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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-09-04
A STATUE TO DANIEL WEBSTER.
A Most Appropriate Memorial OF tho
Great Statcamau.


We have been favored with copy OF the follow
ing letter addressed to Colonel Stebbins, Of the
Department Of Public Parks, IN reference to the
muniacent and handsome oGer OF Mr.. Gordon W.
Bu,nham to erect q statue to Daniel Webster in
Central Park
NO. 1928 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, July Is, 1874
HENRY q. STkBBINS, Esq, President OF the Depart
ment OF Public Parks:-
DEAR SIK-In accordance with the suggestions
heretofore made IN conversation with your pre-
decessOr, Mr.. Wales, ana yourself l respectfully
O1er Tor the Central Park q bronze statue OF
Daniel Webster. OF colossal size, with an appro.
pirate granite PEDESTAL the whole WORK 10 be exc
cuted by the best artist In q manner altogether
worthy the grandeur Of the subject and the con.
spicuous position II Is designed to occupy at the
lower entrance to the mall.
This position, proposed by Mr.. President Wales
and cordially approved By yourself and other
gentlemen Of no less excellent taste and judg-
ment, will exactly suit my purpose in devotinR so
large q sum OF money as viii be required to adorn
the PARK and 10 honor the memory OF one OF Amer.
teas nobiest sons whose patriotic eloquence de-
voted to the defence OF her institutions during his
lie, will continue to animate and inspire TO the
latest time that sentiment oil, Liberty and Union
now and forever, one and inseparable, which mas
saved the nation, and viii continue to protect It,
trust that my offer to place this statue on the
cite proposed Will meet the speedy acceptance OF
your department, In order that tie work may be
duly completed by the Fourth of July, ls78-tne
Centennial OF American Independence. have the
honor to be, with great respect, your obedient
servant, GORDON ". RURNHAA-
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CREEDMOOR.

The Forty-sevcnth Brooklyn) Regf-
ment National Gnard Mt Rine Prac.
tice Yesterday-Fair Weather and
Fair Shooting.
The FOrty-seventh tBrooklyn) regiment Eleventh
brigade Second division National Guard, Captain
Allen, company, in command, went to Creed
moor yesterday for bail practice.
In conformity with the provisions Of the State
Adjutant Generals order governing the rine prac-
tco Of militia regiments, the Forty seventh took
the $3.50 A. Nj. train from hunters Point and
reachet the ranges Of the National Rine Assoca-
ton in time to commence shooting little before
ten. The weather was pretty good for shooting.
and higher scores would doubtless have been made
but for o westerly wind that htrully blew across
the ranges. There were 274 men or all ranks who
sXtv-one qualified to shoot at 500 yards distance.
The way IN which the men were divided among the
companies win be seen by the following
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THE LIBERAL REPUBLICANS.

Meeting OF tho General Committee Last
Evening-R esolutions DenOuncing the
Present Administration, Gag Law and
tho Third Term-Three Cheers for
Vermont.
The Liberal Republican General Committee met
last evening at their headquarters No. 453 Fourth
avenue, Thomas e. stewart in the chair. There
were present Frederick A Conkling, Benjamin F.
Manierre, Judge Fthian, General Foster General
John s. Cochrane and many other prominent men
Of this party.
After the meeting was called to order and the
minutes OF the last meeting read, Mr.. George
NJ. Mitchell, OF the thirteenth district, offered the
following resouttons:-
Resolved That denounce the dangerous invasion Of
the freedom OF the by the Poland law, which
creates and extends to local court OF the District Of
ana in U nj ed states
through NJ Of law they Be
or wherein the , crime was
OF the sixth article OF the amendments to the federal
term principle upon the constitution OF the United
the sv Of he third IN BY been
memory with al the authority Of constitutional inh
By whom and to attain i: would be dangerous no a mat
Mr. Frederick A. Conkltng ndorsiDg them IN a
glowing speech. General Foster tnen rose and
said he had'read in the evening papers that Luke
F. Poland had been defeated IN the Second Con-
gressonal district of Vermont and he would offer
the following resolution OF congratulatiOn, which
was received with loud cheers:-
Resolved, That the liberal republicans the city Of
New York congratulate the independent republican
feang at the polls that SUPPORTER OF salary grabbing
and author Of the attempt to and terorZe the press
Luxe +. Poland. And we trust that ali like offenders
may meet O like fate at the polls.
On motion OF Judge Fithian the ting then
adjourned, after which private conference OF the
delegates and aiternates 10 the State Conven ton
was held.
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NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY SEPTEMBER B74-TsIPLE SHEET

hour; but to make IL short, not only has imme-
mortal usage, which with us has grown into law,
hxed the limit Of the Presidential term, bat, with
the immense federal patronage in the hands OF the
Executive, regard 1t as the most utterly de-
moralizing and corrupting influence that could be
introduced into American politics.
CoRREsPONDENr-Now, Major, l would like to
have your views on the Civil Rights bill and what
do you think the President Will do with 1t If 1t is
passed
THE PRESIDENT AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
MAJoR-The bill will pass In February or March
beyond question, and ought to pass, and do not
believe the President Will veto ii; He recon.
mended it in his Message OF December, 1874 aud
ne is not given to changing front. 1t is part of the
price we paid for the federal Union; the keeping
OF promise made to the negro, sealed with his
blood when we called him to aid In putting down
the rebelion-no less sacred than the natl onal
debt. 1t Is the Inevitable logical sequence Of the
fourteenth amendment. AS to the social rights
feature OF the bill 30 called. that is the talk Of
demagogues. There is no social equality N this
country except on the frontiers, where men are
liable to be reused by the whoop OF the Indian or
the howl OF pack Of wolves, where they are often
dependent for their owl lives upon the aid OF their
neignbors. and Judge man not by the color Of his
skin. but by the keeppess of his eye and the GER
tainty OF his nerve when pulling trigger under o
rife barrel.
This concluded my political conversation with
the Major. who. could observe before / left him,
was somewhat startled at the nature Of the In
formation he had disclosed to me. He seemed to
doubt his right TO diyulge what had happened in
caucus; but as this was matter OF such great
public interest, and he had not compromised any
OF the gentlemen present at that caucus, he con.
soled himself and said boldly, every word have
told you IL true as Holy Writ, and can be proved
by twenty living witnesses.'
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Five Hundred and Efghty-three Pocket
Handkerchief Found ON the Thieves.

Five Hundred and Efghty-three Pocket
Handkerchief Found ON the Thieves.
Detective sievln noticed two suspicious persons
passing along Thompson street last night, ana
upon accosting them discovered they were
thieves. lie followed them into the Eighth ward.
where they met some trends, who gave them a
signal tina, they were in the vicinity of detective.
Slew n saw the signal, and inmed.ately arrested
the two he was following. The second party eu-
0eavored to interfere and general row ensred.
The detective pulled out q small black club
from an inside pocket OF his coat.
and In q few minutes had made such execution
tnat his prisoners were secure. He TOOK them To-
the Fifteenth precinct Station house and locked
them up. Cpon searching the vallse one OF tho
party carried $50 pocket handkerchles were ound~
Inc arrest Is most important one and rejects
the highest credit on the detective. The prisoners
VIII be arraigned at court tnis morning. Tney
house as John letter alias "Dutchyu and Francis
Curly. Both are said to be Old Offenders oy ing
n0iice,
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the vote on The one hundred and tenth ballot
stood:-Stephens, so 2-5; Cumming, II 3-5.
The name OF J. B. Cumming was Withdrawn at
halfpast four O'Clock this morning the Conven-
ton being in session all night. A motion was
then made by Governor jenkins to make the
nomination Of Mr.. stephens unanimous This was
done at the request OF Major Cumming. who ap-
peared before the Convention. Mr.. Stephens was
declared the nominee oil the democratic party and
the Convention adjourned.
DETROIT. Mich, Sept. 3, 1874.
The republicans OF The Seventh Michigan district
have renomlnated o. ID. Conger for Congress.
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NEW YORK STATE POLITICS.
Deleg ates to the Democratic State Con-
venti0n.

ALBANY, N. Y. Sept. 3, 1874.
The democrats Of the Second and Third Assem-
bly, districts elected delegates to the State Con-
vention to-day as folows:-1hird district Erastus
Corning, Rufus w. Peckham and Michael Dele
hanty; alternates, George II. TEACHER William
Doyle and Thomas Mettimor Second district,
Amasa J. Parker. George W. Miller and Robert II.
waterman; alternates, John V. L. Pruyn, Andrew
]. COlvin and James Simmons.
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Democratic Assembly Nominations.

OSWEuO, Sept, o, 1874
At the Democratic Convention OF the First AS
semby district held in this city to-day, Delos
DeWolf, d. c. Littleiohn and D. 7. Brewster were
appointed delegates to the state Convention.
Resolutions were adopted instructing the dele
gates to present the name OF William +. Allen tor
Governor.
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CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS.

Alexander II. stephens r. nominated by
Georgian Democrats.
WHEELING, w. Va, sept. 8, 1874
the republicans of the First West Virginia dis
trict to-day nominated General Nathan GoT, Of
Harrison county, for Congress.
AUGUSTA, Ca, Sept. 8, 1874
In the Eightn District ConR ressiopal Convention
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LOCKPORT, Sept. 8, 1874.
The Prohibition Convention held in this city yes.
terday nominated full county and Assembly
tickets, perfected q county organization and
adopted measures for vigorous prosecution oil
the campaign in behalf OF the prohibition State
and local tickets.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-09-04
ELECTION IN WYOMING.
Victory Throughout the
Territory.

CHEYENNE, Sept 3, 1874.
The election returns are nearly all In, and give
Steele, democrat, a majority OF between 500 and
600, re-electng him as Delegate by double
the majority that ne received two years ago. Tie
democratic TICKET has been generally successful
throughout the Territory.
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TIE NEBRASKA REPUBLICANS.
UNAHA, Sent 5. 1874.

The Claim Of an Additional Representa-
tive i'm ConRress-A Contingent Nomi-
nation.
OMAHA, Sept 8, 1874
In the Republican state Convention last night
Patrick O'Hawes was nominated contingent Con-
gresham, after lively fight, and Bruno Fischuk
Tor Secretary Of State.
The contingent nomination OF Patrick O'Hawes
for Congress because Of the claim that the popu-
iaton OF the state has increased so much as to en-.
title II to another representative at Washington.
II the claim Is admitted BY Congress and Patrick
OHawes is elected he Will represent the new con-
stttuency thus recognized.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-09-04

After fin isning the shooting at the zoo yards Butts
rest was had TOR about an hour In the middle Of
the day, before practice was resumed at the 500
yard ranges.
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IMPORTANT ARREST.

The regiment got through with practice BY four
O'Clock aud returned to Brooklyn on the 4:42 p. ".
train.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-22

Hitherto the Aldine Magazine, OF New York,
has enjoyed the distinction of being the hand
soonest periodical in the country, if not in the
world but it has encountered a rival III the
Chicago Illustrated Magazine. The latter pub
LEGATION is, hey nd all question, the most ele-
gantly printed illustrated magazine that has
ever been issued in the west, or anywhere else,
with the exception. perhaps, Of the publication
above referred to, and we pronounce 1t equal
in every respect to that splendid work of art
Higher praise than this it il impossible to be-
stow for every one who has ever seen the
Aldine has seen the perfection Of topographic
art. The same il true of the Chicago Illus
trated Magazine. II there is any superiority
it belongs to the latter and, being a western
enterprise, it commends itself directly to west
ern readers. 1t is published by the American
Publishing Company, of Chicago, at the ex-
tremely low price of 20, so u year. A volume
OF this splendid magazine will make a book OF
greater literary and artistic excellence than
can be bought for mal,y times the subscription
price. Address THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Room
q, Tribune building, Chicago.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-22
Norway and Sweden.

1..tI ..a
Never could more oissinlllar ha.ionH
be united uhder II governlnei. !nlii
Norway ana sweden. NORWAY ciinH5
with the nos ABSURD senaclIy ~ olo
things ana ola ways OF ON 'neii'
WINE sweden ID reauy 10 au'anco WIN
inc rest ot we world ing o''leienue
ap ehrS s'fiRlhPlY ON inc me % r"1I-
road between ChrlS'inth Wv oloIN-
holm' Inc foao IL aootC NV nl'ioo
long, OF whlr"5 soy IVY ~, u 'SoF""'
and 3VO m oWcoeh. Inc '''Hc 'or ,%
presH t~G'"' '" "'1n' l""h'Y honf'. ~
this, something like eight hours is taken
for The Norwegian 100 miles, leaving -
hours-reaIly, only II hOurs-ior the
Swedish 300 miles, or II miles against
20 miles per hour. But most OF inc
travel in Norway is by the very ora
fashion of carriales and ~post-horses, the
principal roads, under government care,
being in good order, and the speed
averaging, with push, six or miles
per hour. The American consul IN
Christiana-which is the only live part
of Norwav-is trying hard to get our
mowers ana reapers into MS, there,
though thus far with indifferent sue
cess. IN Sweden these things ne being
taken hold Of with something like free
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-22
Revisiting the Earth.

To revisit this earth, some ages after
their departure from it, is a common
wish among men. We frequently hear
men say that they would give SO many
months or years of their lives in ex-
change for a less number on the globe
II or { 70 or three centuries from now.
Merely to see the world from some re-
mote sphere, like the distant spectator
of a play which passes in dumb show,
would not suffice. They would like to
be of the world again, and enter into its
feelings, passions, hopes TO feel the
sweep Of its current, and so to compre-
bend what it has become.
| suppose that we all, who are thor
oughly interested in this world, have
this desire. There are some select
souls, who sit apart in calm endurance,
waiting to be translated out of a world
they are almost tired of %patronizinP, to
whom tho whole thing seems doubtless
like n cheap performance. They sit on
the fence of criticism, and cannot for
the life of them see what the vulgar
crowd make such u toll md sweat about.
The prizes are the same, dreary, old,
fading bnt-wrcnthc. As for tho sol
diers marching past, their uniforms nro
torn, their hats are shocking, their shoes
are dasty, they do not appear, to n man
sitting on the fence. to march with any
kind of spirit, their flags are old aud
tattcred, the drums they beat are bar
barous; and, besides, it is not probable
that they are going anywhere,-they
will merely come round again, the same
people, like the marching chorus in the
Brggar's Opera" Such critics, Of
course, would not care TO see the Vulgar
show over again it IS enough for them
TO put on record their protest AGAINST it
in the weekly Judgment Days, which
they edit, and, by-and-by, withdraw
ont Of their private boxes, with pity for
n world in the creation of which they
were not consulted.
The desire to revisit this earth is, |
think, based upon a belief, we'll nigh
universal, that the world is to make
some progress, and that it will be more
interesting in the future than it is now.
believe that the human mind, when
ever it is developed enough to compre-
bend its w action, rests, and has al
ways rested, in this expectation. | do
not know any period of time in which
the civilized mind has not had expecta-
tion of something better for the race in
the future. This expectation is some
times stronger than it is at others and,
again, there are always those who say
THAT the golden age il behind them. IT
is always behind or before us the pool
present alone has no friends the pres
ent, in the minds OF many, is only the
car that is CARRYING us away from n,
age of virtue and OF happiness or thai
il, perhaps, bearing us on to n time o
ease and comfort and security. -Scrib
nCr'S.
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A Very Valuable Work.

"History of the Grange Movement
or the Farmers Wa against Monopo-
lies" Being a full and authentic ac-
count of the struggles of the American
Farmers against the extortions of the
Railroad Companies. With a History
of the Rise and Progress of the Order
of Patrons of Husbandry. Published
by the National Publishing Co., of Gin
@cinnati and Memphis.
The most remarkable and powerful
movement of the present day is, I'M
questionably, the War which the Farm
ers are waging against the Monopolies
of all kinds that have for go long been
robbing the people and expressing the
toiling portion of our community.
The work b gins with the causes
which have aroused the American peo-
pie against the Monopolists, and treats
of the railroad system of the country,
it's growth, actual condition and pros
poets. 1t then shows how this noble
system has been perverted to further
the enda of selfish capitalists and rail
road directors, who seek gain Mt the ex-
ponsc of the community and we are
given n terrible and thrilling account of
the crimes and frauds of the railroad
corporations of to-day. The author
Yields a fearless and vigorous pen, and
points ont the evils which this selfish
greed has entailed upon us. He shows
how the great corporations have been
able to control the whole country how
they have robbed the nation, and cor
ruptcd our Congress, State Legislatures,
and Courts of Justice.
Passing from the Monopolists and
their outrages, the author takes up the
cause of the wrOngcd and oppressed
farmers, and gives us a detailed state
mcnt of the evils from which the farm
ing class is suffering. He Analyses skill
fully the causes Of these evils, and
shows how and by whom the farmers
are robbed.
A considerable portion of the work is
devoted to a history of the Order of
Patrons OF Husbandry. A complete ac-
count of the organization and objects of
the order is given ; its laws and mode
of procedure are stated and each fea-
ture is explained at length.
1t is decidedly the most interesting
and useful volume of the day, and as
it comes at a time when the whole coun-
try is suffering intensely from the effects
of the evils it d%enounces, cannot fail to
have n tremendous sale. 1t is an ably
written work, and a bold and vigorous
plea in behalf of the farmers and all
who are oppressed and robbed by the
grasping Monopolies which aer causing
so much trouble.
The book issold by subscription only,
and the publishers want agents in every
county. See advertisement in another
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-22

DIR. j. Walkers California Vim
egar BitterS are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted thcrcfrom without the use
of Alcohol. Tho question is almost
daily asked. "Wh&t is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERsw Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and u ~lite-giving principle,
q perfect Rcnovator and lnvigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has q medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERS in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are a gentle Purgativc as wei! as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of
the Liver and Vlsceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BlTTERS are Apcricnt, Dlaphoretlc,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretlc,
Sedativc, Countcr-lwitant. Sudoriiic, Altera
tive, and Anti Bilious.
R. n. MCDONALD ~ CO.,
Druggists and Gen. AGts., San Francisco. California,
and co.. i Washington md Charlton SITS. n. Y.
HuiI ny AL Drag ti-t> and Dealers.
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The Alaska Seal.

II. p n
ny 'nt ino'v s"''ap'e u that
p"'''" "itti 'lo n'tio 1l sea, Is thae OF
vuo 'c"o'cI, 1r n'"sha SEAL wiich,
"n,.o ! n"' 'uo ,"p''so' Tue seai' lofhls
CONNECTING INK nc'weeD 10 ana the
oL.ei. lar8e portion OF mus fnr IS
9. 'r n from :Wo l"'nli''S' 80, ram anc
~, o ~ la.''''e 10 horGh' IN the
o go" VI nc.lrlnS OF h~ah''chatKa, about
Ao ii'oS rpr.h"tsC ol 'he peninsula OF
ni"'" tnesU is''uU We're soid by
~. ua'I, " 'ie me oI,,es aS " part OF
G ," n Hn 'ert''u,y' "i'ep' III ioo',
"un uoorSo ~. Thomas was sent by
U"i nl ne,' e1ali'ne ana report
haao .nn Ie'u.iS, no eS''nia'e" i1r-
p,",'mS su'ts' or sea,os'efS, seen each
H nn' II. " " nno oHn S,nhuS NJ from 3,ooo'-
Wv" ,1'ooo,"oo, iH'n6 III Tue rocker
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Cures all Kinds of Catarrh.

So successful has DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery proven, az a constitutional treat
ment for catarrh, when coupled with the use
OF DR.. sage's Catarrh Remedy, applied locally
by the use of DIR. Pierce's Nasal Douche Ohc
only method of reaching the upper and back
cavities of the head), that the proprietor OF
these medicines has long offered a standing
reward of $500 for a case of catarrh which he
cannot cure. The two medicines, with instru-
ments, for two dollars by druggists.
A SPECIMEN OUT OF THOUSANDS.
CORTLAND, ILL, April 28, 1873.
DR., PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y;
Dcmr Sir 1T is with pleasure | make TINS
statement to you, thai after taking medicine
for twenty years for the ca aIrh, | tried your
Catarrh Remedy and effected Il cuIc, 10 that
it has not troubled me for two years.
:. WHEELER.
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NEW ORLEANS MARKETS.

Flour-Suneriue, $500; extra, 5000; double
extra, $3.50; family, $8,0OmS62l9. Corn
quiet, White, 73m7ic; yellow, Zoe. Oats
5gm9Oc. Hay frmer. Prime, 500; %cioice,
32G. Mess pork, $l5.7Jm1 600. Bacon scarce.
shoulders, SIC; clear rib sides, % clear
sides, 92(; new hams dull, at l2}5@lhc. Sugar
dun. Inferior. l0i9Ici common, 5n6 fair
to fully fair, GHm93tc prime to choice, S@
81. Molas4cs in light supply. Common, lOc
far, 53mj7; prime to choice, GOm9Gc, Whisky
I .,i,,, - nj