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New-York tribune., 1875-03-06
AVENUES OE CHARITY.

THE CHARITABLE SOCIETIES TO COOPERATE WITH
THE EMIGRATION COMMlssIoNERs-THE WORK OF
THE BOwERY BRANCH OF THE YOUNG MEMS
CHRISTIAN AssOCIATIoN-A STEAM KITCHEN FOR
TIE POOR.
The Commissioners Of Emigration, in conse-
ouence of the condition OF their treasury, have felt
Obliged discontinue. in great measure, the assist
ance which has usually been given, in the Winter, to
destitute immigrants residing iu the city. In order
that snch sufferers might not be neglected, circular
was the various charitable organizations stating
the circumstances and asking assistance. In this cir
cular the Commissioners make the following statements:
Several worthy persons apply daily at this office for
temporary pecuhiary assistace anu state tn tne va
rous charitable societies OF the city decline To aid them
because they have not been five In the state
Inc d m ms and in view OF The fact that this
Commission Is without funds your Society Will make
no distinction between such worthy emlgrans as may
apply for temporary relief aud the citizen poor,
but Will aid ootn alAe
One Of these circulars was sent TO Robert Gordon,
President the Board OF United Charities. who promptly
replied. From that reply the following abstracts are
tagen:
At recent meeting OF the Board Of United Charities
OF the city, considerable surprise expressed at the
that various charitable societies haa declined
10 aid worthy persons applying for ad the grouud
that they had been residents OF the state for over
yo years and requested TO let tho Commissioners
Know that the societies represented at the
meeting were concerned there hsd Deen no Sicn
discrimination dor would there be any. inc desire
of all as expressed freely seemed TO be to relieve all
worthy poor 10 the full extent OF their ability subject
of course TO such restrictions govern all societies III
the disposition OF their funds winch are ln most cases
raised for special purposes The experience of the
society OF wnch have honor TO De President ltne
ST. Andrews society OF tue state OF New York; aud
believe l may say Of all the National societies, Is
thai the majority those requiring and recev-
ing ten porary pecuniary assistance have not been
ye years Ia this With the aid OF the Directory
y, Inc Rnreau of Charities 1t Will be easy for you 10
direct those applicants TO the Commissioners for assist
ance whom they consider worthy To the society OF the
ation 70 which they belong and feel sure that those
soceties will minister TO their wants to the full extent
of the funds remaining their disposal after providing
for their resident poor OF whom they have always,
you arc doubtless aware, very large number IN their
charge.
From the tone of the meeting feel warranted In say
ing that the repre- OF the different charitable
olees OF this city would gladly cooperate with the Com
missoners any way for mutual protection against
mp0sou; and venture TO suggest tnst tho system 0f
New-York tribune., 1875-03-06
SUICIDE OF A YOUNG FBENCHMAN.

Yesterday morning, at about o'clock Jean
Leroy, young Frenchman, committed suicide In his
room at No. 1876 Bergcn-s Brooklyn by shooting him
self in the head. Leroy about 26 years old man
OF good education and propossessing appearance He
arrived in this country three ago with con-
siderable money, which he spent in fast living and was
obliged to become a waiter in NewYork restaurant
few months he procured isituation In Dieters
restaurant in Brooklyn While there lie was very aten-
tiye He often suffered great depression of spirits IN
consequence of having to work In capacity which he
said was beneath him. He fell in love with q oolgrl
OF fifteen, sister OF the proprietor OF the restaurant
and Leroy dischargen six weeks ago. From that
time up night Of his death Leroy drank heavily OF
absinthe. On Tnurs1oy night he met few friends and
invited them to drink with hin, saying to come,
take last drink with me-" Later In the night he started
for home, and said to friend Fratk, II anything
should happen 10 me- that am taken care OF, you
are my friend"
Yesterday morning Leroy found in his room on
the floor with u derTingcr his hand and bullet hole
in his right temple. From the appearance or the room
IL was evident that suicide had retired and then
arisen before committing the fatal act Fifteen dollars
found his pockets but no letters or papers OF
any kind parents of the deceased live In Paris,
aud word been them OF the untnely death OF
their SOD. Coroner Smms will hold an inquest this
morning,
New-York tribune., 1875-03-06

Dock Department. enough for ITS necds
the arrears OF salaries should be paid There would
would probably DC decided an sum Ior the re.
amount required was about 10000. He believed tho
great work OF making the waterfront compare avora
bly, with that OF other seaports should go He had
visited European seaports, and the waterfront Of
no one OF them Is bad condition tnat OF New
York
companIed by masses OF figures intended TO provo Its
oorrectness that the completion OF che bouleysrds
alone necessary bring IN largo to the city
treasury lie had several European scaports, and
he thought the facilities for landing goods from
foreign vessels at this port were not exceed by any
port In Europe He was In favor OF proceeding As
spsedly possible but there were other pubic works
In tais city under way, and he was opposed 10 giving
one an undue prominence over tne o,sers. Inc Con.
money to keep them all gong. Jbe question OF fApiu
transit now receiving great deal VI consiaeraon.
and the city might be called upon 70 advance great
deal OF money to aid this project Inc Douleyrds
call for large expenditure Under hese elFcansSucss
he thought 1t would DO better TO give ths
for ume without appropriating tho ierge amount
which the resolution called for Tue Controller accord
lngly offered an amendment placing the amount AZ
s20,o00 1H3 lost by vote OF three To one, the
Controller alone voting In the affirmative Toe Con-
trolled then offered an amendment making The amount
authorized 100000 Tnis was lost by tho same vote rs
before.
Mr.. Lynch, Secretary OF tho Dock Commission in re
questions by the MlyOr and others, sat that
II large iUrcs $50 TO work tho season
far enough advanced S000oC0 wold be needed Tne
sum OF 100000 would run tho department about Two
months. U wOuld not be sufficient 60 do any extra work.
or acquire bulkncads The Controller In reply 10 ques
tions by the Mayor said the larger voted
he would only advertise the sale OF bonds from
time the money needed. The Mayor said ne was
glad 70 hear hs because he had previously made up
his mnd to accede to tae Lesser amount urged by tue
Controller.
The question OF tho original resolutions then up
The Controller said that IN question Involving tue
Issue OF bonds, although IL was against his Judgment he
would vote with the majority. JJe resolution was thea
passed, ali voting IN tile Affirmative.
New-York tribune., 1875-03-06
PROPOSED LEGISLATION CONCERNING TIE
CITY GOVERNMENT.

TWO MORE ATTEMPTS To TINKER THE CHATTER
HOW THEY ARE RECEIVED BY uEMOCRATs AND
REPUBLICANS.
The project under discussion by the Demo-
cratic leaders abolish the present Board VI Innate
and ApportiOnment, and to transfer Its duties 40 the
Board of Aldermen giving tho Mayor the same power
of veto over single items, that Is now
possessed By tho Governor over Items
in tho Supply bill occasioned little discussion yes
terday in political circles, Many favored 1t. The
stronger reason advanced ha5 Of the to1r ociS
have the absolute power OF fixing ihe Hens oi
expenditure for city only one, TIE Mlyor elected
by the people, The President of tie R1ard of Adormea
is elected as Alderman by tho people.
but to tho position which makes him
a member Of tho Board or Estimate
and apportionment he is chosen by majority OF bis
colleagues The Controller ana the President OF tho
Commission OF Taxes and Assessments axe appointed
by the Mayor Only OF the four s thus directly re-
sponsibe to tho people for his actions member or
the Board.
The Mayor when spoken to Yesterday with reference
proposed said he favored 1t on general
principles as placing the power IN the hands Of the
direct representatives o. the people Several OF tho
Aldermen also favored the IL Is understood
that Assembyman Waehnor has tho matter In charg-,
aud that the bill II introduced at all. will be introduced
by him.
A bill was introduced in the Assembly yesterday by
Mr. Lawrence u rrOrganlZa the local government 0t
Tuesday OF April nex OF q Mayor. teu aldermen elected
general ticket, and one assistant alderman from
each Assembly district and from the Twenty third
and 1wentyf0urth Wards. the aldermen 10 Do
tue Supervisors, the Controller 10 hold Ollie Tor the lime
for which he was appointed, gud the Governor 10
appoint his successor for tcrn OF five years; the IN
also gives the Controller the power 10 appoint Que
Commisso OF Taxes and Assessments In place OF the
present Board. TAls bill was not discussed mach by
the politicians for the reason that they dd not attach
Importance TO II, Toe fact tnat tho bill was in-
trOduced Dy Mr. LIwrence. q Democrat, who voted TO
the last With the Rapuoeans against ire Cosugan nli
evidence sufficient that the bil was not Inspired
by any prominent Democrats IN this city ana
would be likely to receive much Demo
cratic support in the Assembly. 10 suppose
that Tanimany would willingly fOrego the
fruits of its victory last Fall. and incur the CXnensc OF
another election and the possibility OF deleat for no
good purpose whatever, deeued absurdity' Tho
Republicans, too, would not favor the O II was be-
eyed for the reason that while they have now very
fair representation In the Board OF Aldermen.
general ticket 20 choose ten Aldermen IN tins cy'
wbich mas large Democratic maJ JOrty, would glVo
TO the Republicans hardly shadow 0f cirince The
bill was supposed 10 have beon introduced for the plr
pose OF creating dissensions In the Democratic party
ana possibly in the interest OF Controller Green.
New-York tribune., 1875-03-06
INCIDFNT5 OF CITY OFFICE.

Henry A. Gumbleton, the new Deputy Com
missioner of Public Works. yesterday entered upon tho
duties OF his position. The retiring Deputy COmms-
sioner, E. r. Barker will remain through today In
structng Mr.. Gumblstou In the details OF the once.
Mr.. Barker has received q lucrative position III
tho employment OF A. I. Stewart & Co. There
were various rumors Of changes OF the Chiefs
OF Bureaus In the Department. OF Public works
yesterday. Gen. Porter says no changes have peen
made except that In the position OF Deputy Com
missioner and that no others have been positively
dec,ded upon Meanwhile the pressure for place the
mart of tho politicians is immense. The position az
DEPUTY County Clerk, filed for several years D. Alf
Gnmbeton, Will probably be given to James Fairfax
MeLougbiln. for long time past an empoye In tho
County Clerks Office.
Hall & Vanderpoei, attorReys OF Aldermen Koch.
Kelley, McCafferty. FLANAGAN, Lysaght Giion Morris.
MoDheimer Billings, and Kehr. for salaries as Sup.r
sors during mouth Of Deeember. 1874 amounting
Al 613 %, 49,. i.
New-York tribune., 1875-03-06
RAPID TRANSIT ORGANIZATION PROPOSED.

At a meeting of the Rapid Transit Associa-
ton which held yesterday at the Office OF ]. X.
Johnston. at No. 1880 Broadway Jonathan Edgar WAS
chosen Chairman and George H. Scott elected Sec
OF the Association reported series OF resolutions hold
ing that facilities for rapid transit throughout the city
ded ut once. and recommending that commit
tee OF not less than 2j members Of the Association bc
appointed 10 perfect organic alton 10 take proper
to attain the object. Tue report adopted,
and committee was appointed, with Jonathan Edgar
Chairman.
New-York tribune., 1875-03-06
THE Law INSTITUTE LIBRARY CATALOGUE


SIR: In your issue OF this day, in noticing
the recently published Catalogue Of the Library OF the
New-York Law Institute" yOu give my as the
editor This Is erroneous That valuable catalogue was
compiled and arranged by Mr.. william H. Winters. one
OF the assistant librarians of the Law Institute. The
error OF attributing the editing OF this work 10 me
probably out OF the fact OF my publishing an essay
on Legal Bsliography" In review OF it, and Ia rela-
ton TO that catalogue. Yours. &c. X. g. GUERNSEY.
No. l5O Broad,oap, N. L.. March 6. 1876
New-York tribune., 1875-03-06

cressing dsproportionate ratesdown town NJ per
cent. while up town 1t has been IA per ceot-and the
valuation Of up town Wards was In 1874 2a per cent vi
the whole. IA.
Tho only mode OF relief for the burden Of the city
debt since the OF annual expenditure cannot
be diminished. TO have greater amount oi.property
subjected 10 Its taxation not by arbitrary advances ID
valuation but by real increase II the increase OF va,
atons town goes on and Ia justified by progress IN
the public works. tho amount OF property subjected to
taxation will be increased and there IL no other way 10
II 1t does not be the case. the valuations
and taxes downtown property must be Increased
1t ia OF evident advantage to the owner of property
down town that this rate OF up town should go
on and be supported solid increase OF value The
city debt s now. net f5ls $780, by the statement from
the Finance Department Of Jan l. 1875 In proportion
9a Wsrd' south q rr, On wera' norm q toti'
roSooa s2s5soS Of debt 52s2s
II tbis debt should remain the same except the IN
crease Of S45000o for the improvements before men
| above stated the debt would bear as follows:
On Yards south Of Fortc On Yards north o. sor" e sa
Proportion Of debt. 7oGIs737 Proportion Of debit 4o0o9zi2
Tho assessment bonds not included In the above
statement Of debt, because the assessments collected
should be applied 10 the payment OF bonds ana those
which promptly paid draw ~ per cent interest
The estimates have been limited 10 Tue region between
Flfty-ninh and One-hundredandhtyiif yiifth-sts. They
are In many cases approximate but exact enough to
Justify conclusions upon the policy OF eApehuins money
ON the up town improvements
The report was received a document Of the Board
and ordered printed At the close OF the meeting the
President offered the following resolutions which were
adopted
repod presented William Martin this dar aud
printed Of tie Boar cleaaed Dot only
the Pabe Works carried forward for long course Of
year' has been he'd but also to eassure the pu9c az arg
largely benea TO the and important Interests OF the c
the general sdvaneO the value Of property and large increase oil
Red Thst the improvement, referred to in SAID dOcu
should be proceeded with bus with due regard wise
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-11-10

Is general obligation to military SER
vice something entirely new. either to
the world in general or to this island
in particular or rather. is it not sim
ply something very old under new
exteriOr-a renaissance of the old fen
dal and municipal system out of which
our modern civilization has developed
itselff The renowned English bow
men who fought at Crecy and POiteirs
were not a whit more volunteers than
were the POmeranians or Saxons who
fought at GravelOtte and Sedan nor
were they in any respect inferior as sol
diers to the British infantry who fought
at BusacO, VittOria. andWateIlOo, and
had been brought into the ranks
through the agency of money and beer.
This feudal system was no doubt in
cOvenient to kings and princes. who
could only then bring force into the
field when the mobiles and burgesses
brought them men and money. Grad
ually, and after long and severe strug-
giles, the royal supremacy was estab-
lished, mainly by the aid of hired SOL
diers, who were frequently foreign
mercenaries, and partly also by that
of the great towns and cities, which in
their turn were gradually deprived of
tnelr independence IN proportion as
they themselves neglected the privi-
lege and duty of personally fighting
their own battles, and transferred both
to hired mercenaries. On the break
up of the feudal system there followed
what is known to military students as
the COndOttieri period, when, especi-
ally in Italy, the cradle of all modern
municipal institutions, these hired
forces frequently tough. sham battles
with each other, and sold for ready
money the interests they had been
hired to defend. And it was during
this period that the ground was pre-
pared and the foundation laid for
standing armies which depended Who'll
ly on the royal authority. What lay
historians call breaking the power of
the mobiles" means, for the military
man. the transition from the old system
of territorial and national forces
through the COndottieri period to the
plan of maintaining standing armies of
soldiers, whose services were pur-
chased in detail from each individual
recruit instead of en- bloc from a mill
tary impresdr,o.-Fraser's Magazine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-11-10
No Dog or Pig I'm Portugal.

In some parts of the country, il is a
positive solecism to talk of dog; the
animal must be named apologetically as
puppy, 'cachorrO." No Portu-
guese of any class will name that
shocking animal the pig. If he must
be alluded to-and il is necessary some
times, seeing that the Portuguese are
very fond of him cooked, he is called
''the fat ANIMAL" "cevada;" and if a
Portuguese is driven into a corner and
absolutely forced TO employ the word,
he will use the diminutive "porquito,"
little pig, and even that only under
his breath, and with the phrase, "by
your leave" l have been amused by
reading the translation into Portuguese
of a French savant's account of fossil
bone cave, in which had been found,
among other remains, abundant bones
of swine. The Portuguese translator
ingeniously eluded all direct mention
of the animal; and as often as science
clearly demanded the plain word "pig"
he would have recourse 10 one ingeni-
Gus paraphrase, such as familiar MAN.
NAL, which we will still employ as food
and so FORTH If this foolish prudery
applied only to the two animals held
abominable by the law of Islam, it
might be traced to the influence of the
Moors; but it applies to a hundred
other words, things, and ideas, which
the Moors never dreamt of interdicting !;
for instance, no one in Portugal vent
ures to speak of certain migratory
bird, which both Shakespeare and
Moliere have mentioned allusively, al
though / believe no other nation in
Europe thinks it wrong to speak famil-
iarly and even lovingly Of the bird in
question. Moreover, the modern Port
uguese dislike of calling spade a
spade by no means prevailed during
the best period Of Portuguese literature
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-11-10
Common Sense and Comfort.

Very much has been said about the
injury of heavy and tight-fitting dresses,
and very little has been said about the
fashion of shoes. 1t would seem to he
presumptuous to try by pressure to i'm
prove the human form. 1t is fact that
ignorant people think it can be done,
and begin in infancy the work of fash
ioning slender waist, and they do the
same with the foot. If we examine the
foot of the Apollo gelvidere or the
Venus de Medici, we find that the great
toe stands off from the one next, so as
to leave a space of half an inch between
them. The small toes are not cut off at
sharp angle, but form a graceful
curve; nor are the toes piled one on top
of the other-the home of corns. A
child's foot, in its natural state, has the
same formation. 1t is broadest beyond
the joint of the large toe, where it forms
with the rest of the foot a reentrant
angle. The shoe should be the broadest
beyond this joint; there should be a
curve for the small toes, otherwise the
foot presses inward. In addition, high
heels give another weight of woe, and
the result is the bunion-a lasting sOr-
row. We shall have better health and
milder tempers when our feet are free
from the foolish sway of fashion.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-11-10

The native trade of Calcutta and OF
its main arteries-the Ganges, the
Brahmapootra, and others-iS marvel
Gus almost beyond conception. | have
stood for hours from midnight by the
side of the Ganges, some miles from
Calcutta, and counted hundreds of
boats passing in an hour, the oars
splashin9 to the leaden melancholy of
that strange song which assists to make
an Indian river so dismal in the rains.
By day and by night that song and
splash never cease. / had afterward
several opportunities of seeing the
trade far up the Ganges, and i'm one
case, by the courtesy of the Lieutenant
Governor of Bengal, Sir Richard Tenn
pie, had the advantage of hearing the
boats hailed one by one, and questions
put rs to cargoes, length of voyage,
ownership, and so on. The scope of
the replies seemed to take i'm nearly all
India. The Lieutenant-Governor was
himself astounded at the vastness and
variety of the trade, although he had
been organizing, with great energy,
conveys of grain of such magnitude,
and under circumstances so difficult, rs
almost to defy description; certainly,
at all events, the full fact never has
been overstated by any one, nor more
than bare justice done to the great ef-
forts made. We found at that time
from fifty to sixty native vessels at the
mouth of the Gunduek River, and 200
more i'm a steam run of thirteen miles
on another affiuent of the Gauges. A
hundred and five more, mostly from
Benares and MirZapore, and in many
cases from forty to fifty tons burden,
were anchored at a small place called
Khagaria, which would have been the
centre of operations if the Bengal fam
inc had continued another year. Some
were laden with rice, some with fodder,
some with salt, linseed, wheat, gunny-
bags, cotton, oat-straw, oil-seeds, to-
bacco, hardware, sugar, and so on.
The astOnishment with which one views
the number of these boats on the sacred
river is increased when one runs for
hours up the small-nullahs, or creeks,
and still finds no limit to the Won
derful industries, which are never more
markedly seen than in course of transit
by the river. On the banks of the
river, or rivulets, you see tobacco plan
tations, mostly European: a landscape
at places beautiful and green as an Eng
lish park, at others bearing marks OF
the devastation of the floods, or the
caprice of the stream, which often in a
day removes the landmarks of centu-
ries. Everywhere you see that you
are not among an idle but an industri-
Gus and wealth-producing people. How
little we know of all this.-JOhR ROut-
ledge.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-11-10

A popular error of countless ages of
duration has assigned to the heart fnnc-
tions which it has not, and cannot have
and the language of nearly all nations
has concentrated this delusion. In the
heart it places the passions and feel
ing of the mind, and hard heart a
bad heart, kind heart expresses in
brief terms the amount of the error,
which is ascribed to hollow muscular
organ, insensible under ordinary cir
cumstances, the great and noble, tender
passions which ornament or dishonor
humanity. But although such delu-
sions have been long gexploded-with the
scientific world-enough of interest at
taches to this organ to render it worthy
of all attention. Its mysterious, un-
eeasing rhythmic action, hitherto unex-
planned; the strength and peculiar char
acter of its muscular fibres; its supply
of nerves and nervous power from a
force which seems to remove il, and
does remove it from the control of the
mind or will, and the unknown ways
by which notwithstanding, it betrays
the secret feelings of the soul, becoming
the telltale of that of which team know
nothing; ali these are points which
give to its anatomy an interest second
only to the brain itself.