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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-04

MURDERoUs MINERS. condition of
affairs in the mining regions of Pennsyl-
wanna is deplorable. Murder stalks red
handed through the country, and men are
shot down in broad daylight by the agents of
a powerful secret association that rules over
the lives of all the inhabitants. Such state
of things is disgraceful to our civilization,
and we arc glad to see that the frequency
with which these crimes are committed is
arousing general spirit of indignation
among the law-respecting portion of the
community. If the people will only take
the matter earnestly in hand they can cure
the evil Besides, this trouble among the
miners gives the spectators chance to run
up the prices Of fuel, and so bear heavily
upon the poor everywhere
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-04
Turkey in Europe.

If the opinion expressed in the dispatches
as to what Russia will say to the intimation
Austria has given to the Servians is founded
upon knowledge of her intentions then
the Turkish officials in the Danube Valley
might as well pack up their portable prop
erty Servia, as we have already seen, is
ready to throw herself into the quarrel in
support of her neighbors; and VIC can see
how necessarily her aspirations tend that way
when we see that the Turks instinctively
recognize her as already an enemy, and
make no vain distinctions between Herze-
govinians and Servians, but cross either
frontier and butcher all alike. But Austria
informs the Servians that they must take no
active part in the quarrel or she will invade
their country; and Russia, lit is believed, y
will protest against this attitude on the part
of Austria. If Russia takes this course
she assumes an attitude in support OF
the instruction, and just in proportion
as she is recognized as support
ing it the insurrection will spread
and sweep before it all of Islam that is north
of the Balkan. 1t will, indeed, appear then
in the light of movement inspired from the
first by Russian influence. Before the APP
pearance, however, of a declaration which
shall commit Russia to the attitude already
given her by quasi diplomatic opinion, il
would at least be premature to speculate on
the consequences of such course. That
Russia and Austria have not agreed upon
some common policy, in pursuance Of which
they could act together in this case, can only
be attributed TO the great natural difficulty
Of the problems presented. Russia and
Germany can agree on the ground that Rus
STA shall have all the country she wants on
the Danube if Germany may have the Ger
man provinces that are Austrian, and Aus
tria might be brought to the point of yield
ing those provinces if she could get what she
may deem an equivalent in the East; but hel
ideas of an equivalent are apparently such
as would rule Russia out of the case alto.
gether, and 50 an agreement is impossible.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-04

THE PUBLIC ScHooLs.-On Monday next
the public schools reopen to begin their work
of training the young. 1t is pleasant to know
that these invaluable aids to civilization and
enlightenment are steadily growing in pub
lie favor and constantly extending the scope
of their action Every wellwisher to free
dom and to human progress must rejoice at
this, for the best security of our republican
institutions rests in the intelligence of the
masses of our people. 1t is certain that the
new race of voters growing up under the
teaching and guidance of the public schools
will be far more intelligent than the genera
ton they replace. 1t is consoling to think
that something like two hundred thousand
children in this city alone attend the public
schools and are growing up to an intelligent
appreciation of government by the people
under which they have the happiness to live
So long as the public schools are maintained
intact the Republic is secured.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-04
The Democratic victory In California


democratic success in California was
not unexpected, but it seems to have sur
passed the most sanguine hopes of the party
in distant States. There was no election in
California last year, and no means of judg-
ing whether 'the tidal wave" extended to
that State. In 1872 Grants majority over
Greeley was between thirteen and fourteen
thousand, and in 1873 the democratic vote
fell off more than one-half. But that cleo
ton was held a few weeks in advance of the
great September panic, which turned the
scale in Ohio and lifted the democratic party
from the prostration in which it had been
left by the Presidential election. Although
California held no election last year the sue
cess of the democrats in Oregon showed that
on the Pacific coast the same causes were in
operation which had given so great an impetus
to the democratic party east of the Rocky
Mountains. Shrewd Observers therefore, came
to the conclusion that California would this
year go democratic, and the great speculative
interests accordingly gave a quiet support to
the party Even Mr.. Ralston, who had been
prominent, active republican, contributed
money in aid of the democratic canvass. The
great specializing interests have so many
axes to grind in the Legislature that they
did not think it prudent to have the party in
power against them.
This state of things does not account for
the democratic victory, but it explains why it
was so great. 1t was foregone conclusion
in the minds of the spectators that the
democrats would carry the State, and they
turned in and helped it because it was for
their interest 'to have friends at court.
The democrats have not only elected their
State ticket by large plurality, but claim
to have chosen certainly three and perhaps all
four of the Congressman, whereas they had
but one member of the last House. SO signal
a success will not only encourage the hopes
of the democrats in other States, but will
strengthen the hard-money wing of the party
in the National Convention next year. Dele
gates from States which can give electoral
votes for the candidates will naturally have
more influence than delegates from States
which can merely assist in making the nom
nations without doing anything for the
ticket California would have been n hard
money State in any event, but it can protest
with more effect against imitation when its
delegates virtually hold the electoral votes
of the Pacific States in their hands. Nobody
should be sorry to see the hard-money wing
of the democratic party strengthened.
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Georgia Affairs.

The trial Of the colored men charged with
instruction in Georgia has practically ended
in the acquittal of the prisoner first tried, the
remainder being discharged. To have JUS
tice done before the law in the face of strong
race prejudices is extremely gratifying and
theDconduct of the people and authorities
during the whole affair will remain an honor
to the State.
We print elsewhere an interesting letter
from correspondent who has taken pains
to speak with colored as well as white
men at Sandersville, and who presents
established by the trial that, though q
very few bad men may have been ready for
mischief, there was no general intention
among the blacks to murder or commit
violence. But it seems too, that the colored
people have been alarmed to such degree
that they propose gen eral emigration from
Burke and other counties Georgia has al
ready lost a good many of her colored
laborers by emigration but there is no like
lihood of any general or serious movement
out of the State. The great mass of the col
ored people of Georgia are doing well. They
will pay taxes this year on over seven mill
ions of property. They own nearly four
hundred thousand acres of farming land.
The rich lands of Mississippi and Arkansas
tempt them Westward, as they do the
whites but it is not probable that they will
remove in large bodies
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Of food as milk is should come to the con.
sumers in wholesome state, and whatever
efforts the Board of Health may find it neces'
sary to make for the suppression of adulter
ated milk will receive the hearty support
of the public.
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American Defences.

The HERALDs letters from Newport describ-
ing the torpedo experiments possess more
than ordinary interest. For long time, since
the close of our war, the question has been,
What should America do for the purposes of
national self-defence? A large standing
army was impossible. 1t is opposed to the
genius of our institutions. We could not
very well have large navy Unlike Eng
land, we have no colonies to protect. We
have no ambitions to crafty like Russia or
Germany no revenge to CHERISH like
France. We have an immense sea coast to
protect. Our danger, in the event of war
with a foreign Power, is not military but
naval. America, as q military Power can
defend itself We do not think that any
military Power would ever think of making
war upon the United States by invasion.
We have great seaboard cities which at any
time might be captured and bombarded by
foreign fleet.
There are San Francisco, New Orleans,
Charleston, Baltimore, New York, Philadel-
phia, Boston, Portland, all open to naval
attack, an attack which would be resistless
so far as any military or naval defence on
our part could be made. The troubles that
were threatened by the Alabama complica-
tons with England, now happily past,
attracted the attention of our authorities
toward the necessity of some system of
defence. 1t has eliminated in torpedo
system, which is probably as fine as any in
the world. Its success is shown by the ex-
periments at Newport, under the direction
of Admiral Porter and Secretary Robson.
We see what can be done by powder, nitro
glycerine and gun-cotton. The progress of
science has given advantages to defensive
warfare the value of which cannot be over
estimated. We read of torpedo boats con-
trolled by electric currents running under
water for two or three miles, with the ac-
curacy of mathematics striking the bottom
of a vessel and whirling it up in the air.
We have ship thrown three hundred feet
into the air and coming down in splinters.
We have mines of gunpowder exploding
under the water so powerful as to make life
anywhere in the neighborhood impossible.
With these different torpedo boats, which
have been brought to a perfection and ac-
curacy and destructiveness that can hardly
be comprehended, it would seem impossible
for any foreign feet to make an entrance into
our harbors or to lombard our great cities
The true defence of America from any
naval attack is in the perfection Of our tor
pedo boats. Admiral Porter and Secretary
Robson deserve great credit for their fore
sight in making the system worthy of the
necessities of the government and of our
patriotic duties as people
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-04

The Hon. t. A. HENDRICKS, in his speech
to the Ohio democrats, declared himself in
favor of a sound and stable currency, but
took good care not to explain too infinitely
what he meant by "sound and stable cur
rency." He is opposed to contraction and to
initiation, and would, in fact like to be on
both sides Of the fence at once.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-04

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Stocks were ir-
regular, with downward tendency at the
close. Erie was the principal exception.
Gold advanced to 1143, closing at 114f.
Money was freely offered at II and 2 per
cent on call
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-04

The CASE OF CHARLEY Ross is occupying
the attention of the Philadelphia courts.
Westervelt has been on trial for four days, but
the prosecution does not yet seem to have
elected any very important information.
The case continues to be a mystery of the
most unfathomable kind
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-04

MILK ADULTERATIoN.- Board of Health
has done good service to the public in
making war on the dishonest milk dealers.
Yesterday no less than fifteen of these gentry
were fined in the sum of fifty dollars for
adulterating their milk, and charges are pend
ing against many more. We hope these
prosecutions may be pushed on vigorously.
The men who steal by adulterating milk grow
rich by poisoning the poor and are respon-
sible in great part for the large infant
mortality which afllicts this city. 1t is of the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-04

RUSSIA continues her work of gobbling up
Central Asia. General Kaufman has just
entered the city Of Khokand, and probably
he will not be in hurry to leave it.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-04

THE STRIKE of the Dundee operatives has
ended, as most of these movements end, in
the submission of the workingmen. five
per cent reduction of wages was accepted.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-04

From orr reports this morning the probabilities
are that the 1seather to-day ,oiu be ,odrm and
cloudy ,oih rain follo1oed by cooler temperature
and clearing skies.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-04

GREEN AGAIN. Green has again entered
on the warpath, and seems as eager as ever
to collect scalps from the followers OF Mayor
Wiclxham. This time the doughty Comp
troller refuses to pay the August salaries of
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-04

THE TRAMP NUISANCE is being vigorously
dealt with in Jersey. No effort certainly
ought to be spared to root out this growing
evil. II the tramp class will not work for an
honest living it is better they should be sent
70 Jail
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GREEN FRUIT and Green Comptroller are
the twin nuisances of the hour
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FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE,
Twenty eighth street, Broadw ay.MENICAN JCVEN
lie OPERA TROUPE, ut =. NJ. closes at IL: 30 r.
soledad linda Moron. Matinee at j. NJ
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON And EVENING.

COLONEL SIMS PARK THEATRE.
Brooklyn.--YARIETY, at ; r. NJ. closes at lO:4 p N
Matinee at p. NJ
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NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.

JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PROPRIETOR.
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CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.
THEODORE THOMAS CONCERT. at 7. NJ
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THE GAIIows.-Arkansas justice is rude,
but vigorous and effective. In these days
of sham philanthropy it is refreshing to
know that there are some sections of the
country where the crime of murder receives
due punishment. AT Fort Smith, yesterday,
six murderers expiated their crimes on the
gallows, and the memory of this rigorous
administration of the law is not likely to be
soon forgotten by the wild border popula-
ton. If only our city iuries and judges
would follow the good example set them by
Arkansas the cowardly murders which dis
grace this city would be effectively checked.
It is the hope of immunity from punishment
of shedding blood
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Little Bopeep,
She lost her sheep,
And couldn't tell where TO find them;
let them alone,
And they'll come home,
And bring their tails behind them.

The spectacle of this return may not be
amusing to the sheep, but it will regale
Bopeep, no doubt, who has sat still and
waited, knowing that in the fitness of time,
scared by democratic wolves, the recalci-
trant sheep would come trooping back.
But it is probably fair to expect
that a few of the sheep will not
return. Mr. Schurz, it is said, will speak
for the republicans in Ohio: but Mr..
David A. Wells, on the other hand, is
spoken of as the next democratic Governor
of Connecticut. And so they will pair off /;
and thus Mr.. Fentons return to the repub-
lican party in New York, if it should prove
true, will, we suspect, mean nothing except
that Mr.. Fenton has gone back. He may
mend his own fortunes, but he will scarcely
advance the principles and policy in which
he believes He will not have much infu-
ence with the administration.
To man like General Grant a statesman
of the Fenton order is peculiarly disagreeable
The oiliness of Reuben confuses the blunt
perceptions of Ulysses, and makes him suspi-
cious. The adroit and underhand way of
grasping power and patronage which Fenton
has illustrated in his career is SO Numerically
opposed to Grants direct and uncompromis-
ing plan for winning political fights as well
as real battles that anything like permanent
peace between them is unlikely AS it hap
pened before with this Prodigal 50
! it is likely to happen again. Once
restored to confidence the oily statesman
would commence getting up his little com
binations in all sorts of dark corners, until, at
length, Grant who leans TO the side Of coarse
ness and disregard of political amenities in
his headlong conduct Of partisan war, would
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WITH SUPPLE f n r.

NEW YORK. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 1875
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VOLUME xL..........-..'....'...''..''''''.No. "a
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wALLACK'S THEATRE,
Broadway and Thirteenth street-Englsh Comic Opera-
GRAND DUCHESS. ats p NJ Miss Julia Matthews, Mr.
q. H. Macdermott. Matinee at 80 Z. NJ.
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Another Opportunity for MIR. Bergh.

AnOtheE
1t is not often that we agree with the pecu-
liar notions of Mr.. Henry Bergh, but we al
ways take pleasure in finding for him objects
worthy of his sympathy. If the excellent
President of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals has not yet read our
report of the pigeon match 10 Newport on
Thursday we beg him to do so at once, for
he will find in it many things to r-eve his
manly bosom. In the match for the Bennett
Cup one hundred and thirty-six birds were
killed outright and many others wounded
unto death. Just think of it, Mr.. Bergh-one
hundred and thirty-six birds killed in sin
gle match But the details of the shooting
are even more touching. On the very first
round our report tells us that Mr. G. L. Dab
ney hit driver but it carried the shot out
of bounds. 1t may be necessary to explain
just here that in pigeon shooting a "driver"
is not one of those natural enemies of horse
kind and Mr.. Bergh who sit all day long on
the boxes of the Broadway stages, but bird
of unusual vigor, and we know that it will
bring tears into the eyes of the philanthropist
to learn that Mr.. Dabney's bird, which car
ried away such an unpleasant quantity of
shot, was not included in the one hundred
and thirty-six victims of the pigeon shooters
sport In the second round Mr.. G.. Douglas
twisted a bird completely round as he tow
cred slowly up, which was considered good
kill" Read this and weep, Mr.. Bergh. We
have no heart to pursue the subject further,
our whole object being to commend it to
Bergh's sympathetic nature. If we have sue
ceeded in arousing that good man our pur-
pose is accomplished. This Newport match
was an occasion for griefs and tears, and we
trust the President of the society with q
name too long to be begun and ended on
the same day will indulge freely in both.
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ROBINSON HALL,
West Sixteenth street.-English Opera-PRINCESS o
FREBIZONDE, at 8 p. NJ. Matinee at Y. NJ.
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THEATRE COMIQUE,
No 5i4 Broadway-YARIETY, at r. M; closes at 10 a;
p. NJ. Matinee at Z. NJ
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VOLUME XL.......................'.' .''...NO. 2f7
ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON And EVENING.
COLONEL Sims PARK THEATRE.
Irooklyn ARIErY, at P. M closes at lo'45 P. NJ.
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN
wALLAcK's THEATRE,
N ePe Miss na S MaaSe oer
q. Ii. MacdermotL Matinee at 80 7. NJ.
ROBINSON HALL
TREBizoNDE, at P. NJ Matinee at ? P. M.
THEATRE coMToUE,
No 5l4 Broadway at p. M; closes at 10 AS
P. NJ. Matinee at 2 r NJ
WOODS MUSEUM
MAN, at p. NJ closes As P NJ. Matinee P. NJ.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
Eighth avenue Twenty third treet-RICHARD Ill.,
at P. NJ. closes IL p NJ Matinee Mt 80 p. M
METROPOLITAN THEATRE,
Nos sss and 5s7 Broadvay-vARIETY aisP NJ Matinee
HOWE 4 CUsHING's CIRCUS.
foot of Houston street. East Bver-Aernoon and evening
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
yRf Dsef E en- pESs At e. cosss
Matinee at 80 p NJ.
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS,
New House Broadway Of Twenty ninth street.
ats r. NJ Matinee at p NJ
BOOTHS THEATRE,
Twenty third street and Sixth avenueRICHARD III. a
8 p NJ Mr.. Barry Sullivan. Matinee at l 30 r. M.-LADf
OF LYONS.
DARLTNG'S OPERA HOUSE,
Twenty third and Sixth aveuue-COTTON REEDS
MINSfREIS, & p. NJ; closes 10 r. NJ Matinee at 2
p. NJ
OLYMPIC THEATRE,
No GA BroadwnyNARIETY, 7. NJ. closes at 10 As
p. NJ. Matinee at y. VI.
GILMORE'S SUMMER GARDEN,
Barnums Hippodrome. GRAND POPULAR CON-
CERT at 7. NJ closes at IL p NJ. Matinee at 2. M.
TIVOLI THEATRE,
Eighth Third avenue-EARIETY. at T. VI.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE,
Twenty eighth street. Broadway.MENICAN JCVEN
lie OPERA TROUPE, at p. NJ closes at 1880 T. NJ
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WOODS MUSEUM.
broadway Of Thirtieth street-ZYKES THE SHOW
MAN, T. NJ closes 10 As p NJ Matinee at +. NJ.
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Eighth street. Third avenue.-VARIETY, at p. NJ
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= ?. NJ closes at IL r. NJ. Matinee at 80 r. NJ
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CERT Y. NJ. closes IL p. NJ. Matinee at p NJ.
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HOWE a CUSHING's CIRCUS,
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DARLTNG'S OPERA HOUSE,
Twenty third and Sixth aveuue.-COTTON REEDS
MINSfREIS at 2. NJ. closes at 10 r. NJ. Matinee at
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
Irving place and Fourteenth street.-AROUND TIKI
WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. at p NJ closes IL T. NJ
Matinee at 80 y. NJ.