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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-13
WASHINGTON PLACE POLICE COURT.
Before Judge Morgan.

DISHONEST ExPREssMEN.

Abraham NJ. Van Cleef, expressman, residing in
Mott Haven was arragnod at the above Court yostor-
day on charge OF stealing pockotbook containing
Ssl from Mrs Catharine Gordon, Of No, 227 Seventh
avenue Van Cleef was called in Thursday after
noon to the above mentioned house and asked move
some furniture He pocketbook lying on one OF
the tables and at appropriated IT. unfortunately
for himself not without being seen by Mrs, Gordon,
who called in an officer and procured his arrest He
pleaded guilty before Judge Morgan yesterday and
committed in 81, 900 bail to answer
COMPLICATED CASE.
On Monday night last Mr.. william @ samucls, Of
No 35s West Thirty eighth street, was riding uptown
on car and being unable to obtain a seat he stood
the rear platform He lost gold watch valued at $50
The Same night he notified 0nncer Cunning, OF the
Twenty ninth precinct of his loss and the officer
mended him TO put an advertisement in the HERALD,
offering $50 reward for the return OF the tmcpcce and
emo questions asKcdn On Wednesday morning the
advertisement appeared and tho day following stout
built man. we'll dressed and with an air of respectable
ty called upon Mr. Samues and told him that he
had not the watch In his possession, but
upon payment or $40 he would secure its return Mr..
Samuels accompanied him down the street ostcnsbly
to get the money, and by preconcerted arrangement
met Sergeant Hamilton and Officer Cunning, into whose
custody he gave his informant When brought TO the
station house the latter cognzed sJ0hn Rooney
a we'll known car pckpocket Later In the day tho
wife OF the prisoner Mary Ann Rooney, called at the
station house and oerad TO eiye w the vaich noYided
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The Prince Leo court matinees continue to attract
large crowds Tha third in the sAras wsssven ysstsE,
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MARBLE AIANTELs.

A I GREATLY REDUCED PRICES -. va
IN An extensive stock Of slate and Marble han'c' ""s
PENRHNN SLATE COMfANhSr
Union square, Fourth avenue and Seventeenth -, =
1rARnI,R AND MARBLETzRD MANTkIs, NEW DE-
l signs. from Si2 upward also Monamsn'H Mo1A
greatly reduced prices: Marble Turning Tor the waue
ELABRl I94 East 18th a., Third aSanna New tosk
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THE GLOBE HOTEL COMPANY HEREBY INVITE
proposals for the privileges Of newsstand ticket agent
hack stand and card writer In their hotel opposite
the Centennial Grounds philadelphia Address until Iues
day, November 49, 1873, the SECRETARY No az South
Flth street. Philadelphia
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DARGAINs.-sECoND HAND PIANOS $50 s75, 500,
ID cash small instruments octave Piano. 500; Organ,
nearly new. four stops $75 GORDON SON. No 10 East
Fourteenth street.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29

THE BIBLE IN THE ScuooLs'-keV'
Henry Ward Beecher's DISCOURSE on
Thanksgiving Day, advocating the eSel"-
sion Of the Bible from the public schools as
"only fair policy is attracting much at
tention from the politicians and Others VINO
are locking forword to the future cleo
tons. If only for a matter Of reference ii
is we'll enough to place the reverend gen.
tleman's exact words on record: 1T was
not fair" he said, ito compel a Jew to pay
taxes to support schools where tho New
Testament, in which he i'd not believe
was read every day to his children. Meth
er was it fair to his Roman Catholic broth
er to tax him to sastain system OF public
education in which the Protestants Bible
was conspicnously used 1t was net right
either, should Catholics gain the ascencan
cy in affairs of State, to tax Protestants II
support of schools where the Dousy yer
sion Of the scriptures was read to the pu
pills. Fair play is the motto,"
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whelming sin. Mr. Beecher was present
and almost overcome with the weight Of
these blows, but that strong will and de-
termination maintained throughout the
trial did not forsake him even now, and ne
went through with the meetlng,oa not as
.mosthly and free from agitation as he gen.
orally does.
Mrs. Moulton demanded in her letter
that her case should be considered at a
council of churches. Mr.. Shearman, the
clerk of the church, confident that such q
document must find its way into pubic
print, prepared letter making one column NJ
Of New York paper, in which he tells
the complainant that her wishes are
granted. Now the matter comes before q
council of churches, where it will betested'
whether Mrs. Moulton, in her main aceu-
sation-the guilt of Beecher-is right
This is for an impartial council OF church
members, and not jury which gives nc
evidence whether it believes it or not te
iacile
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29

THE cable dispatches Of yesterday
brought intelligence which will be received
with qualification by all Americans, that
the British Minister, Mr.. Layard, while
passing through Bilboa, Spain, recently,
refused to receive a visit from General
Burriel, who is the Captain General Of the
Province, and the human brute who or.
dered the massacre Of tho Virginius crew.
Considering the character Of the man, Mr..
Layard was guilty Of no breach Of diplo-
matte courtesy. hut upon the contrary do.
played remarkably good taste in disasS
mating upon his visitors. II It " Il"
Eruption between the twer' Uses ".'. i.
Brsai" VIA n .mpathy Of tn
entire world.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29

QUEEN VICTORIA has had all the woes
and sorrows, that her proaigate sen, the
Prince Of Wales, caused her, healed by
the budding in the very centre OF the fam
ily Of q rare and beautiful flower. a poet
has suddenly mounted his Pegasus and
flashes his genius and wit to an amazed
world. The Marquis Of Lorne, who occu'
pies \ sort Of kitchen, or cellar position IN
royal consideration, has written book Of
poems. 1t is calleao 'Guid and Lita.
The first edition has been exhausted anc
now the second is in the press. But it sp'
pears that everybody bought them through
mere curiosity to have something thai
emansted from royal house. A very
p.or compliment to the efforts Of the Mar
= oui., but it shows that there is somebody
connected with the royal family who l.
able to write. The sale will no doubt b
large in America if the CamHssrc'a! doe
not criticize them too harshly.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29

They tell = story Of member Of the
City Council Of Wilmington, which il
forcibly suggestive of the broadness with
which Sam Houston regarded official life
and its rules Of social bearing. The MEM
Der in question was to meet with others,
proceed to the depot and take the train to
meet the remains Of the late Vice Presi-
dent Wilson. When the time came the
member was not on hand. The rest .sro-
ceedsd to the depot and found hiv. there
sitting in a car in his shirt s'.eeyes, and
smoking short clay pipe. He was the
hsppiest councilman of t..,em all.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29
YOU'RE NO ACCOUNT SIR. F.!

This seems to be the spirit of the man
sgement of the p, w. & B. r. r. toward
,he people Of New Castle. The change in
the time table, running North in the morn
ing, inhibits residents Of New Castle from
transacting business in Philadelphia, be-
fore II o'clock in the morning. We have
known instances wherein residents Of that
city, had legal business in Philadelphia,
requiring their attendance in Court at 10
o'clock in the morning, who were COM
PEELED to remain over night to enable them
to do so. This may be economical Rail-
road management, but it is not the kind
Of management, the people, who gave life,
and being, to the Railroad Corporation
ever contemplated. In no other part Of
the country would such close policy be
tolerated; however We forgot-that to make
dividend, for "my Boston stockholders"
is the one purpose to which the needs Of
tha people of Delaware must always be
secondary to, and hence if the people OF
New Castle is disadvantaged, it matters
not, so that the result may be the the frac-
tional part of cent profit to my Boston
Stockholders" There is q charter for .
narrow guage road, between Wilmington
and New Castle. Who has it! Speak
out.
| As an instance of how farthing is made
for Boston. The management ofthe P,W
4 B. cannot afford to publish their Time
table, of departures South from Philadel
phia in any of the Wilmington papers
If a Delawarean needs this information, h'
must buy Philadelphia paper, as neithe
he, nor the journals of his State are ofsui
fcient Importance, to contain, or have acces
to such information.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29

SEWING MACH. Sewing
Machines, suc!.4 a. are sold in Wilmington
Tor $So-sre sold in Liverpool for $40.
Ihe actual cost Of an $50 Sewing Machine
is not $50. Judging by the many COM
plants made by the poor all over the
country, the Sewing Machine Companies,
under color Of leasing Machines, annual|~
cheat the people out Of Thousands of dol
lars, Two things bear in mind .pv Con.
gresham who votes, for AZ .~..n,;on Of ,
Sewing Machine ,pa.er becomes A party
'. a"e W. the poor. Secondly
,.sr, ~, :, paper sewing maehln.
...n,s ents to you, until you nave II
~ Led by some person acquainted VIII
law of contracts; If you sign one o
these leases you acquire no title whatever
to the machine. Look out for SEWN:
machine agents.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29
SWtn0le,

Last week a drummer for Philadelphia
house who has been doing business here
for several years, called upon one Of our
clothing merchants and representing that
he was short small sum on the amount
necessary to procure his license borrowed
S4S from the clothier, giving him in ex.
change therefor draft on the Philadel-
phia house for the amount. He afterwards
called On dry goods merchant, repeated
the same tale and got from him $50. He
afterwards went to Washington and Balti-
more and succeeded in swindling varisus
parties out Of various amounts aggregat-
ing about $1,000, with which he made of
for Europe in the next steamer. The two
drafts given in this city came back in a
day or two protested. The swindler be-
lsugs in Baltimore and is respectfully con-
nected, hence names are suppressed
| Virginia Alerandrta( Sentinel Nop -.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29
TnE FRENCH ELECToRAL LA,

TAE FRENCH ELECTORAL LAW.
A fierce contest is now going on in the
French Assembly, upon the proposed new
electoral law. The parties in contest are
the Conservatives represented by Presi-
dent AcMahoa. and every shade Of anti
red Republican opinion; and Gambetta
and his socialistic followers. The Conser-
vatives favor the system which prevails in
the adjoining States of Maryland and Penn
sylxania, where members OF the Legislature
are elected by districts. This mode Of
election is called in Fr, .nce Seru'in dar-
rondessements. The Radicals, led by Gam
beta, favor voting by departments, or
countie>, as we call them, thus hoping IN
der r.artments where there Asre groups OF
radical villages or towns, to elect the en-
tire representatives of the department, by
perhaps a majority of ten or more, as the
case may be-depriving thereby the agrl-
cultural voters Of any representative. The
radical plan is called Scrutin de lists, O.
voting upon the one ticket for all the rep
ressntativ0s Of the Department, or County
The distric. system ought to be adopted,
as the fair and certain way ofevery class o.
citizens obtaining representative.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29
A WASHINGTON dispatch says;

A WASHINGTON dispatch says: The
question s. to who should become Presi-
DENT in the emergency Of vacancies IN all
the four oHces Of President and Vice Pres
iaent Of the United States, President. Of the
Senate. and Speaker Of the House, was, 1t
Al pears subject Of attempted Consres-
sional legislation in the excitement follow
ing the sssassinatien Of Abraham Lincoln
and the Impeachment. Of Andrew johnson.
In view Of q remote and improbable but
possible contingency such Is the law should
cover, i. was proposed to amend the act o.
l-q2 50 as to provide that, in case OF th'
four vacancies above specified, the Chic
Justice OF the United States, and after hin
the Associate Judges OF the Supreme
Court in the order Of the seniority Of ap
pSiu.ment, should become President. n
record, however, Of any such sctisn can b
found. The question may be brought y
again d. the prssen. session.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29

THE Jury j. what ia known as the
Townsend , .urder case has had q truly
hard tire of it. They have been out se-
vera days, denying themselves the fresh
air, looking at each other, talking politics.
touching occasionally upon the jury sys'
ten and winding up On Saturday by filing
into court, and the foreman telling the
Judge that one Of the number had said he
would not convict any one upon clrcum-
stantial evidence. This one Of the jury
men, said he thought alluded to himself
and it was false. Then the judge packed
them all hack into the room from whence
they issued. And If they wish to see then
families at any time this side OF Chris'
MAS they must agree upon verJict.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29

BROKEN PLEpGEs.-One Of the promises
made by Messrs. Garfield and Dawes,
chairmen respectively: Of the Ways and
Means and Appropriation Committees at
the adjournment of Congress in 1874, that
the expenditures Of the Government for
the fiscal year 1875 would be twenty-six
million dollars less than they had been in
the fiscal year 1874. A comparison Of Of
fetal figures show that the net e1pendl-
lures in 1875 were $l5l, ,52e, $40, against
Sl7S,6lS,9SS in 1874, and, aeducting the
increased cost for account Of the navy IN
1874 over 1875, there is an actual increase
in 1878 Of S.,s45 s25. These figures show
that it costs mere than $40, ,ooO, 900 to adj
minister the National Government, though
fifteen years ago, with as many ports and
s,on.houses, as large navy. and a:
,arse 4 territory, not one-third the sun
was required. 1t is painfully apparent
tha, the Administration is wasseful, sne
cor-up. beyond all precedent. We ass
our Republican readers, to rsHec: upo'
this exhibit, and as honest citizens Il
inquire how far they are responsible
for this state Of affairs. The Democrac,,
has a grea. work cast upon it, TO purify
reform. and retrench.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29
THE IyCREASE OF TIE POLICE
FORCE.

The Mayor has asked for an increase OF
the police force Of the city, his request is
one founded in reason, and justice. One
Of tive things we should do, disbsnd the
entire police force of the city, and let our
citizens understand that tuev must take
care Of themselves, and their Froperty-or
give them an approach to prsseetion, by a
sufficient police force. To illustrate the
utter absurdisy OF looking for protection
from the police, we ask one of OUR citizens,
to undertake to find weIl-known friend,
who will all the time keep walking about
in the day time, in that section Of sur city
between 10th street and the Brandywiae,
snd from McDowellville to llth street
bridge, and report the time it took to meet
him: At night single policeman is s1-
pected to carefully guard. the persons Of
citizens from insult, and their property fron
plunder, in the district We instance.
Is not absurd, to impose such duty
upon anv one man, fer the reason that i
il impossible for him TO perform it,
Other districts are As relatively - poorly
protected. We have many instances o
outrage in various parts Of our city
which no doubt, could have been prevented
with 4 reasonably efficient police force.
The asked tos increase, is opposed b!
property owners, upon the ground Of in
creased taxation. 1t is fallacy that sacl
|; persons are Ae-only tax payers. The,
are tax PAYERS for shs house they inhabi
their tenants are equally tax payers,
f taxes are part Of the rent charged by tn
J, owner, Just the same as the interest ape
r the house. Hence, if man OWLS te
e houses, and rents niRs, the nine teuan
{ have more potential claim to be hes
. BY City Council ~ tax PAYERS, than II
] one capitalist. In this Light, City Coul
: ell should approach the consideration
v the subject; if the householders Of Il
= city ask better protection, they are Il
4 tax payers and should be heard One
is two things do,-either abolish the pres
inefficient for want Of numbers) poll
l. force, or give Us one in some way adeq u
re to car needs.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29

WHO is to be the candidate for Presl-
dent on the Republican ticket IN 1871
This is the question which agitases Repub-
icanisn from centre to circnnfsrsnee
But to the High Priests Of that party,
there is no soliei.ude upon thi. important
question. They are fully aware that 1t is to
be L. 5. Grant, and no one else. Chief
Justice Waite sees the folly OF any one else
attempting to offer. The political vre'
are all pulled tspt in one way, and there Is
III use in any enc trying to pull against
them, unless he wishes to be regarded -
traitor to his party, Beyond Grant ther'
is no more favorable candidate than Bris
tow. His summary dealings with tn
whiskey frauds has gained hin high re
csmuepdation. Ii Vice President Wilson
had lived, he would have been the rebel II
the Republican camp to night ersn
with hi, own weapons, but now he ha
passed away, the ~ould-ee lmpsrato
draws An easier breath, and rejects ina
we can't tell what may hsppen.'
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29

Our BIG SElGHBoE -Philadelphia, hs.
population OF nearly 100000, and it
liv.s Oh in an area of 1903 sqasre miles.
The city has 1000 miles Of streets and
roads opened for sse, and over SO OF
these are paved. l. is lighted by nearly
Is 900 gas lamps. The earth beneath con-
ceals and is penetrated by ls4 miles Of
sewers, ever 500 miles Of gas mains and
646 miles Of water pipes. 1t has over 2l2
| miles Of city railways and nearly 1874 city
railroad cars passing over these railroads
daily; 5o15 steam boilers; over 400 pub
lie schools. with suitable buildings; and
over 800 school teachers, and ever 50 :
600 pupils 1t has ever $4,000 bath
rooms. most of which are supplied with
hot water, and for the use Of the water 81
lew rate. the citizens pay more than half
uilltsn Of dollars; it has over 400 places
! public worship and accommodations II
them for 100000 persons; 1t has nearl!!
S, 900 manufactures, with a capital 0
slS5, 900, 900, employing l45,ooo h nds
: the annual product Of whose labor Is owe
1854, ,oOo, 900. Ite1ported in 1873 in valu
over $a4, 900, 600, and imported in valu
over $as,OOO,ooO; the amount for dutie
e in gold was nearly ss,5oc,ooo the rea
: estate. assessed for taxation, was over Has
, OK, 900, and there was collected neari
|, 50, ,oOO, 900 for taxes. 1t is worth renen
/ bering here that Philadelphia greatly e1
> crets New York, in many things She
r far ahead Of her in manufactures.
I She has over a50 more street cars rul
ming than New York, about 10000 uo
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29
BEECHER TIE INCeRRUPTIBLE

1t would be easy, with little stretch Of
the imagination to think Mr.. Beecher in
corruptibls and unimpeachable. The ac-
ton. Of his congregation would At least
lead to this high and exalted opinion OF
the Plymouth pastor. An opinion we'll
expressed against him is sufficient guaran-
tee to dismissal from his church without
a word or sign Of notice. Of course, Mr..
Beecher is the leader in it all. The bold
strokes Of his foreible dealing are detected
through the deepest parts Of it. This &C
ton is to seal the mouths Of whole con-
gresasisn. 1t is an intimidation to them
to make No effort, by word or deed, against
the pure and incorruptibls pastor. If re-
lision has descended to this; that member
of the flock canno, express fault that Ii
seen in the leader. then the press and peo-
pie should be deprived at snee Of their
right of free speech. This may seem as a
very mild type Of revenge for the pastor
and his congregation, but it is nevertheless
severe, for it is terrible imputatior
against Christian to be dismissed from
church without a reason, that must lead tt
grave and harsh inferences.
i There can be no reassn then that Mrs
Emma c. Moulton, wife of Francis D
Meulten, who with his wife was one of tn
most important witnesses against Beeche
in the recent trial, should take stronl
grounds against the Church for such action
She states that the Church has no right t
act in the matter as summarily as they did
/. and that too without giving any reason, @
, giving her any notice.
Mrs. Moulton in her letter expresses N
contrition for any act that she may hav
$ done against the Plymouth pastor, BY tn
e expression Of conscientious conviction:
n She merely demands an opportunity {
a freeing herself from the imputatious tha
. actions Of Plymouth star council may hav
II cast upon her ia the eyes Of the world.
e was at meeting Of the church On Frida
J. nigh. that the case of Mrs. Moulton WI
,f considered finally, and the same night th
ls designations Of others were handed il
,e several Of which were received with amax
Of uent, as they contained the wishes
ut several Of the most worthy people
GO Brooklyn, and the most substantial men
te bers Of Plymouth Church when that stru
.ure was free from the taint Of An eve
The Morning herald., 1875-11-29
THE sPkAKERsMIP.

The time for the election Of . speaker TO
the National House Of Representatives is
rapidly approaching. All the minute OF
party wire pulling has been mapped out
for this contest, a list Of candidates brought
into the field, and the fight is looked for
ward to with no small amount Of interest
both among politicians and the laity. In
Washington, the grand theatre OF actlen'
all candidates who have been mentisned
prominently in connection with the place,
have established themselves in headquar-
ters, with a full retinue Of gloved and
slippered attendants, to answer the calls OF
the large number of visitors, while the
prospective candidates have grown hoarse
from interviews with the newspaper men
and everybody else.
Heretofore all that has been said on this
subject with regard to the candidates has
been merely political surmise, mere
hap hazard guessing at the bunch. 1t has
been the same as the Presidency; nearly
everybody has had a candidate, and all
with some particular advantages that made
their candidate the most available man for
the Office.
But now the opposing parties have been
more definitely settled, the actual candi-
dates named, and their resources of politi-
cal strength more carefully estimated.
Those between whom the bitterness Of the
contest will rest, are Mr.. Kerr, Of Indiana,
and Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania. While
there is long string Of others who have
been mentioned, among whom are Walker
Of Virginia, Hancock, Of Texas, and Cox,
Of New York, the contest will be reduced
to . fight between Kerr and Randall. The
former is we'll fortified in the West, but
there are objections to him, insuperable in
the ideas Of the politician Of what man
for this position should be. Mr.. Kerr was
at one time an advocate Of "soft-money."
This is shown by speech Of his delivered
| in 1871. But now he is in the position o.
/. candidate, he abjures such thoughts and
opinions and declares himself upon the ep'
posite side Of the vexed question; straw
drifting about in political wind.
Mr.. Randall is politician Of the strong
est conservative type; he acts purely from
convictions, and is one Of the staunches
] Democrats that has ever occupied seat ii
the House. There are no opinisns express
ed by him, but those Of firm, unyieldin:
thoughts, what he says admits Of No revo
cation, and such character as this, perssn
ally and politically is that which will mos
likely win in the battle for the Speaker
ship. Mr.. Coke while he has prsspec
of some support has not yet developed an,
very great strength. Walker and Hancocl
would be used as the compromise candl
dates in the-event that the ferceness eth
fight between Kerr and Randall woul
rise to such necessity. But the sign
make it fair to presume that Mr.. Rsnda
will be next speaker.