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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

WE are all taking to the water like descend
ants Of the Pilgrim Fathers, who would never
have reached here if they had been afraid of
water. We have an interesting report else
where of what our boating clubs are doing
the houses they are building and the feats they
propose to achieve on the smooth waters Of
our lakes and streams We are told of great
contests that are to be decided, and our trust
is that the young men who are preparing for
the strife will remember the acerbity of many
regattas last season, and keep their tempeu
even as they stiffen their sinews and develop
their muscles He that ruleth his temper is
better than even he who can pull first around
the stakeboat on Saratoga Lake.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

There will be held at The Hague in the
month of September next conference Of the
"Assoclation for the Reform and Codiflcation
of the Law Of Nations" We are glad to
know that a movement is on foot to enable
America to have representation in the de-
alterations Of this body. The United States
have probably less interest in international
law than any other country in the world, ex-
cept, perhaps, China. We are removed so far
from the intricacies and resentments of the
European Powers both by our geographical
our government, that We have only
limited interest in international
law. At the same time any movement that
tends to bring the nations together in COM
merce, social intercourse, the unification of
weights and measures, the cheapening of post
age and the harmonizng OF law, is a step IN
the progress of civilization. While, therefore,
the United States may have less materially to
gain by such action, in the Interest of human
ity they have as much at stake as any other
Christian people.
meeting was held on Thursday evening
for the purpose Of arranging programme for
the representation of America at the Hague
Conference. This meeting was attended
by some of our most distinguished and
gifted citizens, and Mr. David Dudley
Field presented series of PROPOSE
tons for discussion which will be
read with deep interest The first branch of
these questions is in reference to the proper
tionate reduction of the armed ornaments of
European nations. The second embraces the
formalities and delays that should be re-
CURED of nations before engaging in offensive
war. The third is about arbitrations for in
ternational disputes. The fourth discusses
the progress made during the last year to-
ward the reform and codifcaton of the law
of nations, while the fifth refers to collisions
at sea. Any conference that will exhaust
these branches of thought, particularly if it
is attended by men of the eminence
and character of those who assembled
at the Gramercy Park Hotel on Thurs
day evening, must have n benefcent result
upon civilization. 1t would be difficult, wo
think, in the present temper of such countries
as Germany and France and Austria, to effect
aAJ ACuuSbiOA IL ulihclilSAto VI w liApOoC any
delay before engaging in offensive war. The
elements of success in modern campaigns
are:-First, the possession of preponderating
force; and, second, swiftness in using 1t. We
have little to hope IN any conference inducing
France and Germany to reduce their armies,
or in imposing upon the generals of their
armies and movements delay after the time
has come to march. Generally speaking we
welcome these conferences as indications Of
healthy progress, and we trust that much
good will result from the deliberations at The
Hague.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

JUSTICE IN TENNESSEE. A Nashville negro
shot a policeman dead. The negro was ar.
rested and imprisoned The people assem-.
bled and in their anger broke open the Jail
and took the negro to the bridge to hang him.
A rope was put around his neck and the poor
wretch suspended from the bridge. But the
rope broke, the negro fell over ninety feel
upon the rocks beneath and rolled into the
waters. Two shots were fired at him, and his
body sank We do not remember to have
read for o long time of an act more cowardly
and brutal than this killing. The negro was
in custody. There was no chance, no pre-.
text that he would escape. The laws of Ten
nessee are clear and supreme, and in city
like Nashville-a Southern city controlled by
the whites-there was no fear that an indul-
gent public opinion would arrest the opera
ton of the law. But the man was a negro.
and the old brutal feeling of the whites to-
ward the negro was allowed to bring dis
honor upon justice in Tennessee and upon
the American name.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02
Shall We Have n street Cleaning
Reform!

The street cleaning question in the Legisla-
ture is confused by the introduction of num-
Der Of independent propositions affecting to
be reforms They arc mainly designed to de-
stroy each other and to prevent the passage
OF any bill that win disturb the present abom-
Unable system. This is an old trick of the
lobby. 1t is the plan resorted to year after
year to defeat all propositions for rapid
transit, and is an easy method of proceeding
The sneaks Of legislation, who fear to put
themselves on record as against desirable
law, plausibly support some counter PROPOSE
ton of a similar character in order TO defeat
the original bill and earn their pay without
damaging their characters. The passage of
the Street Cleaning bill in the Assembly was
followed by the introduction Of number of
these decoy ducks Of legislation in the Senate.
The object is to kill the Assembly bill without
compelling the killers 10 record themselves as
the upholders Of notorious abuse.
Probably these tactics, learned in the lobby,
may prevail But we should like to see some
active Senator or Assemblyman make an earn
est effort before the adjournment takes place
to secure the passage Of a law striking at the
root Of tho street cleaning evil by complete
change in the system 81 street cleaning hereto
fore in force in the city. Hther,O the city
has been at heavy expense for this
work, and neither contractors, superin-
tendents nor commissioners have succeeded
in giving us clean streets. We are now in a
worse condition tnan ever before, with the
summerapproaching and the danger OF disease
from the rocking filth Of the streets staring
us IN the face. Why not now take new de-
parture and try the experiment Of law com
pelling the property owners and househoders
to do the work OF keeping their own share
Of the streets clean, at their own expense,
under heavy penalt IS for neglect2 Even in tho
matter Of snow, each householder no y is COM
PEELED to clear his sidewalk, and il would be
no great hardship, at least in ordinary falls, to
require him to clear the small piece Of road
opposite his residence as we'll Such sys-
tenn would necessarily require railroads to
bear their full share Of tho burden. It is
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02
May Day.

Many years have passed since we have had
so bleak May Day. We have been hoping
against hope all this time for spring, and now,
when all nature should be awake and radiant.
and showering the earth with beauty and
life-when there should be sunshine and
greenness and the opening Of the years
glories, we have only the gray skies and cold,
forbidding rains. We have never had q
drearier winter nor a more disheartening
spring The trees are afraid to bud and.th
birds refuse to sing. ard is it any wonder that
devout people should accept it all as o
chastenment and pray for their sins? 1t may
be Bismarck or the Beecher trial or Cmsarism,
or the corruptions Of the administration or
the Canal Ring-certainly it comes from some
extraordinary cause. But let us not rcpine
nor look at our damp, misty skies, as those
who have no hope. The Beecher trial will
come to an end, and Bismarck cannot rule
forever, and Grant has yet TO be elected to a
third term, and the administration has the
disinfecting influence Of Pierrepont in the
Cabinet, and Tilden will finish the Canal Ring
before he is through with it. SO that, after
al, May will not 90 without its blessing, and
spring will leave US with waving fields and
ripening grain.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02
Pulpit Topics To-Day.

The revival interest seems not to flag,
though moving time is here and the anniver-
saries and camp meetings and other religious
excitements, together with the 'dog days."
will be here by and by. So great indeed,
is the desire to hear about it that Dr.
Macloskie, of Princeton College, will tell
what he knows from personal obser-
vat;on in Great Britain and Ireland under
Messrs. Moody and Sankey's preaching The
Rev. Mr.. Bonham, who belongs to a new
order Of preachers very little known in the
church until -Evangelists-wi i'm
part his knowledge of it from personal OBJ
servation in the Church Of England. 1t will
be understood revivals in the sense III which
these gentlemen will speak of them refer al
most, if not altogether, to different phases
and workings of religious life. Mr..
Hepworth, who, with the junior DR.. Tying
has been for some weeks working in and
for revival will to-day offer some suggestions
about the Atonement and remove doubts from
the minds of some who would believe but
cannot. Mr.. Hawthorne will show his people
how they may and should forsake all for
alism for their consideration; and DR.. Thomp-
son will make prominent the political features
of the English Reformation, while Mr.. New
ton will discuss the conflict that appears to
exist between religion and science, with
special reference to the bearings of the latter
upon the Bible. Dr. Osgood will show the
relation Of music to Christianity, and Dr.
Ever will analyze the worship of the Episco-
pal Church, exhibiting internal structure and
external phases The hurried life of which
every one Of as knows something by expert
ence will employ Mr.. Thomas thought and
tongue this evening and the precious blood
of Christ will divide with Naaman, the leper
the attention Of Mr.. Lightbourn. The work and
greatness of man ere the night Of life closes on
him will be considered by the Rev. Mr.
Alger and the advent at Peniel will receive
the attention Of the Rev. Mr.. Mccartney. The
gain OF loss-referring TO spiritual gain by
temporal losses-will be illustrated by the
Rev. Mr. Lloyd, who will also aualyze and
review Balaam's prayer. The Rev. Oscar
Hugo, the Hungarian exile, will blaze away
at the Roman Catholic attitude toward our
public schools. He is willing, according to
his announcement to give millions Of dollars
for public schools, but not one cent for
priestly ones. DR.. Fulton, Of Brooklyn, has
laid out for himself threefod task this morn
ing-to describe the Pope's Church. its source
and tile certainty Of its doom, winding up
with general remarks on the peril Of evil
doing this evening. And to this be might
add a few words on the danger Of evil speak
ing. This is the programme Of the pulpit
OF New York and Brooklyn to-day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

questionable whether this plan Of compelling
the people to be their own street cleaners
would not be less expensive to each property
owner than the tax they arc now called upon
to pay for the support Of an army of political
bummers It would certainly insure cleaner
streets, for the money expended on the work
would all be used for the purpose Of cleaning
and not to support the adherents of ward
politicians and country legislators. At all
events the plan is worth trying. Should il
fail we should be no worse off than we now
are as to the condition of the streets, and We
should save the million dollars year squaD
dered by the Street Cleaning Bureau.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02
shnrkey In Spain.

We learn from Havana that the question Of
returning Sharkey, the murderer, to the Gus
tody Of the American authorities has been
referred 70 the Captain General Of Cuba and
the Cabinet OF Madrid. This will be disap-
pointmeEt to our District Attorney and to the
detectives; but we do not see how it could well
be otherwise We have no extradition treaty
with Spain and no claim upon Cuba for the
return Of Sharkey or any other criminal who
seeks refuge from our laws. Although Eng
land made a request for the return of
the forger Bidwell-a request which
vas granted-it must be remembered
that We have not made any request for
the surrender Of SharlSey. Mr.. Fish has
steadily declined to ask this from the Spanish
government, upon the ground that it would
only give The Madrid Cabinet pretext for de-
handing the return Of the many Cuban refu-
gees now in this country and under sentence
Of dea,h in Cuba. It may be that Mr.. Fish
i right in his fears, and he is certainly in
spircd BY the best motives. We should be
glad 70 have Sbarkey returned to New York
and suffer the punishment to which he has
been sentenced, but it is far better that even a
murderer should escape the galIows than that
We should ask Spain to violate her own indie
pendence by granting to America what we
have no right to expect under the law. The
best thing for our Minister in Spain to do
will be to induce her to enter into sensible
treaty Of cxtradition.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

GOVERNOR KELLOGG, OF LOUISIANA, in the
interests Of peace, it is reported, has
removed some illegally elected republican
ofice-holders in that State and appointed
democrats This, the despatch says, he does
in the interest of peace Rather, let us say,
in the interest of justice and pray that hence.
forward in Louisiana peace and justice may
90 hand and hand
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

The CENrENNIAL--Governor Bigler reports
that the Centennial work goes on with alac.
rity and wisdom. There is to be an interest
ing display from Tunis and an observa.
tory in the fair grounds, which will be
marvel of taste and ingenuity. This Centen.
NAL Exhibition is rapidly hecominga national
event and something in which every American
feels the highest pride.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

RAPTD TRAysT has been again postponed in
the Legislature. The railroad ring are doing
their work well, and it now looks as if the
combined power Of Tilden, Wickham and
Kelly would not be able 70 give US measure
Of rapid transit that would be . blessing to
the city. Nothing can postpone rapid transit
this session but corruption or imbecilty. II
the measure should be lost it will be an ire
yocable blow 60 the prestige Of the democracy.
The country will say, and with truth, Of what
use IS party which, with all Of its power IN
city and State cannot give the metropolis Of
New York the one thing necessary to put an
end to the present paralysis OF growth and
enterprise We want a party that can act,
AID not simply talk. We have had too much
talk and too little action in Albany this session.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

VIZ HAVE a rumor from the coal regions in
Pennsylvania that the quarrels between the
coal dealers and miners are about 70 BE- COM
promised There was never any reason for
these disputes. They affect trade, hurt the
and generate feelings Of hatred that will
come again to distress and wound rs. II
would be blessing If we could have these
difficulties compromised forever They are
unworthy Of our institutions.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

TIE AUTHORITIES seem to have discovered
> new batch Of counterfeiters. We presume
there will BE- 40 end Of this nefarious trade
until we have gold again as a currency.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

Nor So BAD AS REPREsENTED.-The acct
dent on the Atlantic and Great Western Rail-
road on Thursday last was not 50 serious as
reported. The Geographic account was greatly
exaggerated. The ladies' car only was thrown
over into the ditch and Int three ladies were
injured, fortunately none o. them seriously.
The train resumed is journey after three
hours delay.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

TIE FRENCH AND ENGLISH FISHERMEN are
said to be quarrell.ng up in The Newfoundland
regions, and the French and English govern
ments propose to send war vessels 10 keep the
peace. II would seem that there are fish
enough in the sea for French and English
alike and that there is 20 reason for bloodshed
IN the matter
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

TIE Bill making The Brooklyn Bridge
public work Of the two cities has been passed
to . third reading We ID not know much
about this particular act but any measure
that tends % complete the bridge will be an
advantage TO the city. Give rs the tunnel to
Jersey, the bridge and a steam railway from
the Battery 70 Harlem. These are the three
points il the chart Fl orr metropolitan great
ness
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

Now CoMEs the note Of sorrow from Mont
pslier VT, telling how twenty stores and
dwellings have been burned down. We pre-
sumo We shall have this dTcary story until our
people East and West learn that the way to
avoid 6res is to build houses that will stand
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY--Stocks we're
dull, and prices barely steady. Gold declined
from 1151 70 ISL. Money on.call p and
per cent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

AND Now WILLIAM NJ. TWEED, in imitation
Of Beecher wants ''bill Of particulars. /"
The Attorney General should send him the
minutes Of the Board Of Supervisors.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

TIE FOURTH AvESUE IMPROVEMENT states
men view with alarm the increasing tendency
Of our Mayor to appoint men 70 office who do
not know whether Muilingar is in the north
OF the south Of Ireland.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

From our reports Ills morning the probabilities
sTe hat ne reather today ,ciR be colder and
cloudy, clearing W later
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

GoyERSoR TuDES has not had time to de-
cidc whether Delafeld Smith should or should
not be Corporation Counsel. The Governor
must be very busy man.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-02

We HAVE the pleasant news that during
April the government debt was reduced more
than two millions Of dollars.
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YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.

JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
Proprietor
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GU ADRUPLE SHEET.

NEW YORK. SUNDAY. MAY ;. 1875.
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ADJUSTMENTS TOMORROW.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE

Tventyeighth street and Broadwav.-THE BIG b.
MANIA ut 4. NJ. closes 10 go r. NJ. Mr. Fisher, MI
Lewis Miss Davenport Mrs Gilbert
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LYCEUM THEATRE,
Fourteenth street near Sixth avenue.-RENATA Dl
FRANCIA, al s +. NJ. Nine. ldstori
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SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS,
Broadway, corner Oh Twcuty-niuth street--NEGRC
MINSTRELSY at 3 p. ~. /; closes at 10 Il. NJ.
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BOWERY THEATRE,
BoweTy. TRUE as STEEL, ats L. N.
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BOOTHS THEATRE.
corner Of Twenty-thrd street and sixth aven
1LWoRIH at +. NJ; closes AZ II r d. Miss Nelson
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TIYOLI THEATRE,
Eighth street between second and Third avenues
VARIETY, at ) i. NJ; closes At y /. N.
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BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE.
Fulton avenuc.-vARTETY. az P. Nj closes at 10 As
Pm
OLYMPIC THEATRE.
No 62l B-oedway-yARlkTY. at I. NJ closes at :5
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wALLACKiS THEATRE.
Broadway-ROAD To RUIt AT 4. NJ; closes At 10 40
p. NJ. Mr.. Montague, Mis- jeffrey s.Lewls.
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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM or ART
Test Fourteenth streeL-0pcn from 10 A. NJ 10 r. N.
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Letters and packages should be properly
sealed.
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BOwERY OPERA HOUSE,
No 2ol Bowery.-VARlETI, at r. NJ; closes AZ 10 As
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WOODS MUSEUM,
Broadway, corner or Thirteth street-oN HAND, at
r. ". THOROUGHBRED AZ 2. NJ; closes at 10 AS + n.
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THEATRE COMQUE,
No. 54 BroadwayYARIEiI, AZ r. NJ; closes az 10 As
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GERMAElA THEATRE,
Fourteenth street-FALsCHE BIEDERMANNER, At
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