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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-12
THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY.
To-Day's Contents of the
Herald.

sTHE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY AND TIE CITY
GOVERNMENT! THE DUTY OF THE STATE
LECISLATURE' EDITORIAL LEADER -
sixth PAGE.
THE DEAD NAPOLEONl THE REMAINS TO LIE
IN STATE: SYMPATHY WITH THE SOR-
ROWING WIDOW: PREPARING FOR THE
LAST SAD RITES: TWO wILLS-SEvENTH
PAGE
AN OFFICIAL IMPLICATION OF CUBAN SLAVE
RYi CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE
SECRETARY OF STATE AND MINISTER
SICKLES: THE ATTITUDE OF THE UNITED
STATES: SPAIN WARNED-FoURrH PAGE
CABLE TELEGRAMs FROM EUROPE AND AsIAl
PROSPECTIVE TROUBLES BETWEEN TURKS
AND ARABS IN INDIA: CARLlST DE.
FEAT AND FATALITIES: TICHBORNE'S
TROUBLES-SEvENTH PAGE.
TWO FOUL FIENDs HANGED FEARFUL OUT
RACES UPON AN UNPROTECTED WIDOW
AND HER DAUGHTER, BY NEGROES
CONFESSION OF GUILT: THE CAPTURE,
TRIAL AND ExECUTION-FIFTH PAGE.
PITTsBURG MAGISTRATE KICKS WITNESS
IRON HIS COURT EDlFYING SEQUEL OF
JUDICIAL WRATH: THE "LAST DTTCHn
OF THE LATE CAMPAIGN-THIRD PAGE.
ARREST OF PATRICK MAHER, FOR THE KILL
ING OF JOHN ST. JOHN STATEMENT OF
THE PRISONER: HIS UNAFFECTED sOR-
ROW FOR THE DEED-TENTH PAGE.
MRS. LYDIA SHERMAN SENTENCED TO A LIFE
IMPRISONMENT THE CALM AND HAPPY
MURDERESS HORRIFIES THE SPECTATORS:
THE MURDERER OF MRS. HESS FOUND
GUILTY-THIRD PAGE.
legal THE FIGHT FOR THE DEPUTY CHAM
BERLAINSHIP: CREDIT MOBILIER SUITS:
EXTRACTION OF AN ALLEGED ENGLISH
FORGER: THE Woodruff AND BLOOD
CASE-FIFTH PAGE.
DANGERS TO WHICH SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE
EXPOSED IN CASE OF FIRE OR PANIC
OVER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND LIVES
WILL BE MPERILLED: CONDITION OF
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS-THIRD PAGE.
NEWS FROM wAsHINGTON-PERsONA NEWS
PARAGRAPHS-NO ADVANCE IN THE
PRICE OF COAL-SEvENTH PAGE.
OLD WINTERS CARNIVAL joys THE JOYS OF
1.-THE ROAD" AND ON 1.-THE SLIPPERY:r
THE SPLENDID TEAMS THAT WERE OUT
THIRD PAGE.
RECENT INSPECTIONS BY SUPERINTENDENT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BUREAUS
MARITIME INTELLIG NCE-TENrH PAGE.
FEATURES OF THE BUSINESS AT THE WALL
STREET EXCHANGESl LAPSE IN GOLD
FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND GOVERNMENTS:
THE BANK SUPERINTENDENT MOBIL.
IER-THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE-EIGHrH
PAGE.
RESUME OF THE RELIGIOUS FIELD! PASTORS
AND THEMES FOR TO-DAY: EPIsTOLA-
RY POLEMICS: WHAT THE MINISTRY ARE
ABOUT-FoURTH PAGE.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-12
The blockade OF the strccts-Is There
No Reliefe

No Reliefs
For the first time since the heavy snow fall,
on the day after Christmas, we had yesterday
the cheering sight of half dozen members of
the cleaning brigade busily plying brooms and
shovels in Broadway, between the HERALD
Office and st. Paul's church. When first dis
covered they appeared to be constructing o
snow barricade across our crowded thorough
fare, and On outbreak of communism was
suggested; but time disclosed that they
were simply opening path for pedestrians
through the deep slush which has for more
than two weeks been undisturbed, terror and
annoyance to passengers and q disgusting,
damp disgrace to the city. During that time
there have been reports of an occasional brush
with the nuisance by the Wanted Reform
Cleaning Bureau; but if any work has been
done it has been so little and SO
feeble as to give no practical relief.
Some enterprising property owners have
kept their premises clear by carting
the accumulations to the docks, showing the
officials how it might be done for the city;
yet this example has had no salutary effect on
the bureau, nor has the suggestion that ON one
of the late thawing days it would not have
cost very large sum to flood the melting
mass into the sewers by the aid of the steam
fire engines, supported by the large available
force of Italian and other laborers eager for
work and pay. From yesterdays demonstra-
ton we are glad to know that the Bureau has
not utterly given up the ghost, and hope yet
to see the pavements once again without wait
ing for the warm rains of next May.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-12

The SENTENCE OF THE MODERN BoRGA.-
Lydia Sherman, who was tried at New
Haven, Conn, for the murder of her husband
by poison and convicted of murder in the
second degree, was yesterday sentenced to
Imprisonment for life. She received the
sentence with indifference, and appeared
cheerful and happy. Her nonchalance seems
to have puzzled the people of New Haven.
but probably she was rejoicing at her fortu-
nate escape from the gallows. The evidence
against her was conclusive, and rumor. of
course. accuses her of other similar crimes
and attributes to her, as usual, the character
OF Borgia. The man johnson, who muir
dered his lAndlady, Mrs. Hess, because she
detained his clothes for debt, was also tried
ct New Haven yesterday, and found guilty of
murder In the first degree. 1t would be hard
II out Of these two murders the people should
be denied tho excitement of at least one exc
cution.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-12

CHAMBERLAIN PALMER ADDRESSES A LETTER
TO MAYOR HAvEMEYER criticising the course
of the Mayor in relation to the Foley con-
troversy with some severity. 1t is to be hoped
that Mayor Havemeyer will not involve him
self in the unfortunate squabbles in which the
Finance Department has engaged with all the
other departments of the city government
except that Of Public Parks. Let us have
peace.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-12
Slavery In Cuba-Diplomatic COrre-
spondence ON the Subject.

Slavery In Cuba-Diplomatic COrre-
spondence ON the Subject.
We publish in another part of the paper the
official correspondence between the State De-
partment and our Minister at Madrid on the
subject of slavery in Cuba and the state of
affairs in that island. The text, as now given,
does not differ materially from the Washington
despatch which we published on Friday, so far
as the letter of Secretary Fish to the American
Minister at Madrid Of the goth of October
goes. As this important State document was
reviewed in our leading article yesterday it is
unnecessary to 60 over the ground again. The
preceding communication between our Min
lister and Secretary Fish show, however, what
led to the more decisive letter of the Goth of
October, to which we have referred.
It appears that the Spanish govern
ment, being pressed by the United States
and certain liberal and influential men at
home to execute the act of July 4, 1870, con-
corning slavery, which had become dead
letter, promulgated regulations August S, 1872,
purporting to make the aforesaid act opera
tive. But, as our Minister shows, these regu-
lations were so complicated and inapplicable
that there was little hope that they would
prove effective. There is reason to suspect
they were made so for the purpose of evading
the emancipation Of the slaves, either because
there was no desire to execute the act Of July
4, 1870, or because the Spanish government
was powerless to enforce the law against the
will of the shareholders and volunteers in
Cuba. The whole gist of the correspondence,
therefore, between Mr.. Fish and our Ministe,
is in the exposure of Spanish falthlessness and
in demonstrating against it. A perusal of the
correspondence will show that, and must
satisfy every one that the despatch of the
Secretary of State of the Goth of October, on
which we commented yesterday, was not in
the least too strong or decisive in its language.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-12

The CorToN TRADE CAPITALISTS in Man
chester, England, appear to be getting into
tremulous or shaky condition, if we can Judge
their position with any degree of exactitude by
the contents Of our cable news telegram from
London,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-12

The WEEK IN WALL STREET was dull one
in stocks and only moderately active for gold.
The price of the latter advanced to 1921,
owing to the snow blockade and the restric-
tons on our exports, but fell off to 1l2l on
the easing Of the foreign exchanges OF the
CLOSE.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-12
The World Mt Prayer.

During the week just closed the Christian
world has been on its knees before God in
devout acknowledgment of His mercies
through the year past and in prayer for a
continuance of those mercies in the year to
come. The programme sent out by the
Evangelical Alliance was one Of varied
character and interest and of sufficient
breadth to command the attention Of the
Christian world for more than week. Among
the topics for thought and prayer were prayers
for an increase in love- activity, fidelity to
truth and clearer manifestation among the
denominations Of unity in faith. There has
been some little progress made during the
past year toward clearer manifestation of
Christian unity, but this has been
forced upon Professionalism by the divi-
sions of the Catholic Church in Europe
rather than by any strong inherent love
of one another in the hearts of Protestant
Christians. While we witness ecclesiastical
ing pulpits, we cannot look upon the unity of
the Church as q thing to be expected in our
lifetime Prayer was offered also during the
week for the maintenance of peace and the
spread of religious liberty. The former has
been maintained throughout the world during
war cloud on the worlds horizon at present.
Religious and civil liberty has made some adj
vancement, and its progress is still onward.
Prayer was made against the spread of intern
perance, which seems to be on the increase in
every land; the Holy Scriptures, too, have
been circulated in countries and among tribes
to whom one year ago the Bible was sealed
book. These and kindred topics demand &C
ton as well as prayer. There is in every ad-
vance of moral, religious, political or civil so
ciety something for men to do as well as for
God, and in recognition of this fact, and Of the
responsibilities devolved upon the Christian
Church thereby, its benefactions for every
Church interest have within the past year
largely exceeded those of former years, and for
the current year these benefactions are in ex-
cess of last year.
The week Of prayer has been very generally
observed by the denominations in this city.
Sermons and addresses appropriate to the
topics presented have been delivered, and to-
day jubilation discourses will be delivered on
the prospective spread of Christianity through
out the world 1t is a sublime spectacle to
behold nation on its knees before God but
how much more sublime to find Christendom
bowling unitedly before God in prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving! It is the
most practical test that could be given of the
worlds faith in prayer, John Tyndall or
Francis Gallon to the contrary notwithstand-
ing
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-12

Vm0 AotosG MOVIE HUM CnAsOAssse
The death of Napoleon the Third still CON-
tinues to be the absorbing topic of converse
ton and the theme of editorial articles in all
the great populous centres of the world. As
menting on the news, the demise of Napoleon
has not affected the world as it would have
done any time between 1852 and 1870. The
death which took place at Sedan so occupied
and exhausted the thought Of the world that
there was but little left to give to the death at
Chiselhurst. France mourns but in cold
sort of way for the man who can no longer do
her any harm or any good. The English
people are behaving well towards the unfortu-
nate family. The Queen has sent her letter
Of coincidence. the Prince of Wales has made
his visit to Chiselhurst and the Prince
and Princess have resolved to remain
in retirement for week at Sandringham
as q mark of respect to the memory of the
dead Emperor. A considerable number of
illustrious and devoted Bonapartists have
before they separate the future programme
of the Imperialists will be agreed upon.
Napoleon, we are told, has left two wills.
One is in Paris, the other is in London. The
funeral is to take place on Tuesday next; the
body is to be laid under the seat of the family
in the chancel of the Roman Catholic chapel
at Chiselhurst. According to one leading
Paris paper, the Ga,Aois, only those officers of
the army who were attached to the household
of the ex-Emperor will be allowed to attend
the funeral Much interest will now attach to
the wills which must be made public
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-12

A BAD PREcEDENr.-We regret that Mayor
Havemeyer does not recognize the importance
of accepting promptly the resignation, by
Comptroller Green, of his second Office Of Com
missioner Of Public Parks. In his Message TO
the Common Council, we believe, the Mayor
condemned the present construction of the
Board Of Apportionment on the ground that
the Commissioners Of Departments, as men,
bers Of the Board, passed upon their own esti-
mates Mr.. Green, as Comptroller, Park Com
missioner and member OF the Board Of Audit
and Apportionment not only passes upon his
own estimates, but agrees to his own requisi-
tons and audits and pays his own bills This
is certainly dangerous precedent, and
scandal on reform. No double office-holding
should be sanctioned by Mayor Havemeyer.
1t is relic Of old Tammany rule. For this
reason, If for no other, Comptroller Green
should no longer hold the Office Of Park Com
missioner. The same objection would apply
to the appointment OF Mr.. whittemore, who is
said TO be urged by Mr.. Green as his sue
cessor, and who already fills the offices Of Sec
rotary to the Park Commission, Examiner
OF Accounts in the Comptroller's Office and
Chief Clerk of Mayor Havemeyer.
President TuIERs and the Committee of
Thirty have come to an understanding. On
certain specified occasions the President will
be allowed to appear before the Assembly and
address them in person. II is also announced
that he will be allowed q certain restrictive
power Of veto. This looks like peace and
promises well for the Republic
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reform movements. With one great reformer
grasping at the Deputy Chamberlainship, OF
the risk Of an expensive lawsuit, and with
dozen others persistent in their demands for
appointment at the hands of the Governor
and the Mayor, while all the principal offices
are already in the hands of their associates,
there is some danger that the Committee Of
Seventy may be COMPOUNDED with the old Tam
many politicians, who obstinately refused TO
recognize any claim for public reward outside
the circle Of their own privileged "ring" It
may, therefore, be as well for oil parties that
the appointing power, whether Legislative or
Executive, should refuse to regard the Com
mittee Of Seventy as sort of hotbed for office
holders, and should recognize the fact that all
the honesty as well as capacity in the city is
not confined to that highly respectable organ
ization.
We throw out these hints because we learn,
on good authority, that there is 10 be deter
mined effort made by some Of the members of
the Committee of Seventy not yet supplied
with Office, backed by some of the ex-mem-
DSAS W Ao oAo "Aie"uy PAONiucu lOI, W oppose
the passage of any charter amendments at
Albany which fail to receive their approval
In other words, that any charter which does
not promise to place the principal city depart
ments in the hands of the Committee is TO
meet with severe lobby opposition on the
part of the reformers The ostensible demand
of the Committee is to be for a concentration
Of power in the hands of the Mayor. A year
ago the shibboleth of the Seventy was minor
ity representation and decentralization. Then
honest government could only be secured by q
complex system of mixed commissions. Now
the Mayor is to have absolute power
over oil appointments and removals,
or the city government will fall back into the
terrible ways from which it has recently been
redeemed Indeed, we are assured that no
honest government can DO hoped for unless all
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-07
Letter from California.

The following letter from Hon. \.
q. HOLSTER, formerly State Repre-
sentative from Holt county, to the
lion. A. j. Harlan, of This city, will
be read with interest by many of our
readers, as il contains a striking de-
scription of the climate, &c, of South
crn California:
SAsrA EAgBAnA, Cal, February it, 1873.
DEAR SIR AND Friendly ur IA
vor Of the 4th ultimo came to hand n
dav or two since. Your political
news is rather stale. rs Tread the An
DREW County REPUBLICAN and the
Holt County Sentinel almost weekly,
and have long since learned therefrom
all of q political character in relation
to Missouri. 1t is II more than pre-
dicted before the election, and | hope
the s~ore-heads appreciate it, as they
now will have to play second fiddle 10
their old enemies and dance to their
own music. ] expect TO hear next that
q law has passed abolishing all the lib
eral school legislation of the past ten
years, and to make vacant the nice
little white school-houses dOtting the
Stale all over. am glad l am not
| there to witness the deep humility OF
the great "reform" party in Missouri
And I can't say that ! greatly regret
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-07
To Live Farmers.

ftDTuhry I'd, lcao.
That YOU are aroused and are being
aroused from your long, long lethar-
pic state to o feeble sense of the
wrongs and rObberies You have long
suffered and endured at the hands of
all other classes-rings they are-is
the most glorious occurrence that CIV
iIization han witnessed for many a
wear. The drones who have SO long
fed and fattened on the honey You
made. appear to be much versed that
your sluInbers are nigh over, and that
your eyes are half opened; and they
practice a thousand evils to you and
10 the country, from your present
movements. The truth is you and
the country may go to the ID for
them, if they can but get hold of your
money and possessions. Your move
is n good move-it is n grand move
il is a godly move. But it is a move
that must he headed and directed by
honest men or it will soon come to
nothing. And where can you find
honest men? They are to be found
among farmers, If anywhere. But,
oh. oh. oh. there are SO many thieves
even among that chosen body of men!
Are there any honest men i'll the
whole world? Is there one? 1fthere
is one, pray tell me his name, and
where he does dwell. l repeat it;
honest men must head your goOdly
move or you will disgraccfully fall.
Your quasi corporation will
break into fragmants. To my mind
too much money is already called for
farmers have been bled even to
asphyxia long ago-and TO call for
S. rs n fee for enrolling their names,
and so for the privilege of listening
| to an hours TRADE, the burden of
which is to describe or portray the
! natural and cultivated customs of
lawvers-lyipg and robbing or thiev-
ing: and nearly the same Of merchants.
mechanics, NJ. DIS, &c; say. for
farmers to be required to pay such
sums to hear such facts stated when
they and their fathers and grand IA
| Tiers well knew those facts eve for
q century or more. is rather appall-
ing. Why, the great and good Dutch
man, Schurz - the disi%ntcrested
Schurz-left the Republican ranks
| and Joined the Democrats, liberals
and what not; and made speeches for
them on the subject of nepotism night
aftc- night for only $500 per speech.
of M hours length. No, no; Won farm
ers must have honest leaders or your
cause dies. | would ask, and you
should know, where does your money
go? Into whose pocket does it fall:
Two hundred thousand farmers are
enrolled As members OF the Grange,
and they pay IS each, making the
pretty little sum of one million ofdol.
lars. Who pockets this little sum-
And for what services is it pockcted?
Farmers! open your eyes. Success to
Your cause: success to the Oranges, il
! honest men lead and direct.
a FARMER.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-07
Has Township Organization Been
Adopted in Andrew County?

Has township organization Been
Adopted in Andrew County,
George T. Bryan, Esq, Prosecuting
Attorney, having been requested by
the County Court to submit OH opin-
ion upon the above question, presents
the following:
SAVANNAH, Mo-, March 5, 1878.
To the Hon. Justices and Clerk of the County
Court of Andrew county, Mo-:
Sirs-In compliance with your re-
quest for al opinion as to whether or
not Township Organization has been
adopted by Andrew county, l beg
leave to submit the following:
The official vote of the general cleo
ton held in this county, on the 9Th
day of November last, shows that
there were 3,055 votes cast at said
election; that 1887 votes were cast
for township organization and 1922
against it.
Section l, Article 1, of the act au-
thOriZing counties to adopt the sys-
tell of Township Organization, pro-
vides, that at any general election
that may BE- held in the several coun-
ties of the State, the qualified voters
in any county may vote for or against
Township Organization, as provided
by this act: and section 4 Of this act
provides, that if it appears by the re-
turns of said election that a majority
of the legal voters of the county vot-
ing at said election, are for Township
Organization, then the county SO yO-
ting in favor of its adoption, shall be
governed by and subject TO the pro-
visions of this act.
This law not only requires a major
ity of the votes cast upon the propo-
sition at any general or special cleo
ton to be in favor Of the system. but
both the letter and spirit of this law
require a majority of all the votes
cast at such election to be in favor of
the system, in order to adopt it.
The Legislature certainly intended,
that before any county could adopt
this Important measure, to require n
majority of all the legal voters voting
Ut any such election, to be i'll favor of
the system, and all of those who vote
at such an election and do not vote
for Township Organization, when
the proposition is submitted, are GER
tanly not in favor of its adoption.
And. although there were more votes
for Township Organization in the
county. at the general election i'll No
vember last than there were against
it, yet a majority of all the legal vo-
| tiers voting at said election, not having
cast their votes for Township Organ
ization, it is my opinion that Andrew
county has moi adopted the system,
and cannot elect officers and organize
under that law, however much we
may regret that the proposition for
township organization did not secure
votes enough to adopt il under the
law. Yonrs. very respectfully.
GEORGE L. BRYAN.
Prosecuting Attorney for Andrew
County, Mo.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-07
AmaZonia Items.

Farmers are getting their plows
sharpened at the shop, and the black
smiths m happy.
Business fair here, except at the sa-
looms, where it is not SO brisk as it
was during the winter. One Of the
saloons has become bankrupt. and the
proprietor has "gone where the wood
bine twineth."
Mr.. Gerber, living about half way
from here to Savannah, had his house
burned, last Monday, together with
most of his furniture and provisions.
Loss about 500. His friends went
to work Immediately to put ur
another house for him.
Mr.. j. r. Tilson, of Savannah, was
here on Tuesday. He seemed very
absent minded. lie should be watched
by his friends; if he is not closely
watched he will probably commit
matrimony within a week.