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River TeIexrams.

CAIRO, February l6.-ArriYed: Belle
Of Shreveport New Orleans, | a. m. j.
D. Parker, Memphis, 5 pm. Departed.
James D. Parker, Cincinnati, 2 an.
Weather clear and cool.
CINCINNATI, February l6.-River II
feet, 3 inches, and falling. Weather
clear.
PrTTsBURG, February l6.-River about
q feet at 6 pm.
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ANOTHER
TY

TO INVEST A FEW DOLLARS. WITH POS
SIBLE RETURNS or THOUSANDS. is OF
FEREDBY THEPOSTPONEMENT OFPUB-
Lie LIBRARY OF KY. TO THE 9TH OF
FEBRUARY.NEXT. OTHER FIFTH AND
LAST CONCERT AND DRAWING. THE
MANAGEMENT ARE PLEDGED TO THE
RETURN OF THE MONEY IF THE DRAW
ING SHOULD NOT COME OFF AT THE
DAY NOW APPOINTED.
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Saturday, eth Of March, 1875,
GROCERIES, ZOE BALE.
Stock Of Groceries for Sale.

I WILL SELL MY WELL SELECTED
i stock Of Groceries and Liquors, horse,
wagon, harness and one chest Of carpenter
tools, Also parl0r, bedroom and kitchen
furniture, 4
ON REASONABLE TERMS,
situated In one OF the best localities in the
city; Reasons for eellingi IN health. For
further Information apply 10
i. MEYERS,
Cor. Second and Chelsea sts.
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PUBLIc LIBRARY or KENTUCKY.

Death Of Gov. Decentralization Of
IA Trustees A Successor AID.
pOfnted-NO More POaepOnements
Drawing Certain February 27th.
At a meeting Of the Trustees Of the Public
Library Of Kentucky. January 16, 1875. 1t was
resolved that G. NJ. Briggs, ESQ.,, who under
the late Hon. Ihos. Z. Bramlette was the real
business manager of the gift concerts already
given in aid Of the Public Library of Ken
lucky. be and he is hereby authorized to take
the place made vacant by the death Of said
Bramlette, in the management of the affairs
Of the fifth and last gift concert, and that the
drawing announced for February ~, 1875,
shall positively and unequivocally take place
on that day without any further postponement
or delay on any account whateyerN
R. 7. DURRETT. President.
JOHN s. CAIN, Secretary.
Hereafter all communications relating to
the fifth concert should be addressed to the
undersigned. and / pledge myself that the
drawing shall come off February 9th or that
every dollar paid for tickets shall be returned.
0. NJ. BRIGGS. Agent and Manager,
Room 4 Public Library Building, Louisville.
KENTUCKY. l23-wks-1q
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NOTICE.

HAVING QUALIFIED AS THE ADMIN
IL istratrix Of d @ Cross. in the Probate
Court Of Shelby county. Tennessee, all cred
claims against the said estate in the time re-
quired BY law OF be forever barred in law and
equity. Claims may be presented and filed
with Il NJ Hearn, attorney, IS Madison street,
CATHERINE GROSS. Adm'x.
u N HEARN. Attorney. 1z7-1SS-lS9-il5
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Whole Tickets, $50; Halves, S25, Tenth. or
each Coupon, 49, Eleven whole tickets, sbOO.
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For Tickets OF information, address
THOS. n. BWAMLETrE,
Agent and Manager, Public Library Building,
Louisville. Ky.
For full information apply TO q. II, Samuel,
No. 8 West Court street Mompbis,
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NOTICE.
NOTICE.

A LII CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF
"A Moses Bottom. deceased. are hereby noti-
ned to present their claims to the undersigned
M Hearn, attorney. etc, IS Madison street, for
payment in the time required by law, or be
forever barred In law and equity.
LUELLA BOLTON,
Executrix Of M. Bolton, Decd.
EN- HFARN, Attorney. l27-1A-l3e-1B
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Trustees sale.

pY VIRTUE OF THE TERMS OF A DEED
- in trust 10 the undersigned executed on
the 9Th day Of. August, 1872, duly registered
In the Register ONCE q Shelby county, Ten
nessee. in Deed Book SO. page 5i8, to which
reference is made, l will, on
Saturday, 9Th Of March, 1876,
at the southeast corner Of Court Square, in
the city Of Memphis, Tennessee, sell 10 the
highest bidder, for cash, the property therein
described as follows, to-wit: A lot In Hills
subdivision IN Memphis, being the north part
OF lot 8, having q front Of 81 feet on Walnut
street; extending eastwardly In parallel lines
$50 feet 70 a l5-fo0t alley. See record Of Reg
isterg Office Of Shelby county, Book So, page
la9. Terms Of sale, cash.. Equity Of redemp-
tion barred.
OWEN DWYER. Trustee.
HuMEs 4 PosroS, Attorney. M5.xx.@
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HOUSE,

books BOUND AND MANUFACTURED
- from a PAAPaLHT % the HlsFsI sooK in
In quality or price.
Fiae Hiauh HoOhs = y eciaity.
kNl
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me subscription Psace 81 the
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-23
Tweed,s Change of Residence.

release from Blackwells Island, to be i'm
INJURED the same day in Ludlow Street Jail,
may seem no gain; but it is really great
one, all things considered. Tweed has not
recovered his liberty, but he has put off the
degrading striped dress of convicted crlmi-
nal he is no longer subjected to compul-
sorry labor, no longer forced to eat the food
doled out to felons and sleep in q narrow
cell, but is allowed to dress as he pleases, to
select any diet he can paw for, and to employ
his time according TO his inclination. He
also enjoys whatever grim satisfaction there
may be in the public humiliation of the Judge
who pronounced his illegal sentence and who
has been compelled by the unanimous deci-
sion Of the Court of Appeals to sign the order
for his release Revenge is sweet, and be-
sides enjoying this blow at Judge Davis judi
cial reputation Tweed has probably re-
volved in his mind the question of exacting
satisfaction for that part OF his inn
prisonment which the highest tribunal
of the State has declared to be illegal. Tweed
enjoys the change as he could not if it had
been the effect Of Executive clemency. To
be SCI free by the law is o very different thing
from pardon; and the fact that lis counsel
have been so successful in the great matter of
getting his heavy sentence annulled encour-
ages his confidence in their future efforts in
the new suits. 1t is therefore idle to assume
that Tweed does not think himself better
off than he was in his convict's suit on the
Island
After his release he was Immediately re
arrested on other indictments, but readily
found bail, which was accepted by Judge
Brady, who will next week hear motion to
quash the indictments. But he is
still held on the civil suit, and
was committed to Ludlow Street Jail in con-
sequence OF his inability to find bail for so
large q sum as three million dollars. Attempts
will be made to get the bail reduced, and if
they should succeed this great criminal will
again walk the streets. The wisest thing he
could do would be to give up all his ill-gotten
property and let the civil suit be dropped. If
he would but perform this fit act of
repentance and restitution the District
Attorney would no doubt enter q
noIle proSsq,d against the new indictments and
his fellow citizens would spread a mantle Of
charity over the past. We wish his counsel
would have the magnanimity to forego their
fees and give him this good advice.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-23
A Few Political conundrums.

few months ago Tammany Hall presented
picture Of harmony and br2therly love
gratifying to behold The big chiefs, John
Kelly and John Morrissey, were sworn
brothers in arms. A word uttered against
Dlorrssey was certain to draw forth the in
dlgnant censure of Kelly, while an insinua-
ton against Kelly in the presence of the pow
erful statesman associated with him in such
close traternal ties met with yet more forci-
BILE rebuke. Every one remembers with what
unanimity the nomination of "My candidate
for the Mayoralty was Endorsed by Morrissey
and his short haired braves, and how amiably
Kelly pattei on the back the nomination of
the gallant young Jenny Hayes for Register.
Every one remembers, too, the fattering COM
pliments that passed between the chivalrous
Tilden, the candidate for Governor, and the
jovial Wickham the candidate for Mayor, and
how these associates on the democratic ticket
sang each others praises and fguratively
kissed each other on both cheeks during the
entire canvass. The billing and cooling be-
tween the Plymouth church saints in the
happy days before the out-leaking of the scan
dial was tame as compared with the affection
displayed at the loye-feasts Of the turtle
doves of Tammany.
What has changed all this harmony into
discord? Why do we find the chivalrous Til
den biting his thumb at the jovial Wickham,
the jovial Wickham growing hot and red in
denunciation of the perfdy and lmpudence Of
the chivalrous Tilden? Why does the solid
oil lxy md fa,,i ri 81
his political foster brother Morrissey, and
why does Morrissey knit his brows, double
his massive fists and significantly square his
brawny shoulders as he defes the new Boss
and his brother disciplinarians of the Wig
wan? Why does the Sheriff, heretofore John
Kellys friend, shut himself up for three hours
in private chamber of the Finance Depart
ment before the Governors signature is placed
at the foot Of his '1ittle bills" which clay
OUT the Mayors marshals and add thou
sands upon thousands to the annual profits
Of the Sheriff's Officer Why does the
| powerful statesman Morrissey take his
brains into daily and protracted consultations
with the arch enemy Of Tammany Comptrol-
Ter Green? Why does the Senator from the
Fourth" who is at present outside of Tam
many, fly for consolation to John Kelly, Tam
many's "Boss, " as soon as the Governor, under
the influence Of Green and Morrissey, kills
the Police Justices bill? Do all these portents
foretolzen coming storm in Tammany? Do
they threaten democratic combination out
side Tammany and a reconstruction inside
Tammany? These are questions of interest
! TO the ward politicians, and We leave them to
1 furnish the answers. Such intricate political
conundrums are too deep for ordinary intel
lects. The brains that run corner groceries
and manage primaries alone are competent to
\ prnpple with and solve them.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-23

They used to put down in the surgical al.
manacs, at the period when in the course OF
nature cherries should be ripe and cherry
trees loaded, "About this time look for boys
with broken arms" Our city surgeons com.
monty have as much practice in gunshot
wounds after a Fourth OF July as falls to the
share of the army doctors after a moderate
battle /; and the warm weather always gives
fair share of practice in the athletic exercise
of resusctating half-drowned humanity.
Although Death has, as POLITICALLY observed, all
seasons for his own, he adopts a different
style for each, and comes in shapes appro-
pirate to the time. 1t would appear from late
experience that we are now to have our warm
weather scare of hylrophobia as regularly aa
we used to have o scare of cholera for the
same season. Hydrophobia we may have and
do have, and it is not perceptible how we can
avoid an occasional case, until society al
large makes war on dogs and exterminatea
the species; and then cats and foxes
and wolves will remain to do what
they may as substitutes for the friend
of man. And so long as there is hydrophobia
it will have the spurious and in certain aspects
most ridiculous double hydrophobic mania,
the delusion in which men brighten them
selves to death with the fancy that they have
been bitten by rabid animals, case of which
has already come this summer as several
came last summer That there is disease in
these cases is probable enough, but not by
drcphobia. There is evidently disordered
brain, tending to mania in all probability,
and the character of the mania is determined
by bite received, which would be otherwise
harmless. and the apprehensions in regard to
it. upon which the victim broods day and
night. People should not permit themselves
to accept on any terms notion SO contrary
to ages of experience as that hydrophobia can
be given by the bite OF dog not evidently
rabid.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-23
SWITZERLAND AND THE CrSrrSSrar.-Tbe

SWITZERLAND AND THE CENTENNIAL. The
action Of the Swiss govern nent in securing
representation for that model and genuine
Republic ct the Centennial Exhibition in
Philadelphia will give great satisfaction to
our people. There is no country in which we
feel 50 deep an interest as in Switzerland
The Swiss have been the pioneers Of freedom
in Europe They have always shown their
friendship for the United States, friendship
that was never so clearly manifested as when
Mr. Staempfi, a former President of the
Swiss Confederation, became member Of the
Geneva Arbitration. The contribution of
Switzerland in the great exhibitions Of Europe
was rich and varied in its character and
largely calculated to add to the fame OF that
interesting country. We know Of no nation
whose cooperation would be more heartily
welcomed than Switzerland, and the renewed
interest shown in our labors BY the Swiss
people and the authorities Of the Republic is
the most gratifying event in the history Of
the Centennial Exhibition.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-23

of a summer opportunity to make their
fame in the metropolis. The excursions on
the river are attractions which might be
largely increased. Altogether there is no
reason in the world why we should treat New
York as desolate city for three months in
the year. We should have our summer season
as they have in Paris and in London. In
time this metropolis would be as much an OBJ
ject Of interest and curiosity to the inhab-
itants of other States during the summer as
it is now during the busiest weeks of the
winter
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-23
the Laborers and the Politicians.

The reduction Of the pay Of city laborers
from two dollars to one dollar and sixty cents
for days work Of eight hours, however it
may operate, has at least supplied the ward
politicians with fruitful subject for discussion.
1t is a touching sight to behold all the old,
willy political office-holders and office-seekers
moved almost to tears by the thought Of the
injustice inflicted on the laboring classes by
the movement. 1t is gratifying to mark the
stern sense Of justice which demands that the
Mayor, the Comptroller, the Corporation
Counsel, the Commissioner Of Public Works
and other well fattened feeders at the public
crib shall first give up portion Of their own
large salaries before they begin, in the name
of economy, to cut down the pittance of the
daily laborer OF course the champions
of the working classes are entirely hon
est and disinterested in their present
advocacy of the higher rate of wages. OF
course they have no Interior and selfish OBJ
iect to subserve in making loud-mouthed
speeches denunciatory Of the oppressors Of
the sons Of toll Oh, mo- Their names
prove that they have always been the friends
of the laborers, and have aided them most
literally out Of their enormous private fer
tunes and their abundant professional and
business profits in the hour Of need. Some Of
these champions have, indeed, held well-paid
public offices themselves and Of course they
have been foremost in giving up portion Of
their own remuneration, including back pay,
for the benefit of the poor, undergrad work
ingmen.
In these times it must certainly be no easy
task for a man with o family to exc
out q bare subsistence on two dollars
day. At the same time the city
is burdened with heavy taxation, and
under our present miserable financial policy,
producing sufIocation of all the business in
terests of the metropolis real estate own
ers are being rapidly driven to bankruptcy.
Without discussing the justice or injustice,
the ezpediency or inexpediency Of the roduc-
ton Of the pay Of the city laborer, we would
offer practical suggestion which may solve
the difficulty and relieve the poor, oppressed
laborer. Let the champions Of the higher
rate Of wages subscribe ont Of their ample
means to O fund to make up the difference in
the pay between one dollar and sixty cents
and two dollars day. We are certain that
Fernando Wood, John Morrissey and Charles
w. Brooke, who have SO earnestly advocated
the cause Of the oppressed workingman,
will head the list with a handsome subscrip-
ton, such as their ample fortunes enable
them to give.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-23

PREVALENCE OF CRrME.-The summer has
been unusually and disagrceably prolific Of
crime. Scarcely day passes without our
readers being shocked by the account Of some
terrible tragedy that combines the most hor-
rible circumstances Of murder. Now il Is a
Jealous husband shooting his wife and making
partial compensation by turning his pistol
against himself. On another occasion dis
carded lover seeks to avenge himself on tho
fair one who has dismissed him by killing
her. Boys play with deadly weapons in the
most reckless manner, and occasionally use
them to punish their comrades for some
trifing afIront aud as for the barroom
ARRAYS, their name is Legion. Burglary seems
also TO lie on the increase, and some cases Of
actual highway robbery are reported. The
lax administration Of our criminal laws is re-
spousible for this sad state Of af'lrs. few
examples Of swift and severe punishment
would 20 farther toward checking this cpl
dcmlc Of crime than the entire body Of phi
lanthropists, who believe only in persuasive
and gentle measures.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-23
The sioux Commission.

The State Department is acting wisely in
hurrying forward detachment OF the Sioux
Commissioners. 1t is of the first importance
that they should arrive in time to prevent any
hostile acts on the part Of the tribes which
might result from q misunderstanding on
their part as to the intentions Of the govern
ment II might even be well for the Commits
sioners and the State Department to endeavor
to settle the Indians in the Black Hills coun-
try instead Of inducing them to abandon it
to the white man. II is time that the policy
of determination hitherto pursued against the
red man should cease and an honest endeavor
be made to civilize the few remaining tribes.
The proper way to proceed would be to give
up the absurd idea Of treating the Indians as
independent powers. What they need is the
strong hand Of a patcrnal government, aiding
and protecting them in their first steps toward
civilization. II has been frequently urged,
with much show Of reason, that the proper
course to pursue would be TO induce the In
dams to adopt pastoral life, and 50 gradually
wean them from the wild life they at present
lead. It might repay the country TO make
this pastoral experiment in the Black Hills,
where all the conditions necessary to success
seem to exist.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-23

The sensitiveness of the jury in the
Beecher case is as remarkable in itself as in
the manner Of its expression. While we
may doubt the wisdom of Mr.. Beach in
creating on antagonism with the arbiters
Of his clients cause we see no. reason why
his course should prejudice the case, how
ever il may affect the advocate. At the same
time it must be admitted that the provo
cation he received was unusual, and the at
titude of some members Of the jury was
to say the least of it, extraordinary. We can
not reclll another instance in an impor-
tant trial where juror openly sneered
at counsel during the argument, and
the anxiety Of the jury TO force
an issue when no issue was necessary
is unprecedented. Mr.. Hull's address to the
Court was as much an impertinence to the
Bench as TO the advocate. Had it come dur
ing one of Mr.. Beachs outbursts Of the pre-
vious days Of his argument its spontaneity
would have been its justification. As it was,
days interviewed between the reproois Of coun-
sci and the resentment Of the juror. Mr..
Beachs argument on Monday was confined
strictly to the case, and the remarkable scene
which mark ed the close of the days proceed
ings wears the air Of previous preparation and
rehearsal. The whole thing seems like trick,
and is in itself some justification of the manner
in which it was met. Though jury is not
10 be supposed to be controlled one way or the
other by the petulance Of counsel there is
something in Mr. Beach's attitude that looks
like deliberate throwing away OF his client s
cause, and we cannot conceive of lawyer of
so much eminence assuming it without very
grave reasons for his action. The scene in
the Court yesterday morning goes to
strengthen this view, though it is far from
explaining either the outbreak or its cause.
The scnsitiveness Of the jury would not have
been 50 remarkable, as we before remarked, If
it had shown itself when Mr.. Beach
first impugned the motives of jurors,
but it did not come till so long
after the occasion for its manifestation
had passed away that it could not be met in
any other way. Either the counsel for the
plaintiff believe that the jury has been i'm
properly approached or they have heedlessly
attempted to throw away their case on q false
assumption. 1t viii thus be seen that new
gu stion has arisen in this disgraceful case,
not less disgracatul than the case itself. Such
an issue, openly raised in court, though il
must necessarily be the subject Of judicial
investigation, has its public aspects with
which no journal can foil to deal.
Whatever may be the truth in the
matter or what the result Of the inquiry that
u sure to be made, it cannot be denied that
the effect will be mischievous. 1t is the re
suit OF trial unnecessarily prolonged with
testimony taken under rules of evidence
which compelled every witness to become an
photographer. One-half of the evidence on
both sides is tainted with personal animus,
and sneering and complaining jury is not
an unnatural consequence of trial where the
testimony is only intended as the basis Tor in
ypctive
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-23

The AMABLE COMPTROLLER has availed
himself of provision in the charter to ap.
point Registrar of Licenses" and to create
license bureau, which will cost the city prob
ably twenty thousand dollars year. The
business of issuing licenses has heretofore
been done by the Mayors marshals, without
additional expense. But then Mr.. Green's
amiability suggests that he should take aa
much labor as possible away from the Mayor,
and especially that he should supply his
leading Albany lobbyist with fat Office ct
the public expense now that his labors at the
capital are ended. To be sure the taxpayers
have to pay; but then they had to pay Park
Commissioner Green's expenses at Albany
and in Europe while he was drawing o salary
aud extras to the tune of nearly ten thousand
dollars q year out of their pockets at the
same time.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-23

The TESTIMONY Of Police Sergeant John r.
Groo in relation to panel houses in the Eighth
precinct is disgraceful 70 the authorities
Of great city. In one house in
Mercer street robbery after robbery occurred
TO the knowledge Of the police, and yet
10 arrests were made, and the inmates Of the
house were undisturbsd. The charges Of this
officer against Captain Williams and Detective
Terwilliger are directand positive, and include
blackmailing as well as disregard Of official
duty. If even a part Of what the officer says
is true the people have more to fear from the
police than from the thieves and burglars,
who seem to be tie mere victims Of police
robbery.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-23

General Charles W. Roberts for Governor and
passed series Of commendable resolutions,
the most striking Of which is one advocating
single Presidential term. The refusal to
indorse the financial policy Of the Ohio de-
mocracy was wise, and we hope it is only the
first step toward the abandonment Of the IN
sound notions Of political economy fostered
by Western democrats