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and his resolution to have q Chief
Justice of his own choosing has already
shown how easily such an issue may
be made. Should General Grants endeavor
to free his party from the burdens
that it unproftably bears receive the co-opera-
ton of any considerable portion of the party
leaders success in the admirable project pro
posed would be certain and easy but it is far
more likely that he will awaken the hostility
and meet the furious opposition of the party
leaders. and then his ultimate success will be
gained in q struggle that may make its tri-
umphs all the more precious to the public.
1t is clear why the party leaders will oppose
him They are no longer interested in the
successes of the party. but only in the net
result that such successes may secure to them
individually-that Is to say, they are more in
terested in the dead weights than in the legiti-
mate party vitality; and the proposition to cut
away all the grand schemes of plumber and all
that corrupt system of administration that is
the ruin of the party North and South is sim
ply proposition to cut away that which
they hold more precious than all beside. Any
will oppose with Characteristic ferocity, and
they will, of course, endeavor to assimilate the
course of the President to that of Andrew
Johnson. But the result will be AN exposure
of their motives and the public exhibition of
the fact that the leaders care nothing for the
purposes that the people have at heart in party
victories. This will be fatal to their standing
in popular esteem, and we may see almost IS
marvellous political mortality as we saw in
1860. Inevitably such q disintegration would
result in the formation Of middle party; for
which, indeed, on altogether different reasons.
the time Is ripe. ALI the legitimate purposes
of the original republican party are gained.
and its Acknowledgement must follow the loss
of its objective unless it changes ground,
and the only ground it can take is to
move little nearer the opposition. dropping
its extreme ON one hand as the democrats drop
the liberal movement Of the last campaign, or
the frame of that movement; but the ami
mating spirit would be different, for here the
impulse would not be captious or personal.
This would not be an intrigue of candidates,
but would be inspired by the generous patri-
otto purposes OF the need of good govern
ment. And in the machinery of this new
party General Grant could dictate the success
sion, and he would have the glory of restoring
and reinvigorating with fresh purpose the
party that has saved the country from AIMED
foes and may yet save it from the assault Of
insidiOus plunderers
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-20

CANNIBALIsM IN THE WEsT.-It is reported
that the Indians at vermilion Bay, MINNIE
sota-ninety miles north of Duluth-are in a
state of actual starvation. The failure of the
wild rice crop and the absence of the usual
annuities and provisions from the government,
on account Of the unfaithfulness of the gov
eminent agents, has occasioned this distress.
1t is stated-but the statement is hardly to be
credited-the starving Indians have actually
eaten some of their own kindred in their des-
perate efforts to satisfy the cravings of hunger.
Whatever may be the facts in the case, it GER
tainly is the duty of the government to insti-
tute an investigation into the matter, and
whore its agents are found to be at fault let
proper remedies ba anplied immediately.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-20

HE CHIEF JUsTIcEsHrP. Mr. Waite. one Of
the minor figures in the Geneva arbitration
case, is reported as nominated for Chief Jus.
tice. 1t was somewhat of wonder why he
was sent to Geneva, but as there were able
lawyers in company that appointment was of
the less interest. But why is he nominated
for Chief Justice2 No other reason is appar-
ent save that Grant is determined to nomi-
nate the man that he considers best, and not
the man that the country considers best.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-20

We cannot too emphatically commend the
Navy Department for its zeal and enterprise
in causing the rendezvous of all that remains
of the United States Navy in the Florida
Channel for the practice Of ''naval tactics
under steam" Commodore Foxall A. Parker,
the first to reduce to an exact science naval
evolutions of this character, will be the chief
Of staff to Rear Admiral Case. and will per-
sonally superintend the operations Of the
squadron. The event will be new one in the
history of the navy. Suddenly called from
lying up "in ordinary" hastily repaired and
rugged at our naval dockyards, or summoned
from foreign stations, the finest steam frigates,
sloops and iron-clads at the service Of the de-
partment will readily prove to the observer
how weak we are in vessels, but how strong
we are In skilful and experienced officers. IL
is pity, therefore, that Congress cannot at
tend the review in body, and learn from ac-
tual observation what kind of navy we have;
for it will all be there In the
Florida Channel and similar occasion
may never occur again. We remember to
have read not long ago from the pen Of dis
tinguished Senator from Massachusetts, this
pretentious phrase: -"The last great naval
battle has been fought" And then he went
on to say that it was folly to build iron-clads
or to think Of increasing the naval armament
Of any nation, and pictured tho absurdity OF
allowing the people Of the United States to
indulge feeling of fear that their harbors
can ever be entered by foreign non-clads and
their shipping and cities demolished, 'for
have we not the fatal torpedos" These dan
gerous destroyers are well enough in their
way, but they cannot afford space for officers
and crew or powerful broadsides neither can
they be manned and sent to remote seas to
protect our shipping and national honor
In one sense at least the torpedoes have been
an unfortunate invention, for they have mis-
led our lawmakers, who in their haphazard
legislation are generally guided by the crudest
of generahties.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-20

Agitations in the name of the workingmen
are sufficiently common in this and other
cities agitatons by the workingmen are I'M
organized revolt against all law and all order,
against property, liberty and religion, the
workingmen were the victims of persons who
follow political and social agitation as regu-
lar pursuit. It is always the same. Every
where there are men like the ''Citizen Banks
and ''Citizen Samuels" and other citizens of
the Communistic meetings These men, with
great deal of vanity and very little brains,
with conceited notions of their own impor-
lance, and generally without any good quality,
mental or moral, to balance their pompOus
impertinence, stand forth as the self-elected
ingmen, and if the workingmen at large paid
any attention to the subject it would be to
scout the association of men who could have
no sympathy with their feelings or distresses,
because they have never known what it was to
labor, still less what it is to want. Specu-
agitators generally manage to dupe
some dissatisfied laborers sufficiently to
get them to contribute pittance
toward the expenses of meeting-to pay for
rent and gas, and, may be, a band of music
and from the start they extend their opera
tons to larger sphere and as the collection
grows they thrive, for they never neglect the
important duty Of gathering the workingmen's
contribution and keeping themselves we'll
supplied from it with all the comforts and
luxuries of life. Agitation becomes thus very
profitable pursuit, and some of the "citizens''
have made fortunes out of it In hard times they
gather their richest crop, for the men who
would leave them alone altogether in prosper
GUS days gather then to any cry that promises
an amelioration of their condition. Wherever
workingmen are discontinued or distressed
and lacking in intelligence agitation of this
sort succeeds sooner or later in inveigling
them into the meshes of the schemers and in
getting them into trouble but in this city
the workingmen have hitherto been too
sensible to put themselves into the hands of
such people, and we believe that they will con-
tinue to hold aloof from the agitation, which,
though made in their name, advocates O social
revolution that would be their ruin, and by
which they themselves would be most injured.
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Building Contractors and the Side
walks.

Building Contractors and the Side
The condition Of many of the uptown streets
in which building operations are being carried
on is disgraceful to great city and danger
GUS to life and limb. In some places portions
of the sidewalk have been removed and q
plank or two is substituted, over which Pc
destrian of Blondin proclivities may exercise
his agility to his fullest bent. Not even then
a balance pole is provided. Occasionally the
precarious plank is omitted at times, and o
tramp through snow and slush becomes neces-
sary. During the past few days it was no
agreeable or safe undertaking to pick ones
way across one of those improvised sidewalks
or over the frozen heaps of earth piled up
in their stead. That there have been numer-
GUS accidents in such mantraps is q
question about which no doubt can exist, and
that the majority were not of fatal character
will not suffice to remove the slightest degree
of culpability from the shoulders Of the build
ing contractors, who are responsible for such
a state of things. For clear violation of the
law, as this undoubtedly is, the most accessi-
BILE and efficient remedy is to place the matter
in the hands of the police and instruct them
to especial vigilance against these nuisances
The arrest of contractor or his representa-
tive would exercise healthy influence and
tend to diminish the cause Of complaint. The
Board of Health did good work in the market
districts !; let them now turn their attention in
this direction. 1t is not necessary to wait
until half dozen necks are broken. Action
in time is preferable, less expensive and more
public veal and health.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-20

A DOUBTFUL WINTER FOR THE Ice CROP
AND OTHER THINGS. our second Janu-
airy thaw of this winter has set in, with its fogs
and rains, the ice companies up the Hudson
are beginning to be doubtful of good freeze
and to count upon the chances of short crop
of ice and high prices for their reserved stocks
next summer; dealers in skates and sleighs
are becoming doubtful of profitable market
for their goods: our suburban retreats for
sleighing parties are doubtful of paying
season; and our young people, who had set
their hearts upon many delightful sleigh rides
to the music of the bells in Harlem lane, and
to many happy meetings on the Park lakes,
are doubtful whether single days sleighing
or skating will be theirs to the end of the
winter. But meantime the prevailing mild
ness of this winter, so far, has been godsend
to the poor, especially of our great cities, and
the liberal rains which have fallen to great
extent insure the country against an exhaust
ing drought next summer. And we may have
plenty of ice yet before the winter is over.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-20

MEXICAN PROGRESS BY HERALD special tel
egram from the Mexican capital, under date
Of the 18th inst, we have an encouraging
report of the condition of affairs in the neigh
boring Republic. Congress was disposed to
encourage public works calculated to develop
the internal resources and foreign trade of tho
country in q free and apparently indepen-
dent spirit. Peace prevailed all over the terri
tory-a rare and almost unexampled event in
the modern history of the nation.
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The PROPOSED NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH.-
A bill to prevent the importation of contagious
or infectious diseases into this country is now
under the consideration of Congress, and is
calculated to supply a pressing need, by
establishing a complete system of quarantine
regulations, under the management of q spe-
cial bureau, to be called the National Board of
Health. The medical officers of the principal
departments Of the government will conduct
the bureau in question. Such an undertaking,
if carried out in true sanitary spirit, will
prove of inestimable service, as the various
State systems now in existence often fail to
harmonic on even the most essential points
of quarantine regulations.
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Rapid Transit-Let the People Ne
Heard.

Rapid transit is the greatest boon that could
be offered to tho citizens of New York. Every
man is interested in securing it The public
health and morals would be improved. tho
value Of property would be enhanced, the
rate of taxation would be lowered. rich and
poor would be alike benefited and the growth
and prosperity of the city would be insured by
it. The Legislature now in session has tina
power to pass law by which the speedy con-
struction of steam railroad through the city
either by the city or by individual enterprise.
can be rendered certain. Heretofore, tho
corrupt schemes of the lobby and the greed
of legislators have defeated all honest projects.
Let us now insist that the people shall be no
longer triAed with, but that the subject shall
be legislated upon in good faith. To
secure this our citizens should take
up the subject and allow their
voices to be heard No person cares
what project may be adopted or by whom q
road may be built, so long as the great need
of the city is supplied We have had under
ground plans viaducts and elevated roads
proposed, and there may be some yet I'M
developed scheme which may be better than
all that have yet been discussed We invite
from such of our citizens as may be prepared
to offer suggestions brief communications
setting forth their views and plans, and we
will find space for them in our columns. The
subject is one OF vital Importance to the
people, and it's intelligent discussion will be of
public advantage. Out of all the projects that
may be conceived it surely will not be diff
without the aid of the lobby, which will give
us steam railroad through the city within
the next two or three years.
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supply. We regret to say that Mayor Have
meyers Message contains too many indica-
tons Of tho favoritism and prejudioes OF
small politician; but on this very account its
suggestions will be cautiously weighed. both
by the Common Council and the State
LoOislat1rA
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-20

The Flow OF MONEY TO New YORK is
having an effect upon the stock market and
values. Prices, throughout the list Of stocks
generally, have advanced and seem to be likely
to advance. Spectators seize the opportu-
nifty afforded by an easy money market to ex-
tend their operations. But the question
arises. Is this reaction from the panic going
to lead US to transportation again and the
use of the money for that purpose which
ought to be applied to legitimate trade and
to increasing our productions It rests with
the banks to determine whether this easy
condition Of the money market shall promote
legitimate business and production or stock
gambling. The flow of money here shows that
the interior of the country is recovering from
the panic. But portion of it may have been
attracted by the rccent low price Of stocks.
If 80. the rise may check to some extent the
money sent hither for investment. II is graft
flying to see the improved condition of the
money market; but we hope it will not revive
unhealthy speculation, and, as consequence,
another financial disturbance
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mountain chains of the Continent even slight
shake at any particular point is apt to be fol-
lowed by similar perturbations along the whole
line. The fact is confirmed by our special
telegram from Mexico city, which records tho
occurrence of shock of earthquake in tho
territory OF the neighboring Republic.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-20
A MYSTERIOUS CASE.

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Jan. 10, 1874.
Mr.. Samuel M. Goodman, the Pawtucket manu-
facturer, who has been missing since tho evening
OF December 49, when he took the train for New
York, has been heard from In Liverpool. He
writes that he has no recollection OF what hap
pened to him after he reached New York until he
awoke on Liverpool steamer, many miles from
land He wss qpsnCslu ayaharrsasad when he LEFT
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-20

EARTHQUAKE AT SAN Francisco AND IN
MEXICO. Two slight shocks of an earthquake
were felt in San Francisco yesterday and no
damage was done; but it will, perhaps, not be
long before we hear of more serious shakings
of the earth's crust from California to Central
America; for along those western seaboard
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-20

WOODS MUSEUM,
Broadway, corner rhirtieth street JACK ROBINSON5
MONKEY. at 2 r. NJ closes at 4: 30 NJ ACROSS TIE
CONTINENT at p NJ. closes ii r. NJ. y. ID. Byron.
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LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK
HERALD-NO. 46 FLEET STREET
Subscriptions and Advertisements will DO
received and forwarded ON the same terms
as in New York
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NIBLO'S GARDEN,
Broadway betwesn PRINCE ana Houston on, stTeets So
OF THE KITCHEN, at P. NJ; closes At ~ 81 p. M.
Yokes Family, Mr.. Lefingwell.
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Balm HALL,
Great Jones street and Lafayette place. PILGRIMS
PROGRESS, at 7. ". closes ut 9 p. ".
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GRAND OPERA I

GRAND OPERA HOUSE
Fifth and Twenty third street-HCMPTY
nUMP1Y ABROAD, at As 7. M closes at 10 rs T. NJ.
Mr. G.. l.. Fox.
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FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
Twenty eighth street and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., at
p. NJ closes at IL 80 p. H. Mr.. Harkins, Mss Fanny
Davenport
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OLYMPIC THEATRE,
Broadway. between Houston and Blocker streets
VAUDEVILLE and NOVELTY ENTERTAINMENT at s
Y. NJ. closes at ii p. ".
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BOOTHS THEATRE
sixth avenue and Twenty third street-LA FEMME DE
FEU. AS p NJ closes at 10 30 r. NJ. Mrs 3. B. Booth
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BRYANTS OPERA HOUSE,
Twentvthird street, of sixth avenue.-CINDER
ELLA IN BLACK. NEGRO MINSTkELSY &C., at s z.
NJ closes at 10 p NJ
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ROBINSON HALL.
sixteenth stfeet-THE PICCAhINNlEs, at P. NJ. and
Gt3P. VI.
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BOWERY THEATRE
Bowe-y-sCOUTS OF THE SIERRAS, at 8 p NJ; closes
atIl p NJ. Mr.. /. Frank Payne.
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NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.
JAMES GORDON BENNE TT,
PROPRIETOR.

All business or news letters and telegraphic
dispatches must be addressed New York
HERALD.
Letters and packages should be properly
sealed.
Rejected communications will not be re-
turned.
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METROPOLITAN THEATRE,
No. So Broadway VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT, at
As 4. NJ. closes at 10 80 Z. NJ
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BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE.
opposite City Hall. Brooklyn.-KIT; OR, THE ARKAN
sAs TRAVELLER, at P. NJ closes ut 10 rs p N. F. 5
Chanfrau.
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TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE,
No. 20l Powery. VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT, at F.
NJ. Closes at III r. n.
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wALLACKS THEATRE,
Broadway and Thirteenth street-MONEY, at p W.;
closes at IL 20 NJ. Mr.. Lester wallack MISS Jefreys
Lewis
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GERMANIA THEATRE,
fourteenth street-AUF HOHER SEE, at p. ".
closes at IL is p NJ
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AMUSEMENTs THIS EVENING.
NIBLo's GARDEN
ssSa$S SfsfFS S sHss % HfS
vokes Family, Mr.. Leffngwell
WOODS MUSEUM
skE TnF ccs, At nnss PS
CONTINENT ut P. NJ. closes at IL r. NJ y. d. Byron
GRAND OPERA HOUSE,
hUaPiY AskoHD, at7:tS 7. NJ; closes O:i5 P NJ
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE
p M closes al 10 80 P T. Sr. Harkins, Mss Fanny
Davenport
wALLAcK's THEATRE,
close at Ii 70 P NJ Mt Lester wallack, Mss Jerreys
Lewis
BOOTHS THEATRE,
E zh and a 30 Mrs. ttsT seo ph
OLYMPIC THEATRE,
sa
Y. NJ. closes at II r. N.
BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE.
sAs TRAVELLER at p M closes ut 10 rs p. NJ F. 5.
BOWERY THEATRE
BOwe-y.-SCOUTS OF THE SIERRAS, at p. VI. closes
At II p NJ. Mr.. l. Frank Payne
GERMANIA THEATRE,
fourteenth street-AUF HOHER SEE, at 2. " I;
closes at IL Is P. NJ.
METROPOLITAN THEATRE,
No 5I Broadway VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT, at
As r. NJ closes at 10 80 7. NJ.
TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE.
No 0l Powery.-vARIErY ENTERTAINMENT, at P
NJ. Closes at ii r. NJ
BRYANTS OPERA HOUSE,
Iwentv-third street, of sixth ayenue-CINDER-
ELLA IN BLACK, NEGRO MINSTkELSY, &C, at T.
H. closes at 10 P. NJ
ROBINSON HALL.
sixteenth street.-The PICCAhINNlEs, at 3P. NJ. and
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and more beneficial to the citys failing credit
if the Mayor had told the taxpayers bluntly
their exact condition; the total amount of our
liabilities, including floating debt and unpaid
claims admitted to be just; the heavy amount
of money to be raised and the difficulty of
raising it. This might have been less crafty
ing to the Finance Department, but it would
have been more honest to the people and
more likely to assist our credit.
On the important subject of the water sup
ply the Mayor states that the consum ption of
Croton water has reached one hundred and four
million gallons day, while the maximum CO.
pacity of the present aqueduct is q delivery of
one hundred and fifteen millions day. This
is o small margin, and it is evident that an
additional aqueduct will ere long become q
necessity. Yet the Mayor, while admitting
this fact, opposes the construction of any more
storage reservoirs During the long drought
OF last summer our water supply would have
been short but for the storage reservoir at
Boyd's Corners, on the west branch of the
Croton, containing nearly three thousand mil
lion gallons. Another storage reservoir has
been mapped, planned and located on the mid
die branch, near Brewster Station, to con-
tain, when finished, four thousand million
gallons. This work should be done at once
No false economy and no departmental jeal-
ousy should be suffered 10 risk that greatest of
all public calamities. failure of our water