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The New York herald., 1870-06-02
rarlsauism and Padding Mt che Hub.


One Of the Boston courts has been for some
time, until recently, engaged in the trial Of
suit in which the plaintiff was a fashionable
dressmaker and the defendant one of the
mushroom aristocracy of the Hub. The sum
at issue was less than two thousand dollars,
charged for dresses and robes made up for
defendants wife. The work covered con-
siderable space of time.- Now, the Simon
Pure aristocracy OF the Old World would con-
slider this charge mere bagatelle In the way
of disbursements for laces, silks, satins, fur
bellows, trimmings, waists, bosoms, busts,
bones and paddings for a lady Of the hdut ton
for even the beginning OF fashionaple
season. And, remembering the lavish ex-
penditures during the gay and festive reign
of our own King Petroleum Of glorious
memory, two thousand dollars wouldn't pur-
chase jewelled b0dkin to confne the tresses
of one OF the elite of the royal line of peerless
princesses Of Petrolia. How mean 1t appears,
then, for one of the would-be aristocracy OF
to-day to grumble about paying this pretty
little milliners or dressmakcr's bill. II is un-
society-like. and decidedly picayunish. But
the fact is the glory of the olden aristocracy OF
New England is fast passing away but one
pure light remains-the venerable and honor
able Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis still lives to
adorn and mellow the fading sunset Of
Boston's ancient arstocratic prestige. When
she departs-and may that sad day be far,
far hence-there will be nothing left of the
grand old New England regime-the cream Of
the early republican courts of Washins ton,
Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe-and
all the tone, refinement and Gplonab of New
England's polite society will be vested in the
calico and Goldfish aristocracy, in shoddy and
snobbery. The case just on trial is case in
point. The suitor for pay for the suits in
question has been non-suited, and the poor
rich modiste is minus her two thousand dollars
for the present.
| The moral of all this is twofold. It warns
fashionable dressmakers to ascertain who they
| are dealing with when ''price is declared to
| be no Objects" and it warns miserly husbands,
| who would have their wives appear in gor-
geous array in the society they aspire to move
in, and yet are too mean to foot the bills, that
there are other ways Of breaking good
womans heart than by tight lacing, and one is
by keeping too tight purse string when once
she is allowed to sail before the prosperous
| gales upon the fascinating sea offashion. lit
tle fashion, like learning, Is a dangerous thing.
Drink deep or taste not the bewildering stream.
That rendering viii do for the recent case Of
Puritansm and padding at the Club"
The New York herald., 1870-06-02

CHILD ToRTURERs.-It is honorable to the
general humanity Of the American people that
a case in which the question at issue is
whether man and his wife together did
cruelty beat little girl excites in the neigh
borhood in which it is on trial almost as much
interest as any Of our first class criminal trials.
A certain Mr.. Ballard and his wife are the
persons accused of brutally misusing a little
girl who is the wifes sister. Good evidence
OF the maltreatment was given; but it is only
natural to note that when the little girl was
put on the stand the only person she could see
in court was the tyrant who had beaten her,
aud who che no doubt feared would beat her
again if she should say what would displease
him. So she did her little best to unssy what
had been said, and to invalidate the testimony
of the neighbors. 1t is pretty clear in these
cases generally that if the court does not rem
der justice public opinion will, and the crimi-
nal should rather prefer verdict against him
than the rough reversal his neighbors would
make of any legal decree in his favor.
The New York herald., 1870-06-02
Mob Ru,e /. preok,x..

We have seldom seen so plain and offensive
an assertion OF mob power as appears in the
reported visit OF political committee to GER
tain persons In office In Brooklyn. It appears
that the Commissioners Of Police In Brooklyn
and the Water Commissioners also, while they
are democrats and recognize their relations
with the democracy, are not blind democrats,
and can conceive that they have duty to
discharge toward the whole people. They
have, therefore, in regard to the appointment
Of their subordinates, been more regardful Of
efficiency than Of political opinion, and this has
especially displeased the intoerant mob OF
place seekers who hurrah for democracy
wherever it wins, and, Of course, want all the
places, whether they are ct for them or not.
So committee of these worthless waited upon
several heads of administrative departments
to deliberately demand persecution for po-
litical opinion in the land where every man is
supposed to be free to think and vote as he
pleases. They required that every person not
a democrat should be dismissed from place.
Some of the gentlemen, especially Mayor
Kabfeisch, Indignantly repudiated this die
tation; but we are sorry to see that others
seemed to assent that there was some shadow
of right and proprety in 50 gross an outrage.
The New York herald., 1870-06-02
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Prominent Arrivals in This City Yesterday.
Major General Sir +. E. Chapman, X. 9. b. II. e..
Governor General Of Bermuda; Captain Chapman
and Lieutenant Curling, A. D. g. OF the Royal Navy,
and John M. Douglass President Of the Illinois Gen.
tral Railroad, are at the BrevOort House.
Monsieur Place, Consul General Of France; DR.. X.
S. Strong, Of Lverpoo; Mr.. Washburn, of Minae-
sofa, and Captain Macauley, OF the steamer China,
are at the New York Hotel.
Il. G. Banfeld, Solicitor OF the Treasury Depart
ment Washington; Charles A. Lovett, Of Hong
Kong; Ex-Governor Bullock, OF Massachusetts,; Colo
mel W. L. Hull, OF St. Louis Professor J. woodrow,
of South Carolina, ana NJ P. Bemus, OF Maysville.
are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Colonel e. d. Baker and ]. W. Williams, OF the
United States Army Bev. p II. Heally, Of ST. Louis;
Rev. James Haggerty aud Rev. M. d. Buckley OF
Cork, Ireland; State Senator Cheeseborough, OF New
York; Or. Storey, OF Pennsylvania, and DR.. w. Rice,
of Providence Il. l., are at the Metropolitan Hotel
Professor 8. W. johnson, OF New Haven, Is at tile
Irving House.
Commander E. Simpson, of the United States Navy;
Captain W. Boutc, Of England; George Innis. Of
Poughkeepsie; Rev. A. Young, OF New York, and
George E. Lincoln, of Boston, at the Astor House.
Charles p. Peabody, Of Boston, ana H. d. Barto, of
Johannesburg, are at the Albemarle Hotel.
Alfred Ely of Rochester; James Carlisle and W.
Black, of London, are at the Coleman House.
Frank King, Of Virginia, and John Satteree, Of
California, are at the Hoffman House.
The New York herald., 1870-06-02

A CONCESSION TO PRoTEoTIoN.-It is re-
ported that Mr.. Wells, Special Commissioner of
the Revenue, will mot be reappointed" upon
the approaching expiration Of his term of Office.
This will be concession to the tariff shrekers
that we shall be sorry to see. Mr.. Wells is a
thoroughly competent man in the sphere in
which his duties lie, and is one of the small
number of persons in Office who can give 10 all
the dryness Of tax tables the attraction of a
scientific study. We do not believe the gov
ernment will readily supply his place with
man equally fit for it. He has told us many
truths of our financial condtion-truths not
always palatable, and least of all palatable to
the protectionists. And it is no doubt because
of the passionate and furious assaults of these
persons on the man whose straightforward
statements are sometimes damaging to their
pretty theories that he is to have the go-by.
The New York herald., 1870-06-02

DIAMOND ExpERTs.-The ruse by which two
or three thieves converted room in the St.
Nicholas Hotel into robbers den or trap into
which they decoyed to plunder him man with
name so suggestive of shrewdness as Joseph
Z. Isaacs is only another Illustration of what
is possible in great cities. Hotel keepers, of
course, cannot prevent such use of their
rooms if the thieves are adroit, and the invita-
tion to q diamond broker to visit hotel and
buy diamonds Of newly arrived foreigner is
one sufficiently in the way of that trade not to
excite suspicion. So the case was well laid
out on the part Of the rogues and Mr.. Isaacs
stumbled; yet withal he contrived very well
to have only two hundred dollars about him in
ready money on trip to purchase twelve
thousand dollars worth of stoQes.
The New York herald., 1870-06-02
Musical and Theatrical Notes.


grand concert with mammoth orchestra ana
some OF the best solo vocalsts and insiumentalists
Ill New York, viii be given at the Grand Opera House
on Sunday next, The programme comprises classl.
Cal and popular selections and the concert com.
menccs at eight P. M.
Mr.. Edmond Faconer takes matinee benefit at
Wallack's on Tuesday, on which occasion he will be
assisted by such artists as Miss Leclercq Fechter,
Brougham and ]. w. Wallack. The bill Is choice
one in every sense OF the word.
The preparations for the great Beethoven Oenten-
nial Festival to be held at the American Institute
Coliseum In June, are nearly completed. The COM
binatlon OF operate artists Is OF the most complete
character. Negotiations are nearly concluded with
the renowned Handel and Haydn Society, OF Boston,
and Gilmore the successful manager OF the jubilee,
viii be one OF the principal conductors. Brgn0li,
Lotta bade farewell to the New York public at the
Academy OF Music at Colonel Brownies benefit on
On Saturday night Mr.. L. F. Harrison the we'll
known business manager of the Fifth avenue
theatre, has benefit, and on Monday Mr.. James
win also appear as benefciat,e at the same house.
To him much Of the success Of the past season has
been DUE and his stage setting OF Mr.. Days beauti
full plays has won universal praise. ''The Good
Natured Man" haG been selected for both benefits
Dan Bryants benefit comes OF tonight at the
Academy Of Music.
Wallack's on Monday, with Brougham's drama,
"The Red Light.n
Brothers. takes place at the French theatre on Sat
urday, and in the evening Mr.. Fcchter and MISS
Leclercq close their engagement with ''The Lady Of
LyOns.h
The Parepa- Rosa English Opera Company give the
last performance OF their season at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music on Saturday. ''OberOn," the
best OF their extensive repertoire, VIII be presented
on the occasion.
Madame Matilda Heron is now preparing dramatic
pupils for the STAGE
storm.
The New York herald., 1870-06-02

He REPRESENTS HIS CONSTITUENCY
Apropos to the election in South Carolina,
in which Mr.. Whttemore is probably tho
successful candidate to Congress, the leading
republican organ gives in a penitent spirit,
a glimpse of the political condition that results
from the great philanthropic reform Of putting
the nigger in the white mans place as the con-
trolling political power. Whttemore, it is
conceded is scoundrel, and of the meanest
possible type. HIS taking bribe in Congress
is shown to be not merely in his usual way,
but rather above bis usual way in point of
dignity and fair dealing. Even his defence
that he applied the money to charitable pur-
poses-turns out to be common defence with
him, and he has made it in cases of knavery
on SO small sum as seventy-ive cents. Yet
this fellow must 60 to Congress, and there is
no help for it-all because, knave as he is, he
is popular with the negroes, who are too
obtuse, morally, to conceive of these points
of character as objections. These are the
voters, who, in the new republic, are the sue
cessors Of the white men of South Carolina !;
and for a constituency of such voters White
more is certainly proper representative.
The New York herald., 1870-06-02
TESTING IHs ELEVATED RAILROAD.

Since the occurrence Of the late break while test
ing the roads capablity of bearing transverse
strain on the columns and spans Of the Greenwich
street elevated railroad other experiments
Of a similar nature have W thin few days been sue
cessfully made. The company, wishing to ascertain
tn bearing capacity OF the rails yesterday morning
freighted car weighing 10,622 pounds with 60 172
pounds Of pig iron, and run II twice over that section
comprising the bridge Houston street and north-
ery to Twenty-nnth street. The total weight OF the
car and load was 1924 tons. The iron was at the
request OF the company, weighed by NJ. l. Everi,t,
city wegher. and he car by William II. Paddock.
superintendent OF the Elevated Railway COMPANY,
and certificates bearing the aforementioned amounts
given. The rates of speed varied from two 20 fif-
Teen miles per hOur, and no more "weak spotsn
have been discovered
The New York herald., 1870-06-02
Mexican Eruption which DeHos tho
Power OF Juarex.

~"Ss - So~EOAs
Mexico, taken altogether, Is most remark
able country. 1t matters little in what light
we consider it, we find the elements so mixed,
varied and conflicting that things which In
other lands would convulse nations are re-
garded there as matters of little moment. Revo-
lutions in more civilized countries are con-
sidered by the inhabitants as Affections in
Mexico they are regarded as mere pastime.
Men elsewhere make fortunes by commerce,
trade or enterprise; In the land of the Monte
zumas they win wealth by the more expe-
ditious, though less honorable, means of ap-
propriating conductas laden with gold or silver,
and then glory in their act in the name of
''God and liberty" Every French soldier be-
lieves he carries marshal's baton in his KNAPP
sack any Mexican pronouncer who has the
requisite cheek. daring and ambition, whites
one whenever the occasion presents itself, and
then, supported by followers less ambitious,
though fully as daring as himself, he sets out
upon his self-imposed mission of freeing his
country. 1t is significant fact that in Mexico
every man in Office is regarded as an enemy
to his country by those who are not in
office. Reverse the situation, and place
the outs in and the ins out,
and the chances are that many of those who
now occupy lofty places and declaim patriot
ism In the most tropical vein would, on the
first opportunity, issue pronunciamento,
take sides with ''God and liberty" and leave
patriotism to take care of ITSELF Aud yet,
may we not ask, are the Mexicans to be
blamed for these strange and interesting fea-
lures of their character? May not the pecu-
liar character of the country have something
to do with these peculiar characteristics of the
people? Have climatic influences no effect?
They may. Of late, however, we have had
lull; the revolutionary market is dull, and the
Huertas, Cadenas, Rochas and Aguirres are
quiet. Yet Mexico is not without its disturb
ances. The volcano of Ceboruco is again in
action. This eruption, which fortunately BODIES
less harm to the State than a corpo-
rails guard Of pronouncers, attracts the atten-
ton Of the government-for scientific pur-
poses, no doubt yetwe cannot lose sight of the
fact that investigation as to the causes of erups
tions, whether they result from fiery noun
tains or fiery leaders, are matters OF consider
able importance, not only to the Mexicans
themselves but to the world at large. In
the eruption of Mount Ceboruco President
Juarez learns of rising which deGes his
mower
The New York herald., 1870-06-02

ANOTHER SPECTACULAR ACCIDENT seems,
on the principle that "misfortunes come not
single spies, but in battaions, that accidents of
class come in groups-that one, as it were,
precpitates another, like a row of bricks. We
had few days ago the attack Of the lions on
Minnie Wells, and the fall of the trapezist at
the Tammany, and now comes from Washing
ton the report that Harry Leslie, who is known
for his daring feats in walking the tight rope at
Niagara and at High Bridge, and on trapeze
suspended under balloon at Jones' Wood,
has fallen from tight rope thirty feet and in
jured himself SO seriously that it is probable he
will die.
The New York herald., 1870-06-02
Commencement of Quarantine.

Yesterday the important order of the Health
Officer of the Port quarantining all vessels
from ports in the West Indies, Spanish Main,
west coast of Africa and others where ch olera
or yellow fever exists, went into effect,
and they will hereafter be boarded and
examined in the lower bay. There
are hopes, based upon the known skill
and fidelity to duty of Dr. Carnochan,
that our city will be free from loathsome and
contagious diseases during the summer, at
least SO far as the proper administration of
Quarantine affairs will tend to that result.
DR.. Carnochan and his deputies have
devoted the greater portion of their time
recently to the careful inspection of the
various departments connected with their
responsible positions. Days have been passed
in the personal examination of the hospitals in
the lower bay, resulting in improvements in
their arrangements calculated to make the sick
and weary foreigner as comfortable as circum-
the public of the exacting and onerous duties
that fall to the lot of the Health Officer of the
Port and his deputies. Yet they may be
imagined when one reflects that upon an
average seven or eight thousand immigrants
are landed here weekly, all of whom
come under the personal observation
Of the Quarantine officials. By many of
these strangers disease is contracted upon
the ocean, and only by the faithful dis
charge of sworn duties can this city be pro-
tected from devastating epidemics. This
is fully intended to be done by Dr. Carnochan,
and, consequently, he has taken the initiative
in the right direction to make the Quarantine
of this harbor model for all others in the
world, with none but skilful and honorable
men among its employees. Heretofore too
much reliance has been placed in the sagacity
Of subordinates; yet while they are Of the
greatest value in their places they cannot feel
the same responsibility as the Health Officer,
to whom the public look for and demand
protection. That Dr. Carnochan, practically
as well as nominally, will be at the head of his
office, none that know him will for a moment
doubt. This assurance is hardly necessary,
but it cannot be otherwise than we'll timed,
and the million inhabitants of the metropolis
will rejoice as we do in view of the important
fact.
The New York herald., 1870-06-02
The Public Debt Statement.

1t will be seen by the monthly statement of
the public debt published to-day that the cof-
fers of the Secretary of the Treasury continue
full, and that the income far exceeds the ex-
penditures. There is in the Treasury over
hundred and six millions in gold and upwards
of fourteen millions in currency. Against the
gold there are certificates of deposit out to the
amount of more than thirty-fve millions. The
surplus cash, then, which the government has
actually on hand, after deducting the amount of
these gold certificates, is over seventy-on mill
lions in gold and fourteen millions and up
wards in currency. Reckoned all in currency
the sum would be nearly a hundred millions.
Something like this amount, and sometimes
moro than that, has been lying all the time as
dead capital in the Treasury. There is con-
sequently loss of about six millions year in
interest by this useless boarding. There is no
reason why the money should not be used in
buying up the interest-bearing debt and thus
save six millions a year. If the Treasury
were empty now there would be q surplus at
the end of the month, and this would continue
to increase. The fourishing condition of the
Treasury and prosperity of the country are
seen in the large and continual decrease of the
debt from month to month. During the
month just ended the debt decreased over
fourteen millions, and for the three months
since the 1st of March more than thirty-one
millions. Well may the credit Of the United
States rise both at home and abroad. No
nation in the world has such resources or such
prospect of liquidating its debt within a
reasonable time. The expenditures are still
these there would be large margin for remov-
ing taxes and tightening the burdens of the
people. A plethoric Treasury cnly leads to
extravaganza and corruption.
The New York herald., 1870-06-02

FOLLOWING A Coop ExAMpLE.-The new.
City Chamberlain, Senator John j. Bradley,
we are happyto see, is following in the footsteps
of his worthy predecessor, Peter B. Sweeny, in
the matter of depositing in the county treasury
the interest on the public deposits. The first
of all our City Chamberlains who took this
acceptable plum out of his own pocket and
gave it honestly-and let us say magnani-
mously-to the people was Peter B. Sweeny.
His successor, Mr.. Bradley, it seems, is not
to be outdone in public honesty. He has paid
to the County Treasurer interest on deposits
for the month of April $6,353 "a, and for the
month Of May the large sum Of 1913, 462 ~,
making handsome total of $l9,8l6. We
applaud and congratulate Chamberlain Brad
ley for following SO bright an example. In
these days of vacillating virtue and indirect
corruption the people will not forget the men
who are brave and earnest enough to be
honest.
The New York herald., 1870-06-02

MOVEMENTS OF ''BIG INJINs. Red U.oud
is al the home Of the White Father. He has Red
Shirt and Red Dog, big chiefs Of the Ogalalla
Sioux, with him. He has also many chiefs Of
the Bear family with him, and four squaws.
Red Cloud wonders at The white mans coun-
try. The white man is thicker than blades Of
grass. The Sioux chief wonders at the great
cities and the power of the white chief, but he
despises spring mattresses and white shirts,
and he already pines for the wild forests. He
will have talk and smohe-he and Spotted
Tail, the great chief of the Brule nation-wth
the White Father on Monday, and then he and
the Brule chief will betale themselves again
to the prairies and the war path, with new
hopes OF driving the white nations from their
hunting grounds. Sanguine and sanguinary
savages!
The New York herald., 1870-06-02
A IN u S e M z N rs.

vALLACKS.-Lovel's five oct play OF cloves Sac
rilce was given here last night to large audience
The play IL calculated to bring forth the dramatic
ability Of those to whom the parts OF Matthew En-
more. Paul Lafont and Margaret Elmore are en-.
trusted and these characters found COOL expOnents
In the persons Of j. w. Wallack, Charles Fisher and
Miss Madeline llcnrigues. Trying Is the ciarac-
ter OF MI garc ElnOre, MISS Henriques played with
trying role, and to witness Mr. Wallack In Mat
thew ElmOre or similar parts, Is treat only
counterbaancei only by he regret that he will In
in playing fotes which might legttmately fall to
Juvenile actors HIS acting last nigat was finished
and will hold fond recollection IN the minds OF
theatre -goers associated with such characterize.
tions as his Martin Haywood iron Mask and other
admirably conceived and acted with That quaint
humor for which he has Of lae become so noted.
Miss Louisa Moore ana Mrs. John SeIton, IN tne
rarts of Herminie and Manon let us nothing to de.
are Mr. Rockwell played Friar Dominick we'll and
his reading in the as &C. sa;. eyid nce care u
study. Taken altogether "liove3 Sairihce" Was
well played throughout "Ihc Honeymoon" WA
be repeated tonight,
NIDLo's--MIss MARHHAM's BENEFir-"The Pretty
Eorsebreaker' and ''1he Forty Thieves were given
at this ladys benefit last night before fairly filed
house. AS the merits and personnel OF the company
have been fully discussed before 1t is only necessary
here to say that both pieces were played with thet
wonte1 spri. aud yivacly, and that the 0eneNc.dse
was the recipient OF applause aud pou9lats
Beckett and Cahill Dronght down the horse
by their irres ssiibly comic acting, and Mr..
Connolly, the clever leader OF the orchestra, Sad
q deserved encore for his ''RailrOad GaOp." To-
night the same bill will be presented for the last
time, and on Friday Miss Thompson will play ''Tho
Little Rebel" and ''Ixion' for her benefit. The pre-.
parahons Tor the great mllari drama, 'Not Guilty"
which will be brought out at this house on Monday
are on the grandest scale, ana The piece bids air 70
have Il long and SUCCESS iul run.