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The New York herald., 1874-08-25
NEGRO FoRBEARANcE."

The Fidelity Of the Slaves During tho
War Caused by Ignorance and Not
Loyalty-The Southern Whites Not
obligated TO Observation-Disclosures the
Motto Of the Future.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, August 16, 1874.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
In an edition Of your paper Of the 18th inst
there is an article headed southern Social err
ment ntatlon" in which you offer some well mean
and In the main excellent advice to Southern
white men. ap NC0 1Me.
Being constant reader Of your valuable paper,
ana knowing its immense and well-deserved ctrcu-
ation and the great influence it exerts over all the
United States, 1 am anxious, as every Thought
full man must be, to see you always ad-
vance opinions and facts that are irreproachable
and irrefutabie. This Is almost invariaD
the case as regards the HERALD, but 1t
is impossible that earthly intellect should not
sometimes err, and you will pardon me, hope,
when presume to say that in your conception OF
the negro character as expressed in the article
alluded to- you have fallen into an error very COM
mon and pardonabe with gentlemen. who have
not had the fortune to,resde where the habits Of
the negro could be constantly observed.
You say in the second paragraph OF your
article :-"Candid Soutnerners must admit, how
ever, that they have every reason to think we'll Of
you cite as an evidence of that forbearance the
fact "that they took no advantage Of the absence
of their masters and OF their opportunity for conn.,
bination, to assist an enemy that was fighting In
their interests TO achieve their freedom.u
This TACT has been harped on In thousand dill
fercnt strains BY radical orators, and think 90
the HERALD but simple justice IN believing thai,
1t adopted this cry OF the ngr altitude Of the
Southern people towards the negro, it will give "
defence OF the South against such charge place
in It's columns and leave the world to Judge
whether or no they nave been ungrateluL In the
first place 1t is undeniable that the negro knew,
though somewhat vaguely. that the people OF the
rally enough, he had not the capacity to compre-
hend in any great degree the true meaning OF the
word Hundreds OF years OF servitude had SO
| sible for the average negro mind to conceive OF
and his forsiatners @ % had for 50 many years
Browns failure to inctte the negroes to revolt in
virginia. This apparently singular indifference TO
freedom may be accounted for partly by the iact
and could not, therefore. become aware Of the ex-
ceence OF freedom, and partly BY the fact that the
majority had no wTfones nf Sof n which they were
wnat these alleged wrongs were since the war,
the slave existed in a state In which there was
Qfyes birth to ambition They had no knowledge
| that greater future could be In store for their
and nsy ERA. enough 1000 and
the M 0ss S.rsn sna were ls mssss
s1s S ssasd SsndGs Sns
OF cases. As any one famiiiaf with the South must
one 70 % vS cSee an ena Ss. eS
/ white mans power; tho hopelessnoss Of any re-
sistsncc against him was too apparent even TO be
conAdered Tns fearful punisnnenu that were
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THE GAS MONOP0LES.
The HabIic Suffer Instead or Receiv1nnr
Benefit from Competition.

The Public Suffer Instead or Receiving
Benefit from Competition.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALp:-
Some time since the Metropolitan Gas Company,
in ogder 1t is alleged, to make matters ss dinicult
'as possible for newly chartered opposition COM
pany, used every endeavor TO induce landlords
and tenants having and occupying property alongi
the routes proposed for laying the mains Of
the new corporation to permit them to, place.
their meters in the houses and stores. In order,
to secure the customers who might otherwise GO
over to the new concern the Metropolitan Com
parenty, under the impression that the 'ref0rm'N
Legislature which would dare to grant new,
prces rednSea s sns price, o their spp
or course, the consumers were pleased with tho,
q q ss iii sSsT
be realized. Tne opposition company, being out
witted by the tactics adopted BY the Metropolitan
Company have not benefited the community tOs
the extent intended BY the projectors when the
scheme was first broached at Albany. and hencea
ing winter In q worse shape than We before exhib-
it6d A few weeks since the Metropolitan Com.
with an act OF the last Legislature, they wcro,
compelled to charge a uniform rate to OIL whtchi
uniformity Increased the price to the public Eve
amount was charged on last MONTHS bills. Having.
secured tue increase, the company now make tho
duced TO accept their gas under pretences which,
they directly contravene, that unless deposit,
ance with the :rules Of Tie company" the supply
will be discontinued.
submit that this using the public as kind od
shuttecock to serve the ends OF grasping ndividu-
ais is a gross outrage. Competition has but tn-
creased the annoyance and vexation. The innu-
ence OF your journal was lent In securing the oppo
sition charter as bar to further extOrtions ast
hitherto practised; and now that your attention.
certain for the people why the Densats 50 loudly
promised are withheld. CONSUMER
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THE BROOKLYN TRAGEDY.

Very Remarkable Circum stances Com
nect.d with the Countcrfciting and
Murder Mystcry-Flight and Arrest
OF an Important Witness In the
Case.
The police authorities have from time to time
been called upon to fathom mysterious murders
and have met with varied success, but they have
never worked upon a case that involved more pc
culiar lines than the latest tragedy the taking on
OF the Sicilian Salvatore Torrina, who was found
dying on the sidewalk on the night OF August Q,
near the intersection Of Bedford avenue and Hey
ward street. The first impression made upon the
minds OF the police was 1t will be remembered, that
the man. whose throat was cut while fifteen other
wounds attested the vindicttve thrusts OF the as
sassins, had committed suicide Inspector Waddy,
however, would not entertain SO absurd theory
and went 10 work on the idea that the man had
been murdered either by one OF his own country
men or some OF .HltH4 ,t-l9
Ir THE FLUSHING AVENUE GANG
mob OF young men who lniest that vicinity and
are well known 10 the police OF the Sixth sub and
Ninth precincts .-44l.- ~ . I.ll -N gtel
There remains still another circumstance. and
the latest one develope in this remarkable double
crime Yesterday Aiir ed O'Fryen late proprietor Of
an oyster saloon Flu shng avenue, was arraigned
before Justice Riley and sent TO IAN on short
0 e Sxs on an
the saloon Of this man that James Donahue ana
Andrew Hollywood, both members OF the Flushing
avenue gang. were seen In company with an ltal-
IAN like the deceased on the evening OF the muir
der. O'BIyen put detectives on the track OF Dona-
hue and HOLLYWOOD, and they were arrested and
have since been held at the jail awaiting develop
ments. Last week Sergeant Buckholtz who has
been at work on the case discovered that the
oyster saloon was no longer kept by OBryen; he
had transferred his property to some one else and
disappeared for parts unknown. He was found as
stated and taken to Brooklyn, where ne admitted
that he had been
'iS'ii7 10 THREATENED BY THE PALS, ~ feJ
OF .Donahue and Holly wood with bodily harm be-
cause Of his part In the matter OF informing the
police upon them, and he was AFRAID to 1--we m the
neighb0rh0od any longer. There Is Q rumor cur
rent which accredlrs D0nahue ard Holly wood with
being in the service OF rorrna and OF being In the
company 0t these men for business purposes con-
nected with circulation OF the bogus stamps which
were to have been ready for the market IN q
couple OF days. Another report connects the oys-
ternan with the Italians, but there Is nothing pos
tive in the matter TO criminate these men. AS
Witnesses however, they are important.
THE INQUEST.
Coroner whitehill VIII commence the inquest at
eleven O'Clock this forenoon In the County Court
House. There will nos be many witnesses to ex-
anime, however, for the reason that he Is desirous
OF biding his time until CofamOntl's arrest Shall
have been COmDaGsed. Jap o-a
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Beecher Will have to swear TO this answer before
. commissioner OF deeds Tor the state OF New
York. Mr.. Shearman said that Lancaster was the
nearest point to the White Mountains where 50 ch
commissioner could be found The paper after
Deing sworn to, would have 70 be sent TO Albany,
might be verified. The probability therefore, was
that the answer would not be ready for service
until the last OF the week.
Mr.. Pearsa. the counsel for the plaintiff, said -
''The technical form Tor Mr.. Beecher would be Q
general denial OF each and every allegation con-
tanned IN The complaint That 10 the usual course.
he might, II be should 80 choose, 60 over his whole
statement In answer, bus no lawyer would DO that.
In all probability his answer viii be simply gene.
down TO the charge that on q certain date and
divers Others before and after, he did commit
these acts. 10 this the only legal answer would
be denial OF the whole" H. .-..,e. ...
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xouLToN's SAY J SAID"

Mr.. Moultou left hts residence, No. 40 Remsen
street, at ON early hour yesterday and went over
to New YORK on business connected with law suits
In which the firm OF woodrun 3 Robinson h con-
cerned whom General Benjamin =. Butler repre-
come on for trial In tine United states Court New
York. Mr.. MOulton said he had "satd his say" for
the present in connection with the scandal
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An Advocate for Beecher in the Pulpit.
NRwBUR0 August o. 1874
MISS ANTHONY AND THE SCANDAL.
She Denies the story of the Servant
Girl-Bessie . Half-Idfot and Unwor-
thy OF Belief.

ROCHESTER,. N. Y, August "a, 1874.
The Union publishes this afternoon the result OF
an interview between one Of its reporters and
Miss Susan B. Anthony relative to the statement
OF Mrs. Tilton's servant, Bessie, duplicating MISS
Anthony in an improper tetea-tete with Theodore
Triton. Miss Anthony denies the whole story, but
regards 1t as too absurd to be worthy OF notice.
She says she never heard that the girl (Bessie)
was anything more than @ servant In Tilt0n's
family; that she was half an idiot ami that Mrs.
TltOn had repeatedly said she could not instil
into the girl the first elements OF TRUTH Miss
Anthony's character is too well established by
long years OF residence In this community to ad-
init OF q shadow OF doubt In the mind OF any per.
son here ss to her virtue and veracity.
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HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN BR0OXLYN.
The Widow OF Henry j. Raymond the
intended Victim.

intended Victim.
About ten O'Clock yesterday morning Mrs. henry
J. Raymond, wife Of the lately deceased journal
ist, was standing at the intersection OF Greene
avenue and Adelphi street, waiting for car, when
q young man; about twenty-five years of age,
stepped up suddenly before the lady and grabbed
from her nand pocketbook containing
S2so ON the platform of o Gates avenue
car passing at the time was standing
Captain p. X. Mclaughlin Of the Ninth precinct
after the highwayman. lively chase ensued up
Portland and Lafayette avenues and along Cum
berland street, both men being nimble on loot
who gave his name a. Eugene Lane, threw away
the pocketbook in his Night but 1t was recovered
lane that has no turn" and so eugene Lane found
his turn to answer for highway robbery had ar
RieS to await the aVNon Of the 0rand jury
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A DISCLAIMER BY Il. N. SMITH

Mr.. Henry N. smith, the former managing editor
of the Chicago Tvtoune teegraphed last evening
that the report OF An interview with him published
in the Brooklyn Argus yesterday, was gross mis-
representation and misuse OF private conversation
OF his in the Beecher- Tilton case. ..
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THE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

Mr.. T. q. Shearman left Brooklyn yesterday
afternoon, 1t Is believed, for the Twin Mountain
House, White Mountains, for the purpose Of con-
sulttng with Mr.. Beecher in reference to the
answer to the suit Instituted by Mr.. rlson. MI.
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THE WEATHER YEsTERpAY,

The following record win show the changes ius
the temperature for the past twehty.four hours,
in comparison with the corresponding day Of lassi
year, as indicated by the thermometer At Hud-
NUTS Pharmacy, HERALD Building - wv
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LEWISTON, Aueust "a 1874.
Slight frosts were reported on the low groonds
In this county on SUNDAY morning.
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with her, even 20 midnight And iasyy, soaneS
thing Is promised, which, If substantistsd
% sae and sIs part of defence na
WIN enkindie anew the opposition and odlum
against the defendant, especially n he should iaip
In furnishing the most satisfactory evidence OF the
The memory of poor Mary Pomeroy is now treas
ured In many respectable ~ SpsS ss,wd y.
When Glendenning undertakes 10 convince tnes0s
people Of the deusion they labor under, ss ne re-
now excited and indignant community win see toj
IL that he stand the hazard OF the die The 8olesY
legal advisers commit p'u99Sss Ve. IN inc ofsnnsH
ning's defence II must be forthcoming very eo0n,l
or another Indignation meeting may compel the
production OF II
Not Glendennfng's Friend.
To THE EDITOR OF rHB HERALD
In your issue OF this date ireferring to the GEM
denning indignation meeting held In McPherson'a
Hail. Saturday niRhn you say, mention was
made In the HERALD yesterday that an attempt
was made by one owen TO disturb the meettng~t
&c. But for the nrm resolve and cool
judgment that characterized that meeting OwenI
would have been transferred to the street from q
second story window. Had the whole truth BEEN
known At that time Glendenning was I'M
owens house, in Cherry lane, West End-and u
wish you to correct Glendenning was not an
my house at that time never was before SIM ce,,
nor 90 i've III Ouorry lane, anu, furthermore,
never to my knowledge saw said Gendeuntug
nor before this scandal, do recoect ever having
heard hts name; nor do oelieve he has ever (he-
fore to-day heard OF my name, "iving unnoted.w
On Saturday evening o few OF us left our quiet
homes and went to the indignation meeting as
mere curiosity seekers, with our prejudices, al
now against GIendenninR. But no sooner had
the ball opened than 1t was plain to be seen tina
the entire hail. with afew exceptions, was ono
brand Of 6re waiting to throw its sparks In every
direction. Tne resolutions, which were the % rrsu
thing in order, speak. 1or themselves. 10 t1eirs
l could see the accused threatened sn0
admonished to leave the country. run aways
under threats. I took q different view oe
the situation thinking we had ample laws l0r thd
lawless, and knowing he was under bonds In three
preliminary indictments OF $4,000, and believing
him guilty thought we had better detatn and try1
him and give him trial before hanging him, andl
l said 80 much. Nor did hear Of any dem0nstra-
tiOn OF nneasiness in all or anything had TO say
about the man TIL referred to the haste and heat
Of the meeting. After gained the speaker'a
stand assured the assembiage that "knew not
the man;" that had no sympathy for him that
as citizen OF Jersey City, arose 70 defend the
laws OF my State. Then, and not I'LL then, was
interrupted. ,
confess was little annoyed this morning t0
ind my effort SO much Rarbled. BY inserting this
correction you Will only do justice TO an old suo1
scriber. "Nothing Is safer tnan justice; notMnG
Is settled that is not right" A. J. OWEN,
Corner Dey and Larch streets. Jersey City.
AUGUST "a. 1874.
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FROST IN MAINE.

AverH8e temperature yeStorday ........-.,,... oek
isst Wear ''u'e 'oi ooii'Spou"ns ua' sa,c
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A Chapter OF stabbing A6rays-Tne
Dagger In Active Employment.

AUGUSTA, August y, 1914.
On Sunday night last white man named Ed.
ward Owens undertook to remove colored man
named William simmons from the house OF . ne
gro woman Simmons resisted ana owens stabbed
him, from the effects Of which he died. The evi-
dence before the Coroners jury disclosed the fact
that simmons was drunk aud disorderly, and that
owens interfered at the request OF the woman
Tue jury rendered verdict OF unsuitable hom-
icide.
white lad named Burns stabbed another named
Autry In Hamburg Last pight. The wound proved
fatal. fl0
TODAY Preston Sims and Tom Carter Doth co.,
The New York herald., 1874-08-25
The Plymouth Pastor 20 Enter the Lee.
ture Field Again. 'nt

BOSTON, August "a, 1874
Mr. james Redpath, the manager Of the Boston
Lecture Lyceum Bureau. has concluded an en-.
gagement with MIR. Beccher TO deliver series OF
lectures. They will be delivered In October and
November ana are 80 arranged that he Will be in
Brooklyn every Friday evening and over Sunday
after the second week OF October.
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Discussion OF the Scandal by Tourists
The Frost and tho Sermon Of tho Ply
mouth Pestor-Hc Will Not Speak OF
His Position or His Intentions.
rt eng TWIN MOUNTAIN House. NJ H.
, 1874-10-24

to be its curator, under the direction of a Com.
mittee of gentlemen qualified by their ex-
p%erience, bent, or reading, to turn such an
institution to the best account. A correspOn-
dence should be maintained between the Sec
retary of the local Committee and of the me.
tropolitan Museum to be erected at Kensing-
ton. Suggestions would be forwarded, ex-
periments made and products exchanged be-
tween the two, and there is no saying what
good may come of it. Our own time, with
10 twenty years, has witnessed several colonial
substances of no previous note, rise to items
of the national trade or materials for manufac-
ture, whose annual value count by millions
and in no part Of the world is there moro of
undeveloped natural wealth than in the tropi.
cal regions, and we of all Of these are near
est, in time, to the markets Of western Eu-
rope and North America. 1t should be sought
to give a greater practical value to the year
" local exhibitions and to make them feeders
to the permanent collections, local and cen.
trial. Such information should he attached
to the articles in the Museum, on label or in
catalogue, as would assist the inquirer or ex-
perimentalist 10 the endeavour to put them
to practical account-as specific gravity, IF
woodI, percentage of useful product (oiI, tannin,
metal, or whatever) contained. where found
best in kind aud in most abundance, power
Of resistance if wood or fibre, produce per acre
if root or meal, 60, &e.-with the recognised
scientific name, after the vulgar one of the
place.
, 1874-10-24
A D R + A NJ.

Methought I stood on a grassy slope in
II sunny Isle, where 0lpine-Lke views de-
light the eye at every turn, and sweet me-
lodies enchant the ear. 1t was a fairyland,
Astounding in milk and honey a stranger
to injustice and want. Whilst gazing on
the lovely scenery Of this fairest of gems,
and on the sparkling blue waters beyond,
| felt q thrill of Joy running through my
soul, Suddenly, a confused noise startled
me, and my tranquil happiness turned in
to the horrors Of a trightful nightmare,
In the plain below, | beheId the strangest
Of scenes: a terrible stl(e among hundreds
Of animals Of ~eVery-Fize and every kind,
all surrounded, as it were, by a mOnStrous
web, out of which each tried to get loose.
/ saw the strong and powerful crushing
the less mighty, and, with apparent ease,
extricating themselves; again others,
small, insignificant, and Vile-reptiles of
all sOrts-also getting clear, whereas, some
of the noblest and most useful Of animals
struggled in vain they remained eutrap-
ped. / was soreIy puzzled, and would
fain have rushed to their assistance,
when a majestic figure, clad in last
century's garb, rose up before me,
and with a warning gesture babe me
stay. It was a sprite from the unknown
world, a Poet of some renown, who;
like another Virgil, deigned to address
a poor bewildered mortal, and thus I'M
travelled the mysteries of my vision:
" Beware" said lie, -" of approaching such
a snare, for. to all the JUST that enter
therein, is reechoed this awful sentence:
" Lasciate ogni Speranza vol che entrate."
This great net is called LAW, and is Of
such wondrous texture, that the little
creep through, the great break through,
and the middle-sized are alone e~ntangIed
therein" So saying, he disappeared.
The scene, changing to one of confusion
and chaos, I shuddered and awoke.
, 1874-10-24
TIE WEST INDIAN IN LONDON.

The last mail brought the account of depu-
tation to the Governor of Jamaica upon the
subject of railway extension. The members
of the deputation were men who possessed a
large interest in the island, and whose opinions
carried weight. The interview had been ar
ranged By Mr.. r. n W. Hil' of the well-kn0 owl
Hill announced that he had been moved by
inauent ial persons in England to ascertain the
views of the Government be did not, however,
give the authority on which be made this state
ment. There is no doubt great interest taken
in the question of Jamaica railways by proprie-
tors at home, and Mr.. Hill has done a public
service in ventiIatiDg the matter and obtaining
important concessions from the Government.
It should, however, be remembered that no
meeting upon the subject has taken place in
London since the close of the negotiations
with the Jamaica R ailway Company ONE six
months ago, and those vino are interested in the
, 1874-10-24

pa rites willing to make such contracts, and also
th 9 names of those who may require advances.
We shall be prepared to buy estates largely,
as the capitalists I have mentioned it to,
ha We said that they would be unwilling to in-
We st on the Martinique system, pure and SIM
pie.
W. wish to be able to supply our works in
pa TT from home grown Canes, as the fact Of a
riv al "Usine'' being established would be fatal
TO the prosperity of one in its vicinity.
I am preparing a circular suited for general
ORC ulation 1 have shown it to Mr.. NUGENT,
an d said l intend ed to send you some for dis
tri button l shall probably do so by next pack
ct.
I am Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
CHAS. D. G. NAPIER
To Sir OLIVER NuGBNT Kt.
Antigua.