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The New York herald., 1870-06-11
PoLIrIcAL Mo1es ANp COMMENTS.

Dialogue in Whttemore's dstrct-"wat you
tlnk, Cesar, about de 'lectiona Has Brudder Wit
tembOre won ober Mas Dunn?' 'sYou better
b'liebe 1t. Mas Dunn done gone up in big bal
loon-suah He got no forty acres and pair OBJ
mules to glib to de poor culud man for his vote,
like Brudder Wittemboro." "You got dem forty
acres an dem mules, Cesarr' ''Not for suah.
'Sppse dey come In de nex' 'mendment to de
cons'tutlon."l "Yah yah spec dey WILL Good
mornin', Mister Cesar" "Good mornn', Mister
Pomp" EXIT Pomp.) Cesar 1oQMtur)-"I won
der wat de debbi dat foolish virginny niger s
lafin' at"
The Indianapolis Journal republican, wants 1t TO
be distinctly understood, "once for ALL that D. 8.
Goodng is the democratic candidate for Congress In
the Fourth ndiana) district, though from the pecu
liar silence the Sentinel (democratic maintains to
his candidacy 1t may well be doubted whether he is
fully recognized Of the household of faith. Mr..
Gooding, we believe, was United States Marshal OF
the District OF Columbia during the administration
Of Andy Johnson.
JP G. Shanks has been renominated for Congress
from the Indiana Ninth district Shanks ought to
run well If he relies upon his own legitimate re-
sources,
The New York herald., 1870-06-11

The PRESIDENT IN THE SENATE.
Sumner assais the President of the United
States for what he has done or left un-
done, it is not clear which, in relation to the
st. Domingo treaty. 1t is one of the easiest
things in the world to find fault, and it is not
even very difficult to impute motives, so the
gentleman from Massachusetts finds himself
equal to both; but If he could measure his
sayings and doings by the estimate that others
make of them rather than by his own partial
fancy he would not invite comparison be-
tween his own record and that of the Execu-
tive. He is only Chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, and If that gives him
authority to scrutinize the Presidents acts
with regard to foreign countries 1t does not
quite require the President to substitute the
thoughts Of Sumner for his own. No man has
ever yet seen any reason to doubt the fair
balance of the Presidents mind or his patri-
otic purpose, while it is notorious that Sumner
holds patriotism as Of less consequence than
devotion to the interests of class, and is an
empty enthusiast, whose balance is only GER
tain 30 long as there is no new vanity Of
philanthropy to disturb it. 49,
The New York herald., 1870-06-11
IMPURE WATER FO2 JERSEY CITY.

Something for the People Of Jersey City to
Reflect Upon-Condltion of the Water Sup.
ply from the Passaic.
During the past three weeks numerous complaints
have been made In Jersey City that the water sup
Piled to h0usehoders was becoming polluted from
some cause or another, but the Water Commission
ers were too much engaged In putting other little
jobs through, In the way Of removals and appoint
ments OF officers, to attend to the natter AS the
Commissioners lent deaf ear to the complaints
HERALD reporter made a tour OF inspection while
the Commissioners were enjoying themselves at the
expense of the CITY, and the following Is the result
his observations:-Tbe Paterson Gas Company turn
out all the refuse Of their concern into the Passac
and gas tar as well all kinds OF rubbish from the
establishment may be seen floating down the river
as far as the Dundee dam, where 1t accumulates
and lies to the depth OF about half inch the sur
face. Dead nsh in hundreds are thrown up on
are are located at BelieviIe, on the III Passac
river. The water runs through a large pipe to the
reservoir In the late city OF Hudson, where there
Is an abundant quantity OF fish. From this IL again
passes down TO the lower districts of Jersey City
Now, If the source be at all polluted it can be easily
en IN y e es ma'1 w e
several miles OF pipe and into reservoir which at
the best Of times is not, strictly speaking, In .
really clean condition. 1t is only In the summer
season, however, that the impurities are de.
tected in the very taste Of the water
The Water commissioners OF Jersey City, 1t s well
known, frequently drive in carriages to the water
works at Bellevle and entertain crowd OF friends
to champagne dinner oil at the expense OF te un-
fortunate taxpayers. The bill presented ed to the the
President OF the Water Board last year amounted to
more than So O00-somethlng amazing when one
takes into account the benefits conferred py tne drive
on the poor people, many OF whom are barely pro-
vded with the necessaries OF life, while these gen.
tlemen are INDUCING without any cost 70 themselves
The New York herald., 1870-06-11
MuaD:aous OUTRAGE ON L0AG ISLAND.

About nine O'Clock on Thursday evening des-
perate assault was made upon coored woman,
named Jane E. Smith, in the village Of Jamaica,
L. l. The woman was in the employ OF DR.. c. Ii.
Barker and at the time OF the assault was passing
along Clinton avenue near Warkurck avenue, when
she was seized by coored man named George
Garrow. She cried for help, when she was
Knocked down and badly beaten Her skull was
fractured, and it Is thought that her injuries are
charged with having committed the assault, and
the Injured woman has identified him as the guilty
person. John NJ Crane, President OF the village Of
jamaica had offered reward OF $500 for the arrest
and conviction Of the person who committed the out
rageous assault. r.~a q. ..ss.,,. s1... yr-r
fne woman Is now lying in a very critical Con-
diton at the residence Of DR.. Barker. Two large
stones, covered with blood, were found at the place
where the outrage was committed, and they were
undoubtedly the missiles used by the brute in his
murder0us attack upon the woman.
The New York herald., 1870-06-11

sJUsTICE TO" AND IN IRELAND.-The
Gladstone Coercion bill is in complete opera
tion before the judges in Ireland. 1t works
speedily, and it may be efficiently, as a measure
of pains and penalties against crime. Two
men, named Gearty and Brady, have just been
tried before special commission of the judges
for an attempt at murder. They were imme-
diately convicted-although two juries had
previously disagreed-and sentenced at once
to penal servitude. Premier Gladstone is
efficient as reformer Of public morals as well
as Of State religion.
The New York herald., 1870-06-11
The Jockey Club Spring Racos-Fourth

The Jockey Club Spring Races-Fourti'
and Closing Day ut jerome Park.
This will be the final day Of the spring meet
ing Of the American Jockey Club for 1870,
and, should the weather permit, the scene will
cap the climax in gay and fashionable compa-
n.y. in beautiful and high-bred horses and in
dashing equestrian sport. The experience OF
the past week has taught all observers that no
dependence is to be placed upon lowering skies
visible here in the morning and the additional
fact has been conspicuous that frequently,
while the sky Immediately above the city will
be completely overcast, with even brisk rain
falling, there will be sunshine and dry roads
at short distance away in the country. This
was the case on Saturday and Tuesday last;
and on Thursday, when appearances were
the least encouraging, both atmosphere and
ground were delightfully."- favorable to the
races.
Should this morning open clear the roads
and the track will be in prime order, and the
concourse of visitors will far surpass all that
has hitherto been seen in Jerome Park. Thou
sands who were kept away by the frowning
skies of Thursday will be determined to see
the grand ''fnish, where they will have an
opportunity Of inspecting the already victo-
rious steeds and the distinguished Aa6itu6s of
the Park, whose names they have SO repeatedly
read Saturday, moreover, is half holiday
for large class Of New York business people
who cannot so readily escape during the week.
We may, then, very reasonably expect daz-
cling spectacle on the uptown avenues, in Har-
lem lane and around the rolling amphitheatres
of hill and vale near Fordham. The month of
full blown blossoms has just attained perfec-
ton and the country is decked like young
bride, joyous in the solace of the heart and
the consciousness of freshest youth and ripen-
ing loveliness -
For 10 the winter is past. the rain is over and
gone;
singing OF birds Is come, and the voice or the turtle
| is heard In our land.
AS we have seen it all the week, few more
innocent as well as delightful places of rural
enjoyment could be imagined than Jerome
Park, where perfect order, propriety, respect
ability give special grace to the amenities and
courtesies of life, dispensed by noble corps
of refined and high-toned gentlemen. The
fair ones will, we feel convinced, require nc
second invitation to arise and 60 forth with
the west wind to the breezy hills and verdant
| fields of Westchester.
The New York herald., 1870-06-11
Congross-RailrOad Jobs-The Cuban Lobby
investigation.


Railroad jobs occupied more than their share
of attention in the Senate yesterday. Mr.
Pomeroy moved to take up the bill granting
land subsidy to the central branch OF the Union
Pacific Railroad. Mr. Thayer opposed the
motion, and wanted to know the reason for
this pressure to take up this bill, when it
was almost impossible TO get any other
bill in the morning hour. Another rea-
son Mr. Thayer had for opposing the
motion was that he had similar bill to in-
troduce, which chshed with that of Mr.
Pomeroy. The bill to abolish the franking
privilege was taken up and discussed by
Messrs. Morrill, and Sumner the latter
opposing it as being destructive and not con-
structive-a crude, raw measure, full OF faults
aud opposed to the interests of the people
An evening session was held, at which bill
was reported appropriating fifty thousand
dollars as payment of the expenses Of Spotted
Tail and Red Cloud and their suites during
their visit to Washington and for the purchase
of presents for these savages.
The House, with the astuteness rightfully
attributed to that body, dropped all public
business for while to look after newspaper
correspondent who had inadvertently maligned
Representative Fitch, of Nevada, by giving
synopsis of the testimony sworn to by N. B.
Taylor before General Buffers Cuban Investi-
eating Committee. After venting vast deal
of unnecessary spleen upon the press in gen.
eral and New York correspondents in particu-
lar, the House resolved to expel the obnoxious
correspondent from the reporters gallery,
and accordingly the Sergeant-at-Arms placed
the unlucky correspondent at the bar of the
House, where. after being lectured by the
The defence appeared to put new face upon
the matter, and instead of expelling the cor
respondent the House referred the subject to
special committee for investigation. Yester-
days vote tabling Mr.. Davis Naturalization
bill was reconsidered and the bill recommitted
to the Judiciary Committee The House pro-
ceeding to consider the Senate amendments to
the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appro-
priation bill, Mr.. Dawes called attention
to the fact that said amendments were two
hundred and ifty-six in number, all of them,
with two or three exceptions, adding to the
amount appropriated, including five hundred
thousand dollars to commence work on the
new State Department, to cost over six mil
lion dollars. The amendment excluding from
the Court of Claims all persons who had par
ticipated in the rebellion, Notwithstanding
their having obtained pardons, was disagreed
to, and substitute adopted excepting the
cases when such pardon or amnesty was
granted during the rebellion by President
Lincoln. ltis to be hoped that the House will
adhere to its substitute. The amendment of
the Senate was sr post facto in its character,
and wholly unworthy place upon the statute
book.
The New York herald., 1870-06-11

PAGE
1-Advertisements
2-Adyertlsements
3-Advertisements
A-Ediorals Leading Article on the Death OF
Charles Dckens-The Masonic Grand Lodge
Impure Water for Jersey City-New York City
News-Personal Observation-Disclosures Out
rage on Long lsland-Politlcal Notes and Com
ments-Capture Of Panel Thief-Death Of
William Sebach-Amusemen Announcements.
5-Teiegraphic News from All Parts OF the Worlds
Parliamentary Opposition to Premier Glad
stone Irish Convictions Under the Coercion
Bill; Spanish Battle with and Defeat OF the
Brigands; German Royal Communion with
Russia Mr.. Ashburys Hopes Of the Ocean
Yacht Race; Death Of Charles Dickens
The Murder on the SOund-Cass Day at
Columbia College-Sparring Match Between
Mace and Heenan-Jerome PARK Races
Jersey Railroad Troubles-European Mail
News-Sentence Day In Jersey Cty-More
Freeovism In Newark-Buslness Notices.
6-New York City and Brooklyn Courts-The Myers.
Schroeder Case-BrOoklyn City News-Kings
County SupervisOrs-The Recent Casualty on
the Grand and FOrty-second Street Railroad
Financial and Commercial Reports-The De-
partment OF Public Parks-Fraud on the
Founding Hosptal-Marriages and Deaths
Advertisements.
1-Adyertlsements.
6-WashinQton Final Council OF Secretary Cox and
the Indian Delegation: Newspaper Cores
pondent at the Bar Of the House; Senate Dis
cussion OF the Bill Apolishing the Franking
Privilege - Shipping Intelligence - ADVERTISE
mentS
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The Rish. Sort of women's Rights.

The Southern Women's Bureau, which has
recently been organized at Cooper Institute
under the presidency of Mrs. S. r. Wells and
the auspices Of number of prominent ladies
of this city and Brooklyn, is about the best
exponent of the true aim of womens rights
that has yet come to our notice. The question
of suffrage has nothing to do with it, Some
of the lady members are advocates of that pc
culiar offshoot of feminine rhapsody, and others
are not but most of them are ladies of literary
emnence, and believe in the right Of woman to
earn her living in the paths of literature, art,
the professions, the trades, or in any honorable
way that she may deem best. As Mrs. Hol-
loway, the secretary of the association, says,
the Bureau aims at practical woman's rights,
especially in favor of the women of the South,
who have been impoverished by the war, and,
owing to those chivalric notions in that section
which have always secuted the idea of inde-
pendence in woman, are now sadly in need of
the ways and means by which to earn their
subsistence. There are many of these women
we'll enough educated to fill well and ably po-
sitions in the higher rank of the professions or
the arts, but who, either by reason of this mis-
taken devotion, or for want of means, are de-
barred even from teaching school or music or
following any business that may return them
an income. This Southern Women's Bureau
proposes to extend aid and counsel to these,
and thus, while philanthropically helping the
needy, it is quite likely to assist social recon-
struction by the infusion of healthy Northern
notions into the Southern mind.
The New York herald., 1870-06-11
The Great Railroad DIonopoiists and Rights
Of the People.

The Great Railroad MonopoIists and Rights
Of the People.
The war between the magnates Of the New
York Central and Erie railroads is suggestive
of the state of things that we may see hereafter
If the government should not undertake some
control over these vast monopolies. The quar-
rel between two or three individuals who con-
personal animosity, ambition or cupidity, may
at any time throw the business of the country
into confusion and subject the travelling pub
lie to great inconvenience. The fight between
Vanderbilt and Fisk and Gould would be OF
little or no consequence to the public If 1t only
affected their private affairs; but when mil
lions of people and the commerce and business
of the country are deeply involved 1t becomes
serious matter. We do not refer here at all
to the merits of the difficulty between Wander
bilt and Fisk and Gould, but simply call atten-
ton to the danger that may arise from such
gigantic monopolies. The railroad interests
are consolidating very fast, and at this time all
the great lines to the West, and, to great
extent, through the West, arc in the hands OF
some six or eight persons. This coqsolidation
and Capitalization of power will 60 on, and the
time is not distant when nearly all the interior
commerce and the travelling public will be at
the mercy of a few railroad magnates. Con-
gress has power under the constitution, and it
is the duty of that body, to regulate commerce
among the several States. It will have to do
this with the railroads in order to protect the
people, and the sooner it begins to legislate on
the subject the better.
The New York herald., 1870-06-11
The Reported Hole in Salt Lake.

The news from Utah that the hitherto mys-
terious outlet of Salt Lake had been dis
covered in the shape of maelstrom, or what
might be called funnel, through which the
waters poured into some mysterious region
under the earth, has excited some curiosity.
Indeed, it appears that number Of savans are
already about to proceed to the scene OF the
rumored Whirlpool in order to investigate the
new-found mystery. OF course the story Of
vessel being whirled around at fearful rate
of speed, as the dispatches state, over the
mouth of this tremendous hole are absurd.
light schooner could not long stand the sue
ton of such maelstrom as this is described
to be. Scylla and Charybdis were dangerous
spots for ancient mariners, and they conse-
quently avoided them; but probably the navi-
gators of the great Salt Lake are not endowed
with as much caution.
1t will turn out when all the facts are de-
veloped that this reported whirlpool in Salt
Lake is not an outlet to that body of water;
but if any such thing exists at all 1t is, most
likely, the hot spring which has always been
known bubbling up on the western borders of
the lake. When Fremont was on his explora-
ton in that region in l844-and he was the
first who struck the Salt Lake-he was met by
trappers, who informed him that if he pursued
his course westward he would find lake Of
salt water having no outlet but hole in the
bUttom-a maelstrom, In fact. Perchance this
old tradition has been revived and converted
into modern sensation.
The rational view of the subject would seem
in order to become salt lakes the fresh water
which they receive through the medium Of
streams and rivers, or from any source, must
evaporate by the heat of the sun and the saline
deposit remain. This is our experience of salt
water lakes wherever they have been found.
A lake with free outlet is always fresh. The
Lake or Sea of Galilee, clear and beautiful as
it is in the summer sunshine, and hallowed by
80 many sweet associations Of the sacred pres
ence that once brought new sunlight to gild its
waters, and the precious feet Of the Goodman
that pressed its silver sands is fresh and pure,
because it has free outlet in the river Jor-
dan. But the Dead Sea, which has no outlet,
is saline and bituminous. Even in our own
Adirondack region, not fifty miles from Sara
toga, there is a little lake without name,
from which no outlet can be found, and here
the water Is so brackish and impure that nc
fish has been found to live in it. We take il
for granted, then, that if Salt Lake had such
copious outlet as this late story relates itt
saline properties would have ceased to exist
| long ago.
The New York herald., 1870-06-11
Modern BriGandanc.

The recent Greek affair in the matter OF
brigandage has compelled many persons to ask
themselves the question whether there is any
such thing as modern civilization? It has
induced others to put to themselves the ques-
tion-a question, perhaps, more logical than
the preceding-whether there is any hope of
resuscitating race once civilized, but since
reduced to barbarismp This latest Greek
affair has done more to fix the Greeks as
barbarous race than all the sympathy and
sentiment of the Philhellenists Oord Byron
and Mr.. Gladstone included) ever did to give
them new lease of life Spain has caught
the contagion and Spain gives fair promise
to outstrip Greece In the downward course.
The Robin Hood and the Rob Roy class Of
men had some redeeming traits of character.
They came in in their natural place. These
Greek and Spanish brigands-and under the
word ''Spanish" we include all sthe hybrid
races on the southern portion of our Cont
nent-what better now are Greeks and
Spaniards than the Indians of our forests and
prairies? We, perhaps, tell the whole truth
when we say that Greeks and Spaniards, Ital-
ians and Indians have had the one opportunity
which is given to people. They are now
down. Those brigand propensities reveal
their character. What reason have we to
hope for such people2 Is not all our SYM
pathy for the dying races more or less of
mistake? 9
The New York herald., 1870-06-11
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Prominent Arrivals In This City Yesterday.
General 8. A. Chase, OF Massachusetts,; Colonel M.
Morris, Of the United States Cavalry; General W.
Hooper Harris Of New York; Judge O. w. Glidden,
of Massachusetts,; General John G. Hubert, Of Sara
oga and Captain Webber. of the United States Coast
Survey are at the Metropolitan Hotel
Congressman John Lynch, Of Malne and Thomas
Dickson, OF Scranton are at the st. Nicholas HOTEL
DR.. J. q. Lnderberg, Of Germany and Professor
J. D. Hammond, Of Ohio, are at the st. Charles
Hotel.
Secretary Boutwell,, Ben Perley Poore and Sheldon
Porter OF Washington and Major Piper, OF West
Point are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
General Frieze, OF Rhode Island, and Judge g.
Neat. of ST. Louis are at the Hoffman House.
The New York herald., 1870-06-11

WATERED MILK.-Five avaricious milkmen
were brought up before Judge Bowling charged
with overchargng the acteal fluid with that
beverage which cheers but not inebriates sup
piled by the Croton Board The Judge ad-
ministered very severe rebuke to the delin-
quents, but he did better than that-he sent
two OF them to the Penitentiary and fined them
fifty dollars each, and the other three to the
City Prison for twenty days, with the same
fine. The Judge who talks as plainly as he
acts, said few sound things to these milk
and water criminals. He told them that they
did more damage than quack doctors-which
is an awful imputation; their adulterated milk,
he said, was sold to mothers who were unable
to supply their children from natures fount"
He told the defendants, furthermore, that they
were really guilty of infanticide in many cases.
The Judge is a sound phllanthropist as well as
2 good magistrate.
The New York herald., 1870-06-11

MoNTPENsIER has asked and obtained pass
port to England. What does it mean? There
is no longer any chance for him in Spain. The
late vote of the Cortes was his deathblow, so
far as extended his hopes of the Spanish
crown. Does he now suspect Napoleonic in
trigues Has he gone or does he 60 to Eng
land to rouse up his brothers and nephews
viii the result of this be an Oreanist mani
festo? The French pIe5iscite has put the
Orleans family under conditions which are
entirely new. So long as Montpensier had a
chance for the Spanish throne it was wise in
them to remain quiet. Now that that chance
is gone restraint is gone, and we may look
out for new programme. Montpenser does
not 60 to England for nothing.
The New York herald., 1870-06-11
CAP lire QE A PANEL THIEF.

Detective officer McKeever took into custody yes
terday panel thief, named John Gun, who has been
carrying on the panel game the sktrmishing plan
CUT and the woman he was working with were in
the habit of hiring furnished room for week or
two and when they had succeeded In robDing some
poor victim they would clear out and there would be
no trace of them. In this way they robbed gentle
man from the Clarendon Hotel OF $l40 this week.
McKeever ascertained that 1t was Cufs woman
who had hired rooms at Is BleecKer street. and, In
structed by Captain Walsh, Cur was arrested lie
was brought before Justice Downing yesterday and
sent for six months to Backwell's Island as rogue
and yaqabOnd.