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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11
Another Captain General for Cuba.

A report comes by cable telegram from
Madrid confrmatory of our Havana CORE
spondence that General Jose Concha is to take
the place of Jovellar as Captain General OF
Cuba. Formerly it was understood the Span
ish government appointed some prominent and
favored man to rule over the Cubans for the
purpose chiefly of giving him fortune, and
few or none out of the ma: who have held the
Office returned without squeezing vast wealth
out of the rich island and the oppressed peo-
pie. Generally it did not take long to make
fortune The Captain Generals have sue
ceeded each other lately so rapidly and Cuba
is in such deplorable condition that there
may be more difficulty in amassing wealth.
If the report be true that Concha is to super
sede Jovellar the change indicates the most
vigorous and, we fear, the most cruel meas
ures against the Cuban patriots. The great
object now is to preserve the island to Spain,
and the appointment of Concha, who has
been Captain General before, looks like last
resort and the necessity Of desperate efforts
being made-not that we think Concha or
any other Captain General can pacify Cuba.
The Cubans have held out so long and have
made such progress in their war for indepen-
dence that their freedom in the end appears
to be pretty we'll assured.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11
Public Agitation of the Finances.

Every day that passes and leaves it uncer-
tain whether Congress will do anything in
regard to the currency, or what it will do,
involves heavy losses to the trade of this
city. No man can say what dollar Of our
currency will be worth in thirty days. It
may represent then just the value it represents
now but if Congress determines to add
forty millions to the mass every printed dol
lar will then be worth less than it is now
worth by demonstrate quantity that will
have o fixed relation to the amount added to
the currency. Every man, therefore, who
makes q contract in the face of that uncer-
tainty simply CANDLES. He takes the chances.
as to whether the amount of money he
agrees to pay in sixty days will then cost
him more or less in the commodities he has
to give for it. He CANDLES on the possibilities
of what Congress will do, and if he does not
choose to gamble he must stand still. Such
is the condition in which commerce now finds
itself. Every merchant must remain in forced
inactivity or become o gambler against
his will. 1t is now proposed to give public
expression to this idea at great gathering of
merchants and fnanciers that the views of
this city on the subject may be properly felt
at Washington. Public meetings are not the
places to discuss financial problems ; but
where the problem is so clear that every voice
at great financial centre is on one side it is
good means to enable opinion to make a
proper impression. AS we hear of the West
and the South so much in the clamor for in
fation, let New York, therefore, be plainly
heard against it,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

The RHODE ISLAND SENAToRsHIP. 1T seems
to be assumed even in Rhode Island that
Senator William Sprague will not be able to
secure his reelection; and as the General
Assembly, upon which the choice of his sue
cessor will devolve is soon to be chosen, great
interest is felt in the preliminary results. A
number of candidates for the Senatorship are
already in the field seeking majority in the
Legislature. Among those named as Senator
Sprague's successor are Governor Henry How
ard General A. E. Burnside, William P. Shelf
field and ex-Congressmen Jenckes and Dixon.
1t is likely that Governor Howard will be sup
ported by the Sprague faction, and MIR. Dixon
is said to be the favorite with the other side.
There is always music in Rhode Island over
the Senatorship, and the next canvass is to be
no exception to the rule.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

SENATOR MORTON Is BUCKLING ON HIS AR
NOR to defend the Louisiana "nonstrosity"
and to fight the windmills of national finance.
Though he may be the Ajax of the republican
party in the Senate he undertakes a difficult
task. Washington telegram says he is pre-
pairing to speak again on the Louisiana ques-
ton and the national finances. Able and
courageous as he may be, his efforts are more
likely to break him down than to convince
Congress or the public. He has taken the
wrong side, and he cannot make the worse
appear the better cause.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

A BETTER BELLEVUE WANTED. The greatest
criminal in New York is the Bellevue
Hospital building. Every year it takes
hundreds of lives that would be saved were
the patients treated in building more in &C.
cordance with the requirements of sanitary
science. Built sixty years ago and used sue
cessively as an almshouse, Jail and hospital,
its walls and ceilings reek with the pestilential
emanations of disease, and it is q questionable
benefit to the sick poor to send them there. In
Bellevue forty-eight out of every hundred who
undergo amputation of a leg or arm die. In
favorable circumstances as to hygiene, where
the surgeons are probably less sklful
than those at Bellevue, only eight in
hundred die. The State Charities Aid Associ-
alton has studied the subject of hospital con-
struction and condemns Bellevue unre-
servedly. We hope, and the public hopes,
that the Commissioners of Charities and Cor
rection will soon replace that murderous old
pesthouse by an arrangement of cottage build
ings that will satisfy the demands of humanity
and science.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11
Jayne as . NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
Morality.

U1OIoAhsys
Mr.. Jayne is encouraged. lie has hopes
for the country. He believes that "there is
an improvement in political and social
morals" He naturally rejoices to see this;
for, as things were before, the country was
going to the dogs, and if the country went to
the dogs commerce would, of course, go with
it; and in such a contingency what would be-
come OF Jayne? He would evidently be short
OF his million made out of the merchants
every few years. Jayne, in his thoughtful
moments between seizures, has observed that
''the effects of decentralization growing out OF
the war were more serious than the loss of life
and blood" AS matter of fact, the demoral-
ization has been slightly profitable to Jayne,
and SO he might humanity be expected to re-
gard 1t with equanimity and not to speak too
harshly OF the bridge that has carried him over.
But he assumes the higher philosophical stand
point; he leaves aside personal considerations,
and with the severe virtue of great moralist
he dwells upon the dreadful fact of our star
ting corruptions. They are worse, he says,
than "the loss Of life and blood in the war;
not that these losses were very bad for Jayne,
or that he had any special interest in them
personally, but he speaks for his country-his
beloved bleeding, demoralized, but still cher
ished and profitable country. We need scarcely
say what pleasure it has given us to meet with
these beautiful sentiments in Jayne We did
not expect them, Of course. Reading the
reports of the terrorism that had been
exercised over merchants under the cover
OF the law, and finding Jayne always at
the head of the file, we unconsciously had
framed the opinion that he was an official
harpy such as had never been known before in
the history of this government. In fact, we
looked upon him as one Of the "monstrosi-
ties' with which the government is loaded,
and wondered where he came from and whittier
he tended, and in what state we should
probably find ourselves when happy destiny
should relieve our merchants of the tribua-
ton of his attentions Instead Of all that,
however, imagine our delight to find from his
own words that he is philosopher, moral
list and patriot, and that his soul is less re-
joiced over the hundreds of thousands Of
dollars that have slipped into his pockets
lately than grieved over the public demoraliza-
ton that compelled him to infict the penal
ties from which that money came. All this
puts a new character on Jayne as public
functionary. General Grant once wisely said
that the true way to secure the repeal of bad
law is to rigidly enforce it. Perhaps Jayne
has been studying that precept, and as a lover
of 30 60
of the moiety laws. If that is his point we
may already congratulate him on his success
and take the liberty to suggest as new field
of labor that he would make good mission
ary
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

HELPING THE PooR.-The stream of charity
flows on unexhausted, and thousands who
otherwise must have felt the bitter pangs of
hunger are preserved from suffering and, per-
haps, from crime. All classes have been
moved and contributed something to relieve
the general distress, nor have there been
wanting touching instances of self sacrifice in
helping on the good work Yesterday lady
sent to the HERALD her gold earrings for
the benefit of family to whose case her at
tention had been called by the press. Among
the many noble acts of benevolence it has
been our duty to chronicle not one teaches
better lesson than this to those who have plenty
and as yet have done nothing for their suffer-
ling fellow citizens. Donations of bread to the
soup houses have been numerous, and there is
no more efficient way Of helping the distressed
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11
A Dramatic Charity.

Of course our theatres will not be laggard
in works of charity. Our readers will be glad
to learn that MIR. Wallack and Mr.. DAILY have
agreed upon the plan for o combined charity
dement,. The two companies will unite and
present the 'School for Scandal" The quail
ity OF the representation may be judged
when we note in the cast such names as
Lester Wallack, John Brougham, John Gil
bert, q. L. Fox, w. J. Florence, Charles
Fisher, W. Davidge, Louis James, Edward
Arnott, Owen Fawcett Miss Fanny Morant.
Madame Ponisi and Miss Goldthwaite. Such
cast probably never before appeared upon
an American stage.
Among the principal attractions of this re.
markable performance will be the reappear-
ance, for this occasion only, of Mrs. Jen-
nings, so long and SO favorably known
on our stage as Madeline Henriques Like
the famous Countess of Derby, Madeline
Henriques retired from the stage to grace
happy domestic married life and she now
returns to this scene of her triumphs for o
single night in the sacred cause of charity.
She will be welcomed by all who remember
her career as an artist as well as by the still
greater number who will gladly do honor to
her worth and her womanhood and the blame
less beauty of her life.
Mr. Wallack and Mr.. Daily have done so
much to exalt the stage and purify the drama,
they have been so generous and high-spirited
in their friendly rivalries, that this union in
the cause of charity will be marked event in
the history of the drama. Already some Of
the proscenium boxes have been sold for one
hundred dollars, Mr.. Arthur Cheney, of Bos-
ton, having purchased one for that sum. Now
that the purpose of Messrs. Wallack and Daily
is known the example of MIR. Cheney will be
largely followed
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

The ABLE ADDRESS OF Mr.. FRANCIS before
the Geographical Society last evening is o
substantial proof that all our statesmen who
go abroad as United States Ministers do not
waste their time in winning and dining.
Mr.. Francis spoke clearly and eloquently of
the progress of Greece since its bitter and
successful struggle for independence. While
dealing candidly with the Greek character,
he has not sugar-coated his facts when &C.
counting for the strange tendencies of the
people and their rulers in their struggle to
realize the perfection of human government.
His practical information regarding the lately
discovered mineral wealth Of Greece will be
found interesting.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

churches for the success of the expedition. 1t
would not surprise us to know that this very
feeling of anxiety contributed largely to the
defeat of Mr.. Gladstone. 1t is furthermore
an odd evidence of the good fortune now at
tending Disraeli that the expedition which
contributed to destroy his opponent now lends
a glow of military triumph to the beginning
of his own administration.
The prayers of England were antic-
pated, most probably, because the next
mail after the rumor of disaster brought
the news Of victory. Sir Garnet Wolseley
led his small command to the Ashantee
capital and burned the town as an act
of sovereign discipline and terror The
Ashantee King has become prisoner, his
troops have been routed, treaty has been
made, and Sir Garnet is now on his way home
bound with victorious garlands, ripe for the
honors of grateful Ministry. By the terms
of this treaty the Ashantee King pays an in
demnity of halt million of dollars. He
renounces the claim to certain territory. He
withdraws from any desire to hold dominion
upon the coast, permits the British to open
roads into his kingdom and insures freedom
of commerce. He agrees to prohibit human
sacrifice and promises for evermore to
keep the peace with his conquerors.
An English garrison will be admit
ted into his dominions, and. we presume
the Ashantee kingdom will virtually
pass under the protectorate of Great Britain.
As to the future we do not know. Lord Derby
has said that England would never consent to
establish an African empire. This, however,
was during an election canvass, and it re-
mains to be seen, now that he is foreign min
lister, whether he will be true to this pledge
or permit his ambition to annex the Ashantee
kingdom to the long line of British colonies.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

ANOTHER ROYAL Tour OF THE WORLD
Prince Frederick Charles, he of the red
beard, the man who won real glory in the
late Franco-German war, is about to make
q tour of the world. Via Russia, Siberia,
Japan and the United States he is to reach
London. Is it pleasure or business? Who
knows? The Prince will find friends by the
way, and nowhere more than in this country.
Our German felow-citizens will give him a
royal welcome.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

RAPID TRANSIT Bn1s.-General Dix is re-
ported as averse to bills that come in such a
form as to indicate that they are schemes that
are all bargained away before they pass the
Legislature; but he will sign what he deems
good, without regard to this fact The Gen.
eral is still practical man, and does not be-
lieve that the millennium has arrived at
Albany, or that bills will be passed till the
men with votes see "the Inducements.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

COMING Blackstone time ago jeff Davis
was suggested as a candidate for United States
Senator. little later it was announced that
MIR. b. Fl. Hill would be candidate for Con-
gress from Alabama. And now Herschel V.
johnson is spoken of for Governor of Georgia.
We had almost forgotten these gentlemen, but
we fipd that after ten years absence from the
public service they are ready to come back
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

The SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM
AsHANrEE which appears in the HERALD to-
day, is replete with interest in its description
of the British advance to within thirty miles
of Coomassie, the scenes which were wit
messed by the way and the announcement
which it contains of King Koffee's first effort
for peace.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

The LADIES of the Forsyth street Meth
odist Episcopal church are about to organize
ladies' committees to visit the groceries and
drug stores where liquor is sold. 1t is q
diluted form of the Ohio war.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

KATE SToDDARD, who is charged with the
murder of Charles Goodrich, has published a
curious statement, which we publish in another
column.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

TEMPERANCE IN BRooKLYN.-The Catholic
temperance societies held crowded meeting
last night in the Academy Of Music. They
resolved to wage the war against all forms Of
drunkenness, but do not inte1d to take part
in the women's crusade.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11
FIRE IN ANN STREET,

fire broke out at two O'Clock this morning In
the fourth story of the building No. IS Ann street,
the lower portion OF which is occupied by Mr..
Fitzgerald, the bookseller, and the upper by Mr..
Kincher, a jeweller. 1t was soon cxtngulshed,
with very little damage, and that from the water,
as the room In which It broke out was upQcGupied.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11
TRIPLE S HE E T.


From our reports this morning the probabilities
ure that the ,oeater today ,c be cold cloudy and
DinIu
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METROPOLITAN THEATRE,
No. 5s5 Broadway.-VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT, at
.i5 L. NJ. closes at 10 30 F. NJ.
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WOODS MUSEUM,

WOODS MUSEUM,
Broadway, corner Thirtieth street BILE JIM at
? NJ closes at 80 T.. NJ. BERTHA THE SEWING
MACHINE GIRL, at p. NJ. closes at IL 7. NJ
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BOOTHS THEATRE,
fxth and Twenty third street-MEDEA, at As
r N. closes at 10 As p NJ. Nine. Fanny Janauschek
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LYCEUM THEATRE,
Fourteenth street. sixth avenue rencn ,oPera
Bouife-LA FILE DE MADAME ANGOT. at r. M !;
closes at ~ lis L. n. Mile. Marie AIMEE.
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THEATRE

NIBLO'S GARDEN, NV,
Broadway, between Prince and Houston streets
CROCKETT at +. M; closes at 10 80 +. NJ Mr. FRANK
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FIFTH AVENUE THEATKE,
Twenty eighth street and Broadway.-CI at
NJ closes ut 1880 p N. Mr.. Clark Miss Ada Dyas
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THEATRE COMIQUF,
No. 5l4 Broadway-VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT, at
j. NJ ;closes at 10 80 p NJ Matnee at 2 p NJ.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11
GRAND OPERA HOUs

Eighth avenue and twenty third street-HUMPT
IUMPTY AT SCHOOL, and VARIETY ENTERTAi
MENT Begins at A p NJ; closes at 10 AS L. n
G. L. Fox
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11
RECEPTION TO GENERAL sCHENCK

DAYTON, Ohio, March 10, 1874.
public meeting here tonight resolved to give
General Schenck a banquet upon his return nome.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
Fourteenth street-strakosch Italian Opera Troupe
MARTHA at +. NJ closes at III Z. Nj. Nine. Nilsson,
Miss Cary Capoul, Del Puente and Scolara.
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BROOKLYN THEATRE,
Washington street, Brooklyn.-FEMME DE FEu, at P.
n. closes al IL p. N. Mrs j. B. Booth
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

CoRTrNA the cattle thief and brigand, who
has lately been elected Mayor of Matamoros
is at his old trade His old comrades have
been making it pretty uncomfortable for the
Texan rancheros, whose cattle are carried
across the Rio Grande by armed bands of
Mexicans without any interference being
offered by the United States authorities. Our
respect for international right is SO delicate
that the brigands may Craze their stolen cattle
quietly in sight of American military posts
without fear Of interference or punishment
Cortina, if appealed to, will punish any thief
who has failed to share with him.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

COLOSSEUM
broadway corner OF Thirry-ffth street-PARIS BY
MOONLIGHT, at ?. NJ; closes at Z. M; same at p
n closes at 10 7. NJ.
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wALLACK'S THEATRE,
Broadway and Thirteenth strcet.-HEtR-AT-LAW, al
p NJ closes at II I. NJ MI John Gilbert, Miss Jelreys
1ex
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The HAVANA EDITORS are puzzling them
selves as to what the visit of the Captain
General to the American Admiral signifies.
Captain Generals do not usually visit war
ships, and the departure from estab-
lished custom has set the editorial
writers specializing. From pure compass
sion we come to their aid. The visits
on either side mean nothing but empty form
and what is called courtesy. The men who
fred the salutes would be better pleased to be
dropping shells about Sefor Jovelar's ears.
The MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. The Tupelo
Journal, in reply to suggestion of the HERALD
that the Mississippi press assist in enforcing
Governor Ames' recommendation for a short
session of the Legislature, contends that this
advice has no meaning in the ears of the leois-
lators themselves, and points out the fact that,
both houses having failed to agree upon n
time for adjournment it is now in the power
Of the Governor to declare the Legislature adj
journed. Governor Ames will do we'll to exert
his constitutional power.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE,
No 20i Bowery.-VARIErY ENTERTAINMENT, at P.
NJ. closes at IL Z, NJ,
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BOwERY THEATRE
Bowery.-OvER THE PLAINS and VARIETY ENTER
TAlNMENT. Begins at 8 P. NJ. closes at IL p. NJ
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OLYMPIC THEATRE.
broadway, between Houston and Blocker Streets
NAUDEYILLE and NOVELTY ENTERTAINMENT at
Is p. M. closes 10 4, 7. NJ. Matinee at =. M
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BRYANT'S OPERA HOUSE.
Twenty third street. Sixth avenue.-NEGRO MI
bTRELSY, &C., at +. NJ closes at ~ T. NJ