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FOR SALE OR RENT.

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tools. VIII sell on long credit or trade FOR city
property. low. Also, lots % feet fr street,
between Twenty first and Twenty-second streets,
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per month, according to accommodations. Chill
dren under ten years and servants, half price.
Apply to A. S. PRATT SON, coraer Ninth
and ID streets, or to Mrs RINES, Nos. $40, sI2 and
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HYGEIAN HOME,
Florence Heights, New jersey.

This model Health Institution, for the treatment
of all cIasses Of lnvalids without drug medicines,
is delghtfUlly situated on the Delaware river, be-
tween Trenton and Philadelphia. BOarderS
well as patients accommodated. wholesome fare,
shaded walks beautiful groves, fine roads, croquet
grounds. swings, boats, gymnasium, &c, For par
tculars ADDRESS
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GROCERIES,

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SPORTSMEN will find with US EVERYTHING
suitable for LUNCH,
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SUMMER RESORTS.

ROCK ENoN SPRINGS,
FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA..
Open from June IS to september Is, 1875.
Mrs. CLARA A. RISES,
Proprietor.
A. S. PRATT,
business Manager.
j. TABOR JOHNSON, MD,
Resident phY,ician.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

BY the Judgment of the highest Court Of
the State of Maryland it appears that mans
right to take his own life in certain circum-
stances is still intact. In that State gentle
man had insured his life on the ordinary form
Of policy, by which the insurance is void IF
the assured shall die by his own hand o. act"
He subsequently hanged himself and the COM
pany refused to pay, which there is reason
to believe is the common rule with insurance
companies in all circumstances. The COM
pany was sued and held liable; they APP
pealed, and again the memorable judgment
was that the sum of the insurance was due to
the heirs, .felo de Sc to the contrary notwith-
standing. 1t was held by the Court that
there are circumstances in which a man may
take his own life that do not come within the
prohibition Of the clause in the policy. They
hold that the policy only prohibits an act
that is deliberately intended by sound mind.
liza man looking into the muzzle of a re-
volver fire it by accident he dies by his own
hand literally, but by an unintentional
act, and for such q loss the COM
pany must pay /; and inasmuch as
insanity interrupts healthy volition, an in
sane man cannot be presumed to intend his
own death any more than the man does who
kills himself by such an accident 1t is not
our duty to reconcile the view the Court takes
OF suicide with the view taken by some phi
losophers- especially in England-who argue
that the mere fact of suicide is evidence of
insanity, and that, therefore, there cannot be
any distinction as 10 suicides intended and
suicides not intended. In the absence Of
such duty We contemplate the decision with
satisfaction. Insanity has been most inge-
niously used to defraud the gallows for many
years, and il il can now be employed in the
interest of a much deirauded publicto compel
slippery insurers to come down with their
dust we shall be glad to know 1t.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08
General sherman and General Buell.


We print this morning letter from General
Buell. in response to our suggestion that he
might find it convenient to discuss the parts
of General Shermans book commenting upon
himself and his campaigns. General Buell. is
a disting uished, and, as the country believes,
an unfortunate soldier, whose career during
the war was interrupted by invidious circum-
stances rather than by his own action. Although
General Sherman are, SO far as we can recall
them, of a conciliatory and altogether Of q
courteous nature, the General is disposed to
take issue with the commander of the army as
to the estimate he places upon the battle Of
Shiloh. General Buell. believes that it is the
effort of the author TO conceal the faults and
misrepresent the facts of that battle" At the
same time General Buell. comedies the impor-
tant fact that it is proper that all who took
any part in the recent war should now place
upon record their remembrance of it. He
agrees with the HERALD in looking upon Gen
eral Shermans example as calculated to slim
ulate that object. General Buell. reserves his
final Judgment of the work OF General Sher-
man until another time We need hardly
say that anything he chooses to write upon
the subject will be read with deep interest by
the country. No one is more competent to
write upon the war than scholar and soldier
and gentleman as accomplished as General
BueIl
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HnI4-we publish
elsewhere a communication from Mr.. George
S. Ellis in reference to this great national
event, the centennial celebration Of which is
close at hand. 1t gives graphic description
Of the bold stand made by small portion Of
the hastily organized Provincial Army against
the veteran soldiers of England, and ascribes
to ColoneI Prescott the principal share of the
honor OF that memorable day. Not even the
disastrous retreat Of the British column
from Concord and Lexington inspired the
redcoats with such wholesome fear Of the
determination, courage and unconquerabIe
spirit Of the newly awakened patriots Of
America as did the short and bloody struggle
on Bunker Hill, when few thousand farmers
beat back their best troops and were only
compelled to retire through lack Of support
and want Of ammunition. Then the British
Cabinet understood what difficult task it
was to bring those 'rebellious colonists" to
terms. The typographical map Of Bunker
Hill, as it appeared during the historic fight,
will allow complete study Of the action.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

The POINT OF HONOR. Alexander, the
man who was shot four times by police
officer in Philadelphia, refused before his
death to tell the name of his murderer, and
in Brooklyn similar case has occurred. A
rowdy was stabbed fatally three times in
the lungs on Saturday night, and when
asked to tell who was his assailant, re-
piled, 'I'd die with the name of the
fellow in my throat before d give him away"
The point Of honor thus shown is very
coarse and IN some respects criminal, yet il
is point of honor. Bad as this concealment
is, it is better than the educated and deliberate
treachery which is SO frequently found in
higher circles of society.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08
clanin,s. silks.

We shall be very much surprised II the 40
ton of the District Attorney in causing the
arrest of the agent Of one Of the richest mer'
camille houses in the country on the charge
of having purchased silk goods knowing that
they had been struggled will not be one OF
the most important acts Of his administration.
II properly sustained by the evidence and by
tho general government it will lead to the
most saluary results.
Without expressing an opinion as to the
guilt or innocence OF the party implicated
the position is this:- buyer of the house OF
III. B. Clafiin & Co. is accused of having pur.
chased for the use of that house large guam
tity of silks at less price than they would
have been worth had the duty been paid. To
the argument that these silks might have been
deprecated lot, which had fallen in value
on account of the exigencies of the trade 1t is
answered that the purchase was made, not
from parties engaged in the buying and sell
ing of silk but from the clerk of liquor
store. This is O serious matter for dis
tinguished and rich house. The District At
torney deserves credit for making his point
upon u SuIOuB " ue1ouu uASiE
representative and widely enough known to
receive from the public all the consideration
due to their high commercial character.
The lesson that we trust will be taught by
this action of Mr.. Bliss is that our dealers,
our merchants and importers cannot exercise
too much scrutiny in dealing with the govern
ment. If package of silk is offered to
merchant at less price than the duty would
Justify the inference is irresistible that II
was Struggled. If merchant purchases
goods upon which such suspicion can fairly
rest he is morally as much criminal as the
adventurer who evaded the customs laws In
our rush to get rich we are not always careful
about the means of making money We are
afraid that our best merchants have not
always looked at their purchases with open
and inquiring eyes. If cheap assortment OF
desirable goods can be found free from legal
imputation they are too apt to take them as
gifts from the gods, and are not always
anxious to know whether they paid the duty.
We trust that ii will be found that Mr..
Clafins agent in this matter is unjustly ac-
cused.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

BY the word coming in from New England
and oil over the Middle States there Is
promise Of very brilliant aquatic meeting at
Saratoga on the 18th and 14th days OF next
month. While the work Of the next few weeks
must reduce the weights Of the rowers con-
siderably there is already abundant proof
that most Of the crews will come to the score
heavier than their respective colleges have
usually sent, and hence, as all seem TO be
taking a good share of hard work, filter for
the arduous strain Of wind and back and limb
that is in store tor them on that Wednesday
morning. Occasionally team, the Wesleyan,
for example, has even at this early day thlnned
down to racing weight, and though they have
done SO more than once before, and yet made
o capital second the experiment is at best
hazardous A little extra beef on man,
especially in our hot summer months, will
generally render him ADLER for long tiresome
work whether on land or water than he would
be without it.
A very noticeable feature of the training at
most of the colleges is o decidedly greater at
tention to legwork than formerly and less to
enlarging the arms. The sliding seat has IN
part led to this, the rover finding that the
more firmly he braces his feet against the foot
board-technicelly chicks his stretcher"-
the more effective work results. OF course,
too, the present style of rowing, introduced
by Captain Cook, of the Yale crew, and
learned by>him in England, which has been
more generally adopted this year than ever
before, by cutting down the forty-three or
forty-four per minute of former days to
thirty-six or thirty-seven strokes, renders each
stroke more deliberate and SO likely to be
more thorough and give the legs more to do.
Not only will there probably be moro uni
formity also in the style of the first six or
eight crews this year than ever before, but
when the fast European amateur teams row
next summer on the Schuylkill and at Sara
toga and over other famous courses it will be
found that their stroke and ours have at last
favorite builders get about all the
orders for the boats the races become
more and more nearly test of the actual
skill and strength and staying power of the
oarsmen. very welcome incident of the con-
tests this year is the marked increase of inter-
est in the single scull race. Mr. Kennedy's
performance the other day near New Haven
shows him to be, what any careful observer
even year ago would have found him, really
formidable man, and, close as the various races
promise to be, perhaps no safer prediction
could be advanced LOW than that he will be
able to make sure that the winning colors in
the single scull race go where some months
ago we thought it likely, and still think it
likely, the colors of the University race of
1875 will go, and this Notwithstanding the
loss of one valuable man-ndmely, to the in
stitution whose we'll appointed and costly new
boathouse tomorrow, for the first time, floats
its flag over the waters of New Haven Bay
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

and Tilton rot do, especially under the dis
Greet instruction Of the Mayor?
On the whole, the more We think of il the
more we regret that our accomplished and
able Mayor has not concluded to visit Lon
don. He would have more than royal well
come. There would be abundant opportuni-
ties of discussing our common language, our
common literature and our common religion.
What fine thoughts he could have evolved
about Shakespeare and Cromwell and Lord
Baconl With what magnanimity he could
refer to the fact that if the English
we're whipped in the Revolution it was
not because they we're weaker, but because
the Americans were greater race There
are dinners of whitehall at Greenwich which
he could appreciate if he could not enjoy
We should not advise him to follow the
example of our somewhat famous fellow
citizen, Sergeant Bates, and ride down Pail
Mall and the Strand with the American flag
looped up on the drivers seat. But there
would be no objection to his indulging in this
harmless entertainment if he found it neces-
sary tor the glory of his land. The true
value OF MI. NlCkudIub NlhlI W 6VuuOA
would be not SO much in his going there as in
his leaving his friends behind him. We
should miss the Mayor, but there are
few of those associated with him
who would be gladly spared. Nor
would they fail to learn a lesson
Of the vanity OF human wishes. London is
full of statesmen of the old empire, the toll
lowers of Tweed, the men who displayed the
diamond pins and ruled over the Americas
Club, and disbursed appropriations with as
tonishing rapidity, and knew how to extract
the largest number of votes from the smallest
gwen number of voters The lesson of their
exile would not be lost upon Disbecker or q
Green. or this reason, if for no other, we
still regret that Mr.. Wickham has not &C
cepted the Inequalities of Gulldhall and re-
solved to be one of the great multitude OF
Mayors so soon TO assemble in the Illustrious
hall OF this venerable municipality and to sit
in honor and comfort and high enjoyment
with the Mayors of Paris and Vienna, and
Cork, and Peoria, and Timbuctoo.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

Mn EvARTs yesterday resumed his speech
in tho Brooklyn trial, and ridiculed the story
Of Mr. Bcccher's alleged suicidal inclinntions
and the controversy about the paternity Of
the boy Ralph. lie complimented Mrs.
Woodruff for her delicacy Of trust and honor,
60 far as it was exhibited at the trial,
and proceeded to argue that Mr. Tilton was
on intimate terms as visitor at her resi-
doncc. Mr.. Evarts, it is expected, will con-
clude his exhaustive argument to-day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08
An Aspect OF the Railroad war.

One Of the letters Of the Postmaster General
on the subject Of the transportation OF the
mails between Washington and this city has
more interest for the public than is usually
found in communications Of this nature, for
il deals with point that Postmasters General
will be compelled to keep in view in future
contracts. 1t appears that the department
makes its contract with one railway company
to carry the mails and then leaves it to that
company to mako its own contract with other
companies in cases where it does not own all
the lines over which the mails have to 20. II,
then, these companies quarrel between them
selves the company that has the government
contract cannot fulfil its obligations, and de-
lay necessarily ensues. 1t may be responsible
and the government may be able to punish its
delinquency in that way, but that does not
secure the regular and prompt discharge Of
the function that the postal authorities are
charged WITH and the indication is that no
future contract for carrying mails over a route
divided between several lines will be com
plete or secure as beyond possibility Of mis-
hap unless the government has . guarantee in
the contract by which the carriages Of one
road ore allowed to pass over other roads.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

WEST POINT. all important question
as to whether the fair visitors from Vassar
College were frightened or not during their
late raid on the cadets at West Point, when
tho boys executed brilliant charge, seems to
be as far from solution as ever. cadet
comes to their rescue to-day, and defends
them against the insinuations thrown out by
zone Of Benny Ravens Boys"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

MooDT AND SASKEY are still fighting Satan
tooth and nail in the great city Of London,
and have enlisted the children under their
revival banners. The arch enemy is evil
IDENTIFY losing ground under the persistent
attacks Of the two modern apostles.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

A DUEL OF unusual ferocity was fought near
Havana on Friday between d citizen Of New
York, Dr. AIgernon Sydney Curtis, and
Cuban merchant named Salvador CortoreaL
We give the full particulars OF this shocking
encounter, which was ended by The suicide Of
Coriereal, who apparently believed he had
killed his adversary
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

THE CHARAcTEB1sTIc CRIME for which SO
many negroes have suffered, and which seems
to be the beseting sin Of the desperadoes Of
the colored race, has been repeated in Mary
land. The victim was a farmers daughter,
and the circumstances are revolving. The
dastardy perpetrator has been arrested, and
will. likely. dancle at q roDe's end ere long
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

AMHERST AT Wore. We publish to-
day an interesting account Of the prepara-
tons being made by tie new crew 81 Am
herst College for the forthcoming struggle
between tne graduates II the oar on Saratoga
Lake. They will prove formidable antagon-
lists as far as pluck, Will and muscle are con-
cerned
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

The IsD1ASs.-A tribe Of the Comanches,
who have been raiding fer five years ia Texas,
have agreed to surrender and il il expected
that the remain .ag hostile Apaches in that
State will follow the example. But tie Indian
trouble IS one which, when suppressed 10 one
place, always breaks out in another. Now the
danger is at the Black Hills.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Stocks were
lower, and the tendency is apparently toward
further depression. Gold was steady at III
116E Foreign exchange was firm.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

THE RNGLEADERs Of the crew Of the Amer
Jean schooner Jefferson Borden, who mutinied
on the high seas will be sent to this country
for trial from England.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

Persons going out Of torn for The summer can
haze the daily and Sunday HERALD mailed to
them, free Of postage for 81 per month.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

From our reports his morning Tie probabilities
are that the ueather to-day t0iA be cooler and
cedria1
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NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.

JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
oPRIEToR.
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS On and
after January /, 1875, the daily and weekly
editions Of the New York HERALD will be
sent free Of postage.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

THE Sioux INDIANS, who have had long but
apparently fruitless talk with the ''Great
Father" are now in New York, and are hav-
ing good time, seeing the sights and receive
ing invitations everywhere previous to their
departure for the Plains, whore they may turn
mp again at their old pranks Of murder and
rapine. 1t is o disgrace 70 our civilization
hat these cut,hroats shoald b permitted to
appear at public assemblagcs in this city,
wearing the trophies that they tore from
their delenccless victims. They parade tie
scalps they have taken with tho utmost nom
chalance. Yet they Are the nations wards"
and arc protected BY our benign government.
--a---
The jerome PARK RACES. THE second days
races Of the spring meeting 81 the American
Jockey Club commence at three o'clock this
afternoon at jerome Park. The principal
went Will be the race for the Westchester Cup,
which will bring out some Of the principal
horses entered for tic meeting. II il g be
noped that the races will not he prolonged IN
account Of starting difficulties 10 the same IN
warrantabe extent As on Saturday last, aud
that some effort beyond the qratuiloua cxer-
tons Of the clerk Of tho veather.win be made
to avoid tho dsagreoable presence 81 clouds IL
dust. The immense attendance on tho arst
day Of tho meeting Is q good augury 81 the
interest taken by tho public this season ia ono
Of the noblcst racing associations ever organ
lied in America
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

BowERY 0PzRA HOUSE,
No 1ol Bowery.-yAkIETY, a. r NJ closes o. ~ 40
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TRIPLE S HE E L.

NEW YORK, TUESDAY. JUNE ;. 1875.
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WALLACN's TlhATRF,
Broadwav-THE DONOVANs at P. III. closes ut 10 40
p M. Messrx. n AFRICAN and Hart
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WOODS MUSEUM,
Broadway, corner OF Inlrhefh street--.hbhlDAN a
NACK'S GRAND Variety COMBINATION, al . I. NJ s
closes at 10 AS p. NJ. Matinee att r. NJ.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-08

THE South PACIFIC IsLANDs.-An earth
quake, succeeded by tidal wave, has caused
immense loss of lite and damage to property
in one of the South Pacific islands.
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METRoPo ITAN THEATRE,
No. SIS Broadway.-VARIETY. at 3 p. NJ
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ROBINSON HALL.
West Sixteenth streeL-kngish Opera-G1hOFLE'
GIkOFLA, at 7. ~.
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VOLUME xL............................No. 1853
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GILMoRE,s SUMNER GARDEN,
late Barrumis Hippodrome GRAND POPULAR CON-
CERT atsP. M; closes at IL =. NJ Ladies' and chill.
dren's matinee At2 4. NJ.
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CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.
THEODORE THOMAS CONCERT, at p. u.
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FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
Twentv-eightn street and Broadway.-FHE BIG BO-
MANIA, ats r. NJ closes AT 10 80 Z. H.
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PARK THEATRE, BROOKLYN
VARIETY, ateP. NJ; closes al 10 As (. II.
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LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK
HERAID-NO. 46 FLEET STREET.
PARIS OFFICE-RUE SCRIBE.
Subscriptions and advertisements will be
received and forwarded on the same terms
as in New York,
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OLYMPIC THEATRE,
No ga MISUNDERSTANDING ats r. Nj closes at l0;S
p. N.
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Letters and packages should be properly
sealed.