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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH O0NVEH-
TON.

PHILADELPHIA, May 90, 1879.
The General Assembly of the United Presbyterian
Church of North America was in session here this
morning. Rev. J. T. Scouller, OF Ohio, was elected
Moderator. Memorials in favor OF establishing
normal schools among the freedmen, and for the
establishment or sustentati0R fund, were re-
ferred
Afternoon Session.
The Assembly met again at two O'Clock p. NJ.
The report OF the Board OF Education was pre-
sented, showing the total receipts to have been
given to iorty-six young men who are under the
care OF twenty different presby teres. Thirty
three are literary, and thirteen theological stu
dents.
A memorial from the Presbytery Of West Mis-
souri, on the establishment of q permanent dele
gate fund was referred.
This evening q conference was held on the sub
ject OF foreign missions Home missions and
Church extension are the subjects for special
order on Monday.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30
Another Check 20 the Cable Aonopo-
lists.

Another Check TO the Cable AIonopo-
lists.
One of our latest cable dispatches from
London informs us that bill has just been
filed in Chancery having for its object the
prevention of the Anglo-American Gable
Company from amalgamating its stock with
that of the Newfoundland and French Atlantic
Gable companies. Coming, as this does, so
rapidly on the heels of the action taken by
the Newfoundland government. it does seem
as If the grasping monopolists had reached
the end of their tether. The Newfoundland
government has made q sensible offer. It
proposes to give up its pre-emptive right if
the New York. Newfoundland and London
Telegraphic Company will abandon its
exclusive right, according to contract, OF
landing cables on the shores of that colony.
If not, then the government of Newfound-
land will exercise its pre-emptive right The
action taken in London and that taken at st.
Johns will surely have the effect of bringing
the monopolists to their senses If the
monopolists should still prove rebellious, then
the governments of Great Britain and of the
United States must take the matter in hand
This cruel monopoly, which is restraining
thought, taxing intelligence and hindering
business, must be broken up. The yoke has
become too heavy. 1t can no longer be borne.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

PIrrsBURG, Pr., May 20, 1873.
This afternoon Judges McKennan and Nixon, Of
the United States District Court OF New Jersey.
have been engaged in hearing an argument on .
motion for preliminary injunction restraining the
New York and Long Branch Railroad Company
from building bridge over the mouth or the karf
tan River. The compaiDants are the Pennsylvania
isallroad Company and the lessees or the New Jer-
sew Central Theodore Cuyler. ri Philadelphia. and
Judge Scudder, for compliments; Senator Freling-
huysen and Chancellor Williamson, Of New Jersey.
for reapOndents
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30
INNOVATIONS IN THE CHURCH.

BALTIMORE. May 90, 1873
The Diocesan Episcopal Convention Of Maryland
had an exciting debate to-day on the canon pro-
hibiting members OF the Church from attendance
at theatrical amusements The discussion was an
mated by many colloquies between the reverend
gentlemen. the Low Church advocating the canon
and the High Church endeavoring to kill 1t. After
debate in which many sharp things were said,
canon. This canon was OF long standing, and its
repeal Is great innovation on the practice OF the
Church in MARYLAND.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

as wen az the gentiest that we can apply to
those who would do otherwise than merely
deck the sod where it heaves in SORROW above
the soldier dead:-ssThe world will little note
or long remember what we say here" And
again, I'm larger sense we cannot dedicate,
we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this
ground" 1t is the soldier beneath, not the
citizen on the earth, that can make the spot
sacred. Spread the choicest sweetest flowers
above the graves; enemy or friend is he no
longer who has blended with the common
clay. Let love shine among the flowers to-
day; let the relics of hate perish with the
fading flowers tomorrow. The nation 8 heart
is firm and its purpose as resolute as ever.
The Empire State makes holiday and goes
forth with radiant brow to pay its tribute to
those who died ssthat the nation shall, under
God, have a new birth of freedom, and that
government of the people, by the people and
for the people, shall not perish from the
earth. II has not persisted. Our land is
the home of the oppressed Of all the world.
It's future no man can write; but to-day we
gracefully and heartfully hide the darkest if
the most hopeful hour of its past beneath the
fairest flowers. We meet above the honored
clay charged to remember and to forget.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

THE VIENNA EXHIBITION We have the in
formation that the Juries of Awards at the
Vienna Exposition have postponed their meet
Ings until July |, and that goods may be for
wardsd to the Fair until the 10th Of June.
This notice comes too late for the United
States, and is, perhaps intended to apply
only to such goods prepared for the Exhibi.
tion as are at or near Vienna, awaiting trans.
portation to the building. Since the ex.
posure Of the scandalous mismanagement Of
Che United States department Of the show ct
the beginning very little interest is mani.
tested in the concern on this side the water.
WHrN. On. WHEN are we to have that music
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30
A RAILROAD SUIT DECIDED.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, May 20, 1873.
The arbitrators in the case of the Derby Railroad
Company vs.. the New York and New Haven Rail-
road Company. to decide what sum shouldlbe gwen
by the latter to the former for land taken for the
site OF the proposed new depot, decided to-day
that the Derby road should receive the sum OF
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30
ZION CHURCH CONFERENCE,

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 90 1873.
The Baltimore and Philadelphia Conference Of
the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in
America colored) is in session In this city. The
action OF the Genera, Conference in consolidating
the Baltimore and Philadelphia conferences was
endorsed. The annual address, by Bishop Moore,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

ENCOURAGING TO THE WATERING PLACES
The heated term in the city of the last two
days. Yesterday there were several cases
of sunstroke in our sultry Streets The
thermometer in front Of the HERALD Build
ing marked at three P. NJ 81, with good
breeze blowing. and with cheering signs in
the clouds Of coming RAIN
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30
THE CINCINNATI MUSICAL FESTIVAL

CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 20, 1878.
The Musical Festival Committee to-day officially
announced that hereafter the Cincinnati Musical
Festival would be held biennialy, the second one
In May, 1875. The committee invite all musical SO
cietea in America to participate. The State Com
mittee will soon promulgate the programme.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30
ICEBERas OFF AHTIOosTI,

QUEBEC, May 20. 1879.
Captain Mcneil, OF the bark Mayertbn, reports -
May 10, or the east end OF Antcosu saw q heavy
field OF Ice as far as the eye could reach and rom
there to the southwest end saw very heavy ice-
bergs. Ten miles west saw the hulks OF two yes
sels and tent on shore. Passed Mftecn vesscIs
between TIC BraQgy PQta and Quebec
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

The ALBANY Argus (democratic) announces
the death of the republican party in Illinois,
where it lately had fifty thousand majority
Perhaps the esprit land campaign) of 76'
may resurrect it.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

SUSPICIOUS SILENCE. Nothing has been
heard from the Modoc braves who volunteered
to go and were sent in search Of Captain
Jack.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

A JEWELL FOR ST. PETERSBURG. -Ex-
Governor Jewell has informed the President
that he accepts the Russian Mission.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

Two IMPORTANT BILLS WITH THE Gov
ERNoR-The bill leasing the West Washington
Market property to a company for term of
years and the "bill to suppress intemper-
ance, pauperism and crime" known as the
Ohio bill, which holds the liquor seller as
hostage for the good behavior of the liquor
drinker. An evening contemporary denounces
the irst-named measure as q job in the inter-
est of "ring" The new Temperance bill,
though it appears to meet with little favor
from the ultra prohibitionists, is said to
work well in the Western States where it is
the law, and is regarded as sure to receive
the Governors approval. Having passed the
Assembly by vote Of IS to %, and the
Senate by II to 5, the bill, whatever may be
the Governors action upon it, will probably
become law, unless the legislative session
shall come to on end while yet the question
'to sign or not to sign" is under considera-
ton by the Governor.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30
Tho Government and tho Indians-A
Mistaken Policy.

Mistaken Policy.
An extraordinary item Of news reaches US
from the lava beds, which, if true, places
either General Davis or the government in
very unenviable light. 1t is reported that the
redskin murderers who were recently captured,
and whose crimes called for long rope and
short shrift, have been provided with arms
and ammunition by General Davis and sent in
quest of the ubiquitous Jack. They propose
to send that redoubtable chieftain to the
happy hunting grounds or bring him back as
curiosity for some exhibition. But the
strangest part of the story is that the
General is satisfied Of their loyalty. It
would be interesting to know with what
degree of satisfaction he will learn of their
reunion with their chief. We are also in
formed that Secretary Delano has written to
the Governor Of Texas in most pathetic terms,
imploring His Excellency to pardon two ILL
used Indians, named Satanic and Big Tree,
who are in durance vile on account Of few
murders which their exuberant spirits
led them to commit. The circumstances
attending these murders were very un-
pleasant, and showed that the two
copper-colorsd gentlemen were adopts in
the art of mutilation; but then Mr..
Secretary Delano thinks that their friends
might be offended, and that, after all. poor Lo
must not be held accountable for those little
escapades in which q long acquaintance with
the tomahawk and scalping knife causes him
to indulge. The principal thing to be consid-
cred is the wrath of the friends and accom-
plices Of these fends, with whom our govern
ment wishes to preserve peaceable relations.
Can anything be conceived more pitiable or
humiliating than the position Of the govern
ment in regard to Indian murderers? 1t lis the
the same as if one Of our judges should in
struct the jury to bring in a verdict Of acqut-
tai in the case Of self-confessed assassin be-
cause the cutthroat friends of the latter threat
ened vengeance should their s'par' suffer.
The crimes of the Kiowa scoundrels, Sa-
tanta and Big Tree, should have been long
ago expiated on the gallows; but the mistaken
policy of our government stood in the way.
Ii this policy is intended to prevent an Indian
war 1t will have the very opposite effect.
Steel and the bullet are the only available ar
guments with redskins on the warpath, and
attempts at Cancellation serve to make them
more brutal and daring. Should these two
murderers be set at liberty their first thoughts
would be to avenge in the blood of the white
settlers the long Imprisonment they have IN
dergone. Their release will be the signal for
an extensive, bloody war on the Plains. What
a shameful comment on the Indian policy of
the government General Canby's murderers
enlisted in the United States service and two
atrocious murderers set free in order to i'm
brue their hands again in the blood of men,
women, and children! It is disgrace to the
name of civilization.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

"NoBoDY TO BLAME. "A report from the
Rhode Island Railroad Commissioner certifies
to the General Assembly that the wholesale
slaughter Of passengers and employees in the
Richmond switch disaster was mysterious
dispensation Of Providence" for which no.
body was in fault He thinks the bridge was
properly built and in good condition; that it
was destroyed by the breaking of the dam Just
above it, which he thinks was sufficiently Sc
cure. So the dam seems to have given out
without excuse. Naughty dam and properly
built, too. The Commissioner suggests that
cars should be supplied with facilities for put
ting out fires and for releasing passengers from
wrecked cars. That would be we'll; STILL il
those safeguards were required by law and
neglected, the next terrible sacrifice to the par
simony of railway managers would cause
repetition Of ''nobody to blame"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

The Two HOUSES at Albany yesterday
worked like beavers. See our Legislative
reports
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

GREAT EXCITEMENT among the office-seekers
prevailed around the City Hall yesterday. VIZ
hope they will feel easier to-day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Twenty.thrd ST. and Eighth
nv
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

THEATRE COMIQUE. No 5l4 Broadwsy.-Tnx Two
BUzzARDs-LirrLK JACK SHEPPARD. &c.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

:. B0wERY THEATRE, Bowery.-UNcLn Toxs CABIN
JHE BOr BURGLAR.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

wnS, On, WHEN are we to have that music
"a taa Psrks
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

WOODS MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtieth St
ATTAIN JAcK. Afternoon and evening,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

NfBIO,S GARDEN Broadway between Prince and
Houston sts-AzRA FL Or The MAGIC CHARN
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-30

UNION SQUARE THEATRE. Union square, near
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-25
Tough on the Fish.

A devOut clergyman sought eve
ry opportunity to impress upon the
mind of his son the fact that God
takes care of all his creatures; that
the falling sparrow attracts His at
tentiOn, and that His loving kind
ness is over all His works. Hap
pening, one day, to see crane wad-
ing in quest of food. the good man
pointed Out to his son the perfect
adaptation of the crane to get his
living in that manner. ''See," said
he, chow his legs are formed for
wading! What long, slender bill
he has! Observe how nicely he folds
his feet when putting them in or
drawing them out Of the water
He does not cause the slightest rip
pie! He is thus enabled to approach
the fish without giving them any
notice of his ARRIVAL sMy son.
said he "it is impossible to look
at that bird without recognizing the
design as we'll as the goodness of
God in thus providing the means of
subsistence" eyes," replied the
boy, 81 think l see the goodness of
God, at least so far as the crane is
concerned; but after all, father,
don't you think the arrangement
little tough on the fish -
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-25
A Beautiful Extract.

1t was night. Jerusalem slept as
quietly amid her hills as child up
on the breast of its mother. The
noiseIess sentinel stood, like
statue, at his post, and the philosO-
piers lamp burned dimly in the re-
cess of his chamber. But moral
darkness involved the nation in it's
unenlighte ed shadows. Reason SIZED
Il faint glimmering over the minds
of men, like the cold and INSULT.
cent shining of distant star. The
Immortality of mans spiritual ma
ture was unknown, his relation unto
Heaven undiscovered, and his flu
ture destiny Obscured in a cloud of
mystery. 1t was at this period that
two forms ethereal hovOred about
the land of Gods chosen people.
They came like sister angels, sent
to earth Oh some embassy of love.
The one of majestic stature and
well formed limbs, which her dra-
perry scarcely concealed, in her erect
bearing and steady eye, exhibited
the highest degree of strength and
confidence. Her right arm was ex
tended i'll an impressive gesture
upward, where night appeared to
have placed her darkest pavilion,
while on her left reclined her deli
cate companion, in form and coun-
tenance the contrast of the other.
She was dropping, like a flower
mOistened by refreshing dews, and
her bright and troubled eye gleam-
ed with ardent but varying glances.
Suddenly, a light, like the sun,
flashed out from the heavens, and
Faith and Hope hailed, with exult-
ing songs, the ascending Star of
Bethlehem. Years rolled away, and
stranger was seen at Jerusalem.
He was meek, unaSsuming man,
whose happiness seemed to consist
in acts of benevOlence to the human
race. There were deep traces OF
sorrow on his countenance, though
no one knew why he grieved, for he
lived in the practice of every virtue,
and was loved by all the good and
wise.
BY and by it was rumOred that
the stranger worked miracles that
the blind saw, the dumb spake, the
dead arose, the ocean moderated
its chatting tide, the very thunder
articulated. He was the son of God.
Envy assailed him to death.
Tricky guarded, he slowly ascen.
ded the Hill of Calvary. A heavy
cross bent Him to the earth. But
Faith leaned on his arm, and Hope,
dipping her piniOns in His blood,
mounted to the skies.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-25

The New York "Herald" truly
SAYS on the monetary situation, that
the banks have cut loose from the
brokers. This has had Il democrat
ling influence. Ships are on their
beam ends that used to sail proud
and full-freighted with rich car
goes. But smaller craft can now
navigate successfully in the same
waters. In brief, the situation is
simply tins: that the great specula-
tors have been forced TO Succumb
to circumstances which they could
not control; that prices of stocks
have therefore contracted; that
intrinsic values have taken tangi-
BILE and commercial shape; that
every broker on Wall street can
now make money tor his custom
ers in IA legitimate line of business;
that no .corners" exist to brighten
investors out OF their wits, and that
a steady. upward, reasonable huct-
uating market is promised, which
will afford profit to all who may be
engaged in speculation. The main
thing is steady market, and, if
the history of finance be true to it
self, we shall see for the next thir-
ty days, or until money has settled
iuto its natural groove and moves
in it's usual current, a quiet condi-
ton of affairs, uninterrupted by Il
check and undisturbeu by cOnvul-
sion.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-25
The Kind of Women to Marry.

The Rev. II. Henderson, of Lou
isville closed his lecture to the young
men with the following advice:
You must eliminate from your
idea Of women all her false adOrn-
ments. Think of her in a plain
dress of muslin, minus her rats and
mice, panniers and frizzes, seated at
the table. May you succeed i'll get
ting IA true girl for a wife, full OF
womanly sweetness, one that will
look as well at the breakfast table
AS when she bewitched you with the
arts of her toilet; one who will not
demand IA carriage when you need
cart; one that will not require a
mansion when You only have cot
tage to offer; one that will be SatiSfi-
ell with plain dresses when yOn can
not afford brOcades; one that Will
enter tain your friends on dollar
when you cannot afford a banquet;
one that will plant flowers in your
yard and insist on your whitewash-
ing tie fence; one that Will be to
you the ornament. pride and mag
net of that dearest place on earth
"Home, sweet home"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-25
Hard on the Poets.

The Detroit Free Press has this to
say of that unfortunate class of hu
man beings who are addicted to the
folly of verse making:
TFire shot gun in any direction
in this country, and you hit a
poet"
Torturing as must have been this
unkind fling to the sensitive feelings
of these innocent and harmless
singers, yet its sting was rendered
still more acute by this cruel add
ton of the COurieT-JOuYndi:
"And you will find when you
have hit him that, i'll something
more than nine cases out of ten, he
is not worth the powder and lead"
This is rather severe on the molten
sive votaries of the tunefUl Muse,
still there is some consolation in
knowing that the poets referred to
are Michiganders. But for IA knOwl-
edge of this fact, some of our South
ern rhymsters might feel personally
aggrieved, and be strongly tempted
to hold the literary critic of the
Courier journal individually re-
sponsible for placing so low an est
mate upon their poetic worth.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-25
A Horrible Adventure.
BY last evenings train from Full

BY last evenings train from Full
ton there arrived in this city Mr..
NJ. w. Dickson, of Brown county,
Texas, who registered at the Metro
politan. n Gazette reporter Observ
ed the name on the register, and
knowing the location of the county
naturally sought out the man.
He is Il rauchman on Pecan Bay
on, an important tributary of Colo
RADIO river, where he OWNS a rancho
and about five thousand head of
cattle The rancho is thirteen
miles from Brentwood, the county
seat, and the nearest habitation is
just one mile.
A few weeks since, he started out
on horseback to look at his stock,
and ran into band of Indians,
composed of Comanches and KiO-
was, who commenced shooting at
him. Thirteen bullets took effect
in his bOdy-One iii the right shout
der, six in the breast and abdomen,
four in the left arm, one in the
right side Of the neck and one in
the back Of the head. He became
insensible and fell from his horse,
but just at this time posse of his
men, who heard the firing, came
upon the Indians and drove them
away before tbay had time to scalp
him.
Mr.. Dickson is on his way to Mem
plIis, on a visit to his fathers home,
seventeen miles from that place.
He says his rancho is on the ives
tern border of civilization, where
the Indians do pretty much as they
please swooping down frequently
on the ranches for the purpose OF
stealing horses. The nearest ran
che west is twenty five miles, and
then comes a stretch of about five
hundred miles without single
place Of habitation. He has been
in these battles before, but had
never been SO roughly used. 1t is
four weeks since he left home, being
compelled to stop over two weeks
on account of his wounds. 1t is
eight years since he left civilization
and many new sights and faces are
greeting him everywhere where he
formerly knew everybody.-Little
Rock Gazette, Oct. 9.