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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-12
CATHOLIC TEMPERANCE UNION.
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE NEW JERSEY
SnCIETIEc

ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE NEW JERSEY
SOCIETIES.
The third annual convention OF the New Jersey
Catholic Temperance Union took place yesterday at the
Catholic Institute Jersey City. Very Rev. G. H.
Doane President OF tho State organization, and Vicar
General Of the diocese. presided. While tho Commit
tee Credentials preparing their report addresses
delivered by the Rev. Pierce Mccarthy, Of
Dover; Rev. Walter Fleming, Of Mount Hope Rev. P.
N. Deany, Of Florence, and Rev. Father Hogan, of
East Newark. The President then presented his third
annual report the condition of the society, which
showed that 1t was hourishing beyond the most
guine expectations One small society (St. Joscphs, OF
Jersey Cy) had been dissolved but its place we'll
filled by society at Orange numbering go men,
bcrs, being the largest society in the State. Allusion
made to the Catholic Temperance Fountain In tho
Centennial ground, Philadelphia, which, the speaker
said, most credtable TO the Catholic temperance
men, and all who had contributed had reason feel
proud OF it. The treasurers report showed that the
finances were IN satisfactory condition.
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STRUGGLE WITH A LUNATIo.

Yesterday, at noon, well dressed man, apparently
labor.ny under great excitement went on board =
Hobokcn ferryboat Barclay street. lie took seat in
the LADIES' cabin, but leIt II few seconds He then
walked up and down The deck, with head bowed and
hands claspcd behind his back. When the boat was
about half he made a spring to get over the
guard rail, evidently with the intention OF committing
sucidc, ana had almost succeeded, when he seized
by some OF the passengers who with difficulty dragged
hin back 10 the deck He gwen into the custody
OIL the police Beng Intercepted 10 tho reason Of
his attempting suicidc. his only that he
would Kill or drown himself whom released Ho gave
his name as George Clark and hts residence Astoria
A. l.. where he has vile aud four children. HIS
family were notified OF his BY Captain Donovan,
and steps Will be taken to-day to place she prisones u
lunatic asylum.
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The residents of the lower end Of the Twelfth ward,
Red Hook Point Brooklyn. are very much excited and
indignant the fact that fteen of dynamite
were, last Tuesday, placed In bonded warehouse
in Van Dyke street. meeting OF citizens held in
that locality on Wednesday night, when a protest WA
prepared Tor presentation to the Board Of Aldermen
against the storage Of dynamite in that vicinity. II
explosion should In that thickly settled neigh
borhood many lives would be lost The fearful shock
OF last Saturday night, resulting IRON the explosion
Bergen tunnel. is still fresh in the memory of Brook.
lyniles the prevailing sentiment in favor OF tax
ing the dynamite away from the Van Dyke warehouse
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GOVERNOR TILDEN.


WHAT DEMochATIc POLITICIANS THINK or HIS
PROSPECTS As A CANDIDATE.
The recent publication Of article in tue Express
spposing tho possible nomination Of Governor lllden
Tor thc Presidency has given good deal DIS
cussion 10 democratic circles
Mayor wickham, IN conversation WIEN HKRALp re
porter gave il hts opinion tna Of tho delegates
we're pledged 70 support Governor Tldcu ST Louis.
largo majority them, coming from different sec
lions OF the State, acquainted with each other
aud have had no opportunity tor caucus since tho
meeting Of the Convention. He believed. however, a
strong sentiment existed among them generally in Til
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SICK CHILDREN CARED FOR.

Anumber Of ialics connected with the West Side
Relief Association al No 4os West Twenty street
have made CONNIE dabe effort In aid Of the numcr-
Gus SEX children who have little chance Of proper
treatment 10 crowded tenement houses They have
rented places At Dobbs' Ferry on the Hudson and AZ
Coey island. where SICK children be cared Tor dur
M TIE summer AMI arftugs have been made by
which they can DC sent ththef reduced rates The
lives Of many little ones may be saved by little fresh
AIR and intelligent treat ncnt. Moncyis needed
carry out this humane project before itran be worked
an laro
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-12
TAMMANY SOCIETY CELEBRATION.

Tammany Society will celebrate its eighty. seventh
anniversary at the wigwam Fourteenth street this
evening. The braves viii assemble around the council
ire halt hour alter the setting OF tho sun, smoke
the pipe OF peace and perform the dance around
the liberty pole, after which the Sachems, Sagamorcs
Wskinskie and other officers recently elected DO
installed with proper ceremonies
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THE HERALD AND THE PRESIDENCY
NEW YORK, May s. 1876.

New York, May s. 1875
To EDITOR HERALD
In your article in yesterdays HERALD suggesting tho
OF Thurman for President and Tslden and Bayard
his Cabinet, you have struck the chord Of the Amer
pulse and rest assured II your good and great
luencc welded ably In their behalf as II Was ~
behalf OF Recorder hnckct their Is ass6rcd
aud tho heartfelt thanks OF the business Of the
whole country wall be yours. Tor you only echo the
sentiment OF tho honest American people saying that
they crave for pure. honest. patriotic admin istra-
ton. The NEw YORK HERALD can secure It,
A CONSTANT READER
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That hereafter al persons made life directors should
not have the privilege Of voting with the Board Of Man.
ayers Several Of tho members spoke on tins subject;
the majority however were IN favor OF laying the reso
luton on the table. Some thought thai this privilege
was source OF great danger the society, but the
majority were inclined to wait TIL the danger came
postponed till the next annual meeting. The society
lpn adj
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ANOTHER CENTENARIAN GONE.

Yesterday afternoon the Brooklyn Board Of Health
received from Dr. ~ rccn certificate OF the death Of
Mrs Catharinc Kcrwin VINO died OF scnc debility at
her residence, No 90 North Flnh street. Eastern
district in her lo6th year she was born IN tho county
longord, Ireland, and c&mc ~ this country twenty
two years ago.
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AN INDIGNANT PAUPER.

pauper at the Paterson Almshousc, named Mrs.
Ash, became angry yesterday morning because the
keeper gave her cup OF conee instead Of Tea, and
smashed crcckery urnsurss So n hss indAensasuAs
She had 70 Be locked ~
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-12
REAL NAVAL REFORM.

FniLApELrnIA, Nay 10, 1876
To the EprroR OF THE HEgALp:--
yonr correspondent .Navai oicer Of Hig. Rang =
has struck the keynote OF naval reform Abolish tho
Naval Academy. We viii have better officers and save
several hundred thousand year. We VIII have fewer
dcscrtions; for the officers VIII not look upon
Of a different race. ard will tLem az human
beings. There Will be trouble with line and stan:
Tor boys board ship, they VIII learn respect Tor
age aud responsible positions. Now mldsnipnau
costs the taxpayers rom $4,000 to SIS 900 Formerly
they 800 aud gave three years as ma
snlpmcD Porter, farragul Dupont Poor and John
Rodgers oi this klnd--wc want no better.
Abolish the Engineer Corps--it a humDug. Advcr.
tise as loiIows:--
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riny chief engineers =, 500 a vear

Fifty chief engineers al s2vCo year
Fatty hrst assistant engineers II 81 500 year
Flity second assistant engineers 81, 200 "A year
Fifty thru assistant engineers at II. vUU a year
We can get t~cny good practical men Tor every po
sitiun ten OF officers are practical men
ut present DO away with family influence; let no APP
piicanl Tor any grade IN the navy be eligible who has
relative in The navy.
Nor should mdshpmcn be appointed as now. Let
the member vi Congress having appointment visit
high school, the master select twenty boys between
fourteen aud eighteen, the member select tie best i've
aud let those decide by lot who the appointce bc,
and let him 80 TO sea or the schoosiip as mdship-
man, ready for the next scagoing vessel This plan
would relieve the House OF Representatives IRON tho
oduin OF selling appointments Let Bcardsley DO dis
missed aud all others whose appointments have been
renis risky.
An accomplished writer OF the Army and Nary Jour-
has written eighteen chaptsrs, but he navy
for empire lie ioraets that he belongs 10
Republic; and 80 do navy officers generally. wish
had the power, would make American Navy at
hundred per cent better and Tor about sloGoo,
700 year ECON0Ax
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PRESIDENT PACKERS POSITION.

MAUcH CHUNK Pa, May 8, 1875
To EDITOR HERALD:-
/ desire to correct, through your columns, some
statements made by HERALD correspondent, writing
IRON Wkesbarre under date of May in regard to tho
position OF President Packer. OF the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company, and his relations to the so-caed
coal combination. Your correspondent writes as fol-
lows:-
, 1876-08-27

acquaintance Of his parishioners last week.
One Of his calls was upon maiden lady lie
found her to be Il dclieate-appearing woman,
with languid cast to the eyes. During the
brief conversation she said:
- have been very sad and much depressed
in the past month. My soul has felt very much
disquieted. 60 here and there, aad yet am
not at peace. take up this employment and
then that; one book and then another; but still
nothing assuages the feeling Of discomfort: A
spirit Of unrest has brooded over my life these
past wceks,-a mystic spirit whose subtle inhu,
ences have gone into my daily existence, and
closed and opened her fan, and then addcd !:
& But I feel different, now that vaternelons
huye arrived d,-morc at peace, as it were!' -
The new pastor, who had his lips expe2tantly
parted, and his eyes moist with sympathy,
Strengthened up at once, and stcrnly eyeo the
Wallpaper.
, 1876-08-27
BREV1TIES.

A CLERGYMAN who did not believe In going
outside Of his own denomination to distribute
his charities was solicited by beggar for aims:
uNfy brothrr," said be, 81 are you High Church:"
nNcyer was high in my lifc,' returned the
bcgrar, reproachfu1ly. "Sever drinks nuthln'
at all, sir.''
A clergyman, after preaching tedious ser
mon on happiness, during which he enumerated
the various classes of happy persons, asked one
of his elders what he thought Of the discourse:
tsYou omitted one large class OF the hapPy,
replied the elder, land that is, they Who es-
capped your sermon"
New York Dispatch: The managers OF a
Rrooklyn cemetery advertise: "GraVes nncly
situated, surrounded by the beauties Of nature,
commanding tine view OF the & oa5, an ano' hn1 ~
man family People who have tried them cali
not be persuaded to go elsewhere"
1ou can buy cane fsh-pole for 2' cents,
and catch lust as many fish E1tn II ~
you can with a jointed one that costs SlI 1s ous
you can't take it apart and slip It under your
coat when you 80 fishing on sunoay Us yuu Jan
one that is in sections, and reie1ous outs'oe
appcarance is worth S16.75 to most men.
Young man having preached for his Bishop,
was anxious to get word OF applause !or us
labor OF love. The Bishop, however, dlo q not
introduce the subject, and his younger 9rotner
was obliged to bait the hook for him. - NOPE,
sir, did not weary your people py tne tens ~ ~
OF nv sermon to-daya'' No, sir; noe II ALI
nor BY tue depth either"
On recent Sunday at Lowell. Mass collec,
ton was taken up at one OF the chnfcaes III e ~
| OF the Reform Club. As the boy reacheo pc"
| occupied bv a lady, her daughter, and NtI4e SUI,
! tile two former found themselves Wltnou1 q ecu,
| of money. Master Hopeful reached over an1
| deposited cent in the boz and then WhispelG;o e;
to his sister, '3There, just saved Ills latans
| from being whitewashed.
| Rochester Democrat: Ono OF our Popu4a'
| c1ergymen-a triae absent minded-seatea ninl
| self at hotel table the other day, ana III IepI}
to the walters question saidhe would take eou's
| roast beef, swell done," almost immealatG;! e; !
adding, as he glanced out Of the WndoW ~ ~ ~
sun Just sinking in frey splendor oenlnu ha .ns
| trees, s'good and faithful servant, enter tno.
into the Joy of the Lord" Not TO DC ouloouS
the waiter at once took up collection.
There is well-known aversion among tne
Scotch to hearing read sermons. one pa59so. -
! d country district found himself In an aWknMt
predicament from this paper question; haslne
exhausted Is frstly'' and "aecondly," ne 1ou4e 4s
the remainder OF his manuscript Want'ng. II
vain efforts to seek the missing paper, Ae ie :.
peated t.thirdly' and ''lastfy" dd adasedn u
his hearers. At last one in the congtegataog'
rose, and, nodding to the minister opsii 81 a.
"Deed, sir, it I'm no mista'en, say
and lastly' ia over the polpt stars.
| SIZE FELT EASIER.
| The new pastor of the Second Metuouite
Church, says the Danbu1y Ntaps, Was nakaoR ~
, 1876-08-27

dcayored in every way to vex me,-he had even
tried hard to break up the school. Before that
time had hard work to restrain the old Adam
within me, but after my sanctincation, although
lie insulted me in the schoul-rootn, wanted TO
testify to the glory Of Christ, never felt anv
stir Of anger towards him. knew then that
the work was done Though temptation and
trial may come my faith is perfect, and have
perfect peace, because trust iu Him. love
temptation. That may seem queer to YOU, hut
believe every trial We hare strengthens US In
Christ. Temptation does me great deal OF
good. believe have the philosophers stone,
and It turns everything touched into gold.
With it can turn the devil to serve Christ.
LADY
next spoke Us follows: believe the Lord wants
me to give word OF testimony I received the
grace TOUR years ago, and know great deal
about it. l have been listening and found so
many other speakers, aud that is the reason why
have been quiet. Jesus is able to give us per
feet peace: know It from experience. Four
years ago entered into this life and must say
that since that time have passed through the
darkest tribulations. Sometimes l have ex-
pcrienccd the greatest dcstitution, and some
times my business was turned bottona-side up
wards, and, looking at it from human stand
point, have thought there was no hope for me,
and that this time my vesselwouldhave to sink ;
and yet there has never been single hour dur
what | have had perfect peace in
God. For a moment, or perhaps one
or two hours, when those reycrscs come upon
US, we think that the trial is hard to bear, and
moment that ] think about God ain in perfect
peace; am resigned and submissive to his will
This is because have given myself up entirely
to Him. The moment we think about God We
seem to lay back in the everlasting arms resting
in the calm and wisdom of God, aud without j
feeling of listrust. / have not an atom OF dis
trust about my Fathers care for me and Hit
regulation Of my earthly affairs. Previous x
, 1876-08-27
REI1G1oUS MISCELLANY.

THE CHURCH In GENERAL
The first Baptist church in British columola
has lust been organized at Victoria.
~ Tsa y.t;ona1 Conference of Unitarian and
other T Christian Churches will be. held at Sara
toro. Sept. 12-15.
'' gbe American Board will hold its sixty-seventh
lne Anestta naeat;na ~ vt Hartford. Oct. Fl. Dr..
William NJ. Taylor, OF the Broadway 1aoe'~
nacle, will preach the annual sermon.
The Church OF the Redeemer, which has sa oeea Ct,
closed for two months tor extensive repairs ana
improvements, will be reopened ior 10 Puo,e aSemg %or
1ie Rev. Sumner Ellis, who has been with the
Society Soc for two years, will be Installed as pas
tor tor.
p Present indications arc that the Stewart
Alemor1ai tnulcn ~ 49,, aoss;h1v3 Conrregatiou-
Episcopal c1n.tr that II ts ts event Mr. Mepworth Of
a one, ana tnat tt -. miscns in viii be invited to
, 1876-08-27
PERSONAL.


Bishop Haven will start to Liberia about
Ort. l.
.,n ,,,,,,xo,;.+ :. ,;x;,,r :,
MISS oaran sinlleSs tne e'anseA's'' - A'1a;. 49,
cottage at Saratoga.
The Pew. John Hendricks. the Oldest minister
49, refas,aaa rh,,-,, d;al recant1v ~ K;ng-
y. . ~ 49, - ~. - os
etoA'' ~ ~ ~ w ~
The Rev j. G- biu"cll declares IN 1he Atoh's
Herald (McthodisD that "every public Nab
bath camp-meeting is crime against public
r,,or,1;+,,,
A3 9a n.,..oo,. -. raa,,z, poor ,rno b,. be,d
RELIGIOUS meetings in many parts of Europe, is
,o,s ,rao,1;nr in Fnulond Lately he held a
's;,,! ~" p4sa.S sar1;'.aS a. - Nat1;n1harn '
ie'l''a ~ w.. ~
The Rev. v. y. van Meter, VINO mas cha1se u
the Baptist MISSION IN Rome, VIII 1etnlh 10
Europe at the close OF ttlls month: 1 re mas
been successful in raising over $S,ooo Tor his
mission. The nj mission M has increased untn an
annua ann SUN u eio'o'o . n'>''o' -'' 1'' 'f
pol''
The Roman Catnolics cialm that Ihe Io,1o"ins y.
members OF their MGrarehy n tne onitea otates
are converts from Protestantlsm: ArGnoishop
Bayley, OF Baltlmorc' AfGnnl5noP moo4, y. ~
Phiiadelpn1n and nsaoPs po1a' " 1anaien1
Roseerans, Of colunous' ano ''aunans' u
Ogdcnsburg.
Risbop COKE. of Western New York, says that
he wants to see the office of Deacon restored to
what it was in tic primitive church, and that In
every parish there should be at least two Deacons
the persons who occupy this office may iegiti-
matcly engage in any secular calling not incom-
natib1e with RELIGIOUS life, SO as to procure 8
living.
rho ..,+ ,;+x r,o.+ors ~ Now York nav
1ne aose,as a1 t4.1 ret,,rn tn their churches.
, 1876-08-27

fully copied it to the end. Imagine the horror
Of the committeeman when the stone was de-
liyered! It read: *'aly house. shall be called
the house of prayer; but yc have made II 2
he had obcyed orders. But the committeeman
insisted that the motto he had inscribed was not
What they wanted. and that it would be Of no
particular use to them. That slab is now in the
stoucrutter's ward, and anybody who wants it
Tor tombstone can probably buy it cheap.
The London Missionary society's Indian mis-
sionaries say there are indications on every hano
the dtsiutcgration Of the national religion pro-
.eed too fast for the small efforts OF Christians
to Keen pace with it. But this seems to be an
inevitable consequence Of the great excess of
arc at work. Yet the 'tgrcat mass Of the
people, especially in rural districts, live in ul.
disturbed acquiescencc in their ancestral faith"
Roman Catholic priests at ST. Wendell, Ger
MANY youch for the statement that TWO little
girls saw, III the woods, vision OF the Virgin.
She appeared to them three times, and, when
they asked her what she wanted. replied. = a
chapel, where people may pray and the sick be
healed" Within u few days the bush in which
the children saw her was carried away in bits as
relics every particle or root was tTansplautcd,
and even the earth IN which it had grown was
preserved. Three or four Thousand excited dev-
utces assembled, and we're dispersed by mill
tary company.
At the open session Of the British Wesleyan
Conference, at Nottingham, deputatons from
Ireland, France Canada, and Sonth Australia
reported Oh the progress OF the Methodists in
their several countries: The Key. Dr.. Mgg' OF
the deputation to the United States gave an ac-
count of their visit and reception by the Meth
odist General Conference Among the Ameri-
cans present at Nottingham was Rev. Alexander
Clark, of the ss Methodist (Protestant} Church
Of the United States. The statistical returns
showed an increase Of Il ,876 members, and o1
34,l20 probatiuncrs.
For long time churches have been so badly
off for names that great embarrassment has r.
suited from the fact that new enterprises have
been obliged to initiate each other entirely. TOT
closely. Considering the fact, the name give1
| to the New Methodist Church ut Seabright, n
j., is All exceedingly felicitous thing. 1t |:
s'tFhe Church OF the Fishermen" As q .grca
many Of the winter congregation Of this churci
make their living by catching fish, and the sum
mer worshipers SO fishing whenever they have
chance, whether they catch anything or not
| nothing could be neatcr or more apostolic tina
this name. The name, however, is not on
which will be extensively adopted for cit
churches remote from tic shore.
, 1876-08-27

EXTR AIRY PRINTING
4 STRANGE STORY AND FAIR MORAL.
The Irn h11r1c W. \ Aens rnrants The folI01r.

EXTRAORDINA AIRY PRINTING
4 STRANGE STORY AND FAIR MORAL.
'A"A''A 'tonA 49, A''
lae Lynchburs tVa-l Neus repeats the 1oIloW-
iug extraordinary warm:
S,us ~ o,r contaunoror;es eoan, ;,;snosad =,
onnst;on ~ the trrth ~ nnr atstcmcnt t,af noyro
man ,rhn wo. t;1ied hy liehtninr few days aun in
f'.-rnhn1l r.nntv hal fhn lctters t.f:Gn, M III.
body. DR.. Thomas Il. Moorma n, whose Post -ofice
adaress Is ls Aa4nt Zon' C9mpnel Gonnty has fus
count Of The circumstances, from Which We extract
the following:
scores hro"L, eoosea mei, notosaously Tue most
@ pelsonS III ene "4o1e @ commu'y,
WIN tttee olnea .o!osea persons, tooh fe1o5e auf
Ins tne 5ah ny sooo aeIt 81 sn.
n1ns NJ au s, III on lng aia u
, az. ,r"n asa t,at ta, tI't + t ,s
oAe Will n''se lnuosn. ;n.t wv 1ue otnete
wese IN more; una tne tnlru III IN a muen aanget as
.uaee aa arn anu :rsn weae. a. an aGs e"ssu
sn a Is.eu ~ Su.sa..S nu H. euu
nhi3 +h hIs upui tmjn .a uua
s NC, aa & %efs -, 1o,
, 1876-08-27
A Big Watermelon.

- EtehHona \FH,l FTV'r r,&,,+a1d
Yesterday afternoon Justice J. J. CTntcnne!o
sent magnificent specimen Of Jackson water
melon TO the Second station house. Nothing
Ike it was ever seen in Richmond before. me
monster weighed 120 pounds, and was as iatge2 g
as honr barrel. It took nearly the whole o.
the police force at the station house 70 get away
was as novel sight, though, to see three men eaf
Of one slice, and to zee another faxed hsirsa ,sa
nolIccman holding piece between bis legs 4ko
! bassrfddle, and, beginning At the top u3'ps
to cat his WAY down.
, 1876-08-27

fell exhausted. Then only on dressing her
wounds was it discovered BY the surgeons that
Corporal Duchemin tor she had gained ner
strfpes1 was woman. She became 1t once tne
heroine OF the day, and was complime enteu by
he General, who asked permission from thc
Var Minister to keep her name on The muster
rQl Of the regiment, and Marie remained i'll
scrbcd As Corporal in the Forty-sccond Foot.
She afterward fought 1t Lodi Areola, and Ki-
yoli,where she captured . flag, It the Pyramids,
Mon, Thabor, Aboukir, and other en-
g2genents. She was then taken prisoner
BY. be English, and sent to tho
hl1ks q Plymouth, but managed to escape, viii.
three ot'ler comrades, by killing the sentinel ou
duty, ant got safely back to Paris Five days
afterVardkshe rejoined her regiment and matia
her last campaign, for she lost her right leg BY
cannon-bal At Mareugo. She was then ~.
mitted as pnsioner into the tnyalides, and II
was proud 'Qy for herself aud son when they
went together 1857 to the Palace Of The Le.
gion of Honor % receive each the St. Helena
medal Gen- syrurier, Governor Of the LII.
vallcs, applied tr the Cross Of the Legion q
Honor for her, b1s before the authorities nao
docided On such Il departure from precedent: ~
to confer this distintfon on woman, she d'sd
in 1852. In relatinGthis extraordinary caret:r
the old Commandan. used to say: She ~
only a woman, but" with forcible but I'M
translatable French eplctiEe) "what soi-
dier ~