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The New York herald., 1874-08-27
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.

The Metropolitan Museum OF Art is thus far In
its life the most successful institution our city
has Its founders are enthusiastic. and through
their successful bids Tor vauables over older instt
tutions, they have made the name OF the Museum
known throughout Europe as well as this country
Before MIR. John Taylor Johnston acquired for the
institution, OF which he Is President, General
Ccsnola's collection OF Cypriote antiquities 1t was
known to but lew comparatively. even In this city.
General attention was called to the Museum by this
acouisiton and then was learned the tact that il
contained many objects OF interest to the lover or
student or art. Since then system OF loans OF
curiosties rom the collection OF private citizens
mas ke ept the museum fresh with interest.
The annual report of the Art Association Is now
ready and shows satisfactory financial condition.
The substance OF 1t Is as follows:-
subscriptions fund paid SOS $50
Donations ot works OF art, value. 400
Bills payable 6OOJ
TOTAL rccelpts. 9S
Included in the receipts are 100000 from the
Department OF Parks Tor the years 1873 aud 1874
aud nearly $1,000 IRON admission fees, sales O
catalogues, &c. There we.e pad for paintings
drawings, &C., S45250; WORKS OF art, si7, l55; Io
the Ccsnola collection on account, So $50; Tor fur
nitute freight and other expenses, an amount ex
cceding the receipts by about Sl33O3.
Many expenses incurred during the past ycai
need not be incurred hereafter, and the revenue g
the museum can be apphed Ior some time 10 doing
away with It's dept. rno space IN the Douglas man
siOn In Fourteentu street. is already too cramped
and arrangements Tor a building IN Cenra iarh
have already been made. Plans for II have been
approved, and MIR. calvert Naux. the arcnltect.
preDat Inv Tor It's erection.
The New York herald., 1874-08-27
T HE OURT S .
The Alleged Prussian Fugitive.

The Alleged Prussian Fugitive.
Gustav Mayer, alias Theophile George KRISTEN,
the alleged fugitive robber and forger from Prus.
sic, was again brought before Commissioner Still
well yesterday BY detective, ana the Commits.
stoner was again requested to commit him for an
examination. The Commissioner repeated his
former refusal, declining to act until the German
government shall make q request. az he cannot
act under the Extradition Treaty until the German
government initiates proceedings against the al
legged fugitive by making such request. Ktr-
stein was taken away to be brought before the
Commissioner to-day by. which time 1t is ex-
pected that a telegram Will be received from Ger
many requesting Kirstein's detention for extradi.
ton proceedings against him.
The New York herald., 1874-08-27
The Now Bankrupt Law.

1Ho NOW 0anRrupC L6Ws
In the United States District Court in bank.
ruptcy, in the matter Of the petition that Jacob
Hynes DO adjudicated an involuntary bankrupt
Hyncs put in yesterday an answer averring that
under the new bankrupt law the petition was void,
as 1t was not signed by one-fourth in number OF
the creditors holding one-fourJh in value OF the
claims against Hynes. Judge Batchford held that
this raised an issue OF fact which must be deter
mined prior to passing upon the main question.
The New York herald., 1874-08-27
SUPREME OoURT-uHAMBERA
D0ClSiOnA.

Decisions.
By Judge Donohue.
Conner VI, ,Aden.-Memorandum.
Seneca Mining Company va. Kennedy.-Docree.
Dimmick VS.. ACKNOWLEDGMENT entered.
matter OF Thiebaud, &c.-MemOrandum.
De Forest va. Farley.-Opinion.
The New York herald., 1874-08-27

To bless them and thy far descendants
And those they rule, \ thousand ycarst
After this let no one say that the Morse people.
only now In their purity represented In Iceland,
have lost anything OF that poetic fire which made
them so famous in Middle Ages, for their
songs and sagas, an vnom We are indebted for
Eddos, the volusra, Dllme discourse OF Odin,
the death song OF Ia who died laughing, the
ytory OF Eric, the la iaveed, who discovered
Greenland and sent his son Leii TO discover Amer
ica IN l0Ol and host OF histories OF ancient per.
sons, strongly blending myth with fable and both
with grains OF hsrd-nsted truth.
With all OF these histories myths, fables in song
and sagas every Iceander Is familiar. He Is
proud OF the literary history OF hts country and
loves her traditions. have spoken with many Of
them who know every point OF Iceland's career
from the time when Naddothr, Norwegian
pirate, saw the country in 800, to this blessed
7th OF August, when they get back the ancient
Althing. Even schoolboys are intimately ac
quatnted with the most minute details OF history,
and very much OF tnat whch to US Is myth and
fable 10 to them plain simple matter OF fact
Poetry and romance Is nnturii TO the race. The
legends OF odn, The hignl, rought imaginary o.
the Eddos to them has deeper meaning and a
closer significance to life than to dwellers in q
more temperate CLINE and less rugged country. I
asked one lad If he knew anything about my coun-
uy. America
'4Oh, yes; 1t was discovered by Left Ericson.p
He had not heard about Christopher Columbus.
one OF our guides, a youth OF seventeen or
eighteen, could converse IN Latin, and was ac-
auainted not only with the sagas. but with the
scenes OF many OF them; and besides the Latin and
Icelandic he could speak the Danish tongue, and
had reasonably iair command OF English. He
nond and had read the "Histora Ecclesiastice.n by
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-07-25

Collins Graves, the hero of Williamsburg, is
one of the successful bidders for the contract
awarded by the county commissioners Wednes-
day, for rebuilding the roads in that town, de-
stoyed by the flood.
A meteorological beegar iusinuatingly writes:
"Do you find any hemitrophc or rhomboidal
crystals iu your miUes?' OF course we find
hemnhom or bodatrophic crystals in our
mines; what do you suppose we work our
mines for if not to find snch things. mining
Gazette.
When your neighbours young hopeful pauses
in front of our house just after supper and
halls master johnny with, "Hy-ah yua-yua?
Comm out?' you realize the force of Goethe's
declaration chat the most dreadful wild beast
in the world is boy.
Gov Hartranft of Pennsylvania had the
''Roman firmness" to sign the death warrant
of one of his old servants and the man was
duly hanged. Perhaps it didn't require much,
as the Governor is experienced in housekeep-
ing.
AT Saratoga recently, about the time the
comet first became visible, young husband
rushed into the drawing room from his cara
sposa, seated comfortably on the sofa, receiving
with mischievous delight the compliments and
the ''homages' of two snowy headed Cubans
"Mary, Mary, quckl Come and see the COM
et,'' calculated the husband Pm engaged at
present." she replied TRANQUILITY, land will
see it some other time" ''But you can't, for
its going away soon :" he persisted. ssOh,
john, don't bother me-" the lady responded,
peevishy; "as if we were never coming to Sar-
atoga again! can see it next year, you goose
Won -
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Current Mites.

Inc charleston NetUo l>->-a NORTH
erh and southern boys get into the habit of
rowing races with each other. Tt thinks the
result would be improved feeling between the
sections. Yes-if they didn't toul."-Spring-
field Republican.
For reform of the currency even, the
people must look to that party which has pre-
served the national credit, and which is pre-
pairing the way for a return to specie pay
ment, with something of hesitation and
tlunder, We admit, on the part of few of its
prominent men, but which is, nevertheless,
preparing it by the aid of its constituted head,
and at the behe,t of its own dominant senti-
ment.-ROchester Democrat.
1t was twenty years ago, so newspaper
with memory of that length says, that the
report was first started that Mexico wanted
to cede to the United States all her territory
lying north of degree of latitude drawn from
the mouth of the Rio Grande to the Pacific
ocean. The San Francisco Times and Tran
script first sent it out in 1858. and it has APP
peared every five or ten years since. 1t is of
the same sort as the story that Brigham
Young and his Mormons are going to emil
CRATE from Salt Lake City, which first showed
itself in 1858, and now puts in an occasional
appearance, and neither has any foundation
in fact.
Mr.. Augustus Maverick, managing editor
of the Brooklyn argus publishes card in
which he states that he published Theodore
Hilton's statement without the latter's
knowledge or consent.
just now the Republican journals of
Illinois are thrusting a very unpleasant
comparison into the faces of the Demo-
Gratis of that state. 1. appears that in the
torty-eight Democratic counties the average
axis 100 while in the Republican counties it
is SS4. Beauties of Democratic rule, you
know
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News and Other Items.

In Daviess county. Ind, no rain of any &C.
count has fallen for 100 days,
A rattlesnake, more than five feet in length,
was killed a few days ago near Burlington,
Iowa.
The Sultan of Turkey has just celebrated the
thirteenth anniversary of his accession to the
throne.
Mr.. Dawes doesD' seem to have got rich in
Congress, as he is only taxed $16S in Pitts
field, or on little less than $4,000.
The death is reported Of NJ. p. Fedderson,
the political historian, whose principal work is
the Regeneration of Switzerland, from 1880 to
1882
Some saphead in Lafayette, Ind, has inaug-
urated presidential campaign in favor of
Schuyler Colfax, by disseminating what he
calls "Ten Commandments" printed on postal
cards.
Mr.. Gladstone is understood to be now en-
gagged in spiritual Matters more particularly
upon the subject of eternal punishment, on
which he is said to be questioning the casusts
and theologians of almost every creed.
In the two years ending with last June the
amount of money realized for wheat in Cal
ifornia was, in round numbers, 100000 900,
which has enriched nearly all parts of the
state.
The representatives Of Russia, England, Spain,
Germany, Austria and Peru, are all absent in
Europe this summer, and the respective lega-
lions in Washington are in charge of the secre-
tarIes or attaches.
Twenty five newspaper in Kansas have
thrown off party ties and taken ground in fay-
or of the reform movement. Six or them were
formerly Democratic, and the others were Re-
publican.
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Our New York Letter.
The Absorbing Topic-A cunningIy CON-
frived Conspiracy.

New YORK, July %, 1874.
have..not seen the public heart so stirred
since the assassination of Lincoln, as it has
been by TIton's desperate attack on Beecher.
1t is the universal theme of conversation, alike
in social and in business circles. The commit
tee having charge of the inquiry, are pursued
10y eager seekers after new light on the subject
and SO are all persons who are closely ident-
titled with Plymouth Church and its pastor.
The current of popular sympathy runs strongly
In one direction. The disposition to accept
aothing as true which reflects upon the
moral character of the great clergyman unless
it is substantiated by the most irrefrag ible
testimony, prevails SO universally, as to DEM
onstrate now deep has been the faith of the
people in his honor and purity.
The shock produced by the Statement" was
very great Those nearest to the accused were
unprepared for allegations go specific and
speciousy supported. 1t seemed incredible,
that any man should have deliberately set
about to fix an indelib stain upon the char
acter of bis own wife under any circumstances.
The incredulty was heightened by the fact
that her impeccablily had been vouched for in
the strongest terms by the same authority on
which she is now arraigned.
Mrs. Tilton appears upon the scene to-day
with revelations which are likely to invalidate
completely any averments which have emanaI-
ed, or may hereafter emanate from her hus-
band They furnish perfect cew to the ami
mus and origin of the attack on Beecher.
The controversy so far from being near its
cad bids fair to last for days, perhaps weeks.
The whole history of the scandal to its minut-
est detail is to be unfolded. Mr.. Beechers
friends, never wavering in the loyalty to and
faith in him, maintain that he is The object of
conspiracy, the success of which he has I'M
consciously promoted by trusting in false
friends and by imprudent use of expressions in
letters written in sacred confidence, which ma
lignity could pervert to his harm, and which
have been used to destroy his reputation. The
baseness which could prompt such betrayal
of friendship has had no parallel since the ig-
nominy of Judas.
There is very general feeling of hopeful
ness to-day that the great preacher will extri-
cate himself from the net work of detraction,
which it has been artfully sought to weave
around him, and that his baf1ed prosecutors
will be utterly overwhelmed in their efforts to
tarnish his honor. YARMOUTH.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-07-25

1T will be of interest to orr citizens to
know that the railroad commissioners of
Massachusetts recommend the doing away of
the steam whistle on railway trains in the
majority of cases. They say that its use as
precautionary warning against possible
danger is wholly unnecessary; that its second
use to notify employees of the approach of
trains at stations or crossings is equally un-
necessary, the bell or the electric signal
answering the purpose quite as well; that the
introduction of the train brake has obviated
the necessity of it on passenger trains, except
as danger signal, though on freight trains
its use is still necessary in a limited degree !;
that as danger signal, when properly used,
the whistle is and always will remain a most
important adjunct in the operation of rail-
roads. though its value is greatly impaired by
its promiJcuous use. which, in its effect on
invalids and horses, may occasion greater
loss Of human life than would ensue from its
total suppression. Coming from such a
source these recommendations are entitled to
careful consideration.
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A Standard Article Everywbere

II is long way from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico but in all tho
vast lying within these boundaries there is not
city, town, village, settlement camp where Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is OF well known and in
great demand 1t is the great household medicine of
the American people. ano is taken everywhere as
safeguard against epidemics endemics, as rem
edy for dyspepsia, biiousness and irregularities of
the bowels, as cure for chls and fever and rheu-
matte ailments, sedatlve in nervous cases. as a
wholesome exhilarant in hypochondra, and as gen.
eral invgorant and restotave. To the weak and
dropping It imparts strength and vitality bracng the
relaxed nerves aud rusng al the latent energies of
the system. For twenty it has been the stand
ard tonic and corrective of the western world.
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DIR. SCHENCK'S
PulmOnic Syrup. Sea Weed Tonic, and
Mandrake Pills.

These medicines have undoubtedly performed more
cures of Consumption than any other remedy known
to the American public. They are compounded of
vegetable ingredients, and contain nothing which can
be injurious 10 tue human constitution.
o. her remedies advertised cures for COnsump-
ton, probably contain opium, wuc0 is a somew hat
dangerous drug in all cases, and if taken freely by
consnmptive patients, 1t must do great injury; for
its tendency is to coDfne the morbid matter in the
system, which of course, must make impossi-
BILE.
Srhenck's Pulmonic Syrup is warranted not to
contain particle OF Opium: 1t is composed of DOW
erful but harmless herbs. which act on the lungs
liver. stomach and blood, and thus all NOR
bid secretious and expe all the diseased matter from
the body These are the only means by which Con-
sumption can be cured, and Scbenck's Pumonic
Syrup, Sea Weed Tonic, and Mandrake Pills are the
only medicines which operate ID, this way obvl-
Gus they are the only genuine for Pulmonary
Consumption. Each bottle of this invaluable medi-
cine is accompanied by flu directions.
Dr. Schenck is professedly at his principal office,
corner Sixth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia every
Monday, and at the Quincy House, Boston, on the
following Wednesdays June 10th and 24:h, July Sth
and 22,l. and August 9th and 10Th.
mel2 eod&wl vsn11
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w Hi L Els
SPECIALITY FOR DYSPEPSIA.

This is the only prompt, efficient and safe master
of such SYMPTOMS loss of appetite, heartburn, pal
pitaton OF the heart dizziness sleeplessness melan
choly, costiveness, wi d. mental and physical deb-
ty, as well many Others which, if neglected will
soon place 'the house we live I'M beyond the reach
of any remedy.
had Dyspepsia twenty years, sometimes able
to eat only the painest food and very little OF that
| tried physicians and remedies without relief until
learned OF "White's Specially for Dyspepsia" which
has entirely cured me. lSigned)
Mrs. B. l.. WEST, Vineyard Haven, Mass.
Springfield, Ms, Oct. 1S.-Mr. White, Dear SIR
The specially" is liked very much by every one who
uses it. We have sold 1t for two years. and are not
selling anything but the Specially now for "Dys-
pepsia." Yours truly, C.P ALDEN.
Price 81 per Bottle. For sale by all druggists.
Send for Descriptive Circular to the proprietor H.
6. WHITE, Cambrldgeport, Mass.
jne16 d&w6mos
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DIsRAELI formally announces that Eng
iand is aoout to return to her proper position
among European nations,-in the ;ntorosts
ofpeace. Ifby her proper position he means
her former position, an inference t,irlu
drawn from the contest, the void may be
pardoned for doubling if such RESUMPTION is
in the interests of peace. From 1889 to 1915
she took advantage of her position to keep
the continent continually embroied in war.
Once before during the Hanoverian regime
she occupied commanding position in
European affairs and she was at war. On
Three previous occasions, under the Prince
OF Orange. under Cromwell and under Eliza
beth she held vantage ground in Europe,
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EVERY regular attache of the PRESS Is furnished
with a Card certificate countersigned by Stanley t.
fullen Editor. Al, railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will comic, favor npon by demanding
credentials OF every claiming to represent our
lorrnal, as we have information that several "bum-
mers' seeking courtesies in the name of the
PRESS, and We have no disposition to be, even pas
sively, party to such frauds
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Washington News and Gossip.

THE PUBLICATION OF THE WAR RECORDS.
Secretary Belknap is taking much interest in
the duty imposed upon him by the last Con-
gress OF beginning the publication of all the Of
fetal records of the late war, both of the Union
and the Confederate armies. The amount ap-
prOpriated was 1000, and this will be used in
copying the records, aud probably be so divided
between the Union and Confederate archives as
to give all important documents from each side
bearing upon each event. Enough material
perta ming to the first DAYS of the war is already
copied to make two large volumes. This work
was done under resolution passed soon after
the war closed and subsequently rescinded.
These two volumes will soon be sent to the
printer, unless matured plan which the Secre
tary and Adjutant General Townsend are now
considering makes it necessary to work this
matter in with the other now in course of prep
antiOn. The Secretary will place the matter
in the hands of those clerks in the department
most familiar with the records, and none will
be employed upon the work except those known
to have especial fitness for it. The publication
contemplated, so far as it relates to the Confed
crate records, confers no power to purchase any
additional papers. The Secretary has received
a number of offers from different parts of the
South to furnish official papers of great impor-
lance to full and correct history OF the war,
but he has declined them for the reason given.
The Confederate records now in possession of
the department were all arranged by DR.. Fran
els Lieber and are now thoroughly ind xed, and
it is understood that the intention of the Secre
tary is to push matters as rapidly as the Care
necessary for such work will permit. The
publication viii INCLUDE all official reports, let
ters, dispatches and orders not heretofore Off
cially published Id permanent form.
THE NATIONAL BANKS.
The total number of applications from the
twenty one western aud southern states to date,
on the organization of the national banks APP
proved by the comptroller of the currency, is
fort Wi n 90 % n HAT il nj
S4, $4,000. Twenty one informal applications
are pending, calling for circulation amounting
TO 81, 475,0O0 Tae total number of United
Sta es bonds withdrawn under the act of j une
20, 1874 is 81, S67 900, and the amount of legal
teuders deposited for the purpose of redeeming
the circulation surrendered is So, $50, QUO. These
bonds have been withdrawn by twenty Eight
national banking associations.
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BUFFALO is agitating itself about the ques-
ton whether man who chews tobacco in a
street car is nuisance. 1t doesn't really
seem as though there were two sides to the
question; but there is no accounting for
opinions, and people have been found even
who contend that the woman who chews
uuno ic NOT nuisauna
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Total,

Vacancies delegations only be filled by actual
residents OF the town which they represent.
The County Committee will be in session at the
above room at o'clock the day of the Convention
for the purpose of ecevng credentials OF delegations
THOMAS HANCOCK, Gray,
4. G. HUICHINS, Cape Elizabeth,
III. z. MILLETr, Gorham.
LUTHER BILLINGS, Bridgton,
DANIEL LOT, Brunswick,
WIN. 4. SMALL, Chairman. Portland,
l.. b. CHAPMAN, Secretary, Deerng,
Republican County Committee.
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We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer in
all Indispensable necessarily for publication
but as guaranty OF good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve COM
munications that are not used.
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SHIPPING REPoRT.-The tonnage of the Dis
trct of Frenchmans Bay, June 30, 1874, as
shown by the report of Collector Hopkins to
the Bureau of Statistics, is as follows:
Sailing vessels, 16-tOnnage, 20902 O3
Steam vessels, l. 321S
Total number of vessels, 317-topnage 2093421
The following balances were outstanding on
the Abstracts returned to the Register of the
Treasury for the quarter ending June 80, 1874:
Temporary Registers (saiD Vessels, 2, ton
mage. g74O.69
Permanent Enrollments (saiD Vessels, 254,
tonnage. 162I9.7s
Permanent Enrolments (steamers) l. tom
mage, 32Is
Temporary Enrollments (saiD Vessels 4,
tonnage, 3s2.e2
Licenses under 20 tons (saiD Coasting Trade
49, tonnage, 24s16
Licenses un ler 20 tons (saiD Fisheries, %,
tonnage, 2757S
Enrolled Vessels licensed for Coasting Trade
237, tonnage, 1886 40
Enrolled Vessels licensed for Fisheries %,
tonnage. QeQ 10