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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29

STEAMSHIP suBsDns-A Coon MOVEMENT
General Burnside is doing good work at Wash
ington in urging the passage Of bill TO cut
down subsidies to steamship lines His special
object is to open to competition the San Fran
cisco, Sandwich Islands, New Zealand and
Australian mail steamer service, and thereby
to reduce the subsidy. 1t is said the General
Is an interested party, and that from personal
considerations he is striking at the Webb line.
But be this as it may, the public will gain by
y successful attack on the extravagant subsidy
system. At least this effort will tend to venti-
bate the whole subject, to make Congress more
careful about granting enormous subsidies,
and to show that if one line can exist and
carry the mails for o reasonable compensation
pther lines ought to be satisfied with doing
Ihe same. Competition is the thing, and We
cannot have too much Of it.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29

Is SECRETARY FISH TO BE OUsTTD BY q
conspiracy among the New York republicans?
Some days since our Washington correspond
ence furnished rs with the intelligence that
q plot was on foot to obtain the Secretaryship
of the Treasury for this State, and now the
partisan papers of this city commence the adj
vance. One Of them, noted for its sedulous
adulation of Mr. Fish and all his departmental
belongings during the late campaign, now at
tacks him through Assistant Secretary Davis
No Qlorifcation of Mr.. Fish or his subordi-
nate was too highfalutin for the republican
partisans whom the election was ahead Is it
not very petty mode Of attack this of stabbing
at Mr.. Fish through Mr.. Davis? Whatever
the Diplomatic triumphs of which the republ-
cans boosted may be, they are al ascribable to
Mr.. Fish and Mr.. Davis. If not, to whom
Certainly not to the partisan press. If the
partisan press here have entered into a plot
against Mr.. Fish why cannot they come from
behind the mask and say SO? Would it be too
much to expect straightforwardnes in such a
matterp Do they fear the responsibility
attacking Mr.. Fish directly? Or do they.ex-
pect to take him in the flank, and induce. him
to get upon the defensive? The ways Of ,politi
clans and partisan papers are very unlovely a
best; but is not this among the Teanest o
party ingratitudes and treacheries2
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29
Colleges and Begging Circulars

Lovers of sport and manly arts will be
overwhelmed with joy to learn that the boys
of good old Columbia College are about to
form boating club, with a boat house and
every necessary accompaniment by the Har-
lem River. We almost weep with joy when
we picture to ourselves the gallant undergrads
practising upon the water which separates this
Manhattan Island from Westchester county.
GO in, young gentlemen, and give yourselves
healthy bodies to contain your healthy minds;
let your biceps and your brains be equally de-
veloped; let pectorals and PARTICLES be &C.
quired in large quantities. But take our ad-
vice and pay for your own scull work, as you
do for your brain work. The young men who
study at institutions like Columbia College
should be as much above sending round
begging circulars for aid to build a boat
house as for aid to buy . Homer
or Sallust The importance Of the College
having crew in this years regatta we pro-
foundly appreciate, but cannot see why the
parents or guardians, who meet the expense
of the young gladiators' collegiate course
cannot pay for the privilege of seeing them
worthily battling on the race course. 1t is not
long since st. Johns College Fordham, sent
out similar circulars for base ball club II
these institutions are eleemosynary in nature
il is Just as we'll to understand it. Then let
the generous public see to it that the favored
students have not only o high class education,
but every possible appliance for boating. ball
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29

A CoLD SNAP IMMINENT. the latest
telegraphic reports warn us of another
cold snap marching on us from the North
west and the northern basin of the Missis-
sippi. Very cold and clear weather is
announced as prevailing from the State of
Minnesota to Kansas, and thence eastward to
Lake Michigan and Indiana; and, as our own
bitter experience admonishes us, the cold wave
will give us benefit here. It would seem
that January is determined to hold its stern
wintry control, and to balance the mildness Of
its late ''thaw'' by increased rigor as it leaves
the stage. These sharp and sudden changes
of heat and cold, dry, piercing northwesters
and slush-making southeasters, interlarded
with fog, muggy weather and almost vernal
sunshine, make up the sum total of our rack
ing and tormenting Winter discomfort and
discomfort and bring in their train the fright
frl brood Of our Winter diseases. Unfortu-
nately for our invalids and consumptives, there
is no relief ''till the blasts of March are over
this side of the Rocky Mountains; and, If it is
possible. the best thing TO be done. TO escaDe
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29

The CEsNoLA COLLECTION. words are
needed here to give point to the long article
which will be found on an adjacent page in
reference to the famous collection Of Egyptian
antiquities which General L. p. d Cesnola,
the American Consul at Cyprus, recently dis
covered. These invaluable and interesting
antiquities, which are the envy Of our cousins
across the water and the despair of the Euro
pean archmologists, who were deprived Of the
opportunity of seeing them swell the collec-
tons at the British Museum, arrived at this
port few days ago, are passing through the
Custom House, and will soon be arranged for
exhibition in q vast mansion leased for that
purpose pending the completion of the Gen.
tral Park Museum. The affair is of national
importance, and neither General Di Cesnola' 8
devotion to art and practical shrewdness, nor
the enterprise of Mr.. John Taylor johnson,
tho purchaser of the collection, can be too
highly approved
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29
Burning OF tho National Theatre Mt
Washington.

Warrington.
We have again to record the burning Of q
theatre-this time of the National, at Washing
ton. This is the second time the theatre was
destroyed, the former fire occurring March S,
1916. If it were not useless we might make
this accident q text for once more insisting
upon better precautions against fire in our
places Of amusement but this is work
which must be done by Legislatures, for it
seems managers will not do it until the law
compels them to keep better watch upon
their property. The burning of the National
Theatre will be seriously felt in Washington.
It was not very pleasant theatre, but it was
the only place in the capital where dramatic
and operate performances could be given.
During the sessions of Congress it was gen.
orally we'll filled by the multitude Of strangers
which gathered about the Capitol, and Con-
gressmen and their friends found it relief
after the work Of the day. These things made
it prosperous, and it was generally profitable
to the manager in spite of the large sums car
ried away by the "stars' who followed each
other in rapid succession during the season.
Now that it is destroyed it is to be hoped that
q larger, better and safer building may take its
place. There is wealth enough and there
ought to be public spirit enough in Washing
ton to build National Theatre" worthy of
the name and of the capital If the money
cannot be found among the bankers and
wealthy citizens of the District there are plenty
of New Workers who would be ready to build .
suitable theatre for that city but it would be
better if the Washington capitalists saw the
necessity and built it independently OF other
places
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29

ing, cricketing. ground and lofty tumbling.
horse and carriage riding. fencing boring
and rope-walking. Have your boat house,
boys, and pay for it like men. If you must
send circulars. let your dads be the recipi-
ents; but. as you value your self-respect, do
not send round the hat.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29
TRIPLE SHEET.
New York, wednesday. Jan. 20. 1873.
THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY.
No-Day's Contents Of the
Herald.


eTHE ABOLITION OF THE FRANKINc PRIV.
LEGEl A LITTLE BILL, BUT A GREAT
REFORM EDITORIAL LEADEK-SHTH
PAGE.
kANOTHER FIGHT WITH THE MODoCs THEY
ARE DEFEATED ONE BRAVE KILLED
AND OTHERS CAPrUREDi ALARM OF THE
SETTLERSl VOLUNTEERS COMING FOR
WARD-SEvENTH PAGE.
DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF THE NATIONAL
THEATRE THE OATES TROUPE REHEARS-
ING AT THE TIME GREAT ALARM IN
THE HOTELS ADJACENT AN EXCITED
RUSH TO SAVE PROPERTY-SEvENTH PAGE.
YELLOW JACKl THE FEVER BREAKS OUT AT
RIO JANEIRO-REPORTs OF THE wEA-
THER-LATE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PAGE.
NICE PRESIDENT COLFAX WANTS A SENATE
COMMITTEE ON HIS CONDUCT THE SEN
ATE THINKS THE MATTER SHOULD BE
LEFT WITH THE HOUSE-SCENEs In THE
COMMITTEE ROOMS-THIRD PAGE
d. CTS AND THE G. MI THE SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE AND GENERAL LOGAN STATE
THEIR CASESi COLFAx'S BANK ACCOUNT
PRODUCES DECIDED SENSATION
BOOKS EXPECTED AS REFRESHERS FOR
THE HOAxER'S TREACHEROUs MEMORY
FOURTH PAGE.
PENNSYLVANIA HAD THE HONOR OF PLACING
ARCH OF CONGRESSIONAL "vIRTUEr
NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY REFUSED
THIRD PAGE
CHARTER ARGUMENTS BEFORE THE LEGIsLA.
TIVE JOINT COMMlTTEEl THE SEVENTY
WISE MEN BLOW UPAS BLAST UPON
THE ASSISTANT ALDERMEN, GREEN AND
VAN NORT-SEvEHrH PAGE.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION AND AGITATION ABOUT
THE NEW YORK CHARTERi THE PINCH
INGLY ECONOMICAL COMPTROLLER TO BE
SHELvED THE DEMOCRATIC COAILTIONSl
THE QUARREL OVER THE PUBLIC CRIB
TENTH PAGE.
EUROPEAN CABLE NEwSl THE DEFENCE OF
THE GERMAN COAST ITALY TAKING
CONvENTSi FIGHT WITH CARLISTS IN
SPAIN SEVERE INsURGENT LOSS
SEVENTH PAGE.
EMINENT PEOPLE FROM EUROPE AND ASIA TO
VISIT THE VIENNA WORLDS FAIR
THEIRS AND BISMARCK WILL BE THERE
SEVENTH PAGE.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON JAMES L. BENZ
DICT APPOINTED SURVEYOR OF THE
NEW YORK PORT THE CUBAN AND
NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARY QUESTIONS
THIRD PAGE.
WHAT wAsHBURN, OF WISCONSIN, THINKS OF
SUBSlDIES-ALLEY ACKNOWLEDGES Eff.
FORTS To CORRUPT CONGREsSMEN BY
WHINING, DINING AND OTHER OF "THE
USUAL" INTERPRETATIONS OF IOWA,
AS A q. NJ. UPHOLDER--FoURTH PAGE
INQUIRY INTO THE LOUISIANA DIFFICULTY !
COMPONENTS OF THE DUPLICATE LEGIS-
LATURES WHY TIE CITY VOTE WAS
EXCESSIVE PINCHBACK'S ELECTION TO
THE SENATE-THIRD PAGE
INTERESTING TESTIMONY IN THE TWEED AND
JUMEL CASES. A LACE SEIZURE BY THE
SHERIFF DECLARED ILLEGALl LEGAL
BUSINESS IN THE VARIOUS TRIBUNALS
FIFTH PAGE
CESNOLA'S CYPRIAN CURIOSTTIESi WHAT HE
HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND Howl THE
RELICS AND THEIR HOUSlNGi A GRAND
RECEPTION PERSONAL SKETCH OF THE
GENERALl-NNrH PAGE.
BUSINESS IN THE WALL STREET EXCHANGES
GOLD ADVANCED! RUMORED STOCK
"CORNERn-THE ERIE RAILwAY-REAI
ESTATE-EIGHrH PAGE
RELIEF FOR THE PPEIFER FAMILY-LITER
AIRY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF THE
MUNICIPAL BOARDS-MUSICAL AND THE
ATRICAL NOTEs-FouRrH PAGE.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29

The ORDER FOR DOUBLE SESSION of the
Court of General Sessions was the subject Of
some remarks in the Board Of Supervisors
yesterday. Recorder Hackett explained
the difficulty pertaining to murder
trials in this Court, stay Of pro-
ceedings being obtainable without even bill
of exceptions. If there were no Judge Pratts
on the bench we might have no hesitation in
urging the trial of our murderers at this Court
At the Court of Oyer and Terminer, where
the interference with verdict and the
sentence is not so easy, the sittings are
short and few. Cannot the Legisla-
ture provide us with coordinate
branch Of this Court as well? They
should certainly do something to remove
the disgrace Of untried murderers from our
city's fame. What say the Representatives
and Senators from this island2 VIII they
act
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29
What Party Legislation should Let

What Party Legislstion Should Let
The annual passion for change at Albany
breaks forth with its usual vehemence this
year. There is always New York charter to
be tinkered, principally with view to decapi-
tating the 'ins'' for the purpose of putting
official heads on the "outs." It is more than
probable that there is always margin for i'm
provement in the persons whom city charters
place at the head Of affairs, and it is natural
that the party in power should believe it had
just such men in its ranka There is not
likely to be any offence against truth in stating
that the party in power is frequently mistaken
in this respect But, even with the best of men
and the best intentions granted, there is q GER
tainty that this passion for change works serious
detriment to the public service. If we take
only two instances we shall be able to
show that some offices at least should exist
above the reach of party alienation. The Fire
Department is one which needs q continuous
attention to discipline and DETAIL and ono
. on whose efficiency much depends; yet its
best officers must give way at every change Of
party power to men of inferior experience.
The School Board ia another branch in which
this impolicy of change works especial mis-
chief The trained Superintendent is at the
mercy of his political masters for the time be-
ing, and the system which should be carefully
perfected is periodically thrown backward
These things should not be. Incompetence
should always be sought out and weeded out;
49, 4 Il l.
department or portion thereof, or to super
wise section of our educational machinery,
should be in certain measure above party.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29

correspondence ana clear their desks OF all
their accumulations of mail matter. Justice
is, therefore, SO far tempered with mercy in
this bill az to adapt it somewhat even to the
fixed habits of those Bourbons s'who never
learn anything and never forget anything"
Moreover, in the interval to July the members
of the next Congress can inform their constit-
uents of the working of this new law, and
that where they wish or expect from their Rep
resentative an answer to letter the enclosure
of a three cent stamp viii be the proper thing.
In those good old times when the pay of the
members of Congress was for each eight dol
| lars day during the session and his mileage,
and when our postage on letters was six and a
quarter, twelve and half, eighteen and three
fourths, or twenty-five cents, according to dis
lance, the ranking privilege was cash item
TO any member, and particularly to the gen.
tlemen from Missouri, Arkansas or Louisiana.
But with the Introduction of cheap postage
the Congressional letter frank became super.
fully, while the frank on the pub. doc" de-
generated into public nuisance. During the
brief period that the lamented Horace
Greeley was q member of Congress his
whole mind and energies in the House were
devoted to the correction of the two abuses
of the franking privilege and the members
mileage. On the franking question he was
simply laughed at for his verdancy and his
folly, and on the mileage question his efforts
for reform were equally fruitless. The gentle
man from Arkansas, who found it convenient
! to travel to Washington By WAY of Havana
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29
ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Twenty third st. and Eighth
v.-CArARAcr OF THE GANGEs
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29

UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, between
roadway and Fourth av.-OSE HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29

NIBLO's GARDEN, Broadway. between Prince and
0Oust0D streetS-LEo LOr0s.
Arizona citizen., 1873-08-30
FOR MY SAKE.

For you shall find fuller glow in each sun that shall set. A softer flush in each day that shall
 break, deeper purple in the violet, All for my sake! For you shall find a sweetness in the stir
 of forest leaves, A song in every ripple of the lake, 4 golden glitter on the harvest sheaves All for my sake For you shall find beauty lighting over
 land and sea, 4 happy dream to sleep with and awake, A richer blessing in eternity, All for my sake! And you shall find joy redoubled in
 ecstasy, When having pass'd your death you
 shall awake, A greater gift in immortality, All for my sake!
Arizona citizen., 1873-08-30

two days, weather was too sultry and calm, then too cool, but the breeze al- ways in our favor and sails set ac- cordingly. So much for the ship and trip.
 l expect this will be an up-all- night affair, for how can one expect to sleep in hearing of the clash of waves and shillelahs? l think 1 will have to free Ireland now that 1 am so near. A country that can raise so much hell and potatoes, has claims on freedom that have been slighted too long. Freedom IS her normal con- dition. W.
Arizona citizen., 1873-08-30

abandoned, are now in successful op-
 eration, while with a'few exceptions.
 headed, directed, and in many instan-
 ces owned by men of experience and
 theoretical and practical knowledge,
 acquired at colleges and universities,
 or by self-study, done with will
 and 8 fixed object. Arizona, if atn well informed, has at this moment
 not & single one of this class of min
 CTS. But 1t has g. great number of
 pickaxe-miners and "dabblers
 in mining. It is not and cannot be
 my object to discredit these men,
 since they are the pioneers of mining
 in this wild Territory. They can be
 made real miners" " by educating
 them 10 certain point, after which
 they could become excellent superin-
 tendents. ILa first step in accom-
 plshing this laudable object, must be
 taken by the press of tho Territory.
 and the next by the Territorial Gov
 ernment, or if declined, by the miners themselves and all those directly or indirectly interested in the develop ment of the mineral resources of the Territory. The work of the press would be to publish from time to time well and popularly written articles on all subjects appertaining or con- nected with mining and the arts and sciences related to it. As return for the kind reception and appreciation have received from all sides in Tucson, l shall send you articles of the above nature, to be published in TIE CITI- ZEN for the information of all whom 1t may concern.
 The work of the Territorial Govern ment would be to create an office headed by an efficient person and sup piled with the necessary instruments for assaying, a small library with books on geology, minerelogy, met allurgy and practical mining, for reference by miners and others. In such an office, the miner as we'll as the superintendent could get the looked for information on veins, mines, ores, reduction, etc., as well ss reports written under " office oath" and reliable for both miner and capi- ralists. Charges could be made for all information given, assays made and reports written. They might at the end of the year amount to more than the fixed salary of the person at the head of the office. I consider such an office indispensable in the de- of the mining resources of this Territory. As things stand now mining Is headless and consequently also footless. And yet is mining in reality the principal source for the accumulation of wealth in this Terri tory. If the government declines do- ing anything ID the matter, the min CTS and all those interested in mining. should form an association and Go yne thing themselves. It would pay for itself directly, and do indirectly a world of good to the miner, agricul- -uralst and merchant of this Terri .ory and the capitalist abroad.
 Not to be misiudged, l may state hat am not an applicant for the ,fhce referred to. J. J. M.
Arizona citizen., 1873-08-30
Public School Statistics.

The Yuma Sentinel of last Satur- day has the following statistics Ielat- ing Q the public schools of Yuma county:
 YUMA DIsTRICT.-Total number of boys between ages of 6 and 2l, in the district, l97; total number of girls between ages Of 6 and 21 in the dis triot. 2ni total namber of children in the district, 3S6. Out of that number IS have attended public school and 31 private school; and 70 were found capable of reading and writing.
 EHRENBERG DISTRICT. IT 0 tai number of boys between and 21 years, 51 total number of girls be- tween same ages. 34 total number of boys and girls in the district, 85. Of which 35 have attended public school, private school. and r wele found capable of reading and writing.
Arizona citizen., 1873-08-30
PoeticaI Fraud Exposed.

March 22, 1873, poem entitled
 e The Long Ago" appeared in THE
 CITIZEN and accredited to Gaylord J.
 Clarke as author. At the time, we
 had doubts of the literal exactness of
 the poem and full belief that said
 Clarke was not the author. 4 cor
 respondence followed with the editor of The Terre Haute Express, 1nd- iaDa), which confirmed our doubts and belief, and since that we find the following in The Express:
 Most of our readers are familiar with 8 beautiful poem called "The Long Ago" and the '' River of Time" which has been floating about the newspapers, in various stages of mu- tilation, for the past fifteen or twenty years. It was written by Benjamin F. Taylor, for many years an attache of the Chicago Journal, and for time 0 resident of Laporte, in this State but ib has been claimed by a score of different persons. MT. Taylor him self didn't think much of the poem, and never cared to contest his claim to its authorship. In order to settle the question of proprietorship Mrs. Helen Austin addressed 8 note to the poet, and received the following answer:
 DUNKIRK, N. Y, April 2S, 1873.
 My DEAR MADAM-Doubts as to the parentage of 'The River of Time are vexatious and persistent as Can ada thistles; and yet l thank you for the kindly interest you take in main taining 'Bertram's rights to his own. The most explicit answer I can give is contained in the appended extract from lecture delivered, the present season, in the cities of New York and the West, entitled What made him do it!' It runs thus:
 "There is 8 small poem, to which I must plead guilty, called The Long Ago l never named it. The men and women that stole 1t from me christened 1t. It begins with some such words as these. Here follows the poem. Now, l should never have ventured upon the confession of so small an ofense, were not in the habit of receiving 8 letter from some body, every few weeks, asking me if 1 l wrote 1t, and, if not, who did
 "Well, years and years ago, one Christmas Eve with nobody to bid me ! be merry, sat, @ stranger and for lorn, in a room in New York, beside | the bed of 8 Ianguishing girl, to whom I had made a promise that was to last so long Us We should live. 1 could have kept company with the " Forty Thieves and whistled all the time, for any fear l had of their stealing anything from me. An order had come to me for that most axecrable of rhyming things, New Years address. was to have fifty dollars for the perpetration. These lines were a part of 1t, written with , strange mingling of sadness and gladness. 1 wanted returns, that 1 might bid the patient sufferer beside me happy New Year. and then give ler 8 little token to make her so; and 1 70 wrote for dear life and dear wife. There were fifty dollars ar one end of an arc a thousand miles long, and . sheaf of rhymes at the other. The 'ortune of poor Jack was literally nine, "No songs no supper.
 And there IS the motive power of ,ne little poem, disrobed of all TO- nance, and laid as bare before you as ] yer was Pike's Peak to a gold ( lunter.
 Again thanking you fer ycur kind interest, I am, very cordially t
 BENJhzrTN |. IATLORs
Arizona citizen., 1873-08-30
LETTER FRom OFF IRELAND.

Something About Embracing the s'OId Sod'' and the Philadelphia New Steamship Lfne--COl. T. A. Scott Safe Voyage--New Route, etc.
Arizona citizen., 1873-08-30

JVH0LESALE AND RETAIL.
Arizona citizen., 1873-08-30
COLES BASHFORD.

ATTORNEY AT LAW, TUCsON ARIZONA Will practice in all the Courts of tue Territory. lf
Arizona citizen., 1873-08-30

Plain death notices. free Obituary re- marks in prose, SS persquare; in npoetry, g. % per line.