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The New York herald., 1876-02-27
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Whiskey.

The Tribune in an able article sums up the
whiskey cases, and alludes to the efforts Of
the .'rings" and their methods of escaping
justice. But it is not accurate in its history.
"The Whiskey Ring conspiracy it says,
s'began in 1871, and continued without ins
terruption till the seizures were made last
May" The ;Whiskey Ring has a much
older history. The efforts to defraud the
revenue in whiskey began when Congress-,
for the purposes of taxation to carry on the
war; imposed the high tax. When this
measure was passed there was an amend
ment exempting from the tax all whiskey
that at the time OF its passage was in bond.
This was passed under the pressure of q
powerful lobby, and was really as nefarious
a piece of business as the act creating the
Credit Mobilier Ring. From that time to this
the Whiskey Ring, with more or less assiduity,
according as the Secretaries of the Treasury
were vigilant in their duties, has fourished.
1t had power under Lincoln, an administra-
ton which, notwithstanding the war, was as
corrupt in many phases of subordinate duty
as any we have ever had, which sent generals
to the field who were utterly incompetent,
and began the horrible work of reconstruct
ton by appointing men without character or
ability to administer Justice in the South.
Then came the saturnalia of corruption in
the time of Johnson, when leading whiskey
thieves were in the confidence of the admin
istration, and when whiskey was sold in the
open market for less than the tax. We trust
to see this whole business torn up by the
roots. But the way to do is to begin at the be-
ginning and deal with it, not as a nero
party expedient, but as a momentous and
degrading crime, which has cost us millions
of money and deadened the public sense.
The New York herald., 1876-02-27
circumstances of handling the Brooklyn
scandal as il deserved
Our Parls Cable Letter.

Until Paris has allowed its storm cloud
of politics to drift to the horizon the re-
ports from the gay capital must display
more or less of the pervading political
electricity. Just now. with the Assembly
elections unconcluded and the Minis
terial future in an ocean of uncer-
tainty, Paris is watching the wrestling of
the party athletes and not occupying itself
particularly about the artistic pirouettings
that generally engage its attention. The
luxury of non-explosive republic is some
thing it has yet to accustom itself to, and
the old ladies who look out of their windows
every night in the Faubourg st. German to
see if the old Faubourg ST Antoine is not
in flames must be given o week or
two to get over their attacks of nerves. :"
just at the proper mom-nt will come the
production of the two prize Centennial
pieces, one of which is to see the footlights
at the Ambigu and the other at the Od6on
We hope that the Father of his Country will
be presented to republican France in
a manner worthy of his great name,
and that his influence will be as
reassuring to the neophytes of repub-
icanism lately won from the monarchy
as it will be cooling to the ardor of the fiery
blue blouses that dream of social equality
over their petit bleu around the site of the old
Bastile. We have before remarked the ex-
traordinary capacity of lyric artists for per-
forming in the law courts, and our Paris let
ter furnishes US with trio this week that
would win the hearts of any jury if they
were only to sing their causes instead of hiring
cacophonous tongued lawyers to plead them.
Here is gratuitous suggestion to Offenbach
and Lecocq They could make splendid
opera boufe out of it. Minnie Hauck, after
her Berlin triumphs, we are glad to learn, is
coming to America, thanks to the enterprise
of Mr.. Strakosch, who has engaged her for a
hundred nights. American artists are doing
well in Europe, to judge of the list of good
engagements and substantial triumphs re-
ported of them from week to week in our
cable letters.
The New York herald., 1876-02-27
Ths On.R season.

In one way or another New York has had
good deal of opera this winter-Italian,
German and English-far moreN than there
was reason to expect when the season began.
Mile. Titiens appeared here last week for
two performances, having paused on, her
journey like singing bird which rests upon
a bough for a moment, carols its song and
then resumes its flight She will come back.
it is hoped, in the spring. and. although her
company is not a strong one, her own great
roles compensate for its deficiencies
The season of English opera which begins
tomorrow night will be unusually attractive,
for the company is the finest we remember
since the days of Parepa-Rosa Miss KeI-
logg is unsurpassed as a vocalist, has of late
greatly improved as an actress, and is in all
respects an artistic of whom Americans have
a right to be proud. The engagements of
Nine. Van Zandt and Mrs. Seguin enable
the management to produce operas
every evening, and this week viii
be made interesting by Martha"
1.-The Bohemian Girl" "Ernani," "Lucia"
and mariana" An event of especial im-
pOIlduCe Will Dc tuc pIOuuCIAOh VI my o.
beers 'Star of the North" for the first time
here in English. Miss Kellogg will sing the
leading part, and deserves credit for the en-
terprise she has shown in increasing the too
limited repertoire of English opera. Her
purposes and her methods are artistic her
ambition is noble and the public should re-
member how ably she has labored for the
cause of music in the past in estimating the
value of her services in the centennial year
If Mr.. Mapleson, with all his resources. ID
unable to do anything for us; if Mr.. Str&
kosch cannot organize Italian opera for thii
summer; if Mr.. Neuendorff has bidden fares
we'll to Wachtel; if Mile. Pappenheim is uns
supported ifMlle. Titiens is to return to Eng
land, then we have nothing to do but to de,
pend on our own American enterprise and
talent In some respects the public will moi
lose by the necessity. Miss Kellogg certainly
will not disappoint us. She was never Sd
fine singer as she is now, and we trust shd
will appreciate the obligations that are im-
posed upon her as manager.
The New York herald., 1876-02-27
Pulpit Topics.

City pastors of the Baptist faith to-day will
instil some of their own peculiarities into
the minds of their congregations on heart
unity in Gods service to insure success and
Christ's mission to the world on the birth
of John the Baptist and Christ and their hu-
man relationship to each other and the con-
fession of the divine origin of the latter on
the distinguishing characteristics of the
Christian and Gods goodness and care for
His own on the proper disposal of Christ
by every man and His reception by every
one, as little children receive Him without
questioning and doubling on the peculiar
principles of Baptists, which have proved a
safeguard and pillar of this Republic and
on the duty of Christians toward Plymouth
church, based on the findings of the Council.
The Methodist pastors will consider the
character of heaven and of its unseen Guest
and His invitation Ito the burdened and
weary to come to Him and find rest; the in
terview between Saul and the Spiritualist
medium at Endor and the moral quality of
this government, whether it is heather or
Christian, with particular reference to the
school question now agitating the commu-
nifty. The Presbyterian pastors will con-
slider the glory and JOY of the Church and
the personal claim of the Gospel upon every
man. The Episcopalian pulpit will discuss
the recognition of friends in heaven and the
character of the midnight mission work of
the Established Church in London The
Reformed, hearing the sound of a
going in the mulberry trees, will
urge this as the convenient season
for repentance toward God and faith in the
Lord Jesus Christ The Congregationalist
will offer redemption to all applicants, and
indicate who the modern Balaams are and
what their prophesying meaneth. The Uni
versalist pulpit will look at religion merely
as a means of culture; will discuss the Scrip
tural authority and reasonableness of the
orthodox belief in personal devil and the
true way to see Jesus, and the Unitarian will
take nothingarianism in hand. The Sweden
borgian pulpit will explain the curse of the
serpent to mean the sensual principle in
man, and which suggested to his free will
lower plane of life than that on which he
existed and which man accepted. The miscel-
laneous preachers and teachers will discuss
marriage and the scientific reconstruction of
the individual and the time and manner of
the last Judgment.
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

God. which passeth all understanding, come
in an Instant Is there no growth in relig-
ious life2 Is there no inducement to that
steady development of moral nature which
sums up the true measure of Christian man
hood Can the Water street wharf rat, who
sewers and kennels of great city-liar
thief adulterer, wretch-be suddenly trans
formed into gentle, God-fearing Christian
soul? If this is the truth-and this is the
Gospel we learn from Brother Moody-of
what use is all that vast body of divinity and
morals which comes down to us from the
Christian fathers-which comes in other
forms and clouded with legends and super
stitions from Confucius and Mencius and
Mohammed and Buddha? Looking at relig-
ion in its largest sense-not as creed or a
combination of creeds, but as the expression
of the faith, the reverence, the self-denial,
the intellect of people, as the first and
fairest development of reason-it is far diff
ferent from what Brother Moody breaches
and Brother Sankey sings to the anxious
drome. If this is all, let us put away the
books that for ages have embodied the wis
dom and virtue and genius of all nations. OF
what use are those holy examples with which
the history of every faith abounds-examples
of suffering, restraint, self-denial and martyr
dom--if we can all be summoned into the
kingdom of heaven as by signal gun or the
tap of drum?
Brother Moody's work-and we say it in
all kindness to him. and with the highest
respect for his sincerity, his enthusiasm and
his rare gifts-is but the work of day He
furrow and root out decaying stumps and
SOW the seed, but true living religion must
grow. The soil must be watered and fer
tilized, the sun must shine and the dens
must fall; the laborers in the vineyard must
be viglant lest the tares come and choke the
growing plants, and we must wait for the
harvest. This revival, like all re-
vivals, will last for an hour. Brother
Moody will soon go to other
fields; the Hippodrome will close its
doors, to open in few months to fiddlers
and beer merchants, and the anxious thou
sands who now assemble nightly to know
what they must do to be saved will 60 back
to the world of sorrow and sin and tempta-
ton The true Christian work will remain
to those patient, self-denying men in the
ministry who live with their people from
year to year. Let US trust that all the good
for which Christian men are praying with SO
much fervor may be achieved and when in
the dread future this generation is asked,
s'What has the harvest been ?" there will be
some other answer than the refrain which
Brother Sankey chants. so sweetly, Nothing
but Leaves
The New York herald., 1876-02-27
Saving France.

1t is pleasant to hear that the Bonapartists
are once more ready to save France, for we
like TO know that an influential party is
amiably disposed toward q country in whose
welfare the world has an interest, and it is
an evidence that France is in very prosper
Gus condition when the Bonapartists con-
slider that she needs saving. France, like
every other nation, occasionally goes ''to the
bad" as they say in Coekaigne, OF goes Ito
the dogs, as we say, not having particularly
good opinion of the dogs. 1t is her fate in
such circumstances to fall into the hands of
the Bonapartists. They are her dogs. Their
advent is an evidence of vital decay or
calamity. To see a gentleman's gold re-
peater in the possession of Mr.. Simp-
son, with ponderous seals dangling from
his fob. may be a splendid sight to
the eye that regards only Simpson, but it is
q very melancholy indication to the friends
of the gentleman and thus, though France
may dazzle and glitter with a Bonaparte on
the throne, that splendor itself is the worst
of signs Bonapartists are all happy when
one of the family is in possession they are
reserved and self-possessed when events
have any tendency to put them there. They
hold their peace and watch their opportunity.
But in proportion as their chances wane-in
proportion as the country shows the capacity
to take care Of itself, to avoid excesses and
calamities, to keep out Of the possession of
the pawnbrokers as it manifests a resolute
disposition not to go to the dogs the voice
of the Bonapartist is heard in the land
clamoring his anxiety to save France.
Consequently the fact that the Bonapartists
now declare themselves readyto perform
this little service is the best possible indica-
ton of the national welfare.
The New York herald., 1876-02-27
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Turkish troops in Herzegovina have only bread
and onions to eat
Richard Grant white is urged for the post of libra.
rian to the Library.
Babcock responded, Gentlemen, am too full for
pray for me-what'n you takeS"
When railways were nrst talked OF the projectors
we're credited with being visionary enthusiasts.
In Persia woman can't speak above whisper; but
in this country man is blamed for licking his wfe
The most useful of the age is he who can writs
the Declaration Of Independence on three cont piece
They say that Bclknap became politician because
he never could milk without getting his bread In
the pail.
Mr. Beecher says he used love the publisher OF the
Independent but that he no longer Bowen Of hIs
Bowen.
The new French telescope magni6es thousand
times, and Morton wants one to use in an outrage
speech
Everything in San Francisco is done on an enormous
SCALE Even in dining 1t never has roast pig without
going the whole hog.
A correspondent asks:-"where will Bowen go ?"
We forget; but heard the mentioned once by
a man who sat down a carpet tack.
little mud from the bottom Of the consists OF
millions Of shells. each containing living animal.
Thus is existence possible in land without Tooker.
The Saginaw Mich salt springs have proved formi-
dabe rivals TO those OF Onondaga, " Y. Hon Tom
Aivord got his name Of 'old Salt" from being Of
the salt sellers
SIX shooters begin be hourished high In air at Gus
ter City, the Black Hills the slightest provocation.
II couldn't be worthy OF being called mining CON-
munity however II II had not reached this stage Of
moral growth on the 9th, the elected set Of
officers TO preserve the peace.
Two brave men, having fought and shaken hands,
are the last men the world TO cherish small anmos-
itles against each other No point in any drama In
more heartily appreciated by English or American
audience than that in the Lady OF Lyons" where
Colonel Damas remarks how much he likes another
man aner he has fought with him.
The tobacconists OF Constanunople are styled ts-
tungis They are mostly Greeks or Armenans, and
have singulary engaging manners and sometimes es-
pccally during the nights OF Ramadan vziers pachas
beys other dignitaries lounge famiarly in their
shops smoke, talk and learn the news sitting tho
while upon low the surrounding balss Of to-
bacco, like members OF the English Parliament upon
their woolsacks -
An English Journal says;-"Tho Crescent City spoaka
many tongues. II was spanish; il was French; il is
cosmopolitan. The rays which have ripcned the
glorious vintage OF champagne warm the SMILES upon
the rosy lips 20 which It's happy bubbles y Tho purity
and hearsncss Of the AngoSaxon here without
It's coldness lady is obliged 70 be always on
guard She may walk alone from one end Of New Or
leans TO the other dny night and not oden
! sive word addressed 10 her."
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

A FoRoING MARQUIS. Crime, when it in
vades high society, should be in keeping
with its surroundings. Thus, while society
would turn with withering scorn from
nobleman who stole and pawned his
buffers wardrobe, il can look with
complacent aversion on marquis
who forges the signature Of king. This
the Marquis Mantegazza has been doing with
the sign manual of the King Of Italy to the
tune Of forty thousand dollars a signature.
Tweed robbing a mere city sinks in the scale
Of interest below the verge of recognition.
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

An IMPORTANT DECISION was made by Judge
Blatchford yesterday in the United States
District Court. The firm Of Duncan, Sher-
man 4 Co. had been adjudged involuntary
bankrupts on the petition Of two hundred
and Eve of their creditors. Other creditors
asked TO have the bankruptcy proceedings
declared void, and the Court denied the ap-
plication and dismissed all proceedings ex-
cept those in bankruptcy. The opinion is
very important, especially in case where a
transfer Of property in fraud Of creditors is
alleged, and its importance as precedent
iustifes the space which we give to it this
morning.
The New York herald., 1876-02-27
Our London Gable Letter.

From the prospects of war, with three great
empires involved, down to the discussion
over Weston, the walkist's, whiskey, our Lon
don correspondents letter fairly teens with
interest. Englishmen under the tory lead
seem once more anxious to cast off their in
sular shell, to strut as European arbiters and
relieve themselves of the feeling that they
are as "the cankers of a calm world and o
long peace" AS the London Times will, on
occasion, grandly and calmly repudiate its
sentiments of year before, so England, of
which it is the type becomes, in Dis
raeli's phrase, seasick of the streak of
silver sea, which served its turn so long
to denote England's proud and inaccessible
isolation. 1t went to war with Russia on
the heels of Prince Albert's great peace fes-
tival in q glass house, and now it would
fight for the S Suez Canal, although 1t grimly
sustained Old Pam when he warned all pa
triotic Englishmen against investing penny
in it. Palmerston's party, for following in
his footsteps comes under the popular cen
sure, and Lowe and Gladstone, in their
defeat, are Knocked by the triumphant Dis
in spite of Court mourning, and has its
laugh over sombre practical joke played by
the Duke of Edinburgh, who filled the
programme at national concert at the
Albert Hall with pieces by foreign COM
posers The London theatres have as many
Othellos in the field as Richard Ill saw
Richmonds-enough to start minstrel
show-but as the Moor has supplanted
the irrepressible Nine. Angot the change is
not an unhealthy one. Tennyson, too, is
busy trying to make Queen Mary" an acting
play, something in which he will find con-
siderable difficulty in spite of its fine 'bits,
occasional telling situations and histori-
cal realism. For excellence in the latter
quality commend us TO the Munich Art Fes-
tival, which our correspondent reports,
whereat the marriage of Charles ",
the father of Marys Spanish husband, was
presented, and preparatory to which an art
committee sat in solemn Bavarian fashion on
every costume which was allowed to appear
When we leave these glittering things behind
and note Mother Stewart and the doctors
discussing Weston's whiskey and stamina
we are quite prepared to come across the
ghost of Little Emma with Minister Schenck
in its arms, and the latter resolving to stick
to his post, although it has become pillory.
Our rowing friends can find the latest news
from England on the prospects of interna-
tional sport, and everybody will discover
soro.thino of interest
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

The AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY held
public meeting at Chickering Hall last
night, to listen to an address by Judge
Charles p. Daily. The learned geographer
recounted the work of the societies in geo.
graphical exploration, and presented an in
teresting history of discovery in every part
Of the world, which will be found in our
columns this morning.
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

MALTEAsANcE N OFFICE finds no favor
with the New Jersey courts. James Hand.
the Paterson official who was convicted of
conspiracy and malfeasance some time ago,
was yesterday sentenced 10 eighteen months
in the State Prison. A few more such ex-
smples will have salutary influence and
may even make public officers honest.
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

GENERAL BABcocK can best serve his friend
President Grant by retiring from his post,
and this and the party need should combine
to make General Grant let him go in peace.
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

LOUISIANA seems about to be made again
the scene of discouaging political battles,
beginning, it is rumored, with the impeach-
ment of Governor Kellogg Louisiana must
bide her time in patience, for her triumph
in the future is assured
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

CARtIsTs SuBBESDERNG by thousands and
fleeing into France is the news from the
Spanish seat of war. If this goes on the
grand battle we are promised will be in
definitely postponed.
The New York herald., 1876-02-27
ADJUSTMENTS TOMORROW.

WOODS MUSEUM.
KATE FISHERS HORSE WONDER, at s r. NJ Matinee
THIRD AVENUE THEATRE
VARIETY. at s Pm.
wALLAcK's THEATRE.
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, ats 81. NJ. Mr. Lester Wal
= ,,,n~ OLYMPIC THEATRE.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
UNCLE TOMS CABIN at +. NJ.
UNCLE ANTHONY, at sP NJ
v.nr.r CHATEAU MABILLE VARIETIES.
VARIETY, ats NJ.
LYCEuM THEATRE.
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, at 3 p. NJ.
sTEINwAY HALL.
GRAND CONCERT ats P. NJ oratoTiO Society and Theo.
dore Thomas Orchestra.
BROOKLYN THEATRE.
UNCLE TOMS CABIN, at P. NJ Mrs. G. C Howard
TONY PASTORS NEW THEATRE
VARIETY, atsP NJ
UNION SQUARE THEATRE
ROSE MICHEL, at sP. NJ.
PARK THEATRE
BRASS, at 8 P. VI. George Fawcett Rowe.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE
PIQUE. at p. NJ. Fanny Davenport.
THIRTY.FouRTH STREET OPERA HOUSE
VARIETY, atsP.M.
BowERY THEATRE
81 SLocUM, at 7. NJ Frank X Frayne
PARTISAN VARIETIES.
VARIETY. at 3 =. NJ
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs. at SPIN
rnrrr,. GLOBE THEATRE.
BOOTHS THEATRE
JULIUS CESAR, at & p NJ Mr.. Lawrence Barrett
VARIETY stsP.M
opp vr,, c,,r SEBsssTR eERSANIA 7 THEATRE.
TIvoLI THEATRE
VARIETY at sP.M
c,,,ro TWENTY; THIRD STREET THEATRE
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Gold opened
at ia and closed at 113 rs. Stocks were
irregular, with downward tendency In
vestment securities were in fair demand and
firm. Money on call was supplied at . 1-2
and 3 per cent. Governments were a trihe
loss in specie
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

RUSSIA, having taken Khokand wholly into
its clutches, is raising little public opinion
for formally annexing it. There is a certain
etiquette, we suppose, that makes this neces-
sary, but it is all the same to Khokand.
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

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SUNDAY HERALD, free Of postage, by sending
their orders direct TO this office
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

EXEMPLARY DAMAGES are seldom recovered,
but il sometimes happens that officials are
taught their duty by a heavy verdict. The
result of the suit of William H. Hume against
the city is a case in point Mr.. Hume and
his brother-in-law, David II. Hays, were
standing under an awning which fell, kill
ing Hays outright and making Hume Grip
pie. In a previous trial Hume obtained q
verdict for twelve thousand dollars, but a
new trial being ordered by the Court Of Ap-
peals the jury yesterday rendered verdict
for eighteen thousand dollars This cannot
fail to prove a salutary lesson and we trust
that unsafe awnings will not be allowed to
cover the sidewalks In the face of such q
verdict any delay in ascertaining the condi-
tion of all awnings throughout the city would
be reprehcnsible.
The New York herald., 1876-02-27
QU ADRUPLE SHEET.
NEW YORK, SUNDAY FEBRUARY a7. 1876.

From our reports this morning the probabilities
are that the tredtter to-day leiA be cloudy, rah
Sil0D.
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

THE FLooDs IN Prussia have caused fear
full damage to property at Schonebeck; but,
so far as we can learn, no loss of life has
occurred.
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

WOODS MUSEUM
KATE FISHERS HORSE WONDER, at p. NJ. Matinee
ats
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

THIRD AVENUE THEATRE.
VARIETY M
The New York herald., 1876-02-27

wALLACKs THEATRE.
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, at 3 +. NJ Mr. Lester Wal
lack