
members on tho distinguished guests who
hanorcd them with their presence. lie
spuke nbout tell minutes, mud pntu 4 tribute
to the heroic lives mud public and soelAl viz
tues Ut the Pilgrim teacllers, whose
struggle for tho principles Of truth.
Justice. and equality was tho beginning Of
tho system OF constitutional liberty, social
u,nl religious, which tho people ut this great
Nat!un now enjoyed as the common heritage
OF ulI. Speeches were made by President
liuycs, Gall, Grant, the liey. Henry Ward
1jeecllur, Gen. Sherman, alll others, and the
dinner cano to Il termination about midnight
ANNUAL BANQUET IN BRooK1.iN.
II tAk rPtstkr1a Assoeta!td Fr<ss.
New YoltK, Dec, al.-TAc first annual festl-
vul ol tl,s Nav England Society Of Brooklyn
WAS llcl4l IN tl.e Academy Of 3fuslc til that
city tonight, tho Hon. D. d. silli!nan pre-
siding.
Tho guests OF honor, President Hayes ntl.l
Gen. GEn1t, sAt respectively OIL tho right and
loft Ut President SfllIsnan. Gen. Sherman.
tho 1Iou. William H. Eyarts, tito Ruy. Henry
Nyarl BeeclIer, President Porter lot Yale
cullege), Chauncoy 81. Dcpew, Joseph H..
Choate, tho lion. Jnnlcs Tanror, tic Hon.
Edward Everett Ilale. Judge 9. 4. I'rutt,
tic Hon. John W, Hunter, Gun. Slocu11l, the
1sey 4. T. Putnam, thu Hon. a. a. LOw,
tho Hon. J. NJ. Van cott, tho Hon. $. i.
Chlttendon nlld tho Hun. s. l.. Woolfortl
were also seated ut the saaIe tnhle Will. the
guests Ut the evening.
PRESIDENT HAYES.
After dinner Prof. Sllliman reviewed tho
history OF tic curly Pilgrims, afser which ho
proposed the tuast. '"rllo President Ut tic
United States" When the cheering sub.
sided President Hayes replied as follows:
Mn. CHAIRMAN AND 0ENTLEslkN: We
lave often heard Ut philosophical Now Eli
glulnl Ideas and principles. 1t Inns been suld
md think the trlal ilas proved, TINT tl,oss
Ideas aro Of large mld great Influence IN
shaping ulcaifatrs OF tho people OF tue unttcc
States. The principles referred to Aro llo
meant, suppose, as being peeulLur to New
England. but they are generally accepted all
lul there the!r tlrst practical Illustration
'r'lcIr lucas md prlneipIes-Nuw Engla.,t
ttt.s.a anil funs--1buVn 1,ut1 much tn tlf