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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-28
THE SNOW STORM.

Yesterday New Workers were favored with another
snow storm as q sort OF variation to the clear, dry
and generally beautiful weather which has marked
the fall and winter season OF 1885, This has been o
somewhat remarkable year in this respect the tenn
perature having been unusually even for this lati-
tude, and the variations, when they have occurred
have been at considerable Intervals The lovers OF
sieighng are the only people who have had much
cause for complaint, as their favorte pastime has
been somewhat limited In Its indulgence for the best
Of all reasons-to w.t. lack OF opportunity. Snow h
rather necessary adjunct to a good days enjoy
ment on runners, under buYalo robes, behind fast
span and beside the prettiest pair of checks on
Bloomingdae road and however cheerily skater
may curve and prouette on Brussels carpets on his
parlor skates, no inventive genius has as yet been
exercised towards the perfection OF drawing room
sleigh.
The snow commenced falling yesterday morning
about O'Clock and fell without internlsson until
unaccompaned by wind, and the iIakcs were some
what feecy anG moist, indicating probable speedy
thaw Cnurcl-goers were but little embarrassed, az
class who actually objected TO the snow were the
skaters The steel.shod fraternity, however, or at
least the male portion OF 1t, who nave no qualms OF
conscience about the question OF Sabbath
breaking, had got to business before the
snow commenced falling and skated away
right merry until dark, pioughlng the rich white
fleece into myriads OF burrows and ridges as they
swept over the surface OF the ponds on their bur
nished irons, clearing the ice for themselves.
Urchins muflled to the ears; servant maids
with becfy, muscular arms, and quiet Old
men VINO have retired from active life and
while away time by "doing chores around
the house, were inspired by the poets touching
lines, "noe the snow, the beautiful snow" aud
pitched into IL with VIII, armed with dusi-p pans,
mattocks, br0oms and hre-shovels. .'5toops" SIDE
walks and areas presented .hc appearance OF sec
ton OF the Pacific Railway at this season OF the year.
on which excavations are going on. The city rail-
ways were somewhat clogged by the snow, but the
application OF snow ploughs and the doubling OF
teams soon surnrouDtcd the difficulties. few
sleghs were brought into rcquisi0n, and seemed to
point instnctyeiy In the direction or Central Park
and the boulevard. : ward evening the weather
moderated considerably aud the immaculate cover
ing OF the streets began 70 assume dim. sloppy
color and consistency. As night advanced there was
every indication that there would be no snow for
this mornings sun 10 thaw, and that whatever snow
didn't get down last night wouldn't get down nj All
In that attractive form, but would have to make Ia
deb,n as rain, which IL voted to be "disagrecabc,
very"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-28

A SAD CAsE-The suicide at Chicago Of
Mrs. Dickens, widow of brother of Charles
Dickens. The story was that she sent her
children to the house of her brother-in-law,
Mr. Lawrence, on Christmas Eve to take part
in getting up Christmas tree; that they re-
NAMED over night, and on their return home
in the morning discovered their mother on the
floor dead that she died from dose of NOR
phine, and that she had suffered much lately
from poverty, being dependent almost entirely
upon her friends for the necessaries of life.
Here some very unpleasant questions are sug-
gested in reference to Mr.. Charles Dickens.
On his late tour through this country of profit
and pleasure was he not aware of the distress
Of this poor widow and her children? And, if
aware Of it, why did he neglect to relieve her
from his reading receipts of two hundred thou
sand dollars? Considering the Astounding
benevolence Of Mr.. Dickens as q writer Of
Christmas carols and other sentimental stories,
is not the death of this poor widow on Christ,
mas Eve theme for the most touching Christ
mas carol ever produced? Sterne, Of the
Sentimental Journey" was sentimental only
on paper. Does Mr.. Charles Dickens belong
to the same school?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-28

GAS EXPLOSION AT THE OLYMPIC THEATRE. -
Unpublished yesterday the full particulars Of
this explosion, which took place about six
o'clock on Saturday evening, resulting only
in slight injury to single individual, and in
certain precautions on the part of the gas
company against further explosions and on
the part of the management and of the police
against the horrible dangers Of panic in
case such explosions should be repeated
during the evenings performance. But why
should the doors of the theatre have been
opened at all while the flames were still
raging in the vaults below it and the adjacent
building? It would appear that at any
moment during the evening on which the
lives Of thousands were thus left in jeopardy,
without hint or warning of their imminent
peril, q catastrophe might have occurred that
would have plunged many family into
mourning and distress. Ought not this case
to be fully investigated, in order to satisfy the
public that 1t is not another instance of the
proverbial and culpable Indifference to human
life with which foreigners too justly reproach
Americans?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-28

ERIE RAILROAD SPEoULATIoNs.-The Erie
Railroad Company are as much given to buy
ing up things in general as Mr.. Seward is to
going into real estate. The last purchase by the
Erie folks is the Bristol line of steamers, which
probably be run to Fall River when the Sound
navigation opens. They have already been
buying all the little side railroads in the State,
opera houses, coal mines and other floating
material. How they expect to manage all these
enterprises when they make such precious
middle of their own road it is hard to conceive.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-28

THE SPEAKERsHIP.-It is understood that
there will be no repeal of the law which pro-
vides that the new Congress shall meet on the
day Of the expiration of the old Congress-that
u.s. the 4th Of March. Accordingly, as on that
day Speaker Colfax becomes Vice President
of the United States and President of the SEN
ate, the question who is to be next Speaker Of
the House is beginning to be agitated. There
will be plenty Of candidates. Already, 1t
appears, Mr.. Dawes "a competent man) is
named in behalf Of Massachusetts,, General
Banks being reported as having declined in
his favor. Otherwise General Banks, having
been tried and approved as a very efficient
Speaker, would doubtless hold the inside track
as q candidate for another term
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-28

THE BUCKET OF WHITEwasH.-Binckley
calls Van Wycks report on the revenue frauds
a bucket Of whitewash. II might be well II, in
why Mr.. Van Wyck did not examine such
witnesses as Captain G.. B. Davis and make
him produce his papers, which, 1t is said, the
President and Secretary McCulloch desired
should be done, or Mr.. Ed. Jordan, who has
in his possession the secret service division
reports. Either of these gentlemen could no
doubt have given much important information
about the revenue frauds and whiskey rings
but perhaps their testimony would have
spoiled the spotless purity Of Mr.. Van Wyck's
whitewash.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-28

HAPPY SAN FRANCISCO. last quota
tons of flour in San Francisco are reported at
"a rs and s. rs in gold, or say sc 40 and
81 IS in greenbacks. In New York for SINH
lar brands we pay from twelve to fourteen
dollars in the national currency. Happy San
Francisco! where gold is the circulating
medium, where labor is in demand and where
-four and oil the essentials Of life are cheap as
dirt! What is an occasional earthquake as a
drawback to the Queen City Of the Pacific
against such advantages as these?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-28

THE NEWS FROM CUBA.-Our special tele-
gram from Havana brings us the rumor of
landing of filibusters in the bay of Cochinos,
on the south side of the island. This bay lies
inside of the Isle of Pines, and its shore is
deep marsh, which extends for miles inland.
If the flibusters have landed there they have
made the worst selection that could have been
made, and are, for all practical purposes,
further from the seat Of war in Cuba than they
would be if they had remained at home,
wherever that place may be. From Santiago
and Manzanillo we learn that the Spanish gar
risons and inhabitants remaining in those
places are reduced to great straits for the
want of food, the communications with the
interior being cut off by the insurgents. An
other despatch from Havana brings us an
account Of a battle at Moron, in which the in
surgents are officially reported as having been
routed. The Spanish loss is stated to have
been one killed and eight wounded but the
revolutionists assert that their opponents suf-
fered heavily. The Spaniards claim to have
captured considerable quantity Of strychnine
among the insurgents baggage, as also large
number of horses. The loss of the rebels is
not stated. The lighthouse at Lucretia Point
has been destroyed by the revolutionists and
navigation of the Bahama Channel endangered
in consequence.
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Tho Eastern Question and the Proposed
Conference.

Conference.
From cable dispatches which we print this
morning it will be seen that the Sublime Porte
has not yet given its consent to the proposed
conference. 1t appears that none of the sug-
gestions which have been made as to the final
disposal of the island of Gambia meet the
appreciation Of the Sultan's government. They
are not willing to sell it or to proclaim 1t in
dependent; and many will agree with them
in regarding its transfer to Egypt asNsimply
absurd. Egypt held it from 1880, when it
was given ii by the allies as indemnity for the
losses sustained at Navarino until 1910, when
it was restored to the Porte; but those ten
years were in some respects the most wretched
In the history OF the island. The resistance Of
the Porte seems to have created some division
OF sentiment among the great Powers.
England, it seems, adheres to her ancient
policy. France and Austria are less decided:
Prussia and Russia are supposed to be Of one
mind, and, Of course, in sympathy with
Greece. Garibaldi, looking forward to q
struggle between the republicans and the
determined movement on Rome, and, OF
course, to a general European row, bids the
Cretans to be Of good cheer and to bide their
time. In spite, however, Of the rashness OF
the Greeks, the obstinacy Of the Turks and
the predictions Of Garibaldi, there Is good
reason for believing that the influences in favor
Of peace will prevail.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-28

OF Milwaukee; ID. w. Benedict, OF Buffalo, and w. r.
Grfnths, OF Philadelphia, at the Hoffman House.
Captain j. Saunders aud Captain w. Edmond, OF
the United States Army, and DR.. y. W. Gross, OF
Philadelphia, are at the st. Charles Hotel.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-28

VINO COMPROMISED THE WHIsKEY FRAUDs?-
How did il happen that Van Wyck never told
in his report who 1t was that compromised the
first whiskey seizure for seventy-five thousand
dollars, and who compromised the second one
for forty-two thousand dollars, and into what
honorable Congressmans hands the money
went? This would have been an interesting
item.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-28

Sumner and Butler on Specie Payments.
1t is said that Senator Sumner is preparing
a speech in favor of immediate resumption
of specie payments, and that General Butler
is preparing one to show that speedy resump-
ton is impossible. Thus we see Massachusetts,
is divided on the question. In this contest
Butler will win; for he is practical and brings
large amount Of common sense to bear upon
the subject, while Sumner is a mere theorist
and compounder OF high flown sentences We.
suppose there will be a vast amount of speech
making the present session in both houses Of
Congress on this question and the finances
generally, and the more because few under
stand these matters. 1t affords fine oppor-
tunity for getting off Congressional platitudes
with which to astonish the ignorant. But we
have no idea that anything practical will be
accomplished. There is too great diversity
of opinions and too little time to work up and
pass any useful law between this time and the
4th of March. And in the present state Of the
public mind and ignorance of Congress it is
better, perhaps, that it should be 80. Con-
gress should let the currency and the question
Of specie payments alone, and spend the re-
naming time Of this short session in reducing
expenditures and taxes, in providing for the
efficient collection of the revenue, and in clear
ing away the Tenure of Office law and other
obnoxious laws for the incoming administra-
ton. We recommend Sumner and Butler to
reserve their fire for more opportune occa-
sion.
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Revenue Frauds-New Orleans Ahend OF
Now York.

There is evidently some necessity for recon-
struction in the revenue service in Louisiana,
If it be true that with forty distilleres In ope-
ration the tax collected on whiskey is not sufi-
cient to pay the storekeepers. We can readily
believe that the department is very corrupt in
that quarter; but we had scarcely supposed it
could be worse than in our own city. How
ever, anything may be true Of the whiskeY
thieves, especially in disorganized country
more especially in Louisiana. Let us console
ourselves with the reflection that there is
good time coming. Already General Grant
has sent two Of his staff officers down into
Louisiana and contiguous places to look into
the practical working of the government
machinery there, and it is, therefore, probable
that he will go into the Presidency with some
positive knowledge as to what ought to be
done; and no one can doubt that he will do IL.
The real difficulty the administration has Ia
contend with in regard to whiskey corruption
is the astonshingly positive declarations that
are made both ways on any given point.
There is general notion in the human mind
that when both sides of story are told
shrewd people can give some guess as to
which side is telling the truths but this notion
never applies in the whiskey business; and
we doubt if the President is not now the most
absolutely bewildered man in the world in re-
gard to who are the honest men and
who are the whiskey stealers in any
district. General Grant starts we'll in going
at the facts in his own way, and will not be
compelled to choose for his information be-
tween the stories Of the two sides
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much greater must be the evils complained of
when private monopoly holds such mighty
engine as the telegraph in its grasp and Is
irresponsible and unrestricted In the use 1t
may make Of its power We have already
seen the bad effect Of our present system In
the recent attempt Of the telegraph monopoly
to coerce the press into its support against the
proposed government reform by means OF the
threat of discontinuance of its existing news
contracts and the increase of its rates. We
have seen also that great many public jour-
nails have sometimes feared to advocate their
own rights and independence, lest they should
awaken the wrath of the telegraph monopolists.
But the more Independent and influential
newspapers all over the United States are now
advocating the adoption of the government
postal telegraph system as needed and de-
sirable reform, and Congressman Washburne
may be assured that in vigorously pushing his
bill forward as soon as Congress reassembles
ne will receive the sympathy and approval OF
the press of the whole country. The news
reports for the daily journals are the feature
of telegraphing Of the most value and interest
to the masses of the people. The British Par
lament, recognizing this fact, has in its Pos
tai Telegraph act precluded the government
from entering into contracts more advan-
tageous to one newspaper than to another;
and this ought to be a provision of law in any
case, no matter in what hands the telegraph
business may be.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-28

CoMPoUNDNe FRLoNY.-Attorney General
Evarts has declared that every compromise
made In the case of seizure under the inter
nal revenue laws was q fraud, and the parties
implicated were guilty of compromising q
felony. II is stated that compromises have
been made with no less than seventeen whiskey
firms and more than hundred houses Of
tailors, cloakmakcrs, bootmakers and others.
But Van Wyck could not find out the partiesin-
volvcd, or ifhe did he has not chosen to tell us
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-28

PIXIES OPERA HOUSE. corner OF Eighth avenue and
Sd street.-CHANsoN DE FoRTUNIo-LEs BAvARDs.
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FRENCH THEATRE. Fourteenth street and Sixth ave-
nae-GFNEyIEvR DE BRABANT-BARBx BLUE.
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OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway.-HUxrrY Duxrrr.
WITH NEW FEATURES.
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

NIBLos GARDEN. Broadway.-ArTER DARK; or Lon.
poS BY NIGHT.
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a Nem nanscr-An .AsinIIc Invasion.

4 New Dangcr-An .AsIRIIc Invasion
An eminent scholar and political
philosopher writes to the New York
Times AZ follows concerning ques-
ton which ere long must become one
OF the gravest questions for this conn
try:
"What is 10 be done with the Chinese
iHdur The subject Is becoming very
serious Our age Is n migration OF ma
tions, but II is peaceful, while the Ola
migration of nations was waTlike.
Twice WAS the Cis.CaucasiRn race III
Europe obliged to rebel the Monaghan
Influx, which was setting in like Il
Spring tide. II WAS done by most san
culinary war. speak OF the two most
notable cases only. Where would CIV
ilization be had Attila not been driven
back in one OF "the Five Greatest Bat
tles,'' and had the MougOliHnS, having
already overrun Russia, not been beaten
in Silesia centuries lHter7 Now that
ever-swnrming MOngoltRn race tit, 1t
seems, for nothing 30 much as for an
almost rn..Iike reproduction, invades
our IerrilUry; but it isa peaceful inva-
sion, and. perhaps, only the more dan
ReTOuS on that account. How are we
to keep them back9 VIII they always
return, after having made some money?
They will gradually become more Hc-
CuStOIneu 10 reIlldlUs AIu Suhll OuE a.
cifc districts become MOngOifcGt-a
piece OF Asia, overlapping on Ameri-
Gu? What prospect! Where is the
remedy? The subject is very grave
one. Is the developed White Race to
rule this earth and ultimately to spread
over the globe, or are other races par
TALLY to absorb IL? Theories do not
help us in cases OF this magnitude. You
recollect that ABSORPTION or extinction
OF a race has OF itself nothing pitlful in
il to my mind. II is not similar to the
death of an Individual. There Is no
extinction OF life in the matter. The
armory of souls furnishes quite as
many individual lives after the extinc-
tion of n race as before: generally far
more. Extinction OF Il race means
only non reprod ction, except in cases
of bloody eXtirpation; and OF those 1
do not speak"
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The beautiful extract below is from
the pen OF Hon. George s. billiard.
81 confess that increasing years bring
with them increasing respect for men
who do not succeed in life as those
words are commonly used. Heaven ID
said to be the place for those who have
not succeeded on earth; and It Ia surely
true that celestial graces do not best
thrive and bloom in the hot blaze OF
worldly prosperity. lllsuccess some
times arises from superabundance OF
qualities in themselves good-from a
conscience too sensitive, a taste too
fastiduousr a self-forgetfulness too 70.
mantle, modesty too retiring. 1 will
not go so far AS TO say, with living
poet, that the world knows nothing oil
ihe greatest men, but there are forms
of greatness, or at least excellence,
which die and make no ign;' there
are martyrs who miss the palm but not
the stake; heroes without the laurel,
and conquerOrs without the triumph =
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rn. r,enealsor adrerfisInr.

The shrewdest business men the
world over, have availed themselves of
the facilities offered by the press for
placing their business fully and ex-
plicitIy before the public. The result
has been, without exception, largely to
thei- advantage. Indeed large and
successful business can hardly be con.
Quoted DOW without frequent commu-
nica;ion with the public through liberal
advertisements. We do not think any
man will dispute this proposition. The
following statement by an old advertis-
ing agent, is just in point:
To the Editor Of Tie Cincinnati Chronicle
The necessity of thorough but Judi
cious system of advertising was never
so fOrcibly impressed upon my mind as
it has been within the past Jew weeks,
although 1 have studied advertising
closely for eighteen years.
Win my customers those that have
advertised largely and have not cur.
tailed the amount of their advertising
through the strinGency OF our money
market, have, TO my surprise, paid up
in full promptly as accounts became
due. but not go with those that have
curtailed and advertised sParingly;they
find II difficult TO settle small accounts.
5. Ii. PARvIS,
Pioneer Advertising Agent.
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Pioneer Advertising Agent.


VERY general regret is expressed in
Republican circles al Washington Mt
Commissioner Rollins expressed deter
mination TO resign. This Is said TO be
the feeling of nearly all the Republican
members of both branches of Congress.
They think 1t would he very bad for
the country Ia have him leave at New
Years, as he wishes to do, IA they are
confident the President would not APP
point any one whom the Senate could
properly confirm, and the Office would
therefore have to DO run by deputies
till Gran. gets into the White House.
Very many leading men nre urging
Rollins TO remain til March. He is
greatly opposed to so doing, but some
Senator of the Finance Committee, and
some members OF the Ways and Meaus
Committee. who have talked with him,
express the hope that he will next week
reconsider his determination and con-
sent to hold the place, whatever the
personal sacrifice. iii the end of John
sons administration. The President
meantime is canvassinS The merits of
half dozen applicants Jor the place,
ana promises to give the Senate "a new
Inhn next week.
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PuIo blood IMAGES us well, bad blood
makes ussick. Vapors from poorly dIgested
food in the blood are condensed upon the
various organs. and serve TO make them
grow or repair their waste. Organs made
with a greater or lesser proportion OF such
materials cannot be sound. II the bad con.
dillon OF blood continues but for n few day
or weeks tho body will be out Of FORTS; and II
II continues. the whole Of the body will in
time bs renewed with imperfect blood, and
the health bad; 1t Is In n decIine-popuIarly
called a consumption.
Now Brandreth'd Pills penetrate the whole
mass of blood, causing the expulsion OF inn
purlties, the body feels relieved from a single
dose-vhRt then mny be expected from
twenty? By continuing their use the whole
OF the blood In time becomes purified, and
the body reconstructed from good material,
the decline stoppt d, and new lease OF life
secured. Principal onlcs, Brandreth House,
New York. Sold by all druggists.
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