DISTRIBUTION OF THE AMERICAN ART-UNION PRIZES At the Tabernacle, Broadway, New York, December 24, 1847 T. H. Matteson Del. Drawn on Stone by Davignon, Litho. of Sarony & Major will see that it is so. The Art Union managers commenced by intimidating and fighting the newspapers by suits of law. By and bye they will have enough of it—such a dose as will make them sick of law for the rest of their journey in this mundane sphere.88 Bennett had purchased a ticket of membership in the Art- Union from "one of the original subscribers," Richard M. Hoe,88 in order to enable him to carry out legal proceedings against the institution. He thereupon "applied for an injunction to restrain the American Art-Union from proceeding with the [deferred] distribution," which had been announced for March 30th. "The injunction was speedily dissolved," but on grounds which had no bearing on the legality of the lottery issue as set forth by the 88 Ibid., February 21,1852,4-4. 39Probably Richard March Hoe (1812-1886), manufacturer and inventor of the "Hoe rotary press." The Herald used printing presses manufactured by Hoe. 355