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BEAUTY ABD BAYONETS. I I 1 President Hayes Formally Opens the i Seventh Regiment Fair. i i ADORNMENT OF THE ARMORY. I of the Imperial City and the Imperial State." SPEECHES, LONG AND SHORT. The new armory of the Seventh regiment, N.Q.S.N.Y., waa yesterday formally thrown open to the public by President Hayes, who announced, in as few words as would express the fact, that the grand inaugural lair was "open." So fair a day and so fitting an occasion could hardly pass without a parade of New York's favorite regiment, and accordingly it formed at tho old armory in the afternoon and marched to the music of its own famous baud to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where President Hayes was stopping.

The mou were iu full uniform, with overcoats. As they marched up town their perfect appearance added to their reputation and won thefit a succession of cheers. At and around the corner of Fifth avenue and Twentythird street a crowd had gathered, though by no means a great ono as New York reckons crowds. It was enough, however, to keep Gaotaln Williams, with a largo force of his subordinates, busy in maintaining the curbstone lines. The people wore perfectly orderly.

A haudsome barouche, with four horses attached, stood in waiting in front of the hotel door in Twenty-third street and the regiment turned down Twonty-third toward Sixth avenue and lacing about returned. A halt was then made, and the crowd looked eagerly for the President to come out and enter the carriage. At three o'clock ho did ao, accompanied by Secretary of State Evarts, Mayor Cooper and Mr. Qoorgo William Curtis. A cheer greeted the President and ho bowed slightly in a dignified manner to the salute.

MABCHINO UP THIS AVKNUK. The line of march was then taken up through Fifth avenue to Sixty-sixth street, and thence to the armory. Very few flags were displayed along the avenuo, but many balconies and windows were crowded with richly dressed ladles and gentlemen, who waved their dainty kerchiefs, and there were cheers in many plaoes. At the armory the President and his party were received by a committee of the officers, and after a few minutes wefre escorted to the seats provided for them in the middle balcony at the west end of the enormous drill room. The band, which had already entered another balcony, played "Hail Columbia" as they entered and gazed around the gorgeously decorated room.

In the middle balcony before tho President arrived a number of invited guests were already seated. Among them were Messrs. Edwards Pierrepont, E. W. Stoughton, Royal Phelps, Jordan L.

Mott, Robert L. Stuart, S. D. Babcock, Thomas Hicks, William E. Dodge, Cyrus H.

Luttrell, Jackson S. Schultz, Benjamin H. Field, Professor C. H. Chandler, General Merrltt, General Shaler, General Graham and General Foster.

After the band Atiiabail etfJn 1 person celled for cheers for the President, which were given, but not very heartily. The regimont most immediately afterward marched in. Dividing by companies and turning to the right and left alternately, they formed in line behind the crowd. Counting the regiment, it was estimated that over five thousand persons were on the floor, though it was difficult to calculate the numbers, as the differ ent booths and stands occupied so much of the space. Presently Mayor Cooper arose and called lor silence, that Dr.

Weston, the regimental chaplain, might offer a prayer. He prayed for the blessing of Chid to rest on the new enterprise of the regiment; that its men should be loyal soldiers, with hearts inspired by truth, courage and devotion, and that the golden era of peace on earth might be hastened. mayok cool'icu's ki'kkch. Mayor Cooper.theu rose again and spoke briefly. Ills voice was inaudible at a little distunes, and no little quiet laughter was provoked iu the balcony by the fact that the singing ot a dozen or so canary birds in tbe middle of the vast hall drowned the spcakor's voice in the ears of those twenty feet from him.

He citizen soldiebs or tbe seventh regiment? Laiiies and Yorkers aro justly proud ot tbe gallant Seventh. They take a personal interest tu the regiment and its members. When you aro wnu uh ai no mo wo praise your military bearing and admire the precision of your movements. When you are away from us we are always aure that in any place and in every emergency the honor of New own good safo in the keeping of the gentlemen of the Seventh. Proud us we are of the Seventh and its sister regiments, we cherish toward you and them a deeper feeliug of of gratitude for services in those hard seasons when the rulo of law and order waB endangered by passion and unreasoning violence, and I only express the sentiment of your neighbors and fellow citizens when I say that tho fidelity and tho magnitude of those services will never bo forgotten by us.

Slid that your neighbors and fellow people of this ever remember gratefully that regiment which not only responded to every legitimate call upon it, but turuislied to other commands in the armies of the United States tiud commissioned ottiours, of whom 58 tell in action. A regiment which spared from its ranks a whole battalion of skilled officers and still maintained its organization in constant readiness for the field; a regiment which had greater riled upon the results at the war than any regiment of professional soldiers, has proved anew (if auy proof were wanting) the wisdom of the framers of our constitution, who realized that a well regulated militia is necessary to the security of a tree State. A SlONiriCAMT FACT. It is significant of our estimation of and esteem for you that there stands in the great pleasure of the city a memorial erected to tlio membership of this memorial conceived, as fou may recollect, in the very otrsumstanco of war, but not fashioned after the conventional type of that profession, but embodying rather tho principle of your organisation, representing not the professional soldier but the citizen In the years of his early manhood, temporarily withdrawn from his home and his avocations to face a momentous public exigency, to enforco the rule of law. On tho recent annual inspection of the militia of this city the Governor of tho Stato found the discipUuo of tho First division so worthy of praise that he held it up as a standard aud ex2tressed the hope that the other branches of tho pub- i lu service might be made to equal it; and as a atiil further tribute to your excellence, the ConimanderH ln-Clitef of the armies of the United States in hero to-day to take part iu these ceremonies.

That you may have every facility and couvenlcneo for instructlou advaMcomuut, this luuuclpulity and Us oitlH sens have liberally contributed to the erection of this armory. Wo hope and believe that the now placed within your roach will lie fully Utilised and that the regiment will eontluuo lti the first rank of a well rex In ted militia. It In my agreeable duly to Introduce to you the thoughtful and accomplished orator who has been selected to iuaugurule this festival, Mr. George William Curtis. OKORllK WUilJAM CUUTIH' AtUlllKSS.

Mr. Curtis was greeted with hourly chccrs when he arose and began his speech. He This brilliant presence and the splendid spectacle of to-day's parade recall another scene, 'llirough the proud music ot pealing bugles and beating drums that filled the air us wo cainu lilther I heard other drums aud other bugles marking another inarch. Under a waving canopy of the red, wluto and blue, through "Meinpeat cliocrs two miles toug," as Theodore Wiuthrop said, amid fervent prayers, swelling hopes ami passionate farewells, the Seventh regluiout uiarched dowu lJrond way on the 19th of April, eighteen years ago. When you marched Now York went to tlio war.

Its patriotism, Us loyalty, its umiumling heart. Its imperial will moved ill your glittering ranks. As you went you earned the ttag ot national union, but when you and your comrades of the army mid navy returned, tho blurs and Stripes shone not only with tlio greatness of a nation, but with the glory of its universal llbH erty. These are traditions that will bn long cherished la this noble hull. In great and sudden einei gei.cus the luilltia is the nucleiia and the vunuu.ird of the volunteer army, l'ropurly organ i sod It furnishes the trained skill, tlio military liahlt and knowledge, without which patriotic zeul Is but wind blowing upon the sails of a siilp without a rudder.

No public money la more economically spent, no private aid Is more worthily given, than that tor supporting the Ultima amply, geucrotinly and in tno highest disctpllue. Other countries inaintaiu enormous arnilos b) enormous taxation. The citlxeii suffcra that the loldier may livu. Our kinder fute enables us at inligntlteaiitcoat to provide In the National Ouard not jnly the material ot an army, but a school of ollteers command It. A regiment ltko tlio Seventh Is not inly in its dogroo the model ot an admirable army, nit It is a military normal school.

It teaches tiro leachera. Six hundred aud six mctubors of cgiuicnt received coiumissious as ofltcurs in the antoer nriuy; three rose to ho major geuerals, nineicon to be brigadiers, twenty-nine to he colon Is and to he lieutenant colonols. This is the roll of houor of one regiment of the National Uuard, aud of auoh is the New York uilll NEW YORK lis. It in the people protecting themselves not only igalnst the foreigu peril of war, but the domestic peril of civil disorder. Iu the lest dire extremity behind the policemen's club glistens your bayonet, and its stern radiance guards the Commonwealth like a wall of tire, because of this armory, and of all similar armories around us, the great city sleeps in peace.

Every honest man goes to his work, because he knows that should lawful order bo assutUted aud overthrowu these reservoirs of (he will of the State would overflow with resistless power. When the country rocked with riot two ears ago hew York kept its own peace, aud its Na tioiial happily won a bloodless victory by tlxo mere knowledge of ita invincible efficiency. Yonr stately parades, therefore, are not merely brilliant pageants, they are the magnificent and bcmficcnt displays of the final conquering force of the ltepublic. BATTLING IN THIS HTBEKT. Ten has this regiment been summoned to Its saddest duty to battle in the streets.

But when that summons cornea there is no fouler calumny than that whioh calls a mob of rioters the people. In a Bute where the people govern every wrong can be lawtully redressed, and no wrong is so great as anurcliy. A riot is an insurrection against popular government. It is the unpardonable sin in a republic. Whou it bursts forth, theretore, in tho fury of pillage and burning and muriier, and the last dread cull is made upon you, the (lrum-bcal of yonr comiug heralds tho march of tho people.

Your dazzling panoply is not your glittering is the consciousness thst you represeut the lawful will of tho people. The erect and steady movement of your column ia the mighty step of the Commonwealth. Wheu you aim the people aim, aud your deadly volley is tho stern and startllug declaration that tho win 01 me jwopie, siian prevail. This spacious and imposing armory, therefore, worthy of the imperial Statu and the imperial city, la really a temple of peace. It in the memorial also of the gratitude of this comwuuity to a representative regiment of itx militia.

Desirous of building a new military home, the Seventh, confidently trusting the public, whose servant it is, and unwilling to depend chiefly upon the city treasury, opened a subscription. Si nonumentum tier you would see the response look around you. It is believed that with the closing of tho fair, and with the new subscriptions which for good purposes tho fair always stimulate, the armory will be iiuished aud furnished, and this massive temple of this branch of the church militant will be free from debt. This time, we shall all agree, tho brave -deserve tho fair, and the fair, I ant aura, will see that thoy receive their deserts. Mr.

Commander, on this happy day every circumstance is auspicious. The Mayor of this city, in which your immediate duties lie, presides over the vast and brilliant assembly which throngs these beautiful bazaars. The Chief Mai stratu of the Union, who may In a sudden dangur call you into thn uorvio.A fhn nutinnal onnifal gladly dignifies tho occasion witlx bis presence. Great otllcers of the United States and of tlie State arc hero to attest their (grateful interest in tho prosperity of the Now York militia, the National Guard. So should it be, for in the hands of this gallant regiment the flag of the Union and the flag of the Statu are intertwined.

Their honor and their glory are inseparable. The welfaro of the States is tho happiness of tho Union. The power of the Union is the security of the States. God save the State of New York 1 God save the United States of Amerlcal Ol'KNING TliK FAIlt. The orator's allusion to the President called out loud cheers, and when the latter arose the cheering was renewed.

After it diet) away the President was about to speak when ho and those about him were startled by a vjgorous hiss. It pioved, however, to be tho first chapter of the regimental cheer, und tlid Pstl OOl! Buhl II was repeated three times with startling energy. A hearty laugh was the reaction from tho surprise, and 1'reBideut Hayes "S01.pibus, Ladies and tho houor to announce that the Seventh ltegiment lair. In aid of the completion and adornment of this noble and unequalled armory. Is now opened." This closed the set exercises of the day, and President Hayes and his party after a tew minutes spent in conversation, visited tho art gallery, where they spent something more than half an hour, and thou drove away.

In the meantime the crowd of visitors were examining the treasures that are paraded in lavish display on the floor of the drill room. Oa the 00,000 square feet of this floor is found ample room for eleven booths or "tables," and a restaurant of seemingly unlimited capacity. Yet tlio space for promenade around and between the booths is amp and exceedingly well arranged. In the centre of the room is the flower stand, which is probably more extensive and elaborate than anything of the kind ever before aeeu in this country. It is a hexagonal bower or tower built over and around a large and luxuriously furnished drawing room.

Tho bower Is of palms and evergreens, of graceful architectural design and is tully eighty feet in height. Kuuning around it is a well appointed flower store, and the fragrance of the blossoms litis the room. This is the "field and Staff" department, and was presided over yesterday by Mrs. Colonel Emmons Clark, who, well us tho lauies presiding over the oilier tames, nau a sun oi uuoui iony lair assistants. On that side of the bower which was toward tiie balcony where the visitors sat wus hunt; a large placard of woven suiilax with flowers forming the legend TO OUtt PliJjiMlJJKNT.

Around the ceutre stand is a broad promenade, beyond which are six tables of odd shape. Between each two a narrower but ample spue leads to the second promenade, and outside this are four stands, and there is still another promenade outside these. The high and so well stocked are the almost bewildering. No straight avenue is visible in any direction, exocpting on the outside. TUK TAULKS.

The table of the First company was under the charge yesterday of Mrs. Captain Allison, the rogimeut having so many enthusiastic lady friends that they have "relief guarda" of attendants for oach table daily. The goods on sale by Company A are as various and valuable ua are to bo expected at such a fair. Among them are a grand piano, a large business safe, a set of ladles' archery, a flue tent aud too many other valuables to enumerate. Thia company propose to give a concert in connection with the fair on December 16.

Mrs. It. F. Ware had charge of the Second company's table and numbered among her stock of goods some remarkably fluo The most showy of these was a gold-mounted rifle, presented by Colonel Kent, to be voted to the most popular soldier in the National Guard. A pair-oared shell boat ia also for sale st this table.

Thq Third oompauy's table was under Mrs. E. B. Phelps' charge. Some elegant jewelry and a number of valuable watches are in the Swiss tent, as this department is called.

There are also flue furs and any quantity of knick-kiiacks. The Fourth company runs a booth built iu Gothic stylo, of which Mrs. Charles L. Stickuey took charge yesterday. This company oiler for salo a dog cart, a bust of Napolcou, by Caiiova; a swinging ot the oldest dated priuted books knowu to exist, the date Oeiug 1VJ7; a couple of billiard tables aud a camel's hair shawl.

The Moorish tout, or tha Fifth company's department, watt umler Mrs. George 11. lilioads' care. Its array of art goods was too bowildertngly lavish to permit of speculation. There is also a baby carriage In this department to bo given to that wifo of a member of tho regiment who owns a child under one year old and who shall get tho most rotes at twenty-live cents a vote.

An elegaut sword, with goldou grip, hilt and Kcubbard, has been given to Company by Mr. Frederick croightou. a veteran journalist and voturau soldier, it Is offered for sale. Miss K. It.

Knox took charge of tho Sixth company's department, in which is a $5u0 baby house and a marvellous meerschaum pipe. Tliu Chinese (late, under Charge of Mrs. J. C. Abratns, is tho Seventh Company's department, and while a rare view of Orinutal scenery may bo had hore without charge, except admissiou to the fair, tho atock of Oriental goods Is lnrgu and various.

OKIK.NTA1. LUXUUY. The Eighth company's department is a Turkish bazaar, arranged by Faraway Moses and carpeted with a wonderful piece of Asiatic goods weighing VJ5 pounds. Mrs. Ellwood K.

Thome hsd charge. There aru all kinds of Oriental splendors to be seen hore, among theni being prayer rugs two and three hundred years old. The Ninth company have a Moorish booth, over i which Mrs. W. Gayes Doiuimck presided.

She had for sale a beautiful yscnt, largo euoiigh to uccoiumodulo a party of eight or ten persons. There aro also groceries, bookmarks, playiug cards aud kuickknacks beyond tbo possibility ol' enumeration. The Tenth company has a ooeth of "Queen Anno" style of Uuisli and tiirnlture. Mrs. Joseph Eeiitillion had charge ot this, aud was selling itrearnia aud bed covers yesterday with facility.

lfe-sidcs these booths arc tho gypsey tent, with a pool of roil water, a ferryboat and alive frog; 11 newspaper booth, a grocery store and a ritlo range. There are side shows of Jugglery, singing aud Punch and Judy performances, and there are millions, apparently, of beautiful girls, dressed in the most gorgeous attire, tlutlug about tho tioor like fairies, selling wonderful things out of small baskets at ridiculous prlous. 7'Ar Knapsack is the uewspuper of the fair, and is a beautiful sheet of sixteen gotten up hi tho best style of tlio printer's art aud brimming over Willi well written, well edited reading mutter. On Us trout page la a handsome plcturo 1 of tho anuory. Till; PINK AIIT PIHPLAT.

The largo and Hue collection of ono hundred and thirty-flvo loaned pictures, both foreign and American, which has becu liuug lu the tureo large on uio nurd noor of tlio building likely to prove ono of the meat attmetlvo features of the tatr. Many of tlio eolloctors of lUo city have boon moat liberal iu their ami a number of local urtiata mo ulxo represented. The place of honor in tho middle gallery, the centre of oust wall, haa been given to Cabauoi'a important work, one of bent, "The lhrth of loaned by Mr. John Wolfe. Around it are an upright t'orot from a solidly painted wood interior by lllaa, dent by Air.

J. Abner lUrper; a line loaned by Mr. D. 11. AlcAlpluo, and an earlv Uotiaseau of goutf aixe, ownml bv Mr.

Aaron Ucaly. On this xainu wall ate hung two (Air, 1'airmail ltogeia), Merle, a mid-eyed Normandy girl, and Mr. K. W. Stougton'a "fisherwontan," by llouguereau.

By the latter la the ex- cellent Dctaiile, "Captain ot portrait of the liiike duchartrea, owned by Air. Henry field, ot Chicago. The centre of Ihu north wall ia occupied by Mr. Johu Wolte'e largo pleturo by Carl Becker, "The hmperor Charlee V. and Fogger, the AngHbttrg Hanker." Thla ia Itanked on either aide by an ltulUii aeeuo by Oawald Acheiibocb.

owned by K. W. Mtoiiglitou, and a large Jatnca Hart, "Winter on tho Hudao.i acnt by Mr. K. Morgan.

Near li ii 1'iloly'a, "The of loaned by Mr. 11. H. McAlp.ua, aud lloaauolaver'e "first HERALD, TUESDAY, N' Impressions," loaned by Mr. Robert L.

Stuart. The position of honor ou the south wall ia held by Mr. John Jacob tor's picture by Bouuat "Italian Children." near which are f. IS. Church's "Morning in the Tropica," owned by Mr.

H. 11. Bishop; Vautier's excellent German "Boat Station" scene, loaned by Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt; Cortazzo's "New Lord of the Village," sent by Kaoedler 4 and a good example of M. F.

11. de iiaas, "T'he Wrecked Steamer." On the west wall we note for the preaent an iSuatmau JohiiMon, Mr. J. Abner Harper's noble head of Joan of Arc, by Jacijuet; Coliuan'a "Port of Antwerp," Carl L. Brant's portrait of a child with a sweet face, loaned by Miss Murray; De Neuville'a "Incident of tho Siege of Paris," loaned by Mr.

Charlea Stuart Smitb; Troy oil's "Study of a Bull," owned by Schaus A and a Worms' "Le Habit Neuf," which belongs to Oovernor Lelaud Stanford, of San Francisco. IN TUB MOUTH Tho principal picture in the north gallery is a largo Munksczy, fu his earlier manner, owned by Miss Catherine Wolfe, "Le Mont de PUit6." Ou tho sat wall, near it. Is Maria's "Grandmother's Story," loausd by Mr. Robert L. Stuart.

The north wall ia one of the best bits of hanging in the exhibition. The central panel la occupied by a striking cattle Jiiece, by Anion Braitb, "The Coming Storm," oaned by Mr. S. B. Schieflelin; to the left of which is Markart'a strong "Turkey Seller," owned by Avery, and to tbe right W11) iam M.

chase's "Ready for the Ride," which belongs to tbe Uniou League Club. On the walls on aitliur side are placed ou tbe line. where they cm be seen, two canvases which were hung high in the last N. Swift's dramatic "Wreckers" and W. P.

W. Dana's "Ihach at Dinsn," loaned by Mr. Samuel Column. On the south wall st the sides of an unsatisfactory lull length portrait of Colonel Clark, presented to tho regiment by the artist iiicks, are (Justuve Prion's interesting "The Invasion," sent by Knoedler and Sbrever's "Arabs Fighting in ltetreat," from Marshall O'lloberts' collection. The latter gentleman has also on the same wall a "Flemish Landscape, with Sheep," by Verlat.

At the othor side of the Hicks is a large and superb Daubiguy "Evening," loaned by Knoedler Co. Among the other canvases in this room are a striking and powerful Josef Eastern warrior with his booty, swimming bis horse across a river, loaned by Mr. D. H. McAlpine, and Vibert's Important canvas, with its excellently told story, "The Sacred Concert," loaned by Mr.

John Jacob As tor. Places of honor are given in the south gallery to two Lefebvres, totally opposed to each other in seutlmeut aud treatment. Miss Wolfe's refined "Graziella." Illustrating lines of Lamartine, aud a superb, life-shtc, recumbent nude, savoriug strongly of tbo model, loaned by Mr. William Astor. Noar tbo "Qraziolla" is a moderate sited replica of Leroux's "Vestal Tuccia," owued by Schaus Ac and Kobn's example of Clays, from the Salon of this year, "The Port of Osteud." On tbe north wall, by the second Lefebvre, are Mr.

Avery's "Japonaiso," by Villa; his "lteflections," by pleasing Knoedler charming Carl Huff's "ltelating His Ail ventures." Another and larger uicture bv this nainter. which hangs iu tlio centre of the opposite wall in "Tho Unexpected Return," owned by Mr. Fairinsn Rogers, of Philadelphia. To tile left of tliie is J. D.

Smillio's Adirondack scene from the last Academy, and a good George Illness, "The Valley of the Saco," loaned by Mr. T. B. Clark. In this room are also Tiffany's Market Scene in Brittany," a little masterpiece by Rousseau, owned by Mr.

J. C. Runkle; Adricn Moroau's "Wedding Party," owned by Mr. Cornelius Vauderbilt; a large Scheuckof "Sheep in a Storm." loaned by Reichurd, and examples of Bristol. David Johnson, H.

P. Smith, Sartain. Deforest and Wiggins. In ouo of the smaller rooms is hung.a large selection of ancient and modern etchings and engravings from the flue collection of Mr. James H.

Claglioru, of Philadelphia. Iu cases in the centre are tastefully arranged terracotta statuettes, from Tarragoa and other localities, and Etrusoun vases loaned by Feuardent Co. Two other coses, placed in the centres of different galleries, contain a fine collection of bits of Chinese "single color" porcelain, owned by Mr. T. B.

Clarke, and specimens of various Chinese porcelains aud a valuable collodion of Japanese coins loaned by R. E. Moore. There are besides Persian metal vases aud irbedienne bronze replicas from Tiffany The hanging has been done under the direction of Mr. Carl L.

Brandt, who was assisted by Mr. C. Wolfe and at times by Messrs. Tiffany and De Forest. Among the objects in the interesting loan collection of brlc-a-brao of all kinds iu the "Old Curiosity Shop" of Company is the valuable collection of Peruvian antiquities owned by the Hon.

T. W. Gibbs, late United States Minister to Peru, described at length in these columns some months ago. Last evening a grand promenade concert was given by Grafulla's Baud, at which the first piece played was ltameri Villanora's "March Triomphale," written for the occasion and dedicated to the Ladies' Committee of Company G. The entire programme was given In Grafulla's best style, and was enjoyed by a great crowd of people.

The fair is to be open from three to ton P. M. daily, for two weeks. One company of the regiment Is to he on guard all the time, day and night, the Seventh preferring to do its own police work. "ENGLISHMAN'S" LETTER.

"a bbitisheb" disagrees with "an does "a genuine were those hundred englishmen a century complained lady speaks. To the Editor of the Is it possible that an Intelligent Englishman can bo so very stupid as to be so uninformed about the record of the Seventh regiment as your correspondent of to-day seems to be? I cannot believe that he la an Englishman. A GENUINE ENGLISHMAN. November 17. 1879.

shocking ignorance. To the Editor or the It is not that I think the "few questions" asked by "Englishman" in your Isbuo of to-day are not fully anawcrod in the note appended to his letter, but I must confess to my surprise that any genuine Englishman could accompany his questions with such remarks. I huvo read the Herald during the past thirty years, and can remember what I have often thought to be prejudiced reflections against Englaud and Englishmen, and now to mo it would be a small source of wouder that the Herald can let such remarks pass without comment were it not that 1 feel oouviuced editor conaldera them so coutemptiblo as to be beneath his notice. The Sevi nth needs no defender, and I do not propose to be its champion, although I have personal friends in its ranks. I was in this city in ltttil, aiu conversant with all the incidents appertaining to tne civil war from its commencement, and well lemouiher the enthusiasm which took the citizen soldiery away iroin their homes to meet whatever danger presented, and to oiler their Uvea aa a deleuce of the Union, mis, thcrerore, is unnecessary, ana it appears to me that the Herald has dspcudcd upon Englishmen to answer such remarks as aru made in apparent disparagement of the Seventh.

Cau it be Sossible they were written by an Englishman at this ay? I must say that 1 am very sceptical, for, certainly, bravery is by no means at a discount in the United States of America, and any Englishman who would publish such semlznenta must be very iguoraut of the history of the past eighteen years. BBTCUHEB. don't understand us over there. To thk Editoii ok ibs ah the daughter of Kuglish parents (democrats), the wife of an Uugliah repnblloau and the mother of four as line boys us tread New York straeta (though not old enough to belong to the Seventh), I tcei myself qualified to answer "Au Englishman." I hoar a great deal of this kind of talk when foreigners come here because they cau't get along at home. I honor Queen Victoria, and shook her non'a hand cordially nineteen years ago, but they don't yet understand us over tlioro.

K. SI. T. wait another ckktury. To EDrron ok tub I cau say, in answer to that "Englishman," that he had better ilrst gut the hundred men he speaks of that can whip the Seventh but 1 think he will have to keep the in tor another hundred years to teach thcui how to spell able Without a U.

AMEltlCAN. why honor thk seventh? To the Editor the Permit me to correct a few statements made in your answer to "Englishman" in your issue of this date. 1 no wish to detract fruui the glory of tlic bravo "Seventh," but your remarks about their thirty days' campaign aro greatly exaggerated. Tlio less said about that campaign, perhaps, the better. Let mo quote from your "note." The Niuth, Twenty-accond, Sixty-ninth and hevonty-tlrst will, no doubt, find the cttizeus of Now York equally us generous.

Very true, so far aiwtlie cltixeus aro concerned, they never tail to appreciate us; but why do the city authorities insko such a fuss over the Hevontli's parade? Why not clear the streets of vehicles and furnish au eacort of pollen tor other rojiuieuts when they parade? Are not their records equally brilliant with Ihoso of the gallant Seventh? "pia hardly isir to make such a distinction between the wiiou an nave alien uiatory attached to their respective NOVBAIBUI 17. 1870. AULINOTON. MOIIK QUKSTIONB ANKBD. TO thk KlIlTOll Of tub Tin- of the Now York Seventh regiment.

National Guard, null especially those of formor undoubtedly fool grateful to you for defending tho regiment In your yesterday' issue, but nllow flio to to your able Judgment tlia following the Seventh regiment dtiplny at tho present moment superiority of former daysV marching equal to that exhibited a lew ago? it not lack the spirit ot activity it lias boon kuown to possess for a number of In tho intercut of that regiment itself 1 submit these to the attention of tho mailers of your Journal. M. G. UAUD on tub "bumnnti" NKW Yuiik, Nov. 17.

1879. To thk knttoh or tub I notice In this morning's inane of your world valued jotirual a card irom "Englishman" aimed at the regiment, which 1 oouaider au iuault not only to tho Seventh, but to every other regiment and civilian in our country. Nouo but a brazen I need, self-conceltud, wiln boating Englishman could have penned such au article. What a nation England would huve boon to-day If hail given it Much a man, aay about ion years ago I With lila hundred or two common ho could have swept General Washington and his little baud out of usistenos. EIGHTH HEG1MENT.

OVEMBEE 18, fastness of hie. Some of the Bewildering Epochs of Creation as Explained hy Professor Proctor. MILLIONS OF YEARS MERE TRIFLES. Ti ft Planetary Life from Infancy to Oil Age. ti OUR SISTER VENUS, jj ti The Latest Theories Concerning the Un- fathomable Universe.

1 Chickering Hall was again last night the scene of a large and interested audience, the occasion being the third of Mr. Proctor's lectures on the of creation as revealed by the latest results of astronomical researches. The subject of the evening's discourse was the vastnesa of time, a topic broad aud far-reaching that in dealI ing with it the lecturer va.i at times obliged to treat of millions of years with the nonchalance that one in everyday life i would use tn referring to the lapse of a few minutes time. The cool manner also In which he dilated upon the gradual approach of the earth to the deplorable condition now occupied by the wit, a state of compiete absence of tar from enjoyable, although it was reassuring to reflect that such a state of afluirs would not probably occur for some few thousand odd million of years, more or less. From the babyhood of planets, when they were scarcely old enough to speak, to revolve upon their own axos, until the time when they became old and decrepid, the lecturer went with a facility of description that made one almost forget that the subjects under consideration were worlds compared to which our earth was a mere speck, a trifle not worth alluding to.

The various members of our own solar system were especially considered, and the construction and age of the moon, Macs, Jupiter, Saturn and the other bodies in the sun's family made plain to the uninitiated. The subject throughout was handled with the kill of master. The lecturer began by saving that when In the last lecture he had begun with apace, starting from earth und proceeding step by step to the larger members of tbe aolar system, I thence to tbe enormous spaces aeparat- I ing that system from surrounding systems until he Jbeeome lost in infinities of space, so in the present lecture he proposed to pass from the duration of our earth to the far longer duration of tbe great planets and sun, then to the duration of the solar system itself, and so to hlghor and higher orders of time till we become lost in its infinities. A difficulty at the outaet consists in determining the duration of the earth, nor are the numbers we deal with to be altogether relied on; still it seems clear from researches of geologists Into the earth strata and Into the effects of subarean denudation that during years the earth has been exposed to such host and light the sun at present pours upon her. From the experiment of Bischoff It seems that the preceding stage during which tbe earth was cooling front degrees to 200 degrees lasted 350,000,000 years, ami tbe preceding stage during which It was forming lasted during indefinite lengths of time.

We deduce from all our knowledge of tbe subject, said the lecturer, that the earth is, at the least, of years old. The principle underlying our aalculations is that the larger a globe Is the longer is tbe stage of its cooling. Adopting this p.an -as to Jupiter, it will be 3.500,000,000 years before he will reach earth's anil it will tako the sun ten times as long, or 85,000,000,000 years, to becomo as cool as the earth, whereas the moon was in the same state as our earth 420,000,000 years ago. After many more calculations of this sort of a nature to take away one's breath the Professor ordered the hall darkened lu order to illustrate the subject by the stereopticon. The first picture shown was the whirlpool nebula.

It illustrated the early condition of the solar system, a central aggregation where the sua of that forming system is one day to be; an external system to form the grand planet system and various minor aggregations to form remaining planets. According to this theory the lecturer explained, the universe was originally a marvellous mass of gaseous matter, which, by a process of revolution, developed into suns, planets and systems. The annexed cut illustrates the nebula THK WHIULPOOL NEBCt.A. Having at considerable length explained the nebula theory, the lecturer next had thrown upon tho screen another view of it, called the elliptical nebula, which he described as a similar whirlpool seen sidewise aud having flatness corresponding to the flatness of the solar system. The following is the cut of the MMft pniti The lecturer here deviated a few mlnutoa to descaiit 011 theories about tlie lieet of the nun ami the I eourcea of ita great energy, utter which he came to Jupiter.

Jupiter, observed tlio aatrouomer, as the of that planet was thrown upon tho screen, 1 Is a youthful planet. He la wrapped up, aa you perceive. In an enorntoue of eloutl of very small density, showing remarkable changes of outline from time to time ami proacnltuu a number of other features which can only bo explained on the theory that the real i planet lies far within the surface, which tho astro no- I liior sees ami measures. Concerning Jupiter's life, the lecturer explained that he (Jupiter) came into existence several hundred millions of years before our earth was born. The following sketch of our older brother will probably be of Several other sketches of Jupiter from different views were next shown and much interesting information imparted about his seasons and about his fu! ture.

The next picture thrown upon the screen was I Saturn. This pluuet was found to be In many reapecta similar to his brother planet, Jupiter. It was also shown that Malnrn'a seasons produced I no affect on the great equatorial belt. The lecturer 1 SHEET. ben considered the curious appearance called the ijuare shouldered aspect of he showed ho also in accordance with the theory that the planets are still instinct with their primeval ires.

'ihe following shows Saturn with its rings: SATUBH. The lecturer then passed to the planets which spresent the old age of worlds. Taking the moon rst, as the oldest of all within telescopic range, i explained that the dark regions of that body, nowu as tho lunar seas, but not really occupied water, are darker than the rest of tho surface, a suture which seems to suggest mat mey were i itleiently formed. The natural iuterpreta1011 of this is that they were ouce occuiu(l by wator and that at the buse of liesu luuar seas deposits were formed, presenting, lierefore, a different texture and tint from that of Ue higher regions. He considered the various stages the moon's earlier growth as illustrated by he craters, the ray systems and the wrinkles her surface, aud passed ou to consider he evidence that the moon lias neither seas nor atnoaphere and proved by logical reasoning that she devoid of nil planetary life.

The following picuro represents two of the most remarkable craters the planet. The lecturer explained at considerable eugth their structure aud probable origin. LCNA1I CRATERS WALTER AND WERNER. Tbo next picture shown was an imaginary landicape in tixe moon, drawn after the latest theories. IMAGINARY LUNAR LANDSCAPE.

ino screen was next occupied uy tiniou views or the ruddy planet of war, Mars. The lecturer showed that this planet, intermediate between the earth and moon in size, is intermediate also in condition, l'he seas have not disappeared altogether, but they are much less in relative extent than those of the earth. The accompanying picture of Mars was specially dealt with in illustrations touched on in a preceding lecture? if the satellites of Mars had the dimensions indicated by Professor Le Cont, of California University, they would be well seen when in transit, whereas, said the lecturer, they are not even visible with the most powerful telescope now that their true paths are known. THK PLANKT MARS. Another picture of Mars showed more distinctly the various divisions of land and water in that planet, concerning the details of which the lecturer ex- patiated at some length.

VKNCS. The planet, however, most like nnto our earth in every respect, said the astronomer, is Venus, and she can, indeed, bo called our sister planet. It is true we study her under many difficulties and un- favorable conditions, but from all we can learn about her she closely resembles tbe world wo nvo lu. Lean UK to tbe last lecture of tbe course tbe discussion of the bigher intervals of time required for tbe evolution of galaxies, the lecturer proceeded to show how tbe duration of tbe earth, measured though it must be by hundreds of millions of years, is bnt tbe merest second even in tbe duration of tbe solar system, and that in turn the merest second as compared with the duration or galaxies, whilo even the nuns of wous which galaxies endure are lost amid eternity. Mr.

Proctor concluded bis lecture by reciting the words of Goethe (translated by Ausley): See all things with each other blending, KhcIi to all its boing lomlinir, Kscli on all in turn depending, Heavenly ministers descending. Then again to heaven upteniling, Floating, mingling, interweaving; Kising, sinking and receiving. Knelt from each while each is giving On to each and each relieving pales of gold. The living current through the air is heevlng, Breathing blessings, see theiu bending. Balanced worlds front change defending.

Wnllu e. ery whore diffused is harmony unending. JUDGE BUADY ON GOOD DIGESTION. The great hall of the Cooper Union waa filled to overflowing laat evening. Judge John It.

Brady hav- i lug consented to lecture for the benefit of St. Kranna' Hospital, in East Fifth street. The subject was, "May Good Digestion Wait on Appetite and Health on Both." The locturor was in one of his happiest humors, and while at one moment he would hold the audience almost spellbound with his eloquence, tbe next they would bo iu rosrs of laughter at one of bis witty illustrstlons or humorous anecdotes. Uy tbe uac of such intellectual rspid transit be imperceptibly carried from tbe gorgeous Egyptian banqueting ball to the stale dinners at ancient ltnnie: from ltome to i Greece; theuco to Prance, England and last to "the land of the tree aud the homo of the brave." Ilia description ot an Egyptian leant wua particularly Interesting. "Ewers and were provided for the guests," ho they washed before dining.

Anointing was performed, aitcr which each guest was presented with a lotus tlower, which he held in his hand during the entertainment. Flowers were used necklaces, garlands for the head and formed into wreaths and devices wero hung on stands. Flowers did not Rtvo tho only perfumes used. Frankincense aud myrrh were used to givo pleasant and doubtless to prevent any sense of the savora of coming viands. It was strange that anything should bo required to make the viands aud acceptable, but It was said that cabbage was used to excite the palate before drinking.

The expense ot some ot these famous diuners of tho anclouts was enormous. Vitellus spent as much as for his daily suppers, and the feast which ho gave his brother Lucius cost over $200,000. Alius I Vesus spent upou a single entertainment, at which 1 only a dozen guests were present, aud Hellogabalua spent ou his supper every night." THE THliEE DIGESTIONS." Dr. T. 8.

Lambert lectured in Steinway Hall before an appreciative audience last evening on "The Three Digestions," uatug illustrative apparatus, drawings and samples. He explalued the location of the digestions and their respective uses, interspersing the more technical portioua of hia remarks with Interesting information on health. At the cloee of the lecture Dr. Lambert invited any members of the audience who might so clloose to ask questions on tny points that to them needed fnrther elucidation. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.

The clergy and Snnday school teachers of the Episcopal ehurohea In Urooklyn aud vicinity hold a convocation last evening in Bt. Jantea' Church, ltishop Ltttlejohu delivered au address on the scope and ltillueucn of the convocation. The litahop referred to the Brooklyn Sunday Hchoot Union, with which many Episcopal churches have heretofore cooperated, aud declared that it could not meet the wants of the diocese becauso there was uothing cliurchly In it. Tlte subject was disouseed briefly by Nostra. Dears, Van Hokkelau and others.

3 THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THE GRAND Jt'RT IN VEhTIGATINO THE CHABO0 AUAINHT SUPERINTENDENT TUo Grand Jury yesterday investigated the com. plaint against Henry J. Dudley, Superintendent of the Department of Buildings. preferred by the Taxpayers' Association, lie is charged with malfeasance in olHuo, bribery anu corruption, and illegal appointments and other violations or law.

Several witnesses were in attendance. Testimony was given by Timothy West and John lingers. President of tne Mechanics' Exchange. The further hearing of the case was udjourned till to-morrow. THE CASE OP INSPECTOR Nt'OINMS.

A Herald reporter yesterday asked Superintendent Dudley, of the Department ot Buildings, If he intended to suspend Inspector Kobert McGinnla against whom a charge of bribery was made in Jefferson Market Court on He answered. "No; 1 don't believe there in anything In it. He is man above any thing of the kind, and if I for a moment believed him guilty would remove him from office, lie been in the department longer than I have, and thin in the ilrst time that anything of tha kind haw ever been laid to his charge. Now, I will give you a history of thin caae. On September 7 I received a letter from one of the tenants stating that the building No.

lib 'third avenue was in a dangerous condition, and uniting me to have it examined. I immediately went there with Mr. Mediums and made an examination of the structure. I camu back, and the sume alteruoon. as you will see by this report, I reported it myself as uuwafe and a notice wuh served upon the parties.

found the floors biidly deflected, the foundations under the chimney badly bulged and in some cases decayed. 'X'he building was generally dilapidated. I ordered it taken down. Mr. McUiunis remarket! to me at tha time that he thought my decision was too sweeping.

A tew days later a Mr. XSodiue came to me and said he was the representative of Mr. C'husterman, the owner of the building, aud asked if I would not allow of its repair. 1 told liiin that from the investigation I made 1 thought it should he taken down, aud ha left. Mr.

Uillyard, a builder, and Mr. Hodiue called later and begged that would make another examination ot the building. With them and Mr. Mediums I made it, and Mr. llodiue then and thera stated that my decision was correct aud the building should couie dowu.

He also requested that 1 would tako no action in the matter until the following Tuesday, to euublu him to go White Plains and consult his principal, and also make some arrangement with tue tenant who had the lease, as he was learful that the latter might commence suit for ilin Kntlim TllAUldV. Uu September '20 I ordered a survey for tlie 24th. Ou the 23il Mr. McUiuuis and Mr. Hillyard into my ottico and stated that the tenant would sot consent to go out If the premises were ordered down, and would hold the owner responsible; that Mr.

Chosteriuan was old and feeble, and l( would a source of great annoyance to him, and Mr. Hills yard begged 1 wculd allow McOiuuls to go to tha remises again and see if certain repairs could not made to secure them until the lease expired, when they would tear it down. 1 at llrst objected, but finally allowed Mr. McOinnis to go there. On the 24th Mr.

llodjiie, as agent for the uwuer, signed an agreement to make everything safe and 1 countermanded the order for the survey. As I have already said, it I for a moment believed Mr. had been bribed, I would instantly remove him. Tlie action ail through has beou taken by myself, and certainly 1 have not been bribed." COAL DEAIiEK. ANOTHER ADVANCE ON LAST WEEK'S OUTLOOK FOR CONSUMERS.

The tendency of th? coal market is still slightly upward. About a week ago each of the leading coal companies issued a circular setting forth thst on and alter yesterday certain increased rates would charged. In regard to tho qualities most in demand for domestic purposes these circulars stated that price of chestnut coal would be (3 GO, and that for atove coal $3 75. Tho advance, however, took effect last Thursday, so that owing to an increased demand the companies anticipated the date mentioned in their circulars. Previous to this latsat announce xueut the companies were selling stove coaJ at $3 65, to which figure the price had a few days before jumped from $3 50, tho latter figure having been an increase of fifteen cents per ton over the recently prevailing rite.

A more definite idea of the steady advance villi, perhaps, bo gained when it is stated that since September 30 the price of stove coal has gone up about $1 37 per ton. The present ruling prices, as set by tho companies, are as lump, sleauiur and urate coal, $3 15 per ton; egg, $3 20; stove, $3 75, and chestnut, $3 CO. It will, of course, be uuderstood that these are the rates for coal on board the boats at the shipping points. These prices, although apparently high, are less than they were last year at this time, whan, for instance, stove coal was bringing $4 20 and larger sizes $3 75 and $3 85. Up to the 6th iust.

there was no uniformity in the price of chustuut coal as sold by the companion, but it is understood that the demaud has been so great, owing to tho large quantity ot that size being used in base burning stoves at thin season, that they all have advanced it to $3 CO per ton. So far as could bo ascertained In coal circles yesterday there is no combination existing between the several companies this winter, the better price I of coal being accounted for simply by the active demand for it, aud ou no other grounds. It is said that nndsr the old system, when the companies usod to think it necessary to torm a combination, the price was lower in winter thau in the summer mouths, and that that was due to tho continued heavy product without the demand. Now the coal producers say that they have got a demand which takes tho product far ahead of anything ever known belore. LAllOE SHIPMENT OF COAL DOWN THE OHIO, 1.11V TELEGBAPH TO THE Prrrsncno, Not.

17, 1879. The rise in the Ohio was higher than it waa at nrra expected to be, and the result has booh that 7,567,000 bushels of coal were sent down the river in barges. Of this 4,000,000 bushels go to Louisville anil 3,000,000 bushels to Cincinnati, where the present corner iu coal will be broken up. There is some fear that the water may subside, and that the rise may not be heavy enough to carry the boats through to Louisville. SUSPENSION OF AN APPRAISER.

Humors of fraud in the Custom House have for the last few days beeu the subject of talk among lucrchsnts. It was said that an official of some rank under Collector Merritt had become involved In certain charges of malfeasance in office. The charges spoken or imply the taking of valuable considerations from merchants whoso business was the importation or church ornaments and vestments, in order that iuvoicoa of goods might receive a lower classification in Axing the tariff tliaa they were entitled to. The frauds perpetrated in this way arc said to cover a period of Ave yeara and to nmouut to something like Collector Merritt was Interrogated yesterday by a Herald reporter concerning the affair, but he waa reticent. "Thero is some foundation for It," ha liually replied, "but I sin not st UDoriy to say anything about the matter.

It is in tUe Appraiser's Department: go to Mr. Dutcher and ask him." 8. K. Dutcher, tbu Appraiser, was foand In hla ortlco, and askud (or ininrmation touching the luystory. He can say uothinR about that.

I can state, however, that Assistant Appraiser Albert Uilbert was to-day suspended by ordor of the President." -What is the nature of the charges against "I presume it is in connection with the undervaluation case: but it is not in my province to state the These can be given only in the Trees ury Department." "Will the matter probably bo speedily brought to light?" "I presume thorc will be sn invcstigstlon at onee," answered Mr. Dutcher, as ho bowed to the qnan-s tioncr. LIFE SAVING PATBOL. Lieutenant W. C.

De Hart, aaelatant Inspeetoo of the life aaviug atationa on the Mew Jersey coast, under orders of Oeucral Superintendent Kimball began an inspection on Saturday of the life saving stations aloug tho coast. Beginning st Sandy Hook on his tour of inspection Lieutenant De Usrt drilled the csptain snd patrol, as well as tho boat crew, or each station, and a record of the name, age and height of each wan employed by the government, and their phyaical condition. Tho drill consists of manning the ltfo boats and "throwing the life line." The Iimporter expressed himself as well satlstled with the drills, wiurh were completed yeetenJay to 8ta? tlon No. 7, especially with the manner in which the captains and crews handled the new Kyle gun for throwing tho life saving line, the shots being with great precision. Tho Inspector at several tions north of Deal hail the life saving crews try the new monitor life saving rubber rait, and was pleased at the exhibition.

STREET PREACHERS AT ODDS. Pr. Kenyon. a street preacher, entered the Tombg Court yesterday with a grievance. On Sunday last, ho says, bo stopped into the Siloain Mission ia Water street, where he remained but a few minutes, when A.

rmot. another preacher, without prov oration, struck him in tho face, kicked him and ejected him. A summons was issued for Dermot, who appeared in Court In the afternoon. He denied I having assaulted Kenyon. Ho said the latter diaturbed the service lu the mission, waa remonstrated with, but persisted in being nolay, and wm than put out.

Justice Morgan promised tbat he would aea that each should treat the other with fairnaaa, and I the two preachers left..