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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18
Rapid Transit.

Colonel Thomas A. Scott President of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in the
course of an interesting interview with one OF
our correspondents, published few days ago.
informs us that he is now about to improve his
railway system between New York and Phill
delphia; that we shall have rapid transit by
ia series of elegantly upholstered and rapidly
flying trains, that will lap the distance in about
one-half the time now consumed by the swift
est expresses" The road is to be improved,
sidings are to be built new engines of the
strongest calbre will be put on the track.
Philadelphia and New York are the two
largest cities of the country They
are closely connected by a thousand
interests. The distance between them could
be accomplished in an hour and q half if we
ran trains upon the speed maintained between
London and Brighton. What is wanted be.
tween New York and Philadelphia is not
large trains of heavy cars, but small trains
running in quick succession. 1t would bt
much better for us to have the English system
of cars, which are smaller and quite as com.
Portable for day travel II a train could be
run between Philadelphia aud New York in
an hour and half, leaving say every hour
during the day, it would be of incalculable
advantage to the two cities. II Colonel Scott
succeeds in achieving this result he will merit
the gratitude of the people, and, no doubt
add largely to the usefulness and value of his
railway.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18
The Riverside Improvements-A Desir'
able Bill.

WUkc DILL
bill is in the hands of the Committee on
Cities of the Assembly to provide for an
assessment for the construction of Riverside
avenue and to obviate defect now existing
in the law. BY the terms of the bill the cost
OF construction of the carriageway, walks
and drives upon the widened Riverside ave-
nue., in accordance with the plans already
adopted by the Park Department, is to be
paid by the issue of bonds, and is to be as
sessed-one-half on the property benefited
and the other half upon the city at large.
The whole of the Riverside territory not SO
laid out is to be held to the public use as q
park. The control and management of the
avenues bordering the public parks are vested
in the Park Department by the present city
charter When the Riverside territory was
taken for the public use one distinct
portion was taken as an avenue and
the laying out of the avenue it has
been found desirable to embrace within
its lines strip Of the land taken as a park in
order to make the avenue proper one hun
dred feet in width. There is full power in
the Legislature to change the ''public use"
for which the territory was taken from park
to on avenue, and the Park Department has
already authority to do all the work necessary,
such as regulating, grading, paving, curbing
and tagging on the widened avenue, and to
assess the property benefited. Yet in case of
technical objections to the legality of the as-
sessment the proposed law is desirable and
probably necessary.
There can DE no good reason why the bill
now in the hands of the Assembly committee
should not be reported favorably and become
law. The question as to the expediency
Of prosecuting the work on the River
side improvement at this time does
not now come into consideration. If it did,
and if the present bill had any direct effect
on that question, reasons enough could be
advanced in its favor. 1t appears, however,
to be simply bill to relieve from technical
and embarrassing objections power that
already exists in the Park Department, and
hence it should not meet with any opposition.
1t can only be opposed by those who desire
to throw obstacles in the way of the improve
ment itself, and who are Indifferent how
much the public interests may suffer SO long
as they can accomplish their own ends There
is ready enough uncertainty about our local
laws, and it is creditable to the Park Depart
ment that it desires to clear away all pretence
for technical objections before it commences
its work. The bill should be reported favor
ably and put upon its passage at once.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18

The FRENCH ASSEMBLY. There is likely TO
be a compromise between the government and
the Left on the question of the dissolution Of
the French Assembly, according to our cable
despatch from Paris Provided day is fixed
Tor the dissolution six months after the Easter
recess, no more elections 10 ill vacancies are
To be ordered. These are the terms said 10 be
offered, and the question Of filling the vacant
seats, which will be Immediately brought up,
will develop he character and decide the fate
OF the proposed compromise.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18

The WISE ONEs or THE English turf have
had occasion to learn that they are not infalli-
bic in their judgment. The Lincolnshire
Handicap has been won by an outside horse.
against whom the odds were thirty 10 one.
while the favorite, at two 10 one was fifteenth
in the race. The three placed horses were.
indeed, all outsiders, the betting against the
second and third having been, at starting,
twenty to one and fifty to one, respectively.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18

sight and small expenditure Of money will
suffice to turn it aside. An expense of few
thousand dollars at Port Jervis wher the ice
gorge began TO form would have saved the
Erie road from the loss of its bridges and the
interruption of its travel. We trust this is the
last calamity of the kind which will ever occur
at that point
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18

In THE SUIT brought by the shareholders Of
the Emma Silver Mining Company, of Lon.
don, against Senator Stewart and others as
parties alleged to be responsible for the sale,
an application was made on the part of the
defendants for an order requiring the plain
tiffs to give security for costs. The motion
was granted and the amount of security fixed
at five thousand dollars.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18

PRESIDENT GRANT has characteristically set
tied the Arkansas question by appointing er-
Governor Brooks Postmaster at Little Rock
From the Executive Chamber to the local post
office does not seem very desirable transfer;
but no doubt Brooks is satisfied and certainly
the President has got rid Of one of his white
elephants ON very reasonable terms
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18

says, every possible effort will be made TO
extinguish the Indian title to the Black
Hills country, and negotiations to that end
are now progressing The sooner they are
brought to successful close the better.
Civilization is bound to advance, and the
adventurous pioneers OF the West are hard
men to hold back, especially when the tempt
ing stories of the wealth of the Black Hills re-
glon lure them forward.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18
The Swallow Tails and the High
Hats.

The unsopbisticated stranger might have
supposed yesterday that a procession OF
churches, each surmounted by steeple, was
walking up Broadway, so pious seemed the
men who walked and so high the hats they
wore. The High Hats were out in all their
glory, and Heaven smiled upon their efforts to
reach it. II there is anything aristocratic
in a9e-and the most venerated titles are
the oldest-the High Hats deserve to be
classed with the nobility. Most of
them are heirlooms in old families,
bequeathed by one generation to another, and
brought out on st. Patrick's Day covered with
the dust and grandeur of centuries long past.
Far different is it with the Swallow Tails.
They are modern, mushroom, and some of
them are sboddy. There is nothing aristo-
cratic about the creations of yesterday, and
as costume for the occasion they were not
as proper as the High Hats. For that st.
Patrick might have worn high hat is posi-
BILE, while that he never did wear a swallow
tail is certain. Still, it may be that both
decorations might have been spared with
advantage. Suppose that both the High
Hats and the Swallow Tails should use the
money required for the parade to build
grand hospital or support a noble charity,
might not that be better way to spend a
couple of hundred thousand dollars? The
Swallow Tails, no doubt, would subscribe lib
orally if the High Hats should be handed
around, and we suggest that before next St
Patricks Day the experiment be tried.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18
The Truancy Law and tho Catholic
ParOchial Schools.

The proceedings at the meeting of the
Board of Education yesterday were of more
than ordinary interest. The first report of
the Superintendent of Truancy, which was
presented at the meeting, does not present q IA
vorable account of the practical working OF the
new law during the brief period it has been in
operation. 1t has been found very difficult to
obtain the names and residences of the little
street wanderers for whose benefit the law
was mainly enacted. and but few of this class
have been brought into the schools 1t is sig
niicant of the lives to which these children
are doomed that even the youngest of them
seem to be we'll posted as to the law and
sharp at replying to questions in such man
ner as to battle its provisions One hundred
and fourteen truants and non-attendants only
have as yet been drawn into the schools in
the whole city.
Another interesting feature of the proceed
ings was the reception Of q communication
from the representatives of the Catholic pa
rochal schools, who ask the appointment of
committee of the Board of Education to
meet with them for the purpose OF consider
ing the terms upon which those schools may
be admitted to the benefits and subjected to
the discipline, laws and general management
of the common school system.
There are fifty thousand pupils IN the
Catholic schools, and the proposition comes
in good season to add point to the rebuke ad.
mnistered to the bigoted assailant of the
common school system. The proposition,
Endorsed by the leading Catholics of the
city, priests and laymen, will, no doubt, re-
ceive the serious attention of the Board.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18

THE COMPLETE and very graphic reports of
The floods, consequent on the ice gorges on the
Delaware, Susquehanna and tributary rivers,
given on another page, are illustrated by
map of the Delaware, from Deposit to Della
ware Water Gap, and another of the country
Immediately around Port Jervis.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18
The Fitz.Kellys and the Fitz-Wick-
hams.

The Patrick z-Wickhams and the Patrick
Fitz-Kellys, while they honor the same patron
saint, celebrate his birthday in very different
methods. The Ftz-Kelys, remembering that
ST. Patrick travelled through all Ireland on
foot would consider themselves traitors to
every manly sentiment and every feeling of
reverence if they failed to walk over New
York at least once in the year in emulation of
his example. Yesterday this pleasant duty
was performed with the greatest enthusiasm
and success The Fitz.Kellys display their
devotion to ST. Patrick by undertaking extraor-
binary physical labors, and their patriotism
and zeal can only be estimated in miles. 1t
they did not get as tar as Jerusalem
they passed through Chatham street.
which was the next best thing. The Pat
rick Fitz-Wickhams, however, never walk
in procession. They consider st. Patricks
pedestrian tour through Erin to have been
honor. they admire, they love st. Patrick, but
their affection does not carry them to the ex-
tent Of ten-mile tramp. But in order to
fulfil their duty they are perfectly willing to
review the Patrick Fitz-Kellys and to ex-
press their satisfaction with the grandeur of
the display. They are not able bodied
enough 10 walk in the Saints honor, but they
show extraordinary power in eating for his
glory at the banqueiing tables of the Friendly
Sons and the noble Knights. Sometimes they
90 20 the hanuucts of both and thus show
tha, they can perform digestive miracles which
even the SAINT would not have attempted.
Then the wit comes in with the wine, and
oraiory. like a spring food breaking through
gorge, sweeps all differences before it.
such Is the way the Fiz-Kellys and the Fitz-
wickhafns celebrate ST. patrick's birthday,
and We conoede that each party has n perfect
right 90 ~ taste. For our part We think the
Fiiz-Wiokhams are 10 be- the more envied of
the two. bat that the Fiiz-Kellys are to be
the more respected.
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sequence.

The FRENCH ASSEMBLY is about 70 cut down
the army of government paupers. A jury Of
physicians is to inquire into the cases of the
Bonapartists who are on the pension list on
account of infrmities alleged to have been
contracted in the service of the State
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18

Room FoR THE RID MEN, Room ,-Secre-
tary Delano reports to The President on the
present situation of affairs in the Black Hills
country. The expeditions forming and those
already in the territory reserved to the
Indians, he says, are in violation of our treaty
with the Sioux, and will be prevented from
entering the reservation or expelled there
from, as the case may be, by forces of the
United States. The Indians object to the in
lrusion. AT the same time, the Secretary
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18

LONDON has its share Of commercial
troubles. A heavy Mark lane firm has faied
with two millions sterling liabilities, and other
suspensions are said to be threatened in con-
SEQUENCE.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. Gold advanced
to ll6}. Stocks were irregular Foreign ex-
change closed steady and government bonds
strOpO
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18

Tar CouErs continue to be occupied with
city suits. Yesterday an armory rent suit,
which yas decided against the city, cam. up
helore The General Term of the Supreme
Court for argument and the decision
was reserved A suit 20 recover claim
Or hookhiuding was tried before Judge Law
rnos. aud verdict was rendered for the
plaintiff The original claim was three hun
drei and seventy dollars. The amount re-
covered. exclusive Of the oity's own costs
gas i've hundred and eleven dollars-an in
creased expense Of only forty per cent TO the
city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18

From our reports this morning he probabilities
arc that the ,ceather today oiR be ,Ddrmer and
cloudy
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18

BROOKLYN PAEK THEATRE
Patton avenue .-NARiEiY atsf ~; closes At osS
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18
NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.

JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PROPRIETOR
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18

IHr ACCESSION Of Alfonso has been an III
wind b. bon Carlos. u has blown away an
other partisan, General Elio, from his cause.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-18

FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE,
Twenty eighth ana Woodworking BIG no
NsNzA, atsP NJ closes al 10 50 n N M. Fisher. Mr.
Lewis Miss Davenport Mrs. Gilbert
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T r IPL + S III + + r.

NEW YORK. THURSDAY, MARCH Is. 1875.
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ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT

ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT
y.s,. ssoSsihff f.sS TFftTH a,.
BRyANr's OPERA HOUSE.
rsrn{ 'si.a 'si s'.f c is .s ~ % bs1
Bryant
- GERMAN THESd5EE,
closes AZ 10 .er NJ Miss Lima nayr
sro.a~.y-RoEr o.N ois.o ana u Hermann. m.r
y. closes at iossP.M.
TONY PAsroEs OPERA HOUSE.
So, sa Bovery' -v1RiLfK a. y N closes at icas
TITIH AvESrE THEATRE, ,,a No.
Lewis. Miss Davenport. Mrs. Gilbert
LrcEuN raFArRE.
AsfoISErrE. sfsr 4 sus s'f Si',ori avenue -
al y NJ closes at osss \. vile corsiis Gsonfoy
GRAND cENrRAL THEATRE.
So; SIS BrOsdway.-yARihrN, ats NJ closes at 10 IS
BOOTHS THEATRE
hlSRY v, asP NJ Close, a. IN NJ Rsnos
SAN FRANCISCO NfSsTRELs
oroatway. corner OF Twenty ninth sircet.-NE0EO
&fNsrRELsN ats p N cosss atiorN.
,,.,,, .,,.., TIyoII THE.sIEF NJ. -
VARIETY, att P N. closes siisr IN
wALrACK-s THEATRE.
broadway-rHL sHAtGHkAtN atsf. NJ closes AZ
10 10 p. NJ. Mr.. Boucicaut
COLOSSEUM.
Broadway and Thrtv-fo sireet-PARIs BIZ MIGHT
Two exhibitions daily. at aud y "
Brookiyn-THE MAN o. AiRLiE, ats p ". closes a.,
l0:30 T. ". Mr. Lawrence Barrett
WOODS MUSEUM
Broadway. corner THIRTEEN street--ASsA CCs, ats
n. closes a. 10 IS y. VI. Matinee alta N.
OLYMPIC THEATRE
No. 6A Broadway.-yARIETY at 2. N. closes a. 10 As
ROBINSON HALL
sixteenth street and Broadway RS
GEORGIA M1NsIRELs, at s p. NJ closes az 10 p n.
rHLArRE coMIorF,
70 s4 Brosdwsy.-vARIErY. a,sP. N closes as 10 As
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
west Fourteenth street-Open rom 10 A. NJ to5 r ~
ASSOCIATION HALL
Iwcntythrd sireet-READING. at P. NJ. Mr.. Van.
ROMAN HIPPODROME
TRoTTING AND MENAGERIL afternoon aud evening
a. | and ?.
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BRyANI's OPERA HOUSE
West twenty third street. near sixth svenne -Nkgfo
NiNSrRELsS. Sc., ats q. n ciosss ~ " r. n Dan
Rrysnt
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IYCEuM TAFATRF.
roureenth street near SIKH avenne.-MARiE
AUTOMATIC. r. n. Nine. Eistori
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TONY PASSIONS OPERA House..
50. :oi Bovery. -VAKiLrN ats y N closes AZ 10 a
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GERMANIA THEATRE
Fourteenth street -glROFLE OIROfLA. at r.
closes ~ As A. N. Miss Lima hayr
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LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK
HERALD-NO. as FLEET STREET.
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PARK THEATRE
Broadway.-French opera ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
atsf N. closes AT loss = n. Nile Corsle Geonroy
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ROMAN HIPPODROME
Fourth avenue Twenty-seventh street -CTHCrg
TRoTTING AND MENAGERfL, afternoon aud evening
IN. and 2.
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GRAND CENTRAL THEATRE,
No. SIS Broadway.-YARlkfi, ats y NJ closes AZ 10 IS
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NfBLO's
eroadwsv-RORY O'NOkr. aud HERRMANN. at q r.
NJ closes AT no asp NJ
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v0LUNE .........................No 20
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ASSOCIATION HALL.
wcuty third sireet-READfNG at P. NJ. Mr.. Van
,nhof
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BOOTHS THF ATRE
corner OF 1went,-thrd street and sixth =
HENRY v. atsP VI. closes az II Y. " Mr. hignold
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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
west Fourteenth street-Open rom 10 A. NJ 10 5rM
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SAN FRANCISCO NfNsTRELs.
Broadway. OF Twenty. ninth sfrtct-NEOEf
2fNsTRELsl, ats p ". CLOSES az % = n.
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COLOSSEUM
Broadway and Thirty-fourth sireet-PARIs By MIGHT
Two exhibitions daily. at aud ; T. ~
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-01
FINANCE AND BUSINESS.
GENERAL BUSINESS REVIEW.

GOLD AND THE GOVERNMENT
The Ocean attributes the FOYER in the
gold market to prospective emergencies o.
the treasury. 1t says: a new cause oil ex-
citsmert in the gold speculation isthe in'or-
nation from official sources that the receipts
of gold from customs are exceedingly small.
The receipts of internal revenue are larger
than last year, but an instance oil tho de-
crease Of revenue from customs is the fact
that. in the three weeks up to Saturday,
March 20. the receipts of customs at tie port
of Neg York alone were $l,00O,OO0 less than
for the same period of last year. In view OF
the $50, COG. 900 of called boz ds to be paid IN
Qold besides the interest on tho public debt
or Nav and July l, the total amount OF
gold Quotations of the treasury maturing In
the rexs three months is S75,OOo,OG The
totsI amount of coin held by the treasury
on The 26sh was $50 566, POI, against which
there were outstanding S24,034 900 of
gold certificates. thus leaving net
amount OF S55, 52l, 36l in the ownership
of the government. The customs receipts
of the first quarter OF the current fiscal year
were S46,6jI 200, and in his annual report to
congress the secretary estimated the customs
receipts Of the remaining three quarters ct
Sis $50, 600. This estimate would make the
expect cd receipts from customs about the
Same in tie fiscal year to June 80, 1875. as in
the fiscal year to June 80, 1874, viz: Sl62i OOO-
coo Qeceipts in fiscal year to June 30, 1875,
SI63, los $3.50. But it appears now that the
Gus Ons revenue is falling largely below the
current receipts AZ this time last year, and
the secretary's estimate of S115 600 600 for the
last three quarters may not DO sustained. 1t
seems probable that the Gust 1ms receipts for
the next three months can scarcely exceed
sac, OOO. 900. This would leave the treasury
with a coin balance OF less than SZ0,000,00 in
July This would be much smaller than the
usual balance, as the average amount owned
by the government over and above coin GER
tificates is about So, 90, COO. 1t appears,
therefore, that, Notwithstanding tho suspen-
sion of the monthly gold sales, the treasury
IL not accommodating any specie for the pro-
posed redemption in January, 1879.
- Ths New York World makes an estimate
of the cost to the country of the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-01
FOREIGN MARKETS

LONDON, March Sl.-The amount of bullion
to-day is $500. Consols tor money. eS7%MsS.
on account, 927E@9S; sos, 1865, i071I: 5-2(s'
1867, l6I1z; loiCs, l025s: new IS, 1887; New York
Central: ~; Erie. 251z; Erie preferred So Petro-
ieum-Crude, $ss gid; refined, lOs4@lld. Turpen-
PARIS, March 3l.-Rentes, 6sfs2Isc
FRANKFORT, March 3l.-tive-tWenties of 1852.
99l4. - 1872
ANTWERP, March Sl.-Fine American petro-
leum, ST.
LIVERPOOL. March 3i.-Cotfon steady: mid
ding upianas, S1s@Sd; Orleans, S,aSlSd: sales of
1,OJO bales, OF which 20O3 bales were for spec-
u'ation and eXpore and 800 bales OF American
BreadStuns are quiet. Turpentine. 25s 656s1Ss
Long cut 5ie