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The New York herald., 1870-01-19
Tho New Post omce-Cny Improvements.

Tho New Post Omco-CIty Imprsvsments.
The new Post Ollice has apparently gotten
through one great danger Of its homage
its escape from the hungry army Of jobbers
whose disappointment and rapacity threatened
II through Congressional committee. The
report Of that committee justified the faith Of
the public in the persons who have the great
labor in charge. 1t was pretty we'll concluded
in this city that the new Post Office was in tho
right hands, and this impression was mainly
derived from the practical, straightforward and
complete way in which the work was carried
on from the time it was fairly taken in hand.
Such an earnest business spirit pervades
all that has been done-with such admirable
system and economy of time is the labor
pushed-that we should scarcely be surprised
to see this Post ONCE completely finished,
with the last pane of glass in and the last nail
driven, while our lingering and eternal Court
House will yet look like quarrymans head
quarters. This Post Office, moreover, when
done, will be beautiful ed!Ace-a magnificent
architectural ornament to this part Of tho city.
What is the reason that we cannot have
the city improved in the same spirit
In which this Post Office is madee
Are officials Of the general government
necessarily more honest and competent than
State officials? Here is city wonderfully
I developed in its wealth and commerce and in
the liberal spirit Of its people; but otherwise
it is in the shanty stage Of Its existence. It's
public buildings, with little exception, ara
nuisances. Its markets are foul ulcers. The
streets, nine in ten of them, are filthy, III
! paved alleys, and the means Of transit from
one part of the city to the other are wonders
of ineficiency and discomfort. Yet the city is
taxed as if many millions were spent every
year in beautifying and improving it. This is
something that the people would like to see
changed while the men at Albany are making
| changes.
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Sror Ir,-1n the general reorganization Of
the oity and the city government that is to be
completed at Albany this winter we hope
some economical genius win contrive to slip
in law that will forbid or otherwise effectually
prevent the Common Council from indulging
its liberal disposition in donations Of public
money. There is hardly session but we ses
the record of donations for all sorts of estab-
lishments, generally in the guise Of charities
1t is fragrant abuse Of discretion with the
public purse.
The New York herald., 1870-01-19
Our Special European corre.poua.o.,.


our special correspondence from Europe,
published elsewhere, embraces letters from
England and Rome. 1t is dated to the Sd of
January. The communications are OF an
interesting character, the most important,
perhaps being afforded by our letter from
London, which, although brief in words, con-
'ains matter Of much moment both to the gen.
erai state OF society in England and the
friends Of humanity everywhere. The writer
announces that the law of imprisonment for
DEBT was abolished in Britain on New Years
Day the jails thrown open and the eman-
cipated insolvents set free. One Of the
iass remaining relics Of a barbarous
system OF legislation was TINS obliterated, and
'ne day Of mans persecution Of bis fellow
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" FIIMsY BUILDINGS IN WILLIAMSBURG. "A
row of three unfinished three story brick build
- in Division avenue, Williamsburg, fell
4 inA " while the workmen were engaged
!, e,to,o Filling one rhan, injuring several
upon them, : 'n1 NV: - 80 sSa w. en-
aud jeopardizin. - ..,,;.n,ahnrr With, ;
- a.. = 'Ae .eoonu ias>> are usually in
y ''u'ulngs IN W. X, and the
-Ao"'"s- Inc contractors build
too great hurry to finish their vo,
laws In regard to the erection of unsa,>
inga require more rigid enforcement.
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Tho Resouress or Alaska.

Mr.. Seward and Mr.. Sumner seem to have
exhausted the resources Of Alaska as well as
the resources of rhetoric in their lavish descrip-
lions Of the newly purchased Territory. At
all events they must have drawn very largely
upon Imagination for their statements. The
facts in the case are at length in fair way to
be made known. The Secretary Of the Trea-
sury, in compliance with resolution Of the
Senate, has transmitted to that body the report
Of Mr.. II. II. Mcintyre, the late special agent
Of the Treasury Department for Alaska.
This report describes in detail the general
features Of the Territory, including its climate,
it's inhabitants and its resources Of all kinds.
The climate, notwithstanding the glowing and
poetical accounts of Mr.. Seward and Mr..
Sumner, is not altogether tropical. Nor, on
the other hand, will it be safe for the Atlantic
States to count upon Alaska for their next
summers supply Of ice, which the mild winter
here has thus far failed to promise. The
Inhabitants number no more than about
three hundred whites and between twenty
four thousand and thirty thousand Indians.
The latter, by the bye, are mostly of su-
perior type, and not . few Of the tribes
are undoubtedly Of Asiatic descent-an
interesting fact for ethnologists. As for the
resources Of Alaska, they appear to be limited
| at present chiefly to seal fisheries and fur.
Mr.. Mcintyre calculates that we may derive
from the seal fisheries, il properly conducted,
from seventy-ave thousand to one hundred
thousand dollars, and from customs five or ten
thousand dollars annually. Nor does he en-
courage us to look for any material increase Of
revenue for many years, unless some extraor-
binary disclosure of mineral wealth, like the
discovery of gold in California, or, better
still perhaps, the realization Of promised dis
coveries of iron, should occasion sudden
and great influx of immigration. AS it Is the
question 'What shall be done with Alaska p
| might almost be answered by saying that in {
financial, if not in political, point Of view
the wisest policy would be to abandon it fol
the present.
| There is manifestly but poor prospect o
any immediately adequate return for the vas
amount which, according to the special agen
| Of the Treasury Department, Alaska must cos
the United States. The purchase money
seven million two hundred thousand dollars
is counted by Mr.. Mcintyre as only q smal
item in the total cost of the Territory. Adding
to twenty-fopr million dollars the interest 70
twenty-five years on the public debt, all th
expenses Of the military and naval establish
ments during that period, the grand total cos
of Alaska cannot be less than forty three mil
lion dollars. 1t remains to be seen whethe
the undeveloped resources of Alaska wi
yield during the next quarter of centur
returns commensurate with SO vast an expen
| diture.
The New York herald., 1870-01-19

WoMAN's CoJRAGE.-The temerity with
which women marry, the hardihood and despe-
rate daring with which they will venture to take
husbands, have not been sufficiently insisted
upon by the persons who maintain the equality
of woman. Man certainly has no such courage.
The last murder has brought to light remark
able instance Of this feminine boldness. Mr..
Mills, who has just stabbed his wife, killed a
former wife, and on his trial for that killing
the principal witness against him was the
woman who afterwards married him and who
is now lying In prccarious condition from a
wound received at his hands.
The New York herald., 1870-01-19

REVOLVING PHASE OF Low LIFE.-The trial
of Ellen UT for the murder of Thomas Barrett,
at No. ITO West Broadway, in September last,
was concluded at the Court of General Ses-
sions yesterday, and verdict Of manslaughter
in the third degree was rendered. The evil
dence details q shocking phase of life that is
hardly credible, and Judge Bedford, with his
usual good sense and sound judgment, adverted
to it in telling manner in his charge to the
iury
The New York herald., 1870-01-19

DhhlNp TIE AeR-The Pennsylvania white
fire companies, which left tho ,pharn..a.,", -
procession At Harrisburg yesterday in disru,t
because Of the presence in the line Of a hal
regiment Before the war we had in thi. ci.v
an occasional street car laberIed uCo,,~os
People Allowed to Ride in .bls Ca, ;. az ,...
Is just the point where those fastidious Penn.
sylvan'a white fire coupanis, appear TO be
to-day, '''~" " 20
The New York herald., 1870-01-19

MURDER ALWAYS ON HAND.-There is
plenty Of fresh stabbing, pounding, poisoning
and shooting. Five new cases are now under
investigation involving the crime of murder.
One is wife murder by stabbing; another
a common whiskey murder, death resulting
from injuries received in drunken row; and
the third is case of free love shooting, &C.
All the kinds Of irregular life have their penal
ties.
The New York herald., 1870-01-19
T RI PLE E S HE EFT
CONTENTS OF TO-DAY,S HERALD,
PAGE.
1-Advertisements.
2.AdvertisementS.

PAGE.
acknowledgements
2-Advertsements.
3-Washlngton Tho Republican Party Becoming
Demoraizcd; Startling Increase OF Public
Expenditures; Magnificent Job in the Phila-
delphia Navy Yard; Preparations for the
Reception or Prince Artnur-The Albany and
Susquehanna Railroad Sultan Effective
Cure for Rneumatism-A Novel Case
4-Europe: imprisonment Tor Debt Abolished in
England: Christmas Feasts in Rome and
Curiostties Of the Council-Hayti: Salnave's
whereabouts Still Doubtful-Speclal Political
Notes.-The City Postal service-Ths Postal
Telegraph System-The Erie Railroad Strike:
Bend or Break the Order for To-day-End Of
the Telegraphers' Strike-The Bonbon War
The Peightal Tragedy In Pennsylvanis--
Divorces In Indiana.
S-lmportant Proceedings IN the New York and
Brooklyn COurts-Custom House Carriage
Young Beginners In Crime-W -Workmen Dis
charged In New Haven-New York City News-
Twenty Thousand Dollar Sneak Robbery
The Commissioners OF the Sinking Fund-Pro-
posed Reduction OF Brooklyn Ferriage-0nlciai
Report on AlasKa-The Proctor Delalcation in
Philadelphia.
e-Editorials: leading Article on the French
Crisis the Excitement In Paris-Meeting Of
hc OnfcI6dl Suuldke ASSOCIATION IN wash
ngt0n-Naval ntelligence-Amusement An
nouncements.
photographic News from All Parts OF the World:
Radical Excitement and Parliamentary Ag,ta.
ton In Paris Traupmann TO be Gnillolincd
to-day; Prince Arthur to Leave Montreal for
New.York to o-morrow-New YORK Legislature
The Lovers Vendetta Examination OF the Ac-
cuscd at the Tombs-Obtuary Personal Intel
ligence-Meeting OF the Board Of Managers Of
the American Colonization Society at WASH
ington-The Richard 3. Connolly Association
Recepton-A Pickpocket Nicely Caught-Fire
In Canal Strees-Business Notices.
S-Suburban Inteligence--Law and Order in Jer.
sey-New Jersey Legislature-Brooklyn City
News-Brual Dog Fight-Cruelty to Animals
Remarkable Fire Insurance Case-Twenty-
three Thousand Dollars Missing-An Impend-
ing Soourge The Spread Of the Smallpox
The Boylston Bank MISUNDERSTANDING Demor-
alization-Mail Irregularities OF the South
0-FInancjal and Commercial Reports-Real Es.
tate Matters = Remarkable Meteorological
enomenon--Marriages and Dearhs-Adyer.
ti5ements.
1O-The Darien Survey: Preparations OF the Expe-
dition for Departure from this Port-The Port
Jervis Murder-A Williamsburg Calamity; Fail
OF q Row Of New Buildings-The Williamsburg
Homicide-Shipping NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ments
l1-Advertsements.
12-Adyeriisements
The New York herald., 1870-01-19

The VIRGINIA BILL IN THR SENATE
debate on the House blu for the admission Of
Virginia was continued in the Senate yester
day without coming to vote The question
has divided the radical members In such
manner that with the democrats in favor of
che bill the vote win probably be very close,
and sharp fight is going on.
The New York herald., 1870-01-19

JUDGE BLATCHFoRD ON THE WHIsKEY DEAL
Ena judge RIatcbford has made declaration
that ought IN future to simplify the operations
c,sreVenys on cials and to make it very dif',ous
,facturers to evade the law.
sA', "aa@ 'rnself required to keep q
~. ' MAKER 10 ID. : the points required by
uo'A ana enter insoh e imposition Of the
WIG 'aw 'or facilitating IL this power. He
tax lie cannot deegats a bookkeepe,
cannot give the duty over TO ootkeeuer's
:. anu 'nen mae himself behind the b, He must
errors in case of emergency. J, thus
MAKE 'no entries with bis own hand an for
oecolNe personally and directly responsible
The New York herald., 1870-01-19
Tho Late "Thundcr An Round tho sky''-
Tho Keutucky Tornado.

Tho Late ssThundcr An Round tho sky'-
The Keutucky Tornado.
The late extraordinary cheated term" for
midwinter has eliminated west OF the Allie
ghanies in great storm or connected chain Of
storms Of hurricane winds, lightning and
thunder, rain and hail, such as in the region
involved are not expected till the month OF
June. From our telegraphic advices it appears
that on the night Of the 10th Sunday heavy
thunder storm passed over ST. Louis, doing
considerable damage to chimneys, signs, avn
ings, trees, fences; that on the same evening
q similar storm prevailed at Nashville and
thereabouts, doing considerable damage to
buildings; that through Central and Southern
Ohio there was at the same time heavy rain
fall, flooding the smaller streams and creating
focus or central point of this extensive commo-
ton among the elements appears to have been
the Mammoth Cave, at Cave City, and in that
neighborhood, where the storm appeared .
fnll-blown West Indian tornado, sweeping
fences, trees, houses, everything, before 1t, and
involving q lamentable destruction Of human
life, to the number of twenty five or thirty per-
sons or more, in that sparsely settled district
"A day later they had thunder storm as far
east as the Hudson river, and as far north as
Poughkeepsie, while in this city and along the
Atlantic coast, eastward and southwark, two
or three days Of clouds and fogs and rain, with
some snow "away down East" have marked
this most extraordinary visitation of the warm
and heavily charged exhalations from the
Gulf Stream. Reducing then, all these rains,
SHOWS, hail storms and hurricanes of the inter
val between the 18th and 10th days of this
month to the differing phases of one great
storm, extending from the cotton region of the
South to the New Dominion, and from the
Atlantic coast to the Rocky Mountains, the
question recurs, what caused it?
If we look for the remote causes we must
apply our explanation to the recent heavy
storms passing over the British islands, which,
we think, may involve some extraordinary
perturbations in the atmosphere around the
entire circuit of the globe within the north
temperate zone. It is sufficient for our present
purpose. however, that since our opening win
ter SNOW storm of the middle of December we
| have had the wind from the east, the south
east and the south, to an extent never perhaps
known within the same period before. These
winds have brought from the warm ocean cur
rent of the Gulf Stream an unusual amount of
vapor, heat and electricity. The atmosphere
over the land thus becoming overcharged with
these elements, reaction has followed which
has given us this unprecedented chapter Of
rains, floods, hurricanes, hail, thunder and
lightning. Nor do we think that the reaction
is over, but that we may expect now as the
next thing in order cold snap, and then
heavy fall Of snow. Indeed, we are
somewhat apprehensive that in proportion to
the late unusual spell Of warm weather we
shall yet have spell Of snow and ice in the
establishment of the seasons equilibrium.
The New York herald., 1870-01-19

PROPOSED REFORM IN QUIZ POSTAL SYs-
TEM.-The postmasters Of the leading cities of
the country, who were recently In convention
in Washington, have addressed letter to the
Postmaster General, setting forth a number
OF reforms which they propose in the postal
system. They propose reduction Of the fee
for registering letters and for money orders,
that an agent Of the Dead Letter Office be
located In each large city, that the postage on
unseaied circulars and authors manuscript
be reduced, that the franking privilege be
abolished, and that the carrier system be ex-
tandod
The New York herald., 1870-01-19
The Economy Of the Administration.

In the House Of Representatives yesterday
Mr.. Dawes, chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations, took occasion to charge the
present administration with failing to keep
the promise of economy and retrenchment
which It made on going into Office. He said
that tho estimates for appropriations for the
present year exceed those Of the last year Of
Andy Johnson's administration by at least
forty-nine millions of dollars, and he
held in his hand the official estimates
and called out the figures, dollars and
cents, to prove it. He showed that Grandfather
Welles was more saying than Robson and
Randall less extravagaht in his estimates than
Creswell. There is NOT single Cabinet
officer, he claims, except Attorney General
Hoar, who does not send in an exorbitant
demand for money for expenses during the
next fiscal year. The fact still remains, not
withstanding Mr.. Dawes speech, that the
public debt has been reduced nearly eighty
millions of dollars during President Grants
administration, although the amount may have
been slightly increased on paper by Mr.. Bout
wells peculiar mode Of making out his state
ments Besides, 1t must be remembered that
there are deficiencies to make up, for the last
Congress cat down the appropriations closely,
in order to make at least show of keeping
that word OF promise to the ear which Mr.
Dawes claims the administration has not kept
to the hope.
The New York herald., 1870-01-19
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE,

letter from Rome, dated December ~, 1859,
reports the vessels comprising the United States
European squadron at the following points:-Tbe
Franklin aud Sabina were at Nice, the Juan,ta waa
a. Marseilles and the Richmond at Barcelona the
latter however, under orders to proceed to Lisbon.
The Plymouth was engaged as escort to the British
iron-clad trigate Monarch, conveying the rem aua
OF Mr, Peabody 20 Portland Maine
The New York herald., 1870-01-19
12-Adyeriisements.

THE DARIEN CANAL.-There seems to be an
Intention on the part of the administration to
go right at work in the Darien Canal matter.
The surveying expedition, escorted by nearly
three hundred troops, win leave here next
week on the steamers Nipsic and Guard for the
isthmus
The New York herald., 1870-01-19

BRRGH ON A COOP LNE.-Berghs activity
in the swill milk business is the best thing we
have had from him yet. Here is case in
which every step taken in spirit Of humanity
to the COWS proves doubly humane in its re-
suits to a community in which the lacteal
poison ia sold. He will do more real good
in breaking up one swill milk stable than he
wonld in saving the lives Of all the pigeons
ever shot from traps.
The New York herald., 1870-01-19

THE SMALLPOX IN THE CITY.--A ,me time
ago the officers Of the Board Of HeaA sh pub
lished statement showing that smalAA OK was
kept in close limits by their efforts, and that If
they could vaccinste all the adult popul alton
the scourge would be extinguished. Latea de-
velopments show that persons already brd Ken
out with the disease walk or ride in the str> ,et
cars to the sanitary rooms for treatment, a1'd
that others who have been taken to the hos
pital have escaped and gone home.
The New York herald., 1870-01-19

End or the Telegraph Operators Strike.
1t will be seen by note Of the grand chief
operator Of the Telegraphers' Protective
League, published in another part OF to-days
HERALD, that the strike of the operators has
come to an end. The chief addresses all the
circuits, and tells them that he believes it is
useless to continue the strike, that all the men,
bers of the League are absolved from their
oaths, and that he advises them to return to
their work. Perhaps this is tho best course
the workmen could take, though they might
have held out some time longer. The fight has
been q very unequal one, and would have
proved probably still more disastrous had it
been continued. Tho telegraph monopoly is
very powerful and has an enormous capital to
sustain it against opposition Of any kind. It
has assumed TO control the press even, and
imagines it can control the action Of govern
ment where its own interests are in
volved. There is not more presumptuous
and dangerous monopoly in the country. 1t Is
no wonder. therefore, that the poor operators
have been compelled to succumb. But this
cannot last long. The government will be
under the necessity Of taking possession Of the
telegraph system in order to protect the public
from exorbitant charges for telegraphing and
to bring this great agent Of modern civilization
into general use. II would be absurd to sup
pose this mighty and universal agent Of COM
munication can be left long in the hands Of q
private corporation or under the control of o
few individuals. The Post Office is not more
important and hardly loss used than the tele-
graph, and the time is approaching when the
telegraph will be more generally used. The
whole community is deeply interested in hay
ing cheap and reliable system of telegraph
ing established under the management OF the
government and in comm action with the Post
Office. Such system can n ever be established
under the present monopol or any private
corporation. This reform is sone OF the neces-
stiles Of the age and country and must De
carried out. We advise the tea egraph opera
tors, therefore, to do the bast they can
under the circumstances forced uN IN them, and
to wait patiently for the good timeA coming.
The New York herald., 1870-01-19

FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE. Twenty-fourth a.-susF
or sUMMxR SoEaEs At Lone BRAaoH.
The New York herald., 1870-01-19

WOODS MUSEUM AND MENA6ERfE, Broadway
daily. Performance cvcry evening
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OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broaaway.-PAuL PHY-RoBHHT
n nAInH niine a q.
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

GRAND OPERA HOUSE. corner Of Eighth avenue and
3d st-DAyIp GARRIoK-A PRorEAs EsTkhrAiNAkNr.
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BOwERY THEATRE. Bowery-BUcK, BUCK, How
MANY HoRSs; OR, GOLD UP To los.
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NIBLos GARDEN, Broaoway.-GEASD ROMANTIC
DIANA or RUY BIAS.
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BOOTHS THEATRE. ssd st.. between ssh ana OH Avs-
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NEW YORK SThDT THEATRE, Nos. As and n Bowery :
OPrRA BuFFo-TuE GRAND DUcHEssK.
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TIE TAMMANY. Fourteenth sueet-rHr gUslzseus
BAD DICKKY
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HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.-H HooLEY,s
MIrsrRKLs-PETER PIPER PEPPEg PoDGE, &c.
NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, SIS Broadway
SCIENOE AND ART.
LADIES' NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, $751;
Broadway.-FHaALEs ONLY ATTENDANCE.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14

Trails oter the dusky west.
And curfew clocks with measured stroke
enfnae N tile hour or rest. S.
Frem faIlew fields and woody dells
.,,a,l The crickets chirp their pleasant lays
; TheAine como mp, with tinkling bells,
@HA Through all the ioomy wlys;
And buckets drip By busy. yell.
And -gidy ingles blaze.
His whirfing wheel the miller stops,
;sT The smith his silent anvil leaves,
81 His ringing AZ the Joiner drops, 81
= No more the weaver weayes;
His loaded vain the peddlcr props
Bsneathths tavern esyes,
A happy hush. a tranquil balm,
As if the week day work and care
"a Were fitted on. and left us calm,
Pervades tleauiet air
A sense ass0E . solemn psalm,
A1eelihg As Of payer.
FsrnoN lAenIght. Bitifs soft delay.
seems bsooding Ike atender dove,
whfiefhsk last hours tof Saturday
Shut in the hours of love,
the sweet sabbath spans the way
i,gGI lT0.holier homes aboye.ssTi bssE =
God help US all, since here below
tifeW SATURDAYS are puEs At isAest.
And ont OF, paid and earthly woe,
Few days OF Sabbath rest; -,,aoo
God grant lus ,thatewe yet may know
- The Sabbath of the blest.