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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-04-02
NEW TO-
List Of Letters

DEMAINING IN THE posTOFFICE 1T
IL Ruby Hill, Nevada, on the LIST day Of
April, 1873. Persons calling for any OF
these letters will please say Advertised
April I'd. 1875"
Armstrong X Bailey J NJ
Bralaior Nickless Copp Herbert j
Cookley aim Davey Nicklas
Edwards j Joseph A Farren James
Fowler Eliza Griffith w ii
Howard Chris Hulburt Geo NJ
Huges VIM johnson
Kelly Hugh-2 keogan Patrick-2
i.auso on j ohm Met. eod John
Muahain John Mott ton Thomas
Melon u John L O'Brien Thomas
O'Brien Patrick U'Brien John
nichard Edwin Rehon thomas
neal John = Smith 4 Perry
Stum Adam Y-2 Ticrney Patrick
n iiIlam " illiams
az c.. SCHULTZ. P. NJ.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-04-02

The worst storm for years has pre-
vailed east Of the North Platte to-day.
Six or seven inches Of wet snow has
fallen, accompanied by a very high
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

ganization is known to be political and secret
in its character. q Its members use their army
record for selfish political purposes. Tho
true soldiers of the North and South have
forgotten everything of the past except its
glory, and they think only of their opponents
as chivalrous and brave men. We never
hear of this Grand Army of the Republic ex-
cept when it makes the mischief that is talk
ing place in Illinois The business of its
leaders seems to be to fan the expiring flame
of civil wrath and diligently seek offices. An
act like this in Illinois, this rejection of the
kindness and courtesy of Mr.. Davis, will do
more toward exasperating the South and in
tensfying the bitterness of feeling which it
has long been the aim of patriotic men, with
out distinction of section or party, to extin-
guish than anything that has occurred for a
long time There is not true Southern man
who took part in the Confederacy who will
not feel that he cannot be welcome in any
community which renounces the President
of his Confederacy as an ''archtraitor and
coward.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

the Middle Ages have nothing so pa
thetic as the captivity of Thusnelda.
| No Roman matron, not even Calpurnia or
! Octavia, could have brought greater honor to
her husband than this captive German wife
/ conferred on Armin after her fathers treach-
cry compelled her to grace the triumph of
Germanicus. In poetry as well as in patriot
ism the story of hero and heroine is alike
satisfactory. Any nation situated as Ger
many is to-day would have seized upon it
with avidity and held it up to the world in
all the prisnatic colors of national vanity
and exultation. This is what Germany did on
the Grotenburg yesterday, and of all peoples
in the world we at this moment can best un-
derstand the feelings of pride and gladness
which entered into this German celebration.
No nation could have taken q wilder delight
in great opportunity than we took in Con-
cord and Lexington and Mecklenburg and
Bunker Hill; and so we can almost join in
tho song of thanksgiving which echoed
through the Teutoburger- Wald yesterday as
it was heard eighteen hundred and sixty-six
years ago. The cable brings us full report
this morning of the ceremonies and rejoic-
ings, and we read the story as one full of
gladness and delight. A whole people took
part in the pageantry. 1t was grand and
imposing spectacle, fully warranted by the
time and the occasion. The best soldiery
in Europe contributed to do honor to
the first German victory, and these
soldiers, like the auxiliaries of Arminius,
were also Germans. 1t was the homage of
the present to the past and the future-a
great nation bowing reverently to the ideal
of its own greatness. The Hermann monu-
ment is testimony to an event in German
history as marked as anything in the story of
any modern nation but the procession of
princes and peasants which gathered round
it is full of deeper meaning than the ideal
statue, which has significance only because it
represents the one great fact of German
unity. In view of the importance of the
event ITSELF and the greater importance ofits
tendencies, we have surrendered much of our
space both yesterday and to-day to the ac-
count of the festivities near that out of the
way German town, brought near to us by the
telegraph and the common instincts and aspi-
rations of humanity. If personal liberty and
universal toleration come with unity, all the
world will share in its blessings, and the cele-
bration of yesterday cannot fail to he great
impulse toward the love of freedom as well
as the love of country.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

THE COLLISION ON THE BAY.--Is there no
law that forbids racing Of steamboats, on the
Bay, or is there NO authority to enforce such
law2 On Sunday the pilot of tho North
field, boat engaged on the Staten Island
ferry, went mile out of his proper course to
race with another steamer, and his reckless
ness and contempt for authority resulted in
q collision which injured one man and has
probably caused tho death Of another. Re
suits, however, can do more than nggravate
the original crime. The pilot who was
guilty Of this outrage on the public should
DE dismissed by the company and then pun
ished by the law. Let the Staten Island
Ferry Company remember the Indignation
which the explosion of the boiler of the
westGeld created, and trlGe no longer with
the safety of the public.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17
The Canal Frauds.

The second and third reports Of the Canal
Commission are presented to the public to-
day, and the facts which Messrs. Bigelow,
Magone, Orr and Van Buren affirm fully
justify all that Governor Tilden has lately
said of the corruptions in the canal admin.
istration and the necessity of reform. Tho
Denison contract is the special subject of tho
second report, and is based upon the testi-
mony of Mr.. Horatio Seymour DR.,
who examined the work and found
that it was worthless, and upon the
admissions of Mr. Scott, which prove that
the charges made by the contractor were
fraudulent. False estimates, false measure
ments, false charges for material, seem to
have been the rule under the contract with
Denison. This person. against whom tho
Attoriey General is instructed to bring an
action, has applied to the Canal Board to
cancel his contract, on the ground that
there is no available appropriation
to pay him, and that the remaining
work can only be done as extra work.
Yet the report shows that his bill
against the State amounts to fifty thousand
seven hundred dollars, under a contract
which only provided for an expenditure of
ten thousand six hundred and seventeen
dollars. When the character Of his work is
considered the Commissioners may well refer
to the effrontery of his application, and add
that the reasons he assigns for requesting the
cancellation of his contract are, if possible,
more fictitious than his estimates. The
true reason, they say, is that he is at last
required to give the State an equivalent
for what he has received from it,
and that further depredations have been
made impossible. The third report refers to
the contracts of John Brown, and shows an
equally bad condition of affairs. The Com
missioners are right when they affirm that
''it is difficult to regard this pretended i'm
provement from any point of view as other
than profigate waste of the public. money
in the interest of knot of land spectators
and lawless canal officers and contractors"
and the public will support Governor Tilden
in his effort to punish the robbers of the
State treasury and enforce reform, irrespec-
tive of persons or parties.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

The INDIAN FRAUDS. The Assistant Secre-
tary of the Interior, Mr. b. r. Cowen, pub
fishes reply to Mr.. William Welsh in
respect to the Indian frauds. 1t is prefaced
by definition of the nine mistakes the latter
gentleman is said to have made concerning
Mr.. Walker but, as Mr.. Cowen says, Mr.
Walkers antecedents have little to do with
the charges against the Indian Department
This statement is to the effect that Mr..
Welsh has failed to give the proof of the
charges he has made against the Indian Office,
and that by this neglect he has made himself
partly responsible for the abuses of which
he complains. Mr. Welsh, however, might
complain of Mr.. Cowen with much greater
reason for his evasions Of the real point.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

this opinion it would be his clear duty 10
act as Washington and Jefferson acted in
similar state of public feeling. Instead OF
defending the right.of the people to re-elect
General Grant ought to have made the abso-
Lutte and irrevocah2e withdrawal from the
field a choice of which his great prede-
cessors set tho example on grounds which
he alone, of all tln,ir successors, has ever
undertaken TO impugn.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

THE BoUcIcAULT-M McWADE SUT.-Mr. Dion
Boucicault, having been sued by Mr.. Robert
Mcwade for libel, has made full answer to
the charge in the document entered in the
Supreme Court and elsewhere printed. 1t is
a bold affirmation that Mr.. McWade had no
right to claim tho authorship of rip Van
Winkle." From the tone Of Mr. Bouci-
caults answer we presume he intends
10 make the battle upon the
merits Of the case, and to justify his
charges on tho ground that they are true
and we're made in the interests of Justice and
for the proper information Of the public.
The Court has as yet taken no action upon
Mr.. Boucicaults application for the dis
missal Of the complaint
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

The YACHT RACE YESTERDAY. was
too much rain and too little wind yesterday to
make the race of the New York Yacht squadron
q perfect success, but the club made the most
of its opportunity. The prizes offered were
won by the shooners Rambler and Restless
and the sloops Vision and Genia. The Idler
was unfortunately becalmed at a critical
point, and thus lost all the advantages she
had gained in position.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17
TRIPLE S HE E T.
NEW YORK, TUESDAY, AUGUST II, 1875.
TILE HERALD FOR THE SUMMER RESORTS.
To NEwsDEALEns AND THE PUBLIC

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every Sunday during the season between
New York, Niagara Falls, Saratoga, Lake
George, Sharon and Richfeld Springs, leav-
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arriving at Saratoga at nine o'clock A. NJ,
and Niagara Falls at quarter to two p NJ,
for the purpose of supplying the SUNDAY
HERALD along the line of the Hudson River,
New York Central and Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern roads. Newsdealers and
others are notified to send in their orders to
the HERALD Office as early as possible For
further particulars see time table.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

THE DUNcAS-SHERMAN STATEMENT.
can, Sherman & Co. have filed in court by
Judge Shipnan, their assignee, statement
of the debts of the firm, which, with a
list of tho creditors and schedule of the
assets, is published elsewhere for the in
formation Of business men.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock
Gold sold at rs IA 113 3-S 113 Is. Rail-
road mortgages and governments were firm.
Money without change.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

THE FLOODS August this year is remark
eble for the rainfall in this part of the coun-
try, which already exceeds by far the usual
average for the whole month. The storms of
last week caused floods in New York and
New Jersey, the damages to which are de-
scribed in our letter from Piermont The
destruction to property has been great.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE Of emigra-
tion affairs yesterday examined Mr.. Richard
OGorman and Commissioner Lynch, whose
interesting testimony is published in another
column
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

are that The toeatter today ,oW be hot and pa rtIy
cloudy, 1oih possibly local rains
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

Persons going ont Of torn for the summer can
hare the daily and Sunday HERALD mailed 10
them, free Of postage, for 81 per month.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

GIIaMORE'S SUMNER GARDEN.
Barnums Hppodrome GRAND POPULAR CON.
CERT, at 8 +. N. closes at II r. NJ
TIyOLI THEATRE
Eighth streeL-yARIETl at y Z. NJ.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE,
Twenty eighth street, Broadway.-LfVING TOO
FAST and BUNCH OF BERRIES at Z. NJ. vokes
Family.
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.
THEODORE THOMAS CONCERT, at 3 L. N
THIRD AVENUE THEATRE,
Third avenue between rteth and Thirty1rst streets
VARIETY, at 3 Z. NJ.
ROBINSON HALL,
Kcst Sixteenth street.-Engsl Opcra-LITSCuEN AND
FKIrSCuEN and CHILPERIC. at \ z. NJ.
WOODS MUSEUM,
Broadway. corner OF Thirtieth street.-TITE BLACK
AVENGRR, at p. NJ closes 10 '45 r. NJ. 81 Socum.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE,
Eighth avenue, corner Twenty third street-AROUND THE
WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. at s 7. N. closes ii p NJ
METROPOLITAN THEATRE.
Nos. 5SS and 5S7 Broadway-NARIETY, at p NJ and at
BP NJ.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS On and
after January /, 1876. the daily and weekly
editions of the New York HERALD will be
sent free of postage
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

The CRoPs IN EUROPE arc backward bc.
cause OF the un@tlcd weather Tho floods 4
the hrought an the potato disease hay d
combined agoint the old World ngricult-
turist8
The New York herald., 1875-08-17
NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET,

JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PROPRIETOR
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

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All business or news letters and telegraphic
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The New York herald., 1875-08-17
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

VOLUME .....-......................No. 2s9
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

ROBINSON HALL,
WcSt Sixteenth street.-Englis1 OpcTa-LITSCHEN AND
FKIfSCHEN and CHILPERIC. at Z. NJ
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

WOODS MUSEUM,
Broadway. corner OF Thrtieth street.-TIfE BLACK
AvENGRR, At y. NJ. closes 10 ;45 r. NJ 81 Slocum.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

GILMORE'S SUMNER GARDEN.
late Barnum's Ippodrome e.-GRAND POPULAR CON-
CERT, a 3 T. ~ closes at / +. NJ.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

GRAND OPERA HOUSE,
Eighth avenue Twenty third street-AROUND TIL
WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, at s r. M. closes at IL p NJ.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

METROPOLITAN THEATRE.
Nos 5SS and 5S7 Broadway-NARIETY, at = p. NJ. and
BPM.
The New York herald., 1875-08-17

THIRD AVENUE THEATRE
Third avenue between Thrtieth and Thry1rst streets
All
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-05
4: TUESDAY EVEN ING, OCTOBER 5. 1875

factory OF his executions. They we're
both heavy men, and each fell without a
muscle quivering. The best Manila
hemp, he said, formed the rope he used,
and in one end of it he had inserted an
iron ring, so that the moose might slip
freely when the body fell His sole OBJ
ject YVES dispatch, and it was always his
aim to snap the spinal cord. By the
improved system which he haG intro
duced, all from the pointing to the final
cast of, could be accomplished in less
than three minutes. he never spoke to
the condemned, nor did he ever shake
hands with them, unless they wished,
because he considered shaking hands
brought on weakness. He did every
thing manly. straight and firm; stir
about it." 1t was a good fall" he con-
sidered, when the moose was drawn so
tight that the neck was compressed
three or four inches. Death was thep
instantaneous.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-05

There is no paper to periorate, no
" click of the srmature, no armature
TO click" The message is read by
means of a. moving fash Of light upon
a polished scale produced by the "dehec-
ton" of very small mirror, which is
placed within a mirror galyanometer, y
which is small brass cylinder two or
three inches in diameter, shaped like q
spool or hdhhin, composed Of several
hundred turns OF small wire wound with
silk. to prevent the metal from coming in
contact. IL is wound or coiled exactly
like a coil Of new rope, a small hole
being left in the middle about the size oil
a common wooden pencil In the center
OF this is suspended a very thin, delicate
mirror, about as large as kernel OF
corn, with corresponding small magnet
rigidly attached to the back of it,
The whole weighs but little more than a
grain, and is suspended by a single FIBER
Of silk, much smaller than q human hair
and almost invisible A narrow hori.
zontsl scala is placed within dsrkened
box two or three feet in front Of the mil.
ror, narrow slit being cut in the center
Of the scale to allow ray Of light to
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-05
An American GIri's Reply 20 an In
sOIent Frenchman.

sOlent Erenchman.
Paris Letter to Philadelphia Press.
A disgraceiul incident, involving the
character (if he can be said to have
any of one of the most distinguished
artists of Paris, which came under my
notice the other day, illustrated the code
d'honneur of large class OF so.called
French gentlemen. As beautiful young
American girl was walking unattended
for short distance to her apartment,
she was followed and twice saluted by
two foppishly-dressed Erenchmen. No
sooner had she arrived at home than the
bell rang aud the two intruders precipi.
tated themselves past the servant and
into the lady's psrlor With great dig
nifty and courage she inquired their mis-
sion and failing TO receive a satisfactory
response ordered them out of the house.
The elder OF the two delayed, making
the most proluse protestations of admir-
alton and reverence in his ardent
French:
"Will mademoiselle permit me to pre-
sent my card; she will see that | have an
illustrious. name; that am one of the
first artists Of France. OH if she
would allow me to paint her portrait
that on the artists canvas might grow
the life of beauty" and so the volley of
insinuating words ran on, until suddenly
cut short by this effeotuAl little bit Of
maidenly propriety:
Monsieur, who wears decoration Of
the Legion of Honor, has the insolence
to inrude himself on an unprotected
lady She does not wish his acQuaint-
ance BE will instantly leave her apart
ment, or she will call sergeant de
viller
This brave speech shamed and fright
ened the still edmiring artist out of her
presence, and it was hardly with an a
(la) boDne heurel at parting that the be-
wildered man exclaimed, "Quei majes-
tie" For many days-morning, noon
and night--a solitary artist might have
been seen patrolling before that house
and casting Sleeps eyes" at the
entresol, where only his sentimental soul
has entree.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-05

shine upon the mirror from lamp placed
behind said scale, the little mirror in
turn rejecting the light back upon the
scale. This spot Of light upon the scale
is the index by which all messages are
read. The angle through which the ray
moves is double that trayersed by the
mirror itself; and it is, therefore, really
equivalent to an index four to six feet in
length without weight.
To the casual observer there is nothing
but a thin ray OF light, darling to the
right and left with Irregular rapidity;
but to tho trained eye OF the operator
every flash is replete with intelligence.
Thus the word boy" would be read in
this way: One fash to the right and
three to the left is B. Three flashes to
the right is 0. One to the right, one TO
the left, and two more TO the right is Y,
and SO on. Long and constant practice
makes the operators wonderfully expert
in their profession, and enables them to
read from the mirror as readily and as
accurately as from newspaper.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-05
LAFAYETTES GRANDCHILD.
The Marquise d Chambrun and He
DfstinxufHhtnK Traits Of Charnd

The Marquise de Chambrun and Her
distinguishing Traits of ChRrnp.
ter.
Washington Cor. Of Cincinnati Gazettel
Among some Of our permanent resi-
dents Of illastrious lineage and enviable
history is the granddaughter of General
Lafayette, whose memory is dear to
every true and loyal American heart.
She married the Marquis de Chambrun,
nobleman obliged to leave France dur
iag the Napoleonic regime, believe, on
account of his peculiarly republican
views. This rumor may be true or au
contraire, but it is certainly the fact that
the marquis has pitched his tent in our
midst, and not being overstoched with
this worlds goods, is earning his bread
aud butter at the profession OF the law
he is an old man, hardly reaching up to
medium hight in stature, with large
head and broad brow, and homely face
surrounded by beard, through which
many gray threads run at random His
eyes have shrewd, merry twinkle as
they gaze at the world and things through
the medium of near-sighted glasses. He
has all the fire, and enthusiasm, and ges-
ticulation peculiar to his nationality, but
one would hardly take him for person
Of rank He mingles with our affairs
With whole.souled zest, and identities
himself with men most noted in our
political arena.
His wife has no pretensons to beauty
Of face or figure At first sight one is
painfully aware of her plainness of fea-
ture, but this impression wears off with
better acquaintance, as it so frequently
does whencoming in contact with women
whose souls are more beautiful than their
outward seeming She is timid, sensi-
tive woman, with character as pure
and spotless, and lovcabe as that of an
innocent child, and she is as natural
and unaffected as it is possible for one
to be- A gentleman called upon her
one morning, aud the door-bell was an
swered by the marquise in person, clad
in simple morning robe, and holding
in her hand a piece of cbamois skin,
with which she had been busy polishing
the door-nobs and iender-rod. She made
no excuses for being caught in this
home-like occupation, merely saying in
her sweet, broken French, that she was
taking the place of her sick housemaid.
That is the kind of woman l like to
meet, said the gentleman in question
afterward, a model of thrift, economy
apd true womanhood. She is not
ashamed to do what her hands find to do,
and digniiies her condition by the man
her in which she performs her duties"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-05
Happy Patti.

The Boston Journals correspondent
in Paris gossips about a world-iamous
diva. An indiscreet French correspond
ent says he has visited Dieppe recently
and gathered the following details about
Adelina Patti, who is reposing there
from the fatigues OF the recent London
season. She needs repose, for while in
London she sang in eight concerts,
twenty-one operas, accepted forty invita-
tons to dinner, and assisted at twenty.
five balls. The correspondent informs
US that PATHS facility for study has so
greatly increased that she finds it pos.
sible to learn in few weeks role which
Others blunder over for months. She
already knows thirty.four operas from
beginning to end, When she is study
ing, her habit is not to sing aloud the
role which she wishes to learn. She
either reads or huns it. Even her ae-
companist often cannot hear her voice
on these occasions, II is the same at
rehearsals. Only at the last grand gem
eral rehearsal does she condescend to
sing with her full voice. She goes TO
bed late and is up early; at table follows
no speeial'diet, but eats heartily three
times daily, and drinks Bordeaux and
champagne freely without any effect
upon her voice being perceptble, not
withstanding a popular impression that
singers should not use them. Her sup.
per is usually served about midnight.
The days when she sings in opera she
dimes several hours before she appears
on the. stage, and generally looks over
her role for halt an hour before going
upon the stage
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-05

Some philosopher says that modern
life demands too much of woman.
But then women demand too much OF
life, and there the matter is squared.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-05
RAILROAD TINE TABLES.

MEMPHIS AND LOUISVILLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.