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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-07

1t is certainly much easier and pleas
anter to the conscience to accept . theory
of universal salvation than to eat and drink
damnation perpetually, as Mr.. Corbit will
compel his people to do for an hour this
morning. 1t would seem, however, to DO i'm
piled in the topic proposed for discussion by
Mr. Putnam righteousness is Eternal
Lfe''-that salvation is not universal; for
asmuch as righteousness, which, according to
not universal, but very partial indeed, as ex-
perience and observation testify.
If the proposition of Mr. Thomas is correct,
that common life is made more abundant by
Christ, then that other proposition of Mr.. Mac
Arthur should be accepted in its fulness, and
sJesus Only should be the food OF the mind
and thought of mankind. But the Scriptures
being the only guide to Christ as a
Saviour, the importance of an init
mate acquaintance with them, which
is Mr.. Hawthorne's proposition, must
be accepted without question. The jeopardy
and security of man, according to orthodox
belief is intimately related to Christ and the
individual, and Mr.. Alger will probably make
that relation clear this evening. DR.. Moran,
who is supplying DR.. Deems pulpit during
his absence in the South, will trace the de-
velopment of religious truth in history, and
will show the Importance of prayer in the
movements of mankind. Mr.. Andrews will
point out the differences that exist between
Roman Catholic, Greek and Protestant wor-
ship, both in ancient times and at the present
day. Dr. Porteous will discuss the theology
of the Bench and the Sabbatarian question,
and, of course, will take advanced grounds
in regard to both topics, and Mr.. Hepworth
will direct his peoples attention to the Sim
ner's Friend and to the importance of acting
from right motives.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-07

AMONG THE USELESS OFFICES created by the
Tweed ring, for the accommodation Of PEI.
sonal friends and relatives, was one
known as the Deputy Receiver Of Taxes.
Since the overthrow Of the old ring the sine.
cure has not been filed. We can scarcely
credit the rumor that the Comptroller designs
bestowing this ring perquisite on the late Dep
uty Chamberlain. Such an act would ct no
time be justifable, but at period Of the year
when scarcely any business is done in the
Receivers Office it would be doubly repre-
hensible. The Mayor would not be likely to
sign warrant for the payment of such an
officer as Deputy Receiver Of Taxes.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-07

They take lunch over in Brooklyn. The
struggle does not seem to deprive the parties
to the great trial of their appetites !;
in fact some of them could devour each
other. Mr. Evarts last week endeavored
to make meal Of Mr. Tilton, but did
not complete it. Mr.. Moulton was found
to be very hard to digest and did not
agree with General Tracy. Mr.. Tilton ex-
poets to make meal of Mr.. Beecher, and Mr.
Beecher, who objects to being swallowed up
by the plaintiff, is strengthening himself with
Porter-Judge Porter, and not Dublin porter,
as our report elsewhere enormously states.
The stories told of the principals to this affair."
to the effect that they have gone into training
as if for prize fight, are so plausible that
they deserve to be believed. Mr.. Beecher
practices with pair of Indian clubs, and
we only wonder that he does not give one
of them to Mr.. Tilton. The practice
together would be likely to be more energetic
as each would have more reason for personal
activity Mr.. Beecher is also said to be en-
gagged every day in pummelling n sand bag.
This is his preparation for his examination.
That this tremendous physical training
is now required by the principals in the
case is probably due to the fact that they
neglected their moral training in the
past. But before the trial ends some of these
gentlemen will probably not own pound of
superluous flesh between them, and will be
in perfect physical condition to walk thou
sand miles in q thousand hours an ecv 20.
that leads from this vicinity.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-07

man health. II these disease germs could
be removed from the air by precipitation
to tho earth and then shovelled away
in the snow the sanitary advantages Of the
snow would be immense. 1t would serve, in
other words, as q scavenger of the air and 40
natures most powerful disinfectant. But il
the snow is left on the ground for weeks to
give harbor and breeding place for the
noxious germs which infest our metropolitan
centres it becomes, through human negli
gence, one of the greatest promoters of dis
ease It may be q question for the futurs
sanitarian whether the excessive mortality OF
the spring season (when the fungoid and liv.
ing matter are then set free. from the melted
SNOWY is not to be ascribed to this subtle pro.
which it is usually credited. Whatever theory
sanitarians may entertain as to the origin
and spread of disease-whether by putrefac-
ton of matter or by organized matter-there
can be no gainsaying the fact now asserted.
The snow tegument of our metropolitan
streets, holding morbifc matter, must assist
in developing and intensiiying the noxioui
elements at work and in preparing them ia
exert, with the advent of the first vernal suns,
the most deadly influences upon the public
health.
During the recent great snowfalls at Paris,
M. Tssandier, an able investigator, gathered
quantities of snow to be subjected to analysis
with view to determine the dust ingredients
which snow appropriates during its passage
through the atmosphere. The inquiry is Of
the most interesting nature, and we shall lool
for the results with the liveliest concern. But
we need not wait for them to urge the sani.
tary importance of removing the snow from
our crowded thoroughtares. These deposits
should be carried, not to some remote field
and there left to exhale their disease-engen.
dering odors in the spring, but they should
be carefully cast into the Bay or the rivers,
where the mechanical action of the waters
and tides may transport them out to sea and
put them beyond the power of poisoning the
air we breathe.
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Snow as . Sanitary Agent.

One of the most vital questions that should
engage our metropolitan authorities just now
is the sanitary influence of the snow in our
streets. We do not remember to have seen
the subject preached in the light in which we
would now present it. But its importance
cannot be overlooked by those who have the
health and comfort of large towns and cities
under their official guardianship.
It is well known that snow covering on
the soil is great preserver of its sun-derived
heat, acting as blanket to retard radiation.
In ON agricultural point of view the thermal
economy thus maintained is an acknowledged
boon, the thermometer sometimes showing
that the subsoil thus shielded is forty degrees
warmer than the everything snow. The great
value of the crystal and feecy canopy for
saving the earth from deep freezing and solid
ifcation is owing to its loose texture and it's
holding about ten times its bulk of air, thus
rendering it very bad conductor of terrestrial
heat.
But this agency, sometimes so invaluable to
the farmer, is not without it's peril It was re-
ported last spring in the grasshopper regions
of the West that where the snow had lain all
winter it had served as an admirable protec-
ton to the fatal eggs Of the insects, and, so
soon as the warm breath of spring dissolved
their winter nest, they sprang into life and
activity In spots uncovered by snow, and
where the penetrating Polar cold could
reach to some depth below the surface, the
burrowed eggs were found lifeless. There
can be little doubt, we presume, that in
tense cold striking down into the soil of the
earth and destroying the animalcular life
secreted there may often avert insect plaques
and also subserve the most important sanitary
ends. Indeed, the most eminent scientists, in
overtime wing the recently advanced hypoth-
esis, that the earth is peopled by living organ
isms showered upon it from exploding meteor
ties and shooting stars, have shown that the
intense cold OF interstellar space is fatal to all
such life as even the most powerful micro
scope has revealed on our planet.
But the most serious and vital bearing Of
the subject is upon the sanitary condition of
our streets and avenues, under which the most
noisome and pestilential organisms are known
to breed or terminate. When the great expert
menter, Gay-Lussac, passed bubble of air
into the juice of grapes he found that fer
mentation Immediately began. But the putre-
fsctve process has since been proved to be
wanting If the air be previously filtered
through cotton-woo The explanation arrived
at and accepted by the most eminent ply
sicists and microscopists is that the atmos-
phere is surcharged with foreign matter and
largely with living organic matter The
analysis of rain lin the fall of which these
organisms are taken up and precipitated on
the earth) demonstrates their existence on
large scale. the quantity diminishing only as
we ascend great attitudes like the Alps As
the snowflake falls it drags this foreign matter
with 1t, andas long as the unmelted snow holds
II unexpossd to the air 1t IL harmless to hu-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-07

The CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION commands the
attention of the people OF Europe as we'll as
of those of the United States, and they will
take leading part in making it a success.
England will be especially prominent, as her
business connections with the United States
are so large, and as an example Of her inter-
est in the Exhibition we publish to-day the
admirable speech which Mr.. Forster made re-
gently before the Bradford Chamber of Com
merce. This distinguished gentleman points
out some Of the advantages which both coun-
tries would derive from free interchange OF
views at the International Exhibition, as in
regard to the Patent laws, the Canadian
reaty and the question OF free trade. The
comments of the London Times upon Mr..
Forster's argument will be found interesting
md amusing; but while it does not seem to
ulIy understand the feeling with which
Americans generally regard the centennial
celebration of their independence it admits
no value of the Exhibition as an interchange
not only of material goods bat of ideas.
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We find from these tables that eight through
horse car lines, costing nearly twenty million
dollars, carried in the year 1873 about one
hundred and fifteen million passengers and
received nearly seven million and halt
dollars for the service. A single line of rapid
transit, however centrally located. could not,
probably, expect to reach more than one-half
OF these horse car passengers, which would
give 1t, say, fifty-seven millions of the num-
ber But many persons who now live, in
travelling time, half an hour and upwards
from the City Hail. and who on a rapid
transit road could pass between their resi-
dences and their places of business in from
seven to fifteen minutes, would make the trip
four times day where they now make it once.
The speed at which men could get up town
and back would largely increase the use of
the cars in the business hours of the day. It
is therefore moderate calculation to estimate
the travel on Q rapid transit road centrally
located at eighty million passengers during
the year with our present population,
and without taking into considera-
ton the increase that would fol-
low the completion of such q work.
At an average fare of seven cents, supposing
the rates to be five cents for way and ten cents
for through passengers, this would yield re-
ceipts of five million six hundred thousand
dollars. Allowing sixty per cent for working
expenses and repairs, or three million three
hundred and sixty thousand dollars per year,
we have balance of two million two hundred
and forty thousand dollars, or about eighteen
per cent on the cost Of the road and equip
ments. No calculation is here made of the
business that might be done in freight by
such q road, but it seems plausible to con-
clude that the investment would be profta-
BILE one on the passenger traffic alone.
Neither have we alluded to the capacity of
the road, which would be equal to the convey
ance OF two hundred and fifty million passen-
gers annually, train of cars running through
in one-quarter the time consumed in horse
car trip. We believe that the main cause of
the delay in rapid transit may be traced to
the unceasing efforts made by its inter-
ested opponents to create the belief that the
enterprise would be pecuniarily failure, and
we are confident that if practical business men
would look into the subject in practical,
business manner, we should not be long
without the accommodation for which the
city languishes. Capital is not philanthropic.
Its first question is, Will an investment pay !?
We believe that in the case of rapid transit
the answer must be in the affirmative, and
that when the road is constructed and in
operation capital will wonder how so rich a
placer could have remained so long unworked.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-07

The BROOKLYN PULPIT stands very high in
the estimation of the public, and deservedly
30, Notwithstanding the Beecher trial and
other misfortunes. We give to-day sketches
of q number of the prominent Brooklyn cler-
gymen, among whom are Messrs. Storrs, Guy
Ter, Haynes, Hyatt Smith, Hall, Nye, Scud-
der and Fulton, which will be found interest
ing and instructive Sunday reading
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-07

TIE RECEPTION OF KING ALFONSO in Madrid
s described in our correspondence from that
city to-day with picturesque fidelity. The
Spanish people have accepted the young King
more from WEAKNESS of war than from loyalty
to his race, and if he gives them peace it is
not likely that they will complain even if
submission is to be the price.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-07

The Theatre i'm America and Europe.
Art and politics have indispensable rela-
tons. The bright flowers of Grecian genius
had their root in Grecian institutions, and as
the politics of Athens produced her Aristo-
planes SO the politics Of Rome created the
field for Terence and Plautus The connec-
ton between Shakespeare and the political
condition of England in the Elizabethan era
need not be explained, nor is it NECESSARY to
point ont the intimate relation which has long
existed between the Bowery Theatre and the
Fourth ward. Without entering too deeply
into historical examples the generalization is
correct enough when we say that the drama
of nation may be nearly always inferred
from its politics, just as great naturalists, like
Owen, reconstruct an extinct species from
fossil bone.
It has always been q question whether art
fourishes better under republican form of
government than under monarchy. Unfor-
tunately, republics have been the exception,
while monarchies have been the rule, so that
the comparison must be limited Imperial or
personal governments have certainly done
much for art in Europe. Papal rule gave
Rome st. Peters and the Vatican; monarchy
in Spain built the Escurial, and, with the aid
of the Catholic Church, made Murillo pos
sible. Venice encouraged art in oil it's
branches. The English Court sustained Sir
Peter LEY. Holbsin. vandyks. Rubsns and In
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-07

The LOUISIANA COMPROMISE. Tho citizens
Of New Orleans repudiate the action of the
conservative caucus in accepting the COM
promise offered by the radicals, and our
dispatches show that the excitement was very
great last night. The objection is made that
the compromise surrenders vital principles
for which the conservatives have commended,
and it certainly cannot be effected in
the face of such violent opposition.
An enduring compromise cannot be forced
upon any party, AMI the managers of the
arrangement have already discovered this
truth. Il is evidently not easy to right the
wrongs Of Louisiana They have been too long
permitted to exist and now almost defy the
wisdom of both parties to the contest
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-07

Our LITERARY DEPARTMENT to-day contains
pleasant criticism of the new books, includ-
ing poetry and fiction, and the latest news of
popular authors.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-07
GU ADRU PIE SHEET,
NEW YORK, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1875.

From our reports this morning the pro6u6ilit;ea
ore that the heather today ,oiu be clear and cold
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-07

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. stock mar
ket was dull. Foreign exchange was barely
steady. Gold was quoted at 1144 114A.
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SAN FRANCISCO MlNsTRELs
siSsFREis Sgr as5 'xsayaiSoPP
s ss.na CARE
sro.A~.yvAsI eE9ns yEE 4 ss:.. .onrn
EA .A1ssasz zHs4. 7. NJ close. ..
10 40 r. ~ Mr.. Bouccauit
Washington sa09yhzx 1 IKE 4E5
WOODS MUSEUM,
It b IS ssnss Il
xErRoroLIrAyS THEATRE.
soxsry.-pEs FkEiscaGTz a. :. "; Closes at lo.S
.. 11EssaS EEsATsFA close. At ,p
Jisss 1zs E4Rk 9EEt It Close.
ROMAN HlrsoDnoxE.
Twenty, street and Fourth and
No. m 9HE4EhE qossYys close. .. ,os
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
Twenty eighth street and Broad way.--WOAEN OF The
DAY. At p NJ; closes at 1879 r. y. M Lewis, Miss
Davenport MrA Gilbert
TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE.
No 20l Brordway-VAkIETY, p n; closes at 10 ~
Pm.
LYCEUM THEATRE.
PxLss: At I'm; Close: at 10 Is r \. Miss csrioSs
BRYANTS OPERA HOUSE.
west Twenty-third street, sixth aveuue.-NE0RO
MINSTRELsY, &c, at p. NJ; closes alto 2. n. Dan
Bryant
GERMANlA THEATRE,
Fourteenth street-DIE DAKWINIANER. ct r. II. |;
closes At 10 rs p N. Miss Mayr
PARK THEATRE,
BroAdway.-French opera Bcufe-GlROFLE-G120FLA,
At p N. Mile Coralie Geofroy.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
Fcsrteepth street-English Opera-FRA DIAvoLO, at
p u. Miss Kellogc.
NIBLOS,
Broadway-SEA OF ICE at p NJ; closes at 10 - r. Il
BOOTHS THEATRE,
Of Twenty third street and Sixth avenue
HENRY ". at 8 p. ". closes at IL r. ".
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SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS.
Broadway corner Of lwenty-ninth streeG-NEGhO
AINSTRELSY. at 8 p. ~. closes at 10 p NJ
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ROBINSON HALL,
Sixteenth street-BEGONE DULL CARE, 1t +. II.
closes At 10 As p. NJ Mr.. Maccabe.
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GLOBE THEATRE,
Broadway.-vARIETY. at 8 P. NJ. closes at 10 80 r. u.
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BOOTHS THEATRE
corner Of Twenty third street and Sixth avenue
HENRY ", at 8 r. ". /; closes at II r. ".
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wALLACK's THEATRE.
Broadwav.-THE sHAUGHRAUN, At sP. NJ; closes at
10 10 r. N. Mr. Boucicault
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BROOKLYN THEATRE
Washington street-'TWIxf AXE AND CROWN, 0 r.
NJ; closes at 10 AS P. NJ. Mrs. Rousby.
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
Fourteenth street-English Opera-FRA DIAvOLO, at
p. u. Miss kellogg.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12
CErELEOKA ITEMS.

Miss Ella LOwripce has returned. af-
ter an absence of nearly two months.
One heart, ifnot more, rejoiced to see her
back Trembling so from excess JOY,
on the eve OF her arrival, while walking
with young lady from church, he let
her step into branch, the sad consa-
quouce of which is a severe cold.
The Misses Cochran are at present on
a visit to their sister at Buford's Station.
We sadly miss their cheerful faces, and
hope that fleet-winged time will speed
the hour of their return.
Mr.. Harvey Renfro and Miss Della
Garrett were married on the I'd. He is
quite a business young man, and we
wish him and his young bride much
happiness.
A runaway couple rode into town one
day last week, aIighted, walked into the
J. P.'s office, were married, aud then got
on their horses and went on their way
rejoicing.
Geo. c, Taylor and Jack Lowrance,
Deputy Sheriff. of this place, started on
Friday last to arrest one Archie James,
col, for stealing horse, but before
coming up with him they were rather
astonished to see another negro run as
he caught sight of them; surprising Of
course he WAS guilty OF something,
though they had no idea what,
they pursued, and after race OF
perhaps a quarter, they succeeded in
catching the gentleman. Aftersecuring
the hOrseethief, they brought them to
town, and upon trial they sent Archie
to Jail, and Harris was sent to Marshall
county, where he confessed he had been
stealing corn. How true the old adage,
"The guilty conscience needs no accu~
SER"
One Mr.. Hinklin, of South Carolina,
has been in our village for some time.
He is agent fer a patent churn-dashor,
and only intended to remain short
time when he stopped, but he was so
charmed by one of CulleOka's beauties,
that il was impossible for him to break
the spell that bound him. But since it
has been much to his advantage, we
suppose he has nothing to regret. Dur
ing his stay here be sold the rights for
seven counties, and all owing to the de-
sire to remain yet little longer and
bask in the sunshine of love. His pat
ent is considered by far the best thing
ever seen in these parts.
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CAMPBELL STATION ITFMs.

James II. Thomas and son, who hav e
saw-mill in the vicinity OF Bigbyville,
have employed ThOs. J. Hobbs, of this
place, to run it, at 4 salary of three doll
lars per day. Mr.. Hobbs is an expert
enced hand at the business, having run
mill for a number of years. In addi~
ton to this, he is tine mechanic; so if
the mill should get out of fix, he is the
IN IN that can repair it.
Tolbert is the Deputy Tax Collector
for this District. lie has the energy and
perseverance to put the business
through, if any one can. There are
some cases that will give him a good
deal of trouble, especially among the
Fighters. The school feature being ia
ken out of the civil rights bill, our
county court ought to give US money
enough to render our public schools re-
spectacle. Two cents on the hundred
dollars will give enough money to make
our schools very inferior, and this will
give the Opposers of the system a fine
argument to do away with public
schools altogether. Maury county
stands about the head of the list in her
private schools, having some of the
finest in the South; but IN her public
schools she comes in about the tail end.
1t does seem that the county court
ought to have county pride enough to
have as good public schools as any coun-
ty in the State. The county is plenty
able, and ought to have them.
Deputy Sheriff Lowrance was in this
vicinity three days last week summon
ing jurors Tor the criminal court. He
said he wanted two hundred ont OF this
end of the County. Judge McLemore
certainly is going to put cases through
this court on the fast line.
Our village saloon keeper got new
faucet to go in one of his barrels of corn
juice. He found that the faucet leake
and to remedy this defect he employed
one of his customers, a dear lover of the
aTdenS, to tx it, He stuck it in the bar
rel, blew awhile through it, and then
sucked to see when the leak was stOp-
ped. The customer sucked so much
whisky into himself that the saloon
0CSBCA bcSdu 10 Iulnk he WOulu nav = "
use the faucet on him in the same way
in order to get the whisky out to osave
his lite. He gave civil Fighter fifty
cents to nurse him until the agony was
over.
The recent rains have put the roads
the ground hardly gets dry enough to
pillow before it rains again. 1t looks
like the farmers are going to be as late IS
they were last year.
Ii one is to judge by the number of
trains, the railroad is doing a heavy
business in the freight line.
The Kansas lever, that has been rag
Ing so tearfully in some parts OF the
county among the colOred population,