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The New York herald., 1875-10-19

A oRIAN IT, MULLER. AUCrIoNEER
IA. Auction sale OF Houses Lots on Thursday Octohr
r. a y O'Clock, ut the Exchange saIesroOm No Iii
Broadway. viz - "
West Fifty eighth street.-The story brown stone front
House aud Lot No 30S West Fiyeghth street south side
l42 feet west Of hh house "a feet Deep
modern improvements, newly painted and hescoed
West Fiftyelgfs.h street.-the three story high stoop
brown stone front House and Lot No 4Of West Fityeehtk
street. south side. 100 feet west OF Ninth avenue.
Ftyeighth strcetOne Lot north side. 200 feet Of
Eighth
Ninth ayenue-The four story brown stone front House
and northeast of Ninth and Sixty
house contains modern improvements; hard wood
finish.
Eighth avenue-The Lease OF the Plot OF Land 5ox1OO
feet side of Eighth avenue so feet south Of fry
eighth street. which story brick
stores and dwellings and two story brick building the
lease has six from May, 1875 at 81 400
ground rent and taxes
The New York herald., 1875-10-19

A LFRED LLOYD, AUCTIoNEER, 20 BROADWAY
IA Will sell by auction this day at IL o'clock, the Fix
lures and Stock of Imported Liquors, &c of the Sample
Room ~ Fulton street. close to ferry consisting of elegant
French plate Mirror xs fine Bar glass Chandeliers Car
pets Desks Tables, oh airs, Glassware Sc also
sorted Stock Of imported Champagnes Brandes Holland
Gin, Whiskeys, &c, Sale positive
The New York herald., 1875-10-19

A UCTIoN sALE-TnIs TUEsDAY) MORNING. AT
n l01a o'clock, all the handsome and useful Household
Furniture AT the large private house, IOo East Thirteenth
street. Fourth public aucon the highest
bidder without consisting Of satin bocade reps and
hacoth Parlor Suits Carpets rosewood Panoorte Paint
ings Curtains Tables Clocks Mirrors Vases Bedteads
Bureaus Washstands, Dressing Cases Mattresses Bedding
Blankets Quilts, Lounges sidehoard Extension Table
GLASS, China and Silver Ware, Cutlery Oicloh. Stoves
Stair Carpets, &c. Sale positive.
The New York herald., 1875-10-19
T AucrloN-aa Inrs I'M rnE nnsINEss cENrRr

A T AUCTIONS LOTS IN THE BUSINESS CENTRE
n Of Flushing Main and Amity streots egget Estste)
premises without reserve to the highest bidder close
contract with the Terms 10 per day of
sale % l-3 per October % and balance in
five ten years If desired, the executors preferr-
These lots are better for investments than deposits
expect chance for great bargains. 1o3 trains daily
Flushing every halt hour fare ia by railroads.
II dwellings stores and church built block within
10 months past Fare cheap For maps apply
Eunn .rirt IL. ..Arao
The New York herald., 1875-10-19

MORRIS WILKINS, AUcTIoNEER, NO. I2O EAST
l Fftyrst street, between Fourth Lexington avs
H. LUpLoW ~ Il1 co viii sell at auction, Thurdays
room II Broadway Trinity Building New York
East Fifty first street.-The valuable Lot with the two
story frame Dwelling Oiled In with bricl 2Ox23 feet
known as No l2o East Fifty street Fourth and
Lexington avenues. Lot, 25xlOo5 feet,
$500 remain on bond and mortgage
The New York herald., 1875-10-19
Maps, &e, at the Auctionecrs Office No Pine St..

MORTGAGE sAE.-HENRY DREHER, AUCTION
M oce 25 First street, sells this day, l9th l3l
B at III o'clock Furniture and Fixtures Of Lager
Beer Saloon; one Billiard Table, complete Counter
Tables, Chairs, Engravings Ice Boxes Stoves &o Sale
positive. BY order of Attorney for Mortgagee.
The New York herald., 1875-10-19

osIIERIPF's SALE OF HORSE WAGON HARNESS,
- Fixtures, &cs HERMAN, sherins Auctioneer, sells
Tuesday) October 10, II O'Clock NJ, li5th
stree avenue several articles Of Personal Prop
srty all the Right Title and Interest Of Henry Runner
man which he had the 3lst day OF August 1873
any time thereafter, Of in and TO tho following Property;
One brown Horse top Wagon, three Coun'ers and
Shelves Scales, Platform Scalo, Coffee Mill,
subject the right Of former purchaser Sale positive
WILLIAM q. CONNER. Sheriff.
Cu4prrs CooprR penuty
The New York herald., 1875-10-19

CTURE FRAME FACTORY,
HERMAN. Shcrifrs Auction.
October 10, ~ IL o'clock, at
iy-sixth street, \ largo stock Of
of picture frames and mirrors,
,sk, Safes, &c. Sale positive; ;
WILLIAM G. CONNER,
:. sheriff
The New York herald., 1875-10-19

CHERIFF'S SALE OF PIC
- Office Furniture, &c-S.
eer, sells this day Tuesday,
Nos. $40 aud 35I West Twenty
Material for the manufacture Q
Lumber, Office Furniture, Desl
dealers invited.
CHARLES +. SIMMs, Deputy.
The Morning herald., 1875-09-18
Current Literature.

Miss Harrie Hosmer's promised volum,
will be an art romance. ~
George Macdonald's tale of the ciyi
wars in England, "St George and St. Mi.
chael, will be published in book form by
J. B. Ford & Co, early in October Il,
A pleasant book for girls, BY the autho,
| Of the elsie Books" is promised b.
Messrs. Dodd 4 Mead. 1t is SEQUEL "a
the series, telling the story Of ''Elsie's
Womanhood." ~. .'t .'t, IN
Mr.. George Carey Eggleston has written
a new book, "The Big Brother" which
Geo. P. Putnam's Sons will publish. 1t is
a story Of the Indian wars in Alabama for
the young people.
Mr.. August Auerbach, son of the novel;
ist, who as publisher makes speciality
of American literature, announces from
Stuttgart German translation of Prot.
Adams democracy and Monarchy in
France"
Still another volume on sour Lords
Land' is promised. This is from the pen
Of the Rev. DR.. H. B. Ridgaway, one Of
the editors of The Methodist. 1t will be is.
sued by the Methodist Book Concern in a
handsome octave, with many illustrations.
The Morning herald., 1875-09-18
ENERGY IN MUNrC1PAL BoD1Es
We do not set up for an

/ We do not set up for an .g.-
~ am Sir Oracle,
And when I ope my mouth let no dog bark, ;
nor would presume to dictate oc.oar vari.
ous bodies of City Fathers; but it is a fac
that legislators when met in compact body
polite too often permit eood-natured Ia.
illness to spring up in their bones. The
first conception coming 10 newly-elected
or newly-appointed official should be tha,
Of his duty, and nothing should be allowed
to creep in that may tend to keep him
from its exact execution. In city, it be-
hooves its magistrates, moreover, not only
to keep watch and ward over the laws and
customs already established, but to scan
with keenest scrutiny the prospects of the
city at whose head and front they stand.
In doing this-looking into the future Of
any body large or small, the utmost eau
ton is required and every step should be
one Of vigilance, 6rmness and strength.
We have said that it is the duty of muni-
cipal bodies to speculate upon the pros
poets Of their city and take steps by which
the condition Of the city may be bettered.
We will now speak in special manner.
The width of streets is an important mat
ter-none more SO, for the truth of which,
witness the unwise regulations of old
Knickerbockers frst-born sons. In some
parts of New York the streets are 80 mar
row as to unavoidably harbor disease and
squalidness. That we have more room
now than our descendants will half GEN.
tury hence may be written down, as a safe
We think it worthy, too, of
the consideration of those gentlemen work
ing under the present city ordinances. The
value Of pleasure resorts, children's play
ground, decoration-parks, we have men
TONED in previous paper bearing indi.
rectly upon this matter of active city legis-
[ation. For our Board of Education there
is work Of magnitude which we do not
ioubt, however, is being accompli. he'd in
he only feasible manner. There cannot
be too much watchfulness in this
most important municipal duty of educa-
ing children of millionaire and mechanic
arious intricate problems of home specu.
alton and commercial enterprise await our ,,
3oard Of Trade; while those medical i
guardians of ours, the gentlemen of the I
'oard Of Health, would do we'll, if they
AVE not already done SO, to adopt "vigi- (
ance' as their honorable and laber-impo-
ing watchword. Various other bodies !
night be specified if we wished to make {
ur category at all sweeping, but it is to !
e hoped that the value Of suggestiveness 6
fully appreciated by our City Fathers. !
The Morning herald., 1875-09-18
The Whipping Post In l,ondo =.

Two criminals were tried al the Cr;m;.
nal Court in London lately, and were both
ordered to receive twenty-five lashes. Eyer
since their conviction, both prisoners ar.
peared to have felt the utmost dread at the
prospect Of being fogged, and the sentence
OF penal servitude did not seem to have
halt as much terror to them as the thouoht
Of the bodily suffering they were to erner;.
ence. The skin of the first who was f,st
ened to the whipping block appeared yerv
thin and white, and at the first lash there
was broad red mark all across the shonl.
ders, and the prisoner began to Shrek and
entreat for mercy in tones of the utmost
anguish. AT every lash his cries seemed
to increase, and in his piteous tones he
entreated the warder to have mercy Two
warders were employed 70 inAict the nun.
ishment, md they went about their work
IN a very cool manner, and of course the
entreaties OF the culprit fell upon deaf
ears. The stripes came down feisurely
and the chief warder called out the nrn,.
Der after each until the whole were infiict.
ed, when the prisoner gave deep sigh Of
relief and ne was taken down and at once
removed TO his cell. The other prisoner
although the younger of the two bore his
punishment with greater fortitude than his
companion, although he shrieked and cried
p!teously while the lashes were being
gwen. They hoth received the full meas.
are OF chastisement, and no doubt they
suffered very severely.
The Morning herald., 1875-09-18

MANToN MARBLE and the World at
taches, forced their free trade and hare
money views upon the Syracuse Conven
tion. Nothing else could be expected
from set Of people overshadowed by tn,
capitalists, and importers of New York
Their interests, however, are widely diver
gent from those of the manufacturing Ia.
borers and will fail to meet hearty re.
sponse from that class. 1t would seem
from the tone of the dispatches from syra.
cuse, that Tildsn, Marble & Co., are more
intent upon maintaining the commercial
supremacy of New York, as the emporium
of foreign commerce and capital, than they
are to restore the Democratic party to
power. If they invite the issue, as it is
said they intend TO do, outside of the party
If necessary:-the people Of the land will
accept and settle it.
The Morning herald., 1875-09-18
The city Of Peklne,
THE INJURIES TO THE SHIP NOT so GREAT
AS AT FIRST REPORTED.

THE INJURIES TO THE SHIP NOT so eREA,
| AS AT FIRST REPORTED.
San Francisco papers publish the repor
OF the surveyors and engineers who exam
ined the Pacific Mail Steamship Company'l
steamship City of Peking upon her arrival
at that port. 1t is dated August 26. They
say-"After careful survey we find that
the ship has been strained during her vow
age from New York to San Francisco.
caused by her being loaded too deep, and
also from having her cargo and ballast
slowed in the ends forward and abaft of the
machinery space. The consumption Of
coal Ightened her four feet nine inches. and
tnls was taken out of the amidships, leav-
ing the ends loaded. The buoyancy under
the amidship section, which is 40 feet in
iehgth anu above one-third of her entire
displacement, or onc-half of her CARRYING
capacity in dead weight, is so great that in
stormy weather the ship must have been
unuer straln such as no one would have
prepared for. We are surprised to find that
she had not received more damage than
now exists or has been reported to US. The
Damage to the vessel consists of loose riy-
ets, which are scattered, showing that there
is no local weakness, but general strain.
ing ofthe vessel. At present most of these
rlVets are in the after section, which ex-
cess, in our opinion, is due to the broken
propeller, 1t having lost two contiguous
olanes, giving 1t an eccentric motion, caus-
ing heavy jar to the after section Of the
vessel, the ship having run in this condition
seventy-one days. We find that the strain
ing OF the vessel during the entire voyage
OF eighty-one days, steaming in the con
o,Iion as herein stated, shows in many
places the effects of the strains she has been
exposed to, and if not attended to will lead
10 greater expense in the future, as it is i'm
possible to repair an iron ship efficiently
u .hat mas been strained by making good
lhose parts only that show damage. I'll
VIII require additional strength to make her
equal to what she was when she left the
port Of New York.
AFTER having made our survey of the
vessel, We are surprised at the report made
Oy the local inspectors at Hong Kong.
wherein they prohibited the ship from car,
Fylng passengers, and we think they acted
'ery unjustiy toward the company. In sup
port OF this statement no better evidence
IAN be Offered than the fact of the vessel
lever having damaged any cargo"
The Morning herald., 1875-09-18
AN agency called 1.-The Centennial To

AN agency called 1.-THE Centennial Lode.
ing House Agency, Limited" has issued a
circular calling upon the people to make
known to them the amount of room tbev
VIII be able to furnish visitors to the Cen
tennla!. They say that the hotel accom-
modations will be wholly inadequate to
the demand, and if the tenants of houses
will comply with their request, they will
greatly facilitate the accommodation Of
visitors. This is the same question tha,
We agltated in these columns not long since
as duty that the citizens of Wilmington
owed the Centennial as common sharer
with others in its interests. Bu, il is a
matter that should not only be mooted in
Philadelphia or even in Wilmington but
In all other places contiguous to the Quaker
CITY,
The Morning herald., 1875-09-18
BALTIMORE LAST NIGHT

Inc mass meeting held in Baltimor,
last evening by the Democratic partv o
that city, and of which We publish full
account this morning by special telegraph
was one OF the most important poli,ica,
gatherings that has ever been held in the
Monumental city. Since the State conven.
tlon was held for the nomination Of a can.
aldate for Governor, the fever of politics
IN Baltimore has baen higher than during
any similar campaign, 1t is well known
'hat ont of that convention, which por;.
mated John Lee Carroll for Governor orew
ol'1er dissentions. And it is supposed
upon this that the merchants Reform
far'y' has grown and taken up the old
cant OF "knownothingism' as claim to
popularity. When the movement of re.
form m was first agitated, it contained plausi.
Dllity and gained the confidence and re-
speet OF the masses, and now that it has
shown the true object Of its formation as
'hai OF revivins the old question of Know.
hothingism that was washed away by good
reason and liberal government wears apo
1t Is found to be no more than q prowl
from sour, distempered politicians. who
have led Others into their lame march and
are whining Of Rings and Catholicism.
1t had been thought that the latter ofI
these questions perished before the reason
Of logical thought, but in Baltimore it has
been taken up again, and with it comes the
stald old Democratic party, prepared to
battle against such bigotry. An evidence
Of their weight in this battle was had las,
evening In the enthusiastic mass meeting
Il I'D there. The speeches in regard to the
Illness of the candidates were well deliver
e', and the defense of the candidate for
Governor against the attacks made upop
HIM, because of his religion, were also re.
Dukes to the so-called Reformers. Hon
keverdy johnson very wisely said il, his
address at the meeting, "Have Catholics
ever failed to be good citizen.?' : All the
duties Of life, public and private, thew
discharge as fully as all other christians"
Inc meeting was also addressed BY Hon.
I. F. Bayard of this State, who smoke
The Morning herald., 1875-09-18
SHERIFF'S SALE,

BY virtue ofa writ of fLevari Faciass I1as S,is
sirected, will be exposed to public sale"gr ensr
| DELAWARE HOUSE. NO. 5l3 MARKET sin1M,f n n
Kept by George w. Ortlip, in the cl!iS MI Il
WILMINGTON, New CASTLE COUNTY, ,ps1l ,isrl
on SATURDAY, the 25th day Of SEp.aa SEpT.E%a'dIlll
1910, at2 o'clock p. NJ, the following h
scrlbed real estate, viz: All that ceTla,lnIrl
oI land with q two story brick dnS,ntrjl liz
thereon executed, situate in the SAID c,i
wilmington, bounded and described dar,her] II h
lows, to wit: Beginning. at the nSt'disl naS10disl
sue OF Seventh street, between mSsi,I si,I
and Monroe streets, Mt the distance q 0Ntonrl| md
SIX feet from the easterly side OF NV, nd
street, and NJ the centre Of two ts. H.
men wide alley, between this ana ortheI u
Joining house on the west; thence no oI,S MI,
through the centre of said alley anu
lei TO Monroe street, eighty feet, 70 WSa,en
ner; thence easteriy parallel to T. sth@nl thenl
street, sixteen feet to another corne., .,ticne
ssoutherly parallel to the first men"sup me- csup
|1nc and Monroe street through tne ire
~ the party wall between this ana ZOE ttspt
Joining premises on the east eightyr yrayentI
me aforesaid northerly side OF eSIftx
street, and thence thereby westerly. ~ ~
Ieet TO the place OF beginning, ID v"
tents thereof what they may. AZ "
Seized and taken in execuHos p
property Of Harrison r. blaskWs.nnu %
Anna g. his wife, and Joseph D. EM ~
VIM. H. LAMBSON, SHs IN
6heriHs Once New Castle, eeP''
The Morning herald., 1875-09-18
THE BLOODY SHIRT DRAMA

The ''bloody shirt" business is 'plavef
out. Attorney General Pierrepoint, has ef
ieetually squelched the game, and in such q
manner, as to compel admiration. Mr.
Pierrepoint isthe first Attorney General We
have had for fifteen years, who seems to
have been aware that We had constitu.
ton, and confident Of it, he recommended
Governor Ames to regulate bis actions bv
that forgotten instrument. He will be
able to govern his State without the aid of
federal troops, if he takes the advice
given.
lhe case as it stands may be thus sum-
married. Governor Ames, in imitation q,
PRESIDENT Grant, was rusticating away
from his State, and upon his return, wa.
informed that riot of a verv bloody
character had taken place in Hind's
County-that turmoil and trouble existed
In one or two adjacent districts. True to bis
part in the bloody shirt" drama, he tele.
graphed to Washington for troops. Natu.
rally expecting such an answer as vii.
llams sent to New Orleans when General
sheridan turned the Louisiana Legislature
out Of doors. "-All of us approve of your
course" Thus telegraphed he of landaulet
fame to Sheridan; but a tempest of indig.
nation since then has made President
Grant and "all Of us'' cautious. So il i,
that by combination of caution on the
the part of Grant, and of respect for the
force: and obligation of organic law, with |
Pierrepont, Ames is taught lesson he will
not soon forget.
lie is reproved for his cowardice in NOT
the aid offered from his friend,
Of men and arms. Also for
asking Federal aid, before he |
the Legislature, to take steps to
put down disorder-if it existed.
Has the voice Of California, and Maine,
It last risen above the breakers roar At
long Branch, and forced the President.
'phynx to utteranoe? For years, We of
he North, have been treated to crop Of
Autumnal outrages," as President Grant
alls them, outrages so limned, a. to pro.
The Morning herald., 1875-09-18

|ef the ai.n features Why
Mr.. Carroll should Sss the csnten.
nial Governor - he 1asl ths grandson Of
Charles CARROLL of tazrollls.. Hs Z
viewed the administration of Grant and
he course he had pursued towards the
South which had created . fescsion ,oi
feeling at the North. In expressing HIM
s.lf upon the financial question he said he
was in favor Of urging a return to sound
Democratic doctrines Of standard valne-
which is gold. . f.E@ sa a.g. ~,
The Morning herald., 1875-09-18
CHERIFFS' SALE,

BY virtue of writ of Venditioni Exnones
TO me directed, will be opened to pnbIie
sale at the hotel of Alexander Maxwell in
Mlddietown, in st. Georges Hundred. New
Castle county, Delaware, on THURsDAY
lhe SUN day OF september. 1875, at 3 O'Clock.
viz: Aos'' 'S'A'S'
| No. Il. A lot ofland situate in Middletown
81. Georges Hundred, New Castle countv
anu state Of Delaware. bounded by Lake
sireeL, Cass street, land of John Townsend
anu others, being about one hundred feet
on said Lake street ana about one hundred red
ana twenty feet deep, with two frame dwei.
ing houses thereon erected.
NO; z A lot of land situate in the VILLAGE
o. o., odessa, in the Hundred, County and
certain alley by lands of Daniel StevenSS
and by number three next described he;n1,
ABOUT nifty feet in front on said High strea7
ana ABOUT one hundred and sixteen deem
Win frame dwelling house, carriage house
ana stable thereon erected.
NO. 3. A lot of land situate in the VILLAGE
OF odessa aforesaid, bounded by High street
by certain alley by land of John An,letnn
ana by NO. z above described, being ahont
thlrty feet IN front on said High street. and
WITH 9ne famn adnaled ana sixty feet Deep
MOI. A lot of land situate in St. Georges
hundred aforesaid, bounded by tho r6"I
ieading from Odessa to Middletown. bv
lands OF William Polk, Chas A. 4. Malley
ltu half iel 'n CorDit, containg four acres and
No.5. track of marsh land situate in |
~. Georges Hundred, aforesaid, bounded bv |
creek, and by land jate ~
John Janvier and others, containing TWEEN.
ty acres, more or less.
Seized and taken In execution I'D tho|
property of Samuel NJ. Enos, and to be sold
Sherns Office, New Castle, sept TO- '"e''''
The Morning herald., 1875-09-18
DELAWARE HOUSE,
No. 5l3 Market street

| awe oAo XAulhCC SCTept,
Kept by Geo. W. ortlip, in the City of VIII
inlngton, New Castle county, Delaware q,
SATURDAY the 25th day of SEPTEMBER
1875, at2 o'clock p. m.. tho following do.
scribed real estate to wit: 30"
All that certain lot of land with th;.o,
t,. SSofy Dr1ck dwelling house thereon sitnntc
~ Iiie selu Clty or Wilmington. bounded
a4u described as follows. to wit:
.nesihnlng ~ the Easterly side of Madison
street between Eighth and Ninth streets
So,t, g. tte aistahce Of eighty feet from the
oJ,utnerIy s,1. slde OF Ninth street, thence east.
e Ely PaLailel TO Ninth streets, eighty-six
ailex sGes 70 tne westerly side of four feet wide
snnty a,oty leading seutherly into another four
and and wlae Madisan alley 1fpening into Windsor
erly along said side of said soILm, ni'aI,
anu para lei to Madison street sixy
Teen feet to a corner, thence Wa.tori,,
parallel to the first mentioned lina iiS
Minth street, through the centre Ofthe M u rtv
wall between this ard the adioininn paY
lihg on the south of Elizabeth Sha kesneor 70
-SiA leet TO the aforesaid casterlv sifie
VI NiadiSOn street and thence tharah.
NJ ltherly sixteen feet to the place of heyin,
may. '|ieoA What they
Seized and taken in execution so .,o
properly of Lewis W. stidham and III, ne
~ pitn ais vile, r. e. Stidham and Annia r.
= us T vile, Trustees of L. s. TAYLOR and Iay;,,
70 so,d ,ddIE,or Sv ana Annie c. his wife, and to be
shor;c. o.,, WM. II. JAMESON, Sheriff
-" N"slAe' SeDt-7 |
The Morning herald., 1875-09-18
SHERIFFS SALE,

BY virtue ofa writ OF Levari Facias n
me directed, will be exposed to pubic sale
HOTEL OF ALEXANDER MAXWELL
IN Alddletown, in st. GEORGES IS H.niro,
newcastle County. Delaware, on Thursdsv
Inc 90th day of September, 1875. at 2 o'clacS,,.
viz: - 0u leai estate,
All that tract or parcel of land s;t,ot.
IN st. Georges Hundred aforesaid hnnnn
ca ana described as follows. to-wif NJ 10
beginning at a point on the rnbiic No. rcoS 70
ner .;f tor number fifteen; and runping thence
Win me same south tWenty.eight deorae<
east thirty-seven and four tenths perchas,
10 ne line Of land of Daniel Cotbit. fhenco
WIN the same south sixty.one degrees vast
s!Ateen and two tenths perches ana sn,,th
sI4ty.tW0 degrees, west two and sevar
tentns percheS, to corner for n1her Se,,I
enteen; thence with the same north fsanSt,, SSS;
elght degrees, west forty.or,e and ftaHy
tehths percheS to said public road th.mc0s .m0.
WIN the same north seventy-forr leos aas
east seven and fye-tenths perches onJ
north seventy and three-ouarters da:.anS mu
east eleven and deight-tenthg perches e NV, ~,
place OF bekinning containfI,a frnr a. aorae .ne
or less, 80 ~'ro P0i'neS' more
Seized and taken into execution =. Tho
RtoPe[ty oIsamuel N. Enos and Ruth Enns
As Wne' anoAt; rs, and to be sold by
WIN. H. JAMESON. Sheriff
Snerlns ONCE. New Castle, Sept. 10.