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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

THE ADVOCATES OF TEMPERANCE are some
times absurd, and the Orthodox Quakers seem
the most absurd of temperance advocates.
They regard cider as "a stumbling block"
and trace much drunkenness to pies and pud-
dings. The pies are probably unwholesome,
but we doubt whether they we're ever the cause
of filling drunkards' graves. Temperance re-
form is too important to be brought into dis
repute by such feeble twaddle. The Orthodox
Friends had better work more earnestly and
talk less.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

The TRANSPORTATION RESOLUTION was dis
cussed in the Senate yesterday, Mr.. Freling-
huysen and Mr.. Window being the principal
speakers in its favor, and Mr.. Bayard, Mr..
Hamilton and others opposing it. The ques-
ton of national aid to public improvements,
after the discussions of the earlier days of the
Republic and the disastrous consequences of
land grants and other aids to railroads in more
recent years, is no longer proper subject for
legislation. The country will never sanction
any more schemes of this kind, however plaus-
IDLY they may be urged
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

The POLICE JUSTICES are beginning to in
quire why it is that prisoners committed to
the Island are arraigned before them second
time long before their terms of imprisonment
expire. 1t is very interesting question, and
we hope the Justices will require satisfactory
answer.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

MAYOR HAvEMEYER has refused to suspend
remove or investigate the Police Commission
ers as the Board of Aldermen have requested.
Who would have thought it?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

The NATIONAL QUARANTINE BILL passed the
House yesterday, with an amendment to the
effect that nothing in the bill should apply to
State or municipal laws. AS Congress will
probably prefer that each State shall pay the
expenses of quarantine at its own ports, this
may have the effect of making the act practi-
cally imperative against better systems than
any national board can establish.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

HEREsY. The Swing heresy case in Chicago
has come to an end by the retirement of Pro-
lessor Swing from the Presbyterian Church.
There was long trial, much discussion and
many scandals. In emulation of Professor
Swing we learn that Catholic priest named
Terry also committed heresy in lecture on
the poetry of Genesis. It seems that this
divine took the ground that the stories about
simply poems. Chicago was happy in the
prospect of another trial for heresy, but the
Catholic Church, it seems, does things in q
more summary manner. The Bishop sent the
priest letter suspsnding him from his priest
hood.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

ANOTHER DAM has burst, this one being in
Maine. The country is full of feeble struc-
lures of this kind, and no time is to be lost in
making them secure The Mill River disaster
was warning that must not be forgotten, or
other calamities o. terrible will follow il
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

The WEST POINT EXAMINATIONS have not
been SO attractive this year as usual, because
the weather has kept the pretty girls away.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05
TRIPLE S I'll EFT.
New York, Friday, June 5, 1874.

From our reports This morning the probabilities
are that The ,oeather to-day ,o,A be partly cloudy
and uaT7ner
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

Boston WANTS A RAILROAD to the Hudson
River through the Hoosac Tunnel Boston
has therefore resolved that it wants such a
road and resolved to resolve to build it. All
this is very touching.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

CREMAT1oN-The discussion on cremation
seems to be something more than fantastic
controversy about subject that would never
pass beyond the comic newspapers and scien-
tifc journals. It seems that ''The Crema-
ton and Urn Society, Limited" has been
registered in London, with proposed capital
of quarter Of million Of dollars to carry
ont the necessary arrangements in connection
with the process Of cremation. There is some
comfort in knowing that the company is
sslimited.''
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

ROMAN HIPPODROME,
Madison avenue and Twenty sixth street-GRAND
IAuEANT-CONGREsS OF NATIONS, at 80 p. NJ. and
sP.M.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

WALL STREET YESTERDAY Stocks were
heavy and generally lower. Gold opened and
closed at 1111, after selling down to 111s.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

WALLACK'S THEATRE,
Broadway and Thirteenth street-fAfE, at 8 +. n. !;
closes ii T. NJ. Miss Carlotta lie ClercQ
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

y BRYANTS OPERA HOUSE.
ENenty.third street. near Sixth avenue.-NEGRO MIN
FiAELSY, &C., al p. NJ closes at 10 T. NJ.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

TERRACE GARDEN THEATRE,
ty eighth street. Third avenue.-EiNE LE1CHTI
PERSON at T. Nj. closes at 10 80 r. M.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

The BOARD OF ALDERMEN yesterday, on
motion of Alderman Flanagan, instructed the
Commissioners of Accounts to institute an
immediate examination into the affairs of the
Department of Charities and Correction, and
to report to the Board The Commissioners
should ascertain how the census Of the popu-
lation of the institutions is kept, for there is
reason to suspect that children and others are
counted twice over, and that names are kept
on the list after the persons bearing them
have left the institutions. Let us hope that
the Commissioners will do their duty in the
matter. and neither delay q report, as they have
delayed the statement Of the city's floating
debt, nor "doctor" it after it has been made
at the instance of any official. The people
desire q full exposure of the affairs of this
important department, and as they never can
expect an investigation at the hands Of the
Mayor they can only look for it from the
Commissioners of Accounts or in q court of
criminal jurisdiction.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

CENTRAL PARK GARDEN
iTiltv-unth street and Sixth avenue THOMAS CON
CERT, ut 8 +. NJ. closes at 10 30 p ~
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

MRS. CONwAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE,
Washington street. Brookyn.-fHE STRANGER. an
Su HONEYMOON. Begins at z. NJ. closes at 10 As
0i. Mrs Conwayis Benefit
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

NEW PARK THEATRE, BROOKLYN,
Fulton street, opposite the City HalL-Trausatlant
.kovcity Company, ut r. NJ. closes at 10 80 r. NJ.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

THEATRE COMIQUE,
No. sl4 Rroadway.-0N HAND and VARIETY ENTER
biAlNMENT, at r. NJ closes at 10 80 r. N.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05
WOODS MUSEUM.

OLYMPIC THEATRE,
between Houston and Blocker streets-
5ARIEIY ENTERTAINMENT at As r. NJ. closes at
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

WOODS MUSEUM
Broadway corner OF Thrtieth street-CHRIS AND
LIMA at =. NJ; closes at 80 p. NJ. Same p. NJ ;
closes at 10 80 7. NJ Baker and Farron-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE,
Bowcrv-JACK HARKAwAY AMONG THE BRI
LANDS, 1T p. NJ. closes at 10 80 T. N. Matinee at
y. NJ
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05
NrBLO,s THEATRE,

NrBLO'S THEATRE.
Broadway between Prince and Houston streeS-THE
LADY or THE LAKE, at 8 +. M. closes at " IS T. N.
Mr. Joseph wheelock and NJ ISIS lone Burke.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

MONEY ABUNDANT IN ENaLAND.-The un-
erring indicator of the state of the money
market in England is the rate of discount at
the Bank of England. We learn by telegram
that the rate fixed at a meeting of the directors
yesterday was three per cent. The rate for
money at the Stock Exchange on government
securities was two and half This shows
that there is an abundance of money and that
there is no drain of specie worth speaking
about tor foreign countries. The vast accu-
mutation of capital and the favorable state of
exchange in England result chiefly from the
ability and prudent foresight of her statesmen
and capitalists. Financial matters are man
aged we'll there and always with q single eye
to British interests. With us, on the contrary,
there is lamentable want of craftsmanship
and foresight, and everything is conducted in
slipshod manner.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

COLOSSEUM,
broadway, corner of Thirty fifth street-LONDON BY
NIGHT at 7. NJ; closes at p. NJ Same at I p Nj. ;
closes at 10 z. NJ.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

YESTERDAY A NUMBER of minor suits for
salary and wages, withheld by Comptroller
Green from city employees on frivolous
grounds, were decided against the munich
patty. Among them was the claim of poor
scrub woman in the County Court House,
who has been kept out of the money due to her
for services since 1871. In the case of q clerk
in one Of the departments q witness testified
that he had followed the plaintiff as spy on
his movements for some weeks It would be
well to ascertain whether this amateur detec-
tive's expenses we're paid out of the city gov
eminent. OF course these suits all imposed
costs and interest on the city treasury unneces-
sarily. The Comptroller last year audited
and paid the bill Of o lobby counsel employed
by him at Albany, although the charge of one
hundred dollars per day fee and extra hotel
expenses was made for days on which the
Legislature was not in session. Yet he re-
fuses to pay clerks and scrub women on the
plea that the services for which they claim
compensation were not fully performed, and
thus fastens the expense of useless litigation
on the city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05

Tho Public Schools or st. Louis.
The public schools of st. Louis seem to be
far in advance OF those of any city IN the
United States. Not only do they afford
good rudimentary and English education, but
they embrace all the topics of special study
required by recent scientific discovery and the
growth of general culture. They are far ahead
OF our own schools, because their facilities Tor
teaching German, French and music are
ample. These languages are necessary to
modern civilization, and music is an accom-
plishment required by modern culture 1t is
certainly very severe reproof to us that they
are taught 80 successfully in st. Louis. 1t Is
true that in New York some faint attempts are
made at this kind of instruction, but they
have resulted in little good, because there has
been no comprehensive system of study APP
plicable to all schools of equal grade and COM
pulsory upon the pupils as a recognized branch
of the public school curriculum II our sys-
tenn were as complete as that of st. Louisa
city which spends ten thousand dollars
year for musical instruction alone
we might expect like results. But
st. Louis even goes further, and besides
teaching what most of our American colleges
do not teach-music, modern languages and
natural science-it includes the classics and
the higher mathematics in its public school
course. Nothing more thorough has ever
been accomplished in the way Of general edu-
cation, and no unstinted praise is due to this
model city of the West. The question natu-
rally suggests itself, Why is it that st, Louis
so far excels the larger and Weather cities of
the East in public education? Mr.. Joshua
Cheever, the President of the Board Of Public
Schools, tells Us that the growth Of the schools
has been mostly due to their popularity with
all classes of citizens, owing to the entire
exclusion of oil partisan and sectarian ques-
tons from their management. But this only
partially answers the question. 1t is impossi-
BILE that school system which has been
established only thirty-seven years should
attain such popularity merely because pohti-
cal and sectarian questions have never entered
into their management Evidently there has
been rare wisdom and liberality in the system
of public instruction adopted by the School
Board of st. Louis, and we commend the
study Of their annual reports to our own Board
of Education. 4w
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-05
ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING

Volume xxx. No. I5e
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08
I Ii E VI A r X Z I ).
RePOTft6 cad .siegraPted expressly fo8 the Gre.1
Mountain Freeman.
BOSTON CATTLE MARKET.
AT cAxBRI DGEAND RIGBToH.

F.~fae :et ending Tuesday July :, 1874.
Cattle Sheep: Shofes. Hogs Ca5'es
r asi week week, 49, 49, 5s3f 80 40 II: 1852
me wear ago, 4>sI 4eli 80 l53oo ~
PRIcEs.-Beef Cafffe-Extra Fat and heavy ire
mum Oxen, $40 00dsi0 p; first quality, - % a
s6 90 S1-7j per 100 lbs, total weight OF hide,
tallow and dressed beef \ few choice single pans
>l0.25dl0 -. Bulls. &c, s1.75.
Wortiag Orea.-sl50d2J0, per pair accorl-
ing to their value as beef. steers SS1dlj0,
Mich Co'Cs.-S35 $50; extra good, st5ds:5
With OF without calves, as may be agreed farrow
tnt ordinary so n 80: yearlmGs SIOoGG Is 90:
gear Odds, Se0O0d2SOo; Swear olds, so 00d 10 0o
sheep. - Live WeienL 5d6izc; extra. 4d9c;
ieN fancy hocks. 81, alJc t II I've weight, OF
4 sea so per head.
Stotes.-Nhole~a3e, 1GSt.; retail, - Z sc. = Il
Fat Dogs, a. d64z = 10.
Teal Cd!res.-S5- BOA 10 90 per head
HtfeS.ZE isaton. tsdsc.; country tots 7cr
&c; clskins II Ijc; t.tiI,w % = Il country 4.c
Pei;s with wool on, Slj0d>2 - each Lamb
skins = %; she1re SANS, 1jc ea h; 4 my skins,
bets.
REMARKs.-Western cattle, more especially Or
iinary grades. have sold quite slowly The past
week. 1T a decline of 4. a 1sc = h live eight .
seven AMI one half cents !. ID appe,r to lie Inc
highest price 1t Brighton here are too macy
texas lite on sale ior the demand. Cool steers
IRE shade easier. One Tot OF ordinary TeXas
-teers were sold 1T 34zc T. 10 live weight There
Il very Im stock OF calves AT l0d i0lsc = I
uesset weight. There was only "a head of
Northern cattle cceived- d. Dow sold two oxen,
% dress i,"oo b eat n At lUssc II, dressed
vcIeh two 10 dress LEO fJs eacn l0- = 10 an
two stays, TO dress $50 bs eIch at 9tzc = n l.
hastings sold six oxen. - dress leJO rs each, IL
- a iOc = H. hathaway 4 swift soli 81 steer-,
average .2l3 10, al - T. h, live weight; - steers
average t69 t. at sc + 70 Ia Saunders n 70,
mi Ii average l,o35 H., al &c T 10 There WAS
.ar supply of mllCb COWS II unchanged prices.
Working oxen have about ceased coming.
The quality OF many OF the norks of sheen ana
.amb~ was not sufficiently line 10 Tempt butchers.
Poor lambs and siln sheep aie a drug In the mar
set and even good nOcko sell duh at low rates.
~ JoNce sod - sheep, gross weight SOLO 10,
&c = ID r r. Brady sid 80 lambs anu OLD
~hcep average IS rs, at ga - To. O. +. Fay To-
odd > lambs, average 80 os, at &c 2 IL
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

The ravageS of grasshoppers in some
of the counties in Minnesota have been so
terribly destructive that all the crops have
been swept away completely, as by fire.
The restitution caused by this visitation is
SO wide spread and complete that upon the
testimony of trustworthy men who have
traversed the devastated region, Gov.
Davis hls issued II circular letter to the
Grangers of the state. asking their aid to
relieve the distress. Assistance has not
been asked outside the State, but contribu-
tons from any source, addressed to Gen.
H. H. Sibley, at St. Paul, will be CRATE
fully received and Immediately use for
the relief Of the sufferers
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

And now Dr.. Hammond comes out to
complete the fright of the people in New
York with the extraordinary statement
that hydrophobia may result from the bite
of Il dog not rlbid, and is Il disease of the
brain or nerve centre, not communicated
by any virus in the blood He. or an
associate of his, furthermore declares in
favor of an determination of all the dogs
of the city. Surely, these doctors are
getting mad in real earnest. 1t seems to
us that DR.. HammOnd's statement goes far
toward confirming the skeptical view that
hydrophobia is wholly Il disease produced
by the imagination wrought upon by Fl ght
and nervous excitement. We can see no
sense or reason in his theory on any sup
position. That the mere mechanical pune
ture or abrasion of the flesh by the tooth
ola healthy dog, without any comm1nicl-
ton of poison, should produce Il disease
of the brain any more than the same
wound caused by striking against stone
or stick, is something that we cInnot
comprehend; and if DIR. Hammond's CON
clusiOn is correct, we are inclined to think
that IN old, ineradicable superstition is at
the bottom of the whole business. The
proposition to slaughter all the dogs, in the
present muddled st,te of the question, is
evidence of sheer senseless panic.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

The New York Tribune reporter who
wrote the account of the hanging of
Lusignani at Morristown, NJ, which Mr.
Parton used us an illustration of the
" Falsehoods of the Press " in his magazine
article, has written II card in which he
says plainly that Mr., Parton is another
He denies nearly all of that writer's i'm
portant statements hearing on this case,
and shows that the reports of the New
York papers We're correct. Perhaps Mr..
Parton would do better, after all. to confine
his attention to historical events of which
the participants and eye-witnesscs are all
dead.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

The railroad commissioners of Mime
sofa. appointed under the recent Legislative
,ct, have prepared a schedule for frelghts
md passenger tariff. The usual local pas
;enger fare has been D cents per mile; tins
ate the commissioners reduce to OF -
cents on the Iowa and Minnesota division
Of the Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad,
md to 3 1-2 cents on the river division OF
he same road. The general manager OF
the Sioux City and st. Paul road, abiding
% the official schedule, says:
1--WE cannot run cheaper the trains
which have been run, nor have we any
reserve to pay expenses not earned. Ii
The people on the line are unwilling to
pay old prices for transportation, first
class passenger trains will be discontinued
md such accommodation be given to
passengers as can be given at cents per
mile"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08
IMPORTANT DECIsIoN.-Saturday the

IMPORTANT DECIsIoN.-Saturday the
United States Circuit Court at Madison
rendered an important decision in regard
to the Wisconsin railroad law. The hold
ers of the bonds of the Northwestern rail-
road nrayed for an Injunction on the
oround that by the execution of the law
the state would imperil the payment OF
their coupons and thus ''impair the obilga-
t;or of contracts which the United States
constitution forbids.
The Court was composed of Judge
David Davis of the supreme court, Judge
Drummond of Illinois and Judge Hopkins
of Wisconsin. The case was thoroughly
and exclusively argued, f. W. Stoughton
of New York, being the chief counsel for
the road, and ex-Chief Justice Dixon Tor
the state, assisted by Scott Sloan and j. T.
Sloan. attorney general and assistant at
tornev general of Wisconsin,
The Court declined to enjoin the State
Of Wisconsin from enforcing the law, ana
thus affirms the power of the state TO re-
neal alter or amend charters. This pow
er. bv being a part of the constitution OF
Wisconsin. became virtually condition
Of all charters granted under 1t, and a
such known to the corror,tors and bond
holders AMI accepted by them
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08
PRACTICAL CIVIL SERVICE REFolNI

PRACTICAL CIVIL SERVICE REFoHM-
Secretary Bristow is instituting a system
in the Treasury Department which will
make it impossible for plrtisan rogues,
however influentially supported, to here
after appropriate the people money under
pretence of serving the public. His plan
of selecting the best men of experience,
proved capacity and integrity, for the
vacancies existing in the treasury branch
OF the government service, commends
itself to the general approval. lie makes
merit the passport to prefermcnt. His
advancement of faithful and competent
officials is in the very spirit of civil ser
vice improvement. and exemplifies the
idea in the most effective manner. All
the indications thus far point to the fact
that the American people have q secretary
Of the treasury among them who cannot
be dupel by corrupt politicians, and pro-
poses to administer public affairs under
his jurisdiction with single eye to the
common welfare.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

POSTMASTER GENERAL.-Hon. Eugene
Hale of Maine, on arriving in Washington,
concluded that the duties of the office were
too great for him to assume during the
present heated term and therefore declined
the position after having accepted it The
president thereupon offered the appoint
ment by cable to Marshall l.. Jewell, now
minister at st. Petersburg. Mr.. Jewell
has accepted and will at once returned to
the United Suites. He is Ex-Governor
Jewell of Connecticut and has been good
business man and will, if the expectations
of those who know him are fulfilled, make
an excellent postmaster general.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

What could be funnier, by the way, than
the last Canadian immigration scheme,
Some thousands Of our worthy and thrifty
French Canadian fellow citizens went north
in their annual holiday season. taking the
occasion of very low eNcursion rates t.
celebrate the festival of st. John Baptist
in Montreal. Once there. where they
nearly outnumbered the natives in the pro
ces>ion, they resolved that the Canadian
government ought to persuade them back
by paying their fare and giving them home
steads, and by other generous inducements.
Having thus discharged their duties to
their old country. they came g;lyly home
to their new one. Fare for the round trip
about cent mile. Meantime. the Cana
dian newspapers are gravely considering
what to do about t.-Sprtnafeld Rtpub-
lican
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

TORNADO AT WASI!NGToN.-A regular
hurricane swept through portion of the
city Of Washington on Sunday evening
On one street, Fourteenth. 81 houses We're
unroofed and much damage done to other
houses from flying lumber and breaking
Of windows. Sixteen houses We're IN
rooted on 5 street. on one square between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets; four on
X street, and over fifty in other portions
of the city The spire of the MetropoG-
tan Methodist Church. the highest in the
city, was very much bent by the wind, and
sagged so that it will have to be taken
down The handsome and valuable trees
on Lafayette square. the most beautiful in
the city, We're very much damaged The
trees in the Capitol grounds were much
injured. \ portion of the roof of tho
KirkwOod House was blown off. Among
the residences injured was that of Senator
Morrill,, Il part of the brick facing of which
was torn away by the wind.
In many places in Maryland and Penn
sylvania, much damage was done. A
Lewi>town. Pa, two hotels were unroofed
two church Steeples blown down, AMI sew
en- persons killed. In WeStwocd. Berger
County. New Jersey. hail fell furiou~ly
in stones rs large as oranges. breaking
800 panes of glass in one factory. strip
ping the trees and laying the grain low
The total damage by the storm i laid ii
round numbers ut one million dollars.