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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-11
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.
GGsMArs s1... 4 Is 3
III. John Mccullough
WOODS MUSEUM
bEss eGns Closes Ct I Al a.aes
>. @. .,..s-.y o1y4EIe 1asATE chose. =. NJ.
ROBINSON HALL.
esS s;sGsn x INST as at :.
:. n. ,,..s- E4E4EHE Sos1sgs l.. .. :. los.
No ~ sore Ss! iT sA n Close. q. 10 .
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF AIT.
Vest Fourteenth street-open from 10 A NJ. to "
ROMAN HIPpoDRoME.
soTHlsS 8SD HGSASEEs AFTERNOON and evening"
FUTON Fs e 7#HA'H Close. =.
BRYANr's OPERA HOUSE.
ae i 1t 9 cIose. q Dan
Bryant
,.,,,..,.s .,,.: sEnMAsIA E9FA5sE
rioses 81 10 Is r. N. Mss Lima Mayr.
PARK THEATRE,
opst se co2ss
NIBLo,s,
Hroadway-CORD AND CREESE, ats p n; closes ct
UA5 p. Il E Eddy.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE,
fwenty-etxhth street and Broadway1THE BIG Bo.
MANIA, at p. NJ; closes at l0:30 r NJ HI. FISHER,
M Lewis Miss Davenport Mrs. Gilbert
LYCEUM THEATRE,
rourtcenth street, sixth avcnue.-LUChEZlA
BORGLA, at r NJ; closes at 10 As r Y. Nine Ristort
GRAND CENTRAL THEATRE,
No SO Broadway.-vARlETY. at p NJ cloees At losAS
BOOTHS THEATRE.
corner Of rwenty..hird street and Sixth aveDue--
HENRY ", At p. NJ; closes at II ?. n M Rtgnold
SAN FRANCISCO xINsTRELs,
nrcadMay, eerne5 Of Twenty ninth street-HEoho
TIvOLI THEATRE,
Eighth street. between second and Third sveuue2-
VARIETY, ats 2. NJ. closes at II P. n
wALLACK'S THEATRE
Droadway.-THE SHAUGHRAUN, at SP. y. closes u
10 30 r. II Mr.. Boucicault
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ROMAN HIPPODROME,
Nourth avenue and Twenty seventh street--C1RCUS
ROTTlNG AND MENAGERIE, afternoon and evening
4 4 nd
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All business or news letters and telegraphic
dispatches must be addressed NEW YORK
Hx1ALD
, 1875-11-06
AGAVE FIBRE.
From the Nassau HerdLd.)

Much interest has recently been awaken4
ed in America concerning textile flores from
the Agave. Of the Pita, which grows
so luxuriantly in this Colony, the Ameri-
can newspapers contain most fattering
notices. According to an account which
we have read of it in a New York
paper, it is derived from a plant or
tree discovered in Mexico, and is said to
be- similar to hemp or iute. Pita is the
fibre of the leaves of the Agave americana
popularly called the American Aloe. The
fibre has long been used in Mexico for
making thread, Irvine, ropes &c. It is
said by Americans, who are endeavouring
to introduce it for the manufacture Of
cloth, to be very firm and strong, of a pale
yellow colour, and a sample six or seven
feet in length has been, exhibited in New
York. "Thore would seem, says the New
York Bulletin, to be every evidence that
Pita is destined to supply a most valuable
material to manufacturers and commerce,
and that the possession of the territory
producing it, and the supply to this coun-
try, and perhaps Europe, will make for
tunes for those whose foresight has given
them the ownership" Heretofore the only
indigenous flores Of any commercial inn
portance are Manila Hemp, the produce
of a species Of plaptain or banana, and New
Zealand fax. the produce ola plant known
to botanists as Phormium tenar. Those
best acquainted with this subject, however,
think 1t very probable that several of the
endogenous flores may soon acquire im-
portance, es those of the Sansevleras of
India and Africa, and those of the common
~plantain and banana of the West Indies
and other tropical countries.
, 1875-11-06
THE OPINION OF AN ENGLISH CON-
SENTATIVE STATESMAN ON COM
PULSORY EDUCATION.
From thei Ttmes.)

Mr. CR0ss's speech at Wig3n affords remarka.
bic proof of the rapid strides we have recently
made towards the completion of our system Of
National Education. 1t seems hardly too
much to conclude from it that we are on the
point of accomplishing its last stage, and that
before long Compulsory Education will be uni
yersally established with the hearty concurrence
Of the ablest leaders of both Parties.
Mr.. CRoss commenced, of course, by ap-
plauding the efforts of his audience to maintain
the old system but the great burden Of his
observations was that they would find it a far
harder task than they imagined. In the first
place, a great deal more money will be required.
The Education Act has had the effect of rails
ing in all respects the standard which popular
Education is required to reach Not only must
far greater numbers be provided for, but the
teaching and the general appliances of the
Schools must be improved The teachers, in
particular, must possess a higher class of attain
ments, and will expect larger salaries. "More-
:" over, the suficiency Of to-day is the INSULT
{" cheney of tomorrow" and q constant increase
in the Voluntary contributions will be necessary.
Mr.. CRoss adds that he does not think much
of a money difficulty in such a population but
the very ceremony at which he was presiding
was a pertinent commentary on this expression
of confidence. A Bazaar is simply a device
for cajoling people into giving money who can.
not be induced to give it in regular and direct
contributions. It represents a difficulty, a
deficit, and an exceptional effort. These
Schools, in fact, are 1900 in debt, and Mr..
CRoss speaks of "sOme few additions which
" may be made" When he represented that,
with no other resource than these irregular
expedients, the people Of Ofrell would have to
maintain the standard reached by parishes
which can resort to the sure and unlimited
resource of the Rates, he was in reality suggest
ing the gravest doubts whether Orrell was not
more enthusiastic than prudent in its anxiety to
dispense with a School Board. But he pro-
ceeded to raise a still graver difficulty. After
all, he said, it is much easier to build Schools
than to fill them, and his owe eyes told him
that the latter task had as yet been very i'm
perfectly discharged the neighbourhood' He
saw numbers of children running about the
streets who ought to he in School, aud ne urged
the impossibility of their being allowed to con-
tinue thus uneducated and neglected. School!
Boards, by means of their compulsory powers,
are raising the standard of attendance as we'll
as of other things; and Mr.. Cross sees the
day at hand when the State will no longer
permit children to remain without education in
consequence of the neglect or prejudice of their
parents. he gives expression on this point to
, 1875-11-06

doctrines which rot long ago wouldhave sounded
much more natural in the mouth of an advanced
Liberal than of a steady Conservative. For
the sake of d~ecency, he says, a man, Is not
allowed to send his child INTO the streets IN.
clothed; for the sake of humanity he is not
permitted to let the child be unfed why should
he any more be permitted to leave him unedu-
Gated? Mr.. CRoss's experience as a magis-
trate has convinced him that the whole c)m-
munity has the most direct interest, both from
a moral and pecuniary point of view, in the
proper education of children, and it is every
day declaring in more and more distinct terms
that 1t will assert its right in this respect. A
law was la'ely passed to compel the attendance
at School Of the children of agricultural la
bourers, but it ia Intellectual for want of a
provision for putting it in force. Mr.. CRoss
says inquiries are now being prosecuted on the
subject, but he treats it as impossible that the
requirement of the Act should be abandoned,
The attendance of children at School, in short.
must by some means or other be enforced
and if the people of Orrell desire to be free
from a School Board, they must bestir them
selves to induce as good attendance by persua-
sion as a School Board could insure by COM
p%ulSion.
These considerations were, no doubt, very
appropriate lot Tie puIpOSo vi TOuSluS DIR
CROss's audience TO vigorous exertion if they
wished to maintain their favorite system but
the result to which they point is uumistakable
and inevitable. When a Conservative states
man like Mr.. Cross agrees with a Liberal
loader like Mr.. FORSTER that at no distant date
the attendance of children must be enforced,
that the STANDARD of requirements of teachers
and Of appliances must be continuously raised,
and that voluntary agencies must be tested by
the standard attained by School Boards with
the aid Of the Rates, it is evident we are on
the point of the universal establishment of the
School Board system, with compulsory powers.
at all events in towns. Bazlars and periodical
appeals are no match for quarterly Rates, and
persuasion addressed to pfejudiced parents,
such as Mr.. Cross described, or to ignorant
children, will be no match for i~udicious compul-
sion. No doubt, if religious people were really
afraid Of School B Yards, there might be sufficient
enthusiasm for their purpose. But, like Mr..
Cross himself, they have in general no such
apprehensious, and the decision between the
two is a mere matter of preference. With this
disposition, they will very soon find that Rates
and School Boards are by far tho simplest iu-
struments for meeting the requirements of the
law, and they will rapidly adopt them. The
change, in fact, is in substance accomplished
already, and it would not be surprising if g
Conservative Government completed it.
, 1875-11-06

chiefs have been imprisoned by order of Don
Carlos.
October 16.
Nearly all the Madrid journals publish com.
plants with regard to the protection afforded
to the Carlists by the French frontier authorities.
They especially condemn the conduct of the
Marquis de Nadaillac, Project Of the Lower
Pyrenees, and his subordinates, whom they
accuse of not checking the movements of the
Carlists on the frontier, and of permitting them
TO re-enter Spain after being interned.
pAT
, 1875-11-06

Republic. I called it 'aina61e,' and people
have scarcely been so with me. Gentlemen.
we have very happily quilted the regime of in
triguers and courtesans; a graver era has open
ed for France. Remember that if you practice
honesty and fraternity, if you seek to acquire
instruction and to spread it, you will have
done more than your representatives to estab.
lish the Republic
, 1875-11-06
THE PRINCE OF WALES.

ANTUNA, OCI' TO.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ar
rived here at haIf-past 10 o'clock yesterday
evening. The British Consul and the principal
English residents were at the station awaiting
the train. The Prince, being informed that
the English residents desired to pay him their
loyal respects, stepped out upon the platform
and received their fervent wishes for his pros
porous voyage and safe return.
ATHENS, OJt. 16.
The King of the Hellenes will 60 to meet
the Prince of Wales, who Is expected to arrive
the day after tomorrow.
, 1875-11-06
MADRID, Oct. 16.

The Impartial says Cardinal Simeoni. the
Papal Nuncio, has demanded that the Bishop
of SEQ d'UrgeI should be permitted to come to
Madrid on parole.
SPAIN AND GREAT
, 1875-11-06
GREAT BRITAIN

NEW IUKk OUL. To-
Intelligence from Porto Rico says Venegaa
will shortly be delivered up to the British
Government. The indemnify and damages
claimed will be paid, the British flag will ho
saluted, and the Captain General consured.
SPAIN AND CUBA.
S~ANTANDER, Oct. II.
l,6l0 Spanish troops embarked here this
morning for Cuba in the mail steamers Mendez
Nuntz and Condol.
, 1875-11-06
HERZEGOVINA

RAGUsA, Oct. IS.
The Turks have destroyed all the villages
in the Popovo Plain. The Catholics who were
young and unable to escape were killed. The
Turks took cattle and other booty,
Oct. 16.
The Turkish troops having passed the frontier
near Lubuschka menace an attack on the Aus
TRAN village ofErzeg. Troops have been sent
hence to defend it.
RAGUsA, Oct. II.
Heavy rains have fallen in Herzegovina,
impeding military operations.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-11-18

Clair county. has been seized, together
with i've hundred head OF cattle, which
are being fed at the dstiIlery.
The Sfets Register. "when Dan
Munn came here to investigate those
wicked Pekln tlistIllcrs, about year ago.
the Register stated chat the report that ne
had sent for Dave Linegar, to aid him In
the cause of honesty aud reform, was
untrue. We now apologize to Mum and
Linegsr both. The correspondence we
published on Saturday last shows that
David helped Daniel in many Of his In
vestigations." 81.
Captain Brent, who died nc Pcnsa-
cole, Florida, on the 18th, was native of
the District Of Columbia, and was de-
sccndcd from an old and noted Maryland
family. He entered the United states
navy at an carly age, aud at the breaking
out of the late civil war had reached the
rank of commander. Among the first Of
the officers Of the old navy who resigned
aud attached themselves to the fortunes
OF the Confcderacy, Captain Brent served
with distinction In the ''lost cause" aud
when the war was over. retired into prl-
vatc lie from which he never aftcrward
emerged,
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HOW An IrEA TRAVELLED.

During the suumer months, when the
senior Of the BULLETIN was absent, and
the competitors had played a brilliant
weeks engagement, without crossing the
street every hour, we wrote a compile
mentary article on the id printer
(which We regretted the next day.. After
travelling all over the United States and
Canada, In country and city papers, and
being excoriated BY editors who felt sore
over it, truths, 1t has at length returned,
through the medium of Rowelrs Reporter,
decapitated and shorn Of its extremitics,
presenting q very plump and respectable
appearance, and reading very sad. For
writing 1t we were denoininated a "black-
smith," and Rowell calls us an exaspera-
ted and sarcastic smith. While we regret
that We. in gushing moment, spoke
well Of printers, We feel gratihed that our
bellows were not blown for nothing, and
that the crude Item has returned home
feeling sad at the loss Of ito tail and head.
Although It Is inanimatc. It certainly
met with rough usage during Its summer
and fall trip, and We will now retire It
among the scrap iron " be produced In
another shape through the Instrumental.
ity Of our editorial bellows.
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uu,s>np a vsLv PLAHrEo.

Besides losing Hoffman and Hammer,
ve are now called upon to drop tear
over the grave Of Guibord, whose re-
mains have f,lrnlshcd US many items dur
ing dull times. II has taken elk years to
s.fely plant them In q Catholic censctery.
Guibord was buried on the 10th inst, In
the cemetery Of the Catholics, Of Mon
treal, Csaada. being escorted to his R,al
place Of rest by an armed body Of men.
Although tho Catholics objected to the
burial. no denominations were
made. A cold November rain
driited upon the coffin and
the spectators. While NJ. win miss
Guibord, We are glad that the drama,
which commenced SIX ycars ago, has
ended without tragedy. But we still
have Beccher, and feel satisfied that he
will last until Spring. He has been q
faithful standby for long time. He
had bis faults, like other men. and loved
Elizabeth unwisely and too well, causing
Theodore to grieve and raise row. Life
IL feeting, and all are now gone except
Henry. whom We shall treasure all the
mOrc. - Az ~ ft..di.ss T.. % ~ - 80.
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Live AGENTS Wanted

To sell DR.. Chase's Recipes or Infor.
nation for Everybody, In every county
in the United States and Canadss. En-.
larged by the publisher 10 84S pages. II
contains over 1000 household recipes, and
is suited to all classes and conditions Of
society. a wonderful book and a. house.
hold necessity. II sells at sight. Great
est Inducements ever offered to book
agents. Sample copies sent by mail
Postpaid, for 81. Exclusive territory
given. Agents more than double theil
money. Address DIR. Chase's Steam
Printing House, Ann Arbor, Michigan
ll.3.Ml3t
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hope may be able 10 come out of The
trouble with clear record. The light
Ming has ramiiied and stung, and scorch-
ed IN many localities In the State. and the
exhuming parties discover only the pu-
trid carcass Of the Republican party
exudltg Its filth and -. stench.
The acts OF this whisky ring
ere but light In comparison to some Of
tn, Republican stealing iobs that have
enriched men since the sonthcrn people
laid down their arms. Millions Of dol
lars belonging to the people have been
stolen to enrich such slsoddy, vulgar
brcast-pin wearer ss thesc whisky
thieves, aud Only, 1t rare Intervals, arc
they run In aud punished. Joyce is the
first, and perhaps the last, Of the present
batch Of robbers to receive mcrited nun.
ishmcnt. It is reported that lie Is very
rich. aud can well afford to serve term
tn return for what nc has made away
with, vseftr -fF... f.lft ....'.
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"Throw PhZ:ic 70 the Dogs, I'm

We do not In the least feel like blaming
Macbeth for this expression of disgust (;
indeed, we are rather inclined to sympa-
thize with him. Even nowadays most
OF the cattartics offered to the public are
great. repulsive-lookins pills, the very
appearance Of which lie sufficient to turn
ones stomach" Had Macbeth ever taken
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Purgativc Pellets
he would not have uttered those words of
contempt. II Is really encouraging,
when one Is Ill, to find that little. sugar
coated Pellet. no larger than a grain of
mustard, viii as promptly produce the
desired effect as dose of great. nauseat-
ing pills. These little Pellets, unlike
other cathartics, are really natures
physic. They do not debilitatc. but tone
and invigorate the system. No family
should be without DR.. Perce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-11-18
RE M,nONAln TRlAL

In the Mcdonald whisky trial now 20
Ing on In st. Louis three witnesses were
examined Observation-Disclosures Thomp
son, Major Megrac. and Alfred BevIs.
Thompson commenced the Illicit distil
lation Of whisky In 1871, cautiously, in
crsasins the Quantity until 1871. when h,
ran One-half CROOKED" Of his whole
manufacture. The govcrnmemt store
keepers and gaugers knew Of this. Pait
Megrue and Leavenworth $500 to 81 ,5O'
per week contributions. Assisted In rails
Ing fund Of $4,000 to hush Brazier,
special government agent. ~
Megrue frequently conversed with Nc.
Donald and Joyce about making money
by Illicit distilling, the dlstllicrs to be
protected by giving up portion of the
taxes saved. Between Septe mber 1871 to
November 1872 he collected $500 per
week. A certain sum being taken out
for Leavenworth. to pay gaugers. store.
keepers, and assistant assessors and
collectors, the balance was d.
vided into five parts. one for himself,
one for Mcdonald, one for Joyce, and
two parts for Leavenwogth, with the an.
Outstanding that they were for Mckee.
He sometimes gave the money to
Mcdonald. At one time he gave
Mcdonald $4,000 more than the Others.
On cross-exsminstion, Megrue men.
toned several occasions In which he had
given money to Mcdonald, and stated
he realized $4,000 or $6O,OOo from his
connection with the ring. A-,- 4
Bevis said that In 1871 he made mr..
engagements with Megrue to manufacture
Illicit whisky, the taxes to be used tor Do
litical purposes. He paid from $500 to
5000 per week 10 Megrue, aHd was sure
Mcdonald knew what was transpiring.
Confirmed Thompson's testimony In re-
lation to the $4,000 fund paid to Bra
zier. He and Leavenworth paid over the
money at the Southern hotel. McDon-
aid, in conversation afterwards, said 1t
was all right. In 1874 had paid the ring
as high rs 5000 per week. At one time
his partner and himself had called on
Mcdonald al the Planters house, and
some remarks were made about the
dis,illcrs paying 5000 to Fitz-
roy for MeDonald to take to
Washington to atop raid. Understood
that the money paid to Mearne was for
the benefit Of the supervisors, collectors,
store-keepers, gaugers, &C., to be used Is
. campaign fund. The witness said that
he had seen letters (shown by Joyee)
purporting to be from BabcOck and
Avery, at Washington, giving assur-
ances OF protection. He believed that
his firm had paid 100000 to the ring
previous to the close of the presidential
campaign.
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GhsriEa Sale.

PY virtue Of Ave certain executions to me di
lOrected by the clerk Of the circuit court of Al.
exander county, In the state Of Illinois, in favor
q: o. Patier 4 Co. aad against James Carroll. .
have levied upon the following described prop.
erty, In the first addition to the city of cairo,
county OF Alexander and State Of illinois, to.
VII; Lot numbered one ~ In block numbered
twenty weight (2S - the property of the said
Jnmes Carroll, which shall offer vt puplc sale
~ the southwest door NJ the court house in the
Guy OF CAIRO. IN the county Of Alexander and
state OF illinois. ON the third day OF December,
A d. 1870, between the hours Of nine o clock,
9 N. and sunset Of said day, for cash, to salts
~ hsiu Execution ALEX. II IRWIN,
caro-. Illinois, November II. 1875.
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For Sale.

A silver plated No. o Wilson Shuttle
Sewing Machine, hard (piano) finish,
valued at $S5. VIII be sold at $40 dis.
count, on good terms. and ordered direct
nom the factory.
-COlOred and mounted Maps Of the
city of Cairo at 50 so each (hali price.)
"A No. 8 Wilson Shuttle Sewing Ma.
chine valued at $7b. VIII be sold at SIS
discount, and ordered direct from the
factory.
"A 500 Remington Sewing Machine
$3O on for cash. Suitable for tailor or
boot and shoe manufacturer.
-"Picturesque America"-4S numbers
bound In volumes, full gilt Morocco
price, $40.
"A style ~" "Clough, Warren 4
Co,'s' Parlor Organ, right from the fac
tory at Detroit. List price, $500. Will
be sold for $500.
For any Of the above articles, pply a
me 6NLLETIN office. Il. A. BURNETT.