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RPAIH.

Madrid, Feb. 19.-The following ap-
pOintment Of Spanish ministers abroad is
announced: SenOr RANGES, to England;
Bedmar, to Russia; Merry, to Germany;
Cecilia, to Italy, and Petnan, to Austria.
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"JOHN, am afraid you have been for
getting me, said bright-eyed girl 10 her
sweetheart the other day. "Yes, Sue, I
have been for getting you these TWO
years"
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THE Oldest man in New York is an
Irishman named Edward McGOyern, who
is 100 years old, and a farmer. This New
y Ork Hibernian NestOr lives at Harlem.
lie was born the same year with Napoleon,
Wellington, and several other Irishmen
not so well known i'm history.
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PORT AU PRINCE.
Great FIre-TWO Millions or Property
Destroyed and 200 Families Rem
dered Homeless.

aGEEa AAOAAAEHEAaa
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-The steamship
Alps arrived today, bringing intelligence
Of fire at Port an Prince on the night Of
Feb. II. About 1870 p. N. the FIRE broke
out in the city, and in a short time the
flames Illuminated the heavens for miles
around. Pieces Of burning wood fell on
the deck Of the Alps, about a mile and a
half from shore. The houses were pnnci-
pally wood and very dry, and, with a
scarcity Of water and only three small en-
gines with hose about garden size, it was
impossible to combat the flames. The
amount Of damage is estimated at two mil
lion dollars. TwO-thirds Of the city has
been burned to tine ground, and 600 or 100
families rendered homeless. The fire is
thought to have originated from the explO-
sion Of a barrel Of kerosene. The fire was
still burning when the Alps left.
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100000 TO POLICY.HOLDgRS

since its OrganiZ iZation-
Those who wish 20 patrCnizc a ZONE c0reuanF
organized upOn a solid basis and cOnseryat lTeiy
managed, viii find the Equitable, OF Nashville,
worthy Of their confidence. my3O IV lisp.
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TENNESSEE BONDS unchanged in
New York, closing yesterday at 90.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-02-20
THE RAILROAD WAR.
Further Reductions by the Baltimore
and Ohio.

BALTIMORE, Feb. l9.-There are no
new developments in the railroad war to-
day, except the following reduction by the
Baltimore and Ohio in passenger fares:
From Baltimore to Kansas City reduced
from S34 to S26; TO Memphis, Tenn, from
S34.25 to S2G.25; to Nashville from S27. .45
to $40. -; TO New Orleans from SAG 10 S3S.
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GOLD closed in New York yesterday
at Il42.
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EQUITABLE
Fire Insurance Co..
No. IA North Cherry St,
NASHVILLE, TENN.
CAPITAL, S1,OOO,OOO'
TWENTY PER CENT PAID Up
". W. BERRY, Prss't. WI A. WEBB, Sec'
JNO. PORTERFIELD, Yioe-Prezidsut
DIRECTORS.

VyHIs WELL-KNOWN COMPANY cor
4 tinues 70 insure property against loss OF dam
sge by fire. It's usefulness ard willingness Q
meet It's engagements have been shown 5y the
navmant OF nrar
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DENTIST ballad-"O. who can tell the
jaws we feel?'
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THE Beecher-Tilton literature has injuT-
ed the sale of comic almanacs this year.
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FOREIGN.
Spanish Ministers Appointed.
81 Lives Lost by the Burning
of a Match Factory.

Temporary Successor for Bis
marck.
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WASHINGTON.

The Texas and Pacific Railroad
Bill Reported.
Refusal to Recommend the Re-
peal of the Poland
Gag Law.
A Compromise with the Pacific
Railroad Companies.
Leading Liberals COnferring as to
the Future of Politics.
Bill for the Improvement of the
Mouth Of the Mississippi.
The War upon the Associated
Press.
The Texas and Pacific Railroad Rfu
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Gen. COburn has been for several davs
watching his chance to offer his caucus bay
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IlIWU - Us NWNINWI 7 7 ~ ." % N
Future Of Politics.

There have gathered here during the
week a number of leading Liberals from
New Y ork and other States. Their con-
sultati0ns with Senators FentOn aud Schurz
are observable. The conferences do not
appear to be confined exclusively to them
selves, but to include quite a nImber of
prominent gentlemen, VITO, though not
having sympathized with the Cincinnati
movement, seem to be fully in accord with
the opinions there announced, which they
suppose to be tending to Independent pO-
liUcal action by the people.
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Leading Liberals COnferring as t
the Future of Politics.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

vagabonds who fourished during the war,
have taken possession of the party. plat
form was adopted that is an insult to every
American for Americans care little about
what Pennsylvania thinks of the manage
ment of the State treasury; they care much
about its record upon imitation
This is a sad spectacle, and all we can do
is to appeal to the better sense of the people.
AS it is, General Grants position as a repub-
lican candidate has been strengthened
beyond measure by this Pennsylvania action
1t is just possible that the vagabond political
tramps may come into power. This will
never be if the wiser sense Of the Pennsyl-
vanians is aroused to the true meaning of
the declarations of the Convention and the in
finite danger to the credit of this great Re-
public if these declarations should be sup
ported by the American people.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11
Moody and sankey.

Moody and Sankey have begun their great
revival work in this country We cannot
doubt that the success which attended their
efforts in England also awaits them here, and
we are equally certain that Christian people
of every denomination will wish them 'God-
speed" in their undertaking. Strictly speak
ing, there is nothing sectarian in their en-
deavors, and if we considered only the moral
advantages to be derived from their teach
ings we would be compelled to encourage
them in their work. There never was time
when higher sense of the value of moral
and Christian obligations was so necessary as
it is now. Our politics are sordid and COR
rupt, and even business principles are want
ing in business men. The teachings of re-
ligion and the chidings of conscience seem
to have lost their hold upon the hearts of the
people. This downward tendency of public
and private morality is not only to be depre-
Gated, but, if possible, to be remedied.
Only great awakening can show the
people the dangers of their situa-
tion or make them earnestly strive
against the evils which surround and threaten
to destroy them. A religious revival, come
in whatever form it may, will prove a bless
ing; but from H0Aother source is it probable,
at this time, except from the two distin-
guished evangelists whose efforts at quicken
ing the consciences of men had such re-
markable results abroad. 1t will be seen
from our news columns that their beginning
is an auspicious one, the little town of North
field, in Massachusetts, pulsating with
a religious fervor that seems to spring
from the personal magnetism of these effec-
tive workers in the Masters vineyard. In a
few weeks we may expect one or other of the
great cities to become the chief field of their
operations, and it is to be anticipated that
their evangelizing influence will spread all
over the country. In any event their labors
will be watched with great interest by all
classes and become as much the theme of
public and private comment here as they
were in England.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

THE COMING FASHIONS. s.-Those old fogies
who have groaned as they saw their
wives and daughters shrink before their
eyes from the full proportions of the
hoop skirt of twelve or fifteen years ago, to
the present skimped 'tie-back" skirt will
now have new grievance. The Paris
fashion makers are about to introduce geo.
metrical, geological and floral designs on
dresses, and Mrs. Grundy will presently ap-
pear in brocade gown, sprinkled profusely
with lions, tigers panthers, griffins, monsters
and chimeras dire The mother of family
will present rather startling spectacle to
her younger children, arrayed in such q
dress, or in another 'exquisitely pretty" in
which various insects arc introduced = but
this new mode will enable careful mammas
TO unite self-gratifcation with the instruction
of their children, by illustrating their dresses
with objects natural and artificial and making
a kind of kindergarten of themselves We
read of a "most lovely pattern" the princi-
pal figures in which are keys, about three
inches long
The New York herald., 1875-09-11
Gold Going Up.

The Ohio inhationists did not greatly
alarm the country but the concurrence in
their movement of the Pennsylvania dem
ocrats on Thursday bears fruit at once. The
prudent part of the public begins to take
alarm. Gold, which stood at 14s on We'd
nesday, reached II yesterday, with ten
dency upward and the strength given to
the imitation movement by the Pennsylvania
democratic platform is the topic of anxious
discussion in bank parlors and among con-
servative men on the street. The general
opinion seems to be that gold will be higher
before it is lower and spectators,
as is but natural, are already trimming
their sails to take advantage of this breeze
They will do all they can to exaggerate the
natural propulsion upward; and if the
democrats carry Ohio we may see an attempt
to make another corner in gold
The inevitable result of this condition of
things is to cause prudent men to lock up
their capital to avoid all ventures and en-
terprises whatever and to make the times
even more stringent than they already are
with what it pleases the demagogues TO call
"money" even more abundant and more per-
sistently withheld from active use. This
is the natural result of the imitation
movement, and we call the attention Of all
worlingmen, mechanics and tradespeople to
this fact, that the politicians who lend them
selves to the initiation movement are prepar-
ing hard winter for the poor and for all who
live upon legitimate industry. As for the
spectators they have before them the pros
pect of lively times and of great gains, That
is what the initiation movement means.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

JAPAN has taken steps to give full posses
sion of Saghalien Island to Russia, who
in exchange transfers to Japan the Kurile
group. Two American citizens we're arrested
while travelling within the treaty limits of
Yokohama by the japanese and sent back to
the foreign settlement. 1t is to the credit of
the Japanese government that this outrage
was inquired into and punished before any
complaint was made, which is pleasing
evidence that the authorities at Jeddo act in
good faith.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

THE RAPID Transit COMMISSIONERS have re-
turned to work and will be ready to hear the
engineers report next week. SO far they
have discharged their difficult duty in a way
to give general satisfaction. The need for
rapid transit is too great to admit of any fur
ther delay in securing it, and any well-con-
sidered proposition recommended by the
Commissioners is pretty certain to be
adopted. The interest felt in this question
is shown by the appearance of the venerable
Peter Cooper on the scene with his PROPOSE
tion to secure rapid transit by railway
moved by an endless rope. 1t is always pleas
ant to see the kindly face of Mr.. Cooper and
to note his unceasing interest in the welfare
of the city ; but we confess we are glad that
we will not have to depend upon his coil of
endless rope for our future travel. Mr..
Cooper's plan would drag too much.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

The mississippi Captain Eads' PROPOSE
ton to increase the depth of the Mississippi at
its bar by system of jetties does not meet
with universal approval from the body Of
engineers. There is the usual disagreement
among the doctors, and the public must wait
until time solves the question. The Cap
tain, however, has sufficient confidence in
the success Of his plan to undertake the
work with the condition that in case he fails
he is to receive nothing.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11
Another Nile Notable.

1t is reported by the Atlanta Herald that
General Joseph E. Johnston, the distin-
guished Confederate commander has ac-
cepted the position of Commander-in-C Chief
of the Egyptian army that he will receive a
bonus of one hundred thousand dollars and
an annual salary of twenty-five thousand
dollars, and that he now accepts the post
after having repeatedly refused it. If this
report be true the Khedive has secured the
services of most accomplished and capable
soldier, and if victory should not favor his
colors in the wars he has to apprehend it will
not be for the want of military talent in his
commander. General Johnston is not only
the ablest living soldier produced on the
Southern side in our great war, but, in the
opinion of persons who have closely studied
the conflict he is the ablest soldier that APP
peared on the scene, from first to
last, in support of the Southern
cause and the only Southern General
of great conceptions in strategy. No
thoughtful Southerner will ever be able
to free his mind from painful reflections of
what might have been if the conduct of the
war had been thoroughly in Johnston s
hands-and the North must always rejoice
that there was q JEFF Davis to thwart him.
With the many admirers of Johnstons tall
ents as a soldier his character also stands
high, because he fought, as he understood it,
for his country and freedom Different views
may be taken now, as he seems to become q
mere soldier of fortune in an Oriental SER
vice; but against the antique prejudice on
this point it tends to become more and
more recognized that war is an inevita-
bic fact in the progress of nations from old
to new conditions, and that it is one of the
more than human economies to have it con-
Quoted on scientific principles. There WILL
moreover, be no wars there but such as his
friends might envy General Johnston tho
chance to assist in; for the Khedive will do
no fighting of consequence till he is COM
PEELED to defend against Turkey his own
declaration of independence.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

The PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS must be set
down as a very badly conducted set of gen
vention as at all representative. The scenes
of confusion enacted during the election of
State officers were well calculated to injure
the party in public estimation.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

CUBA Valmaseda is evidently unhappy.
Failing to crush Maxine Gomez he has turned
upon the Mayor of Havana and humbled
that functionary to the dust 1t is evident
he aims at establishing a purely personal
government and will have no exhibitions of
independence on the part of subordinates.
Even Zulueta, the leader of the slave power,
is dissatisfied and naturally resents blow
struck at his Office while he remains the
incumbent. From the seat of war we
learn the significant news that the head
quarters of the Spanish troops are to be
placed on the lines Of railway. This new
order will compel the abandonment of meny
strategic points through the interior, which
the Spaniards have preserved with their
native tenacity. Everything, however, points
TO the final disruption Of Spanish power in
the island. Day by day the torch of the in
surgents increases the area of devastation,
and by the end of the year there will be few
sugar plantations to fight for, SO that Spain
is losing blood and treasure in the vain
effort to restore her broken rule.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

CHINA AND ENGLAND Great Britain is dis
playing her usual promptness and decision
in dealing with people who fail in respect to
or insult the national flag Mr. Wade, the
Minister, has demanded satisfaction and is
reported to have left for Pekin where he
will, if necessary, present England's ulti-
mofuun
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

The AMERICAN RESIDENTS at Rome yester-
day presented Cardinal McCloskey with a
costly token of their esteem. Perhaps the
pleasantest feature of the'afiair was the join
inc in of Protestant Americans to do honor
to the first American Cardinal This was a
graceful acknowledgment of the compliment
paid to this country by the Pope in confer
ring the red hat on Cardinal McCloskoy.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

THE HERzEGovNLAN TROUBLE does not wear
80 serious an aspect as it did some days ago.
Efforts are being made by outside parties to
restore peace, and there is reason to hope
they may succeed. 1t is rather a curious
sight TO see the Pope interesting himself to
save the Sultan, but it is not the less trpe
that the Catholic priests in the disturbed
districts have been advised from Rome to
counsel subr :ssion.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

WHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED The Eueninq
la,i, commenting upon the several de-
spatches in the HERALD from California,
says Mot a line about this meeting which
was the most remarkable popular demonstra-
ton known since the time of the Vigilance
Committee in 1856, appears in any of the
dispatches of the Associated Press. The
HERALD, as usual, has its own news and gives
the resolutions in full. Why is it alone
among the morning papers in this respect p
The answer to this question is very simple.
1t is because the HERALD makes its own news
arrangements and carries them out in its own
way, and is not governed as to what it shall
or shall not print by any news combination
to which it may belong.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Stocks were un-
settled and in some instances lower. Gold
advanced to III, after opening at 1l55.
Foreign exchange was feyerish and money in
demand at and per cent.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

ria's yacht, returned verdict of accidental
death, but tackled on to it were a few lines
that sounded very like censure for Hes
Majesty the Queen.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11
NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PROPRIETOR

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.-on and
after January /, 1875, the daily and weekly
editions of the NEW YORK HERALD will be
sent free Of postage.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

From oar reports this morning the probabilities
are that the ,oeather to-day 11iH be cooi and clear
or partly cloudy.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

INTERESTING information of the progress
and development of Newport will be found
in letter from that fashionable watering
port like all other places, has felt the result
of the hard times, and there has been mani-
tested tendency to lower prices consider
ably, but there is everywhere promise of
future prosperity.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

BISHOP HARE was yesterday up for exam-
ination before the Red Cloud Investigating
Committee. His testimony was marked by its
absolute impartiality, and was very note
worthy as supporting Dir. Marsh on many
important points.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11
ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

METROPOLITAN THEATRE
Nos 5S5 and 5S7 Broadway.-yARIETY, AT p. NJ Matt
The New York herald., 1875-09-11
WITH SUPPL K NJ Z n T

NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER Il, 1875.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

MODEL POLICE. testimony given yes
terday by policeman James Walters entities
that individual to instant promotion. A man
with his peculiar views of life and cons
duct ought not to be merely police
man, he should be captain. Under
a system of police administration which
seeks to protect the criminal rather than the
citizen it is eminently proper that James
Walters should be policeman if not a
police commissioner. He has in him
the stuff to make great man. and all
he wants is an opportunity. We think the
talents Of such man ought not to be wasted
in the police force. He needs wider scope,
and we think the Commissioners ought ia
see to it that he be sent away.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

VOLUME ........................N0. 254
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

LYCEUM THEATRE,
fourteenth street-French Opera Bouffe-MADAME
LARCHIDUC, at 8 p NJ Matinee at 80 r. NJ.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PRoPRIEToR
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.-On and
after January /, 1875, the daily and weekly
editions of the NEW YORK HERALD will be
Ient free Of postage.
THE DAILY HERALD, published every
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Twelve dollars per year, or one dollar per
month, free of postage, to subscribers.
All business or news letters and telegraphic
dispatches must be addressed NEW YORK
HERALD.
Letters and packages should be properly
scaled
Rejected communications will not be re-
turned.
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HERALD-NO. 4G FLEET STREET.
PARIS OFFICE-NO. 81 AVENUE DE
LOPERA.
Subscriptions and advertisements will be
received and forwarded on the same terms
rs in New York
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON And EVENING.
METROPOLITAN THEATRE,
Nos 5s5 and 5s7 Brosdway.-yARIETY, at p NJ Matt
LYCEUM THEATRE,
RmbU ;tTseFfn's s aaoss n 5 p NJ
HOWE & cUsnING's CIRCUS.
loot OF Houston street. East Rver-Aternoon and evening
ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
ffL MoRLD Pss' E4E
Matinee At 80 z. NJ.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs,
Neg opera oase Broadga corner Of street.
A. . 4. NJ. Matinee At : T. NJ
AMERICAN INSTITUTE,
Third avenue-Day and evening.
BOOTHS THEATRE,
Twenty third Sixth ayenue-RICHARD at
sP NJ Mr. Barry sullivan. Matinee 80 NJ
DARLING's OPERA HOUSE,
Twenty-thrd street and sixth avenue-CoTToN REEDS
MINsfRELs, at p NJ; closes at 10 P NJ Matinee at 80
OLYMPIC THEATRE,
624 Broadway-NARIETY, 7. NJ. closes 10 40
p. NJ. Matinee at p. NJ.
GILMoRE's SUMNER GARDEN. -.
CERT ats ar NJ doses at II
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART,
No 12s West Fourteenth stree-opcn from 10 A NJ to-
TIvOLI THEATRE.
Eighth street, Third avenae,-yARIETY, atsPN II.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
TRSpE Ts" Il Y as q % 30 SPEM
soledad linda y Moron- Matinee at 30 Z NJ
No 72s Broadway.yARIETY at P. NJ: closes at lo'45
2. NJ. Matinee at ? ?. N.
PARK THEATRE.
LAR, p. Mr.. and Mrs Florence. Matinee at 80
COLONEL Sims PARK THEATRE,
Brooklyn.-VARIETY at p. NJ. closes at 10 AS p. NJ.
Matinee at ? P. NJ.
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.
THEODORE THOMAS CONCERT at Z p NJ
WALLACKiS THEATRE
Broadway and Thirteenth street English Comic operS-
G. H. Macdermott. Matinee at 30 +. NJ
THEATRE COMtQUE
No 514 Broadway-NARIETY, +. NJ; closes at 10 As
=. NJ. Matinee at 2. NJ.
WOODS MUSEUM.
Thirtieth street.-SIN AND SORROW,
N2P NJ FACE TO FACE at z. NJ; closes at 10:45
Z. NJ.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE,
Eighth avenue Of Twenty third stree-MERCHANT
OF VENICE and OLIVER TWIST . p. NJ; closes IL
7. NJ. Z. L. Davenport Matinee 80 =. VI.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
Irving place and Fourteenth street.-AROUND TIL
WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS p. NJ closes at ii p. NJ
Matinee at 80 Z. NJ.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

GRAND OPERA HOUSE,
Eighth avenue of Twenty third street-MERCHANT
OF VENICE and OLIVER TWIST, a r. NJ closes a 1
=. NJ. +. L. Davenport. Matinee AT 80 r. VI.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

HOWE & CUsUING'S CIRCUS
foot Of Houston East RyerAernoon and evening
performances.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS
New Opera House. Broadway Of Twenty stree
At p NJ. Matinee , T. NJ.
The New York herald., 1875-09-11

PACIFIC MAn~-As our dispatches show
we are to have a revival of the Pacific Mail
scandal, arising from the desire of the COM
pany to recover seven hundred and fifty
thousand dollars which, it is alleged, Mr.
w. S. King knew something about. The
probabilities that any considerable portion Of
the money will ever be recovered are very
slight. 1t may, however, be worth while to
teach the old lesson that no matter how sue
cessful dishonesty may be for while it tsooncr
or lalor rccolKos m.rlLnl nnnialment.